The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-03-04
CRESCENT BONE FERTILIZER.

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Paid for.
TO dcalcrs selling and turner's nsi"g
The "CrcSccnW:
GENTLEMEN:--SOmc OF the ncwspa-
pcrs in South Carolina have recently
published Il sensational article headed,
Fraud III Fertilizers" i'll which large
number of the best and most popular
brands are stYmatizcd rs fraudulent aud
farmers arc advised to ''shun" them.
This charge is basclcss and arises from
misapprchension OH the part Of the
Editor who published the original article.
1t does great injustice to many honora-
bic and prominent gentlemen, and works
injury to the farmers, by misleading
them and creating uniOundcd doubt and
suspicion Of the best Fertilizers. causing
them to purchase articles Of lower
grade.
BY reference to the Official Report Of
the Commissioner of Agriculture. Which
refers to Fertilizers sold and used Il year
ago, il will be found that those in the So
called ..Blacl List" in nearly every
instance exceeded in commercial value
the guarantee gwen hy the manufacturer
and that where the State Chemist shows
Il falling of il any Special Fcrtilzca in
any one constituent, it is more t!ian
made up By an excess IN others. III other
words. the average OF the Fertilizer Wa,
better than the guarantee and 1.-THE Far
mcr has received more than he faid for"
One Of the most ralpab!c cases show
in. the ~roundlcssncss Of the charge o!
.'I'raud," is that OF the GcOrgia Chcmi-
cal Works. Acid Phosphate (of Augusta
Gcor.ia.) Their guarantee was 10 per
cent, available Phosphorlc Acid and |
per cent of Potash, Commercial value
;l4.OO. The State Chemist makes the
sample he analysed show 1885 per
cent. Available Phosphoric Acid. 0.9S
Potash. Commercial value ST Oh, or an
excess of s3.OG in Available Phosphorlc
Acid and a deficiency Of per cent in
Potash, and so with many others, show
ing the utter absurdity Of the charge Of
::Fraud." Variations in Analysis arc
impossible to avoid, and Prof. Shepard,
former State Chemist Of South Carolina,
tells me he cannot in scarcely any in
stance make two Analyses Of the same
sample and get the same percentages.
Analyses arc simply approximations
indicating tie acreage quality Of tile
Fertilizers, for it is impossible for any
man who has ever lived, or will live, to
mix millions of pounds OF four or five
different ingredients and have every
tcaspoonful to contain exactly the same
proportion of each constituent to the
Tooth part OF q grain. sold about L.
100 tons CT the Crescent in South Carroll
ma last year, or 3,400,O0 lbs, which
were mixed with the utmost care and
contained the best ingredients, but not
thstanding this fact, no two separate
tcaspoonful would analYze by any Che
INST, exactly the same IN Available
Phosphoric Acid, Ammonia, aud Potash,
If one Ingredient over ran. the other
would probably fall below.
The COMMISSIONER report shows
most Of tic Fertilizers MT 10lici=eh were
solA on low gu,Uh"icc generally $ per
cen! of Available rhosphoric -Ac;d. ,
pcr cent ri Ammonia. ana per cent Of
Potash.
Commissioner Butlcr. writes me rs
follows. in Ity,rd /" the "Crc%ccn' $"hl
Io$t yc0T:
STATE or SOUTH CAEoLIEA.3
UcpNIimcnt of -lyic"liWc.
Columbia. :. G.. Feb. -. lS>G.
.N. PG1y ". DcLr"n. &Hronnah. Ga.
DEAl; SIE:-upon tie evidence pre-
scntcd to RE. | am satisfied that an
ulintcntional error was committed by
the iarty representing the firm scllm:
Crescent Bone Fertilizer II Spartaui'irG
last season. and by the agent represent
nm the Department oI Agriculture. III
reporting that the guarantee Oh sucks
was Available phosphor:c Acid. 81 per
cent. Ammonia, - per ccii5. Potash. T.!
Der cent, and that the same should have
been, Available. Phosphor!c Acl1. 9 per
cent. Ammonia. > per ccnt, Potash. =
per cent.
And thc Commercial Value therefor
would have been SO, ~. instead OF So
GS, IS printed i'll Tic Official REPORT Of
Analyses Of Fertilizers. Cur Analyses
oi IrCSCClll bOllc -st'CS loIt, -AN.ii'ipiC
Phosphur;c lcid. : II per cent, Ammo
MIA, > & per cent. Potash. , Is per cent.
t'ommcyciM I0inc :s2u.Gy. as GyrlinA
yDuI J"0rGntcc of>l9.Tu.
Yours truly,
y. j. BuTl.ER.
Commissioner ut Agriculture.
In othcr words the Crescent WAS :$l.un
pcr ION better Than tic guarantee, and
ihr Identical goods il question were
largely used last yc;lr ;nt! ave "c!er:l!
satisfaction. and by the analyses u
Iroi. I..rhi.t o! Baltimore. Il Chemist u!
national reputation. scr" .iG'N rn h
.n,n,r.,'.' 1T tr,ry ,o".'iH,H. | Lay"
sulMc t!.nusuuI ;uu> stored ~ L." :>"";'t
Carul.r:t fa;lcra,,. w!,;,!l "so.. -. :r,'l
i i.pw an#IyHiHt anal ~ sn"n Il ycr".,-
e.. will rHhl:~A t:sc Analyses. You