The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1858-09-30

The great excess or maRneSla ana phospho
in the seed over the same ingredients in ii.
and the excess of silica In the straw, are s
apparent.
meet all the wants Of any crops, there conl
doubt Of the value of Peruvian guano. b.
distant and expensive. Mexican gunno is
and, If facilities for transportation Should Of
selves, il would furnish p~hosphoric acid.
An analysis Of it just completed in the h
of the scientific school gives:
Lime Gas carb'nate) So % useless Suiphu1c acid, l3
Phosphate Of lime. sa.17
The guano Of Jarvis Island. suggested as
est source, I have analyzed from a sample =
mail by Capt. Davis. If contains:
Water expelled at 2l2s Pah.,....-..........
Organic matter.
Phosphate Of lime,
Silica and sand,
Nitrogen,
Soluble salts, (sea water evaporated IN dryness).
An analysis made by Boussingaulf of GU
the Island of-Jarvis, Rowland and New y
gives:
Nitrogen
If such guano as Capt. Davis sent me can
cnred in quantity it would certainly prove
But 1 somewhat fear it's extent, from the con
tween my results and those Of the emineni
chemist
A better and an obviously cheaper sourcs,
tuuafely an adequate source for an inde6nis
corae, is Mt hand in the numerous fish whic.
from Professor Agassiz, swarm about the
Islands.
I have examined the specimens sent h
learn that the numbers Of some species soms
sembling the menhaden Of Long Island Sound
so long and successfully used for manuring
both shores, are immense.
Such fish are taken along the shore with \
in localities where the schools pass frequently
are also taken by another kind of dip net, |
two sail bsats into the open eourd.
The Sandwich Island labor for such purpl
be expensive.
The course Of hest treatment is this. Nd
the shore or head of some creek. or seaws,
or both, should be mixed with the fish ia
trenches. and covered to such depth with
and earth rs to prevent the escape of any 4
fensive gases, Of which the most abundant 4
able are ammoniacal compounds
After remaining in this condition for thrrl
months, according TO the time required fI
composition of the fish. they should be dugr{
intimately mixed. suffered to remain a VIA
for more perfect di~sintegration, and then car
the land and plowed in.
The results Of this mode Of treatment :
known. They are eminently profitable. N
employ them largely in the n~eighhorhoci !
stations; and fish gusno is an article -fs
under the direction Of a French companyu
of Nova Scotia, and under English directs
coast of Norway.
If the fishing season is short on the one
continuous throughout the year on the 4
practical course will suggest itself The
and scales will furnish all the constituents
the Lihue soils. 1t may, however. in time
BILE to adj lime for the purpose Of gaining o
bic silica by decomposition Of the ~silicafes
|. he composted as 4nicklime with the soil. sd
on the SOIL. As shippers would probablyes
ing to carry il. it might be practicable to
magnetism limestone as ballrst and burn
There is now produced q soluble silicate Of
ploved in calico printing. 1t is a form Z
suited 10 transportation as ballast, and CT
five cents q pound. II would carry both .
soluble silica in most desirable forw to the
was af one time produced ut the R xbuy
Works
Neither Of the latter nor the Jarvis lNr1
will he wanted IL fish can, "a seems emineu5
bic, be procured in unlimited quantities
Respectfully submitted,
(Sicned.) F.. N. HoRsroBp, O
Cambridge. July Doth, 1858.