INQUIRIES ON PLAISTER. 
TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
Queries proposed to correspondents by Richard Peters. 
English analysis of plaister. Pages 17, 18. 
William West, page 18. Answers to queries. 
Application of plaister to land nearly a 
century under bad management, how 
managed; and great benefits of plais- 
ter. What kinds of soils, what quan- 
tities of plaister per acre, and repeti- 
tions. What crops best adapted to, 
when to sow it and its durability. 
Notes on this communication. 
Robert Fr Psiti page 22. His account of Col. Hannum’s use 
of plaister, on virgin soils, and 
poor land,—quantity applied,—repe- 
titions ; does not render ground ste- 
rile—products to which applied— 
time of scattering—quantity of hay i 
per acre. Used with dung to great 
advantage. European and American 
plaister equally good. 
Philip Price Jun. page 25. Length of time he has used plais- 
ter, on worn land. Quantity per 
acre, kinds of soils proper for plais- 
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