Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1858-01-08
ATTBDTI0N FARMARS /!
Guano excelHed by DE BURG


1T is a settled point with all Chemists and
A 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 its continued application
Many experiments have been made recently,
relative to its value as compared with the best
Peruvian Guano and preference given to it
rs manure, being quite as effective ia It's
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-
:aaaliY removed by the plant in solution, and
it is but reasonable to suppose that the soil
must soon become exhausted of minerals, if
none are returned as a manure; the supply Of
such deficiency may be found in the appica-
tion Of De Burg, it being the means of pro-
ducing great rapidity Of growth during the
first stages Of the plant, carrying it out Of the
reach Of the ravages Of the fly, and inducing
early maturity. 1t should be used at the rate
VI - W , wv I. 10 NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. ht bIhtibitSA
or applied in the hill, where from its chemical
composition and delquescentn nature, it attracts
considerable moisture and the plants will be
less liable to suffer from drought.
DIR. DAVID STEWART, Professor Of chem
istry at st. Johns College, Annapolis, Nd,
and Chemist to the Maryland State Agrieultu-
raj Society-analy2es every lot Of De Burg we
receive and saws, in his report to us:
"De Burg compound Is much more general
ly valuable to the practical farmer than any
mixture Of phosphates and ammonia or manip-
uated euano. There are other elements in De
Burg to which attach as much Importance as
ammonia and phosphates. and cannot pass a
cargo where one of these is absent. however
much ammonia and phosphates are present.
AGAIN he saws -" Peruvian Guano, Hickory
Ashes. and Snper-phosphate of Lime separate
" apulied TO land exhausts il. (as a General
rnleI unon the principles established nv Laws
and Prsey in n series of 7 Years experiments.
Nv experience in their use separately. in con-
trast with their combined influence. gives me
an assurance in recommending compounds 10
all farmers that prefer the common sensn ar
empirical mode. to any special manure. In
other words. a compound like De Bure's. /.
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 rest"
WIN. BRADDOCK. Esq. Rockville. Mont
gomery co.. MD. saws ii apnIed De Bnro "a
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-
tisticd there was not barrels per acre ON it.
did not use Peruvian Guano last season, hui
am am se'iShed, rom previous use OF II, mat De
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