The Hillsborough recorder., 1877-06-20
TIE FARMERS SECURITY.

formation given them. Experience year
after year. ot the werthlessness,o ,of many Of
the commercial fertilizers. which the farmer
could not well do without, and whiclt~he
set bought with the assurance that he was
cheated. made some protection impcratiyc.;
and it was at length given by the law passed
last winter compelling the analysis Of all
fertilizers put on the market. The Agri>
cultural Bureaum established, sndsihel
analyses put uuder the charge of Albert r..
Leaoux. at the University.lr4t
This gentleman is 9 thoroughly scientific
and practical man, and his labors will bc Of
inestiinahie value, because they expose in>
Texorably all attempts at frand. and they
stimulate the faithful dealer to farther ex-l
scellence. iHssi altg tai SIR gissl I
At Chapel IIiil. Mr.. LedOux was At the
pains to give Us pnch valuable information
in connection with bis work. Que point of
great importance was demonstrated to Us.
which was. tls perfect i,upartiality of his
analysis. lie. investigates in perfect igno-
lance Of the names Of the fertilizers Or their
makers. The sa:nples are sent 70 him IN
sealed tin packages with no mark sayc the,
numbers whose duplicates are found With.
The Commissioner Of Agriculture at Raleigb.
to whonl the samples are returned afteraha
alysis made and with, whom alone are
found the names of the manufacturers. We
| saw the original report winch has Just been
Published BY Col Il. Ia Polk. together
with those namss. 'at Na si.i tlasui ~.
We are unable 10 give room 10 tho re-
port. ) II will be enough for general pur'
| poses tolsh0w what the actual value q some
oflthc,A 'sasspsosed tolbe ;,thAtis The acil-
81 value at which the materials coald be
bought at. II he'farlnsrllwished To, CON-
pound HEN i';'bfid aud also. the analysis Of Que
| or two Of ihem, 'TbGra were ..wenty sam!
NAA3tI sA&A&A
pies tekeafson the Fertilizers in most coin-
mon ase aha ,State.nr Ir7,s.t, 10.
lsilTle'rriee ofthsse Fertilizers ranges from
1873 70 $50 per tor. = The analysis showi
i tlieir eonimereisi salue tosbe asifellsvs. >
H. splable Pacific, Boston tsaihpls from Ra.
u Leigh 81. 90; Zsll's. Tobacco Fertilizer,
! Bsl,aneTe, sl2,4O; Maryland Fertilizer
/ ssl 40; POPpleia's. Silieaiel saPerphos
s4pfats. $1,000; Anchor Brand, Richmond
$50, so aSOlables Pacific, Boston, 81. 90
u sam pie ffom Durham, Naysssa Phosphate
, Wiln6hgtob, NJ %. $3.50; MihaDss
RawbOps. Wilmington. Del. tfUm' sDus
ham, sS0.4O, do. from Charlotte, ss3. 40
. Pure Phuine, Philadelphia. $50. co; wa
cox, Gibbs & Co.. Charlesionis3S. 20. ~s-
j The following are tbeper eeptages Of th
: ingrsdieuts N some Of sbe samples q ZeIl's
!. Water II CT per cent; sand Il.9s; solu
tbIe rhOspborie acid, s,2i; insoIuble ID
) 7,24; reverted phosphorus acid. 2, SO POI
. osh. 4.s6 nitrogen. 2.50; equivalent |
: ainronia 3,O4. slnthe same order, in Pop
4. pliens are found r6. y. n, ~. 2.dS, O.sG
4lfs.4st.--t -lsfis etrEB 0a1iss Csaul
E We call Il, the farncrs security; cel
u tainly. ifthe5 srail themselves Of the laa
II they cannot bs imposed ppgp Is the ella
!. htans who bave hitherto pteysd upon the
ii necessities cr their tcred5lity.a Ard III
!. honest dealer VIII Bless the law that Civ
,.lhim fair feld for bis work by the excl;
III sion Of imPpdept pretgudsrs who we're
nj well paid for their frandulent wares as Il
e other for their rgooa Oues. ai'i1t ~ IT,
Tie prosts in tac latter cass sre We
;. earned in The other, they were Larcfacs
D. roSbsiies.gaa eAt usral gsazaJ Gtsf.
to t-kae Hf-->s-r~,->,'.s.,s.s;--s -
III reass raz., CROPS. - '..f,..s-
From Southern sections. the breadsst
prospects are good 10 Alsbama. tss Ebe
crop is tle best ever known in that Stat
and tie corn in good condition. ,uis Tlel
nessee the wheat is much finer 10 condiii,
than usual, will, ! larger acreage. r
!. ! same may be said u Gcotgig apd Sou
caroIina. In North Carolina. wheat "
be up to average. asaa, -as .ni .tsa
y Cotton Is more backward than Last yea
= With smaller acreage. Tie long Cd
'pring injured Il seriously and ittss SOt ,
" Iegsined its yigor.
y or tobacco, We can only fpesk Of !
planting which !, now finished. Apsrf,
stand has been oL,sined u healthy. bar
plsnts. The crop wall anndoablsdly be
" large one. gglaf sA aat W seEz
re sr Observation-Disclosures hsa
4 rz.G0yernor, sna tf rirtt, vics Pre-
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