The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-01-10

have never bad 80 good g garden before, and am
compelled to attribute it to the manure used Such
manures as answer good purpose for garden
crops, where plants are maturing at all seasons of
the year, never fail in favorable seasons to produce
good field crops. Many of our planters used the
two manures combined, some using 100 pounds Of
each. others 1870 pounds Of guano, and 70 pounds
of bone per acre, thoroughly mixed and sown in
the drill or 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.
This may be new and singular idea and perhaps
an 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
custom Of our planters to mix oil of their concen-
trated manures such as guano, cotton seed, stable
manure. &C.. with swamp mud, woods mould ditch
banks, in such quantities as to afford abou: 500
bushels of the compost to the acre for cotton This
work was usually put through between the 18th
December and the lst of March, the cost of much
hard work to hand and team. 1t was persisted in
however, as it was considered the most speedy man
ner fimproving the land, and the surest system Of
producing large crops while the improvement was
going on, but now that the labor of the negro can
not be controlled as it was them and has uncon.
querable aversion to this kind of work, and have
pretty much their way in all things apperaining
to field work. it is to be presumed that this method
of manuring will have to be relinqushed. and some
other adopted that it is to be hoped will answer as
good or better purpose. If it should give rise 10
deeper and better ploughing, more thorough draia.
age, and other improvements of which there is
much need, the time may come and that speedily,
when it may be considered q fortunate occurrence
that the whole system was broken up.
1t is important in using guano to instruct the
laborers to apply it as equally possible in the
burrows TO attain this end the proper quantity for
q furrow, fifty or 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 holi out. Let
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 full 6ene
fit from the gua7,o, 1nless this matter is attended
to and accomplished.
have heard of two persons who used guano for
the corn crop. Both of these speak highly ofits
effect. A much larger quantity in my opinion should
be applied to corn than cotton, and it should be used
broadcast.
To give you better idea of the effect Of the Guano
by itself and the guano and bone -four mixed,
will give you the statements of several of best
farmers who authorized me to do 30 you desired it.
will mention here that of the large number of per.
sons who bought these fertilizers last spring. have
heard but t,oo speak Of them in way that could be
used tons each of Pacific Guano, Flour of Bone
and Peruvian Guano, 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 5 tons Pacific
and tons Peruvian Guano, and will make $50
bales. The latter has not said chat he will use no
more Pacific, but he is very emphatic in declaring
he will never use any more Peruvian Guano. These
gentlemen certainly have cause to complain. The
former especially. What only one bale of cotton
per acre!
Mr. Jesse Mercer, a 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 Superphosphate
Of Lime. The PacifcGuano used in this expert
ment cost SIG 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 l40 lbs.
The Peruvian Guano cost Sl20 per ton IS lbs.
were used on land adjacent Of the same size and
resulted in product of 1l9 lbs, the unmanured
land along side produced 10 lbs. The Peruvian
cost go per cent. more than the Pacific Guuno,
while the Pacific in the above experiment shows
in the yield Of cotton a gain of 1881 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.. C. B. Kiilibrew opened his cotton furrows
and applied in the drill the usual compost manure
in the drill and then sowed Pacific Guano at tho
rate Of LOO lbs. per acre, leaving six 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 Gunno and averaged 500 lbs more cotton
than tho unmanured land produced. He made