y GUANO ANIVJTS CONSUMPTIONS
It is well known, to every cultivator of the soil
(hat no land will 'contin nonproductive if some
qmvaienwor us produce ue not returncu to u. II
the land is always yielding and never receiving, it
musfsooncr or late become sterile.' ' However,
there are'particular soils, like those of Egypt," and
thejlow "meadows 'of DeerfUldj Mass., which, being
annually overflowed, derive a valuable manure
from inc nana oi paiure. ana mcrciorc-uo not oe
come barren by an n'ual cropping.4 -But such soils
tjrecejvejw Yell as, give. There are also sonic Foils
, which are not easily exhausted, Jn consequence
(as some suppose,) j of their finely comminuted
particles, .which attract and Vetraia the food of
vphints. Suelraro the soils of the Scioto and Mia.
mi oottoni lands of, Ohio. Some of these have
5 tiecn annually cropped with Indian corn for sixtv
' years, and still continue to yield heavy cropc
'tJut subh soils are exceptions" to'almost all others.
vvIf all the" manure dcnvedjlrom the produce of a
, ffiven field for a series of years, could be annuallv
.returned to it, possibly .us lertiuty would ue Kept
But such a contingency, even under the most
. Jcnow of numerous instances, wher the hay, straw
C and corn fodder derived from .'0 or 40 acres of
landonly furnish manure annually for about two
ncrc3 of hoed crops. Such facts show there is a
lack of skill, and want of econotiav and enterprise
on the part ofj such farmers, and every few years
V find their crops less," and less, ami the nu mber oil
Hheir form stock smaller and smaller, and withou
aVadical improvement in these matters, this di
5 minishing "process will go on till thousands of
v farms will be occupied as pasture land, and poor
"at; that Under the most skillful management
r iy practiced,' there is but a small proportion ot'
the farms in New England that can retain their
fertility, from the manunal resources ot the iarm
alone1 1 The farm management in England is vast-
- skiH in tho management ami appneauon oi uieir
arm yard manures, the British farmers find it
necessaryto purcbase annually milli6ns of dollars
l" VortH of foreign manuressuch of guano, bones,
mrnATAO rnnn nnn nnooDfi i wit .v f i v I ' .1: i . ur I
;:to obtain remunerating crops. j '
eTho importation of guano commenced in 1840
' in 181 there were but l,if33 tone imported.
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VpiOyiUg l UCCl UlUOl) ICaOCMj OUV4 ,
SThis quantity must have sufficed to manure be-
I iween two and three millions of acres. The pnc i
of crnano there."was'lblO 10s.or"nbout'.c.V2"r r'tnn
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Tho importation and price have both been largely
increased since 1845. Messrs'Gibbs' & Sons have .'
the monopoly of the commodity, and can raise 'cr t
lower thorpiice of tlic'articlc!a thev see fit : tier
hav ndvfinrod hn rripn. UnfAntlr'iKv hnvi ml. -
ded 11)2 per tonbeing lb 15$ a ton for thirty tons
and upward, snd'fl) H'os. for all Quantities under
that amount. At this pneem quantities less tliaa
thirty tons, it will cost the English farmer about
$75 per'tonat the7piaceiof purchaceY over that
amount, about ?o0. In 18.ij the importation of;
crnano into the United Kihffdcm. amounted to
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0,06 tons. 1 his, at 0 ; per. top, makes tho
grand sum oi ;Zl...j4,iiU pam out ny the IJnudv
On tlir 94th nf 7)frPtYihpr. lft.rj(i; thn Mes?rs.
Oibbs, by a circular, notified ;that the prices ot ,
Peruvian rruano had advanced lb2 per ton :; sun-i
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posing theirjmports fbrthc year arc the same as ;
those of 1855, the increased charge wonld Kmouht -to
over if(;00,000, or over $.1,000,000. - How this
movement is to affect the "bread and beefeaters'
of England, is yet to be seen.' .
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i rom iiuiy isi, icoi, 10 dune ium 1000, nero
were imported into the United States, 230,707 tons
of guano of all kinds ; exported, 60,58.1 tons, leav ing
for home use," 170,124 tons. This at$50j)cr
ivould amountto )?8,C06,200. But as a largo por
tiou of the guano was other than Peruvian, and
sells for much les3 price, perhaps tho American
IMriMI-TH II.LI" I1I1L. .Il l MAN II. kill IJUIl 111U1 U IlliAll
from five to six million' in the two past ycar3 for
guano; whether tho increased products of tbo
laud have been equivalent to the cost of theguat a
is a question that admits of some doubt AYith us
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we have been satisneu tuai goou rcruvian guano
has paid a fair profit on the wheat and potato crop
on many others, it has been ol little value, ap
parently, Cotyilry Uentlcman. : , ,
- SPRING WHEAT.
In answer to. a correspoildcht, wo
state,' that the Defir vmicty oi- spnug
wheat is probably tlieiJanaaa UluD
Wheat Wo learn "from tliclsTew Eng
land Fiirmer that it is a rapidly growi fig
variety, isliardy, aiid is ; frequently
sowed in Canada as late as tho' first; of
June. ' ' ' : ' . - .; ' ; V
, Several cargoes of hew Wheat have" been sold in.
Norfolk at $1 80 for red aud 1. 85 lor white. 1