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 Frazier, page 22. His account of Col. HannunCs 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 

 per acre. Used with dimg 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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