The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-01-19
CHARLES Il. PEABODY ;0N CONNER
CIAL M 44NURES.
Has Method or Application and Results
From the Southern cul,ivator.l

FROM the southern CuRivatorl
Editors Southern Cuttsuasor: AS am CON
stantly receiving letters from all parts Of the
cotton growing States, asking my views of
guano-what kinds prefer-how use it, and
what quantities ?-I will make the Cultivator
the medium Of my answers to all. Some twen-
guano. First, tried Peruvian. This gave
good satisfaction, but was. j then thought,
rather expensive. have since tried ali the
other varieties Of note. Some were good
sion that the Peruvian, however ,stly, was
the cheapestin the end, as q hard working,
industrious man could manipulate 1T with any
found salt, plaster, flower of bones. swamp
mttol<, &C., ySlu.s:,ls s5 nlsuiniSy frstt Peru
Wan guauo. but the labor OF manipulation
is great, and in the process Of manipulation
much OF the ammonia escapes. From
this fact l have been led to inquire whether
there was not an excess Of ammonia in Peru
Wan guano and whether it would not be more
to pay so much extra for The volatile ammonia
Whilst full OF this idea struck the Soluble
Pacific Guano, and was so we'll pleased with it
that last year manured one.half 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, tho planting and culture was in all re-
spects the same, and when the crop was gath
best. Now the Soluble Pacific Guano cost me
$40 less per ton, and as consequence have
this year used the Soluble Pacific Guiana alone.
It It cost me, at the agents depot IN Columbus,
SIS per ton.
It may be well here to state the character of
my land. do not live on exactly what would
be called pine barr ems, but it is next to 1t. The
older portion Of my land will not, with ordina-
cotton to the acre. field Of ten acres, which
wished to experiment on with the Dickson
cotton, hybridizing it with my upland long
staple, ploughed and subsoied in March,
wi, tha Iova fba of
April, laid II 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 turned under with a turn
shovel plough, then opened burrows three feet
apart with long point scooter, follow
ing in the same furrow with shovel
plough; in. this furrow I put two hun
q the g%o
into the centre with a .turn-shovel, which
left but slight ridge, and on this ridge plant
cd the seed The Dickson variety bears much
thicker planting than other kinds. The growth
equal 10 it had ever been 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
it has turned out, it has made b,e TO the
acre. To half acre near my dwelling, that
had cowpenned last winter. applied two hun
dred pounds Of the Soluble Pacific Guano in
the drill, and, Notwithstanding excessive wet
weather in August, and the worms, which took
all the late crop, have picked over two thous-
and pounds Of seed cotton from the half acre.
There are those in my neighborhood who plant
land as good as mlne, but without guano, that
will scarcely realize bale from ten acres this
year.
And now a word to the pur chaser. IF 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 r1S- garden crops, but w.tls no ggeod
results. Peruvian Guano seems to be emphat-
icaly the food for cotton fruit-other fertiliz-
ers may make more weed; but in the purchase
of Peruvian Guano, we are paying for vola-
tile ammonia, much of which is bound to es-
cape without benefit to crops. Will it not be
to the planters interest to take that Ruano
which is richer in phosphates, and yet an
abundance Of ammonia for all practical pur-
poses? The Soluble Pacific Guano / have
found from sound practical tests to be equal to
the Peruvian and much cheaper. hold that
no man can afford to plant cotton without
g1ano. CHAS. A. PEABODY,
Lee County, Ala, near Columbus, Ca, Nov.
1864