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of poudrette contained at least as much fertiliz- 

 ing power as ten bushels of stable manure, 

 whilst the facility of putting it out, was much 

 more than ten times as great. It has been ap- 

 plied in this country with great success to wheat 

 and corn. Upon potatoes, peas, turnips, and 

 other garden vegetables, it is described as pro- 

 ducing the most astonishing effect in hastening 

 their maturity and increasing their products. — 

 In a letter to the " United States Farmer" Mr. 

 Jos. Tyrrell, of New Jersey, states, 



" In March last I planted six rows of early 

 peas, four of the rows were manured with pou- 

 drette sprinkled liberally over the seed. These 

 came up five or six days before the others, they 

 grew more luxuriant, came in blossom ten days 

 sooner, and yielded much more abundantly than 

 those which had no poudrette. I have tested 

 its merits as a manure for cucumbers and melons, 

 and prefer it to any other for those articles." 



Mr. Lemuel Soper, of Long Island, makes the 

 following statement : 



" I have used poudrette on corn at the rate of 

 a gill to the hill, which produced as good corn 

 as where I put a shovel full of yard manure in 

 the hill. The worms were not as troublesome 

 where poudrette was used as where other ma- 

 nure was used. I also used it on wheat, at the 

 rate of forty, sixty and seventy bushels to the 

 acre. Where I used forty bushels to the acre, 

 I got as good wheat as where I used forty wagon 

 loads of barn-yard manure, and equally as good 

 as where I used sixty or seventy bushels of 

 poudrette to the acre. 



" I also used it on all kinds of garden vegeta- 

 bles, and never had better success. I consider 

 it better for corn in the hill than bone." 



Mr. W. F. Blydenburgh says, 



" c On grass lands, in the month of May, it has 

 a decidedly beneficial effect as a top dressing. I 

 should think twenty bushels to the acre would 

 double the crop for one year, but doubt whether 

 it would show much on the second.' Mr. Bly- 

 denburgh has used it on nearly all the variety 

 of crops raised on Long Island, and with a view 

 of testing its relative value with other manures. 

 He says, 1 1 applied the article, last summer, to 

 Indian corn, melons, and other vines, and ruta 

 baga. On corn, a gill was put in the hill, 

 against eight times the quantity of hog-pen ma- 

 nure, and against five times the quantity of fish 

 manure, the latter a compost of ' sting Rales' 

 and earth, prepared the previous autumn, with 

 results much in favor of poudrette for the first 

 six weeks, after which its superiority became 

 less manifest, until the general appearance and 



crop became so nearly equal that no difference 

 could be perceived. * * * * In conclusion, 

 I would say that for the hills of corn, poudrette 

 has no rival, so far as the labor and expense on 

 the one hand, and produce on the other, are to 

 enter into the account. A gill to the hill is bet- 

 ter than a larger quantity, unless the first four 

 weeks after planting should prove to be very 

 wet, or unless the ground is low and moist. I 

 have seen a striking instance of the good effects 

 of poudrette on a field of oats, applied by one of 

 my neighbors at the rate of fifteen or twenty 

 bushels to the acre, on land of middling quality. 

 The yield was increased at least 70 per cent." 



For the information of those who have alrea- 

 dy ordered the article, as well as those who may 

 conclude to do so, we copy the following direc- 

 tions for its use, furnished by Mr. D. K. Minor, 

 of New York : 



" I recommend the use of 20 to 25 bushels to 

 the acre for corn, on ordinary land. When the 

 ground has been ploughed, and lays in furrows, 

 I would spread by hand, at broadcast, about 14 

 or 15 bushels to the acre, and then harrow cross- 

 ivise of the furrows, mixing it thoroughly, with 

 the soil. I would then mark out the rows with 

 an ox chain, drawn on the ground, and drop the 

 corn, and put about half a gill in the hill, and 

 cover it up with the corn. This would require 

 near 8 bushels, making about 23 bushels per 

 acre, — or three-fourths of a gill may be put in 

 the hill at planting, and an equal quantity spread 

 on at broadcast, and well worked in at the first, 

 or second hoeing — or, if not obtained in time for 

 planting, the ivhole may be spread on, and tho- 

 roughly worked into the soil, at the hoeing. It 

 is undoubtedly most effectual when applied at 

 planting ; but still, very important benefit will 

 be obtained from its application when applied at 

 the rate of 15 or 20 bushels to the acre at the 

 first or even second hoeing. 



"For wheat, to be followed by grass, I would 

 spread on at the sowing from 15 to 20 bushels 

 to the acre, to be harrowed in with the seed. — 

 This will give it a vigorous growth in the fall, 

 and enable it to stand the winter. I would also 

 spread ten bushels more upon it in the spring, 

 and pass a light harrow and roller over it. — 

 When used as a top dressing for wheat or grass, 

 without being harrowed in, it should always be 

 just previous to a shower. 



" It is found to act very favorably on grass 

 seed, especially on clover. I have reports from 

 Dutchess and Westchester counties, which say 

 that where poudrette was used on wheat in 1839 

 and 1840, the grass, especially the clover, is much 

 better than where other manure was used in the 

 same field, so much so indeed, that it is readily 

 perceived on going into the field. 



'•'For turnips, 25 or 30 bushels is a good 



