1856.] Concentrated Fertilizers on Crrass. 



99 



'Cur.e that John Mason!' ejaculated Laxton, with excessive bitter 

 ness, turning away abruptly, and leaving me where I stood. A suspicion 

 that he meant to let the sale go on, if possible, crossed my mind, and I 



In-ired '" ^^'^"'' '''"' '"'' *' '''"■"^' ^""^ ^""^ *' "•"* '"^tt^' 

 Laxton has never spoken to me since. As for • that John Mason ' I 

 Bave proved him to be a fast friend, and a man of strict honor in every- 



thing 



So much for neighborhood Slander. 



AN EXPERIMENT WITH CONCENTRATED PER- 

 TILIZERS ON GRASS. 



The following is taken from an experiment reported in that excellent 

 paper " The American Farmer: " 



'; What is the cheapest manure for mowing-lands, is a question not 

 easily answered. Probably, no one fertilizer is the best under all circum- 

 stances. We tried an experiment last spring, which has settled this 

 question for our own premises. The lot selected for the trial was an old 

 mowmg field, laid down a dozen years ago, or more, and cutting not far 

 from a ton to the acre. Four plots of gi^ouiid. of four square rods each, 

 adjoining each other, were measured off, staked and numbered. 



" i^lay 3d, in a rain, we sowed fifteen pounds of De Burg's super- 

 phosphate of lime upon number one. On number two we sowed fifteen 

 pounds of Mapes' improved super-phospate of lime. On number three 

 we put fifteen pounds of Peruvian guano, that had been moistened and 

 mixed with charcoal cinders for a fortnight. On number four we put 

 nothing, m order to show the natural product of the land 



'I A week_ after the application, the plot manured with the guano 

 could be distinguished at a distance, by its greater luxuriance, and darker 

 f^w ,7;'^''* ^^ ^^^ super-phosphate was not very manifest. About 

 tne ist ot.uly, the grass upon the several plots was carefully cut, dried 

 and weighed. Xumber one gave eighty-four pounds; number two, 

 seventy pounds; number three, one hundred and four pounds; and num- 

 ber four, fifty-nme pounds. The following tabular arrangement gives a 

 better comparative view. b ^ * 



Manure. 



Nothing 



Mapes" imp. sup.' lime' 

 De Burg's sup. lime, . 

 Peruvian guano, . 



Date of ap- Date of , . 

 plication. | Cutting Area, 



MaySd | July 1st 1 1-40 acrel ,^9 Ihs. 



"I do 70 " 



" " do 84 '« 



" " do 104 " 



