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Jnswers to Queries on Plaister of Paris, by General 

 Edward Hand, near Lancaster, 



Rock Ford, July ZOth, 1796. 



Dear Sir, 



I sit clown 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 ? 



Anszver, Ten 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 you 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. 



