Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1868-03-20
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Super Phosphate Of Lime,
BOSTON, MASS.

Dear Sir,-Your letter of February 18th adj
dressed to us and published in most Vermont
papers, stating that we have asserted you used
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 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
tons of muck on hand, or some substance nearly
resembling the same-wlth the sticks, leaves and
roots, Just 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 apparentl, been
moved back and thrown into heaps to decompose
and become muck; and all these things strength
ened us in the suppositiop that you used muck
as dryer. To further show that we had not
knowingly told thatlwhich 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. & COL have made comparative ana
lySiS OF your Super Phosphate and Bradlys.
have compared their solubility 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 one
third of ats bulk IN Muck. What the farmer
needs is a manure applicable to all crops, and
which Will produce the largest crop for which II
is applied or intended, and the manure which has
the greatest solubility at once meets his expecta-
tons have Of late taken more , than n io2
mulas and PhOsphates which are recommended
or are in the market, and in my opinion that man
ufactured by you is the best and cheapest by al
least % per cent. In your Super Phosphate
there seems to be nothing but what is needed
but in others there seems to be matter put in fol
nothing else but to increase its weight. 1 ex.
pected 10 have been at st. J. last week, &c.
(Sgned) BENZ F. EATON, NJ. D.
This letter was not intended for publication
| but was the result of various analysis which W.
| had caused to be made in order that we NIGH
| be sure our Super Phosphate would prove a:
much better than others this year as it did last
As you are not acquainted with DIR. 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. ), 1867.
When DR.. B. F. Eaton practiced here he wa
a good analytic chemist.
(Signed) DIX CROSBY"
! Furthermore, the Committee appointed by tn
| Caledonia County Agricultural Society of whom
| II. S. Browne, NJ. D., is chairman, and who's
report will probably be published this week o
next, have made the same blunder, though the,
may not say Muck in their report as it would b.
| telling that which is not considered news. W
never thought of your denying the use of muck
as on the inside of the front cover leaf of you
/ book of testimonials called "BradleyS Paten
Super Phosphate of Lime" which has circuatel
through this section for years, is an analysis b,
4. A. Hayes, NJ. D.. State Assayer of Mass
! which yOU have caused to be made, and you hav
published to the world; and therein DR.. Haye
SAYS, in every hundred pounds of your Supe
weight, of prepared animal matter, Salts of Am
mOnia, fatty substance and HumuS." What
! HUMJS! By referring to WOrcester's Una
bridged Dictionary we find Htmus defined as be
ing the Latin for ground, a brown pulverize
substance found in soils and resulting from tn
decay of organic matter. Webster's Dectionar
defines HltmUS in almost identical words, Will
the chemSryS of Liebig, Johnston StOckha1
and others give their readers to understand tina
Humus is Muck, Peat Vegetable Mould, Decoy
ed Leaves, Wood, Roots Grass, &c.
i We regret that any misunderstanding mas ex
iSted but feel confident that you will accept tn
above as full explanation and justification c
our course, and if you deny the presence c
Muck in your preparations, and insist that tn
community Of farmers have been deceivin
themselves, that DTS. Eaton, Browne and other
don't know what Muck is-we don't know
when we see pile as big as any two churches i
Vermont, and that your State Assayer, d.
Hayes has made a blunder in his report whic
you have been publishing for years-then W
viii let the Muck question 60 and hereafter ca
j" US,"-elaming that Plaster is bette
dryer than "HUmuS," and desiring the farmer
10 consult their dictionary 10 find Of they car
the dlherence between HRmnE on end M''" =, -,
best, and we shall make that kind only sellin
at 500 ton, less than a ton $1,000 a hundred
Farmers can h.ve it delivered at their neares
depot at above prices by sending their money t
? ADD0CK, DEAN & co.
ST. JOHNSBURY, VT.
s.. Johnsbury, March IS, IS6S-I2tf