The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1854-03-08

Prom the w.r..,on News.

DraR SIN :-Agrreably 10 promise. I
avail myself of few spare moments I.
furnish you for publication in the
!" News" with receipt for Guano Com.
post. TO be applied brfore seeding or
planting the crop.
IL you intend the application Of Qua
M To the October crnp. measure the
Geld as nearly as possible. then for ev-
cry acre weigh out one hundred and
fifty pounds Guano. proceed to sieve
il. taking care To pnund the Jumps un>
Ill they shall have been dissolved and
sieved. When the eatire quantity
shall have been reduced in this wise to
dust. measure IL accurately. and for
every bushel. add an equal quantity Of
leached or moistened ashes. one peck
Of plaster. lLubec is the best.) and one
peck and half Vi ground alum or Liver
pool salt. Mix the whole intimately
with long handled shovel. and proceed
to sow broadcast. thus: Having laid of
the field into lands Of nine ur ten feet.
take your best hands and SOW the guam
tity designated for one land ; taking
care TO SOW half each way, 80 as to
equalise IFS dissemination over every
part Of the field.
If designed for Wheat. the same mix.
ture. only recommend two hundred.
instead of one hundred and fifty pounds.
lf for Tobacco, two hundred and fifty
or three hundred pounds.
With this compost. the last season.
land very dry and improbable one
il was. on entirely exhausted ground.
Il couldn't dignity II with the appelIa.
tion Of Land | raised more than a ton
Of oats for every acre,
Without hesitation, l sm free to say
its application has paid me extremely
well on the 0at crop. Its effects on the
growth and maturity of Tobacco are
almost incredible. and the land seeded
in wheat last fall with one hundred and
seventy pounds of Guano. mixed as
above, promises a better yield than
very fertile Tnbacco-lot seeded two
weeks earlier.
So convinced am of its extraorLi-
nary powers as fertilizer, Tor pro.
ducer should say, Of crops that in
tend to enclose my poor, exhausted old
fields. as rapidly as can. with the
view Of extending the use of it for CORN,
as well as for small grain and Tobac-
CO, and thereby save my forest land
from which lmust obtain nv fuel, tim
Der and ashes.
In dry seasons, Guano often fails,
being so arid in itself. that its applica.
tion to Tobacco in the hill. or to corn
in the drill, often burns and frequently
kills the plant; and inasmuch as we
cannot knnw in advance what kind of
season is before US, think it would be
profitable to those who rely much on
the use Of the article to apply one half
to upland and the other to to moist or
bottom land.
If wet season, the former would
produce almost double crop-if a dry
one. the latter would produce equally
well. Finally, if an average season
should happen, the crop would be good
on each locality.
Very respectfully,
NJ. J. MONTGOMERY.
Halls Branch. N. c.. Jan. ed. 1884. :"
p S. forgot to say that in seeding
Oats. ! would sow the compost first
then the. grain. and p!ow deeply, on
upland--ii on bottom, plow in the COM
post deeply. then sow the grain and
harrow thoroughly. If wheat or tobac>
CO, plow the compost in deeply. sow
and harrow until a fine tilth is produc-
ed.
From the Advocate.