The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1869-04-01
[Erom the Southern Cu1tiuator.
Chas. A. Peabody ON CONNER
cial Manures.
HES METHOD OF APPLICATIONS AND
RESULTS.

Editors Southern Culticdtor As am constantly
receiving letters from oil parts of the cotton-grow-
ing States, asking my views of Guano-what kinds
prefer-how | use it, and what quantities 81
will make the Cultivator the medium of my answer
to all. Some twenty five years ago, began to ex
pertinent with Guano. First, i tried Peruvian.
This gave good satisfaction but was, l then
thought, rather expensive. have since tried all
of the other varieties of note. Some were good,
others worthless. i had come to the conclusion
that the Peruvian, however costly, was the cheap
est in the end as hard-workng, industrious man
could manipulate IT, with any other substance he
thought proper. have found salt, plaster, fow
er Of boresy swamp muck, &c., valuable TO ma.
nipusats with Peruvian Gnano but tho labor of
manipulation is great, and in the process of ma
nipulatioD, much of the ammonia escapes. From
this fact have been led to inquire whether there
was net sn excess Of aHBFeonsa in Peruvian Gunno,
and whether it would not be more advantageous to
pay for the Phosphates, than to pay so much extra
for the volatile ammonia Whilst full of this
idea, struck the Soluble Pacific Guano, and was
so well pleased with it, that last year manured
one-half of my cotton with IT, and tie otlser half
with the genuine Peruvian. The same quantity of
each was used per acre. The land was of the
same quality, the planting and culture was in oil
respects the same, aud when the crop was gather
ed, it was impossible to tell which was the best.
Now the Soluble Pacific Guano cost me $50 less
per ton, and as consequence, 1 have this year
used the Soluble Pacific Guano alone. 1t cost me
at the Agents Depot in Columbus, $75 per ton.
1t may be we'll here to state the character Of my
land. do not live on exactly what would be
called pine barrens but it is next to it. The older
portion of my land will not, with ordinary culture,
bring three hundred pounds of seed Gotten to the
acre. field Of len acres, which / wished to e1-
pertinent on with the Dickson Cotton, hybridizing
it with my Upland Long Staple. i pIowed and
subsoiled in March, leaving the surface perfectly
level; the Goth of April laid it off in lands about
twenty five feet wide, and sowed Soluble Pacific
Guano broadcast, at. the rate of two hundred
pounds to the acre. This I turned under, with o
turn shovel then opened burrows three feet apart,
with long point scooter, following in the SAM
furraw put two hundred pounds more of the Gu
ano TO the acre. Then threw the burrows togeth-
er into the centre, with turn shovel, which left
but slight ridge, and on this ridge planted the
seed. The Dickson variety bears much thicker
planting than other kinds. The growth and fruit
ing of the crop was superb-nothlng equal to it
had ever been seen in this section Of the country,
and if the worms had not swept oil the top and
end bolls, it would have made two good bales to
the acre. As bad it has turned out, it has made
bale to the acre. To half acre near my dwell
ling, that had cow .penned last winter, applied
two hundred pounds of the Soluble Pacific Guano
in the drill, and, Notwithstanding excessive wet
weather in August, and the worms, which took oil
the late crop, 1 have picked over two thousand
pounds of seed cotton from the half acre: There
are those in my neighbOrhood, who plant land as
good as mine, but without Guano, that will scarce
ly realize bale from ten acres this year.
And now word TO the purchaser. If you would
get the Soluble Pacific Guano Genuine, purchase it
only of the authorized agents of the Company.
have tried the Peruvian and Pacific ON my garden
crops, but with no good results. Peruvian Guano
seems to be emphatically the food for the cotton
.frmt-other fertilizers may make more weed; but
in the purchase of Peruvian Guano, we ore pay
ing for volatile ammonia, much of which is
bound to escape, without benefit to crops. Wilt
not be to the planters interest to take that Guano
which is richer in phosphates, and yet IN abun-
dance of ammonia for all practical purposes? The
Soluble Pacifc Guano have found from sound
pracica! tests, to be equal to the Peruvian and
much cheaper. hold that no man Gun afford to
plant cotton without Guano.
CHAS. A. PEABODY.
Ice Co., Ala. near Columbus, Ca, Nop IA, 1868.