The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1867-02-13

'iS Sipi W Sldy In the neiu UlilarNCSt- l.
cG, taking upliot more than a weeks
supply at. one time. Tunirs will
stand pretty hard frostS, and in The
latitude of our correspondent may
preserve thcir feeding qualities thro'
winter. a pasture of early sown rye
should be provided for spring.-Ep.
AN. FARMER.
CoMroUNpiNG MANuRrs. = There
is no soil 80 fertile, naturally, rs not
to be improbable by the application
Of some cxtrancous substance.
All green vegetables, and all sub
stances, whether vegetable or animal,
as well as many mineral matters,
come in here to aid and assist uS.
The mould which rcposcs beneath The
forest the dark muck that is exposed
in the beds ofponds and lakclets the
refuse vegetable productions, and the
hccomrosablc substances which are
presented everywhere, arc all adapted
to the purpose Of making manure.
In forming composts from green
vegetable substance Of all kinds, sui
phnric acid should be freely used
Sprinklmg tho heaps daily with gill
of acid diluted with two thousand
times that quantity of water, will add
greatly to tho efficiency of tho COM
post by absorbing and itxiug the am
monia and carbonic acid which arc al
ways copiously evolved during the
process or decomposition by all kinds
Of manure. - Gem. 7I
CoMNERcIAL MfNrRrs. = Mjiors oC
.i"gHsM Grnniclr &c .S:ntinH :-GnN.
rLEMEN Your wrlliimcd and lorci
hle article in your issue Of the 22l
INST, on commercial mannrrs, inviting
those who have tried any of them to
publish The result OF their experiments.
has induced mc to avail myself of your
invira'ion and eivo my experience.
believing, as YOU do that il We want
to Farm successfully under The present
labor system, we mist cultivate less
.lan', and cultivate it h' h't'rr; that is,
prepare the soil carefully and manure
abnndan'lv. determined last ycar to
Try what deep plowine, asslnous a''cn
ton Mt the proper time. ana artificial
rrli!izing could 'lo, rs compared with
tho Old system of scratching HE land
with an inslrumrn5 called u Scooter" !"
md leaving atmosphere to supply
the clrmcnts Of fertility.
cultivated few acres Of thin red
clay land adjoining my residence and
planted corn, cotton, Irish potatoes,
turnips. and 'hc usual garlrn vrgrra.
blcs. ] had The land well broken will
'wn-horSe tnrn plows, then cross rlpw-
c', and then brddcd All this was
done in season and al hc proper inter
walls 6f imr. fused .hc fertilizer known
ms R"id's Phosphate m .nulac;urcd by
M"ssrs. Brgltwel g. Barrow at Nh,
tey,s Depot. OrClethorrc county, Ga. |
selected this hccausc knew the Manu-.
rac',Ircrs. and was confident That The
article was mrlnl,rrcd, because be-
'icvcd TINT the Supcr.Phosrhatcs Of
lime arc tho most valuable of all the
manufactured manurrS, from tic fact
that they stimulate the crop and per.
maarnlv improve the so,l, and because
this fertilizer wax the only one OF .%puth.
c''n manmi;icturc. | sowed H. in the
rows of cotton. and in the hills Of corn
at tho rate Of $50 lbs. to tn" acre, an
planted the seed ON Tho maEurr, and
cannot better give yon the rcsult than
by referring you to the following ccr,i-
licate which give the manufacturers Mt
The end of'lhe year:
Athens, November eth, 1866.
1fcssrs. B,1ghtwcN G Ba,7ow Gen.
tlcmcr: | have nsrd Reds Phosphate
this year on cotton, corn, Irish potatoes.
garden vegetables, and grass, and have
lonn1 j, to be tho most valuable fcrlil.
izcr know. On fourteen acres Of poor
red land, n"ar Athens, I have picked
over FIVE bales Of cotton. ! have gath.
cred twrnty.thrce and half bu hels Of
Corn to tho acre, and tho grass seeds
sown in my front yard in April with.
stood the prolractcl drought Of !lis
year, and are now rs thick and strong
"a ;f I had Sodard The space which ,hcv
cover. OF Irish potatoes and garcn
Vc8elanl's, J. pave hnd m unusually
large crop. My onions from seed were
finer than any | ever raised before from
bnitons. So certain am / that your
fertilizer is he best thing to renew o,lr
lands andzgive us healthy and early
crops, j mean TO use il next year on
my plsn.ali"n,, in .Oglc'borpe county, 10
.as great, an extent as my. means will
allow.
III f'3." Respectfully
f'ts &id ~ WM. NJ. Browse.
s& Without mnnnre, with so unpropiii.
ous an agricultural season As That OF last
year, ! snpul'l not have made more l,an
from 200 10 go ponndso( seed cotton,
and from 800 TO 500 bushels Of corn.
romarketlsilat his PHOSPHATE gave The
crop}snclra ,atart as 10 enable il to bear
ihe drougbt--tlat IL t,nnturri The cotton
earlier than any other artificial manure
Except genuine Peruvian glano) ever
saw tried, ana that its fertihzing PRO.
!pertics are not exhausted by Tho crop
stowhicls it Is applied. L tested the
last nonfed property bHplanlipg tnrpips
whcreI Ind urcyioisly [planje,l md