Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1868-05-15
COUNTER STATEME N T i.
BosroN, March q, 1868.

per- Phosphate of Lime, st. Johnsbury.
CENT sMEN.-Your letter addressed 10 me
through several Vermont papers or recent uate'
needs my attention. You still seem disposed TO
mislead the public mind in reference TO my super
Phosphate of Lime and you even lnslnuate tnat
grass, weeds &C., washed upon my GROUNDS py
the tide, are eventually worked into my super
Phosphate, as you have seen such materials near
my factory, which had the appearance OF being |
moved back and thrown into heaps to heat.
| If you have been to my Factory at weymouth |
you have seen such stuff as you describe. 1t was
sea weed. have many tons every year washed |
upon my beach, and give farmer IN the neigh |
borhood half oft for throwing it back into heaps
use my half in the place of straw as bedding for |
my horses, and the farmer carts his half away |
and does what he peases with it. / have never |
watched him to see what use he made OF 1t, but |
have no idea he uses it TO make Super-Phosphate |
You probably noticed at this visit TO my Fac |
tory, a large pile of lumber, many thousands OF
BRICK granite, and other building material Why |
did you not conclude that all these materials |
were TO be worked into my Phosphate! |
| should quite as soon think of using lumber, |
brick or granite as l should sea weed or muck, |
in making Super Phosphate. |
Now about - humuS surely you know that |
1t is m0ulG-that il Is organic matter, either |
animal or Uegetable, in state of decay fermen
tation, and one of the most valuable nitrogen |
GUS substances it is possible to put into the SOIL |
1t is not muck or peat. II you do not know- |
ask any chemist Do you suppose Dr. Hays
would write =" humus " when he meant muck /? |
JUST 0SE Man, L really tnnk you WOulQ make Il |
better fertilizer if you knew more about humus.
Why do you not give the actual definition of hu |
mus as You found it in Websters dictionary |
lie tells you that humus is a pulverent brown
substance formed by the action of the air on solid
animal or vegetable matter. 1t is a valuable con-
stitucnC OF soils. You carefully avoid saying
anything about animal matter for fear as / sup
pose, the farmers might see where the humus in
ported n Rs analysis, and Which You Fefg to FIJI
your letter We told that certain large
i portion of your Super-Phosphate will dissolve in
water but we not toldh0w much ofthe really
valuable substances will dissolve in rain water.
Why not tell us:
All the viltue in a Super-Phosphate, is hidden
like the copper in ore. Nothing will prove
its presence but a practical trial, or true chem
zeal analysis. II you have such wonderful
Phosphate why do you not publish a full analysis
have correct analysis of your Phosphate. and
will publish it if you desire me to, andl will be
responsible tor the correctness otthe same. Sha"
lido 1t?
You say tha5 you regret that amy misunder-
standing has existed, but feel confident VIII ac
CGpt your apology.
believe YOU do regret it, but fail to see your
apology, and | would advise you hereafter not 10
undertake 30 introduce your manufacture, by
trying rG. down your neighbOrs This Is bad
policy, even if YOU have an article OF equal Iner-
FIT; and dOuUIy so when you have al article,
worth less shan hail. and costing less chan halt as
much rs the one you are trying to destroy, by
mlsIGVg presentation.
You know, and The agricultural community
throughout New England know that my PhOs-
pha.s has ai'.-4 f.. unprecedented reputation, as
: The STANDARD PHOSPHATE OF the country,
.Gsd }0I ans ii. yell uudefJ he TO run the EalI-
banks scale ont oil he market by representing
mat all the bearings 10 Their scales Were 4eau' is
I" u'" ae ~, =, 'I- l Nc. 4 ~ III NJ m
Ht5a " 2 ~ 535il, -. " y - ~
81, T. = a. ~ - - In d.,
A..1 'd- ll .lo'l = q a,', 10 ~ ! "
l'. ~ d. ' - ~, 81 .9 ~, itI -
10 introduce t1elr own inferior inanulactaIe.
convince ll.algresrcd, and should cyarilco inter-
.steG parties that d0uo1 use muck in my Super
Phosphate
9AoH- ,.s n's 70 can 7lye L,i OH
., - ,ti So. .,-, -
Nnif'"1 i'''' 'i"- 'i'0'e 30 M nv
r. -. -. = p -. - : So =
l.-.. .t.''l II y oi1>l'1!-i ? : Z - ~
tio>lhAt ~ % I-lSi' t'' 'f''''' ~ "'0' ''' "
q t'1 "' '>'.
20 State STREET. 0OSIoN, March 70, 1900.
W,s. L. aIa>'LEY, ESQ., DEAR SIR: Ia reply
tr-,I . - ...[.rlI 1ears md 5.ye
,r..,-lI II in ms 'iftffrr s1asc. 1T T3anulactnre
|vhr. SIS. haE whom sold and tre1lenrlv for otI-
I.,-......- 81 ..r-.. .rIrrhssrr
g...... .r,- ..a5t -.- ), muck - on T.eat in
rl,- s,l + r,rsrrr,l.1lt ever hem found II
. .a.. .- ...r-ar.--. fFufnl," IS present but tha
n -.-. rr.,., * .t. ( +. III erroneous belle
.-.5 ,sir..-s- f...s...-sl,. ResuecffuIIv
4. DANA HAYES. -t 10 Assaver of Boston
fs..-
--.I. No 1899
-'elt -li'.-L-' Dos -'i'i - ~ -. 80
-o IRON. - mag concern Lllls Is 70 cSt' II;
.l' ...'9 .t'e..i'l Nls--eu Y n !. ~ 1t1tes
I'''',y '' I-'S --"-.''t,y.ois anu nav
, rs .,:. 80 81 nave never st0
..E. made many analysis Of his Super Phos
na"t.. aHd have never discovered muck IN the II
.ct- out tae aulEs Is have always proved tina
-e materials nave seen at ms factory were tn
-Ie.es winch composed his Super-Phosphate Q
Lime
|eAN'. /. JACKSON, NJ. D., State Assayer. Mass
fr.,...r.. ms tIa,a. bo+I father and s,r, An
M J,fl..r dnr-+ ra1I,ira ,,7y, aTllorser,7e2t :
r.sfy ,.u III rbrir abiIirv tn anaIvze fertilizers
u 1ca2H e mag concern. This Is to certt
shat 1 nave Tor seven years past been with Nn