Smyrna times., 1858-08-12


profitable on soils abounding in SILICA, and des-
liute of vegetable akalies, humus or organic
matter in any firm, as is much Of the land III
The lower part of Kent and Sussex countless
Soils thus destitute, must have ammonia and ,
alkallcs furnished artiticially, or otherwise the
crop will be sickly, and no article seems to fur
nish it so we'll or is better adapted to the corn
and wheat plant Peruvian or Pacific Ocean |
Gulno, or a combination Of them with others !
rich in fhosphutes, and vet Super Phosphates
OF Lime may be the very best application on
the heavy clays of New Castle county and Penn
sylVania, and the nPck land in Kent, in which
there is an abundance of organic matter, which
viii furnish all the ammonia necessary to the
growth Of the plant. used ton of good Su-
per- r-Phosphate on wheat last fall, on land well
mixed with clay, and found that heavy dress
! ing Will make good wheat on land of medium
! strength, this Is evident from the fact that in
! the immediate vicinity Of where the barrels
stood IN the field the wheat was hn1vv. neither
lily nor frost impeded IS growth, while Other
portions OF the field aud bnt few G.ot from
the barrels the wheat was not near so GOOD. II
therefore conclude that O heavy dressing of Su
per-lhosphate Of Lime will make good wheat
! IN most SOILS, but think it would require from
one quarter TO half a ton per acre on light
exhausted soil, while perhaps half that amount
""uid be sufficient on clay land rich in
organic matter. Indeed | feel satisfied that
gooa Ammonlated Super-Phosphate on such
lan'!, especially drilled in with the wheat
at the rate of three hundred pounds TO the
acre, would be preferable to Peruvian Gu
ano at present rates, but my experience will
not recommend 1t for exhausted SOIL TO give
super phosphate fall credit, | must say that
where IT was used on wheat last fall, the Young
clover has taken much better and looks far su-
peror to that dressed with barn -yard manure.
| II have erred in my estimation of Pacific
Ocean Guano any other article named in
this paper, | will be able to detect it at the
gathering of the fail crop. | would have re.
manned silent until that time, but that would
be too late for farmers TO derive any benefit
the present season from the use of the fertili.
zer here recommended. Iflife and health per.
nlts, the Society shall have faithful report at
the next annual meeting. If Peruvian Guano
is better and cheaper than any thing else, it
shall have full credit. | have written this with
a talteFlng pen, not with any want of conf
dence IN the article now in market, for | am
j willing to risk my own money in il, but for
lear that an article may be brought in the mar
Ket under That name which will not be of stan.
dard and uniform quality, and that persons NAV
purchase it through my recommendation and
be disappointed in the result. The only safe
guard against such is to purchase of estab |
iIshed and reliable men. | have taken some
trouble to ascertain the probable amount of !
racine Ocean Guano now ready for market /;
the amount likely 10 be here in time for fall |
use, and the probability of its being of unifDrrn
quality, ard | have learned from reliable an /
thorlty that there is about three thousand ions
on hand, and shortly 10 arrive from three TO
tour thousand more. There has been and will
DC but LITTLE difference in the quality fr.m these
lslands There may be some cargoes hltl.
drIer than others, but the analysis has other
wise been the same. The price will he in
Philadelphia, from which this State will be
supplied, Sl2 for less than five tons: from
hive to ten tons, ~ 80; from ten tons and nm.
pards, SG0-in all cases cash. Dealers here |
understand will retail at Si3 cash felt it 10
DC my duty te make public what information |
nave been able to gather, in time for the farm.
ers to avail themselves of the be eft of il in
purchasing for the next whort crop Fit does
no other good, hope it will to some extent.
check the exIortion in Peruvian Guano.
Very respectfully, &c,
T. 3. COURSEY.
Spring MILLS, DEL, July II, 1853 ;
p. S. Since writing the above have this
days August %, been reviewing my experiment
On corn, and fnd that the extremely no,
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SIX weeks, has seriously effected the whole, $,
much so that fear shall again be dlsappoint.
cd 10 having fair test ofany of the manures.
10 my experiments on the improved land tb,
corn has been in tassel some three weeks OF
more, and aItaough i; has burned but little, vet
here IS not the usual amount OF shoots, many
inc stalks having no appearance o. a sdUot.
On the exhausted soil the corn has burned Il
more where the Pacific Ocean GuanO was ap.
'lIed than any where else. | attribute this t. /,
Is being in advance of all others when til, 70
rought began to effect the crop. T. BIC. y
Which was on nation ordered to be published n
n the proceedings of the meeting, and the
hanks of the Society were rendered to MIR. ;
1oursey for his communication, with The re
ueSt that he may continue his experiments. 81
Mr.. CourSey submitted specimens of the diff
crent gnanoes.
MIR. Hayes, pending a discussion of the merits q q
/ different fertilizers, spoke favorably of Super Of
'hosPhates and soluble bone matter. ~
Mr. Du Hamel spoke of the mpositions prac. .o
Sed upon the farmers by three-fourths of the NJ
manufacturers Of fertilizers and thought tbc vi
oc'ety ought to employ chem st to analyse co
iese fertilizers. The members present, with hn hf
ut taking any formal action, seemed to agrec
18th tie suggestion. "a
MIR. J. NJ. Hill reported the treatment of his -
st wheat crop. That the wheat on the part
the field which was manured with barn-yard
anure was literally dead, but that which was
anured with Jourdau's Ammoniated Super 81
hosphate, yielded very wei. II
MF. Du llAmel gave very unfavorable ac- FIR
'unt OF his crop as treated with apes Super. jar
hosphate lie thought the article worthless. Md
r r, N, - VIII
MIR. &. W. Cammins thought that there was 23
mode known by which the farmers can get I9r Rp
d OF the hY-it would come and oo md M Ch