Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1857-08-07
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Guano exceEEedhy E2E. EETlEEea


TT is a settled point will all Chemists and
scientific Farmers, that Peruvian or any
other description Of guano does not supply to
the soil one-third Of the necessary constituents
for the growth Of all crops ON all soils; and
the analysis of wheat. rye corn oats. potatoes
tobacco etc, prove the fact. Every one who
has had any experience in the use Of guano,
knows that the land becomes exhausted and
impoverished by It's continued application.
Many experiments have been made recently
relative TO its value as compared with the best
Peruvian Guano, and a preference given to it
as manure, being quite rs effective in lis
action of inducing carly maturity rs euano,
but much more durable and certifying to the
soil, and less volatile
10 the Tobacco Planters, it will lie found
very beneficial. Tobacco contains a large
amount of mineral matter, which is being con-s
tinually removed by the plant in solution, and
1t Is but reasonable to suppose that the soil
must soon become exhausted of minerals. if
none are returned as n manure; the supply Of
such deficiency may be found in the applica-
ton Of De Burg, it being the means Of pro-
ducing great rapidly Of growth during the
first stages Of the plant carrying il out Of the
reach Of the rayages Of the fly, and inducing
early maturity. 1t should he used at the rate
Of to 3 cwt to the acrc-shoud be broadcast
VI 'tIp4lSh III mn NltIb IlNu lis CUenlCul
composition and deliqucsccnt nature, it attracts
considerable moisture, and the plants will be
less liable to suffer from drought
DR.. DAVID STEWART, Professor of chem
stry at st. Johns College, Annapolis, Nd,
and. Chemist TO the Maryland State Agricultu-
raj Socety-analyzcs every LOT Of Dc Burg We
receive, and says, in his report to us
"De Burg's compound is much more general
ly valuable to the practical farmer than any
mixture of phosphatcs and ammonia or manip-
Mated guano. There arc other clements in De
Burg TO which attach as much Importance as
ammonia and phosphates and cannot PASS 4
cargo where one Of these is absent however
much ammonia and phosphatcs ere present"
Again he says -" Peruvian Guano Hickory
Ashes, and Superb phosphate of Lime. scIaratc-
ly applied to land eNhausts it, (as a general
rule) upon the principles established bv Laws
and Pussy, in series Of years experiments.
Ny experience in their use separately. in CON
trast with their combined influence gives me
an assurance in recommending compounds TO
all farmers, that prefer the cannon sense. or
empirical mode, TO any special manure. In
other words compound like De Burg's. is
more valuable than any one of its elements
which might separately sell for seven times the
cost Of the compound, unless we know that we
need one element only, and have an inexhaust-
ibe supply of all the rest"
WIN. BRADDOCK, Esq, Rockville. Mont
gomery CO., Nd, says: 81 applied De Burg to
my corn in the Hill and made barrels Ter
acre. rut in a small portion of same Guality
OF land In corn, without De Burg and am sa-
tisticd there was not ] barrels per acre on IT,
did not use Peruvian Guano last season. Int
am satisfied, from previous use Of it, that De
Burg is far superior TO il in a dry season"
CHARLES 4. WORTHINGTON. Unity.
Montgomery CO.. Nd SAWS. 81 abpIicd Dn