Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1854-05-12
MEXICiN GUANO
IT.; MONEY VALUE IN RELATION TO OTfiEl;

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rONCENTRATED ma,nIrrs and labor saving ma.
q chimcry hive become SYNONYMOUS ideas in n=ricu!.
i"r'. I'm" more conild'hl';i ana ;Nprhs!'c machine
brings them within the reach OF every Farmer. SricIicr
has been equally busy in sitting chnif from manurcs-
but the urriculturnli-i J. slow 10 appreciate TIL" improve
mri,. The nan essentials in mnnnr,:-, H. IN other things,
cost more. and ARE liz" source OF more controversy ilInn
The more imporinrr principles. The celebrated Baron Lie.
big. Whose n,iirin. investigation Oh This subject, together
with his open nnd unii'-inlims rrcnntnii"n OF my error
which he nlhy have adopted. merit lor him our confidence
ns The honest ulnlosoiiirr al the aye. WIS nj one time de-
voted to the Ammonia theory, but has. for several YEAR.
attached more. importance Ia Those persistent lnnnur"s
which arr, permanent III their INFLUENCE. Ii" ,"- not liz.
ny the transient influence" al AnIin"i,lh, nor H. value on
many soils, which 10 not contain Ii sufficient quantity HafH-
rdhn. bun h" prefers /" improve the ,rNtUr. ol thu roll hml
obinin the mrural +urpiy ron III. atmosphere. rml'ri than
purchase il iur every crop; especially. rs iuur-Gtils al the
hr W. brcnil,. l. The element III AnIIOGin. and plari> az
hale or give oil imur" Ammonia :lImn we 'vrr Civ" tirrm in
manure. Is increasing the proportion Of sD!wtIr siirn in II
soil, Ammuiliu will IL, rendered drdHabir, aud il, soil will
supply tsdf: but there Is another element (Ph"Sllioric
AciD which cannot h" naturally supplied. if deficient in
the soil. hut which az n'tn'', mus! br applied ~drf,h;idhu,
in order 10 insure the lull Development al The Resources ii
The land. and ihr it'll return inr III" labor bestowed IN IL
cultivation.
II Is now universally admitted tina these ,wo. Amnolin
md Plo4ploric Acid. nr. Me valuable elements oi all nm.
nurr-: and effects have been attributed 10 ashes and mari,
aud even lime, wiiclI were entirely due Ia the Phosphorus
Acid they all ron,"in. See Harris Prixr Ess"y oil, pI",.
ploric Acid, Patent uiNcc Report, 1898 IMg,: Io2; also
page :Hl.
per cent III r~ho-Ii"ri' Acid III thu n-h of Coll"n
Pho - oi m!rr elements uraciiuns omitted -. In
L 'ouon Seed -. al other elements, IL. In ash OF
Il, al l., oi Other cl"In,Ils. - la nh 81 White
OF Other elements. III. Ia ASH vi Corn 40 10
II. r. clements. 10 Ia u.
4 igurrs mu-i Ice mtuTr linn doubled in order Ia
form Phosphate Ol Lime.
Tn rha!rs in the whole Of ono corn plan: on the
irSi ui 90 L, do not exceed onr graiu-r-by The middle I'll
August they amount Ia more ilI"r iwo grnin--h"iorr The
md. more than tour .rhin--in October, nearly six grains:
and Oh The 18th ri October. The Kernels ah,1r from one plant
yield morr .lralt thirty srniiI- (ur rh" sixteenth III an nl.nrtp
Of Bone Phosphate ri Line. 4 good crop nf corn will re-.
ul0v,. from ON. ncrt. l., H.. al kuIl. PhD.,hyic of Lime
or Ms much ms il continued in 5Il lbs Of best Peruvian tu.
niu.
Phosphate 0i Lime.
One ton oi Mexican tiuaro yields about liuU lh-. Bone
Phosphate OF Lime.
One Ton OF Zones yirlls about 100 lbY. Rome Phosphate
OF Lime.
II Zones are worth saI per ton. the Mexican Gun,o is
worth So per ton. III plT-llmi-- mmy he formed by sim.
ply mixing one ton oi Mexican tunIu and An pounds oi
Til III Nitrinl with II -pmi. "n an 'HriIrn fn"r ar pavement;
but my experience III the m' al Ii phDsphnlrs would lead
M 10 compensate for in-onbIIly by adding more 0i the
Phosphate. rather than ly converting ii into n Iii liI":plt"t';
For instance, if lU pounds Of Mexican liuHno will give
ON. hnli pound Of soluble p~ho-pioric nrid 10 IN ncrr every
month. and wniI On" pound per month, prefer I" apply
100 pound, raitnr Than si"mi III" money III Oil OF Nit14l
and ut his rat" iir ,"' l""."iI 1T M">,'"l. I'"", . , ,n.",i
-upliy my -nil i"r ., N"'r-. h"i i"f u inh'ii LONGER l"Th"'.
il any should r.-rlI from rl. ndfn,dj 'ii-ini"grhiiuu ri ih,
-"! in Ill" meantime: indeed, Cards English Agriculture
sny- iinl 'lhini- one. dressed, never revert hshiii 10 ill'lr
original impoverished condition, irrfrrrinc I" srass !nldsJ
This tiummo siroilI he -nwn broadcast. Mt the rate Of TWO
barrels per here, AMI can hc applied on lnnd recently
lined, where il would be- inupo-sihlr 10 use Peruvian Ciun.
no without great loss. lis d tap.dressinH 10 any crap that
has lot its rOi0r. ar apysdrS ycYOr. il slruuld he mingled
with ~ pounds of Nitrate oil Soda. which can be- had AT =
cents per pound, AMI l. much cheaper AMI more efficient
than Peruvian t;uano, - Il Spring dressing. S'r T.. II. rn.
s"y on Cubic Salt Pc;r". and IL ur III small 3]"""it'i's. a.
II restorative. Ia corn crop. " page 10. London. l-it.
IRREGULARITIES OF THIS GUAN0.
lst.-I, i, not voianli2'rl or injured by the run. AMI il
not washed out OF the s"iI hy the r"iIhr N h<s H"n hhi6y
:.md.-Ir can be applied 10 the Corn crop at any Time
before Mr las, "c"hjrmiDH' III July.
3h.-It supplies the element that il removed from the
sUil hy lnlinn Corn.
iih:-It will double Inc crop Of Corn if r~lospi"ric Acid
is deficient in il. -Ol.
i;lL-lti is cheaper. more permanent, and more certain
than Peruvian tTnnp.
Gth.-It contain more IilosIlroric Acid ilaI 'I:onr-, in
The proportion Tint thu buur- Of ii.i are richer in this Gle.
mcnt hnH Oher bOnrs.
7ti.-h ron,ains no NnDd. as the birds that feed on fhlr
have II simple stomach, and do not Use gravel; AMI the
island. upon which il il lcpu-ilcd ar. pnr: lime or rorml.
BALTIMORE, lsH. DAVID STEWART. ". u.
LABORATORY OF STATE CHEMIST
No. - Exchange Huihliug. !
Mcxirnn Gunno II a substitute Tor Bone Du.! nlrl Nine.
raj r~hosphnt" OF Lime. and il Of superior rXr'iIc"rt to
them milcr Things hcins "qual,) propnrliona'r 4" H. Ilnr.
nr-@ of division. 4. The same cot, when mixed with Pc.
rnvinn liuHno. il IL better than Peruvian Guano nlunc. If
used under tn" following circumstances: lrt-on all thns"
soils where a deficiency of pioerhoric "cid lnl7 been shown
by my chemical hnHly-rs. 2l-On all soll4 similar tn those
where bone dust or dissolved homes, Mexican. Pnthsnninn
or African tiuaro. or mineral phosphate Of lime, h"~ noted
we'll. 1-lt will h. the safest Ia apply the above mixture
on all soils which have not been analysed, md where no
trials have been made of the Mexican, African or Fnfngn-
ni"n Grnn". hone du-l, rnlcr lloepi'atcs, or mineral Iiios'
phatc ui lime.
For II more detailed statement on this subject, scr lialti'
"''' JAMES HIGGINS,
Stntc Agricultural Chemist Of Maryland.
Dir. !. :. .ArInistrud, OF Nirginin, in II letter datrd f"t'-
runry :. lsEi. and published nbou: ilht time III the Ken
moiIci Enquirer, p"riic"lmriy rcG9in n u , til7 r. minmo ,m ,T
doubt not. generally in Middle Nirsiili", "e more den.
cicnt in p~lo.phM:cs aud Potash, tllnn my other OF the min
rrnl innnurr.; and the Tobacco plant mutt have these cic.
llpnt- in order to riIru II well. The IrrNNlhn 'fHhilp iI-