The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-01-09

10NAASA~ASo season. /
have never had SO good garden before, and am
compelled to attribute it to the manure used Such
manures as answer good purpose. for garden
f5ops, wheae plants are maturing at all seasons Of
the year, never tail in favorable seasons to produce
good field crops. Many of our planters used the
two manures combined, some using 100 pounds Of
each: others l3o pounds Of guano, and 70 pounds
OF bone per acre, thoroughly mixed and sown II
the drill OF furrow. This mode is gaining favor.
especially with such of our farmers or planters
who are firmly Of the opinion that 200 lbs Of the
guano is more than ought to be used in the drill
unless mixed with some other less active material
! ms may be q new and singular idea and perhaps
IN erroneous one, but there was certainly much
force in the argument of one Of our best farmers
who takes that ground and acts upon it.
It had for many years before the late war been a
custom OF our planters to mix all Of tn cir concen-
trated manures such as guano, cotton seed, stable
manure, de-, with swamp mud, woods mould, ditch
oanks &c, IN sucn quantities to afford abou. 500
bushels OF the compost to the for cotton. This
work was usually put through between the 18th
december and the lst of March, at the cost of fmuch
hard work to hand and team. It was persisted -
however, as it was considered the most SPEEDY man
ner OF improving the land and the surest system of
producing large crops while the improvement was
gong on but nov that the labor of the negro can
not be controlled it then, and has an uncon-
querable aversion to this kind Of work, and have
pretty much their way in all things appertanne
70 held work, it IS to be presumed that this method
OF manurlng will have to be renquished, and some
other adopted that it is to be hoped will as
good or better purpose. If it should give rise 10
deeper and better ploughing, more thorough drain
age, and other Improvements Of which there is
much need, the time may come and that speedily
when It may be considered fortunate occurrence
that the whole system was broken up.
- ~ IS important IN using guano to instruct the
f taoosers to To- apply It as equally as possible in the
turrow, fifty or a hundred yards in length should
be weighed to each hand, and let him try It. and see
=. how near he can come to making it hold out Let
this be repeated until he gets accustomed to spread
ing evenly along the furrow: which if he has any
tact, Will be much sooner than one would suppose
at the first trial. No need expect the uU Jene-
Ut Jrons TIE g1a1o u'aless this matter is attended
have heard Of two persons who used guano for
the corn crop. Both of these speak highly of it's
effect. much larger quantity in my opinion should
be applied to than cotton and It should he used
broadcast.
10 give you better idea ofthe effect the Guano
by itself and the guano and bone -four mixed, I
WILL give you the statements of several of our best
farmers who authorized to do so YOU desired t.
will mention here that of the large number Of per.
sons who bought these fertilizers last spring. have
heard but t,co speak Of them in way that could be
osd Possibly construed @ as unavorabe One Of these
and PERUVIAN Gnano, and If he can save it will as
he states make 100 bales weighing 400 lbs each on
100 acres Of land. The other used tons Pacific
and tons Peruvian Guano, and will make 1870
bales The latter has not said that he will use mo-
more Pacific, but he is very emphatic in declaring
he will never use any more Peruvian Guano These
gentlemen certainty nave cause to complain. The
former especially. What only one bale of cotton
per acre!
Mr.. Jesse Mercer, practical farmer, and man
OF sterling integrity. made an experiment last
season with the following manures Peruvian
Guano, Patapsco Guano, Pacific Guano Baugh's
Raw Bone Phosphate, and Goes Superphospbate
OF Lime. The PacfcGuano used in this expert
ment cost 81 per ton laid down here the quantity
used in the experiment was IS lbs which made
80 lbs. more cotton than the unmanured land Of
the same size laying alongside of the manured.
Or in other words, the land without manure made
60 lbs. The guanoed land l4O lbs.
The Peruvian Guano cost Sl20 per ton 35 lbs.
were used on land adjacent Of the same size ard
resulted in product of 1l9 lbs, the unmanured
land along side produced 10 lbs The Peruvian
cost 6O per cent. more than the Pacific Guano.
while the Pacific in the above experiment shows
IN the yield Of cotton gain Of 1889 per cent. and
the Peruvian about 72 per cent. AS regards the
other fertilizers used in the experiment. prefer
to say nothing, the agents for their sale at this
point can do so if they think proper.
Mr.. G. B. Killibrew opened his cotton furrows
and applied in the drill the usual com post manure
in the drill and then sowed Pacific Guuano at the
rate of 100 lbs per acre, leaving six or eight fur
rows without guano. The guanoed land produced
an excess Of 200 lbs. over the land with compost
only.
Mr.. William F. Knight applied 200 lbs. of Pa
cIfc (fuQno md 1I,c