Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1857-10-02
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Gualno excclEed by GsE EBUEeG

TT IS q settled point with all Chemists and
3 scientific Farmers, that Peruvian or any
other dc crintion Of guano does not supply "a
the eJil one third Of the necessary constituents
FOR the gro' Oh If al crops, on all soils and
the nalysis of wheat, rye, corn, oats. potatoes.
tobacco, etc. prove the fact. Every one whq
has had any experience in the use Of puano
knows that the land becomes exhausted and
Impoverished by its continued application
Many experiments have been made recently.
relative to its value rs compared with the best
Peruvian Guano, and a preference given to il
as manure, being quite as effective in its
action Of inducing early maturity as guano,
but much more durable and terrifying to the
soil, and less volatile
To the Tobacco Planters, it will be found
very beneficial. Tobacco contains a large
amount OF mineral matter, which is being con-
tinually removed by the plant in solution, and
it is but reasonable to suppose that the soil
must soon become exhausted Of minerals II
none are returned as n manure; the supply OF
such deficiency may be found in the appiica-
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 ravagcs Of the fly, and inducing
early maturity. 1t should be used at the rate
of . to 3,cwt to the acre-should be broadcast
or applied in the HILL where from its chemical
composition and dcliquesccnt nature, it attracts
considerable moisture, and the plants will be
less liable TO suffer from drought.
DR.. DAVID STEWART, Professor of chem
istry at st. Johns College, Annapolis, Md,
and Chemist to the Maryland State Agricutr-
raj SociCty-analyzes every lot Of De Burg we
receive, and says, in his report to us
De Burg's compound is mgch more general
ly valuable TO the practical farmer than any
mixture Of phosphates and ammonia or manip-
ulated guano. There are other elements in De
Burg TO which attach az much importance rs
ammonia and phosphatCe, and | cannot pass Il
cargo where one of these is absent, however
much ammonia and phosphates are present"
Again he says :-YPcruyan Guano, Hickory
Ashes, and Super-phosphate of Lime. separate
ly applied to land, cxhausts it, las . general
rule) upon the principles established by Laws
aud Pussy, in a series of years experiments.
My 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 common sense. or
empirical mode, to any special manure In
other words, compound like De Burgs, 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 ineyhaust-
ible 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 per
acre. put in small portion Of same quality
of land in corn, without De Burg. and am sa-
tisied there was not ] barrels per acre on il.
! did not use Peruvian Guano last season. but
am satisfied from previous use Of it, that De
Burg is far superior 10 il in dry season"
CHARLES WORTUNGToN rnit,.
MONTGOMERY co Ma savs. al on,,Iiod H.