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Newspaper
Anderson Intelligencer
Location
Anderson, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1869
Page
4
The notice warns farmers to apply commercial fertilizers carefully and methodically, avoiding haste in planting. It emphasizes following expert directions, the need for diligence with laborers, and urges farmers to measure land accurately, test different applications, and avoid branding fertilizers as humbugs. It promotes learning, economy, and prudent investment in manures.
A traveler aboard a stagecoach meets five aged men sharing odd habits for a long life. The youngest questions them, learns the sixth oldest pays for newspapers in advance, and he subscribes to five papers. Also includes excerpts from a Louisville Democrat piece on biblical chronology and various vignettes on wit and society.
Chas A Peabody discusses his thirty year trial of guano types, finding Soluble Pacific Guano superior in cost and performance to Peruvian. He details field experiments near Columbus Georgia, noting higher yields and similar results to Peruvian, with less ammonia loss. He urges buyers to choose phosphate-rich guano with ample ammonia and to buy only from authorized agents.
Fragmentary OCR notes discuss a crop yield claim involving soluble Pacific Gu and a 200 lb per acre dosage. The writer argues doubling the quantity would proportionally double the yield, noting a perceived past uplift but uncertainty remains about the exact figures and applicability.
October 1808 letter from M Robson to Thomas H McCann describes using a mixture of Soluble Pacific and B Phosphate on sandy soil for cotton. About 200 acres per acre applied around April 1, drilled and bedded like yard manure. A drought from mid July halved growth, yet the method doubled the crop. author believes doubling again would pay proportionally. Ford praised as a diligent planter.
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