| 单词 | guano |
| 例句 | Momentarily and unaccountably, I wondered what the bat guano would taste like. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The slime was bat guano, digested vegetable matter that had been excreted by a colony of fruit bats on the ceiling. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Nothing but what you might expect: pink, tumbled boulders with guano layered on them like icing; and a steep slope up to the shattered rocks that crowned the bastion. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Farmers would soon be coming in to arrange credit terms and buy seed and guano. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z On the brown walls of the flattened, overlapping leaves of the sturdy fibered guano there was a picture in color of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and another of the Virgin of Cobre. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Coffee grounds, chicken skin, bat guano, and some kind of old fat. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Immediately he raised taxes on the Chilean-owned guano mines, which the previous Bolivian government had promised not to do. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The rocks below the bats were slubbered with wet, greasy guano, a spinach- green paste speckled with gray blobs, which reminded me of oysters Rockefeller. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The land was useless for agriculture but had four plausible seaports and huge underground deposits of prehistoric guano, which Chilean companies mined and shipped to Europe for fertilizer. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z These bats were insect eaters, and the guano was an ooze of digested insects. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Over it hung a velvety mass of bats, which had fouled the pillar with black guano—a different kind of guano from the green slime near the mouth of the cave. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It was the one where Kehaar used to shelter and the lobby at the mouth was still cluttered with guano. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Now, in his eagerness to hear his news, the guano smell seemed almost welcome. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z But, like all farmers, he had to contend with high taxes, high freight rates, and land so worn out that he might spend more for guano than he could get for his cotton crop. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “Did somebody step in that bat guano in the other room?” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z Also, letting me go would free him to play with guano all day. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Then the flock moved on, and the ice around Patience Camp was streaked with blood and red penguin guano. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z “Fascinating,” he muttered, scraping at some petrified guano with the stubby end of his pen. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Yes, it was guano loco crazy to make that leap. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: If relatives hate being parents, is it right to offer to raise their kids? 2021-09-11T04:00:00Z On the first Planet Earth, he achieved notoriety for spending two months working in a huge pile of bat guano. 'Hippos snapped my last boat in half': Planet Earth II's hairiest moments 2016-12-11T05:00:00Z If she is growing flowers or fruit like alpine strawberries or eggplants, she mixes in a little Peruvian bat guano, which is rich in phosphate and potassium. Urban Gardening on the Third Floor 2015-05-26T04:00:00Z There is a section on the guano islands of Peru. '1493': How Columbus' discovery changed the world 2011-09-29T19:55:04Z An astounding 1865 photograph here shows a Peruvian mountain entirely made of sea-bird droppings; workers shoveled this guano into boats heading north, where it was prized as fertilizer. Exhibition Review: Looking South, Not East, Into New York?s Past 2010-09-16T22:55:00Z Many small towns consist of little more than a grocery and a horticultural supply store, selling such products as Buddha Bloom bat guano fertilizer and Humboldt Nutrients Ginormous Bloom Enhancer. T Magazine: The High Life 2011-03-25T17:30:04Z Tuttle’s enthusiasm is joyous to behold; his observations and writing delight, even when he’s describing guano. The Joy of Bats 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z In fact, I hereby double down: They also apparently throw in some dried ostrich guano. Perspective | Gene Weingarten: You can’t make me eat these foods 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z Below the hole, the shed had become garishly decorated with vertical stripes of swallow guano. Learning 'Lear': Time to Leave the Nest 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z My favorite is Rat Island, because it is made in part of bird guano — but others are good, too. Perspective | Forget the wall. Let’s build ‘The Statue of Beat It!’ 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z Since the codex reeks of bat guano, it indeed smells authentic, redolent of an ancient tomb. Books of The Times: ‘12.21,’ a Novel by Dustin Thomason 2012-08-23T22:20:36Z You will learn more about wheat, guano, farm implements, bugs, cattle killing and mule handling than you would think possible. Critic’s Notebook: ‘All God’s Dangers,’ a Forgotten Autobiography 2014-04-18T21:44:48Z They may be luxury commodities now, but civet coffee, eiderdown, sea silk, vicuña, vegetable ivory, guano and edible bird nests all started as local harvests. The 10 books to read in August 2019-07-30T04:00:00Z Not only are there lifelike owls in the rafters, but there is also lifelike owl guano on the wood beneath them. The Thrill of Harry Potter Rides On 2010-06-10T14:38:00Z Colonists brought African slaves to Peru's Pacific coast to labor on sugar plantations, cultivate rice, pick cotton, and mine guano. Three generations of fathers, one timeless Afro-Peruvian breakfast 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z The fact that Victoria Beckham is a fan of guano treatments doesn’t make the experience any more palatable. A poo facial mask – smaller pores, yes, but do you really want faeces on your face? 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z It’s unsanitary, leaves a mess of guano and bread scraps, and makes the entire block unpleasant for visitors. Rant and Rave: Reader tired of plastic advertising signs 2023-11-11T05:00:00Z The pioneers are the seabirds, whose fishy guano provides a nutritive anchor for air and seaborne seeds. Wildlife Poop Is the Climate Solution You’ve Never Heard Of 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z According to the researchers of this study, the cave was first accessed in 1831 by a landowner who collected bat guano, or droppings, used to make fertilizer. Europe's oldest shoe found in Spanish bat cave 2023-09-29T04:00:00Z People in the region collect bats’ guano for fertilizer, hunt them for food and—in the Solomon Islands—even use their teeth as traditional currency. Adorable Moth-Size Bats Found in the Pacific Islands’ Largest Bat Cave 2023-08-28T04:00:00Z They expect newer satellites — which are starting to track the penguins rather than just their guano — to help improve estimates of populations. In a Worrisome Sign, Some Emperor Penguins Had a Terrible 2022 2023-08-24T04:00:00Z Coaxing a virus that lies dormant in bat guano to grow in a cell culture is difficult, and usually the effort fails. The Ongoing Mystery of Covid’s Origin 2023-07-25T04:00:00Z All this guano doesn't just spark life; it also can change the weather. Wildlife Poop Is the Climate Solution You’ve Never Heard Of 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z A team of scientists from the University of Ghana's veterinary school is here to analyse the bat droppings, or guano. Ghana's batmen hunting for pandemic clues 2023-07-08T04:00:00Z First, it took possession of dozens of uninhabited islands in the Caribbean and the Pacific, primarily for the harvesting of guano. The America That Americans Forget 2023-07-07T04:00:00Z Cryptococcus species are thought to be found pretty much everywhere; it’s commonly associated with pigeon guano and soils. How Fungal Meningitis Outbreaks Can Happen after Cosmetic Procedures and Other Surgeries 2023-05-22T04:00:00Z This guano is rich in useful nutrients, such as nitrogen and phosphorous. Rats Are Finally Gone from This Vulnerable Island 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z Chinese farmers swarmed through bat caves, generally to collect bat guano to use as fertilizer, exposing themselves to a multitude of viruses harbored by the wildlife. Column: How Trump's anti-science meddling erased 3 years of crucial COVID research 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z However, the guano revealed that, between about 300 C.E. and 1300 C.E., News at a glance: U.S. tallies old-growth forests, Canadian scientists march for higher pay, and condor poop reveals the birds’ ancient history 2023-05-03T04:00:00Z Over the centuries, it had formed a doughnut-shaped mound of compacted droppings, or guano, that encircled an active condor nest. 2200-year-old pile of excrement provides window into condors’ past 2023-05-02T04:00:00Z In the absence of alternatives, it began supporting a program to increase use of organic fertilizers from seabird excrement, known as guano. Why do Russia and China have a stranglehold on the world’s food security? Fertilizers 2023-02-26T05:00:00Z Some populations share caves with bats and derive nutrition from bat guano that enters the water. How will ‘couch potato’ humans evolve? Idle cavefish offer clues. 2023-02-02T05:00:00Z But the new Sentinel-2 picture clearly shows the stains from the birds' excrement, or guano, to be on an ice platform that remains intact. Clouds part to reveal colossal Antarctic iceberg 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z Traces of llama DNA dominated the guano deposit’s older layers, whereas introduced sheep and cattle are more prominent in fresher layers. News at a glance: U.S. tallies old-growth forests, Canadian scientists march for higher pay, and condor poop reveals the birds’ ancient history 2023-05-03T04:00:00Z The team sawed out a 25-centimeter-thick portion of the guano and refilled the ring with rocks to avoid disturbing the nest’s current occupants. 2200-year-old pile of excrement provides window into condors’ past 2023-05-02T04:00:00Z The mother of three said her 2-year-old son ate a piece of guano a few years back while playing near the family swing set. They’re loud, they’re proud — these peacocks are getting the boot 2023-01-07T05:00:00Z To validate the method, the team plans to sample bat guano in Gabon for viruses and compare them with what they find in army ants feeding on the same guano. Armed with air samplers, rope tricks, and—yes—ants, virus hunters spot threats in new ways 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z Phosphates jump into the game of life through the erosion of rocks, the breakdown of living organisms, or waste products like urine or guano. The Sad Fate of the Ancient, Well-Shelled Mariners 2022-11-04T04:00:00Z In the 19th century, however, the island’s superabundance of guano and phosphate led to the establishment of a small mining operation. Review | This giant rock is actually a literary Neverland, complete with a king 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z After returning to the lab, the researchers put the guano through a battery of tests to pinpoint telltale traces of chemical isotopes, metals, and environmental DNA. 2200-year-old pile of excrement provides window into condors’ past 2023-05-02T04:00:00Z Sailing off the southwestern coast of Ireland in an impossibly precarious boat, this curious trio spots a large rock, “a great blank page,” covered in birds, guano and little else. Review | In Emma Donoghue’s ‘Haven,’ the drama accumulates slowly 2022-08-16T04:00:00Z She said guano contained phosphorus and nitrogen "which allow phytoplankton to grow, which feeds a variety of marine species, from snails to fish that humans eat". Bird poo pollution posters at Scottish beaches challenged by experts 2022-07-26T04:00:00Z The virus might have then spread to an intermediate host or directly to people exposed to bats — like those who collect bat guano, hunt bats or eat them. Bat Virus Studies Raise Questions About Laboratory Tinkering 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z Bone ash and guano are natural sources of phosphorus. An Introduction to Geology 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z Between 300 C.E. and 1300 C.E., the nest’s guano accumulation slowed to a trickle. 2200-year-old pile of excrement provides window into condors’ past 2023-05-02T04:00:00Z But people in many walks of life — from test pilots and deep-sea divers to virologists who collect bat guano from caves — take risks for science, he said. What it's like to catch the coronavirus for the sake of science 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z Living up close and personal to the penguins means you soon get used to the whiff of penguin guano - scrubbing it from the rocks as the snow melts is just part of the job. Penguin power and the 'dream job' in Antarctica 2022-04-17T04:00:00Z She showed that bat guano used as fertilizer by Thai farmers was contaminated with a coronavirus related to the cause of MERS, and she ranked the spillover potential of different animal viruses. On the hunt for new viruses, this bat-trapping scientist hopes to prevent future pandemics 2022-04-13T04:00:00Z The teeming colonies of coastal birds were the most important driver of Peru's economy during the 19th century following independence from Spain, as guano - the Quechua word for bird excrement - was prized as fertilizer. On Peru's protected Fishermen's Island, birds are still dying a month after oil spill 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z In older layers of the guano, genetic traces of native animals such as guanacos—the wild descendants of local llamas—and beached marine creatures dominate. 2200-year-old pile of excrement provides window into condors’ past 2023-05-02T04:00:00Z In a separate study, he and colleagues took blood samples from people in Laos who collect bat guano for a living. Newly discovered bat viruses give hints to COVID’s origins 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z Eloit said he "would be very interested" in obtaining samples from bats and caves in Enshi, adding that gathering bat guano could be a start. In search for coronavirus origins, Hubei caves and wildlife farms draw new scrutiny 2021-10-10T04:00:00Z Researchers used a core sample from a two-meter-tall pile of accumulated bat guano in a Jamaican cave to track the bats' food sources and how they adapted to changes in climate over 4,300 years. In Case You Missed It 2021-07-10T04:00:00Z The overexploitation of that resource prompted the creation of a national reserve spanning Peru's coastline to protect the guano islands and their birds, which includes Isla Pescadores. On Peru's protected Fishermen's Island, birds are still dying a month after oil spill 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z Although condors have lived alongside humans for millennia and are revered by many Indigenous South American communities, their proximity to modern industrialized societies has left a mark in their guano. 2200-year-old pile of excrement provides window into condors’ past 2023-05-02T04:00:00Z She led expeditions into caves to collect samples from bats and guano, to learn how viruses jump from animals to humans. A Top Virologist in China, at Center of a Pandemic Storm, Speaks Out 2021-06-14T04:00:00Z Three of them died after clearing bat guano in an abandoned mine. Opinion | How did the pandemic begin? It’s time for a new WHO investigation. 2021-04-30T04:00:00Z The rodents, which arrived with a 19th Century guano mining community, were preying on reptiles and eating rare birds' eggs. Redonda: The Caribbean island transformed into an eco haven 2021-04-19T04:00:00Z The new WHO report, however, says institute staffers told investigators the miners’ illnesses “were more likely explained by fungal infections acquired when removing a thick layer of guano,” or bat feces. WHO report leaves unsettled ‘lab-leak’ theory on origins of covid pandemic 2021-03-30T04:00:00Z The scientists found that living condors’ feces exhibit much higher levels of toxic mercury and lead compared with older guano samples. 2200-year-old pile of excrement provides window into condors’ past 2023-05-02T04:00:00Z And the spilling generally happens when we intrude upon bats in their habitats, excavating their guano for fertilizer, capturing them, killing them or transporting them live to markets, or otherwise initiating a disruptive interaction. Opinion | The Virus, the Bats and Us 2020-12-11T05:00:00Z This was because the marketplace was being bum-rushed by freelancers whose previous experience in international logistics was, say, importing bat guano as organic fertilizer for cannabis. Inside the Chaotic, Cutthroat Gray Market for N95 Masks 2020-11-17T05:00:00Z That stage scenery, along with more pieces added in later years, has been moldering in the Tabor attic under layers of coal and bat guano dust for more than a century. Old stage scenery studied at historic Colorado opera house 2020-10-03T04:00:00Z But then a single Rwandan farmer, needing fertilizer for his crops on a meager patch of dirt, enters a cave and shovels up some bat guano. Opinion | The Pandemic, From the Virus’s Point of View 2020-09-19T04:00:00Z The birds catch fish and squid in the surrounding ocean, then rain nutrient-rich guano onto the soil, nurturing vegetation and the animals that feed on the plants. To save this palm-filled paradise, biologists must kill the trees 2020-08-27T04:00:00Z The discoveries were made by spotting the distinctive red-brown guano patches the birds leave on the ice. Throng of new penguin colonies in Antarctica spotted from space 2020-08-04T04:00:00Z After selling the guano to farmers to be used as fertilizer, he took a few of the plumpest bats to restaurants he had been personally supplying for years. How Humanity Unleashed a Flood of New Diseases 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z Another was sampling wildlife farms, and a third, bat guano farms. Wildlife Trade Spreads Coronaviruses as Animals Get to Market 2020-06-19T04:00:00Z The guano has come from Hill’s horseshoe bats and it contains the virus. Opinion | The Pandemic, From the Virus’s Point of View 2020-09-19T04:00:00Z Larger bird populations spread across the atoll, and their output of guano, could help Palmyra’s surrounding coral reefs become more resilient to climate change. To save this palm-filled paradise, biologists must kill the trees 2020-08-27T04:00:00Z Traders told Reuters they can still harvest bat guano and sell it for use in a traditional medicine known as yemingsha, used to treat eye and spleen complaints. China legislators take on wildlife trade, but traditional medicine likely to be exempt 2020-05-20T04:00:00Z Perhaps the hunter was contaminated by guano in the cave, transferring the virus to his nose or mouth with an absent-minded gesture. How Humanity Unleashed a Flood of New Diseases 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z Researchers from the University of Copenhagen studied guano, or penguin feces, at the world’s largest king penguin colony, which is at Saint Andrews Bay on the South Atlantic island of South Georgia. Antarctic penguins release 'extreme' amount of laughing gas via their poop, scientists say 2020-05-20T04:00:00Z ‘After nosing about in guano for several hours, one goes completely cuckoo,’ he said. Biden widens Q Poll lead, nicks Trump on economy 2020-05-20T04:00:00Z A decade of study there had identified a pattern of obscure illnesses affecting remote villagers who used bat guano as fertilizer and sometimes for medicine. How climate change is contributing to skyrocketing rates of infectious disease 2020-05-10T04:00:00Z “So we can map out how much area is covered in guano, and that gives us a really good estimate of how many penguins were actually at the colony at that particular location,” Lynch said. Cooped Up at Home? Help Scientists Spot Penguins from Space or Seek Out Galaxies 2020-03-30T04:00:00Z Once a majority of the bats were gone, the hunter untangled the dozen or so he caught, dropped them into a cloth sack and collected some fresh guano from the cave floor. How Humanity Unleashed a Flood of New Diseases 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z “After nosing about in guano for several hours, one goes completely cuckoo,” he said. Antarctic penguins release 'extreme' amount of laughing gas via their poop, scientists say 2020-05-20T04:00:00Z “Bat guano, covered in fungus, littered the cave.” How China’s “Bat Woman” Hunted Down Viruses from SARS to the New Coronavirus 2020-03-11T04:00:00Z Researchers from Missouri and Virginia are studying what’s scientifically known as guano that was taken from Missouri caves, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported Monday. ‘Stinky’ bat guano could offer climate change insight 2020-01-11T05:00:00Z “The way that we find penguin colonies is by and large through manual searching of imagery: image after image, foot by foot, scanning the coastline for evidence of penguin guano.” Cooped Up at Home? Help Scientists Spot Penguins from Space or Seek Out Galaxies 2020-03-30T04:00:00Z Expect redesigned labels — the one for Ballast Lager, Watters said, is “boring as bat guano,” or words to that effect — and increased advertising and events in the San Diego and California markets. Ballast Point’s rise, fall and re-sale: inside craft beer’s most baffling deal 2019-12-15T05:00:00Z Dr. Teets and his colleagues crawl through seal and penguin guano to collect midges with spoons and bags. How Does Antarctica’s Only Native Insect Survive Extreme Cold? 2019-09-09T04:00:00Z Kolasinski was blown away by nature’s contrasts there - black volcanic rock covered in white guano; red and green iguanas, “and six colors of turquoise you can’t even name.” Houston Zoo plans improvements, preps for 2022 centennial 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z Modern guano samples from the cave’s population of gray bats were also gathered this past summer for comparison, using tarps placed in front of the entrance. ‘Stinky’ bat guano could offer climate change insight 2020-01-11T05:00:00Z Mr Bora was trapped inside the cave by Chakrai Mountain and was discovered by a friend who often joined him to collect guano. Cambodian rescued after four days trapped in cave 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z Bat droppings, or guano, are used as fertilizer and sold for supplementary income by poor farmers. Cambodian man collecting bat droppings survives being wedged between rocks for 4 days 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z Bat droppings — guano — are used as fertilizer and sold for supplementary income. Cambodian rescued after 4 days wedged in mountain rock 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z The guano and bugs release so much ammonia into the cave that if a human entered and remained for more than thirty minutes, she would die. The Changing Climate Inside the World’s Largest Bat Colony 2019-08-05T04:00:00Z One key question is how far back in time the guano record from that spot extends. ‘Stinky’ bat guano could offer climate change insight 2020-01-11T05:00:00Z Back in 2010, Bohmann was faced with the problem of needing to identify dozens of insect species from the same samples of bat guano. Turning discarded DNA into ecology gold 2019-06-24T04:00:00Z Cave crickets’ eggs, dead bodies and guano - the fungus that grows on feces - feed other animal populations, including larger invertebrates such as mites, snails and beetles, which then serve as food for other species. Crickets crucial species in Mammoth Cave 2019-06-09T04:00:00Z It is possible even from 800km up to spot the animals' excrement, or guano, on the white ice and then to estimate the likely size of any gathering. Thousands of penguin chicks wiped out 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z In contrast to nitrogen sources like fertilizer runoff, guano contains a balanced ratio of nitrogen, phosphorous and traces of other elements important for growth, such as iron. Seabird Poop Speeds Up Coral Growth 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z The only connection to the American empire is that a previous source of fertilizer nitrates was the uninhabited “guano islands” in the Pacific and Caribbean claimed by the United States in the 19th century. Review | Histories of American colonialism that still haunt us 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z Their warm guano helps to melt the snow and ice. Researchers Show How Not to Waste Waste 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z Besides this product the remains of five hogsheads of fish will produce one tun of pumice or fish guano, the best fertilizer known, and worth by itself $20 per tun.” The Fight over Abortion Heats Up, 1969; The Price of Helium, 1919 2019-01-05T05:00:00Z Meanwhile, the passenger pigeons, which used to descend in flocks that left areas picked clean and covered in guano, sound less Garden of Eden than Biblical plague. The Wooly Mammoth Lumbers Back into View 2018-12-27T05:00:00Z The specimens at Namena also contained higher quantities of the symbiotic algae that feed corals, compared to those without guano enrichment. Seabird Poop Speeds Up Coral Growth 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z Humans may get it from being bitten when they capture bats to eat, from cuts during food preparation or from infectious bat guano. Marburg Virus, Related to Ebola, Is Found in Bats in West Africa 2018-12-24T05:00:00Z Well before you see the bats — about 50,000 live in the cave — you hear their squeaks and chatter and smell the ammonia from their guano, which also covers the cave’s rocky floor. These bats carry a virus as deadly as Ebola, and scientists are tracking them to try to stop its spread 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z And it is the guano — or lack of it — that is affecting the coral. Coral reefs, at risk from climate change, also imperiled by rats 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z And it is the guano - or lack of it - that is affecting the coral. Coral reefs, at risk from climate change, also imperilled by rats 2018-10-24T04:00:00Z Twenty years earlier, the great European powers and the United States had come to the brink of global war over three tiny islands off the coast of Peru covered in mountains of nitrogen-rich guano. Our fertilizer is killing us. Here’s a fix 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z The world hosts an incredible array of these important organisms—and mycologists are discovering more than 2000 new species a year, including varieties that live on driftwood, bat guano, and even an oil painting. Fungi that live in cockroaches, oil paintings, and other bizarre places come to light in new report 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z On the latter islands, the larger populations of birds produced larger deposits of guano — nitrogen-rich bird excrement. How rats wreak havoc on coral reefs 2018-07-10T04:00:00Z The unlikely treasure is guano — droppings from sea birds residing on the arid islands off the coast of Peru. Opinion | Get a load of this 2018-07-06T04:00:00Z It never rains, so the guano just piles up. The unlikely treasure off Peru’s coast 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z Sure, it may lead to other problems in another 100 years, but it’s safe to say that wars over guano islands and nitrate mines won’t be one of them. Our fertilizer is killing us. Here’s a fix 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z New buds sprang eternal from the guano heap of Twitter, and thus continued the Outrage Circle of Life. News of an ‘Outrage’ Used to Mean Something Very, Very Different 2018-05-23T04:00:00Z Numbering more than 1.5 million birds, they were first noticed when great patches of their poo, or guano, showed up in pictures taken from space. Penguin super-colony spotted from space 2018-03-02T05:00:00Z A century ago, guano was prized by American farmers, and in 1856 Congress passed the Guano Islands Act. Opinion | Get a load of this 2018-07-06T04:00:00Z The harvest target this year is about 20,000 tons of guano. The unlikely treasure off Peru’s coast 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z That’s much more precise than spreading synthetic nitrogen, or organic guano, or liquid manure pumped from a holding tank under a hog barn. Our fertilizer is killing us. Here’s a fix 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z They include seven brooms, essential for cleaning guano - seabird droppings. Penguin poo brooms sent to Antarctica 2017-10-01T04:00:00Z During our investigations, we found this springtail on or near decomposing tree branches, dead insects and muddy cave floors with bat guano—common nutrient sources found within caves. Spanish Caves Reveal a Trove of Biological Treasures 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z While usually arid and favorable for sea birds and their guano, the flow in this Pacific trade-wind belt is sometimes interrupted and replaced by an El Niño current, and major rainfall events then occur. Opinion | Get a load of this 2018-07-06T04:00:00Z Teams use picks, shovels and brooms to loosen the guano, which is several yards thick in some spots. The unlikely treasure off Peru’s coast 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z Then settlers discovered the guano islands and nitrate mines of South America, and fertilizer-laden clipper ships streamed around Cape Horn back to Europe, giving farmers bumper crops and feeding a baby boom. Our fertilizer is killing us. Here’s a fix 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z I asked him if the amber goo that I drip on my fruit and walnuts every morning comes from bee guano. Perspective | The versatile D.C. investor with a buzzy nonprofit 2017-07-14T04:00:00Z Medley said he hasn’t noticed bats or guano in the cells, but he’s continuing to investigate. Amid worries about bats, prosecutor moves to new office 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z Besides the impact on the ecosystem, losing these birds will reduce the accumulation of guano, which is still mined in the area. Surprise El Niño causes devastation but offers lessons for ecologists 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z The majority of the guano stays in Peru and is sold locally at a subsidized rate to help boost production for small-scale farmers. The unlikely treasure off Peru’s coast 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z Peruvian guano was, as one historian put it, “worth more than all the gold shipped back to Europe in the Spanish treasure galleons.” Our fertilizer is killing us. Here’s a fix 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z Lambourne made the best of the disruption by drawing the men he called “guano sifters.” Scientists visit Great Salt Lake pelican breeding ground 2017-04-14T04:00:00Z They estimated penguin population by the percentage of guano in a sediment sample, figuring three ounces of guano per day per penguin, and calculating how much of the colony’s output would flow into the lake. In Ancient Guano, a Record of Penguin Disaster 2017-04-11T04:00:00Z But sediment cores drilled from a 7300-square-meter lake on the island—which today collects runoff that includes prodigious amounts of penguin guano as well as material eroded from the island’s bedrock—tell a different story. Volcanic eruptions may have periodically wiped out Antarctic penguin colonies 2017-04-11T04:00:00Z Even worse, the cave apparently held much less guano than expected. The Motley Fool: Useful tips on investing 2017-03-18T04:00:00Z Money spent by councils on bird control ranges from approaches such as pigeon-proofing buildings to clearing up pigeon guano and removing dead pigeons. Council spending on tackling pigeons and gulls doubles - BBC News 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z A statement from the president-elect is a statement from the president-elect, whether it’s oral, tweeted, etched in marble or smeared in guano on the wall of a cave. Take @realDonaldTrump seriously: Don’t dismiss Trump’s Twitter madness as “just tweets” 2016-12-26T05:00:00Z Back underground, they leave their droppings, huge piles of guano, and bacteria and fungi find a place to be. Bat prove to be no nightmare for longtime Missouri scientist 2016-11-25T05:00:00Z Using model simulations combined with summertime observations of the atmosphere around Nunavut, Canada, the team found that the emissions of ammonia from guano unleash summertime bursts of particles in the atmosphere. How bird poop helps cool the Arctic 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z As a result the seals recovered—although they’ve been displaced almost entirely to the mainland by human activities on islands, such as guano collecting. Cape Fur Seal Trade Remains Shrouded in Secrecy The Peking was one of seven sister nitrate clippers that carried guano from South America that was used for making fertilizer and explosives. Historic ship in NYC to return to its birthplace in Germany 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z A sharp stink of guano scents the air. Herons’ baby boom fills tiny park near Ballard Locks after eagles made them move 2016-07-18T04:00:00Z Outside, the terrace chairs were speckled with guano. Review: At the Country Bistro, the Feel of Vacation 2016-07-15T04:00:00Z The downpour washed the guano deposited by millions of migratory starlings from trees onto the streets. Rome seals off roads caked with droppings from birds that binged on olives 2016-01-03T05:00:00Z There is a weird synergy between bats and beetles that feed on bat guano. This Book Drives a Wooden Stake Into The Mythology of Bats 2015-11-01T04:00:00Z The island was rich once in guano, bird manure. This is Abyan's story, and it is Australia's story 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z A savvy entrepreneur could open a guano mine there. A murmuration of starlings can be something to shout about 2015-09-22T04:00:00Z Tunnel 3 carried the whiff of Mexican free-tailed bat guano. Enduring heat and history, hikers learn their place -- far behind the ghosts of Hoover Dam 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z Sharing similar interests and social status—Bryce’s father made a fortune in the guano business and Fleming’s grandfather founded a Scottish merchant bank—the two became fast friends. Ian Fleming, James Bond, and W.O. Bentley: Gooding & Co. Auctions a Bentley Continental R-type Back Story 2015-07-12T04:00:00Z One pigeon can produce 25 pounds of guano per year, according to a government report detailing New York City's pigeon problem. Pigeon dung problem grows in Fairbanks 2014-12-08T05:00:00Z Bats are in deep doo-doo — or deep guano to be more accurate. The invisible extinction 2014-10-20T04:00:00Z White streaks of guano and dry fish bones were the most reliable signs that a kingfisher would soon return. Urban kingfishers in pictures 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z I told him no, simply because the TV, regardless of price, was guano. "Cheap" And "Good Deal" Are Not The Same Thing 2014-07-20T04:00:00Z Those numbers took a dive during the decades people tried to make a living on the island harvesting bird guano in the 1870s. Harsh island a breeding ground for Utah pelicans 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z Roofers last summer discovered 6 inches of pigeon guano on the roof of the Courthouse Square, the former federal courthouse. Pigeon dung problem grows in Fairbanks 2014-12-08T05:00:00Z The source of the element was none other than bird poo - guano - deposited by generations of sea birds over thousands of years. The bringer of life and death 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z The four species of insect, which live in dry Brazilian caves and feed on bat guano, display something scientists are calling an “evolutionary novelty”: full-on, anatomical sex-role reversal. Female ‘Penis’ Found on Brazilian Cave Insects 2014-04-18T21:09:44Z Work is under way to date even the insect remains eaten by the bats and now immersed in the guano layers. Cave holds stunning tsunami clues 2013-12-12T02:06:49Z This just so happened to be the same year that British mining companies took the last of the guano deposits from Banaba. Drowning Kiribati 2013-11-21T18:25:49Z Rome is facing a "guano alarm" as millions of starlings leave the city covered in a thick layer of droppings, Italian media report. 'Guano alarm' amid austerity in Rome 2013-11-14T11:24:19Z But a decade later, the guano was already running out, and so attention shifted to another source of nitrogen close at hand - the saltpetre flats of the Atacama desert. The bringer of life and death 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z In the nineteenth century, Peru and Chile fought a war over guano. The nitrogen fix 2013-09-04T17:20:04.137Z Penguin guano contains cholesterol and cholestanol, and the levels of these fats in the soil samples were taken as evidence for the size of the penguin colony at that time. Cold climate helps southern penguins 2013-08-22T17:58:21Z Like bees, bats pollinate plants, and in caves, their guano provides nutrients that sustain life. Erratic bat behavior at Great Smoky park may be linked to lethal syndrome 2013-01-21T03:42:18Z Sections of it are thick with droppings, creating slip hazards for pedestrians, cyclists and motorbike riders alike. show vehicles blanketed with guano. 'Guano alarm' amid austerity in Rome 2013-11-14T11:24:19Z “After a while, we came to the conclusion that it was guano from an emperor penguin colony,” says Phil Trathan, head of conservation biology for the survey group. Seeking Antarctica s Huddled Masses: Humans Make First Contact with Emperor Penguin Colony [Slide Show] 2013-01-17T17:45:02.153Z Shining flashlights downward from an elevated path, the group gazed upon a black soup of bat guano punctuated with the writhing bodies of nymph roaches and other arthropods. Green Blog: In the Dark Cave, Fearsome Living Fossils 2012-10-09T16:57:49Z The record he's referring to is their droppings, or guano. Cold climate helps southern penguins 2013-08-22T17:58:21Z One room has no outside wall, so it is plastered with guano and noisy with the sound of pigeons' wings. London 2012: The hidden Olympic legacy 2012-07-30T19:30:01Z Bat bodies pile up in the guano at the bottoms of caves. Do Wild Bats Hold the Key to Understanding Human Tribal Behavior? 2012-07-12T17:15:00.207Z Except for an occasional jet of guano, they were delightful. Green Blog: A Tighter Focus Yields Dividends for Penguins 2012-05-29T11:10:06Z In the next cavern, the guano pit gave way to ornately formed stalactites and limestone chunks spotted with tiny cave snails. Green Blog: In the Dark Cave, Fearsome Living Fossils 2012-10-09T16:57:49Z The Caves episode is well worth watching in general, both for the astounding video of the halocline inside a Mexican cenote and the titanic pile of Southeast Asian bat guano absolutely livid with roaches. The Glowing Spider-Worms of New Zealand 2012-05-21T20:45:03.400Z And the fish, some of them, provide nutrients for the seabirds, which fly home to roost at night and deposit guano, completing the circle. Side Effects: The Ray and the Coconut: Tracing Life on Palmyra Atoll 2012-05-18T16:46:22Z Now, llamas are being sold to make room for crops, provoking a soil crisis since the cameloid's guano is the undisputed best fertilizer for maintaining and restoring quinoa fields. For Bolivian Farmers, Quinoa Boom Is Both Boon and Bane 2012-04-03T10:25:00Z One important reason is that their guano, which builds up in thick layers as it dries, is valuable to villagers in those countries. Green Blog: A Tighter Focus Yields Dividends for Penguins 2012-05-29T11:10:06Z In the sunless environment, their guano replaces photosynthesis as the life-sustaining basis of the food chain. Green Blog: In the Dark Cave, Fearsome Living Fossils 2012-10-09T16:57:49Z But how of guano and other manure ships? The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 2012-04-03T02:00:36.237Z That guano falls from the trees in abundance and “is being used by everything in that native forest,” said Dr. McCauley. Side Effects: The Ray and the Coconut: Tracing Life on Palmyra Atoll 2012-05-18T16:46:22Z Fish guano or desiccated fish is largely used; it is very stimulating and more lasting than some of the other forcing manures. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" 2012-03-15T02:00:32.250Z When prepared by drying and mixing with various substances, night-soil is sold as desiccated night-soil or native guano, the value of which depends upon the materials used for admixture. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" 2012-03-04T03:00:13.390Z At Callao Humboldt observed the transit of Mercury on the 9th of November, and studied the fertilizing properties of guano, the introduction of which into Europe was mainly due to his writings. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" 2012-02-24T03:00:27.173Z They occur on a jutting point of land, in such masses as to resemble low chalk cliffs of guano deposits. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z I was told that these people intended to go to this island to investigate if any "guano" was to be found. The Cruise of the 'Alerte' The narrative of a search for treasure on the desert island of Trinidad 2012-02-17T03:00:29.247Z The object of the towers is the preservation and collection of "pigeon guano," which is highly prized for the raising of early melons. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:15.857Z Peruvian guano is obtained from the excreta of South American sea-birds, and fish guano from the waste of fish. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" 2012-03-04T03:00:13.390Z Yet it is this very barrenness which has produced the materials of fertility for other lands in the form of guano and nitrate deposits. South America and the War 2012-02-10T03:00:17.163Z In 1903 the harbour was entered by 66 vessels of about 25,000 tons, engaged in the exportation of grain, rice and fruit, and the importation of guano. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" 2012-01-31T03:00:17.257Z Gu�′nin, a yellowish-white, amorphous substance, a constituent of guano, also of the liver and pancreas of mammals. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) 2012-01-11T03:00:23.770Z The Peruvian Government does not seem to realize the calamity impending over the country on the exhaustion of the guano beds, which would dry up one of its principal sources of revenue. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume III (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-04T03:00:31.713Z Pigeon dung approaches guano in its power as manure. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" 2012-03-04T03:00:13.390Z The places where they cluster are dazzling white with guano deposits. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 "Haller, Albrecht" to "Harmonium" 2012-01-02T03:00:22.443Z Principal exports are guano, nitrate of soda, wool, sugar, silver and cinchona. Alden's Handy Atlas of the World 2012-01-02T03:00:16.440Z It was situated on a little mound of guano, perhaps four feet high, and was banked up to the windows with the same material. The Captive in Patagonia 2011-12-27T03:00:10.803Z In November of the same year, the English barque Byron brought to Peru the cheering intelligence that a ton of guano was selling in England for �28 per ton. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume III (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-04T03:00:31.713Z In a natural state it is obtained from bones, guano and wood ashes; and in an artificial condition from basic slag or Thomas’s phosphate, coprolites and superphosphate of lime. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" 2012-03-04T03:00:13.390Z It's no way to have him lying out on the roadside under guano bags, like ourselves, and the rain coming down on him like it did last night. Where There is Nothing Being Volume I of Plays for an Irish Theatre 2011-12-21T03:00:25.100Z Bat’s guano, composed of the excrement of bats, is found in certain caves in New Zealand and elsewhere; it is similar in composition to Peruvian guano. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" 2011-12-16T03:00:12.320Z I had become tired of idleness, and offered to assist in the preparation of guano; but Mr. Hall interposed a decided veto. The Captive in Patagonia 2011-12-27T03:00:10.803Z For so soon as such beds of guano begin to be explored, they are quickly abandoned by the birds, which are gradually retreating from the islands along the coast and the usual channels of commerce. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume III (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-04T03:00:31.713Z The exports, previous to the opening up of the Otavi mines, consisted chiefly of live stock—sent mainly to Cape Colony—guano, ivory, horns, hides and ostrich feathers. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 7 "Geoponici" to "Germany" 2011-09-26T02:00:25.313Z To secure extra fine blossoms the plants, when well-established, should be watered two or three times a week with liquid cow-manure to which a little soot and guano has been added. Beautiful Bulbous Plants For the Open Air 2011-09-10T02:00:24.197Z Europeans’ diets improved radically from the introduction of potatoes and what Mr. Mann calls the first green revolution: the widespread use of fertilizer, made possible by the importing of guano from Peru. Findings: The Local Food Movement Is Rooted in Globalization 2011-08-29T19:27:05Z Near the house was a large heap of guano, prepared and ready for shipping to England and the United States. The Captive in Patagonia 2011-12-27T03:00:10.803Z Besides its manufactures of leather, silk, velvet and ribbons, Gand�a has a thriving export trade in fruit, and imports coal, guano, timber and flour. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" 2011-08-24T02:00:20.690Z A compost of farmyard manure, seaweed, earth and road scrapings is the usual dressing, but nitrate of soda, guano and bones are also occasionally employed. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" 2011-08-15T02:00:28.473Z "I question," said an intelligent planter to us, "whether we should not be better off to-day, if we had not so overstimulated, in fact, burned out, our land with guano and phosphates." Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z A ship carrying guano fertilizer to Europe was probably also the source of the organism that blighted the potato crops in Europe and led to the great famine in Ireland in the 1840s. Findings: The Local Food Movement Is Rooted in Globalization 2011-08-29T19:27:05Z I had thought to take passage in one of the guano vessels to Rio Janeiro, or some other South American port, from which it might be easy to obtain a passage for California. The Captive in Patagonia 2011-12-27T03:00:10.803Z The Galapagos Islands are of some commercial importance to Ecuador, on account of the guano and the orchilla moss found on them and exported to Europe. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" 2011-08-24T02:00:20.690Z This was the first day on which any red guano was seen about the nest. Antarctic Penguins A Study of Their Social Habits 2011-08-03T02:00:14.143Z The guano deposits, which have yielded so much wealth to Peru in the past, are practically exhausted, while the nitrate-producing province of Tarapaca has been stolen by Chili, to which it now belongs. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z These were simple affairs, consisting of little more than a few pebbles arranged in a ring on beds of guano. The Romance of Polar Exploration Interesting Descriptions of Arctic and Antarctic Adventure from the Earliest Time to the Voyage of the ?Discovery? 2011-07-22T02:00:16.487Z The island was not frequented by vessels except for guano; but it seemed very strange to see a schooner, as a vessel of that rig was not adapted to such a service. The Captive in Patagonia 2011-12-27T03:00:10.803Z Davy recognized and explained the beneficial fertilizing effects of ammonia, and analysed and explained numerous fertilizers, including guano. Inventions in the Century 2011-07-20T02:00:14.643Z Fresh red guano: the first for many days. Antarctic Penguins A Study of Their Social Habits 2011-08-03T02:00:14.143Z Although the product of the precious metals is still considerable, yet it is quite insignificant compared with the revenue which she has realized from the export of guano and phosphates. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z The scrap, or guano, was sold both in the city market and locally for fertilizer. The Stronghold A Story of Historic Northern Neck of Virginia and Its People 2011-07-17T02:00:38.770Z Mr. Hall began to think it might be some of General Rosas’ vessels despatched to drive away people engaged in taking guano on the Patagonian coast. The Captive in Patagonia 2011-12-27T03:00:10.803Z The largest of these caves is about 50 feet deep, and 20 feet high at the entrance; but at the back the accumulation of guano is so great that there is barely room to stand. In the Andamans and Nicobars The Narrative of a Cruise in the Schooner "Terrapin" 2011-06-30T02:00:24.487Z Grain, timber, coal and guano and other manures are imported, and granite, china clay, copper ore, ropes and fish exported. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" 2011-06-19T02:00:16.580Z Trudging through, we enter a series of larger rooms like cathedrals, some filled with rolling mounds of guano teeming with cockroaches and eight-inch centipedes. Scientist at Work: Into the Crocodile Cave 2011-06-14T22:00:42Z It usually took about a week to change the menhaden from the raw state into oil and guano. The Stronghold A Story of Historic Northern Neck of Virginia and Its People 2011-07-17T02:00:38.770Z The settlement was made by an English company, for the purpose of collecting guano and preparing it for exportation, and was situated on the southern extremity. The Captive in Patagonia 2011-12-27T03:00:10.803Z Week Later.—In order to gain my prize for best cabbages, boys have been stimulating their growth with a guano made of chopped bones, slate-pencil dust, and ink! Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 105, August 26th 1893 2011-05-21T02:00:09.693Z There is more guano annually brought into our port than into all the other ports of the United States put together, and the demand for this important article of commerce is steadily increasing. The Impending Crisis of the South How to Meet It 2011-05-10T02:00:59.100Z The guano deposits of the low arid islands in the West Indies illustrate another mode of accumulation of organic material useful as a fertilizer. North America 2011-05-05T02:00:20.027Z Men employed on vessels fishing 12 Vessels employed 4 Men employed making guano 9 Fish taken 3,000,000 Oil made 200 bbls. The Stronghold A Story of Historic Northern Neck of Virginia and Its People 2011-07-17T02:00:38.770Z If it means guano, superphosphate, or any artificial product of that kind, we might as well ask the people of India to manure their ground with champagne.' The Earl of Mayo Rulers of India 2011-04-11T02:00:13.067Z The intrepid Humboldt four times crossed the Andes; he travelled over Peru; he called attention to the fertilizing properties of guano, and then he sailed for Mexico, where he remained for a year. Famous Men of Science 2011-03-08T03:00:49.717Z Where is it on record that I gave in my adhesion to model cottages, Berkshire pigs, green crops, and guano manure? The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. II 2011-03-03T03:00:54.950Z In 1884 Great Britain seized Walfish Bay, the only good harbour, and also some of the guano islands off the coast. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) From the First Battle of Ypres to the End of the Year 1914 2011-02-23T03:00:28.797Z By 1874 the manufacture of menhaden oil and guano had become identified as one of the important industries of this country. The Stronghold A Story of Historic Northern Neck of Virginia and Its People 2011-07-17T02:00:38.770Z The men employed to gather the guano are their only inhabitants. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z It has a considerable shipping trade, and manufactories of tobacco and cigars, chocolate, margarine, oil, chemicals, brushes, vinegar, soap, guano and perfumery. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" 2011-02-06T03:00:53.093Z July 6th the Express, of Boston, bound for Antwerp, with a cargo of guano, said to be the property of the government of Peru, was captured. Cruise and Captures of the Alabama 2011-01-30T03:00:18.733Z The answer, a new study reveals, appears to be bat guano. Carnivorous Plant Feasts on Bat Dung 2011-01-26T00:02:00Z She proved to be another prize, the ship Express, of Boston, from Callao, for Antwerp, with a cargo of guano from the Chincha Islands. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z I traded in guano, train-oil, Australian blennies, pitch, and other more or less unclean things. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z Though at the outset a mere commercial offshoot of Liverpool, Birkenhead has acquired a large export trade in coal and manufactured articles, importing guano, grain and cattle in return. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" 2010-12-20T17:12:05.780Z We knew we were close to the roost when we slipped on the guano. Scientist at Work: In a Cave, Signs of a Long-Ago Visitor 2010-12-01T22:52:00Z Both bird droppings — specifically, guano deposited on Peruvian islands — and financial assets have produced speculative frenzies, said Kenneth S. Rogoff, an economics professor at Harvard and an author of a recent book on financial crises. 2010-01-10T01:02:00Z There she had taken in a cargo of guano, for Cork and a market; the guano being owned by, and consigned to the order of the American Guano Company. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z The exports include copper and silver and their ores, nitrate of soda, borax, guano and other minerals in small quantities. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" “Yes; and ships off drugs, and minerals, and guano, and bark.” Real Gold A Story of Adventure In the guano, I collected fly larvae, cockroaches, spiders and more cave crickets. Scientist at Work: In a Cave, Signs of a Long-Ago Visitor 2010-12-01T22:52:00Z “But guano was a huge technological advance for farming at the time.” 2010-01-10T01:02:00Z She had sailed from San Francisco, in ballast, for Howland’s Island, in the Pacific; a guano island of which some adventurous Yankees had taken possession. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z It forms the chief nitrate district of Chile, there being also rich silver-mines, while gold is also found, as well as argentiferous lead, copper, nickel, cobalt, and iron; with guano on the coast. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli Extensive bat guano deposits are found in Mindoro, Guimarás, and Luzon. The Cocoanut With reference to its products and cultivation in the Philippines Two hundred years later, Alexander von Humboldt revived this knowledge, and Humphry Davy wrote about the benefits of guano to the soil. History of Phosphorus One day all hands were busy bailing water and guano out of the hold. The Story of a Strange Career Being the Autobiography of a Convict; an Authentic Document Her cargo consisted of guano from the Chincha Islands, and there was an attempt to protect it. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z An occasional watering of liquid manure, or slight sprinkling of guano, may be given beneath the staging in the evenings during the growing season. Orchids Guanine is the chief constituent of the excrement of spiders, and is found also in Peruvian guano. The Chemistry of Plant Life At blooming-time, an occasional application of guano does a great deal of good, making both flowers and leaves richer in colour. Small Gardens and How to Make the Most of Them Our intention was to throw him down the hole into the water and the guano. The Story of a Strange Career Being the Autobiography of a Convict; an Authentic Document Most farmers spread manure and some guano on their cropland, but correct chemical balances for specific crops were achieved only infrequently. Frying Pan Farm The floor was of earth, and the roof thatched with long leaves of the guano. Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. I. The first is used as a shelter for whaling and fishing vessels, and as pasturage for cattle; the second has supplied much guano for export. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" Beware of giving rank manure to them, a sure precursor of disease; artificial manures, such as guano are far more suitable. Small Gardens and How to Make the Most of Them There we were kept for thirty-two hours, tending to the sails and bailing out water and guano. The Story of a Strange Career Being the Autobiography of a Convict; an Authentic Document The collection of guano from the islands near Walfish Bay is under government control. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" The whole ground is covered with the eggs and guano of these birds, while they themselves fly around the heads of the visitor in thousands, uttering threatening cries. Sporting Scenes amongst the Kaffirs of South Africa The next morning, despite the odour of the guano, was a better one than those in South Basin. The Bonadventure A Random Journal of an Atlantic Holiday It is well to remember that guano should never be given to a plant when the soil is dry, but always just after it has been watered. Small Gardens and How to Make the Most of Them It was estimated that one hundred tons of guano had been dumped overboard; however, nothing was said about the quantity of water that went with it. The Story of a Strange Career Being the Autobiography of a Convict; an Authentic Document There is the island of Carmen within the gulf, which contains vast lakes of salt, as inexhaustible as the guano beds on the Peruvian coast. Los Gringos Or, An Inside View of Mexico and California, with Wanderings in Peru, Chili, and Polynesia A green thistly common, even though a goose could hardly find sustenance there, is nature still, which can hardly be said of a patch of earth covered with guano. Tales from Blackwood, Volume 1 Soon after these vigilants had gone down the ladder again, the Bonadventure began to move, and the bags of guano were a tyranny that is overpast. The Bonadventure A Random Journal of an Atlantic Holiday Save for chrysanthemums guano is little needed now. Small Gardens and How to Make the Most of Them The cargo was guano in bulk, as a scow would be loaded with dirt. The Story of a Strange Career Being the Autobiography of a Convict; an Authentic Document But it is usually more expedient to use either guano, nitrate of soda, or soot for this purpose, at the rates respectively of 2 cwt., Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" Upon those broad acres where the steam-plough was at work, what tons of artificial manure, superphosphate, and guano, liquid and solid, have been sown by the progressive tenant! The Hills and the Vale Towards the end of July the plants will need feeding at the roots with weak liquid manure, varied occasionally by a very slight dusting of soluble chemical manure such as guano. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" The proportions of guano to water can always be seen on the label pasted on the outside of the tin. Small Gardens and How to Make the Most of Them When a ship is to be loaded with guano, it has to go to Callao first for a permit, then to the Chincha Islands. The Story of a Strange Career Being the Autobiography of a Convict; an Authentic Document The Spaniards found those prehistoric agriculturists utilizing the inexhaustible supply of guano found on all the islands of the Pacific. The Story of Extinct Civilizations of the West Time alone can show whether this, the latest invention, is any more powerful than steam-plough or guano to uphold agriculture against the shocks of fortune. The Hills and the Vale They were formerly noted for vast deposits of guano, and its export was begun by the Peruvian government in 1840. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" Pansies which are blooming well on cool borders should have weak solutions of guano water afforded them. Small Gardens and How to Make the Most of Them I was anxious to get to San Francisco, but no ships in harbour were bound in that direction, although a number arrived from there, loading with guano and going around Cape Horn. The Story of a Strange Career Being the Autobiography of a Convict; an Authentic Document Have ready some new soil made chiefly of good turfy loam, to which old mortar rubbish or road scrapings, wood ashes, guano, and bone-dust have previously been added. The Book of Pears and Plums The sulphuric acid has the before-mentioned effect on the bone-black, and fixes the ammonia of the guano by changing it to a sulphate. The Elements of Agriculture A Book for Young Farmers, with Questions Prepared for the Use of Schools Since the removal of their guano deposits they have become practically worthless, except where they serve to shelter anchorages. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" In applying guano, do not allow it to come in contact with the plants, as it is apt to destroy them. Soil Culture The depth of the guano is from four to eight feet. The Story of a Strange Career Being the Autobiography of a Convict; an Authentic Document The bars were shoved home; the barbarous cacophony 217 of the clanking pump rose in the waist; and streams of ill-smelling water gushed on deck and made valleys in the slab guano. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 13 (of 25) Should the use of guano induce us to disregard other manures? The Elements of Agriculture A Book for Young Farmers, with Questions Prepared for the Use of Schools Relatively, this cost is now higher than the importation of guano from far-away transmarine deposits, which, however, decline in mass in the measure that the demand increases. Woman under socialism Every tree, white with the guano which they deposit there, is covered with birds’-nests, full of eggs and birds of every size and age. Adventures in the Philippine Islands The salt beef, or horse-meat, as it was called, was rather tough eating; besides, everything we ate or drank was highly flavoured with guano. The Story of a Strange Career Being the Autobiography of a Convict; an Authentic Document They breed on the guano islands in the North Pacific off the coasts of Alaska and Japan. The Bird Book Illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs. The best way to use guano, is in connection with sulphuric acid and bones, as will be described hereafter. The Elements of Agriculture A Book for Young Farmers, with Questions Prepared for the Use of Schools The dirt, too, the heavy deposit of guano upon the floor, made it almost revolting. The Law-Breakers Some stories Bos has told me himself, o' nights at my house, after having in vain endeavored to induce me to take shares in the guano island, or 'go into' South Brooklyn water lots. Continental Monthly, Vol. III, No IV, April 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy My chum and I were of one mind—that was, to quit the guano business P. D. Q. The entrance to the harbour was very narrow and well fortified. The Story of a Strange Career Being the Autobiography of a Convict; an Authentic Document Well, we climbed aboard, and they told us she was the Sydney pilot boat Minnie, under charter to two gentlemen aboard who had an option on one of Arundel's guano islands. Wild Justice: Stories of the South Seas Where and in what manner is the best guano deposited? The Elements of Agriculture A Book for Young Farmers, with Questions Prepared for the Use of Schools A chorus of hens, chickens, and guinea-fowls, varies the entertainment; while the majestic 'perjuil,' or peacock, perched on his regal box, the guano roof, applauds the performance below in plaintive and heart-rending tones. The Pearl of the Antilles, or An Artist in Cuba Both US and British companies mined for guano deposits until about 1890. The 2008 CIA World Factbook What clothing we had was badly rotted by the effect of salt water and guano; therefore we had no reason to return to the Grenfalls for our old rags. The Story of a Strange Career Being the Autobiography of a Convict; an Authentic Document "I thought you gentlemen were in the guano business," says I, when he had finished. Wild Justice: Stories of the South Seas How does the value of poultry manure compare with that of guano? The Elements of Agriculture A Book for Young Farmers, with Questions Prepared for the Use of Schools I’ve got a new lot of guano, and I don’t want it meddled with.’ Australian Writers Both US and British companies mined for guano deposits until about 1890. The 2008 CIA World Factbook A company belonging to Baltimore, Md., had possession, and were shipping the guano to different parts of Europe. The Story of a Strange Career Being the Autobiography of a Convict; an Authentic Document "A whole schooner of detectives from Sydney," says I. "They say they're buying guano islands, but there's already five hundred pounds out for you, dead or alive." Wild Justice: Stories of the South Seas This manure, from its highly nitrogenous character, theoretically surpasses all others, and probably will be found in practice to have great value; its cost will be rather greater than guano. The Elements of Agriculture A Book for Young Farmers, with Questions Prepared for the Use of Schools Now it was up to her, nothing but a slip of a girl nineteen years old, to buy guano and bring the land back to its original value. The Comings of Cousin Ann This substance is called guano and it is hundreds of feet thick. Birdseye Views of Far Lands All the remaining guano was to be taken out and placed on the dock, a job which we did not like. The Story of a Strange Career Being the Autobiography of a Convict; an Authentic Document We all trooped below to have a drink in the cabin, and the two guano gentlemen were introduced to us, and likewise another they called their bookkeeper. Wild Justice: Stories of the South Seas The composition of the various kinds of guano may be found in the section on analysis. The Elements of Agriculture A Book for Young Farmers, with Questions Prepared for the Use of Schools They perish; then their melancholy remnants fall from the nest containing the young brood, in the form of guano which becomes the turf's inheritance. The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles In the early days the Incas took every precaution to distribute this guano to agriculturists in the country. Birdseye Views of Far Lands The vessel rolling would mix the guano with it. The Story of a Strange Career Being the Autobiography of a Convict; an Authentic Document In certain places where great numbers of sea birds congregate, as on desert coasts and oceanic islands, guano deposits have been formed. The Economic Aspect of Geology Baker Island: The US took possession of the island in 1857, and its guano deposits were mined by US and British companies during the second half of the 19th century. The 2001 CIA World Factbook In this chamber is a large deposit of guano, formed principally by the myriads of bats inhabiting the caves in joint occupancy with the edible-nest-forming swifts. British Borneo Sketches of Brunai, Sarawak, Labuan, and North Borneo Of late years millions of dollars worth of this guano have been shipped to all parts of the world. Birdseye Views of Far Lands Green-crop husbandry, and the liberal use of guano and other manures, made a wonderful change in the county, and immensely increased the amount of produce. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" Dew, action of, on guano, 300; explanation of, 77; most abundant in summer, 78. Manures and the principles of manuring Johnston Atoll: Both the US and the Kingdom of Hawaii annexed Johnston Atoll in 1858, but it was the US that mined the guano deposits until the late 1880s. The 2001 CIA World Factbook This cave is filled half way up to its roof, with an enormous deposit of guano, which has been estimated to be 40 to 50 feet in depth. British Borneo Sketches of Brunai, Sarawak, Labuan, and North Borneo The wife of a successful speculator in cotton or guano, who is also the mistress of a comfortable mansion in Bloomsbury, gradually becomes restless and dissatisfied with her surroundings. Modern Women and What is Said of Them A Reprint of A Series of Articles in the Saturday Review (1868) Our repose at Cockpit Hall was, however, much disturbed by the nightly visits of wild hogs, porcupines, wild cats, guanos, and various other animals, some of which made dreadful noises. Borneo and the Indian Archipelago with drawings of costume and scenery Red-coloured ash generally points to the adulteration of the guano with some mineral substance containing iron—such, e.g., as Redonda phosphate, a mineral phosphate of iron and alumina. Manures and the principles of manuring It is also made artificially from uric acid occurring in the guano or bird manure deposits of South America. Alcohol: A Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, How and Why What Medical Writers Say You soon come to a large black hole, which has never been explored, but which is said to communicate with the large guano cave below, which has been already described. British Borneo Sketches of Brunai, Sarawak, Labuan, and North Borneo This bird is the greatest producer of guano. Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests Europeans learned from them the value of this fertilizer, and its name, guano, is Peruvian. Ancient America, in Notes on American Archaeology This fish is caught for the sake of its oil, which is extracted by boiling, the residue being manufactured, after pressing and drying, into guano. Manures and the principles of manuring The Duke, a coarse-minded man, at best, with a soul hardly above guano and chemical composts, laughed aloud at his poor little girl's failure. Vixen, Volume III. What is that compared with the exhaustion of guano? Vixen, Volume II. The price of the bushel of colored guano is one dollar and a quarter, and the price of the white from two to three dollars. Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests His chief conversation was about cattle and manure, guano and composts, the famous white Chillingham oxen, or the last thing in strawberry roans. Vixen, Volume I. Despite these facts, pigeon dung is by no means a rich manure, and its composition compares most unfavourably with that of the guanos we have just been considering. Manures and the principles of manuring Pots 11 and 12 contained each 270 grammes of peat, 10 grammes of ashes, and 3 grammes of Peruvian guano. Peat and its Uses as Fertilizer and Fuel While the Duke was holding forth about guano, Vixen and Rorie were on the terrace, in the stillness and moonlight. Vixen, Volume II. These islands have of late years become celebrated on account of the great quantity of guano that has been exported from them. Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests "My dear, the guano will be here to-day; so the horses will be wanted all the week—remember that." The Bertrams Guano coming from these parts is often known as Columbian guano, or according to the name of the State in which it is found. Manures and the principles of manuring The guano pots enabled making a comparison with a well-known fertilizer. Peat and its Uses as Fertilizer and Fuel Captain Winstanley was talking agriculture with the Duke, whose mind was sorely exercised about guano. Vixen, Volume II. When an island is inhabited by millions of sea-birds, though two-thirds of the guano should be lost while flying, still a very considerable stratum would be accumulated in the course of a year. Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests If neither ashes nor guano can be obtained at a reasonable price, sow two hundred pounds of gypsum per acre as soon as the bushing is completed. The $100 Prize Essay on the Cultivation of the Potato. Prize offered by W. T. Wylie and awarded to D. H. Compton. How to Cook the Potato, Furnished by Prof. Blot. Such an action would probably take place were the guano allowed to ferment by itself. Manures and the principles of manuring Upon the 6th of November a small island, or rather rock, some five hundred fathoms long, upon which not a single tree grew, and which was thickly covered with guano, was discovered. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century "My dear sir, in a few years we shall have used up all the guano, and then what can become of us?" demanded the Duke. Vixen, Volume II. As soon as the dealers in guano begin to work one of the beds, the island on which it is formed, is abandoned by the birds. Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests Miss S. and Miss C. may each justify Longfellow's adjuration— 'Trust her not, she is fooling thee;' and yet ghosts be as genuine as guano. Mystic London: or, Phases of occult life in the metropolis One very serious objection is the absence in these deposits of phosphate of lime, which is the largest constituent of guano. Manures and the principles of manuring When in Sydney he got about among the boarding-houses, in sailor-town, and one morning woke up on the forecastle of the Reynard of Boston, bound on a cruise for guano among the South Pacific Islands. "The Gallant, Good Riou", and Jack Renton 1901 But civilisation must come to a deadlock when we have no more guano. Vixen, Volume II. Much has recently been written on the employment and utility of guano; but the manner in which it is applied as manure in Peru, seems to be but little known. Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests The quantity of guanos of all kinds imported into this country and retained for home consumption now exceeds 240,000 tons a year. Elements of Agricultural Chemistry Its nitrogen may be regarded as of equal value to that in Peruvian guano. Manures and the principles of manuring Treasures, the wealth of nations, might have lain hidden for ages, with the guano continually accumulating to bury them deeper and deeper; but were they buried there? The Golden Magnet At this rate the three islands will be completely exhausted by the year 1888, and England will have to exist without guano. Vixen, Volume II. A few weeks after the seeds begin to shoot, a little hollow is dug round each root, and is filled up with guano, which is afterwards covered with a layer of earth. Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests In the subjoined tables the composition of a great variety of different kinds of guano is given. Elements of Agricultural Chemistry The custom of applying along with the guano common salt, has been proved by numerous experiments to be highly beneficial to the action of the guano as a manure. Manures and the principles of manuring Then they liberated their tormentors, took to the boats and dispersed themselves on board other guano ships loading at How-land Island, leaving their former captain and officers to shift for themselves. The Call Of The South 1908 Then he professed to have had gigantic contracts in Chili, Peru and other parts of South America for artillery and guano. Danger! A True History of a Great City's Wiles and Temptations The Veil Lifted, and Light Thrown on Crime and its Causes, and Criminals and their Haunts. Facts and Disclosures. Phosphate mines and guano factories shorten human life wofully and your people are sought for these 'life shortening' jobs. The Hindered Hand or, The Reign of the Repressionist The chief adulterations are a sort of yellow loam very similar in appearance to guano, sand, gypsum, common salt, and occasionally also ground coprolites and inferior guano. Elements of Agricultural Chemistry When applied to the turnip crop, it is well to use the more phosphatic guanos or to supplement it with superphosphates. Manures and the principles of manuring Fish guano has about the same effect, but gives a lighter color and thinner leaf. Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce But I see now that they were laboring under the mistaken impression that the Government would need the guano to manure the public lands on the St. Croix. The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VIII (of X) Also, 'fifty sovereigns for the best account of the geographical distribution of guano, with suggestions for the discovery of any new source of supply, accompanied by specimens.' Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 461 Volume 18, New Series, October 30, 1852 Where the difference in value between different samples is required, a complete analysis is necessary, and this is indispensable in the case of the inferior guanos. Elements of Agricultural Chemistry This has been due to the fact that the practice of selling guano on analysis—especially among retail buyers—did not largely obtain in the early years of the trade. Manures and the principles of manuring Of commercial fertilizers, Peruvian guano is doubtless one of the best—imparting both color and fineness to the leaf. Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce Some of the islands are turned to profitable account by the export of guano. Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania Had you expended it in guano or other special manures, whose beneficial properties are exhausted in some two or three years, your expenditure should be returned within that period. Farm drainage The Principles, Processes, and Effects of Draining Land with Stones, Wood, Plows, and Open Ditches, and Especially with Tiles The general inference is, that though guano may at an emergency be used as an entire substitute for farm-yard manure, the practice is one to be generally avoided. Elements of Agricultural Chemistry The best quality of this guano may contain as much as 10 per cent of nitrogen, but as a rule it is nearer 8 per cent. Manures and the principles of manuring If Peruvian guano is applied, sow on about three hundred pounds to the acre in connection with the domestic manure. Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce On Raine Island, so extensive are the deposits of guano that a railroad has been built to facilitate handling the product. Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania They have to wear iron masks, as the fresh guano is stronger than volatile salts, and more penetrating than coal-dust. A Voyage round the World A book for boys In all cases the rapidity of the action of guano makes it an important auxiliary of farm-yard manure, and it is in this way that it may be most advantageously employed. Elements of Agricultural Chemistry As examples of these "crust" guanos may be mentioned Sombrero, Curaçao, Aruba, Mexico, and Navassa phosphates. Manures and the principles of manuring The Cuban planters, although getting rich on the ordinary crops, were not satisfied with their gains, and attempted to increase their crops by the use of guano and artificial fertilizers. Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce When he got from his grocer adulterated coffee,—he analyzed the coffee, as his half-brother had done the guano,—he would have flayed the man alive if the law would have allowed him. Orley Farm We were not surprised at seeing them look very miserable and unhappy, for the oppressive odour arising from the fresh-dug guano was intolerable, to us even for a short time. A Voyage round the World A book for boys Experience has shewn that one-half the farm-yard manure may be replaced by guano with the production of a larger crop than by the former alone in its full quantity. Elements of Agricultural Chemistry What seems further to support this theory, is the actual occurrence in the nitrate-fields themselves of small quantities of guano. Manures and the principles of manuring Possibly the use of guano might make wheat a paying crop, but he still doubted. Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce "I am afraid it is; and now he has gone to Liverpool to buy—guano," said the widow, feeling some little shame in coming to so inconsiderable a conclusion after her somewhat stately prologue. Orley Farm They are the three Chincha Islands, and their produce is guano. A Voyage round the World A book for boys The variety of guano to be selected must depend to a great extent on the use to which it is to be put. Elements of Agricultural Chemistry Peruvian guano has been derived from various deposits occurring in different parts of the coast, and from a number of small adjacent islands. Manures and the principles of manuring Fish guano should be composted before sowing, either with loam or manure, and when used on light soil is a very good fertilizer, producing a light, thin leaf. Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce Indeed, her uneasiness on that guano matter had been so outweighed by worse uneasiness from another source, that she had become, if not indifferent, at any rate tranquil on the subject. Orley Farm Two hundred convicts were engaged in shovelling down the guano, and a number of stout negroes are employed in the hold to distribute it as it comes down through a canvas shoot. A Voyage round the World A book for boys Peruvian guano is most advantageously applied as a top-dressing to young corn and particularly to oats. Elements of Agricultural Chemistry Damp guanos contain more of their nitrogen as ammonia than dry ones, this being due to the fermentation which goes on in the former. Manures and the principles of manuring Peruvian guano is more stimulating than either, and makes a light-colored, thin leaf. Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce He had gone to Liverpool and bought guano, and now the sacks were lying in his barn unopened. Orley Farm Pulling away to another island, we found a number of Chinese employed in digging out the guano. A Voyage round the World A book for boys When of good quality it contains about 15 per cent of nitrogen, equivalent to 18 of ammonia, and is, therefore, richer in that constituent of plants than Peruvian guano. Elements of Agricultural Chemistry Such guanos form a soft phosphatic rock, and are extremely rich in phosphates. Manures and the principles of manuring If the plants need stimulating, sow on them a coat of Peruvian guano or super-phosphate at the commencement of a rain, regulating the quantity used by the amount of the water likely to fall. Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce That guano which I got from Walker is adulterated. Orley Farm There were sixty ships, mostly English, anchored near them, for the purpose of loading with guano; and sometimes there are upwards of a hundred. A Voyage round the World A book for boys The most important is Sombrero Island guano, which is found on a small island in the Gulf of Mexico, where it occurs in a layer said to be forty feet thick. Elements of Agricultural Chemistry This is the case with a considerable proportion of the different organic forms of nitrogen present in guano. Manures and the principles of manuring Should the patches be suffering for rain, put five pounds of Peruvian guano in twenty gallons of water, and sprinkle it over with a watering-pot. Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce His Liverpool bills for unadulterated guano were lying on the table, and a philosophical German treatise on agriculture which he had resolved to study. Orley Farm The bird which produces the guano is a sort of tern, with red bill and legs. A Voyage round the World A book for boys The use of superphosphate has greatly extended of late years, and its consumption has increased in a greatly more rapid ratio than that of guano or any other manure. Elements of Agricultural Chemistry Sand, absorptive power of, 68; an adulterant of guano, 319; calcareous, absorptive power of, 98; siliceous, absorptive power of, 98. Manures and the principles of manuring The best of the concentrated manures, which it is sometimes necessary to use, for want of time and labor to prepare enough upon the farm, is, unquestionably, Peruvian guano. Cattle and Their Diseases Embracing Their History and Breeds, Crossing and Breeding, And Feeding and Management; With the Diseases to which They are Subject, And The Remedies Best Adapted to their Cure The staple, too, is much more valuable, and the yield and the quality of the staple are both improved by the application of guano. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 103, May, 1866 Under the enlightened government of the Incas the value of guano was well-known, and severe laws were enacted against any one disturbing the birds during the breeding season. A Voyage round the World A book for boys Ten or twelve years since it was comparatively little known, but it has now come to be used in many cases in which Peruvian guano was formerly employed. Elements of Agricultural Chemistry This is the case, indeed, with many artificial manures, such as guano, bones, nitrate of soda, and basic slag. Manures and the principles of manuring Ashes, guano, seaweed, ground bones, and other similar substances, or thoroughly-rotted and fermented compost, will answer the purpose. Cattle and Their Diseases Embracing Their History and Breeds, Crossing and Breeding, And Feeding and Management; With the Diseases to which They are Subject, And The Remedies Best Adapted to their Cure Applications of guano, ashes, dilutions of oil-soap, and plaster of Paris, applied while the plants are wet, will be found of greater or less efficacy in their protection. The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use. They also presented us with a large number of words that end in o—such as buffalo, cargo, desperado, guano, indigo, mosquito, mulatto, negro, potato, tornado, and others. A Brief History of the English Language and Literature, Vol. 2 Ammonia and phosphates, soluble and insoluble, are costly; and by far the larger part of the value of all guanos, and the common manufactured manures, depends on them. Elements of Agricultural Chemistry On a light soil it may be advisable to add superphosphate of lime, guano, or bone-meal, in quantities of 2 to 3 cwt. per acre, in addition to a nitrogenous manure. Manures and the principles of manuring I thought she was as I had seen her in my dream when she changed from her own likeness to that of the poor drowned girl we buried in the guano. The Little Savage The pungent smell of guano is said to prevent the depredation of the flea-beetle, which, in many localities, seriously injures the plants early in the season, through its attacks on the seed-leaves. The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use. His face alone escaped injury, from the fact of its being buried in the guano débris. Fritz and Eric The Brother Crusoes It may be well, therefore, to point out that ammonia is most cheaply purchased in Peruvian guano; insoluble phosphates in coprolites; and soluble phosphates in superphosphates, made from bone-ash alone. Elements of Agricultural Chemistry For this same reason guano must not be mixed with slag. Manures and the principles of manuring When the night closed in, I lay down upon the guano, and felt no cold; for the gale was now over, and the weather was very mild. The Little Savage Manures were found to be of increased value when mixed, and guanos were introduced. How to Get on in the World A Ladder to Practical Success “They’re a funny lot,” said Eric; “still, they’re not going to get the better of me, for I intend to load the wheelbarrow with their guano, whether they like it or not!” Fritz and Eric The Brother Crusoes The following are minute analyses of three specimens of Peruvian guano, shewing all the different constituents it contains, and the amount of difference which may exist:— I. II. Elements of Agricultural Chemistry Humboldt, A., discovery of Peruvian guano by, 300. Manures and the principles of manuring Here, close to the harbour, are wonderful guano islands, on two of which were dense solid masses of birds covering what seemed to be hundreds of acres of ground. Ranching, Sport and Travel With assurances to my friends that I have no other interest in the increased consumption of guano, I am most sincerely and respectfully Your old Friend, Solon Robinson. Guano A Treatise of Practical Information for Farmers “Still, the guano, perhaps, has made the things come on so well, eh?” Fritz and Eric The Brother Crusoes The value of these two classes of guano differs materially, and they are also applicable under different circumstances, but to these points reference will afterwards be made. Elements of Agricultural Chemistry There are, as we shall immediately see, certain kinds of guano, known as phosphatic guanos, which only contain phosphates. Manures and the principles of manuring After passing some guano islands on December 9th we landed at Callao, the port of Lima. Ranching, Sport and Travel The concentration of all these valuable properties in the small bulk of guano, renders it particularly valuable to farms situated in districts unprovided with facilities of cheap transportation. Guano A Treatise of Practical Information for Farmers Then, however, it was really ready for the reception of their seedling potatoes and other vegetables, with the guano well dug in. Fritz and Eric The Brother Crusoes Very special precautions are necessary on the part of the farmer in order to insure his obtaining a guano which is not adulterated, and of good quality if genuine. Elements of Agricultural Chemistry Not only did guano from different deposits show on analysis different percentages of the manurial ingredients, but different samples of guano from the same deposit were often found to differ very considerably from one another. Manures and the principles of manuring The original object of the voyage, as he alleged, was to obtain a cargo of guano, at an island which he named Buida. Reminiscences of Sixty Years in Public Affairs, Vol. 2 In the effect of guano, especially the Peruvian, I have never been disappointed. Guano A Treatise of Practical Information for Farmers “I thought that some of the guano from the place where the penguins make their nests would be fine stuff to manure our garden with before we put in the seeds, eh?” Fritz and Eric The Brother Crusoes The only way in which adulteration can with certainty be detected, and the value of different guanos be determined, is by analysis, and the importance of this can easily be illustrated. Elements of Agricultural Chemistry In such guano, as has been already pointed out, fermentation has been permitted to take place, with the result of the formation of volatile carbonate of ammonia in greater or less quantity. Manures and the principles of manuring He states also "that Pelletier had applied to a Haytian to obtain fifty men and some women, blacks, of course, to assist him in obtaining guano." Reminiscences of Sixty Years in Public Affairs, Vol. 2 A considerable part of this was dressed with Patagonian guano, and was much inferior to the other portion. Guano A Treatise of Practical Information for Farmers “Nor the penguins either, I suppose, when you went to get the guano that day?” said Fritz slyly, with a meaning glance. Fritz and Eric The Brother Crusoes The extent to which the adulteration is carried may be judged of from the following analyses taken at random from those of a large number of guanos, all of which were sold as first-class Peruvian. Elements of Agricultural Chemistry Quite recently a deposit of very high-class guano was discovered in Corcovado, and a good many cargoes have already been shipped to this country. Manures and the principles of manuring For a mere top-dressing of guano, bones, nitrate of soda, or sulphate of ammonia, he spent one spring eight thousand dollars. Captains of Industry or, Men of Business Who Did Something Besides Making Money It has been frequently objected to the use of guano, that it is not permanent. Guano A Treatise of Practical Information for Farmers But as he was very careful never to over-state a case, Lord George assumed, that it would require three hundred hundredweight of guano to an acre to produce an extra quarter of wheat. Lord George Bentinck A Political Biography In the case of a Peruvian guano, a complete analysis is not necessary for this purpose; but an experienced chemist, by the application of a few tests, can readily ascertain whether the sample is genuine. Elements of Agricultural Chemistry It soon became customary, therefore, to prepare guano for the market by separating the stones and reducing the whole to a fine uniform powder. Manures and the principles of manuring These money-making considerations are, we suspect, the best moral guano that can be applied to the farmer's spiritual soil. Autographs for Freedom, Volume 2 (of 2) (1854) His overseer was about as unbelieving as the negroes, and declared he could beat the guano by expending the same value in manure upon a given quantity of surface. Guano A Treatise of Practical Information for Farmers In this case, two million hundredweight of guano would add six million six hundred and sixty-six thousand six hundred and sixty tons to the natural unmanured produce of the crop. Lord George Bentinck A Political Biography Nor must it be forgotten that, except in the case of Peruvian, the name is no guarantee for the quality of the guano, even if genuine. Elements of Agricultural Chemistry As in farmyard manure, so in guano: we must look to the complexity of the composition of both these fertilisers in order to fully estimate their worth. Manures and the principles of manuring He hurriedly searched up and down the beach until he discovered one foot of the rubber pantaloons sticking out from under the guano. The Story of Paul Boyton Voyages on All the Great Rivers of the World It is needless to say both overseer and servants, were fully convinced of the virtue of guano after this experiment. Guano A Treatise of Practical Information for Farmers At this rate, one hundred thousand tons, or two million hundred-weight of guano would add one million quarters of wheat to the crop, or bread for one year for one million of people. Lord George Bentinck A Political Biography The Saldanha Bay, and other similar deposits, have been exhausted, and few guanos of equally good quality have been lately discovered. Elements of Agricultural Chemistry In soils, however, lacking potash, guano ought to be supplemented with some potash manure. Manures and the principles of manuring When he reached the breakers again, an avalanche of guano had covered his dress. The Story of Paul Boyton Voyages on All the Great Rivers of the World Without guano, or very high manuring, wheat will deteriorate year after year, if sown upon the same soil, until the product would not pay for the labor of sowing and harvesting. Guano A Treatise of Practical Information for Farmers The Norfolk authorities whom he quoted have in like manner proved that two hundred-weight of guano will add ten tons per acre to the turnip crop. Lord George Bentinck A Political Biography There is no doubt, however, that such guanos are very useful, and if obtained in large quantity, and of uniform composition, would be used to a much larger extent than they at present are. Elements of Agricultural Chemistry In the old rich Peruvian guanos, as we have above shown, the nitrogen was more abundant than is the case at present. Manures and the principles of manuring Being less cautious in the descent than he had been in going up, he loosened great masses of guano and rock that rolled down ahead of him. The Story of Paul Boyton Voyages on All the Great Rivers of the World His actual annual profits upon the use of guano, cannot be less than two thousand dollars. Guano A Treatise of Practical Information for Farmers My own practice is to use all my rich compost broadcast, and depend on guano, fertilizers, or hen manure in the hill. Cabbages and Cauliflowers: How to Grow Them A Practical Treatise, Giving Full Details On Every Point, Including Keeping And Marketing The Crop Hence an important difference between Peruvian guano and most other varieties. Elements of Agricultural Chemistry Such guanos, it was found, were best supplemented with phosphatic manure when applied to the field. Manures and the principles of manuring Climbing this, a large chamber is reached, totally dark, and the home of innumerable bats whose "guano" covers the floor and fills the air with a stifling odor. Archeological Investigations Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin 76 In another trial he made 10 bushels from one sowed, with 200 lbs. of Patagonian guano, of a very good quality. Guano A Treatise of Practical Information for Farmers Next rake in, thoroughly, guano, or phosphate, or finely pulverized hen manure, and plant in rows four to six inches apart. Cabbages and Cauliflowers: How to Grow Them A Practical Treatise, Giving Full Details On Every Point, Including Keeping And Marketing The Crop A very excellent practice is to employ a mixture of equal parts of the two sorts of guano. Elements of Agricultural Chemistry In the "equalised" and "dissolved" guanos, which are now so largely sold, manufacturers attempt to adjust the percentage of nitrogen and phosphoric acid to what is considered the best proportion in most cases. Manures and the principles of manuring Several tons of guano have been taken out for fertilizing purposes, but no evidence has been discovered that it was ever a habitation for humans. Archeological Investigations Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin 76 The evidence in favor of guano in this case, needs no comment. Guano A Treatise of Practical Information for Farmers He was as guano spread over the roots of the patience of others; as a pruning hook to their selfishness. Prisoners Fast Bound In Misery And Iron It is said that the refuse from the Newfoundland fisheries is capable of yielding about 10,000 tons of fish guano annually; and the quantity obtainable on our own coasts is also very considerable. Elements of Agricultural Chemistry As guano is a manure which is speedily available, it is desirable to apply it as shortly before it is required by the plant as possible. Manures and the principles of manuring In England, in spite of all we have done to stimulate it of late years with guano and other artificial manures, it is still sporadic. Post-Prandial Philosophy By an outlay of $40, a much more valuable crop was made from the 11 acres than from the 36; the permanent improvement to the land from guano was much greater than from the manure. Guano A Treatise of Practical Information for Farmers Minerals containing ammonium are rare, and are chiefly found either in volcanic districts or associated with guano. A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. The salts of ammonia may be applied in the same way as guano; but they are most advantageously employed as a top-dressing, and principally to grass lands. Elements of Agricultural Chemistry Where farmyard manure is used, the guano has been recommended to be used as a top-dressing in small quantities. Manures and the principles of manuring |
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