This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1897 edition. Excerpt: ...no less than 38 articles appeared relating to guano. Complaints were still made against the Peruvian monopolists; the quality of Peruvian guano was thought to be declining; the effects of its continued use were considered injurious; and the combination of phosphatic with Peruvian guano was strongly ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1897 edition. Excerpt: ...no less than 38 articles appeared relating to guano. Complaints were still made against the Peruvian monopolists; the quality of Peruvian guano was thought to be declining; the effects of its continued use were considered injurious; and the combination of phosphatic with Peruvian guano was strongly urged. 4Price Current, annual statements for 1862 and 1863. With the cessation of the imports of Peruvian guano at Baltimore, the shipments to the United States entirely ceased.1 The period before the Civil War was the period of Peruvian guano par excellence. The same period is marked by the pre-eminence of Baltimore, both as importing and distributing point for guano. During the seventeen years from the introduction of guano into this country at Baltimore to the Civil War, the imports of Peruvian guano into that city reached over sixteen million dollars in value, and during the decade, from 1852 to 1861, their value was over fourteen million dollars.2 From the introduction of guano to the Civil War, with the exception of the years 1854 to 1858, Baltimore probably imported more largely than any other port in the country, and even in those years it distributed for immediate consumption more largely than any other city. f The importance of guano to the agricultural interests of Maryland appears clearly from the complaints of the State Agricultural Society against the methods of the Peruvian agents and its demand for more ample supplies, the resolutions of the legislature, and the State inspection laws adopted to regulate the trade. Commercial Relations, 1862, 692-693; 1863, 631. 2 Guano is greatly undervalued in the reports on Commerce and Navigation until 1867. The article was free, and hence no strong effort was made to secure accuracy. The...
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Medium octavoPaper boundEdges of covers slightly wornClean textUnopened pages Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 250grams, ISBN: