The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1869-03-25
[From the Southern cultirator.1
Chas. A. Peabody ON CONNER
q .cial Manures.
HIS METHOD OF APPLICATION AND
RESULTS.

RESULTS.
Editors Southern Cultirator: As am constantly
receiving letters from all parts of the cottongrow-
ing States, asking my views of GuanO-what kinds
prefer-how use it, and what quantities ~
will make the Culiudtor the medium of my answer
to all. Some twenty years ago, began to ex
pertinent with Guano. First, L tried Peruvian.
This gave good satisfaction bat was, then
thought, rather expensive. have since tried all
of the other varieties of note. Some were good,
others worthless. j had come to the conclusion
that the Peruvian, however costly, was the cheap
est in the end as q hard-workng, industrious man
could manipulate it, with any other substance he
thought proper. 1 have found salt, plaster, flow
er of bones, swamp muck, &C., valuable to ma
nipulate with Peruvian Guano, but ths labor of
manipulation is great, and in the process Of ma
nipulation, much of the ammonia escapes. From
this fact have been led to inquire, whether there
was not 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
idea, struck the Soluble Pacific Guano, and was
so well pleased with it, that last year 1 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, the planting and culture was in all
respects the same, and when 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, have this year
used the Soluble Pacific Guano alone. 1t cost me
at the Agents Depot in Columbus, S75 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 barrens but it is next to it. The older
portion of my land will not, with ordinary culture,
bring three hundred pounds of seed Gotten to the
acre. A field of ten acres, which I wished to e1-
pertinent on with the Dickson Cotton, hybridizing
it with my Upland Long Staple. l plowed and
ub-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
turn shovel then opened burrows three feet apart,
with long point scooter, following in the SANE
furrow put two hundred pounds more of the Gu
ano to the acre. Them threw the burrows togcth-
er into the centre, with turn shovel, which left
but slight ridge and on this ridge planted the
seed. Tho Dickson variety bears much thicker
planting than other kinds. The growth and fruit
ing of the crop was superb-nothlng equal to it
had ever been seen in this section of the country,
and if the worms had not swept oil 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
bale to the acre. To half acre near my dwell
ling, that had COW .psnned last winter, Iapplied
two hundred pounds of tho 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 tive 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 a bale from ten acres this year.
And now word to the purchaser. If you would
get the Soluble Pacific Guano Genuine, porchase 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 Guano
seems to be emphatically the food for the cotton
frmt-other fertilizers may make more weed; but
in the purchase Of Peruvian Guano, we are pay
ing for o 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 abun-
dance of ammonia tor oil 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.
Leo Co., Ala. near Columbus, G0., Nov. IA, 1868