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THE PACIFIC GUANO CO. CAPITAL, $1,000,000. Its Produiets and Trade; Its Relations to Agriculture; Its Interests, Pol. ley, Character, and Claims to Public Coaildence. It is pi admitted fact that a concentrated commercial fertilizer, of real excellence, is an essential adjunct to successful farming in the Southern and Middle States. It will b admitted, that with the crude ole ments of fortility afforded' by Nature, it is within the scopO of human ability, aided by capital, enteriprise and science, to furnish a con centratcd commercial ft-rtilizer qf real excel ence. It is of the highest importaneo that suh a fertilizer should be furnished at the lowest possible cost, in order that the outlay required may not preclude its genetal and liberal appli cation. It is also necessary to the general usc of such an article, that the character, responsi bility and facilities of the producers should be such as to afford a reasonable guarantee. that the fertilizer brought into market may be relied upon for present and continued execl lence. It is true that many farmers are detorred from the use of fertilizers, other than Peruvian Guano, by a want of confidence in 'their con tinued reliability, though convinced of their present value. They adhere to Peruvian Guano, though its price be too high to justify ita liberal use, and though experience teaches them its defects, which are manifest in its tendency to produce excessive growth without corresponding yield; in its tendency to ex haustion; in its injurious effects in time of severe drought, &c., all of which result from the misproportion of its olomonts. I'This want of confidence is not unnatural; and arises froin two principal causes: First Fertilizers have been plaodI u pon tho Tnarktat and commendel to farmers, which, either from ignorance or the inability of the producers, or fromi les..s exouisablo ea1' have p.roved from t.ha first. or after awhile of little or no value, to the serious loss of the consunor, both of tmne anl money. Cecon(ly- i Itrou seasons occur, in which crops fail from the intervention of natural causes, in w hich event the consuium.er i pre disposed to ascribo the fail ure in part at least to the particular fertilizer i.3ed, however ex collent it may have been, even though his neighbor realiza as great a failure from Peru vianl ua noe., The thought is suiggeosted, that, if Peruvian Guano had beon used, the faL"ure would nIt at least. have been so groat; hence a fertili zr possessinig lie highedt value, mIay be, and o11en is, lm lily condentined, and ita use retarded, to the detrimient of the agricultural public. 'There is no power in Peruvian Guano or any other fertilizor- to periformn its functions if con travened by natural causes, else rich bottom lands would never fail to yield a crop, wvhen it' is a known fact they do fail as frequently as fertilized lands. A beneficent Providence has aggregated the ~, utde elements of fertility in exhaustless quan tities all over the wvorld-upon islands of the sea, and in the sea ikolf and elsewhere. Nature, ihowever, does not yield her treasures without an equivalent. Coal is found em bedded in mountains; the precious metals are held bound in the quartz rock, and are adapt ed1 to the~ uses for which Nature designied therm, only at the cost-of lab~or, enterprisc and capital. S~o also these deposits in their natural state aire not, in condition for practical utility, but. muodern science has developed methods by which they are capable of the highest utility to the most important, of all interests. Ilence, while naturo c furn ishes the crude material, and science t he met/od, still Ci pitail, skill, enterprise and la!>or are required to adapt thomn to the purposes dlesign ed by Natunrc. The fertilizer introduced by us in 1805, * nder the~ trade mark of 6olidble P'acific Guano, is the product of the PACIFIC GUANO COMPANY. It has been extensively used for the culture of all crops, from Now Jersey to Alabama, with results entirely satisfactory; the instances of failure, in consequence of unpropitious seasons, being no greater than when Peruvian was used. If the disinterested testimony of farmers is an evidence of truth, and we are sure it; is, then it is true that results from this Gnruo, when applied in like quantities per acre, have been fully equal to those from Peru vian Guano, and in not a few instances, supe rior on the first crop, whilo on grass and clover crops following, it has manifested an effect un known to Peruvian. It must be noted that the cost of this Guano is so much less per ton than 'Peruvian, that'300 lbs. may be applied per acre at little or no greater outlay than 200 lbs. of Peruvian Guano can be applied for. In view of the importance of this trade, and 4he just deirand on the part of consumers for assurances, first as to the ability of the Pacific Guano Company to bring into market a con centrated fertilizer of the highest excellenco, at the lowest cost to the farmer; and secondly, as to the claims of the Company to the fullest public confidence, we propose first to show what their facilities are; and secondly to show upon what grounds they lay claim to full public confidence. in their products. First-The Pacific Guano Company is the result of a private association of a few of the largest shipping merchants in the United States, engaged in the California trade, the primary object being to furnish return freighte for their ships from the Pacific. This private association was subsequently organized into a stock Company, with an actual cash capital, invested and at command, of $1'000,000, and is unquestionably the strongest company in the country engaged in this important trade. Its stockholders are limted to but few in number, not exceeding fifteen, embracing some of the most respectable and wealthiest merchants, all of whom are actively engaged in business enterprises of trade and commerce. The large capital of the Company, is the Aggrogation of curplun means, by reason of which it is enabled to accomplish results un attainable by private enterprise. Hence, the Compiny is the sole owner of the extensive deposita from whence it draws supplies of natural phosphate of lime, and the other ele ments which enter into the composition of its fertilizer; therefore, with these facilities, it, procures supplies at lowest cash cost of pro (uction, and does not pay profits and conmi. sions to importers or intermediate parties. The Company has called to its aid the best scientific ability that ample means and liberal policy will command, and has acquired inval iable experience by. years of patient enter prise. Hence, the IAcific Guano Company has the ability to bring into market the very best fertilizer, at the lowest cost to consumers, that. ample capital and enterprise, aidel by the best scientific ability, can produce. Secondly-Wo base the claims of this Com pany to the fullcst public confidence, upon reasons founded in the nature of things. Respectability and private character afford good claims to public confidence; on thcee grounds none can have higher claims, but we dismiss these considerations, because in a case like this, these qualities cannot be knowvn and appreciated, however excellent they arc. Personal interest is esteemed to be thme strongest and most universal motive to human action and policy, especially in matters per taining to trade and commerce. Ihence, if this Company be judged on this principle alone, its claims to public confidence arc of the highest chiaracter, unless it be assumed its policy is dictatcd by the grossest ignorance of its best interests. It must be seen at once that a Company like this, with such large vestedl interests, mu:st look to pcrmanence in its trade through a long futuru, to render its capital secure andl r,calize compensation for its invu.-tments. If it ceases permanently to earn dhividlends, its capital becomes a total loss, while it can aflord in .its beginning to omit dividenda, so that it builds up a safe and per. mnanent traLda for the future. The Pacific Guano Company must, of neces sitv. eontinue to bring into make te b~.t fertilizer that its unequaled facilities can pro duce, and, guided by an enlightened policy, it is recognized by them as their highest interest to put it into market at a minimum profit on its cost, by which policy its use is extended. The Company looks to smallprofts, large sales, and permanence of trade to insure reasonable returns on surplus capital invested ina legiti mato business of great public utility. It is a well recognized principle, that capi-, tal, aggregated from surplus means, can be employed at a less rate of compensation than can be afforded by private capital; hence, it is true that in all enterprises in wLich large means facilitate economy in production, pri vate resources cannot 'rompete with aggre gated surplus capital. For the foregoing reasons it must be con ceded: First-That the Pacific Guano Com pany possesses the ability to furnish the country with a fertilizer under its trade mark of SOLU BLE PACIFIo GUANO, of the highest real excellence, at the lowest possible cost to the farnmr. Secondly-That the only true policy of the Company, dictated by ordinary prudential care for its interests, is to use all its resources to turnish the best possible products that its un equaled facilities can bring to the markets. Thirdly-That its character, capital andina terial interests are such as in the nature of things furnish the surest guarantee of the con tinued excellence of their fertilizer, and en titles the Company to the highest claims to public confidence. Fourthly-That a Company like this, in volving the permanent investment of large capital; founded upon a solid basis; the opera tions of which are managed by ,men of the highest mercantile standing; the products of which are adopted to the promotion of the most inportant of all branches of industry; we think we may say, it will be conceded, that a Com pa ny such as this, sustains no unimportant. relation to .he 00grncultural interes6 of the courntry. NoTE.-, It is necessary for us to note the fact, that in consequence of the reputation acquired by the. Sluble Pacific Guano, as brought into market by this Company, the sane name has been given to fertilizers of totally difierent. character and quality, for which the Pacific Guano Company is in no way reponsible, and it is not improbable some have ben deceived. Hence, it is necessary for us to caution consumers to see to it that they procure the genuino product. of 1his Com pany, the evidence of which is the names of the undersigned, brand<d on meh bag, a's agents for the Company, otherwiso the article is not genuino. JOIIN1 8. REESE & Co. Gorioal Agents for the Paoilo Guano Company, BALTIMORE, MD. ('rom the cotumbus Enquirer, &p! 191k, 1868.) A Great Crop, Notwithstanding the Worms, We yesterday visited thre plantartion of Mr. C. A Peabrody, In Lee counly, A.la., and found his cotton crop more prolific of' bolts thaun any we ever saw or even conceived of before, but entirely str'ippcd of every leaf', bloom and tender boll ! The caterpillars hravo made aununary work of it, stripping it, in three or four days after their appearance. We noticed every cotton field on tire road between tis city and Mr. Peabody's, and found tire worms at work in all of them-some already denuded of leaves and the late growth of fruit, and others only a day or two behind in thre wvork of destruction. Thre ent ire destruction of the later growth In tis whole section. is now certain, and threreby the crop has p~robabbly .been cut omre-th'rd shrort sf thre calculations of plant. crs entrtmedr a week or ton days ago. lirt Mr'. Peabody hais made a grcat Crop,, no(t with stnndmrg tis sudden desdtruction of the top growthr. lbe Improved modes of culturo anid jndiciours applhi caicon of fertilizers .have ncvei- told withr mrore surc cess than during this season. lie hras a haldf acre mar the house that is certiin to nmako a full hale, aind hris whole crop will no doubt averaget~ a bale to Irfe nere. TFhough muchr of it has~ already ben picked out, tire bolls on thre otherwise batro brche's re so thiehk as to rinird one of c l'mr of cocklleI bu11rifter the leave(s have been kilb-ud. lie aoppliurI (G:anro (tire Sohtcble Pacitie) at tire rate of' four hn dredl poundos per nere. Th'Iis I lieral applica:tion of a plrfu'C'll fertilize'r st irmlbded hris crop to suchr an early rand prr'ohiii gm-owlth of hoi!!s ars to secure anm ex traror'dinary y/id( before thre worms mrade their aip prearance. Ilia crop, even aft'er the havoc mande bry tire caterpillars, is a splenrrdid amid con vinrchig ex hibi tion of thre advnmtages of scentific cullmo an liberal application of conmmreoalnmir ... NOTICE. The Pacific Guano Coinpany ftilly appreciates the unportance of calling to its aid the best sclentlao ability in the prosecution of this important business; henco the valuable services of Dr. St. Julian Itavenes, of South Carolina, have been secured as sclentflo advisor and director to the Company. Dr. Ravencl is well kno'wn to th'o South f&om his long connection with agricultural science, and his engagement in this connection is a matter of no little importance. lIe is fully acquainted with the Maen*o ter, resurces and policy of the Company, and will give full information as to the character and composition of Solublo Paciflo Guano, if addressed or ollod on t Charleston, 8. 0. (Prom td &uthern Cultivator.) Premium Crops-ilalf Acre of Turnips, COMMUNICATED, Ftobt TRANSAOTIONS OF THER ]A ALAnAMA AGRICULTURAL SOOIETY, BY TUB 89. 1CETARY. We, the undersigned, having examined one-half of an acre of turnips, grown by Col. Geo. P. IHarrison, and having seen ten feet of an average of the same gathered and measured, do hereby certify the yield of the same to be six hundred 'and twelve and one. half (6121) bushels of roots, and eighteen hundred and thirty-seven and one-half (1837j) bushels of closely pressed tops. WM. DAVIS J. Rt PADGi ,r 4 October 27th, 1808. The above is respectilly entered In competi 'A for the largest and best crop of turnips raisod ono half of an acre. The land selected was new ground, of a grey, sandy soil. The timber was cut off in the spring, and the ot cow-penned till about the first of July, when the ground was thoroughly brokn u 'b repeated ljowings. About the last of July, laId T ofl in drills fifteen inches apart, and sowed, in the drills, about one hundred pounds lub&e Puq Guano; covered this br drawing the drill nearly ful of 'earth with a rake. lie seed was then sowed on the manure, and again covered with theo rake, "be plants came up promptly, giving a fine stand. they were three or four inches high, tih worked thoroughly with the hoe, cleanin weeds and grass; stirred the earth ge thinned out to a stand. About the fir her, it was worked over again with variety of seed sown was "1 Ruta b is exhibited by the abovo certeifical -t I would atate that the tops , Ay fo the trouble and expense, the I -.eragog, i height, fron) three to three and I'cet. Rlespectfully submitted, G I!'. P1. IIARRISON. ( From thu* &utlurn Cuftivtor..) Prenium Crops-411al Acre of Cotton, CoMMUNIcATED Fitou TRANsAcTIONs OF Tn1E E ALABAMA A ruxo3LrUnAL SOCIUTY, BY THES 8 nETARY. We, the subsrfibers, and neighbors of Mr. Charhes A. Peabody, being called in by him to witness the measurement 6f a half acre .planted in cotton, do certify that. fhls piece of land planted in cotton measures Jht one-inlf acre. We have been familiar .with the papnting und culture of this picce, from the day of its planting up to the present time, and since it began td open. Although wo have no means of cong to n exact knowledge of the correct weights of each da picking, yet we believe the o k kept by Mr. Peabody to be correct. The fo owt is a correct list, as copied froin this journal: Aug. 2111 , piced ...... ............ 18 lbs. Sept. 7th, " . ......60 . " Dib, 0 ........ " 18ti 4 - -- - - - -. . . . 140 " " 122d,1 ". ....................14 , " ............ ...... 70 2t,.". ------............ 100 22d, " .................. U34. t 23d, " ...................8 10 " Oct. 12th, " --------........ 200 " 44 23d s '........................0 1617 " Making a total of fiftcen.hundrod and nine -~nin~ lbs. of clean cotton picked. And from a carefu qj anmnation this a of the half acre, we believe th will be 550 lbs. of clean cotton more picked f-anm thle half aere, which wvill make 'the crop on tihe half acre (2,149 lbs.) twenty-one hundred and forty-ni e pounds.S. L. IIULIJN pounds.F. N. STAFF 3Rli, October 20, 1868.P.. DAI. ) T~hze half acre planted in cotton as described, was a piece of old1 >ine land, light sandy soil--would pro due with ord mary culture and commnon seed, about three hllmdredl potunds to the acre, seedl cotton. I ('ow-plennued tihe p~iece last winter. In the sprig I turned the fmanure under with a turn-shore Ijlow, and( followedl with a sub-soil. About the middle of April I crossed the piece with tho sceoter, and fol lowed with thne sub-soil again. Thle 25th~ of A~Jl, openied furrows three feet. apart, and in the om't~ of tihe furrow p~ut in 200 p~ound1s of &'luble Pac~i . -,"wn/ threw, two furrows (on this, with, a turn shov.~el, and over the (uano plnted tihe seed. I phlmted three seed to a ill, fifteen ir~ lhea npart, and tianneid Out, to a stad of' two stalks. W hen the cot ton was up three inchems high, 1 raui around Ii with~ a sceoter-, anid finishledl the milddles with a horse hoe. Thei variety of Cotton planted was tile Dickson, hiybridiziedl h~y my long staple. In tile early enson the cro p suifleret as mmuch as sub-soiled lan d could suffer from drought, andl later, suffered from too limlih rain. Thell 14th of September the worms took It, smappmg every lear and young boll, lessening the produc(t nea'irly one-half.