Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1869-02-05
From the Southern Gultivator.l
CHARLES A, PEABODY ON CONNER
CIAL MANURES.

HIS METHOD OF APPLICATION AND RESULTS.
Edstors .Sout1.e,7. C,elyiuator As l am con-
santly receiving letters from all parts of the cot
on-groWing States, asking my views of Guano-
wha kinds prefer-how l us it, and what guam
titles ~ will make the CuhiUGtcr the medium of
my answers to all. Some twenty-five years ago
| began TO experiment with Guano First, tried
Peruvian This gave good satisfaction, but was,
| then thought, rather expensive. l 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 cheapest in the end, as a Woodworking
industrious man could manipulate it with any
other substance he thought proper. have found
salt, plaster, flower of bones, swamp muck, &C.,
valuable to manipulate with Peruvian Guano, but
the labor of manipulation s great, and in the
process of manipulation much of the ammonia
escapes. From this fact have been led TO in
quiro whether there WAS not an excess of ammo
MIA 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 ammo
nis. Whilst full of this idea struck the Soluble
Pacific Guano, and was so well pleased with 1t
that last year I MANFRED one-half Of my cotton
with it, and the other half with the genuine Peru
Wan. 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 gathered it was impossi-
BILE to tell which was the best. Now the Soluble
Pacific Guano cost me 500 less per ton, and as a
consequence, have this year used the Soluble
Pacific Guano alone. It cost me- at the Agent S
Depot in Columbus, $75 per ton
It may De we'll here to state the character of
my land. do not live exactly what would be
called pine bGrTens, but it is next to it. The
older portion of my land will not. with ordinary
culture, bring three hundred pounds of seed cot
ton to the acre. field of ten acres, which I
wished to experiment on with the Dickson Cotton,
hybridizing it with my Upland Long Staple, 1
plowed Snd sub-soiled in March, leaving the sur
face perfectly level the Goth of April, laid it off
Low do hn1,tf ffuo and
Soluble Pacific Guano broadcast, at the rate OF
two hundred pounds to the acre. This turned
under with turn shovel pillow. then opened fur
rows three feet apart, with long point shooter,
following in the same furrow with shovel pillow;
in this furrow pat two hundred pounds moro 81
the Guano to the acre. Then threw the burrows
together into the centre, with urn'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 fruiting Of the crop was superb
nothing equal to it had ever bcep seen in this
section of the country, and if the worms had not
swept all the top and end bolls, it would have
made two good bales to the acre. As bad as il
has turned out. it has mace a bale to the acre
! To half acre near my dwelling, that had COW
penned last winter, applied two hundred pounds
of the Soluble Pacific GuanO in the drill. and not
wthstanding excessive wet weather in August
and the worms, which took all the late crop,
| have picked over two thousand pounds OF seeC
cotton from the half acre. There are those IL
my neighborhoOd, who plant land as good as mine
| but without GuanO, that will scarcely realize a
| g. bale from ten acres this year.
| And now word to the purchaser. II you would
| get the Soluble Pacific Guano genuine, purchase
| it only Of the authorized agents Of the Company
I have tried the Peruvian and Pacific on my gar
den crops but with no good results. Peruvian
Guano seems to be emphatically the food for the
cotton fi'uI-other fertilizers may make more
weed but in the purchase Of Peruvian Guano, We
are paying for volatile Ammonia, much of which
is bound to escape without benefit TO crops Viii
| it not be to the planters interest to take tina
Guano which is richer in phosphates, and yet al
abundance of ammonia for all practical purposes
| The Soluble Pacific Guano l have found from
sound practical tests, to be equal to the Peruvian
and much cheaper Ihold that no man can afford
| to plant cotton without Guano.
| CHAS 4. PEABODY.
Lee Co., Ata., Columbus, Ga, Nor. Il, 1868
The genuine article is branded
JOHN S. REESE & CO.,
General Agents for Pacific GuanO Co.,
BALTIMORE.
W. II. MCRARY Il GO. are the Agents at Viii
mingtOp, for North Carolina,
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