The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-01-08

Islands In rsiness district, she digssteo
and accompanying nitrogen Of tns Ash must (
PARTICLES, arc eva cr.ts in the form Of am
monia, unless /. can seize on its equivalent Of
carbo mic acid when the result "a carbonate, OF
sat Of ammonia, wnich together with the sand,
water Of organ zatiOn, and updecompcsed nitrogen
ised mater, III ountDg to SONS evauty-eeven DER
cent of the crude inass en- numbers ad ert5mb3 tho
remaining twenty toree per cent OF phosphste SALT
the OF " valuable manure contained In the crude
poisonous msss.
Mexican auano from the rainy districts contains
generally SO or 80, and sometimes a. hisn - 20 per
cent of the precious phosphate OF lime 20 indspensa
Bile and valua lie In agriculture; not b. ,ause of any
difference in the hsh or excrement OF 10 Now that
constitute all gUaDos but because the rain water hav-
ipga very strong attraction Tor ammoh,s, mas sezsd
valuable phosphate Of lime 10 thus washed and puri.
fed from all poison or other deietefions mat
and is eminently adapted for inediate USE IN ter.
tilizirg our fields food for plants, az the ndis
pensabe and vslua Die element 10 all ge.ia, al seeds
and In all b: mes OF men aud animals Phosphate IA
indeed the great universal food for plants, ana tae
great back bone OF vegetable ana sni.nai i've.
Without phos bate in the soil plants !uld moi bear
reeds or grain. Without phosphate in their foods
men and animss could not have bones.
The Mexican guano, 30 rich In phosfc ate Of hme
contains only fIon four TO six per cent OF nitro
geDized matter, mostly membrane AID gslatinous
portions Of The fish that served as food to the 500
FOWL. This small amount OF nitrogen2ed matter ..
though OF no value as an agricultural manure, toe
plants Gas was concuslvely proved IL the HERALD
Of the 9Th ult) ut all times deriving IL In profuse
and ample quantities from the atmosphere In whi;n
they live, YET being mid and harmless " may aid
in disintegratng the phosphate, aud thus compens
safe the farmer for the tifng cost Of trauspOrta-
ton.
Mexican guano, so entirely free from ammonia or
other poxiOus poisons, digested BY birds, washed
and cesosed by centuries Of rain, bee pre- emil
neDtly phosphate. Wherever science can flourish,
under the shining lights OF agricultural chemistry
Me xican phosphstic guano must % esteemed the
baet AVID knoU IN mar
| And while the present market price is continued,
(oty dollars per ton in all the Atlantic cities) it
! must mpercede all o:her manures In the commences
| and carrying trade OF enlightened nations.
Liebig's Turner, occupying the front rank in
| agricultural chemistIy, AZ page ,3l3 says" The
chief value Of gnaro depends I'M ioub.edly on Tie
| phosphates which IL contains" Aud all science
and all correct pactie undoubtedly lead to the
/ same conclusion; hence che intelligent practical
farmer, keow ,ng that the Mexican contains some
three times az mach Phosphate OF lime ~ the Peru.
vian will really perceive toe great superiority and
cheapness Of the Mexican phosphate gusno over
all otter aritits, aud with stric. regard TO eco.
nomy wonlo reaiily pay three times 50 much money
| for ton OF tie Mexican phosphate guano 40 for
ton Of thu Pevuviaa ammoDiacal variety because he
| would zee that he was getting SO much valuable
! manure IN che ION OF Msxi an gua1o as in three
tons OF Peruvian gusoo; willie a. the sane time it
would cost him tsrse times as much to csrs ton Of
the mixed imyure phosphate In the Peruvian as it
would cost to cart ton OF the pure, Clean washeA
| phosphate u Mexican guano.
| Another scoloiIy IL tbe Mexican phosphate qua
no. cannot fsi! 20 receive attention from the s,ien-
,i6c or p ac'cal farmer. TIE Mexican being free
from ell POISONOUS coDpcuuds, and c,assaing only
t. clean pt Jbste the backbone OF vegetable
and enmal life ready TO be sosorbsa a1d sssi nj
lated by The plants End may az on K be PLACED IN
the hill with corn or THROWN broad east vita the
seeds ever the t-lo while toe Peruvian, in con.
sequence Of gbe ceadly cwroaive amm,.ia tlat Ell.
tcmbs tie phosphate, must be p,a3sd six ncae,
from live core or seed, or else b. I'd b. this
n 0r ~ ont IN to
allow evaporation and drenchpg rains an 0Dpor-
tunity of r. ing of the poisonous ann ,ni4, be-
fore you could sefsy put n corn in the hill or SOS
seeds broad Cast over the field. II the ammonia
ha, net been wsshe: away eyapora;sd, the corr
spd sec do will certainly suffar massYrd0m when the
tender roots start on pilgrimage In sesrch Of the
mcdicum of phosphate todt had been ebtonoei and
buried with the ammonia SIX cold wss moons be-
fore. y,