The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1868-09-10

Ny Dear Sir s--In reply 20 your inquiry respect
lng sss use have made Of Rhodes a Cas- Standard
hASaFs, ] would say cha, have used Il with other
kinds Of Psosphatea for number 81 years on wheat
and havs bund II equal 20 anything have yet tried
~ both wheat and graaa Very sfnlyyoars.
tii a#aH 't -----~-- ALEX. -HOWDf.F
cHUaon JHL. q. a. Co., Nh. May 70. 1885,.
Mesas. p. u. ItBogEa a Co.. Baltimore.
Dear &Ss--ln answer 10 your Inquiry 81 May leih
bunEht In 1856 an obi woEs-out farm Of about 100
acres, that wonh barely pay ths taxes and keep
up the necessary expansoa of tho farm. paying
nothing 10 the owneg commenced InquiTfng fof
something b improve the land. beard Of your
supm-Phosphais aud determined TO try ID a. onoe
sought four Eve barrels and cent Il % my tenant
MI. Jmse Reed, and he applied a 10 the oats crop
thAehs shsc seeding and u greatly improved the
oats, and we neetad tho whole In clover and upon
the part where no Rhodes was applsi. thcss was
scarcely spfg Of clover gre~ bat upoa the piaccs
where the sapcr-Phcsphsta was apphed. we had .
good stand u clover and thp land greatly improved
In ihe lA Of tho same year insisted on MY tenant
using i On his crop Of whest, Alw considering,
he aareod 20 do %. " ] wunld furnish the super.
Phosphate and pay Tor bis part out Of the wheat
We put about one hundred and City pounds 20 the
AGRA, and wc got foe crop Of wheat--about four
times the quantity which had bee raised the farm
10 previous yean. ] sfhiod 10 my tsuaut that lthe
whole Geld must DO seeded 10 clover the next aprng
es.Ated 10 mo tiat Il would be useess 10 sod clover
seed 10 that field thas 10 had seeded IL several times
and that 10 would nat grow, but Insisted on H. and
deiefUsinsu 10 furnish the seed ~ my own oxpenke
with the understanding that ID must net be pAstured
until IN bloom, aIsl the result was that we have
heantifnl held Of clover and tho appearances e ne
laad changed entirely. Tbs nrxt year moved on
the faun myself, and continued using your Super
Hhoaphate, both on my corn crop aud wheat al
about 100 pounds per acre each crop, making 800
poinds 70 the acfe on che two crops My erops oom-
cnced improving. and In three o. -four years had IN
creased my corncTop from 900 buaheIa to 500 and
my wheat crop from 800 10 400 70 1000 bushels I'M
deed, after ne first year both my corn crop and tnseat
crop each paid chat Igape for BE land The farm
was paying Two hundred and Auventy-fvs 10 four
hundred dollars per year when | bought ID. and IA
eightof Ane years l Twas offered $4,000 per year
rent for the same farm. i commenced In 1860
buying old isofa-oaa land al ios prices and nsiEg
your Super hosfshate Ares hundred 10 four ham
dned pounds on dse corn and feheat crop united
bought one farm Of about two hundred and fifty
acres that was paying cne hIndfed and seventy
Ave 10 two hundred dollars per year, and the same
farm Ia powipaying from So 800 to S2,70o psr year
from the use Of your Super Phosphate and nothing
else. 4 am isproriag al my land Nth II and moth
ing sise. have tried number Of other brands aud
found some Of them good for one crop but 10 inprpec
land 4 fhink Tiers IL RofAiag in Ae mark1 equal b
Rlodsf Sapsr- Phosphate As Old Standard Manure,
and my candid opinion 10 that wo can take the poorest
land on ouf ore--enfifely worn outfit the land Is
OF good sub-soil and make Il rich with nothing else
but Rhodes Supen-Phosphate, and believe thars Is
land on olr shore that cannot be improved, If l. is
Of good quality and can be bought at fifteen 70 twen-
ty dollars per acre, and flushed up and seeded down