Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1857-05-22
ATTENTION FARMIRS |
GuanO exceIled by DEBURG

is settled point with all Chemists and
l. scientific Farmers, that Peruvian or ,nv
/ other description of guano does not SUNNY to
the soil one-thrd Of the necessary constituents
for the growth Of all crops, on all soils, and
! the analysis Of wheat, rye, corn. oats potatoes
tohacco etc, prove the fact. Every one who
has had any experience in the use ofSpuono
Knows mat the land becomes exhausted and
| impoverished by its continued applcatIon
/ Many experiments have been made rccentI,,
/ relative to its value as compared with the bcsf
Feruyian Guano, and preference given 10 II
rs a manure, being quite effective in its
action OF inducing carly maturity as nuano
but much more durable and fortifvinc to tbo
soil, and less volatile.
To the Tobacco Planters, it will be fonnd
very beneficial. Tobacco contains a large
amount Of mineral matter, which is being con-
tinnaily removed by the plant in solution and
u Is but reasonable to suppose that the soil
must soon become exhausted of minerals r.
I none are returned as a manure; the sunnIy op
such deficiency may be found in the appiico-
ton Of De Burg, it being the means Of rro-
duelng great rapidly of growth durinp tho
first stages Of the plant, carrying it out of the
reach of the ravages of the hy. and indncinc,
carly maturity. 1t should he used at the rate
of 2 to cwt. to the acrc-should be broadcast
or applied in the hill, where from its chemical
composition and deliquescent nature. il 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 AcricnItr,
raj Society-analyzes every lot of De Burg we
receive, and says, in his report TO us
''Dc Burg's compound is much more general
| " valuable to the practical farmer than any
mixture of phosphates and ammonia or manin-
ulated guanO. There are other elements in De
Burg to which attach as much Importance as
ammonia and phosphatcs, and | cannot pass a
! cargo where one Of these is absent, however
much ammonia and phosphatcs are present"
Again he says -" Peruvian Guano Hickory
Ashes, and Super-phosphate of Lime scparatc-
~ applied to land, cXhausts it, las n general
rne) upon the principles established by Laws
and Pussy, in a series of years experiments
My experience in their use separately. in con-
trast with their combined influence. oivcs mo
an assurance in recommending comrounds 10
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 inexhaust-
ible supply Of all the'rcst"
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 a small portion of same oualitv
Of land in corn, without De Burg. and am sa-
tished there was not u barrels per acre on if.
] did not use Peruvian Guano last season, but
am satisfied, from previous use Of it, that De
Burg Is far superior to il in n dry season. !"
CHARLES A. WORTHINGTON. Unity.
Montgomery CO.. Nd saws: 81 anplied De