Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1868-04-24
no w NJ. L. BRADLEY
MANUFACTURER OF
Super Phosphate of Lime,
BOSTON, MASS.

Lear oT,-Iour letter of February 18th adj
dresseu 10 US and published in most Vermont
papers, stating that we have asserted Won used
MUCK III Tue lhahuiacture o. Super Phosphate.
which statement sis calculated to do Won Creo;t
injustice, and if true, should destroy co,; Serc in
your manufacture" deserves an early renlv
That we have made such assertion is moi denied
but herein lies our justification. Your sinner
Phosphate has every appearance of having been
DRIED with muck, and so much does 1t look and
feel like that substance. that in common with
most farmers who see muck every day of their
lives, we had been led to suppose it was muck
AGAIN, we have visited your establishment in
september, when there was four or five hundred
IONS OF muck on hand, or some substance nearly
resembling the same-with the sticks, leaves and
roo.s, Just as muck looks when freshly dug-and
n sl dig your place in April this substance
80 - % ppealed- We had also observed large
heaPo VI grass and weeds which the tide having
washed upon your grounds had appaitltl bon69
moved DacK ana thrown into heaps 10 dec0mpose
and become muck and all these things strength
ened US in the suppositiop that Won used ngct
as dryer. To further show that we had NJ
knowingly told that which was false or intention,
ally done ought to injure your business, we here
with present the report of our analytic chemist
BARNET, Feb. Is, 1868.
| p, D. & co., have made comparative ana
! lysis of your Super Phosphate and Bradly's. I
have compared their solublity in cold and hot
water, also hard and soft water, and find there
is at least % per cent more soluble matter in
yours than in Bradley's which contains
third of ITS buk IN Mack. What the farmer
needs is manure applicable to all crops, and
which will produce the largest crop for which it
| is applied or intended, and the manure which has
the greatest sOlubility at meets his eXpecta-
tions. l have of late taken more than usual
pains to look into and examine the different for
mulaS and PhoSphateS which are recommended
or are in the market, and in my opinion that man
least Is per cent In your sd CHEAPEST aK e
there seems to be nothing but what is needed,
but in others there seems to be matter put in for
nothing else but to increase its weight | eX-
pected TO have been at ST. J. last week, &c
| (Sgned) BENZ. T. EATON, II. ID.
This letter was not intended for publication,
but was the result of various analysis which We
had caused to be made in order that we might
be sure our Super Phosphate would prove
much better than others this year as it did last
As you are not acquainted with DR.. Eaton, the
following from Prot. Crosby of Dartmouth Col
lege, will sufficiently justify the implicit conf
dence which we placed in his report
"HANovER, Dec. 5, 1866.
When Dr. B. F. Eaton practiced here he was
good analytic chemist.
(Signed) DIX CROSBY"
| Furthermore, the Committee appointed by the
Caledonia County Agricultural Society Of whom
/ H S. Browne, NJ. D., is chairman, and whose
report will probably be published this week or
next, have made the same blunder, though they
may not sag Muck in their report as it would be
telling that which is not considered news. We
never thought of your denying the use OF muck
as on the inside of the front cover leaf of your
book of testimonials called "Bradleys Patent
Super Phosphate of Lime" which has circulated
through this section for years, IS an analysis by
A. a. Hayes, NJ. D., State Assayer Of Mass
which you have caused TO be made, and goa have
published to the world and therein DR.. Hayes
saws, 'fin every hundred pounds Ct your SuDey
Phosphate there is 50 IL lbs. almost hall It's
weight, of prepared animal matter, Salts Of Am
mOnia, fatty substance and Humus." What is
EIUMUS! By referring to Worcester's Una
bridged Dictionary we find HltnuS defined as be-
ing the Latin for ground, a brown pulverized
substance found in soils and resulting from the
decay of organic matter. Websters DectlonaT
defines HlenauS in almost identical words, WLAe
the chemistrys of Liebg, Johnston, Stockhart
and others give their readers to understand that
Humus is Muck, Peat, Vegetable Mould, Decoy-
ed Leaves, Wood, Roots, Grass, &C.
We regret that any misunderstanding mas eX-
listed, but feel confident that you will accept the
above a full explanation and justification OF
our course, and if you deny the presence OF
Muck in Your preparations and insist that the
community Of farmers have been decelvlne
themselves, that Drs. Eaton, Browne and Others
don't know what Muck is-we don't know 1t
when we see pile as big as any two churches in
: Vermont, AMI that your State AssayeT, DR.
, HAYES has made blunder in his report which
YOU have been publishing for years-then We
! will let the Muck question go and hereafter cal
"HUMUS, '-cldiming that Plaster is a bette
dryer than ''Humus," and desiring the farmer
TO consult their dictionary to find (it they can
the difference between Humus and Muck.
The Vermont Super Phosphate has pr0Ued tn
best, aRd we shall make that kind only, sellIn.
ut $50 a ton, less than ton 50-l00 a hundred
Farmers can have it delivered at their neares
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