Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1852-10-05
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abopr ;hroe wears aro addressed some articles 10 the
rcnturn community On rhr value :" guano WIN ne we"
promoting general amongst The farmers oi East
Urn Virginia The Kindness wih which those at'i:ir were
RECESSED iiuCes 10 ask attention I" c"nii"Gati;i
OF The subject from conviction HAT the period has arrVed
since uuaEu has fully CslO>c; its cIms 10 purc av"r
may hc safely used Gr giving permanent ii'pr"Vr-
nlrnt soil Hitherto tbs cliel object has 'en 1" "o.
tim speedy returns; and with that view IN" iihnliS s"
10 the been regulated hY the 2reates a"'" {" pro
alc result the immediate growing crop II ha' hech
rert for the most part in such hunted quantities per acre
ta, IN. land lIs" derived ultimate benefit. In com
mon however with other manmfcs II is tally competent la
effect this end ard vsign, in series "t two "f thFe"
re papcrs ut"r suggestion. on The fenova"n oil
lands, TO which solicit the candid consiera-
ton nl my brother farmers
II cannot disguised that thsr" s considerable portion
o Eastern Virginia exhausted and lying waste that dcs
not within Itself III. necessary resources Tor 'ts re.
cupcraon Il il is brought again into profitable cGi'-
ya,ion il must aid altogether Intrinsic In tie range
M, country hrtwren hr Bnc Ridge and tide wHier no nc
is found except ir few ocalcs; and even III ''e
tide water region mari by means universally anouh1S
These substances have te.n generally cnnaiered ns ohe
the basis o! all durable Improvement u Is therefore NJ" Wy
object 10 advocate of gunu TO he exclusion or even
pJsponemcnt Of lhrm II may indeed oe aaVah'a"e""=i'
used in conjunction with lheIn 10! the p"iPo' VI
| mora epec.y Improvement but in those places
where hey are inaccessible, GnI where me sol
has for long course years Undergoing gradual de-
terror lon with the prospect o its ultimate ilovtshheh
and abandonment the introduction OF guano must D: hiicu
as blessing of ncalculabe value. Owing 10 is concen
ira ted properties it will bear transportation to almost any
distuncc-to any farm in TACT the PT"cnc'S OF "'ct WI
bear transportation market Now can s hrst c7' ne ~
nSressiyeI However ut ~lrhule
ioht be 10 oct il AT 50 81 dollars pr ten il tat dea
manure present prices considering ihc cSFhnfnHy III
crease OF product devGd from Is application IN" Mems
nf .rpadrp il on soil is almost nuling-so t:ht II IN
,rneT time and LABOR he rrcko?ed rs clnva' n, n money
he may reap clear profit from tie OF suann, lar create
and more speedily Than from any iefii2ing substance e
oulrinp heavy expenditure Of labor And Instead OF I'M
proving only few annually from lhe internal resource
oil his farm he enrich and prohIaoly extend ms opera
lions over the whole surface in the course OF lew years
Many instances might be mentioned where me crops o
wheat from having been only few HUNDREDS OF casi'.Is
have rapidly augmented 10 as many thousands, y
the tobacco planter, less than Ia the iart us 'aue
iuestiDnbe No longer compelled BY necessity 10 appo
pirate his few lots and 20 single crop-a sFs
lem Justly regarded being Unehdly To general Improve
men-he can now take forest soil on his premises ana
with The aid few hundred pounds o euann 10 ue ac'!
grow tobacco cf uxuriant size and tine qualify, WINE ~
gain crops may rival in aud p'oauci4cness 'hose
the regular farmer. ),
Win these preliminary remarks, will now proceed 10 e
tail nv plan for anelioa,Ion OF our lhpo'ershe ah
The promplitude with which euano acts on vfge'aton'
10 be ascribed its concentrated properties Il Is as
were already elaborated for the OF plants the only cor
dion necessary its action being tho presence OF mostu