The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1854-10-25
F,oa, ths southern culsir'
how TO USE GUANo.

INV ~ ocG 1UA4tO.
Guano comes in bags. and usually.
many Jumps which require TO
be crushed into q powder. beIore The
manure is applied to the soil. The
humps are commonly separated from
the mass BY riddle or seive, as Jumps
aud pebbles are separated from sand
in making mortar; or as grain is some
times siftrd by hand. The ammoniacal
dust that lies off in this operation il
pretty severe on the lungs and eyes Of
the operator. and Is avoided by mois-
ten:ng the guano ten or twelve hours
or day before the sitting begins. The
dampncss should be barely sufficient
10 keep the dust from being ditlused
through the atmosphere. The Jumps
sifted or riddled out may be moisten-
ed little more, aud crushed as in
making mortar, with the back Of hoe
or shovel. on plank floor OF smooth
hard ground.
For corn. it will probably pay better
to put the manure in the hill or drill,
than To scatter II broadcast over the
ground. After the field is ready for
planting, let hands take guano IN buck
cts ON their arms. and with the two
fore or first fingers aud thumb of each.
take out guod pinch Of the snnG and
drop il where the corn is to be drop
ped, spreading the guano and cover
ing it witlra liitle earth, by using the
foot for that purpose. The track Of
the manure ,lropper tells the corn drop
per where the seed should be placed,
while the earth between the guano and
'corn prevents the causticity Of the ior-
mer doing injury to the germ of the
latter; which, when il begins to grow.
is tender and easily killed.
The above hints apply to the use of
guano in cotton culture, not less than
to the. planting Of corn. But as cation
seed are usually scattered literally in
drills or rows. one way only, we should
not hesitate to scatter in the same fur
row, or marking. guano equal TO 200
or 500 lbs. per acre, and coser both
seed and manure in one operation. A
few seeds might be damaged or killed
by the manure, but enough and more
than enough would grow. No injury
has ever resulted from sowing guano
and wheat together, aud the covering
buth with harrow or pillow.
Iii only the soluble salts in puano
that can iniiure anv seed and before
the cerm starts out. the salts. being at
once ,lissolyed by the damp earth, be-
come SO tliflused and diluted, that no
injury can be done TO the Young plant.
If the soil is dry where the guano is
nlace,l The result might be different.
In dry summers, this hot, caustic fer
t;l;zer does more harm than rood. In
the Patent Office Report for 1851, the
reader will find great deal Of infor-
nation on this and many other impur-
tant subjects. showing the best prac-
ices in farm economy. On page $50,
Mr.. Zook of PENNSYLVANIA. gives an
account Of sowing broadcast, 1000 lbs.
Of ruano and 1000 Of gypsum on a poor
field badly worn by 20 years crops
ming containing is acres. The ma
nure was sown Immediately after the
corn was planted, and the ground har-
rowed when the corn was two or three
inches high. The cultivator was af.
terwards ran between the rows. The
Weld was fj1v bushels per acre. This
cron was ma,Ie in lS4s. In l849 the
field was sown in oats, and turned out