The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1883-02-16

L 80 = a 4
% BE- adulteration. Inc substance auo-
% may not % injurious 20 hcaitns or
seriously Affect the potency 81 tne A.
ticic for the purpose tnr which y ma
been manufactured. but the mixing or
adding 81 foreign substances y none tne
less IN act 70 be diScountenanceu ine
n~duiteration Of tood. medicines cnen-
icals 81 various kinds. - well - ier-
tilizcrs used on the farm - nonew tninS;
indeed e - - Old - trade ilseii' p
has been growing from year ~ year ~
spite q al laws 70 pronioit y; y tnns
u y practiceu ~ nearly ~ NInos N
business. Farmers are not ifee O
the habit. and after them the miikers'
bakers. grocers, dairymen' conicct'on-
crs and druggists are more OF less I'M
s~crupulous adulterat ~ ~ commouiics
which Affect human health ana NE.
Grain Of inferior quality Is mixed with
superior. in order 10 grade up" as 10
ID termed. and make the whole market
able. Il would be far better TO destroy
the inferior or feed i out 20 stock. than
TO lower the grade Of Q pure article 70 the
level Of . mere passable one; but 20 long
as this custom OF adulteration Of grain
continues to be recognized as = legitI.
mate trick Of tho trade. just 80 long Will
farmers smother conscience under inc
idea q Others 40 ~ y we must a ~.
70 protect ourselves aSainstioss. ~
same plea = aavsnceo = ~ cNcuss 81
placing small. inferior potatoes ano aP-
pies - tne center 2, tno oa.ssl anI ny
large ana oest ~ eacn ems: m'xi an
the iat q pceves anu
similar oily substances WIN put'er anu
/ UIAA&AL II mATnIL IUH 0uIEUmH Oh OIUI-
tees long established practiceu
among me armers anu ua'ry men -
this country. Adding water 20 mix sent
q cit e ana VILLAGES = - co =
that purchasers scarcely expect 70
nnd pure mix outs,uo a
cow udder. and even within TINS nat
urai and original recep.acie " = 49,
quently contaminated with tne auu,,sf-
atoms gwen Inc 90" ~ ncr Looui !
ground ICED pouent OF m'l'e,s ~
.uently compromises win sucn a'''e.rs
a uamageu wheat; rss. oaas and a
recovered rom sunken sesSs's - y
warehouses. where II was immersed ~
Z wafer 2 sometmes - = moie nsan.
ious Ii uid; for II frequently happens
, that both vessels a warehouses con-
tain other articles besides ram. III =
which more OF less mine'eu =
their destruction.
Formerly, guano from South America
1 and the adjacent islands was largely
adulterated with sand. yellow loam. sait
' ar with a few old feathers
4 MIXED il 10 indicate that it came from
4 lands freouentcd by birls. But these
tricks Of the trade are now 80 wei
known that adulterated gnano y Tar
less common than i was = lew year
y ago But adultcration ont nues ~ Oe
4 practiced in the manufacture o. many
Of the commercial fertiiizcrs. aitnou
very stringent laws have peen passea y
State Legislatures frr me protection y
purchasers. - few years since the mos
that was expected o. chemists was =
" determine the relative proportion ~ ~
q different materials gong y make Up ~
bulk q these fertilizers' ~ rs CAV
the percentage q potash. mmo
pho phate. and other ingreuitnt N
I. was thought 70 De enough ior Al pfac
ticai purposes, and Tor determining ~
q value Of an article lot manure ~
later Investigations nave uemvns''a'c
II that some Of these. anu. ia Iaet, near
q all the most valuapie materials ma
@ be present in proper proportions az
?. still not be IN AZ available conu't'on ~
y. the use q plants fnospnates ir1,
" phosphate rocks. 2 potash rom lelu
spar. are far les valuable ~ airect Iel
ne till ers Of plants, nan pnospnate TT" .
d. bones ana potash from wooa asnes. ny
n condition Of the materials "nlcn ~ .
q. make UP the bulk q coInmers''
be fertilizer - often q lat more 'iiPpo'.a's
than uantity Or percentage q cac'
In seeds Of various kinds which farmel
"a may buy or sell are o'tcn adulteIates
~ not 30 much BY aiding spurious kind
~ sands. Or other foreign materials. as .