The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1869-01-28
[From the Southern Culurator.]
Chas. A. Peabody on CONNER
cial ManureS.
HIS METHOD OF APPLICATION AND
RESULTS.

Editors Southern Culhuator As I am constantly
receiving letters from all parts of the cotton-grow
ing States, asking my views of Guano-what kinds
prefsr-how use il, and what quantitiss2-I
will make the Cuiicotor the medium of my answer
to all. Some twenty-f five years ago, began to ex.
pertinent with Guano First, tried Peruvian.
This gaze good satisfaction, bat was, then
thought rather expensive. have since tried all
of the other varieties of note. Some were good,
others worthless. ] had come to the conclusion
that the Peruvian, however costly, was the cheap
est in the end. as harl-working. industrious man
could manipulate it, with any other substance he
thought proper. have found salt, plaster, fow-
er of bones, swamp muck, &C., valuable 10 ma
nipulate with Peruvian Guano, but the labor Of
manipulation is great, and in the process Of ma
nipulatiou, much Of the snmonia escapes From
this fact have been led to inquire, whether there
was net an excess of ammonia in Peruvian Guano.
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
dca struck the Soluble Pacific Guano, ard was
so we'll pleased with it, that last year manured
one-haf of my cotton with it, and the other 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 all
respects the same, and 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 asa consequence, 1 have. this year
used the Soluble Pacific Guano alone. 1t cost me-
at the Agents Depot in Columbus, SO 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 Jarren,, but it is next to it. The older
portion Of my land will not, with ordinary culture,
bring three hundred pounds of seed cotton to the
acre A fold of ten acres, which wished to ex-
pertinent on with the Dickson Cotton, hybridizing
it with my Upland Long Staple. plowe1 and
sub.soiled in March, leaving the surface perfectly
level the Goth of APRIL laid it off in lands about
twenty FIVE feet vide, and sowed Soluble Pacific
Guano broadcast, at the rate of two hundred
pounds to the acre. This turned under, with Is
turn shovel then opened burrows three feet apart,
will, n long point scooter, following in the same
furrow put TWO hundred pounds more Of The Gu
ano to the acre. Then threw the burrows ogcth-
err into the centre, with turn shovel, which left
but slight ridge, and on this ridge planted tho
seed The Dickson variety bears much thicker
planting than sther kinds The growth and fruit
ing of the crop was superb-notihng equal to it
had ever been seen in this section Of the country,
and if the vorms had not swept all the top and
end bolls, it would have made two good bales TO
the acre As bad as it has turned out, 1t has made
q bale TO the acre. To half acre near my dwell
ling, that had cow -psnned last winter, applied
two hun,!re; pounds OF the Soluble Pacific Guano
in the drill. and, notwithstanding excessive wet
weather in August, anl the wor,a. which took all
he lats crop, have picked over two thousand
pounds of seed cotton from III. h;lf acre. There
are those in my ncisaborhood. who plant land as
good as mine, but without Guano, that will scarce
| " realize bale from ten acres this year.
And now word to .hc purchaser. If you would
get the Soluble Pacific Guano Geraiac, purchase it
only OF the authorized agents of the Company. l
have tried the Peruvian and Pacific ON BY garden
crops, but with no good results. Peruvian Guano
seems to be cmphatically the food for the cotton
trut-other fertilizers may make more weed; but
in The rurciluse of Peruvian Guano, ne are pay
ing for volatile ammonia, much Of which is
bound to escape, without benefit to crops. Will It
not be to the planters interest to take that Guano
which is richer in phosphates, and yet an aoun-
dance of ammonia for all practical purposes? The
Soluble Pacific Guano 1 have found from sound
..,.,;,ol taste Ia ho sonol IN the Peruvian and
| much cheaper. hold that no man can afford to
plant cotton without Guano.
CIIAS. A. PEABODY.
Lee Co., Ala. near Columbus, Ga, Nor. IA, 1858.