The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1882-09-09
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Importers, Baltimore, Md.
READ THE FOLLOWING LETTERS.
JIG. BRUBAKER, UN1oNTowN, CARROLL Co.,
Nd, April 26, 1852, says Il used 300 pounds
Orchilla Guano to the acre last year broad
cast, or put on with fertilizer drill before
planting, and had the best crop of corn an
this section. 1t kept green during the drought
and made twelve barrels to the acre. ] want
to use it again this year.
JAMES B. AYREs, WHITE HALL, BALTIMORE
Co., Nd, August Is, 1882, says Il regard
Orchilla Guano as the best fertilizer for corn,
oats and grass euer used liz oar section Of the
country Ate sixr years steady use, | can
didly believe it is the most permanent impror-
er Of the soil that can be obtained. In my es-
timation it is far superior to animal bone or
barn-yard manure. These facts have been
sustained by the increased demand for Or
chilla all over this neighborhood.
Mr.. THOMAS V. HUNTER, WHITE HALL,
BALTIMORE Co., Nd, August 5, 1882, says:
So far as my knowledge extends as to the
use of Orchilla Guano in this neighborhoOd,
for general purposes, grain and grass, do not
hesitate to say that we have had nothing to
surpass it, both as producer of good crops
and as a permanent improver of the soil.
JACOB GROSS, OF JARRETTsyILLE, HARTFORD
Co., MD, says Il have had fifteen years ex-
perience with Orchilla Guano upon my land.
| have used it for spring and fall crops
corn, oats, wheat and grass. | have nerer
seen its equal in any other fertilizer, save ami
NAL bone and barn-yard manure, and | deem
it more ralud6le than either Of the latter, from
the fact that it is cheaper, and more durd6te
an the land and more pleasant to handle; and
this seems to be the uniform opinion among
other farmers who have had the same expert
ence as myself / will conclude by saying |
have never known any farmer to use it who
has not continued it in preference to all other
fertilizers.
JAMES FULToN, OF STEwARTsTowN, YORK
Co., Pa, Il have used Orchilla Guano
| from the beginning. In 1866 was persuaded
took it home my neighbors said it was moth
ing but sand. told them | had bought it
and was going to try it. | sowed it on rye.
used high priced phosphate on part of the
field then / left space about two rods wide
without any fertilizer, and then L sowed the
Orchilla. My neighbors and | watched the
growth of the crop with much interest. We
could see no difference in the rye on the two
fertilized portions, whilst the strip between
only had few short stalks here and there on
it. The Orchilla had cost only half what the
phosphate did. / have used Orchilla con-
stantly ever since, and have tried it in every
way. | have used from 100 to 1000 pounds
to the acre, but | have found that to use over
500 pounds is waste. From 800 to 500 has
given the best results with me. Two years
| ago tried it on wheat linking bran with it),
alongside of five highpriced phosphates.
Whilst the wheat was growing one of the phos-
pilates kept ahead, whilst the others grew
much alike. When it was cut and threshed,
the average of the whole field was 25 bushels
| to the acre, whilst the yield of Orchilla and
one of the phosphates was each 80 bushels to
the acre, but the grain of none was so perfect
and came from the machine so smooth as the
| yield from the Orchila. But [ consider the
browning value of Orchilla is in its effect on
the following grass crop; have never heard
of anything equal to it for grass. My boys
are to-day turning down sod which for five
years past has yielded 1000 pounds of hay to
the acre straight along-the effect of Orchilla
alone. Ny soil is naturally poor upland, my
place being in that part of York county
known as "The Barrens."
Mr.. FULTON, in subsequent letter says |
neglected to refer in my former letter to the
worth of Orchilla Guano as compared with
ground bone.
SOlnG o VI ~ years dSO l. HlduC al oOllCo VI
| experiments on my farm with pure ground
bone and Orchilld GudnO, both sown broad
cast. The results satisfied me, that on my
| land, Orchilla Guano was worth more to me,
pound for pound, than the best bone | could
get
Subsequent experiments by some of our
largest farmers have brought them to the same
conclusion.
Mr.. w. S. GosLIN, fredericksburg, Dorches-
chester county, Nd, says: | have been han
ding Orchilla Guano for several years, and it
has invariably given satisfaction to the purcha-
sers. At first I labored under very great dis
advantages in introducing Orchilla Guano,
and so great were the prejudices of the farm
ers against its general appearance that they
were unwilling to risk anything in its use.
Knowing something of its merits, | concluded
to take the risk myself, and in several in
stances furnished it for a certain portion of
the crop, which paid me very handsomely.
My observation and experience with Orchilla
Guano satisfy me that it is the fertilizer for
our section on corn, wheat and grass. The
action of Orchilla Guano on the farm of my
son 1.-THE late Thomas H. Goslin) was very
marked, not only in producing fine crops, but
he was enabled by its use to bring his farm to
high state of fertility.
Mr.. GosLIN, in a subsequent letter, says:
Having seen the letters of Mr.. James Fulton
in reference to the comparative worth of Or
chilla Guano and Ground Bone, i. calls to
mind my observations of the use of Orchilla
upon the farm of my son, the late Thomas H.
Goslin, of Linkwood, Dorchester county, Md.
He used, should say, about or 6 years
ago, 5 tons Orchilla GuanO, and tons of pure
animal bone, (which cost him $45 per ton
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same character of land, pound for pound alike,
say about 400 pounds per acre of each.
Where he used Orchilla, he harvested q
bushels to the acre, and where he used bone,
he harvested Is bushels to the acre. The
year following the clover was at least inches
higher where he used Orchilla. By the con-
tinued use of Orchilla he made ''Linkwood,"
perhaps, the finest farm in Dorchester county
We offer ORCHILLA to the farmer at $29
per ton, (12 bags, 167 pounds each), delivered
free on car in Baltimore, II months time, for
a satisfactory note, or at liberal discount
for cash.
FOR SALE BY
]. w. HARDEN ......Louisville.
GEO. w. HORNER. -. .Finksburg.
THOS. P. MULLINIX. Mt. Airy.
L. F. MILLER. Double Pipe Creek.
sep 9-4t
No. alo4 EQUITY,
In the Circuit Court for Carroll county
Thomas F. Cover VS.. George NJ. Cover and
John A. Cover.
Ordered this 9Th day of September, A. D.,
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