Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1869-01-29
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[From tho Southern Cultiyator.1
Mr. Peabody on Commercial Menures.

| hfessrs. Etlitdfs: AS I am constantly re.
ceiving letters from all parts of the cotton.
growing States, asking my viows of Guauo--
what kinds prcfor-how 1 uso it, and what
quantities FL will make the "Cultivator''
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, I thon
thought, rather expensive have sinoe tried
all of tho ohor varieties Of note Some. worc
good-others worthless. had come to tho
conclusion that the Peruvian, however costly,
! was tho cheapest in tho end, as hard work
ing, industrious man could manipulate it, with
any other substance ho thought proper. I
have found salt, plaster, flower of bones,
swamp muck, Co., valuable to manipulate
with Peruvian guano, but the labor of maui
pulation is groat, aud in the process of mani.
pulation, much Of tho ammonia osoapos.---
From this fact have boen lod to inquire,
whether there was not an excess Of snonia in
Puruvian Guano, and whether it would not
bo moro advantageous to pay SO much extra
for tun valatile ammonia. Willis. full of this
idea, struck tho Soluble Pacific, aud was so
well pleased with it, that last year nanured
one half Of my cotton with it, aud the other
half with the genuine Peruvian. The same
quantity Of each was usod per aero. Tho
land was Of the same quality, the planting
and culture was in all respects the same, and
when the crop was gathered it was impossible
to tell which was the best. Now tho Soluble
Pacific cost mo $50 less POI ton and as a con-
sequence, l have this year used the Soluble
Pacific alonc. 1t cost me, ut the Agents De-
pot in Columbus, SIS por ton.
1t may bo well hero, to state tho character
of my land. I do not live Oh exactly what
would bo called pine 5arrens, but it is next
to it. The old portion of my land will not,
with ordinary culture, bring three hundred
pounds Of seed cotton to the acre. A fold
of ten acres, which wished to experiment
on with tile Dickson cotton, hybridizing it
with my Upland Long Staple. I plowcd
and sub soicd in March, leaving the surface
perfectly level; the twentieth Of April, laid
it off in lands about twenty five feet wide, and
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rate of two hundred pounds to tho aero. This
I turned under, with turn shovel plow, then
opened furrows three feet apart, with a long
point scooter, following in the same furrow
with shovel plow in this furrow I put two
hundred pounds moro of tho guauo to the
acre. Then threw the furrows together in
to the centre, with a turn shovel, whiol left
but slight ridge, and on this ridge planted
the seed The Dickson variety bears much
thiokcr planting than. othor kinds. The
growth and fruiting Of tho Drop was superb
nothing equal to it had been seen in this
section of the country, aud if tho worms had
not swept all the top and the end bolls, it
would have made two good bales to the acre.
AS bad as it has turned out it has made q
bale to tho acre. To half acre near my
dwelling, that had COW penned last winter,
I applied two hundred pounds of the Soluble
Pacific in the drill, aud, notwithstanding ex-
ccssive wet weather in August, and the worms,
which took all of the late crop, T have picked
over two thoueand pounds Of seod cotton from
the half acre. Thcre are those in my neigh
borhood, who plant land as good as mine, but
without guano, that will scarcely realize bale
from ten acres this year.
And now a word to the purchaser. If you
would get tho Soluble Pacific Guano genuine,
purchase it only of tho authorized agents OF
the Company. have tried tho Peru.
Wan and Pacific on my garden crops, but with
no good results. Peruvian Guano seems to
be cmphaticaly the food for tho cotton fruit
other fortilizcrs may make more weed but
in the purchase Of Peruvian Guano, we arc
paying for volatile ammonia, much Of which
is bound to escape, without benefit to crops
Will t not be to the planters interest to take
that guano which is richer in phosphates, and
yet an abundance of ammonia for all praoti
cal purposes The Soluble Pacific Guano I
have found, from sound practical tosts, to be
equal to tho Peruvian and much cheaper. l
hold no man oan afford to plant cotton with.
out guano.
CHAs. A. PEABODY.
Ice Co., near Columbus, Ga. Nov. IA,
1868.
A COOP SMOKE HoUsE.--The "Wostorn
Rural" says: eve lately observed woll.