Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1853-04-01

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From the Southern Cultiyator.
How to Use Guane.
Guano comes in bags, and usually contains many
Jumps which require to be crushed into powderI
before the manure is applied to the SOIL The Jumps
commonly separated from the mass by q riddle
or sieve, as Jumps and pebbles separated from
sand in making mortar or as grain is sometimes
sifted by hand, The ammoniacll dust that flies off
in this operation is pretty severe on the lungs and
eyes of the OPERATOR and is avoided by moistening
the guano ten or twelve hours or q day before the
sitting begins. The dampness should be barely suf-
fcent to keep the dust from being dffused Though
the atmosphere. The Jumps sifted or riddled outs
may be moistened little more, and crushed as in
making mortar with the back of hoe, or shovel,
plank floor smooth hard ground
For corn, it will probably pay better to put the
in the hill drill than to scatter 1t broad
cast over the ground After the field is ready for
planting lei hands take gnano in buckets on their
arms, aud with the two fore or first fingers and
thumb of each, take out a good pinch of the snuff
and drop it where the is to be dropped spread
ing the guano, and covering it with little earth
by using the foot for that purpose The track of
the manuredropper tells the corndropper where the
seed should be placed; while the earth between the
guanO and corn prevents the causticty OF The form
er doing injury to the germ of the latter. which,
when it begins to grow. is TENDER and easily killed
The above hints apply to the of guano in cot
ton culture. not less than to the planting of
But cotton seed usually scattered literally in
drills or rows way only, we should not hesitate
to scatter in the same furrow. marking, guan0
equal to 200 or 300 lbs. per acre, and cover both
seed and manure at one operation. few seeds
might be damaged or killed by the manure, but
enough and more than enough, would grow. No
injury has resulted from sowing guano and
wheat te gether, and the covering both with har-
row plow
1t is only the soluble salts in guano that can ina
jure any seed and before the germ starts out. the
salts being at once dissolved by the damp earth be
come so diffuSed and diluted, that injury be
done to the young plant IF the soil is dry where
the guano is placed. the result might be different
In dry summers, this hot, eaustic fertilizer does
hurt than good In the Patent Office Report for
1851, the reader will find great deal of informa.
sion on this and many other important subjects
showing the best practices in farm economy On
page 252, Mr.. ZooK, of Pennsylvania, gives an nc
count Of sowing broadcast, 1000 lbs of guanoa and
1000 of gypsum roor field, badly worn by 20
years cropping. containing Is acres. The manure
was sown Immediately after the corn was plauted
and the ground narrowed when the corn was two or
three inches high. The cultivator was afterwards
run between the rows. The yield was fifty bushels
per acre. This crop was made in l648. In 1849
the field was sown to oats, and turned out over %
bushels per Mr. z. estimates the gain frofi
the guano and plaster. at 300 per cent. cost per
acre. $3.50. Mr.. MUMMA of the same State speaks
highly of plaster used on corn. and commends the
Tree use or lime. III the letter ne says: pow
erful is its effect poor soil. if properly applied,
that many farms in this county where it has been
used. the value of the land has been increased 200
per cent with less than hundred bushels per
acre" Mr.. HoUsToN of Delaware. applied 300ibs
of guano per acre, to 10 of wheat. in 1851 He
prefers plowing it in six inches deep He says that
lime pays better than guano, taking ten years to-
gether. But he gets lime cheap and guano is ex-
pensive every where.
His large experience induces him to say that loo
Ilcn II
poor land Mr.. WRIGHT, IL very successful farmer
OF Delaware. says that glano is too high for profit
to the cultivator. MIR. WALSH says: "Guano is
also used on our CROP but not to the same ex-
tent as to wheat. 1t is applied. generally, to the
land previous to its being flushed. Sometimes after
planting the land, it is sown upon the furrow, and
then narrowed in, either way 1t adds materially
to the gain of the crop increasing it should think
when 300 lbs. are used, at least twe-fold.' ss
Mr. CHARLES YoNcEY. of Buckingham county, Va
says: " In the fall Of 1850 purchased ten tons of
guano plowed it under before stated, three inch.
es deep using about 200 lbs. per acre, and seeded
wheat, leaving occasional beds, not guanoed. Veri-
iy, the eye said the guanoed wheat would yield
double" EE
We think favorably of the following practices Of
MIR. Y. although from the drouth last year, it was
nearly failure. "The ground when prepared was
checked in squares three feet, four inches table
spoonful CT guano was scattered upon the check
the billing closed up to prevent the escape Of the
and planted in May. The drought prevented the
plants taking root or bringing the guanc into solu-
ton. There was no growth whatever until the 9th
July, when we had rain the growth was then in Il
week wonderful; the plants attained fine size A
second drouth occurred in September and October,
which proracted the rpening and the pl ints faded
and assumed yellow hue" Mr. YoHcEY regards
guano as a powerful stimulant, but too expensive
for general use. Our notion is. that one may use
guano to make crop of corn at profit, if he will
make the corn pay fair price in meat, and yield as
much good manure for producing second crop of
corn and meat, as the equivalent of the guano In
other words, this costly commercial manure cannot
be proftahly purchased to grow corn for commercial
purposes: but for home consumption where all the
elements of the seeds. cobs. blades and stalks NAV
be saved as manure-the equivalent of the guano
and more toothis dung of birds may be brought
TO increase ones corn, cotton seed, and lint
AN BoLrrIoNIsT QUIzZED.-under this caption n
Holly Springs, Miss, correspondent of the Memphis
Eagle and Enquirer relates the suhioined anecdo,e:
The following amusing scene actually occurred last
summer between a citizen of onr town and q Yankee
on board of one the Northern steamboats, perhap p
the Hudson.
Our Southern friend discovered disposition in a
very gentle looking on board The boat to omen
chat with him. and nothing 10th 10 hear what his