Fertilizers in General and the Greensand Marl of King William County, Virginia, in Particular (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Fertilizers in General and the Greensand Marl of King William County, Virginia, in Particular The following advertisement appeared in the Harrisburg Telegraph:- Fossil Bones. By request, Dr. C. A. Greene will lecture on Wednesday evening, August 29th, 1883, in the Capitol Building in the Hall of tho Representatives on Fertilizers in general and the wonderful deposits of greensand marl in King William county, Virginia, in particular, and will display at the lecture a large quantity of antediluvian bones of quadrupeds, bipeds, fishes, reptiles, together with shells found in this ancient cemetery." The Harrisburg Patriot of August 30th contained the following editorial: "The Science of Geology. - Dr. Greene's Lecture on the Mare of Virginia. - The lecture of Dr. C. A. Greene, in the house of representatives last evening, is regarded as one of the finest things ever heard there. There were many members of the assembly present, and at the close the general opinion among them was that the lecture was very perfect in the science of geology and very instructive. The illustrations were excellent, consisting of a fine collection of shark's teeth, the bones of fish and of extinct animals. Dr. Greene spoke at length on the marl deposits of Virginia and of their great importance to the uses of agriculture. He gave a description of the Pamunkey river country, in King William county, where the mass of the marl deposit is found, and where the farming communities have known its great value for many years. The members extended hearty congratulations to Dr. Greene at the close, expressing a wish for him to give them another lecture soon again, and the audience, at the instance of Senator Sill, gave him a unanimous vote of thanks. Dr. Greene thinks of giving the public the benefit of the lecture in pamphlet form." Acting President Mylin, Senator from Lancaster, and a farmer of no mean experience, introduced Dr. Greene to the members. Apology No. 1. Before perusing these pages, just know that they were made up in scraps, or portions from time to time by the author amidst an excessive amount of work as a physician, and that no effort has been made to especially arrange the subjects, or to write the communications in the best English. The prime object is to bring such an array of statistics before the reader as to interest him in the (to be) marvelous developement of the marl in King William county, Virginia. Unfair Legislation. It is one of those unfortunate facts, which is self-evident to anyone, that notwithstanding the farmers of the United States are the bone and sinew, and with their families represent 20, 000, 000 of inhabitants, and really could, if they wished, control the political issues of the country. Yet as a class they have been less represented in legislative acts than any other body of men, that is there are fewer laws made for their interest, and the object of these few lines upon the subject is to attract the eye of the readers of this pamphlet, and let them so manage all their political movements that they shall have every assistance and protection that belongs to them, and has been wrongfully withheld. This is only a general declaration but I could give hundreds of specific cases to prove my assertion if necessary. The lack of any State, or the United States, acting by proper legislation to prevent the enormous destruction of crops by insects is one startling case to the point. Commissioner of Agriculture. As cultivating lands is one of the most important avocations, and as the well-being and health of mankind to a certain extent depends upon the good qualities of vegetables, fruit, &c., , it is certainly necessary that every state should have its seperate commissioner of agriculture and its own experimental college, and on