Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1868-03-27
TO WM. l.. B r A D l. r I
MANUFACTURER OF Fl
Super Phosphate Of Lime,
BOSTON. MASS.

Dear Su.-Your letter of February 18th adj
dressed to us and published in most Vermont
papers, stating that we have asserted you useu
Muck in the manufacture OF Super Phosphate,
which statement sis calculated TO do you great
injustice and if true should destroy confidence IN
your manufacture" deserves an early reply.
That we have made such assertion is not denied,
but herein lies our justification. Your super
Phosphate has every appearance OF having peen
dried with muck, and so much does II Iooh anu
feel like that substance. that in common win
most farmers VINO see muck every DAY OF theH
| lives. we had been led to suppose it was muck.
Again, we have visited your estlDlleHllelt III
| September, when there was FOUR OF uFe AuhuIGu
| tons of muck on hand, or some SUBSTANCE nearly
| resembling the same-with the STICKS, leaves ana
| roots inst as muck looks when freshly dug-and
on visiting your place in April this substance
had disappeared. We had also observed large
heaps of grass and weeds which the tide having
washed upon your grounds had apparent, been
moved back and thrown into heaps to decOmpOse
and become muck and all these things strength
ened us in the suppositiOD that you used muck
as dryer. To further show that we had not
knowingly told thatwhich was false, or intention
ally done ought to injure your business, we here
with present the report of our analytic chemist:
BARNET, Feb. l5 1868.
| p, D. & COL have made comparative ana
| lysis of your Super Phosphate and Bradlys. L
| have compared their sOlubility in cold ana not
water, also hard and soft water, and IND there
| is at least Is per cent. more soluble matter in
yours than in Bradleys, which contains one
third of its bulk IN Muck What the farmer
| needs is a 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 soubility at once meets his eXpecta-
lions. l have of late taken more than usual
pains to look into and examine the different for
mulas and Phosphates which are recommended
nr g th '290Giff tie best and Cheapest 81 al
| Tn PbOSOE1tp
there seems to be nothing but what is needed
but in others there seems to be matter pnt in for
nothing else but to increase It's weight. eX-
! pected to have been at st. j. last week, &c
(Signed) BENZ. F. EATON, N. D.
| 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 as
much better than others this year as 1t did last
As you are not acquainted with DR.. Eaton, the
following from Prof. Crosby of Dartmouth Col
lege, will sufficiently justify the implicit conf
denCe which we placed in his report:
HANOVER, Dec. ), 1867.
When DR.. B. F. Eaton practiced here he was
a good analytic chemist.
(Signed) DIxI CROSBY"
Furthermore, the Committee appointed by the
! Caledonia County Agricultural Society of whom
report will probably be published this week or
next, have made the same blunder, though they
may not say Muck in their report as it would be
telling that which is not considered news. We
never thought of your denying the 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 yOU have
published to the world; and therein DR.. Hayes
SAYS, Gin every hundred pounds of your Super
Phosphate there is 80 II lbs. almost half its
weight, of prepared animal matter, Salts OF Am
mOnia, fatty substance and Humus." What is
i HUMJS! By referring to Worcester's Una
brdged Dictionary we find Hltmus defined as be-
ing the Latin for ground, brown puverized
substance found in soils and resulting from the
decay OF organic matter WebsterS Dictionary
defines Hltm1ts in almost identical words, while
the chemistrys of Liebig 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 as 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 deceiviug
themselves, that DrS. Eaton, Browne and others
don't know what Muck is-we don't know il
when we see pile rs big as any two churches in
, Vermont, and that your State ASsayer, DR..
Hayes has made a blundcr in his report which
you have been publishing for vcars-thcn we
will let the Muck question 60 and hereafter call
: it"HUMUS, "-claiming that Plaster is "a better
dryer than "Humus," and desiring the farmers
to consult their dictionary to find (it they cam
the difference between Humus and Muck
The Vermont Super Phosphate has pyored the
best, and we shall make that kind only, selling
a. 62 ton IeSS than t t2 Ta5 2Eo9 5F AqRdrred
depot at above prices by sending their money to
P ADD0OK, DEAN & CO.,
ST. JOHNSBURY, VT.
St. Johnsbury, March Is, I86S-l2t