Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1852-03-31

As matter Of great interes. to our farm
ers, we direct their attention to the follow
ing extracts, which we take from the .4meri-
can Farmer for the month of April:
INSPECTION OF GUANo AND PLASTER
AND LIME.-At the late Agricultural Con-
venlion held in Richmond, Va, II was re-
solved to momoriolize the legislature to,
abolish the inspection Of Guano and Plaster.
We believe iha. the same step, if taken by
the Mary land Legislature, would meet the
appreciation Of nine-tenlhs of the farmers of
our State who use these articles, who con-
slider that they are paying tax for which
they receive no just equivalent and if the
inspection of lime was also added, so much
the betler,-as at present conducted, and
we have no hopes Of its being beltered, The
inspection laws, except perhaps for flour
siion upon the farming community parlicu-
larIy, and the public generally, and the soon
ler they are abolished, the better.
After the main body Of our paper was
put 10 press, we received communication
from the General Agent in the U. S. for the
Peruvian Government, and the importance
Of the subjec. induces us, at some incon-
venience, 10 give it at once, in order that
TIE a,irutruu IurIrrrs Iauy aroused
to the dangers to which they are exposed.
The use of guano has now become almost
|indispensibe-it has been a God-send to
the owners Of the exhausted lands of the old
Middle States, and the immense increase in
its use every year, shows the value placed
upon i, by those who know its effects-The
inspection law, we verify believe, has been
useless-and if additional draw backs be
placed on its free introduction, the farmers
will find that they must dispense with its
use, or be subject to additional charges and
vexa,ious delays and imposilions, by the
traders of other States, from whence they
would be obliged to draw their supplies
Mr. Riley acts upon instructions from his
principals in Peru, and the consequence Of
adopting the suggestions which have been
made to the Legislature, will inevitably drive
this trade from our city and State, without
the possibility Of those for whose bene6! it
is intended, deriving any advantages from
The additional clogs which are proposed
The Agricultural Society Of Va, at the head
Of which are such men as Edmund Ruffin,
Willoughby Newton, Bernard Pey'on, VIM.
H. Richardson, and Others we'll known TO
the farmers of the country, recommend the
their Slate-and if the farmers Of Mary land
do not wish to &c. the article second hand
ed from merchants of Virginia, Delaware
and New ork, Of whom they know moth
ing, they must not fold their arms and permit
their interests 10 be acri6ced-Lel them ms
truct their Delegates and Senators at Annapo-
lis upon the subject, and we have no doubt
they will be heard and Needed.
In conclusion we will say, that we have
though hit much upon the subj ofinsp ectlons,
and that we have come 10 the conclusion, that
no system which could be adopted, would
afford the least protection to the farming
interests, and that its sole operation would
be, TO impose an onerous tax upon them
without any corresponding benefit. The
repeal Of the existing laws upon the subject
would be the best service the Legislature
could confer upon the Agricultural commu-
nifty. The existing laws upon our Statute
books, switch hold the faith to the ear and
break it 10 the hope" is worse than mock
cry.
New YORK, March 81, 1852.
To the Editor Of the american Farmer.-
Dear Sir In DR.. Higgins second report to the
House of Delegates of Maryl land, have noticed
certain statements regarding Peruvian Guano
which fear are calculated to have an injurious
effect on the Guano business in Maryland, withou
giving greater security to the farmer, and avail
myself of your columns to make known my view.
on the subject.
DR.. Higgins states that the Guano from the Chin
cha Islands, the only place from whence the Pc
ruvian is exported,) varies greatly in quality, ane
consequently recommends law requiring its sale
by analysis.
He further states, that in England the importer
sells it under guarantee to contain Is per cent
of ammonia, and as in Maryland such a guaran
tee is not given, the worse class will be sent to Ma
ryland