The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1860-02-01

1870
the non -guano row made At the rates of
l9l. These two rows We're on about as
thin land rs was in the field. My expert.
ence proves that it pays better on pretty
COED land than poor land. Here is the rca-
son from this fact: picked 7 rows 70
yards long where the ground was damp
Therefore it did not suffer from the effects
of dry weather 80 II uch, and it made ut
the rates of 3 o8O pounds per acre.
ais" made an experiment on corn, but
| have come tc the conclusion that it will
not pay rs well on corn rs cotton one seal
son with another, and here is my reason
why corn may be in the act of shooting
at the time o. Il severe drought, and the
stalk of corn having but one ear generally,
if i, misses that it misses all. The cotton
is different kind Of weed. from the fact
that it has more fruit and drought may ef
feet part and not the whole. Some stalks
have from 5olls 10 three and four hum
Grrd, but very few stalks of corn have more
than two ears. The experiment | made
with corn, yielted 80 per cent, but it is
precisely with the corn Us is with the cotton
in one respect, which is This it will yield
more corn on damp and cold land. 1t will
yield more from the cold land in dry wealth
er than it will from warm. Here l. my rca
son, and every man who has had any prac.
teal experience on farm: will perceive
where lie plants on warm spot of land,
say for instance an old homcstcd, that the
corn or cotton will grow off early in The
Spring and, consequently, it will fire soon
cr from the effects Of dry weather. 1t is
upon this prinGipie that argue that guano
will pay better upon cold land than warm.
| VAS not so accurate in my experiment
with corn as | was witn cotton, notwith-
standing believe it will pay upon corn. In
the very same field where | made fifty per
cent on gunno, where the rows were coun
ted,-in the same field where the land was
200 per cent. This difference NAV occur
in this way, the corn on the warm und more
thirsty land may shoot ont earlier. because
the cold land may hold back longer for
rain.
have heard it alleged against guano that
II fired the plants, and that believe. where
unwlse judgment is exercised in the appica-
tiOu of it and unskilfu cultivation on the
crop. | had heard time and again that gu
ano would nearly burn up corn ard cotton
! IN dry weather, but TO my a>tonishmient my
| corn and cotton under which gnano had
been put. fired less than anv other part Of
my plantation. | have heard that uuano
| impoverished land where n succession o f
crops were continued. That is a subject
upon which have no experience. But then
| do believe if guano " i'll even make one
| hundred per cent. | can use it and make il
a matter of economy. This would be my
mOdwS Operandi would put guano on n
| piece of cotton land ono year and make
| 400 pounds more than | would have other.
wise made witfout the guano, and bush
els of cotton seed The next =, ear would
! plant it in wheat the mex: | w,.uId let il
| grow mp in weeds the next plant it in cot
ton again, and believe Ly that process |
/ could get the same amount of money from
my land in one year tina: would other
wise in two years work. | would then get
clear of one years work and expenses.
| Guano was made and has been brought
into use by IN all seeing Providence for Il
very wise purpose, That purpose | think
Is to equalize the advantages and disadvan-
! tages between exhausted and fresh coun-
/ la Had IL a. hry.. h.,., /,
| Guano, have no doubt some parts of our
| State would have been nearly drpopulatcd
Mr. Editor, one more ,cn.ark ! have to
make about guano, then L have done.
would not be responsible for guano
| benetitting every farmer or planter, for n
! great many will not take the pains with it
! that It should have. | do not think guano
will pay either farmer or planter who suf
tcrs himself to get good deal in the grass
or pusley. From the fact, that the amonia
in the guaEo causes it to rise to the surface,
Consequently, if his cotton gets in the grass
or PusIey, he will chop the effects of the
/ guano from the cotton, then do not think
1t can do the same good. | have bought
three tons of Peruvian Guano and some Of
Kettlewel's manipulated guuno.
After trying 1t another year think can
then form some better idea what il will do.
| believe Mr.. Wm. J. Cureton is the first
man that introduced guano into this Dis
trict lie deserves great credit for such nm
snterprsng disposition. / know he will be
among the first men to build ralroad TO
l.ancas'"rrille. J. 4. C.