Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1861-02-13
NO. 25-

~ - PN' CuP0i phosphate paid
1O6 per cent.
Nos. IL and Is gave about the same
gain on the Investment, viz: 2oS per cent.
No. IL Is a Superphosphate of Lime
made 10y w Patterson, of Newark, New
jersey, and is the only one of the super
phosphate used above, the composition OF
which | am informed of 1t contains Pc,
ruvian Guano, Crushed Bones dissolved in
large per cent of Acid, Soda, Salt, Fas.
ter, and with or without Potasl, as NAV h..
desired 1t also contains ma eriai for form
ing or supplying nitrogen
No. 10, stable manure at cost Of
$500, gave 204 per cent gain.
No. paid well, if the cost did not ex-
ceed 50 80.
No. 8, the National Fertilizer, think a
valuable article for permanently enriching
the land. Il was received too late for
iair trial. 1t contains much phosphate
OF lime and nitrogcnous material saa
should be deposited in the ground in jan
uarv.
No. paid on the investment 27o per
cent
No. 6, at cost of $3.50, gave $50 per
cent.
No. 5, Stovalrs Cotton Phosphate made
Il believe) in Augusta, yielded l28 per
cent.
No. Rerse's Manipulated Guano. at a
cost OF $500, gave l47 per cent.
NO. 3, American Guano, 0rom Augusta
Ga-,) bought at the close of the season
spontaneously pulverized, as the aocnt
said, from long exposure TO the air. did
not pay. | shall try this year few tons
of Bakers Island from Savannah I
think good American Guano from BaLor's
Island will pay more than IS cents nro.
fit on $3.50. r.
No. 2, Mitchell & CrousdaIe's Nitrcaep.
ised Snperphosphatc Of Lime, gave a profit
of S7.2S or l47 per cent.
No. ], HoH's Bone Snperphospbate of
Lime, paid l38 per cent.
These experiments have been fairly and
accurately condacted under my supcrvision
all of which are respectfully snbmitte5
>. Z. EDGEwoRTH
DIR. EJgeworth deserves not only onr
best thanks, but the thanks of all cotton
growers, for making and reporting the
ADORE instructive experiments. They show
that on poor, sandy land, mineral nannre..
ttks dHs94 Shfs Ahtfoast Pre- afoHt6 q oar
southern staple. While the sale of th..
Int pays a handsome profit on the cost If
the commercial and other fertilizers uscd
IL Is important to bear in mind the fact that
the large gain in cotton seed. in the lcavcs
stem and roots OF the plant, resulting from
the use OF ashes or other mineral ,aa,,,,,..
ADDS organic matter to the soil, and rich
manure like cotton seed, that cost no,binr
FIVE dollars wo'th of rich livery still.
manure gave profit of over ten dollars n
the crop Int such manure Is acccssibi,.
10 only very lew. Hence. the rI,c.n
production OF cotton seed and plants of
peas and pea-vincs, on farms to servo
ultimately, as mannrc, is matter oforeat
Importance. What highly concentrated
fertilizers will yield the cheapest bopo-
~ ,nade manure on cotton plantation DR..
Isst year not o7TV III JSss5 ssss
for English grasses.
Several Of the fertilizers applied to cot
ton last year, bv onr correspondent were
so sparingly soluble in rain water, that
they will Weld focd for crops this year and
next Neither wood ashes nor stable ma
nurc, nor phosphate guanos exhaust the'f
entire virtues in one season, or on one
crop. Hence with good management ~
farm economy, the annual use OF these feT-
tilizers will accumulate the elements oil
fruitfnlness in the soil. Mr.. Dickson's large
experience in Hancock county both Illus
trates and confirms the souDdness of this
theory in practice. Thus suppose DIR.
Edoeworth sells 400 lbs. of lint from an
acre tc which he has applied $50 lbs. OF
ashes. If he were to burn all the lint or
cotton sold, il vo"ll not yield over flSe OF
six hounds of asiir>; while the ash IN tho
seed. stem, roots, leaves of cotton plants J
not lost /: neither Is much OF that whlci
is left in the soil. unless it is leachcd AM
surfacedwastcd .,a,llv. One should EN-
p!oy manure 4 ,,,ed to yield ten fold NOR
manure, Just as he uses a busbei OF sec
wheat TO produce ten bushels of tais valu'
ble grain. Certainly. either wheat, cor
cotton seed or peas will form rich manure
/ and all crops should be studied IN tins CO.
nection. The important art OF maklI
: cheap manure is in its infancy, as eve
. thoughtful planter must know.
: Southern Field d FIreside.