Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1877-09-14
A CARD TO FARMERS.

The undersigned, manufacturers of the
! Maximum Fertilizers desire respectfully TO
invite the attention Of their customers, and
Of the public generally, TO few facts 10 CON
nection with the circular OF Messrs. .. j.
Turner h Co, dated August ], 1877, ano the
published report of committee appointed ny
the Monte onery County Agricultural Society
for the purpose of having analysed the various
fertilizers used in Montgomery county
In the circular of the Messrs. Turner 20,
it will be noticed as something very remarka-
BILE that Of all the fertilizers mentioned therein,
outside of their own articles, there ia but one
other which is sold for Tor at less than its
commercial value, and that one is e. +. Goes
Ammoniated Bone Super Phosphate, "com-
mercial value $4093 selling price $40. y
| For reasons best known TO themselves these
gentlemen have not dared to make any other
than a fair showing of Goes fertilizer, and in
order to make its selling price not above its
market value, they have had 10 place the
former at $40 per ton, which is from 50 TO S4
per ton less than 1t is sold for in any market
in the country.
AS to the analysis given by them Of tbe So
called "Maximum, Nos. ! and 2, v it is only
necessary to point out to our readers the alb
surdity of the ''No. Q" 1--WE suppose our Maxi
mum GEO is meant) showing nearly one per
cent. more OF ammonia than the "No. /"
Maximum 800) when the latter contains real
ly two hundred more pounds Of Peruvian
| Guano TO the ton than the former; in fact,
they must have exercised considerable charac-
teristic ingenuity in fixing up'' for DR.. Liebig
an article showing such an analysis, and we
will here state, in this connection, what DR..
Lebig writes US on the subject of said sam
pies, viz
baltimore, August %, 1877.
MEssRs G.. T. DUNLOP & CO. Dear Sirs -
In reply to your favor of the % inst, here
with testify that the samples of Fertilizers
quoted in the circular of Messrs. J j. Turner
& Co, of August l. 1877, as "Dunlop' S
Maximum l and g. and analysed by me were
not certified samples of such brand, and that
| have no knowledge whatever of the origin
of said samples. Very respectfully
G.. A. LlEBIG."
But to dwell any longer on this subjec,
would be waste of time. For the last six
years you have seen our Maximum and their
Excelsior used side by side, and you have been
careful aud interested witnesses Of the results,
and we are perfectly satisfied TO leave the
question of the Commercial value" Of the
two fertilizers to your excellent judgment.
With tho report of the Committee OF the
Montgomery County Agricultural Society, so
far as it relates to our Maximum, we are quite
satisfied, showing as il does, as close an APP
|
as il is PROFILE for any manufacturer to arrive
at which manipulating as many thousands OF
tons as we do annually, and showing as close
an approach, in It's commercial value, to its
selling price as can be afforded by any manu-
facturer, for we do not pretend to furnish our
customers with an article whose commercial
value is in excess OF it's selling price.
We presume that the sample of our Maxi
mum analysed by DR.. Packard was genuine,
and was obtained as represented by the COM
mittee, and we would like to be assured that
all the other samples were provided in the
same fair way, but as to the sample of Tur-
ner's Excelsior zoe are Informed positively to
The contrary, nor do we think that that mem
Der of the committee who furnished the sample
will deny the fact.
Notwithstanding the favor shown Messrs
Turner Il Co. in the selection of their sample,
mark the difference in the analysis made
by Dr. Liebig of sample prepared for him,
and OF that made by Dr. Packard of the
sample Furnished to the committee Of the Ag
ricultural Society, and in which that chemis
finds no Peruvian Guano; at least such mus
be the inference from the following facts, viz
Guanape contains about rs per cent. o.
Potash TX. o. and it would follow that i
Messrs. Turner h Co. use seUen huRdreC
pounds of PerWuida Gudn0 10 the ton Of hei
Excelsior, DR.. Packard would certainly hav
detected at least 6I per cent. Of Potash IN
O.. due to that amount Of Guano, and failing
to find it, but one conclusion can be drawn
f its entire ABSENCE and the inference may alsC
be clearly drawn that the large percentage o
ammonia found by DR.. Packard must be de
, rived from some material other than Peruvian
Guano.
, In conclusion, we beg TO assure our patrons
and friends that the fertilizer which we ar
manufacturing this Fall will more than sus
tain the reputation which our brand ha
gained far in addition to the usual goo,
qualities of the constituents of our Maximum
e we have just consummated the purchase of tn
/ remainder of cargo Of Peruvian Guano
analy 2ing over Is per cent. of ammonia
; and which we are useing in the manufactur
5 Of Maximum.
9 The .follo,oing Speaks for itself, and is
+ letter from the agents Of the PerSrian Govern
=. ment;
New York, August 20, 1877.
MEssRs G. T. DUNLOP & Co , GEoRGETows
D. c. Gentlemen We send you herewt
!, Weighers Return, and bill for part parcel {
'e your purchase OF 400 tons of No Peruvia
d Guano, ("Guanape' ex "Louis Walsh
m Analysing as PER sample over 10 per cent.
10 ammonia. This guano is in excellent mechan
. cal condition and we consider il equal to an
1T cargo received by us from the Guanape Island
y, We remain, gentleman yours truly,
k HoBsoN, HuRTAno h Co,
:, PER Y. HURTADo, JR.
!" Very respectfully, &c,
s. G. T. DUNLOP & co.
G, GEoGETowN, D. c., Sept. |. 1877.