Flag of the Union. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1850-18??, 1853-02-11
From the Soastheyn Caieirasor.
GUkNO ON CONNECTION SEED
AS MANURE, dc.

MEssRs. EDIToRs: Having made trial Of
guane on corn this year, with good results,
propose. Il acceptable, to give your readers an
account Of the experiment -
The land on which the guano was tried,
was poor, old, sandy piece Of ground, with
clay subsol, supposed by good judges to be
capable OF producing ten or twelve bushels OF
corn, with good seasons. II was accurately
measured with surveyors chain, by himself
and young man living with me, and found
to be something more than one acre and q
quarter. The ground was broken up in the
winter with rooter or spontoon plows-run-
ming twice in each furrow, to get il deeply
broken On the 14th February, the rows
were laid off three and a half feet apart, aud
two hundred and fifty pounds Peruvian guano
drilled and covered. On the 9th March, the
rows were opened with rooter, corn dropped
and covered with two rooter burrows Ow-
ing to cold weather, There was ice and light
frost on 10Th and 21st.) the corn did not ap-
pear above ground till 18th March. It was
plowed four times, hoed twice, and perhaps
gill Of mixed ashes and plaster put round each
hill The yield was 40 bushels The guano
cost ten dollars BY the ton this Quantity
viii how cost me less than 81 so. ] only
bought small quantisy-the FIRST, 50 far rs /.
know, ever used in the country. The idea
was ridiculed at first, especially BY those who
decry shook farming but several tons viii
be used next year in this (Colnmbia) county
also tried cotton seed as manure for cot
ton this year. The land was = piece of old.
red high land, cleared perhaps 20 years ago
The greater part was level, but some of it was
rolling land. 1t measured out g. 10th acres,
nearly. After burning off the grass, (the land
was in corn last year, it was broken up with
rooters in January Rows were laid off 81
feet apart with rooters, another rooter furrow
run in this, and cotton seed sOwed at the rate
of % or 80 bushels per acre. I regret that
the seed were not accurately measured, and
that | omitted to note, in my farm book, the
day they were put in the burrows. I think it
was in February On the seed two burrows
were thrown, with turning plows-Ruggles'
No. 10; and in the turning pillow burrows, root
ers were run, to break the ground deeply
Thus matters stood, till near planting time,
when two more burrows were turned with
Davis inch pillow, and the balk broken with
reoters. On the 18th April. the beds were
opened with small roOter, and the seed, hay-
ing been rolled in plaster, were dropped, and
covered with the foot The seed came mp toll
erably well, and the cotton never died out; in
my opinion 1t aoiU not die so 6adLy schen
the seed are put IN thin The land was
plowed five tilnes-frst with rooters, second |
and third scrapers fourth turning plows, throw
ing dirt TO the cotton, and fifth with scrapers |
-hoed twice. Ordinary capacity of the land, |
not exceeding S00lbs. I finished last picking |
this morning before the rain First picking, |
$50 lbs; second, 1870 lbs; third, 2, 12S lbs; |
fourth, 1000 lbs; last, 851 lbs--total 6, 1879
per acre, 1870 lbs Best acre,
perhaps 1880 lbs. Cost of manure per acre
%. Book FARMER.
Waadfela, Ga, Dec. 1852.