The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-01-24
SOLUBLE PACIFIC GUANO

to 700 per cent; or, IN other WORDS, tha5 lol
every dollar expended, from 2 to dollars
have been received in return in period Of
eight months from the time the investment was
made.
This may appear to be an extravagant state
ment, but we do not make it without having al
hand the means Of demonstrating its truth
and we invite an examination of the annexed
calculations, from which the truth of the state
ment, will appear.
We must have facts to start with. 1t We
know the quantity of cotton produced by the
use of the Guano over and above the capacity
Of the soil without the Guanc, it is not diff
cult calculation to approximate very nearly the
exact profit the use of the Guano has paid the
planter, on the money invested for its purchase
We must obtain knowledge of the fact as
to the increase of production from planters
who used the Guano Certainly their testi
mony must be accepted as reliable and su6
cient, for it is the disinterested testimony OF
competent witnesses, with the probabilities OF
an under rather than an over- er-estimate.
We publish in another part of this paper, a
large number of letters from planters in various
parts of the Cotton States. They do not all
state the increase produced by the Guano,
hence we can only include those in our calcu-
latiuns which give results in figures. but the
number is ample to answer the purpose de,
signed.
In order to make an exact statement we
should have figures giving, first, the number
of pounds of Guano used per acre; secondly
the exact number Of pounds of cotton picked
from the guanoed land and, thirdly, the exact
number of pounds picked from the same land
without Guano.
Where these three facts are stated, we use
them in our calculations as given. In those
where the increase only is stated, we
have to assume the average quantity the land
would produce without the Guano, and the
quantity of Guano used per acre. Hence, in
these instances we assume the soil to be ca
pable of producing, as an average, $50 pounds
lint cotton per acre. We base this assumption
upon inquiries diligently made from various
persons capable of Judging, which is the best
information we can procure, and it cannot be
far. out of the way, Where the quantity of
Guano applied, per acre, is not given, we as
sumo 200 pounds were used as the average.
This is probably over the average quantity,
as we know many instances where less was
applied.
If a planter has land that will produce with
out Guan6 $50 pounds Of lint cotton, and the
same land yields an increase of 100 per cent,
or, in other words, his crop is doubled by the
use of 200 pounds of Soluble Pa'jfc Guano, it
is an easy and simple calculation to show the
profit made on the investment, putting the
market value of cotton at any given figure
say at l3 cents per pound.
For example, 100 per cent. increase on the
natural product of $50 pounds lint is gain of
$50 pounds of lint, which is worth, at l3 cents
per pound, $3.50. Deduct from this the cost
of 200 pounds of Guano, say at $40 per ton,
which is 81, and we have the exact profit real
ized which, in this case, would be $3.50 as
the net profit resulting from the investment
of 81.