The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1869-03-04
from The Southern Culirator.1
Chas. A. Peabody on CONNER
cial ManureS.
HIS METHOD OF APPLICATION AND
RESULTS.

Editors Southern Caiheatsr: As am constantly
receiving letters from all parts of the cottongrow-
ing States, asking my views Of GuanC-what kinds
prcfcr-how use il, and what quantises!-t
will make the Cuiticator the medium of my answer
to all. Some twenty-five years ago, began to e14
pertinent with Guano. First, l 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 gsed,
others worthless had come to the conclusion
that ths Peruvian, however costly, was the ehesp-
est in the end as hard working. industrious man
could manipulate it, with any other substance he
thought proper. have found salt, plaster, Aow-
er of bones swamp muck, &C.. valuable 10 ma
nipulats with Peruvian Guano, but the labor OF
manipulation is great, aud in the process Of ma
nipulation, much Of the ammonia escapes From
this fact have been led to inquire, whether there
was ne. an excess of ammonia in Peruvian Guano,
and whether it would not be more advantageousto
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 1 manured
one.haf Of my cotton with it, and tho other half
with tie genuine Peruvian. The same quantity OF
each was used per acre. The land was of tho
Same quality, the planting and culture was IN all
respects the same, and wher the crop was gather
ed, il was impossible to tell which was the best.
Now the Soluble Pacific Guano cost me $50 less
per ton, and as consequence, l havo this year
used the Soluble Pacific Guano alone. 1t cost me
at the Agents Depot in Columbus, $70 per ton.
1t may be well here to state the character OF my
land. 1 do not live exactly what would be
called pine barrens hut it is next 10 it. The older
portion of my land will not, with ordinary culture
bring three hundred pounds Of seed Gotten to tho
acre. A field Of ten ucres, which wished 10 sx-
pertinent on with the Dickson Gotten, hybridizing
i, with my Upland Long Staple. plowed and
,ub.soed 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 turned under, With
turn shovel, then opened burrows three feet apart
with long point scooter, following in the Same
furrew put TWO huudred hounds more Of the Gu
ano TO the acre. Then threw the burrows togeth-
CT into the centre, with turn shovel, which LETT
but slight ridge, and on this ridge planted the
seed The Dickson variety bears mnch thicker
planting than ether kinds. The grewta and fruit
ing of the crop was experimenting equal to 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
tho acre As bad rs it has turned out, it has made
n bale to the acre. To q half acre near my dwell
ling, that had COW .penned last winter, applied
| two hundred pound. 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 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 Guaho
seems to be emphatically the food for tho cotton
fruit-other fertilizers may make more weed; but
| in The purcllas, of Peruvian Guano We are pay
ing for a 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 phosphatcs and yet an aoun-
dance of ammonia for all practical purposess The
Soluble Pacific Guano l 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 Guano.
CHAS. A. PEABODY.
Lee Co., Ala near Columbus, Ga, Nor. IA, 1868.