[31] USE OF FISH GUANO AS A FERTILIZER. 693 



17. RHODE ISLAND— Continued. 



Recapitulation of the seventeen States that use fish guano. 



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Number of replies. 



a ^ § 



3,381 



2,930 



456 



1, 395 



497 



1,091 



1,685 



925 



1,004 



617 



683 



335 



107 

 454 

 110 



17, 124 



1. Pennsvlvania 



2. New York 



3. New Hampshire 



4. North Cariilina . 



5. Vermont 



6. Alabama , 



7. Virginia 



8. Maine 



9. tieorgia 



10. South Carolina . 



11. Maryland 



12. Florida 



13. New Jersey 



14. Massachusetts . 



15. Delaware 



16. Connecticut .... 



17. Rhode Island ... 



1,426 

 1,183 

 208 

 477 

 210 

 329 

 452 

 317 

 260 

 150 

 172 

 103 

 187 



1,731 

 1,558 



5,774 



9,241 



SPECIAL, AFFIRMATIVE STATE]MENTS FROM DELAWARE. 



For the purpose of testing the matter farther in a State largely re- 

 ported as using this fertilizer, special questions were sent out, in answer 

 to which the statements quoted below were obtained. Time prevented 

 prosecuting the inquiry in other States. 



"The fish guano used here is obtained out of town, and amounts to 

 very little." J. M. Martin, Cool Spring, Sussex County. 



"Mr. J. F. Price and about four others use 30 tons annually, which 

 they obtain in Baltimore." P. B. Alrich, Summit Bridge, New Castle 

 County. 



