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. CORRESPONDENCE CONTINUED. x.rtracts from J. M. SUTUnERIIN's ADDRESS to the Agriauitural and Mechanicat A(ravciation of Butler countp, a, .Aovemtbor 21st, 1870, riz: It is, I think, obvious to every one, who thinks on the subject, that fbrtilizers are now a necessity for this country. In order to show the superiority of a thorough system of culture with fertilizers, and comparatively small body of land, over the old system of a largo body of land of first-rato quality under the most Ia vorablo conditions, I wilt now givo you my experi ence fully and fairly carried out, with a desire to arrive at the best result of which both were capable. I purchased a large plantation of eighteen hundred acres, abou.t one-fourth of which I put in cultivation for cotton and corn, under the able superintendence )f my )artner in the concern, who has the reputa ilon of being ono of the beat and most successful planters in the country. We had eighteen hands Wld thirteen mules for working it, and laid down ibout two hundred and fifty acres of excellent land, It cotton. The season was favorablo and neither worms nor .mst affected the crop. We obtained sixty bales of )otton as the result, and I believe this is a/air aver Igo return under the old system. Let u1s now look at the other side of the question. I t.ried the experiment wit Ih sixty-seven acres of' poo r land, cultivateil it wivth four mules anl lour hanIs, wilh some additional help in picking, fertilized with $910 worth of inantre, and obtained ia crop of fifly bak"s of cotton. This, however, does not end the comparisol; the cost of the land in one cafe, say two hundr, d and fifly acres, involved al outtlay of $3,125 in purchase money, in the other ease the quality of land cultivated could have been got at $" per acre, in any agricultural district, being a total of $,l35, etc., etc. I have already told you what I produced with fer tilizers under what I have fnmed as the new system of things. I must now give you a statement of the fertilizers used, and the practical conclusions I came to in regard to themn. I tried 1s. Crush.d cotton se-tl alone. 2d. Cru.hcd cottun s_.cd witl flour of h,r tiin equal parts. 3d. cotton seri meal (oil extracted.) 4th. Cotton s.ed meal andti flour of bone in equal parts. 15th. Gillan's fe tilizer. oth. Langdon's fertilzer. 7th. Cregilh on & So,'s fortilzer. 5th. Role to 'acIfic Guano. 9th. Poruvian Gutano, dis'olved bones, plastor ant salt. 10t,. Compound Acid 'hosphtato of LIme and green co,ton seed composted t gether. 11th To itter comi,oslilnn, with an equal part stable manure aiidcl to the c supust heaps. On a careful comparison of results, I found that the 11tth or Inst composition gavo thve most ftvorable results, 3 ibhking nearly one halo and a halt' of cotton per. acre, and at much less cost comparatively than any of the others. BuImo toTr, Ala. River, Sept. 10, 1870. Messrs. MA ltsA i.t, & CoN LE, AUgena(5 1'tsfi (;um,(uo Co., Mobile, Al. In response to your polito note sent to ine recently relative to the usti of Solublo Pacifie Gualno, aml other fkrtilizeis, oil ('lotton, I would say that my lands are very old and pretty much worn out, of a loamy gray soil wit hii a gootd clay subsoil, and tweln j'-five pnts ago were very tie cotton hauds. The ?resein t hits tcin a reiarkatbly dry season in my im ledliate ieighblorhood, not having had may land thor )ughly W("t sin"ce ily erop was ph;mlted up to this lime. My cottlon iied is small, but liotwit hstanid lug thte severe drought and untisually hot sini, it shed of hill itthe of its fruit. Owing to tho dryness of the se:s- in I gave mny cotton but one thoroughit it pilowiing. Iliaving ino rama to produce grass, I let it alone, uiil in this way I accoutt for it holding Its Mr.it. I expeet to gatner about five hrgs to the hand this seasou; lest ye:ir I gathered three bales to the hand from the same land not fertilized.. {Signed) Amos 3ongs. Increased Yield 150 per cent. from 80 lbs. Guano and k5 bushels Cotton Seed per acre. Net Profit at least 210 per cent on Investment. OloaHnEN\EVILLJL, Ala., Nov. 28, 1870. ilon. ,ToHN K. IrsNiy, Ag,lent Pt)ic Gliuano Co., Greenville, Ala.: aiuitnch pleased with the Soluble Pacific Guano pINohlased of you. Mly sous applied 80 lbs. with 25 it-iels cot.lon seed per acre, on 27 acres of hand that would not have made moro than 400 lbs. cotton per a l'e wit:hout mlture, and they htvo gathoretd from tLp land eighteen bales and I think a balo has been 1ost. I 1111(1, iilso, that tis superb fertilizer is of greaIt strengtht the setonhd year, in fact, en my farm, nearly as mluch so as the first. 1 feet confident, how ever, that tis t'ertili-zer will give the best resulhts on land which ha~s not heeni kept clear of grass in nast yr,as the vegetable matter in such soil seem's to I t ts p,ower. (igned) .J. A. PERDUES. Increased Yield 200 per cent, from 200 lbs. per acre. Net~ Profit 387 per et, on Investment. GA RI..ND, liutler Co., Ala., Nov. 30,1870. lon. .IonllN ixEuY, ityent Paceiic Guano Co., Greemnvillo, Ala.: You arie auithiorized to :'hlish the foliowing state merit : 1 hioughftt Solubloh Pacific Gutano of you last sprimg, anad applied it to honos which wvoukt not have natde, withliut fertilizin g, mma than 800 pounds of seed cotun per icro. andiit haive mnadet about 900 or 1,000-pomdantl per aere, or three timnes as miueh, by the uIse of thiis great fertilizer, and only used 200 lbs. pier aneiru. I amn greatly pleased with the result and hope to be' alt to so it much more freely1 iln future. (Signedi) TuoMAs .iLeNS ET. ixcreased Yield 260 per cent. Net Profit 525 poi cent, on I(nvestment, OuR E NlEV[zLLE, Ala.. Dec. 1, 1870. A Je' ajwi euuano Co., Greenville, Ala.: 1 poei lmsedtt Soluble Putic Onano of you lae* prng and applied to cotton on laud that. wuld nlot 'netade mnore thani about 250 hlbs. of seed cotton er- acrlet wit htanI ittnd I have gathered 900 p)ounfds yr acre. [ also tried Zell's fertilizor, andi Langdon's also, but I am ver-y sure the Soluble Pacifi e Guano is super-ir to either, at least it gave the best results ini proportion to cost, and 1 expect to use it In pref crence in ftture. ?mgneda) Li. A. RoDER'Ts. PACIFI COMPOUN.D A FOR COMP( Mhanufactured at 1 TO PLANTERS. Cotton Seed, as Is well known to all who have given attent-ion to the subject, abounds in Ammonia. It af fords an abundant and cheap source of that essential element of fertility. It is deficient in all the other cle ments necessary to a good fertilizer; hence, when ap plied to crops without the proper addition of Soluble. J'hos;horic Acid and other fertilizing substances, it is not a complete fertilizer. In order to utilize Cotton Seed as a source of Ammo nia for the above purposes, the PACmFo1 GUANo Co.m PaNy has brought into market an article under the above trade mark expressly for composting with Cotton Seed. The Compound Acid Phosphate of Lime contains Sol uile l'hosphoric Acid, and the other elenents required, except Ammonia; hence, when composted with Cotton Seed as directed below, the Ammonia is supplied and a perfect fertilizer is obtained at the lowest cost to the Planter. The Compound Acid l'hosphate, for composting, kc., is manufactured at the Company's Works, near t harles ton, S. C., under the personal direction and superin tendence of Dr. St. Julien Ravenel, Chemist &c., hence the integrity of its composition may be relied upon. DIRECTIONS FOR COMPOSTING. To prepare the Compost-Take a given weight of Cotton Seed, which can be readily done by ascertaining the weight of a basket vell filled, and using it as a measure for the given weight. Thus: measure out, for example, 4C0 lhs. ; after welting it well, empty upon it an equal weight of Acid Phosphate, say two sacks of 2(0 lbs. each ; after mixing well with hoes or shovels, pack into a heap, and repeat the operation, enlarging the heap to any desired extent. The Compost heap may be placed in a pen made with rails to support the sides of the mass, simply covering the top with boards lapping each other to conduct off the rain. Noth,ng further is required until the proper time for application arrives. In this nmanner the Coiapost.-may be easily made, and its effects cannot fail to give the highest satistction, while its economy must commend it to general use. The most suitable time to make the Compost is when the Seed conies from the Gin. The longer the heap is allowed to lay undisturbed, the better, as it can lose none of its value, and the decomposition will be more thoroughly effected. If not convenient to be made at time of Ginning, it will be sufliciently decomposed in from three to six weeks. By decomposition of the Seed in contact w'ith the Acid J'hosphate there can lie no loss of Ammonia, as is the case with tIre ordinary rotting of Cotton Seed. The whole of its Ammonia is securely held until liberated in the soil. By reason of the bulk of Cotton Sccd,.it is available for fertilizing purposes only on the plantations; and to be made capable of its highest utility must be used as here proposed. The Compost when made is applied as other fertil izers, at tho rate of from 400 to 600 lbs. per acre, or more at the option of the planter. Compost prepared with Compound Acid Phosphate of Lime and Cotton Seed, as above, was used to some extent last season with satisfactory results so far as has ome to our knowledge. Testimony Regarding COMPOUND ACID PHOSPHATE FOR COM4POSTING. We take the following extracts from the oficial report madle to tihe "R uA MA llon-rr-Aomieuruar, Soc~i:rT" of Jef'erson county, Alabama, pub)lied in the Southern Argus, Selma, Ala., of thu 9th and lith Novemoer, 1870, to whi~ch we asK attention, as evidencing the value of the COMPOUND ACID PhhOSPHATE'for compost a,nq with C'otton Seed: From the Seima (Ala.) Argus. The October meeting of thie Ruhamna Hlorti-Agricul tural Society was cahied to order by 0. S. IBurwell, the President. Jas. Wilson being enlled on to report his experiene with (Compound14 Acid P'hosphiate for composting with cotton seed, desired to be exonsod because it might seem i ncredilble The Society not deeming him excuis able lhe s tated that two r'ows wvith C-mpounid A cidi phles phiate comot ielded eighnteen in lnds oif sieed CCetton at the first, and thirty pounds at the sece-d pickng; that twvo rows alongside wi thouit te-tiiizers of any kid vie.oed 0110 and a hll poumds teid co't< n at the fit and t wo a n a ha'f oour.dls at the secon d t,ieking. sir. Wilson an Iiiks that' a)ou t 't) p-,inds of (ompounid Acid Phlosphate, coml.osated w ith ano equal weight of cotton seed, were apiplbil to theo acre in (b.c drill. W . II. Wood expressed the opinion, that on John T. Reed's farm, the ro ws of~ cot ton with, andl the adjacen rows without Compound Acid PhIosphate composted with cotton seed. exhit-It a differeece about eoua to that reported by Janmes Wilson. WV. Il. Wood's lloimes' Prolifice oton. with Com pou nd A cid Phosphate cormLoste<d with cotton seed. will C GUANO COM CID PHO SPHA )STiNC WITH COT he Company's Worki [OOPi' IG-T k3ECU E.'D.1 Dr. J. W. Sears, distinguished for intelligence and scientilic altltjaients, ascribed the highest merit to the ompound Acid Phosphate. W. 11. Wood attributed a large proportion of his cot. ton whero the Compound Acid Phosphate was applied to its agency. Rev. A. J. Waldrop had' used no Compound Acid Phosphate, but observations on his neighbor's crops convinced him of its great value. He mentioned one very good crop that was almost exclusively attributable to the Compound Acid Phosphate applied. All the ap plications ttere made in a clay soil, and the Compound Acid Phosphate used was bought from John S. Reese & Co., Baltimore, ld., agents for the Pacific uatno Co. Dr. J. W. Sear's Peeler cotton, with Compound Acid Phosphate cotmposted with cotton seed, is several hun dred per cent. better than the common cotton without ,:uano in the same field. Jas. Wilson's corn and cotton, with two hundred pounds Compound Acid 'hosphate comlposted witb tot ton seed, and ten two-horse wagon loads of stable and stock-lot comilost, to the acre, tre from two to four hundred per cent. better than where the same quanttity of compost was pplied Without the Phosphate. The liee severely injured the cotton with comlpost alone, but did no appreciable damtage where the l'hosphate was added. Peeler and Monterey cotton, with Compound Acid Phosphate conposted with cotton sceul, have restored to the firim of J. II. Shields, the crop prospects of a quarter of a century ago. The attention of the indif ferent is arrested, though passing in a gallop. Geo. liarton's perfect stand of Ellisun cotton, with Compound Acid Pho,phate composted with cotton seed, is a case of three-fold increase. The committee, fir the farmers of this section and for the information of farmers elsewhere, testify to the honesty and fair dealing of the Pacific Guano Company, and of John S. Reese & Co., of llaltimore, Md., their agents for the whole country. Correspondence. White Plains, Ga., Nov. 5th, 1870. Mr. J. 0. Jfatherson, Aged I'aijic Guano Co., Auqusta, Ga.: Dear Sir-in answer to your letter inquiring how the ompoupwl Acid J'itosptte o' Lime, ourhit of you las.t spring, compared wit h other fertilizers used by me, I will state that I used it in compost w ith cot ton seed, and that it compared favoratly w ith any I tsted this year or last year eitlir. 11 here I applied the Coinpunnd Acid 'tos phatte I did not leave any rowts uutnured, but in the field where I used other fertilizers I left one row with out ttantre, which n%ill aflt rd ia za-opatrison. Frot a row fertilized with Compuund Acid Phosphate coim ptsted w itIi tottnl seed,' I picked 17. ponns cotton. From ia row nt itht,ut uinure, of saute lIength, I pickcd 5 Ilbs. 'T'hese pickin ts were tade up to thae 8thi of Oe toher. I at'now pickin-g but have not gut the rows to weich Ill) to tht s tittne, but the fertilized row will beat it this time. (Signed) J011N JOIINSON. IBaker County, Ga., Nov. 8th, 1870. WIn. Henry Woods s Co., Ayents P'acijic (uano Co., SYrannah, Ca : The ompound Acid Phosphate of Lime for compost ing with cotton seed, proved highly satistitetory ; more so than the Guano I used. The cotton did not rust as mnh where I applied the compost, and the fruitage was heavier. The compost, I think, is preferable to any "Guano." It is cheaper and has the decided advantage of home manipulation. (Signed) L. H. CARTER. Augusta, Ga., Sept. 8th, 1870. Mr. J. 0. MaFhetoson, Agent Pacific Guano Co : Dear Sir-You wrote to tuo to know how I liked the Compound Acid Phosphate of Lime. The reason I have not answered your let ter beforo was because tmy brother in-law used the fertilizer, and I supposed lie had writ ten to you and let you know how it acted. It was not used as directed, it t the cot ton seed was put in I y hAnd, and the- A-id Phesnha.te was distr:tuteti ih his cettn scead p!.u.ier. '1The minti was an old pine field pieve of ground,th cleared tup before the wvar, red landi. T1he et'n grew ltteuy anta mae like Eottn tanad corn. It nevuer producedl a good crop b)efore. The co.na did wel' until a arouight eiame on an~d inujured It a goont Oeal, nOat it made a good deal of corn. I think the Ari'i Phos phate of Limne, for composting with toto seed, a good fortilizer. (Signed) J. W. LESLIE. Crawford County. Joly 0, 1870. bp to te plresetnt I am entirelv pleasedl with the ac tion of thea Co. .!Olnd Aciat Ph'osphate, comnpot?ed w':;Ii cction seed, on es mn. i used 'Ot' ths. Comp~oundi Acid Phospihate and 4 husheis of cotton seed to the aere. My "orn is fitle for Crawford County pm hamtd corn. it looks now like it would make 25 bushels to the ace (Signed) J. A. AVERA. Fort Valley, Ga., July 18. 1870. Gen. C. D Anderson, Djear Sir- ly your request we have examined several crops5 of tottortntmarured with Cotmpouind Acid Phios phate tmposted wtith cotton ,s"'. We finad it ati this date wt: te'n tendency tc rest, mote thrmifty titd t,etter fruited, than ro'tton maunuren with any other le-t;itzer in market. We regaid isttis a cheap antd "aiuabAa ier tilizer. (Signed) WES'LEY IIOUSER, Williston, S. C., Dec. 7t1h. :870. Mir. J. N. Robson. Agent l'a<tfe Guano Co., Ch.arle.ston, A3. C. Yiour3 of thet 1:3th int'., '0 han tilndtt (Ottletnts noted. I put 250 lbs. Conipound Acid Phosphate atnd 25ont ets of cotton seed tier tc.e. ad apliedl Mnt the driti ('n cotton. dSol, gray land. The yield was 1,0 0 ponuts seed cotton per acre. Without nmanutro the yield was only 82~6 ibs. per 'ere It made the ction mature three PANY'S TE OF LIME, rON SEED. Charlesgton S. C. weeks earlier. I believe it to be the best atd, cheapest commercial manure now in use. I will try.'it on .all my cro> the coming year. (Signed) " . 11. IIAIR., Cross Ilill, S. C., Dec. 12th, 1870.t ,r. J. N. Robson, Agcnt Pacific Guano Co., Charleston, S. C In reply to your circular of the 3d inst., I can say' that I purehascd 15 tons of your Compound Acid Phos phato of Line last spring, and composted the samo with cotton seed as instructed, that is, equal quantities, and I and my sons were well pleased with the result. We put the mixture on cotton entirely, 200 pounds to the acre on upand and bottom land. Dry summer. Thei u phitd was poor. A verage on the upland 700 lbs., on bottom land 1500 lbs. seed cotton. Natured earlier. Upland wihount GUntuo would havet madet not more than 3o lbs., the bottom land not more than 8;0 to 900 lbs. seed cotton per acre. We put the Phosphate in the drill. IStgned) W. X. FULLER. Little lock, S. C., Dec. 14th, 1870. Mr. J. V. Robson, Agyent 1'aci/ic Guano Co., Charlcslon, S. C: I forwttad you the statement of yield of cotton on the clercn acre lot as promised. The lot contains just eleven acres, floury gray soil on heavy red clay subsoil, slightly undulating ; had been planted in cotton four years pre viously, maturing pretty well and yielding good crops, viz : About 1,00t1 Ilbs. seed cotton in 18 G, 1,8,10 lbs. in 1867, about 1,700 Its, in 1868, and about 1,200 lbs. in 18' 9. I applied in the furrow 1200 lb,s. compost (mado of 3 bags Co npound Acid Phosphate and 600 l bs. cotton seed) per acre. The cultivation was moderately good. Thero was some waste from failure to gather in due time. ave pickcd and stripped from the above lot seven thousand four hundred and thirty-seven (7,437) pounds of lint cotton including bagging and ties, say ttventy-two pounds per balo on seventeen bales. There are now in the gin houe threo hundred and sixty-four pounds seed cotton, and perhaps a little larger amount yet unpicked on the lot. All of which I rtspectfully and hastily subunit, and I hereby certify to the facts subtitte"d. (Signed) E. T. STACKlIOUSE. Battleboro'. N. C., Nov. 7th, 1870. Messrs. IW. II M cRcrry C- Co., A.,cn1s Paciic Guano Co., Wilmington, '. C: Your letter, inquiring as to the result of my experi ence wiith the ton of Cunpound Aci" 'huspiihate, bought of you last s ring, has been reccived, and would have Leein answercl before this had it not bet i nisplaced and torguttenx until now. 1 compost-d it itith cotton seed directed, only I did not gite it timnie enough to let it imin but al out three weeks before drillitig lime. 1 apl,litl it alungsido of other standamr Gl Iuanos-it did as well as any. W e hauve not made full crops hero this year with any kind of manures, owing to so much rain, &c. I think thu Phosphate a good thing tud expect to try it again. (Signed) T. P. BRASWELL. Lancaster C. I., S. C., Dec. 17, 1870. Mr. J. N. Robson, Agenl 'acific Gu"no Co., Charleston, S. C.; W reply as follon s to your letter: What quantity used per acre? 400 lbs. Compound Acid Phosphate and cotton seed. ow apiplied, by drills on hills or broadcast? Drillp. On wivhrt crop ? Cotton. On what kind of land? Gray land, old field. 1 What is the average yield per acre? 14100 lb. seed cotton. ibas the crop matured earlier, and to what extent? Two weeks. Has the crop been increased by ita use, and to what extent? It has. Hlas it given satisfaction ? Yes. (Signed) 1IASSELTINE & CHAFER. New Market, S. C., Dec. 16, 1870. Mr. J. N. Robson. Agent Pacific Guano Co., Charleston. S. C. : In answer to your questions ta rctattion to tne use of fertilizers used by me: I used one (1) ton of Sdiuble Pacific, at thme ratto of 13~5 Ihs. per acre on nnas which I supposi 'voni-i ha..ve yield ed frotm 50C to 6 -0 lbs. seed coutton per acre, and with the' use of your fertilizer yieled t0 to 9u& l-ounids, anid lut for the exr'eeding n:ough* mn i,ur country f ant fuhty pe.rsuiled I would hav' e rece:ved i,') to 1.200 ihs. I am mutich pleased with thte Solulido Pacific- 1 uk0 'netter tIhan any I hsue used. f dsedl one (1) ton Comapound iteid Phos l.h.ne tt ah 20o oushtel, cotton seedl, otn lanuas very poor (at theo rate of 2 0 lbs to the acre) wuich I sup pose wiouhl have ) ieidea 300 lbs. seed cotton tier acre. With tue use of your fertilizer, I made atoont 600 ihs. per nre. ! feel confident to say I lost 10)0 to 2',0 tus. per acre by exce.5s-- dIroughit. I think we would do well to use tna't manure... (Signed) ROBT. MAJOR. COTTON SEED OIL. In the calculations we have pumbl'shea on the flirst page of thmis paper, showing thme per cenit. of profit made front the tmouey intvested ini Soluble Paci'ie (uano we left ou t of view aitogethier the comime:-eial value of1 tIme increased qunantlily of Cottn Seedi, as a product result ing f-omt the use of the Guano. Tihis is mit (elemient of iatu Ihich. af tirought intto the ealculat ion, would hrte! nreaise the per cent, of priofit. IThe conisuimp ti.in of ('otton Seed for the matnufacture of oil, is already very great ait is anually inicreasing. so tthat Cotton I !:' 'itnanercial ius;. -speciaully in localities wv:::na easy S-cess to dle largeo cties of tme So,:th, A bushel of Cottont Seed, say 31 lbs., is worth 25 cents. Now, as it is shownv' l-y e xperiainee as tecorde din thme cut inestnuenee paiihed in thmis pauper :n itt an av erage season 2o0 lbs. Soluble Pucific Un no incereases thte erop~ fromt 11.0 to 200 per ccent. over the tuni-li.ntiized soil it elimi li demotistra ted thait the ittcrieased, quatity of sa' ai e!cne. if aold at 25 cents per hushIal of 3o I ,e, Mtill pay fromi one-.u.. io onte-half' lthe eot o.t tie Gtuane appl ied, tInts redutmg its cost fromt an average of $65 per ton, ut, interior mtarkets, to say $40 to $45 per t'on. .OevW u. LU..... e.