St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1868-04-03
BOSTON, MAfcu ~ I0'N
Messrs PADDOCK DEAN & CO.

Manufacturer of Vermont Raw Bone Supcr-hosphnte
of Lime, st. Johnsbury. Va,
GESTLENES Your letter addrcs ed o through
several Verln papers Of recent date meets attcn
ton. You still seem dispoeed to m:sIesd the public
mind in reference to my super-rhosphate of Lime and
you insinuato that grass weed, &C. washed upon
my grounds by the tide, eventually worked my
Phosphate, you have ,uch materials near
my factory which had the appearance Of being moved
back and thrown into heaps heat
If you have been to my Factory AZ Weymouth YOU
have seen such s:uf you describe. Sed-rsed.
have msny tons every year washed upon my beach,
and give farmer in the neighbornood half of for
throwing 1t back into he use my half in the place
Of bedding for my horses, and the farmer cart
his half AWAY what he plessos with It, have
never he'd him to what use he made of it, Ut
have no idea h it make Sup.r-PhOsphate.
! You probably noticed ut this vs, to my FGctory, 8
large pile of lumber many thousands Of brick granite
and other building materials. Why did you not con-
clud that all materials to be worked into
my super PHI sphate? should quite soon think Of
using lumber bIick granite should sea-wced or
muck, in making Super Phosphate.
Now about "humus-sureIy you kIiOc that il Is mould
that it organic matter, either animal Or vegetable
Of decay fermentation. and one of the mos
valuable heterogeneous substance it is possible to pu; III
to soil 1t is muck peat. Ii you do not kno
AK any chemist Do you suppose DIR. Hayes would
write "hurn,,s," when he meant m"clf JH@ ask hD'.
really think You would make better fertilizer if you
knew more about hrtrt.S. Why did you give the
actual definition of humus you found 1t in Webster
dictionary?
lie tells YOU that hunus s I,re. mt JyO s"Ls'se
turned BY m. Ge'ios Of the ,od animal rag
abb matf,. Nisa uaIua5Lc constituent If S,iL>. You
car fully avoid saying anything abot auimal matter
fort | he Whp he
humus OF my Phosphate came from, which Dr.. Hsyes
reported lie yss aud which you refer in your
letter.
We told that certain large portion of your Su-
pei-Phosphate will dissolve in water, but not
told how much Of the really vsluable substances will
dissolve in water Why do you not tell US
All the virtue in Super-Pho phnte il hidden, lik-
the copper in al
Nothing viii prove its presence but practical trial.
or chemical analyst. If you have such won
d.rful Phosphate why do you publish full ansly-
sis. have u correct analysis Of your Phosphate AID
viii publish II if you desire TO, and VIII be rospou-
sibe for the correctne.. OF the same. shat !o ~
You You regret that any misund rstlnding has
existed but feel confident viii accept your apology.
believe you do rgret it, but fail to your spoo-
gy and would advise you hereafter not to undertake
to Introduce your manufacture, by trying down
=
article of equal snd douby when you have al
article worth less thsn half much the YOU
trying to destroy by nisreps esenta,iOn.
You know. and the agricultural community through
out New England know, that my Phosphst. Las gained
AL unprecedented reputation, 81 the STANDARD Pnos-
rATE Of the country, and YOU might well undertake
to run FarbAnks scale Of the market by
sentng sll the bearings their seal !sa
to try drive Of the market. by saying that
use muck ia my Phosphate OsL Would Re A. True
A. TIE "TurE. Fairbanks Scales hold the same p Ell
ton i scale, that my Phosphate doe Phosp' ate.
and is for this that unprnciped Try run
both down int oduce their inferior manuacu
give low such proof ar l deem necessary to CON
Vice d.-ilt,r ,st,d, l s. oot.ts, interested pr
ties. that do muck in my Super Phosphate.
should this b. satisfactory can give thar
me hundred additional names of men in my employ
mcut that tn Sc certifca, e. arc true.
wM. L. BRADLEY.
Manufacturer OF BEApLEY's TArENr sUrLE-Pn"s-
rHATE oil LINE, %. .~h-h muck ,tc, oI .r .,,, u
be us"i.
% STATE STREET Rosro> March %, 1856.
wN L. BRADLEY, Esq, DEAE SIE: In reply TO
your ertlize- fog revcra ycs and have analytic! il
different stages o. mauuft Ctur,, whc finished,
~h'm odd aud fs'quenty Tor other pIrte- "ho are
rh.Ic Las never been any '.muck" or peat in it, nor
las any such constituent been found in l., in this
LAT orssry Hunts - present hut thst II Il derived
from muck il an erroncou- b, lief AID -ithou' FUN
datiou. respectfully,
:. DANN HAYES, > ate As ,yer of Mass.
Il S"NsEsRr STREET, E"sTo~, March. e. iSj,.
To WHOM IT MAY C"NCER~: Thi- = t, ce. tify that
| havr frequently visited Nm. 1. Brldleys Super
tcr7= used az have never sen muck about his estah
.ishnrnt.
hSve made many an-lyscs Of lis sup r-I'hosphatc
sud have never discovered muck in Tie Ariel. hut the
anaye- have slSsys prov that the lial. have
At his factory wee the articles which composed his
cr-Ih,sp4ate Of Lime.
CHARLES 7. J>cKso<, VI. D.,
state Assayrr TO Mac.
NOTE. pr, Drs. Hages both father md son.
and DR. Jackson, DO equrl any eudorstm to sat;
isfy you OF ;Aer ability snslyze fertilizers. ". l. r.
BosToS, March =, l~,iS.
7" WHOM CoxcrEN: This il to certify thu,
have for seven years past h,en 18th VIM l. bradley
snce he commenced hi present husincs, sgeut nd
-eHcra superintendent Of his >uper-rh sphate OF i'm,
ever been us in his ests shmeni IN any way sape
CuNs. {. Coz.
EosI,~, Mach -. l>6S
I" WHOM IT NAY coNcEEN: This l. 70 certify that
have been in the employment Of Vim. L. BRADLEY for
than four ysrs and most of that time have been
At said Rradleys Super Phosphate of Lime manufActoy
Roxbury, Mas, and able tc-ty from positive
knowledge that muck has been used by aid Bradley
in any shape manner, in the manufacture Of super
Phosphate Of Lime. WALTER VI. Rooms.
Bosro~ March p. l>fs
h,ve for years past been with VIM l. Bradley;
foreman, for nearly 1--WE YEAR, both n his super
Phosphate Of Lime msnufsctory, RoxLury AID Wey-
mouth.
. have constantly mixed and weighed the materials
myself, and have never mixed weighed, mix
ed OF weighed, single pound of muck, aud know pJs
lively that muck has been used by said BRADLEY III
his sup r-Phosphatc Of Lime GUST GLOVER.
No. WEYNoUTH, Mar, March g, l-GS.
To ri"tt L ntdy This is to certify that
have been with Vim. L. Bradley sup,rin endent OF
/ I W
ain at p. escut THERE.
No muck is used by sid Brady in manufac
ing Super-phosphatc Of Lime LEVI Il. CURTIS.
To BENJAMIN F. EATON, NJ d.
DPAE SIE: notice your certificate dated Ba.net,
Feb Is, Isis, and published in sundry newspaper.
wherein you that Badley's Super Pho plate is
one third muck.