St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1868-04-24

MANI ~ II lsEis VIZ - ! In ii'i~i IN T. 'f
LIME, BOSTON. MASS.
DEAR SIR: Yorr letter of February 18th, sddrr-tod
to Us and published in Vermont p@pcrs stating
have rtcd Won used Muck in manufacture Of
super pho-phut, which -acmcn; is calculated to do
YOU great injustice snd ii oUid ">'.,y hfre
in YOUR manufacture" deserves an carly reply. That
have -uch assertion il not denied, and herein
lies our justification super Phos hate every
appearance Of having been dried with Nu.k aud 70
much does l. 10 x and feel ikc that that in
common it'll most faTIners-who Muck every dav OF
their veswe had been I'D 10 S'iq',se it Muck.
W., have vi, 9 your establishment in September when
there four five hundred tons Of Muck hand
or some substance n.Irr resembling the same it'll the
sticA leaves and just Muck looks hcr frcsh.
dug in Vermont, and visiting your place in April
thi- suhst ncc had disappeared We hal also observed
lsrse picz Of Sras- 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
J. dri,r. 70 further show have not kIpariiJIJ
toII that which false, Intentionally done ought
uurs your business herewith present the report
of our chemist
RAKNET, Feb. 10 1865.
r. D. 4 CO.: | have made comparative ANALYSIS of
your super pho phatc- and lrdcys. In have cOmpar-
ed their .oubiity cold and hot water also hard and
r., Il.
soluble in yours than in Bradley which con-
tain5 about third its bulk If Muck. What the
fIlners need is manure applicable 10 all crops and
which will produce the largest crop for which ap-
piled intended, the manure which has great
solubllits meets his expectations. have, of
late taken than usual pains TO Look and cx-
anime the different formulas aid Iho-ilcs which are
ndcd or in the MAJ ket and III my opinion
manufactured by you the hest and cheapest by a ql,
70 per cent In SuperphsphIt there seems 10 be-
n,.thn but what is ded, but in Others seems
70 be matter put for nothing else except to incrcc
its weight. | expected to have en- At St J3hnsbury
last week, etc.
(signed! BEsJ. F. EAToS, NJ. u.
This letter was intented for publication but wa.
the result of various analyses had to be made
in order we might b, Superphoaphate would
prove much better others tbs year as it did last
As You aIe not acquainted with Dr. Eaton the follow
ing from Prof Cro-by of Dartmouth College will suf-
fcently Justify the implicit confidence which we placed
in his report.
Hanover Dee. s. 1851
''when DR.. Il. F Eaton practced here, he was u
good analytic chemist
(oigned9 DIX CROSBY.
Furthermore---The committee appointed by tn. ale
donna County Agricultural Society of which H ;
Browne VI. D., chairman, and whose report will pro-
badly be published this week or nexthave made the
same blunder-though they may not ny Muck in their
report-as il would be telling that which would be con-
sdered saIe news. We never thought of your d.,i,g
the ue of Mucka on the inside of the front cover M
your pamphlet of testimonials, advertising Bradev's
Patent Superphosphates of Lmewhich has circulated
thro Ugh this section for year, Is standing anays bv
A. A. Have NJ. D.. State Assayer of Mlss. which r0.
have caused to be made-andgot have published to ;bo
world. Therein DIR. Hayes says: ttat in every hun
bred pounds of your super PnOsphates there is Is .
pounds lllmost hall its weighD Of prepared anua
matter, alt of ammonia, fatty substances and HCHLS'
What is HUNUsr By reference to Worcester ms
| bridged Dictionary find Humus defined being tn,
Latin for grour,f--a brown pulveruleut substance
found in soils resulting from the decay Of organic
matter" web4ter's Dictionary defines Humus in al