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PACETIC GUANO COMPANY'S Compound Acid Phosphate of Lime, FOR COMPOSTING WITH COTTON SEED. Mun vfactu red at the Company's Works, A ear Charleston , S. C. Du. St. Julien Ravened, Chemist and Superintendent. JOHN :i. REESE Ac 00., General Agents, No. 10 South Street, Baltimore, Md. CIOTTON SEED, as is well known to all who have given attention to the subject, abounds in Ammonia.— ) It affords an abundant and cheap source ot that essential element of fertility. It is deficient in all the other elements necessary to a good fertilizer; hence, when applied to crops without the proper addition of Soluble Phosphoric Acid and other fertilizing substances, it is not a complete fertilizer. In order to utilize Cotton Seed as a source of Ammonia for the above purposes, the PACIFIC GUANO COMPANY has brought into market an article under the above trade mark expressly for composting with Cotton Seed. The Compound Acid Phosphate of Lime contains Soluble Phosphoric Acid, and the other elements requir ed, except Ammonia ; hence, when composted with Cotton Seed us directed below, the Ammonia is supplied and a perfect fertilizer is obtained, at the lowest cost to the Planter. The Compound Acid Phosphate , for composting, Ac ,is manufactured at the Company’s Works, near Charleston, S. C., under the personal direction and superintendence of Dr. St. Julien Kavenel, Chemist, Ac., hence the integrity ot its composition may be relied upon. DIRECTIONS FOR COMPOSTING. To prepare the Compost—Take a given weight of Cotton Seed, which can be readily done, by ascertain" iug the weight of a basket well filled, and using it as a measure for the given weight. Thus: measure out, for example, 400 lbs.; after wetting it well , empty upon it an equal weight of Acid Phosphate, say two sacks of ‘JOG lbs. each ; after mixing well with hoes or shovels, pack into a heap, and repeat th - operation, enlarg ing the heap to any desired extent. The Compost heap may be placed in a pen made with rails to support the sides of the mass, simply cov ering the top with boards lapping each other, to couduct off the rain. Nothing further is required, until the proper time for application arrives. In this manner the compost may be easily made, and its effects cannot fail to give the highest satisfaction, while its economy must commend it to general use. The most suitable time to make the Compost, is when the Seed comes from the Gin. The longer the heap is allowed to lay undisturbed the better, as it can lose none of its value, and the decomposition will be more thoroughly effected. — —— if not convenient to be made at time of ginning, it will be sufficiently decomposed in from three to six weeks. By decomposition of the Seed in contact with the Acid Phosphate there can be no loss of Ammonia , as is the case wiih the ordinary rotting of Cotton Seed. The whole of its Ammonia is securely held until libera ted in tne soil. Bv reason of the bulk of Cotton Seed, it is available for fertilizing purposes only on the plantations; and to be made capable of its highest utility must be used as here proposed. The Compost when made is applied as other fertilizers, at the rate of from 400 to 600 lbs. per acre, or more at the option of the planter. Compost prepared with Compound Acid Phosphate of Lime Seed, as above, was used to some extent last season, with satisfactory results, solar as has come to our knowledge. T :0: For sale by the following Agents of the Company: Adair A Brother, Atlanta, Ga. •LO. Mathew son, Augusta, Ga. Wm. 11. Young, Columbus, Ga. Asher Ayres, Macon, Ga. W m. lleury Woods A Cos., Savannah, Ga C. D. Anderson, Fort Valley, Ge. Dec 70 3t SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR—ADVERTISEMENTS, J. S. Jones, Drumright & Cos., Griffin, Ga. John K. Henry, Greenville, Ala. Marshall A Conley, Mobile, Ala. J. N. Robson, Charleston, S. C. Wm. H. Mcßarry A Cos., Wilmington, N. C. Burroughs A Springs, Charlotte, N. C.