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r --- ij COM PANY- CAPITA L,$1,0000 oOftbralAgena ; - Age South Garolina, *< *~ 2 CNAiLt :ON%, * ~ T* - rd $ Uub Pacifi. iuanb. 1 aracter attaied by this Gado f. utiorior .expelence , it ItcWPg :ppro rl of which: v~ ~ .:or no real i *hi 'we are oiedibly in for ree1offered in New York suri s of x h tion of-een d,t'e6all h n o theproper canAervod ~~ by tlle,na)e .Qfthe orp generdt ataents itOnoilleU. i e#,@@l ertai'oe aitdised Abat the . -6'lNS 9 Bd COo.,' N. AGNT3 BALTIIMonB, is found 10ne thhbar the Guano is ficti. iQPS 40nt nuine. TO THE North C o t rolina, Georgia; Ala b Is 1sppi. and Florida, CItiA r6ognized- fat,Athat under the sys tenoffrela&r* .Und that will not yield more than a ldio tQo a fourth of a bale of potton r:l,-.not, ,Qqpeasate for its culture. he e yi1di.eh lg pine land. of the al696 $es, we are advised, does not exceed . aW eto Airee acres, and many 'state the Avg n exceed-a bale 'to four, acres. 'his t rug,a great,r pqrt qf,the soil of #the 8otmu 0 e abandoned, or it must be so fet! to, rin'g tlie yield up to a com * TEVaotidle, at a moderate outay pgr ao,rp e on 4trated by abundant experi T u06of the Guano brought into market by the. - ch'ic Guafo.'Cbmpany, under theik PAPIVIC GUANO, has zO4alifd-the pradticability of iizere&eing the t of cotton to .a. bale per acre, at an 001 qt.exceeding eight dollaro,-on land that . out- its application would not pro duce ' than a bale to three acres, and ~mpyS~~al ~plia,jns wil1,produce a. cor re o,!auo n1'.4poviw roi dle^to those ho' have nit the faot WsX thia should be 6- l' b ed 'that inore denC of fallacy. it is,'~e Xutrpost importance to planters and to6iWlize the truth of this matter. Oot6 s. be progloed A. the lowest po - ibl0 imter to do this, the labor ebpJ~v t ygiei humber of acres, mus e m y if,s~&i highest possible results~ for thi~s d~ s bae 6f cotton to the groeri 'overed .efactl by the quantity produ9e~b bijbt ir9pd. If rpahias. telve bales o.f cot.. four l4pfih twclvy acres, the cost of th6 latter pr poinm is.three times greater than the former, and the profit realized from. its sale is in probbi'tion. If iin i9iecase the cost is 12 cents per pound, in the othei- it shouild not exceed 4 cents per poun4,-fodrin bth oases the outlay for labor,' in bothiaen and mules, is th,e same. Blyefe%~ett he-colrrgpondence on the newc pag giyio the ex r'ience of numerous panders Iiho havlhp this Guano, it wil.l be na that applietiohs7of 100 poundspr acre doublds the Produoc'of cotton. That'200 pouinds ihereases the product three to four times/ and it may be safely assumed that 400 pounda will increase the product five to sir times, as has been realized, 'ard a still lar4er application" will produce a still greater in. crease. The experi6ne of planters, as given in. thie correspondno,e, must be accepted as 0o0OU. Bive evidence' of fact, else human experience and testimony is no evidence of truth. The manifest policy now is to cultivate less land and fertilize it highly, gy which. method the labgr pai for will give its highest return. , et us see. by example the compensation realized' from the use of this Guano, assuining the facts stated, as results of experience, be true. ' It is assumed that one hand will tend twelve acres in cotton, besides ,tending other crops: 12 acres producing, say bale or say 106 pounds lint cot ton'per acie, Is 1,002 pounds cotton, worth .at- present price 20 cents per pound... 40 12 acres producing, say 1' bale, or 600 pounds lint per-acrojIs 0,000 !qULUqs cotton, 1yorth, AU1 cts. per'j)b(1d.00 DOduct from this the cost of 209 popnds, Pciic.Guano per itere, say 2,400 pounds, ' at8tfes. per pouid, or $75 per to................. 00 - 1,110 00 The labor being the saine in ~thi .cases, .ye get, the. net repult,of ,he ue of the GnAnoAy dedulting thie natural product of the soij. 803 40 -there'ase resulting ftom invest ment of 40, "7O" per cent.............i....... $711 00 This, we think, is in no wise an extravagant exhibition; results of ,this kind have beefi realized, and may be realized by every planter whose land is naturally unproductive or has been exhausted by long culture. We refe the reader to the article. in another column entitled, TnE PACIFIO GUANO CoM PANY, Its Product, Trade, &c., in order that Nplanters may realize the character and resources of. the Company, which brings' this valuable Guano . into, marcetj! and which, we vpnture to belidv6, will exercise no little agency in restoring the monopoly of the production of cotton to. 6lis country. With the aid of a powerful fertilizer, such as this, brought into market at so moderate a, cost, cotton can be produced in these Southern States and sold at a price (yielding a large profit) that will pre clude its profitable culture in all other cotton producing countries. JOHN S. REESE & CO., General Agents for Patifie Guano Co., . - .4L1'moRR, MD. Soluble facific Gu4no PERUVIAN GUANOW Its Fertilizing Power, Economy and Importance. If it is true that an application of Peruvian Guafio, which costs the planter thirty dollars -more per ton,.produces no lar$er increase of ,crop per acre than 2oluble Pafic Guano,'(and Mwhich, .besides, renders the crop liable t? greater disaster if drought intervene.) If thUs be true, it is certainly a matter of individual and general importance. S 1first-Because its use in place of Peruviat Guano would save to the planters of the j8outhern States a very large sum of mopey., .It is estimated that fifty thousand' tons of :Peruvian Guano are sold in the United StaJtes per annum, and it is all bou hlt by the South ern 'nd Middle Atlantic S3ates; hence the actual saving in money to the farmers' and planters of these States, in the use of B9oluble ,Pacfc Gtuano, wgould be $1, 500,000 ; and in the nte ca,se more than *8,000,000 of gold arc frained from the agricultural districts of the tuountry to replenish the treasiiry of Peru, ~while in the other the outlay remains in thle country to contribute to the general welfare. If true, it is important, cecondly, because the use of 50,000 Tons Soluble~Paciflc Guano Would furnish to the soil to which it was 1applied,e eighteen to twenty thousand tons of .Phosphate ofLime, while the same quantity of Peiuvian Guano furnishes only twelve thousand tons of the same important element, which is 'so necessary to permanent improvement, In 'other words. the use rf this Guano would giv the soil six thouand tom more of Pho8phate of Lime, at an actual saving in cost to the country of $1,500,000.. Certainly if Phosphate of Lime has value as an element of fen'tility, eighteen thousand tons is worth more to agriculture than twelve thousand tons; hence if it be true that an equal weight of this Guano, applied to cotton or corn, produces as great an increase of crop as results from Peruvian' Guano, and better results 'if the 'seasoi' be visited by droiight; then it is of the highest importance to every consumer of Guano. HAS SOLUBLE PACIFIC GUANO Fertilizing value equal to Peruvian Guano? There are two methods of arriving at the truth o a question of this' kind. Ph%t Theoretically; if rati.onal deductions - frot6 known facts lead to the conclusion that it i's true, infereutial ground for belief is, afforde4. We (do not propose, however, to ind,ilge in tlieoretical, speculations. The secon4l 'and eonclusive 'Method of arriving at the 'trdth, is that afforded by oxte rienoe as the result Q(1practical operations; the ,enoral and .nourrqnt testit of '.sinter estd planters, ioii 'fferi 'parts of '*a:lbus States, runningjhtbil 'a -peflod of drl %yearg, gs: the rejults (or proial 'experieno', 'rhuet be accepted a corclusive as to the trutu. of , queqtion ;of this, k -; if is Wi not, no rgt ean be estalipl by human eW'ence. We'r6faki- td6r to 'the'comiihicWt6nis received from. t'i follAVin'g'named' plat'ie anfAatrmers'qf Akbama, Georgia, South Caro 4n, Carolina, 'ginit and giaryland, (many others could be added) publi6hed ii another column, detailing^their experience. ALABAMA. St. S. ANDR'IWS, .F. 0. NoEHAY T. J. TURN Mt,. '0o ' .LAUD R. L. DRAKE, J. W. ill W. 0. AooLE, J7. W. 11YJ TeR X. REF98EI T. it. CI1.011MR E. .. 4. N:AnoD GElORGIA.. w11 t. YOUNO - 0. S. YOUMANS AsIJER AYERS, E. W. PEN)LMTAN, M. D. J. D. WADE, 0. W. COWARD, , 3. D. IEAL. SOUTa CAROLINA. L, P.. DECKWITI, - J. N. Roflom S. A. DURhAM, REV. T. . DOINEsT, 3. A. CANNON, r. W. PICKENm, . W. ].'FLOWERS. NOBTH CAROLINA. T. W. EGLESTON, , W. D. J X$ E. R. 011L1. P. 11. HAWi J. 6. LEF101W1.'DN IL. KORFLHT, WM.-CI..D.ARY'& Co VIRGINIA. A. . LAND ALLISON ADDISON, A: Y HTOK PH & CO. E~.THURMIA . . A TAIb0i 1N. B. U T. Ri. JOYNES CHAS. GIBSON, 13. W. LXI011 filANTON, 1Y., A'IRUIjY1 immNty D1-.Pnx1BA'YjQ1, MAIRYILAND. E. . JA ON. J. L. ADKINS,R. D. ISAAO Ni, R. A. R IHRDSON, It is not impossible there may be excep tional- cases of 'different experience, but we venture to -inbmit that it would be simply impossible to acquire such a volume of testi mony from such a variety of persons and extent of territory, if it were not truc that the fertilizing power of this Gzano is equal to that of Peruvian Guano, as a rule, and. in certain contingencies of season actually superior. JOHN S. REEBE & CO. 3: I X 3 0 T0 I 0 ZT 8 FO1 APPLYINO Soluble Pacifio Guanoy FBu 00TTON AND 0 0EN OULTURE. The pimnciple which governs the method of application to various crops, is found in a knowledge of the character of the roots of the plant to which it is appliedl. The guano must be so placed in the soil that the small fibrenous roots, which are the feeders, may find it at all stages of the crop. Cotton has a tap root, which penetrates the soil and furnishes support for the weed.. From this tap root a multitude of small fibrenous roots branch off in every direction, extending, at the maturity of the crop, from two to three feet or more from the tap; through - these, fine fibres the plant receives all its nutrition that is drawn from the 'soil. If all the gua'no applied be placed in the hill or drill, its full benefit will not be realized by the plant ; because, after its early growth0 its feeders will a.ve on be yond the place of its 'eposit. Henoe, the best method, as dictated by the nature of the mat ter, and confirmed by experience, is to' apply one-third to a half of the quantity ti4d Uy atrewing it in the hill or drill, under the seed, atd sowing the other two-thirds or half broadcasbe fore the'plows, when the orop comes to a' sthnd, or is about five to 'six inches high. By this. method, so soon as the seed gefitrates, it tiArl the nourishineat placed Within its reach, and as it sends out itsfoede'rd from the hill or'dilll, it comes in contact with the guano sown b'rad.. cast, and is th-d' supplied thfoughout its growth. Oo-h has no tap root, btit 'ends out hiteid roots, 'through which its n6islieftnt: ibVe -dived; but lzi its earliset gerzihtion it -iise -the food 'to gVe-ft' aly-4i&; 'hond6 the game methodi d applidatioti 'bli6uld ibe.udel As Above for cotton. If applie 'only in tlihehill, thu erop Will :stift and, pdtidlly fall "at the most 'iaport6nt' poriod f- its, giowth, whex -it needs all it can realize to form the ear. O3d 6nsn&,-60 braI versus ma a APPIo%tloIs. i.: it ha be6h shWal by expe6ilnce, that (b6rahqp-. pliWations f olubl Pdc o.u e,,y,aA, b nch iger prfit on4tte investIeut, than antall,spplical.opa per aco. is found that 206 lbs. pdr acre often produces iW ftto' foei-ek s i e'rs. i Ise reasbiiald t6ri, to infer that dn application of twlee that q6antity, Wotild Srodue i very iaterial incr4asd. It 200',1'.! addi ional Q.appiId,it Would reqhiro.only ('n Ippreased product of less than 40 lbs. cotton at pre8ent,prge,,to govcr the cost of the additional outlay, *vill It is kertin ttlat'if 200 lbs. prodtices a'three-tfehliciense, 4066 i's. of the same powrlii- aqbiy would jrodiceo ihrmore: thni 40 lbs.' '- he permanent benefit *to' the land frim so' liberal an application, would,of, Itself compensate for the outlay, even if,uo more than the qost was realized ftom the crop; Cotton' -and the Caterpillar, In many parts of the cotton reglons, the catepillar' has made havoc with the crop. It has been .found, howeveri that planters who inade IjberAd applieRtlons of SOLUBLn PAC11FQ, QUAO, succeeded Ia making good crops, notwithstanding the ravaiges of thecater pillar. The powerf\d effects of the 1alano in'rjimbt Ing vigorous growth and early maurlty, halMad6 a good yield before the work ofdestriietion comriienckd, sp that in some cases a baM per Aerq has ieor reAiF*d, although every leaf and $Onder boll has been:gtriped iom the weed.-[See article copied from Colubus, Ga., Enguiror) HOW TO PRODUCE COTTON AT MINIMUM C07. The profit to the planter arising from the oulttra of cotton, is exactly the difierence between wbgt. it costs per pound to produce it, and, what Is realIxpd per pound from its sale in the markets. The c at per ,pound of a crop to the planterp is governed entirely by the quantity he realizes per' acre from the land cultivated, because the expenditure for labor is ndArly or quite the same, whet1ter theproluct bp a bal a(wr,-or a balo frm threm acre, )ut the cost of the pro duct to the planter is materially different. If one planter gets a bale fom tO're4 acres and estl. mates the cost of his cotton to be twelvo cents per pbnd, and another planter gets three bales from three acres, without additional labor, then it Is.clear, that the cost per pound to the latter, should not ex eced four ccnts per ,pound. IC in order to get a bale per~ acre on land that would not otherwise prO(duce more thtan a third of a bale, the use of a Comnmeroial fertilizer b)e necessary, then to get at the neL protit arising from its tise, the cost of the fortilizer must be deducted from $he in creased p)roduct. Let us see. 3 aores yielding one bato cotIton, 500 lbs. Is worth, at 20 B cents erlouz*d.*....-..... ...0.0 20 cents per pound.....'*.*****.*.... .......3000. It has-been demonstrated repeatedly, as will be seen) b y reference to letters published in another column that 200 lbs. BSoluble Pactil Guano per acre p)rodluces t rco times the natural yild of the land, but we will dsumo It would require 800 lbs. 8sores fertiied with 800 lbs. Pselfie Guano, yield 1,800 Deduc bstural produc........,, lbs*ort 20 *e"c ntO0.0 Deducet cost of 900 lbs. Guano, say at $70 per tos,.,...8.5 Net profit on three ar..........,,,15. 60 These results have he'en obtained, and can be re. peated by any planter who will make the experiment. JORLN 8. RtIEESE & Co.