The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-06-08

VIM. y. BRADLEY, Dear Sir:-I used some of
your XII last spring, and it proved all 1t
is recommended to be. When | learned what prop
eres it contains, had hesitation as to its real
value Now, intend to go into it as fast as circum-
ees will allow. had some houghts oil telling you
that it made vegetation row on my land sard to
jump But one thing will say, it is the best and
cheapest manure that hal ever used.
- s-41S sffNir STILLMAN MORGAN.
From Chief Clerk, Department OF Agriculture.
So WAsHING1oN, u. c., Feb 13 1864.
u have used Bradleys Super-phosphate, and re-
gard as an excellent article. began some expert
ments in 1852, in Greenfield, Mass but owing to
my leaving for Washington early in the fall, they
were not concluded. perceived a decided advan-
tage in using it, especially in filling and ripening
: JAMES S. GRINNELL,
1 Chief Clerk Department of Agriculture.
| 81 do not hesitate to pronounce it the best
NEW HAVEN, Conn.,, Jan. A, 1896.
| MIR. JOHN T.. GILL Dear Sir:-I take p easure in
recommending Bradleys XL Phosphate Of Lime as
being good and cheap Fertilizer, having made use
| of the same en- different crops. And having made
use of different kinds, do not hesitate to pronounce
| 1t the best. GRISWOLD 1. GILBERT.
| fr Experiments with Manures. sfl
e. r. Towls Of West Berkshire, W., gives in the
Vermont Farmer the following results of expert
ments with different kinds OF manure on corn, the
past season. 1 .' '"i itH' ~ ~ a.
The land and cultivation was the same. The
ground was an inverted greensward, heavily manur-
ed on the surface, and the fertilizers put in the h
The following was the result when the corn was
husked-eaeh plot containing two rows through the
| fields:
l. Pl)t1 No in the hl q baskets of ears of
corn. s Tci .f.t .ssV ,iHfi 5s'.
Plot 2. A compost consisting of hen manure,
ashes, plaster, and earth, 2t baskets. i;t last +,
Plot 3. Lodi Manufacturing Co.'s Poudrette 81,
| baskets. ias-. 80 .anf-.'t1,
Plot4 Rotten barn-yard manure, 4t baskets.
/ Plot g. HOg-manure, baskets. Ii4 ..il He q
| Plot 6. Bradley's Super-phosphate of Lime, 8
The degree of soundness was in proportion to the
yield, plot number being the best s1Iif.l8-5 -5
l. RoYALToN, VT, Jan. q, 1867. =
WIN. L. Bradley. Dear Sir 81 had quantity of
your Phosphate last year; it gave good satisfaction.
yard manure; the PHOSPHATE BEAT THE MANURE
ONE HUNDRED PER oENT. He thinks he realized
from the use OF it on oats two hundred per cent.
| W Yours truly, j. W. METCALF.
| = ,nt1 la --s-' UNITY, Me-, Dec. IT, 1867
| WIN. L. BRADLEY, Esq. Dear Sir:-The past sea-
son used nine barrels of your XII Phosphate with
good results planted about three acres of pasture
land, using three barrels Of Phosphate with other
manure, and raised seven hundred and twenty five
bushels of potooes. tosted it in three different
parts of the field with other manures, with differ
ence in favor OF the Super phosphate three and one
quarter to two (3I to p 62s per cent III favor OF
Phosphate consider 1t valuable fertilizer
| ~ Yours truly, % ~ A. b. WORTH.
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