694 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. [32] 



"The small amouut used bas been obtained from TV. K. Keedles, 42 

 South Delaware avenue, Philadelphia." William G. Herring, P. M., 

 Milford, Kent County. 



" Only used here in small quantities and obtained from Philadelphia 

 mostly." J. A. Lynch, P. M., Eobbins, Sussex County. 



"Several thousand tons are used in this region by hundreds of 

 farmers and truckers who sell vegetables in the city. Nearly all dealers 

 in fertilizers in Pennsylvania and New Jersey sell it. They buy it from 

 ourselves and others who prepare it. It is made on the coasts of Long 

 Island, Conuecticut, and Maine. It is shipped to us in bulk, by ves- 

 sels, after which we grind and bag it." Walton, Ham & Co., Wilming- 

 ton, Del. 



"About one hundred tons are being used by forty farmers, among 

 whom are W. Phillips & Bro., Phillips Hill, Del., G. P. Hickman and 

 J. Single, Frankford, Del. Wilgus, Derickson & Co., Eoxana, Del., and 

 Gum & Bro., Frankford, Del., are dealers who buy it from a manufac- 

 tory at Fenwick's Island, near Eoxana, Del." J. T. Long, P. M., Frank- 

 ford, Del. 



" Fish guano is not much used. The farmers buy spoiled salt fish in 

 Philadelphia, and manufacture it for their own use to some extent." 

 L. W. Lattomus, Townsend, New Castle County. 



"One hundred and fifty tons are used by seventy-five farmers, among 

 whom are Spencer A, Phillips, Hillsborough, Del., John Wilgus, 

 Eoxana, Del., and Horace Hickman, Frankford, Del. Holland, Wilgus 

 & Co., E. Townsend, and John A. Gum are dealers, who buy mostly at 

 Fenwick's Island, Del." J. E. Lynch, Eoxana, Sussex County. 



" There are two or three seines between Indian Eiver and Fenwick's 

 Island light-house that are hauled for fish to be used as fertilizer. 

 Henry Hudson and William S. Evans have built a house for making the 

 fish into guano, but the farmers here are so anxious for the fish that 

 they go to the beach aud buy them for manure before there is time to 

 make them into guano. Tlie fish we call 'old wives.' They are called 

 moss bunkers. North. I have used them on my land and they are better 

 than any guano I ever had." P. M., Ocean View, Sussex County. 



"I used half a ton on strawberries last fall. It was made by the New 

 Jersey Chemical Company, Camden, N. J., from alewives or mud shad, 

 which are caught on the New Jersey shore." John T. Jakes, Wyoming, 

 Kent County. 



"It has been used on three farms, especially by Alexander Guthrie. 

 It is brought from Wilmington." Jasper C. Way, P. M., Hockessin, 

 New Castle County. 



"Five tons are used annually by Thos. E. Woolens, George B. 

 Dougherty, and seven or eight other farmers. They buy it from J. J. 

 Allen's Sons, Philadelphia, Pa., and from John A. Wilson, Wilmington, 

 Del." Charles Green, jr., Eockland, New Castle County. 



