Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1852-10-08


Guano for Southern Fields.
The United States have just concluded a treaty
with Peru, in which provision is made for the free
taking of Guano her coasts or islands The Brit
sh, adroit, Incorporated this IN their treaty
To discuss the point however, is beyond our present
purpose. We would simply di cuss the subject ag-
riculturally in extract from the Alabama Plan
ter.
By iudicious system of rotation fcrops and pro-
per shift after grade, ditching and horzontaliDg
Your rows with the application of 200 lbs of guano
per acre. spread broadcast for small grain crops and
about $50 lbs for drill or hill crops in addition to
the pay of good crops in very few years any OF our
badly managed land may be restored to its original
fertility. Its proper application is simple, conven-
lent and expeditions and the philosophy, doubt
less of its most economical use consists in feeding
the plant directly, rather than in manuring the
land.
For garden vegetables, either for profit for the
pleasure of enjoying them to perfection large
quantity of guano will be required per acre. but not
however, at the first dressing. In the preparation
of your garden beds, squares put on, say IN the
proportion of two hundred poun S per acre, broad
cast, and spade and plough up the land thoroughly
and deep; and then line your rows and sow your seed
in drills. lour plants being up you can treat them
Just as you would pig, that you intend to grow to
la given size in given length of me-feed and aca-
ter every dag! When you stir the ground about the
plants which should be done frequently, sprinkle
enough of finely pulverized guano on the surface
near the plants to give the ground yeowish tnge;
then gently hoe or rake it into the soil In addition
to this, you may, every evening, or as often as you
wish, sprinkle the plants with solution of guano,
from watering pot make the solution by dlSsovlng
six to eight ounces of guano in three gallons OF wa
ter, we'll stirred up The only danger is an over
supply at a time
have used guano, compounded and alone, on all
varieties of field crops, and am satisfed-as the ex-
perence of any planter using it will very soon
teach him-that it will not pay to spend time in
Oth
ashes and all wet substances, are positive injury
as they liberae its valuable gases, and its compost
with dry substances, such as wet and light mould.
&c, augment the labor Of applying it to the land
without corresponding remuneration. | am not to
be understood here depreciating the value of lime
ashes muck any of this class Of valuable fertii-
zers by no means. know their value too we'll
but do state emphatcally, that the time consumed
in preparing such compost, is money lost, tor rea-
sons at once obvious and plain. As stated above
two hundred pounds of guano spread broadcast upon
land per acre, and well plowed in, and the grain
sowed, either wheat, oats Or rye, and the land har-
rowed smoothly and properly, will reward the pains
taking of the industrious farmer with a luxnriant
and large crop Land thus prepared will produce
heavy crop Of Indian also, though prefer ap-
plying it to after the plant has up, after
the following simple and expeditions method : When
| the has grown to three four blades, run
round tolerably close with scooter pillow, which is
followed by boy with bucket of guano and tea
SPOON VINO Will urOp Il spOonlul OI the SudnO OPpO-
site each hill, in the scooter furrow. This gives
about two teaspoonsful of guano to each hill, OF
about two hundred and fifty pounds per The
guano thus deposited should be covered immediate
| ly, which is done by the next furrow in ploughng
ing out the Forty TO fifty bushels may be grown
in this way upon very ordinary land
use guano to my cotton in the same way, after
the cotton is up and ready for ploushing the first
time, as regulate my stand of cotton at the time OF
planting by compass dibble, in the hills the
bod 6 Al. A.
! the land. There is another mode Of using guanC
upon cotton seed that possesses much merit, which
is this: after wetting and rubbing the seed until
separated which they do very readily, then roll
them in arg pulreri@ed guano and plant them imme
diately; process immeasuraby superior to rolling
the seed in plaster, lime ashes, each of which
however. is beneficial.