Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1853-01-21
Guano md Plaster.
PLEASANT HILL, Warren County, n
the Editor of the american Farmer:

Guano Plaster.
To m ro pLsA "a 1 aIa W Na1r County N C.
In 1849 sowed oats upon a lot of thin gray land.
The oats were not worth cuting-partIy account
of bad seasons but mostly account of the poverty
of the soil About the time they ripeneJ sowed
peas. broadcast, and turned in the whole which
easily done, in complete manner with single horse
poughs, and followed with the sub soil plough up
part of the land. As soon as the peas up
six inches high and 10y the by. this about
high most of them got, | sowed II bushels of
plaster upon them: and as could do af-
frost fallowed the land with TWO horse ploughs.
eight inches deep. In the following spng. 1850
sowed upon this lot, II acres.) $50 lbs Peruvian
Guano intimately mixed with II bushels Of plaster.
per acre-tnrned ii in inches deep and planted in
Tobacco. The crop grew off luxuriantly, and
tinued so to grow until maturity, when housed and
sent to the Petersburg market, ten hogsheads (l0)
averaging about l4O0 lbs: of good quality. In the
tall OF the same year. soon as the Tobacco Oft
put upon the same land 100 lbs. guano and bush
ell plaster, mixed before; and upon six adjoining
acres, put 200 lbs. guano and mixed as before with
two bushels ofplaster This last six had been
IN Corn and Potatoes without manure. The whole
was then turned in six inches deep; sowed with
wheat, narrowed and rolled. This crop also grew
off luxuriantly,-but the part upon which Tobacco
had grown showed superiority to the last, though
all was good.
The harvest has passed and the wheat being ac-
curatey measured made five hundred and six bush
els, and three pecks, (506f btsh.J
Let me here remark tina the quantity Of plaster
used far exceeded the quantity recommended hy
you.-and was increased because thought lime de-
fcient in my soil.
From my limited knowledge ofchemstry. would
not arrogatc to myself even the opinion whether it
is is advisable for others to combine paso r
with guano but being we'll pleased with the result
of this experiment. shall continue to it. both with
guano ANA with composts. until assured by crperi-
ence of better mode
have also made experiment this year, of n
combination of salt. bushels guano 25 lbs plas-
ter, bushel and ashes. 2 bushes-intmately mix
ed-sOwed in the drill, and Immediately coved for
The result entirely satisfactory, but pro-
duct measured
Respectfully HENRY J. B CLARK
N B. Should you deem this communication of
any Importance, it is at your service. with permits
sion to curtail its length, alter the autobiography
in any mannar, provided the substance is retained
forgot to state that the part Of the land sub soed
fraction over p bushels per acre. H. J. B. c.
THE IRISH EXILEs.-In the course of some remark
at supper given to his honor at Cincinnati a few
days ago, Mr. Meagher used the following language
which would seem 10 indicate that America will soon
contain more of those Irish patriots who were Doom
ed 10 bear the burden of exile by the DEGREES of the
mother country:
I" The Ladies' - is the next toast upon the list and
am sure they will orgi i've for nterposing another
which should be first instead of last, and now throw
myself upon the kindness of the ladies for the in
truSon of which am guilty | shall not, at this ad-
vanced hour, respass upon your leisure but propose
that oa>t. adding that may not rise again, that with
regard to the fourth toast should have said word
not OF regret, but which would have awak en-
ed in your hearts more agreeable response than the
most eloquent coincidence Or sympathy. did not re-
gain my freedom to forget others. Suffice it TO say
that II they are not soon amongst you as free as am
II Is not my fault nor the fault Of those who may
sist them, but their Measures have been taken
and means afforded, and thrust that before long we
shall hear that another ship bearing ano her Irish re-
bell has left that Shore and left it under that flag OF
the five stars, beneath which found an asy um in
this land
! REAL ESTATE IN New YoRK-The New York Tri-
bune says:
8" DR.. Brandeth. who recently purchased the prop
erty Broadway, between Lispenard and Canal, with
fronts all three OF the streets, for S2O 900, has
been offered 10000 for his bargain. Mr.. Howard
Gently of the Irving House. pays 10000 for the So
cety Library property sixty feet front on Broadway,
corner Leonard This is considered high figure, yet
we told the lot alone cost the Society S47 900, du
ring 'e last great speculation in real estate in 1886
and building 500 900. This is not The only instance
in which city property, particularly vacant lots on
the upper ends Of the island has been sixteen years
recovering the extravagant rates at which they
sold or valued in 1886. The old Masonic Hall prop
erty, Broadway and Pearl street, pays rental of
|
been offered six per cent. on valuation Of Sl5O,OOO
from the expiration of the present lease, gears
hence.
A correspondent yesterday noticed the fact tha
ST 900 per had been paid for unmproved proper
ty Staten Island, and in the neighborhood of New.
ark, and $500 to 500 in Westchester county and on
Long Island, above Williamsburg. Several OF these
! sales within our information. Seventy acres
on Staten Island, a full mile from the water, and
which the small farmer who owned and lived on it.
valued at 81 or 10000 few years ago, has beer
sold 10 a company Of German spectators for $40, 900
and contracts have already been made by the prrchas
ers, to erect 200 houses for gardeners and other vii
layers.
| Louis Napoleon, ii seems, has been playing a sue
cessful game for wealth power. According TO
paragraph in the Boston Post
Since The coup detdt, the French railway shares
have advanced almost fifty per cent, while the Pari:
Bours2 has been animated with unwonted speculation
There was something unnatur,l in all this, and PEG
pie are beginning to find it out. Louis Napoleon,
is said, did it a-and for his benefit political
Iy and pecunariIy 1t gave certain celia, to his ad
mnistraton, and it filled his purse. When shares
&c, we're low he purchased largely, aud then patron
lied the lines they apperained 10. His agents flee
London and Paris, AMI his gains set down by shrew
and able specu 'a,ors at gI6,000, 900. With ZIG
1000 in his own chest, what may he not dare =
But former defeats have taught him caution he is no
ready, and he wait. The dpSp is of Europe wal
upon him, compliment him, court him, and dread him
Boston Post.
GAME BY THE ToS.-1he Chicago Journal notice
a shipment of lot of 500 quails by express to New
York. Game of al kinds is very plenty, being ship
ped daily by the ton.
| FAMINE THE ISLAND OF MADEIRA-A letter fror
, the Island Of Madeira Dated Dec ), referring 10 th
: failure Of the vintage, says:
Tho Win - 49, Il