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THE FARMERS' REGISTER. 



and although the weather was very dry, I could 

 perceive a marked ditference in the growth ol 

 the plants a lew days alier they made iheir ap- 

 pearance. Kncouraj^ed by my success, I then 

 mixed 2S lbs. with hlieen busliels ol ashee, and 

 applied It lor luruipd by sjwintf broadcast on the 

 land, and harrowing il in lightly. As we had 

 Jrequeiu showers at the litne, the seed soon vege- 

 tated, and the jjlants grew away Irom those ma- 

 nured with dung and mould, in each case I ap- 

 plied it at the rate ol' two cwt. to the acre. 



From Messrs. Cormack, son, and Oliver Florists, 

 New Cross, Deptford. 

 We have to express our regret that, through 

 the improper conduct of the Ibreman who was 

 lately in our employ, the guano you have been 

 kind enough to send us ha.s not received a lair 

 trial on our land; but we can bear testimony to 

 its excellence when applied to grass and turnip 

 crops, because we have known it to be applied m 

 Lancashire with very marked success, producing 

 a healthy vigor to the appearance of vegetation, 

 peculiar to itseir. With Italian rye-grass it has 

 proved itseh' very efficacious, and on the vvliole 

 we believe it to be a very valuable manure. 



From Mr. John Crane Nott, Hallow, fForces- 

 tershire. 



Trial on hops. — I have much pleasure in bearing 

 testimony to the beneficial edecis ot the guano 

 manure you were good enough to send me. I 

 applied it to my hop grounds, and, in order to 

 give it a lair trial, I put about a pint tu every 

 alternate hill in every row. Tlieeheciwas most 

 exiraordiuay ; those hills on which the guano was 

 applied were most luxuriant, while t .e adjoining 

 ones, not so manured, were sickly and weak. 



My neighbor, Mr. John Winnell, ol Braces 

 Leigh, speaks most favorably of the trial he 

 made upon artificial gra-ses and hops, on both ol 

 which it had a most beneficial effect. 1 leel con- 

 fident if the guano can be bought at a moderate 

 price, it will be the most valuable manure we ever 

 had. 



From Mr. Wm. Sim, Drummond, Scotland. 



It gives me much pleasure to add my testimony 

 to thai of oiher farmers, of the value of the ma- 

 nure you inlbrm me is called guano. 



As far as this season has gone, it has the supe- 

 riority over nitrate and bone dust. I applied ten 

 bushels of bone dust, one cwi. of nitraie of soda, 

 and 70lbs. of guano (being at the rate of two 

 cwt. to the acre). Sown in ridges, it has produced 

 more luxuriance than either. 



From the experiments more lately made, it 

 appears that the best mode of applying yuano is to 

 mix 2 cwt. with 4 or 5 bushels oi' bone dust, as 

 the supply lor one acre of wheat, barley, or 

 oats. 



Mr. Smith, whose experiment is mentioned 

 among the foregoing, and whose reputation as a 

 farmer adds weight to any opinion he may ex- 

 press, stales that he considers ihe efiTeci of this 

 mixture as far surpassing any other he has seen ; 

 but 1 would not dispense with the charcoal, li-om 

 which the same benefit will be always derived. 



There is an advantage in guano, that, use it in 

 almost any way, its component parts are so essen- 

 tially manures that they must be absorbed by the 



growing plants, and assist by adding vigor to 

 their life ; and if a larmer should preler other 

 means ol applying it lo his land than that which 

 1 have mentioned, he can scarcely go wrong in 

 making trial of hie plan. 



I may add turnips to the crops benefited by bone 

 dusi and guano together ; but lor green crops in 

 general, charcoal alone will be necessary to mix 

 with it. The great assistance that can be given 

 to manures of this description, is lo diffuse them 

 among the roots through the land they are applied 

 to. A, Macdonalw. 



3, Mildred''s Court, London, Oct. 26. 



ON DESTROYIN SLUGS. 



From the London Farmers' Magazine. 



Mr. Editor, — Permit me, through your widely- 

 circulated journal, to inform my brother farmers of 

 the most expeditious, efficacions, and cheapest me- 

 thod of destroying slugs, when the clover, pea, 

 and bean lands cannot be trodden by sheep, as in 

 this unlavorable season. Provide, fresh from the 

 kiln, sufficient lime, allowing 5 bushels per acre ; 

 slack the lime two days belbre sowing ; choose a 

 calm, mild morning ; commence sowing early 

 enough to fiiiihih belore day-light ; one man can 

 sow one acre per hour, sowing two yards at a 

 cast. I am, Mr. Editor, yours most respectlully, 



Harlow, Nov. G. H. C. Wentworth. 



Sir, — This has been a most genial season for 

 breeding ol slugs ; and they are now so numerous, 

 ihat if they are not destroyed, it can hardly be 

 doubled that they will in the United Kingdom 

 cause a deficiency of from 12 to 1500.000 quarters 

 in the yield ol the ensuing wheat crop. 



They may be efficiently destroyed by getting a 

 quantity of new lime (old v/ill do, but not so well,) 

 and placing il in some convenient place to slacken 

 six or seven days, against the evenings are moon- 

 light. Then^boul seven o'clock — not in stormy 

 but mild evenings — lei a man (with a boy to lead 

 the horse) take a fair cart-load of the prepared 

 lime, and pass over the corn field against the 

 wind, and with a small hand-shovel spread it 

 wide and high in the air ; and every particle of it 

 will do more or less execution. VVhen the cart 

 has passed over the field it should be taken back 

 to the windward side again, and then take another 

 breadih, and so on till the field is finished. About 

 two bushels of lime well managed will do for an 

 acre, and at the same time kill the greater part of 

 the s'hl"-; in the hedges. 



Tlu' 10 t and trouble would be compensated by 

 ihe benefit the plant would derive from such a 

 sweet though slight top-dressing, li will be (bund 

 that by seven o'clock of mild evenings through 

 this month and the next, the whole (raternity will 

 be unhooded, and eitfier crawling or feeding. 

 Siuge are not destroyed by frost, but only kept at 

 home whilst it continues. It will be expedient, in 

 order lo get the lime well slackened, to rake the 

 lumps to the outside of the heap, and at times 

 sprinkle them slightly with a watering-pot. 



Since writing the above, I have seen an arlicle 



