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is the usu?.i price, it aftbrds a fair profit— say $1 a ton 
But guano, said to be genuine No. 1. Peruvian is some-, 
limes sold oy the single ton in this city, at Su5 a ton. It 
may be so, but we don’t believe it. We don't believe it, 
because men are not apt to do business v/ithout profit ; 
much more, at a positive loss At S'dO a ton, we should 
like to kno w our man, and have more confidence than we 
now have ^ ; any one in than trade in this city. It is al- 
together better lor farmers to club together and buy their 
guano direct from the agent, at his price, and be sure to 
get honest weittht and quality. In every carge of guano 
there is 51 to I'H) ions in the bottom that is damp, and 
this is sold as .k'o. '2. at about SI5 per ton less than No. 1, 
and the bags weigh 15 or 20 lbs. more, on account ol the 
water, and ticsides, it is not so good. Then we have 
“hlexican b-.,uUiO/’ which is sold at any price from SlO to 
$25 a ton. ‘ Icliabo Guano" is worth about $40. There 
are some other kinds, both genuine and manufactured, 
but none bu: Fe.'uvian can often be found at retail. What 
becomes ofal. the others, is a mystery to those who know 
that some of 'diC largest retail dealers in the city buy large 
quantities o; :;ie clieap kinds, and carl them to their store- 
house, where, for aught we can say to the contrary, they 
are still in store, waiting for a rise in the market. It is 
barely possible, hovrever, that when No. 1 and No. 2, Per- 
uvian an.u i : xiemr, Chilian and Ichabo, are emptied up- 
on the floor ingr-'.liei, the moisture of the No. 2 is absorbed, 
and the iMercican loses its color, and the whole pile turns, 
of its own aecord, into “genuine No. 1 Peruvian Guano — 
Vv'arranted.” 
We should a little rather buy of the agent at $05 than ol 
any retailer at $55, notwithstanding the warranty ; and 
that is the only way to know that it is genuine : for we 
defy the bes: judges to tell by looks, taste or smell. 
In England, adulteration of guano has been carried to 
an extent hardly to be credited by such honest traders as 
the universal Yankee nation. As it is generally supposed 
that some of that nation have learned to adulterate liquors, 
it is barely possible that they have learned to adulterate 
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As to the best kind, we cannot recommend a farmer 
ever to buy any but genuine No. 1 Peruvian guano. Other 
kinds may be worth their cost, but then again they may 
not be bett-jr than so much yellow dust. 
IIOV,' TO USE GU.-VNO. 
The best way is to sow it broadcast, without any mix- 
ture or preparation, except to break the lumps and thor- 
oughly incorporate it v.uth the soil by a light plowing or 
lieavy harrowing, and sow the land with wheat or other 
small grain and clover or grass, in all cases. If it is 
used with corn, potatoes, or other crop>s, mix it well in 
the soil, and follow that crop with another the same sea- 
son, to get the after effect of the guano. 
If applied a.s atop-dressing to grass, it should be sown 
immediately before or during a rain, or ehe mixed with i 
charcoal du.st, or plaster of Paris. It may be thus used i 
upon wheat or other small grain. ' ' 
aU.\XTiTY TO THE .\CaE. 
From 200 to HOO pounds we consider the most pi ofiia'dc 
application, though it has often been used u) ;'d. .iLtage in 
larger and s.cr.iK.r pvoportior::.. 
IS IT PROUlT.tni.E 1 
For the f urpose of renov; fmg the p.ioc st, woru-outl 
sandy-plain in the country, or soil-denuded gravel knoll, i 
it is the most profitable apphcatioii ever made by u farm- ; 
er. Upon all lands which need manure to make them ' 
produce a fair crop, it is profitable oven at the present | 
extravagantly high price. In whatever .situation it can 
be used, where other manure cannot, it is profitable : and 
it is certainly so, in very many cases, to use it instead of 
other maiwne. v/licve that has to be hauled any con.sider- 
able distance. If it wrouM be profitable to restore such a 
tract of barren sand as that, for instance, between New 
Haven and Meriden, Connecticut, to a condition which 
would produce crops of grain capable of paying all ex- 
penses, followed by a heavy crop of clover, then it would 
be profitable to apply guano to that land, for that is what 
it would do. If a farmer, can make the poorest old field 
as productive as his richest one, for an expense of $9 an 
acre, then it is profitable to use guano. Tlie same may 
be said of Superphosphate of Lime. If it is genuine it is 
valuable, and its use profitable. But bow some people 
have been cheated with this stuff ! — Ncio York Trlba'ne. 
HOW TO YAY OUT .S[Ti£ FACES. 
To lay out an acre circle : First fix a centre, and with 
a rope a.s a radius, seven rods, three links and three-eights 
long, one end attached to the centre and kept uniformly 
stretched, the sweep of it at the other end will lay out the 
acre. 
For one-quarter of an acre, a rope 3 rods and 14 links 
will be the right length. 
For one eighth of an acre, a rope 2 rods and 13 links 
will be enough. 
Triangles ; If you wish a triangle to contain just an 
acre, make each side 19 rods, bh links long. 
A triangle whose sides are G rods and 20 links 
long each, will contain one-eighth of an acre. 
To lay out an ellipse or oval ; Set 3 stakes in a triangu- 
lar position. Around these stretch a rope. Take away 
the stake of the apex of the triangle, which will be where 
the side of the oval is to come— move the stake along 
against the rope, keeping it tight, and it will trace out the 
oval. 
A square, to contain a acre, or just one hundred and 
sixty rods, should have each of its sides jus: i'2 rods 10 
feet and 17-lOths long. 
To draw an oval of a given siuc ; The long and the 
short diameter being given — say 20 feet fur the shorter, 
and 100 for the longer — divide the short diameter into any 
number of equal parts, say ten, and from each point draw 
a line parallel to the long diameter; then divide the long 
diameter into the same number of equal parts (10), and 
iVom each point draw a line parallel to the short diameter. 
Then draw a liiie from point to point where each 
corresponding line cuts the other, on the outside, and this 
connecting mark will describe the oval or the ellipse re- 
quired — Arator. 
SHEEP EAtSl.’VG IZ'i THE SOUTH. 
Editors Southern Cultivator — If I should indulge 
at tiie outset in a few introductory remarks which might 
not seem to be very appropriate to my subject, or should 
fail to meet the expectations of the readers of the OtiUi- 
tviL/- in bringing my views before them, sympathy o.n 
the part of the Editors ought, of course, to be extended to- 
wards me, as they iiTVe invited me to their columns on 
tlii.-', .s d'ieat, and lor the farth-jr reason tlial we arc both 
fond nf good mutl.in. 
We are admonished, Mess:rs. Editors, ir. Ko;y Wnt, of 
the way ward rai ablings of sheep, from shepherds being 
i-a; i.h-yed to watch over them day and night, and in proof 
of tiieir fidelity to their floclcsthey were tiic first to receive 
t;ie glad news of the birth of our Savior, and of beholding 
with their eyes the star that hung over his couch, Thio 
great event took place in the niglit time and was first re- 
vealed to the keepers of sheep (they being awake) which 
goes to prove their vigilence,day and night, in protocting. 
their flocks from beasts of prey. 
