Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1857-08-14
BALTIMORE ADVERTISEMENTS
ATTENTION FARNERS!
Guano excelledby DE BURG

/ 1T is settled point with all Chemists and
scientific Farmers, that Peruvian or any
other description of guano does NOT sunnly 10
the soil one-third of the necessary constituents
Tor the growth of all crops, on an soils and
the analysis Of wheat, rye corn. cats notatoes
tobacco, etc, prove the fact Every one who
mas had any experience in the use of guano.
; uiat 'iie iahu becomes exhausted and
| impoverished by its continued api1icot,on
Many experiments have been made recently
reiauye TO ITS value as compared with fLe Lcst
PERUVIAN Guano, and preference given TO il
as manure, being quite as effective in lis
action Of inducing early maturity os o,,o,,,,
but much more durable and fortifpinc 10 lie
soil, and less volatile.
10 The tobacco Planters, it will be found
very beneficial. Tobacco contains a LARGO
amount OF mineral matter, which is Icing con
llnually removed by the plant in solution AMI
it is but reasonable to suppose tba4 ~ III
must soon become exhausted Of n,iro,els e
none are returned as manure: the snnrIv Of
snch deficiency may be found in the anpiico-
tlon Of De Burg, it being the means ~ nro-
ducing great rapidity of growth during fl,o
hrst stages of the plant, carving il ont ~ tLe
reach of the ravages Of the fly, and indncipe,
early maturity. 1t should be used at the rate
OF 10 . eWt. to the acre-should be broadcast
or appned IN the hill, where from its chemical
considerable moisture, and the plants viii he
less liable to suffer from drought.
L DIR. DAVID STEWART. Professor Of cham
istry at st. Johns College, Annapolis. Md
and Chemist to the Maryland State Apricult,,,
raj Society-analyzes every lot of De Burg VIC
receive, and says, in his report to us
De Burg's compound is much more rc~ 5r,,l-
" valuable to The practical farmer than anv
mixture Of phosphatcs and ammonia or manin-
ulated guano. There arc other elements in lie
Burg to which attach as much importance ne
ammonia and phosphates and cannot pass !;
cargo where ono of these is absent, however
much ammonia and phosphates arc present"
Again he says =" Peruvian Guano. Hickory
Ashes, and Super-phosphateo of Lime. SEPARATE
ly applied to land, exhnusts it, las general
rule) upon the principles established by Laws
and Pusey, in series of years Experiments.
My experience in their use seraratc1v. in CON
trast with their combined Influence gives me
an assurance in recommending comnounds to
all farmers, that prefer the common sense. or
empirical mode, to-any special siaanttre. In
other words. compound like De Rurgis. is
more valuable than any one of its elements
winch might separately sell for seven fines the
cost of the compound unless we know that we
need one element only, and have anincshaust-
ible supply Of all the rest"
WIN. BRADDOCK, ESD. Rockville Mont-
gomery CO., Nd, saysl 81 applied De BURG to
my corn in the Hill, and made G barrels per
acre. Put in small portion of same quality
Of land IN corn, without De Burg and am sa-
tsiied there was not J larrels Per acre on il.
4 did not use Peruvian Guano last season. but
am satisfied, f.Om previous use Of it. that De
Barg is far superior to tin a dry season.
CHARLES A. WORTIHNGTON. rnitv
montgomery CO., Nd, says: 81 applied De