Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-04-22
RHODES SUPER PHOSPHATE,
MANUFACTURED BY
g. M RHODES & CO.

Office 50, South st., Boply's wharf Baltimore.
Packed in Barrels and Bags.
Price S45 per Ton cash, in Baltimore.
TIME attention of Planters Of Virgins, is csllei
i to this valuable manure which has been
thoroughly tested for the past six years every
description of crop. ...- d. q. ..
This preparation supplies valuable soluble phos.
phoric scid tho Indispensable nutriment of plant7
RHODES Super Phosphate OF Lime is q ehemi-
cal compound, entirely different from the character
of the raw materials which are used in preparation
II possesses virtues specifically its own, not bor-
rowed from other natural products, nor mitab!e
by them and is hence destin,d te f"rs. imdi.p"-
-n6ie n.sistahf IN modern 0yricnitmrs.
The Model Farm, at Petersburg, Virginia has,
through: all its various administrations, (irst the
lainented Nicol. neAt Mr.. Turnbull, and now the
present superintendent Mr.. Harris endorsed this
manure rs one Of great value, and especially adsp-
ted for tobacco.
9TH" Southern Farmer" at Petersburg, in their
issue of November 2Tth, notes the best sample of
tobacco II, the Virginia State Society. Exhibition
last fall was grown by DR.. J. W. Hunt, of Motto
way county, with the application OF Rhodes super
Phosphate.
The Hon. Wm. l.. Goggin, of Bedford county,
Virginia, in his adres. before the Lynchburg Ag-
ricultural Society endorsed this manure aud rc.
marked "that il seemed to him that to secure a We
rs large demand for this preparation was but for It
The South Carolina Agricultural Society, at their
annual Fair, held at Columbia 9th, 10th, llth, and
! 18th November. 1858, through their Committee on
Chemicals Minerals, &C., reported:
THE committee would call the attention Of tho
society TO Rhodes Snper Phosphate of Lime. Ex
pericnce has proved it To be valuable tert,hzer-
/ said I" be superior tD Guan0.
Your committee beg leave to say that they have
discharged the duty assigned them iearlessly, faith
/ fully. and to The best of their ability.
ions II. BoATwRIGBT,
! "JoHN u. maxwell,
.WN. +. PRATr.'
/ The Richmond Enquirer" Of December 2d, in
noticing this Manure in an r,iitor. oieonsderabie
/ length, says: ..
We regard the subject Of fertilizers 20 important
to our farmer. aud planters that We do not intend
allow ourselves to be betrayed into careless cH
| preston Uf opinion and hence we have examined
! his (Rhodes'J claim with care. We heartily re-
commend this fertilizer. II has been used upon
. Tobacco Wheat, Corn and other Grains, and Ne-
gcablcs, with like good results, and differing roin
Gunmo in leaving the land in better heart.
We could cnumerate proof after proof OF this val
uablc Manure but will refer for particulars To our
/ Pamphlet which can be had by addressing rs "r
our several Agents, who will furnish Rhodes fl-
Der Phosphate at our prices, with the simple add
ton Of shipping expcuses,l VIZ:
WATERS, ZIMMERMAN 4 CO..
Alexandria, Virginia.
Schar, Kohlcr 4 Co., Richmond, Va.
Venable & Morton Petersburg, Va.
VI. HoIlius 4 Co., Lynchburg Va.
Scott French L Co., Fredericksburg, Va.
B.F Bockorer; Norfolk. jan 26-eo3m