I860.] 



THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. 



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may have free access to her home and stores. 

 Our excellent and progressive cotemporary, 

 the Prairie Farmer, thought us something 

 of a " drone" to believe that the " workers" 

 could pass out and in where the "moth" 

 was excluded — or rather that the bee could 

 pass this " protector" at all. 



At the New Jersey State Exhibition last 

 week, Mr. Steele placed one of his porticos 

 to a hive which he found on the Fair 

 grounds, and the little fellows immediately 

 found their way in with their pellets of 

 pollen on their limbs. 



In noticing this invention, the Newark 

 Daily Advertiser says : — 



"An object of paramount interest to the 

 Apiarian is a little instrument for protecting 

 the honey bee from the ravages of the bee 

 moth, by means of very simply arranged 

 valve doors, through which the bees pass in 

 and out of hives without any perceptible 

 difficulty, while the moth (a very feeble 

 insect) is effectually excluded. When we 

 consider the value of the honey crop of the 

 country, which amounts to upwards of thirty 

 millions of pounds yearly, and how few of 

 our farmers keep bees on account of the 

 risk from loss by the moth, we can imagine 

 the value of a simple and cheap remedy. 

 This is undoubtedly to be found in ' Steel's 

 Bee Protector/ and we are glad to learn 

 that it is becoming appreciated as it be- 

 comes known, the proprietor having just 

 shipped a large order for the South — the 

 result of a visit to the Fairs of Virginia 

 and North Carolina last fall. The inventor 

 and proprietor is Mr. Henry Steele, of Jersey 

 City, who certainly deserves a handsome re- 

 ward for the service he has rendered to this 

 department of science." — Neib York Ob- 

 server. 



with reference to a fish manure which they 

 manufacture, and obtained their consent to 

 publish the result of the analyses that were 

 made. Nothing is more obvious than that 

 the true interests of the manufacturer and 

 of the farmer are identical, and equally pro- 

 moted as well by an exposure of what is 

 worthless, as by commendation of what is 

 useful. The Quinnipiac Company employed 

 me to analyze their fish manure in order to 

 ascertain definitely for themselves, how it 

 compares with standard fertilizers, and are 

 willing that I should pronounce public judg- 

 ment on it according to its merits. 



The quality and price of the fish manure 

 is such that it deserves to be commended to 

 our farmers; especially since, as I am credi- 

 bly informed, the Company bears a high 

 reputation, which is a guaranty that they 

 will continue to manufacture an article as 

 good as they have submitted for analysis. 



Analysis. 



Commercial Fertilizers. 



By S. W. Johnson, Chemist of the State 

 Agricultural Society of Connecticut. 



SCALE OF PRICES. 



The valuation of the chief ingredients of 

 commercial fertilizers remains as in my First 

 Report, and is as follows: 



Potash 4 cts. per fl>. 



Insoluble phosphoric acid. . 4^ " 

 Soluble " " .. iS| « 

 Ammonia 14 " 



THE QUINNIPIAC COMPANY'S FISH MANURE. 



In March, 1858, I was consulted by the 

 Quinnipiac Company of Wallingford, Conn v 



9.67 9.63 



67.78 65.88 



2.05 1.96 

 S.76 



3.38 3.41 



.81 .33 



Water, .... 

 Organic (animal) matter, 

 Sand, - 

 Lime, - - - 

 Soluble phosphoric acid, - 

 Insoluble " " 

 Ammonia yielded by animal 



matter, .... 8.36 8.23 



Calculated value, - - $32.00 per ton. 



Manufacturer's price, - $31.40 per ton. 



This manure is not so rich either in phos- 

 phoric acid or in ammonia as the best quali- 

 ties of fish manure; but it is nevertheless 

 entitled to a high rank among concentrated 

 fertilizers. It yields fully one-half as much 

 ammonia as the best Peruvian guano, and 

 nearly all the phosphoric acid it contains is 

 in a form soluble in water. 



The calculated value is estimated from 

 the prices adopted in my First Annual Re- 

 port. 



The manure i3 sold by measure. The 

 Company inform me that it weighs 35 

 pounds, and is sold at 55 cents, per struck 

 bushel. From these figures the price per 

 ton, as given above, is reckoned. 



The mechanical condition is very good. 

 In employing this manure it must be borne 

 in mind that, like Peruvian guano, it is 

 capable of supplying only a part of the 

 wants of vegetation, so that the use of some 

 phosphatic manure and of leached ashes, 

 muck or stable manure, with it, will be bet- 

 ter economy in most cases than depending 

 on it alone. 



