St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1868-04-10
10 VIM. L. BRADLEY
MANUFACTURER OF SUPER PHOSPHATE OF
LIME BOSTON, MASS

LIME, BOSTON, MASS.
DEAE SIR:-Your letter of February 18th, addre g d
and published in Vermont papers, s:aing we
have asserted you used Muck In the manufacture of
Super Pho'phat- which statement is Calculated to do
you great injustice and if true st1d destroy confidence
in your manufacture" deserves early reply. That
have male zuch assertions is not denied, and herein
lies onr justification Your Super Phosphate hiss every
appearance of having been dried with Muck and 40
much does it lo and feel like that u that in
common with most ersvho Muck every day of
their liveswe had been lead to s,lJJSe it trrs Muck
We have vit your establishment in September when
there four five hundred tons of Muck hand
substance necrly resembling the same with the
sticks leaves and roots just Muck looks when freshly
dug in Vermont, and visiting your place in April
thi- substance had disappeared We had also observed
large piles of grass and weeds which the tide having
washed upon your grounds had apparently been moved
back and thrown into heaps to heat and all these things
strengthened in the superstition that you used Muck
drier. To further show have k,.o,riIpyly
told that which false, Intentionally done ought
nurt your business herewith present the report
| of our chemist:
| BAESHT. Feb. Is 1865
! ?. d. Il Co. have msde comparative analysis of
your super pho pilates and Bradieys In have cumpar
ed their soubiity in cold and hot water also hard and
soft water, and fnd there is Il dS' - per Mt
/ soluble llatter than BradlcI's which
tains about ;hirr its bulk If Muck. What the
farm need il applicable all crops and
which will produce the argest crop for which it is APP
pied or ncnded, AMI the manure which has The great
CT sOuhility me Is his expectations. have, of
late taken than usual aims to LOOK into and
anime the different formulas and Pho-phatte which
recommended in the market, and in my opinion that
manufactured by you il the hest and cheapest by a. least
% per cent In your Supcrplsphat there seeIs to be
nothing but what il det, but in Others there
to hc matter pat i'll for nothing else increa.c
it weight expected to have b'sn At St Jphnsbury
| last week, etc.
(signcdy BEsJ. F. EAToS, NJ. u.
This letter ir.tented for publication but was
the suit If various an,' had be
in order might b. Superphospha;e would
prove much better than others this gear it did last.
a, Oh are not acquainted with Dr. Eaton, the follow
ing from Prof Crosby of Dartmouth College will suf-
irienty ju.tify the implicit, confidence which placed
! il his report.
H>~uvEE Doc. : 1861
when DR.. ID. +. Ea:On practccd here, lie wsI a
good an ,lytc chemist
(SiEned) DIN CROSBY.
FurthermoieThc committee appointed by the Gale
donna County Agsi, ultuial Society Of which H.
Browne, NJ d. i chairman, and whore report viii pro-
baby be published this week ncxt--havo made the
samc blunderthough they may not My Muck in their
rcport-I. it would be telling that which would be
sidsrcd sale We thought your denying
the use Of Aucka the inside of the front leaf
Patent Supcrphosphutes of Iime-which has circulated
n this lection FOR YEAR, Is standing Analysis by
\. \. Have, NJ. T. stare A,sayer OF Mass. which goI
have caused TO he madeand o have published to tho
Wolld. The elm H.. Has says: hat in every hun
drcd pounds Of y"ur Super Phosphats there II j. ..
pounds almost half its weight of prepared snnal
matter, ALT Of ammonia, fatty substances and HtAt
What l. HUNUsy Ry reference to WorcesteT's Uus-
bridsed Dictionary lind IIuinus defined being the
Latin for Ir'nlj--a brown pulveruleut substance
found in soil- and rrsu nS from decay Il organic
matter" Web-ter's Dictionary define. IIumu. in al
most Tia, ewords while Of chemisries Liebie, John
ston stochharlt aud others, give their readers
derstAnd TINT Iunus nack, peat, vegetable mould
dccaycd lc.vr-, wood, plIn;s, &c.
We .yt Any .s;ndcr-tludiug has existed but
eel couticu. you will accept the shove as full cK-
pan tou and is.ifci alton Of oar and If deny
the prcseoe Of Huc. in your preparation, nsist
Int h. community farmers have dcccivin,
III, 's',.,, tlat D7-. Futon, Rio~u and Others don't
know What Muck il, that don't know Niue. when
pile a. iis as any two churches in Vermont
and / AT your S:atr ASsIycr. pr Haycr, has mai.
thunder in hi. report Which you have beeJ publishing
for y..-'t,.. i'll let the MUGS question 20 ami
hereafter clll i; Notwithstanding that Plaster i.
better Ter than "Urvr-.' We would -ay 10 Vc,-
mon: rInc- We la K, bit one Kind Of Supcrpho.p A.,
winch is m. E.>'"-ha- PROVED > and il wAER,~-
Prove till We have hut one pr.ce---which
lr r,- rte Yg.; STD Ton. Lcss thsu one ton $50
IL hundred. If not To- ale in yosr town w will Dc
liver {; a. lur uc4s,-t !rp Tie ab pice
cc!t. OF oIdeE and ca-h.
PADDOCK, DEAN ~ CO..
."tf =. John-bury. Vermont.