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attached to nearly every house, and that hundreds of per- 

 sons there never tasted of any other tea, and that hun- 

 dreds of others who have tried the "boughten stuff," pre- 

 fer the domestic article. I was assured by my informant 

 that one gentleman lost the vote of the county in conse- 

 quence of a story raised by his opponent, that he did not 

 like yaupon tea, and ridiculed the use of it, and if elected, 

 would probably go against levying a duty on foreign tea, 

 for the benefit of the yaupon manufacturer. 



To save my popularity, I therefore speak publicly of 

 the goodness of yaupon, and that it is undoubtedly better 

 than half the green tea imported into this country. And 

 I candidly recommend its increased cultivation. It would 

 at least afford something new, and that is more than we 

 can depend upon when we buy a new tea with some here- 

 tofore unheard-of name. 



Ladies, when shall I have the pleasure of a cup of 

 "yaupon" with you, raised in your own garden, and cured 

 with your own hands? SOLON. 



Benefit of Guano. 



[New York Americcm Agriculturist, 9:202-3; July, 1850] 



[May ?, 1850] 



I HAVE gathered a great amount of information in my 

 travels, upon this subject, some of which will be useful 

 to your readers. 



I presume no part of the United States can show a 

 more marked benefit from the use of this best and cheap- 

 est of all fertilisers in the world, than the northern neck 

 of Virginia ; as in no part, with which I am acquainted, 

 has it been so extensively used, and likely to be continued 

 to be used, upon the next wheat crop, as here. 



Mr. Willoughby Newton^ is entitled to the credit of 



' Willoughby Newton, born at Lee Hall near Hague, Virginia, 

 on December 2, 1802; died at Linden, Westmoreland County, on 

 May 23, 1874. Lawyer. Member of House of Delegates, 1826-1832, 

 1861-18G8. Elected as a Whig to the Twenty-eighth Congress, 

 1843-1845. Resumed practice of law and engaged in agricultural 



