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3. 30 per ceut. of the territory of ISTew Hampshire. 



4. 32 per cent, of the territory of North Carolina. 



5. 33 per cent, of the territory of Vermont. 



6. 36 per cent, of the territory of Alabama. 



7. 45 per cent, of the territory of Virginia. 



8. 40 per cent, of the territory of Maine. 



9. 46 per cent, of the territory of Georgia. 



10. 48 per cent, of the territory of South Carolina. 



11. 50 i^er cent, of the territory of IVIaryland. 



12. 51 per cent, of the territory of Florida. 



13. 58 per cent, of the territory of New Jersey. 



14. 60 per cent, of the territory of Massachusetts. 



15. 69 x)er cent, of the territory of Delaware. 



16. 79 per cent, of the territory of Connecticut. 



17. 86 per cent, of the territory of Ehode Island. 



Taking up each of these States by the nine sections into which they 

 have been divided by the Post- Office Department, and specifying the 

 number of counties in which this fertilizer is used, the percentage of 

 territory on which it is reported would be exhibited by the following 

 tables : 



1. — Pennsylvania. 



Fish guano is used in 58 of its 67 counties and on 18 per cent, of its 

 territory : 



NORTHWESTERX, WESTERN, AND SOUTHWESTERN COUNTIES. 



Per cent 



In 4 of the 5 northwestern counties 13 



In the 8 western counties 9 



In the 6 southwestern counties 8 



10 



NORTHERN, CENTRAL, AND SOUTHERN COUNTIES. 



Per cent 



In 5 of the 7 northern counties 11 



In 12 of the 16 central counties 12 



In 5 of the six southern counties 22 



15 



NORTHEASTERN, EASTERN, AND SOUTHEASTERN COUNTIES. 



Per cent 



In the 3 northeastern counties 8 



In 7 of the 8 eastern counties 16 



In the 8 soatheastem counties 40 



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