Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-03-02
O r I Or I N a e.
FOR TuH KEowEE COURIER.
Concen tra ted Fertilizers-G Pow
drette


Rural economy impcratvcly dclnand. new
system OF labor. To supply this demand is n
subject seriously engrossing the attention of
agr'culturiSs, and has been theme for our
most learned deliberations. The result or these
c'gita,ions has been in making appropriations
for the encouragement of foreign immigration
Commendsble measures have been instituted
for the erection Of Mechanical and y gricultural
Colleges. S, .nucl hus been done by the Gov
ernpent f.rthc peopie now indi4idual OK r.
tions must be made. The renovation Of desolu-
ted and impoverished lands, by the Introduction
of commercial manurcs. and "a judicinus man
agement of bnrn-ynrd composs, can, if proper
clrnsion in labor. We mean to say that there
will be n" material reduction IN the yield of CO
renls cotton and ether products. BY contract
ing the lands titled and applying manurca car
acres Will bring forth f'ur.in!l- l--labor ccouo.
mized aud lands renovated The father who
s"ws and rcnps without manurmg, will leave as
legacy t" his children barren lands and prop.
er,y. Here is ease where the imqnity oil The
fa.i.er is visited upoiiStho children.
To the subject: Why is it that our composts
~ ::ot have Sn s.nl effect III producing crops as
the concentrated fertilizcrs-guano and now
drcttn9 The difference is simply this: That in
c"mp"sting mnnnrcs he mass is hcapcd inds.
cr'minatciv, with M regard 20 aw or orlur in
itt arrangement Let us take an nxnmp!c of n
compost from barn. yard mnnurcs, to which is
aided the mineral m;lnureS-- gypsum bono.
dh-tnnd ammonia. Suppose these to constitute
the mass; add To thi, an alknl--imc In th.
wo have an indispensable element; vet, if
scientific Knowledge Of its chemical agency is
lacking. F" destructive one. The lime 10y i,s
presence ncIwm." grcndily attacks the ammo.
ma aud se's fire the g"scs-nitrogcn and hydro
Ean the former escaping into the ninos-
rhsrc-its original store house. This difficulty
could have been obviatel merely by adding ab-
ssrbents to the compost.
Due to this then, is the introduction of con.
centrascd fertilizers Guann. at rrctent mo.
nopplizes the market. Perhaps n few remarks
"n its sources may not he inapplcable Barren
ana raincSS regions, tile resort of sca.hirS
furnish the manure in almost mex cXinusinble
abundance. As its name implies. most of tLat
n"w used comes from pcru--henco Peruvian
Gnanu.
Careful analysis shows this fertilizer to CON
tam all the elements usually foand in rlnn's
Parallel analysis Of wheat and gunno will illus
trate very satisfactorily the necessity of making
generous restitution to the soil Of those ee-
monts of nutrition which nudicous husbandry
and heavy cr"pping have exhausted Sundry
experiments in. tho application of guano 20 to
prove the proprinty of Incorporating it in equal
quantities of barn yard manures. ANY other
mode Of applying it but in the drill, to drilled
crops. is sheer pro,ligaiity. 1t should be mi
nntoly pulvorizch bcforo application. IF un-
compnsted, damp. quiot day. would he recon
nrendcd. Of fine gunno, $50 to 200 pounds to
tho acre. should DO applied. Risks nro to be
encountered in the purchase of this fertilizer
Il my should fail in applying it with the de-
sired effect, they should not be discouraged ;
for fine guAno is an infnllihlo nntrincnt The
romark Of an Mt'u prncticalist, alone eicts an.
other obscrvaon.lI,It is this Gu,uo does not
stimulate the land as alleged, for it does not act
in any way. upon The soil no more. Mt lcnst
than any other manure. Absurd prejudice
could alone have prompted this.
We did not intend to speak Of Powdrotto in
this article in any other way than to give its or
sgin. Pride and prejudice having almost Who'll
" excluded it from its Office it is but little used
II is not so valuable as Guano, yet ranks second
to it "a n fertilizer. by q process of chemical
annd philosorhic agencies, the human f@ccs are