Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1873-08-21
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Columbia FUasAos, Aug. 9th, 1873,
| Messrs. Prescott, Stoneburner 4 Co.,
| Gentlemen,
| | purchased last fall
| OF you one and half tons OF your Shenandoah
| Ammoniated Superphosphate, also one ton of
the Maryland Fertilizer, used the same guam
tity of each per acre. side by side, 1.-TWO hundred
| pounds}, where used your fertilizer the heads
| and straw were longer and the wheat better in
quality. expect to SOW ferti zcrs this fall and
shall use you're, for it is equal in any respect
to the Mary anG Fertilizer, and it is con sidera-
| bly, cheaper. VIM. KINGREE.
REcToRTowS, Fauquier Co, Va,
July l6, 1873.
Messrs. Prescott, Stoneburner & Co:
l used IL tols of your fertilizer last
Ell ~ on my wheat. used about 40 lbs.
have brought the seed that was sown on II
without Fertilizer, but with the use of it.
l raised as good wheat as was in the neigh
borhood, and have an excellent stand of
| clover and timothy on the land. I also
| used two other fertilizers, one Of which
acted very finely, and the other without
any evidence that it did any good. / also
| used 1t beside the Patapsco, that one OF nv
neighbours used, and my wheat was equal
to his, or better, think the heads of my
wheat was the largest, and upon the whole
it acts about as well as the best of fertili-
zers, and it Is some 500 cheaper per ton
than the cheapest, anG acts very finely.
S. II. HALEY, NJ. D.
fully concur In the above statement.
raised fine crop OF wheat from the use
OF your fertilizer, and have q fine stard of
grass s., JNO. II. STEWART.
used one-half ton of your fertilizer on
my wheat last fail ahd am much pleased
with the result. and also . good stand of
grass from The use of it.
WIZ. MURRY.
used one ton of your fertilizer on nv
wheat last fall, by the side of the Patapsco
| and Turner's. The result | am much
pleased with. can see no difference be-
tween them, yours being equally as good
as theirs. | am confident without the use
of fertilizer would have made little or no
wheat, and my grass did we'll
L. TEMPLEMAN.
Messrs. Prescott, Stoneburner b Co..
We have used your phosphate, and it has
given entire satisfaction.
JOS. E. GOCHENOUR,
July Z, 1873. D. H. GOCHENOUR.
hereby certify that used half ton of
the Shenandoah Ammoniated Superphos-
phate, last fall, upon one-half of a five acre
lot, near Woodstock. Upon the other
half OF the same lot, and rather the better
part OF it in quality of soil, used another
phosphate of high character, in equal
/ quantity. The result has been very salts
factory, indicating the decided superiority
OF the former over the latter The stand
OF wheat was much better upon the part
of the lot upon which the former was used
Although the drilling was not good, be-
heYe shall make Is bushels to the acre
upon that half of the lot. 1t might have
easily been increased to 20 by proper drill
ilinA. MOSES WAFTON
Woodstock. Va, July 2, 1873.
I used o ton of tho Shenandoah Phos-
phate last fall. The wheat where | used
it turned out very well. The heads were
large and we'll filed tested it by drill
ing Oh land of like quality beside another
standard fertilizer, which cost upwards of
poo per ton, and [ am satisfied the Edin-
burg made better wheat. will use it ex-
cluslvely the coming fail on my wheat.
H. G. ALLEN.
Woodstock, Va, July 2, 1873.
l hereby certify that used the Shenan-
doah Phosphate last fall on portion of
my crop OF wheat. My crop of wheat
consider very good, and the stand of clo-
yer is very fine. Where | used no fertili-
ger my wheat was very Indifferent.
Il. b. WHlSSEN.
Edinburg, Va. July s, 1873.
PRESCOTT, STONEBURNER & CO..
-. ED1NBuRG, VA.
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