A Practical Treatise On The Use Of Peruvian And Ichaboe African Guano To Which Is Added Valuable Information On Wheat Culture And The Nature And Modes Of Using Gypsum As A Manure Second Edition

Author : Charles L. Bartlett
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781527869578
Total Pages : 60 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (695 download)

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Download or read book Guano written by Charles L. Bartlett and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-09-17 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Guano: A Treatise on the History, Economy as a Manure, and Modes of Applying Peruvian Guano, in the Culture of the Various Crops of the Farm and the Garden It is the object of this Treatise to give a few practical sug gestions on the use of guano, and the results of actual trials under a great variety of circumstances and upon a great variety of crops and soils. Before entering upon more practical points, however, it will not be out of place to say a few words of the origin and history of this article. It is but little more than twenty years since the first cargo of guano left the coast of Peru to enter the ports of Great Britain as an article of commerce. The first consignment was made to a mercantile firm of Liverpool, Messrs. Myers Co. In 1835, but guano, being still unknown, excited little attention till five years later when twenty casks were again landed in England, and it was soon found to be the most valuable manure in exis tence. 80 great was the confidence immediately inspired in its value as a means of increasing the products and renovating the soil of the country, that the very next year, 1841, seven vessels were employed to convey 1733 tons from the Chincha Islands to England, and the number increased in 1842 to 41 British and 3 foreign vessels, and to 13094 tons. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.