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BEST METHOD OF USING GUANO 

 ON CORN. 



Buckingham Co., Va. > 

 June 11th, 1856. | 



Messrs. Editors. — From several years 

 experience with Guano upon the corn crop, 

 I think I can probably give you some ideas 

 that may be beneficial to your numerous 

 readers. 



In the year 1854, I used guano upon 

 corn land as follows, viz : 



First experiment, — I sowed the guano 

 broad-cast, turned it in with a two horse 

 plow, then laid off the rows 5 feet, and 

 dro'pt the corn 2 feet apart and covered it 

 with the harrow. 



Second experiment — flushed th*e land, 

 laid off the rows as above, sowed the gua- 

 no in the row, dropt the corn, and cov- 

 ered as before. 



Third — flushed the land, and planted the 

 corn with no guano, at the same distance 

 as in the other two lots. 



As soon as the corn got large enough to 

 weed, I ran the little dagant plow as close 

 as I could to the corn and turned the dirt 

 from it, following with the hoes thining 

 and putting a little dirt to the corn. As 

 soon as I got over I turned back where I 

 first commenced throwing the dirt off, and 

 threw one trip to the corn. When I got to 

 the lot that had no guano, I sowed thesame 

 quantity broadcast, that I had previously 

 sowed on the other lots, before throwing 

 the dirt to the corn, following with the plow 

 throwing the dirt to the corn immedi- 

 ately after sowing the guano. As soon as 

 I got over with one furrow, I turned back 

 and plowed out the whole row. I done no 

 more work to it. It all had the same work 

 and the same chance every way. But the 

 last lot that had the guano applied when 

 I throwing the dirt back, made more corn 

 I than both of the others together, 

 j When I commenced throwing the dirt 

 j to the corn, I thought that the first two 

 I lots that had been guanoed would make 

 Ifour times the corn to either lot that could 

 j be made on the other. The stalk looked 

 j large and thrifty, while the corn that had 

 j no guano up to that time was small and 

 | yellow. 



| But the first lots began to give back just 

 ! as the ear was making. 



While the other lot that had the guano 

 last, was at that time in a rapid growth, and 



