h about 150 lbs. per acre;
this will increase the crop from one ton to two per acre, if a fair
season, and can be mowed two or three years longer. Rye is sown in
many instances, in place of wheat; it gets the same treatment,
except half the quantity of guano is only used. Buckwheat requires
about 100 lbs. of guano to the acre, more or less, according to the
state of the land.

For ruta baga turnips, there should be 600 lbs. sown to the acre;
plow twice and harrow well after sown. After you have hoed them
out, give them a light top dressing of more guano. I have raised at
the rate of 700 bushels, managed in that way, to the acre. We have
had one of the most extreme drouths the present season I ever
remember. Crops on which guano was used, have suffered less, and
are now yielding better than where stable manure has been used.
This is quite different from the opinion that some have formed, as
to guano requiring a wet season. To prepare guano for use, it
should first be sifted, to separate the lumps, so that they may be
pulverized, then dampen by sprinkling with water, and mixed through
with a shovel. This should be done a few days before you wish to
use it, so as to allow the dampness to strike through uniform. (3)
I have not had any experience with compost, or using it on garden
vegetables, or plants, except I know it should be used in
homeopathic doses, or it will destroy more than it will produce. As
to the soil, guano answers well anywhere on Long Island, although
some parts of the Island has a very different soil from others,
with one exception; that is, it is all hungry for manure. I
therefore do not know the kind of soil it is most applicable to,
since it seems to suit all kinds.

SETH CHAPMAN."

NOTE 1. This practice of hauling manure to the field in the
fall, is the worst of all the foolish old fashions of farmers. To
preserve the virtue, of manure, it requires housing about as much as
hay. In fact, it is doubtful which would lose virtue fastest, a pile of
hay or a pile of manure, exposed to the storms of winter. It is no
wonder that it becomes necessary to mix guano with it, to replace that
which has evaporated during its long exposure to sun and storm.

NOTE 2. This increase of straw, is seldom taken into account in
speaking of the advantage of an application of guano; y