Description
This pamphlet specifically promotes the use of Piedmont Guano—a fertilizer made from the excrement of bats and sea birds—in the production of wheat. Manufactured by Waite, Miller & Company in Culpeper, the fertilizer was sold in 167-pound bags at the cost of $55 per ton. The advertising pamphlet, published in Baltimore, included a chemical analysis of the guano by a Baltimore chemist. Citation: Circular of the Piedmont Guano, Manufactured by Waite, Miller & Co., Culpeper, VA.. F 221 v.545 no.2. Special Collections, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
