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Answers to Queries on Plaister of Paris, by General 
Edward Hand, near Lancaster. 
Rock Ford, July 30th, 1796. 
Dear Sir, 
I sit down to answer your queries on the subject of 
plaister of Paris, so far as my own experience enables 
me; that indeed is confined, owing to the circumstance - 
of my farm being generally managed by persons whose 
indolence, or prejudices proved great bars to experiment. 
That difficulty is now removed, and I hope hereafter to 
be able to conduct it on a plan more beneficial to myself, _ 
and by communicating my little experiments, to be of 
some use to the community. 
Query 1. How long have you used the plaister ? 
Answer. ‘Yen or eleven years. 
Query 2. In what condition was your land when you 
began the use of it ? 
Answer. ‘That on which I first tried the plaister was 
apparently exhausted by injudicious management, and 
produced. the most scanty crops of any on my farm. 
Query 3. What quantity per acre have i generally 
used ? 
Answer. Generally not less than three, or more than 
four, bushels. ; 
Query 4. What soils are the most proper for this 
manure ? 
Answer. My land is. a sandy loam, on a lime stone 
of different qualities; the rock in some places so near the 
surface as scarcely to admit the plough, 
