Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1869-02-12

! Editors Southern (ttttiUutor As
stantly receiving letters from all part. Of - COZ.
ton growing States, asking my views If c. COZ.
what kinds prefer-hOw us it, and VIII" a""-
titles - will MAKE the CuhtCat = the a,e5iHo-A
my answers to ell. Some twenty ,,va ,ss. IN! &.
l began to experiment with Guano Fir. = ago
Peruvian. This gave good satisfaC ton brt .'eo
then thought, rather expensive I iava " Is,
tried all OF the other v'reties OF note SOW r-og
were good-others worthless. I had como "oia'
conclusion that the Peruvian, however " " we
wss the cheapest III the end, as q Lard-voyI!'!,
industrious man could manipulate il viii 10y
otiier substance ne thought proper. have fonri
salt, plaster, flower Of bones, swamp mncE i'HD'
valuable to M Inipuate with Pc uvan Gugno L,,
the labor OF NJ tnipulatiOn is great and In .''
process OF manipulation much Of the ANN.
escapes; From this fact have been Id .o1.
| qulre whether there WeS not III excess Of ann,
Hla III Per1visn GusnO, and Wh0lhsr j. would ~
De more advantageous to pay for tho phospbsr
than TO pay so much extra tOr the volatile gn,r.
MA. Whilst full of this idea struck the hoIu6.
Paclnc Guano, and was 80 wei pleased win
that last year I manurod one-lalf 81 nav cn,r,
with 1t. and the other half with The seAuino P,rr
Wan. The same quantity OF each " as used N.
acre The land was OF the sane qual.y, -.
planting and culture was IN all respects the sam.
and when the crop was gathered II was inlro.-
BILE to tell which was the bt st. Now the s ip6'
Paclhc Guano cost me $50 less per ton, and as
consequence, have this year used the SoIrI'
Pacific Guano alone. 1t cost me, NJ tao Accn,.
| Depot in Columbus, SIS per ton.
| 1t may be we'll here TO state the charactar 81
my land do not live Gu exactly wAav non h.
called pine 6GTrenS, but it is mex: 20 it mo
older portion Of my land will not with orr;ns,,
culture, bring three hundred pounds OF seed cot
ton to the aero. field of ten acres rl.rn +
wished to experiment with the Dickson t,lr,.
hybridizing it with my Upland L0Rg N1,ls !
| plOwed and sub-sOiled in Mach leaving T. p Sur
face perfectly level; the 10Th of April laid IL ,.
| in lands about twenty i've fseJ vice, and sny.I
soluble Pacific Guano broadcast, At the late q
hundred n0nnIa n ba
under with 8 turn shovel pillow. then opea,J F,r.
rows three feet apart, with D long point sho,ta,
| following IN the same furroW with ! shO Ell plov
in this fuTyOw pat two hundred pounds mora ~,
the Guano to the acre. Then I threw the flrrogs
| together into the centre, with . turn .shoyri
| " lch left but a slight ridge, and on this rjr,
planted the seed. The dickson variety begl.
much thicker planting than Other kinds IT,
growth and fruiting ii the crop was supe:h-
nothing equal to IT had ever teen seen in Iii.
section OF she country, and il the worms had nor
swept all the top and cad b0I9, II would hay.
maze two good bales to the &cro. A. bud as j.
has turned out, 1t has N dc 4 bale ~ the acre -
70 half acre near my dwelling, that Iha cow.
penned last whit +, L applied two bundled pound.
OF the Soluble Paclic dUGn0 in the drill, and d.
| withstanding excessive wet weather ia Angus.
8 I'd the worms, which took al fhe la'o c,of, !
have picked over two thousand pounds Of So
cotton from the half aero. There ere those H.
my Deig hbOrhood, who piaot land as good az nine
but without GuanO, that vii saaICay rasIiZo
And now word to the purchaser. II you would
get the Soluble Pacific Guano genuine, purchase
it only Of the authorized agents Of tue COMPANY
| have tried the Peruvian and Pacific Oh LIZ ear.
den crops, but with 40 good results Perur all
Guano seems to be o11phaticay tho cd for tat
cotton frUlt-other fertilizers may make more
weed ; hut in the purch use Of erayian Guano, We
are paying for a volatile ammonia much Of viii
is bound to escape without hoaeht TO crops. Will
it not be to the planters interest TO take tl.
Guano which is richer in phOsph&te9, and yetau
abundance of ammonia for al practical purposes
Tho Soluble Pacific Guano l h&yc found from
sound practical tests 10 ac equal 10 the Peruvian
ard much cheaper 1hold that DO man can afford
to plant cotton without GUanO.
CHAS. a. PEABODY
Lee Co., ALG.. near COI,0nGuS Ga, Nor. Il. ISIS
The genuine rticle is branded
JOHN =. REESE d CO.,
General agents for Pacific GHa2eo Co,
BALTENyRE
". II. MCRARY i co. are the Agents al vii
mingtOn, for North Carolina.
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