Guanos [noun]

Possibly the use of guano might make wheat a paying crop, but he still doubted.

In the subjoined tables the composition of a great variety of different kinds of guano is given.

The value and use of guano are now so well understood, that it is scarcely necessary to enlarge on the mode of its application.

Hence an important difference between Peruvian guano and most other varieties.

The variety of guano to be selected must depend to a great extent on the use to which it is to be put.

Peruvian guano is most advantageously applied as a top-dressing to young corn and particularly to oats.

A very excellent practice is to employ a mixture of equal parts of the two sorts of guano.

Several other varieties of mineral phosphates have been imported under the name of guano.

Peruvian guano is more stimulating than either, and makes a light-colored, thin leaf.

If Peruvian guano is applied, sow on about three hundred pounds to the acre in connection with the domestic manure.