The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-09-01


Such fellows are constantly discuss
ing the merits of the different brands.
One is for the double eagle, another
for the Star-brand.
But who can blame honest John
Smith, when he sees men who have
been brought up at the feet of CANA
liel are under the same delusion. [
remarked to one Of my brother
farmers that these fertilizers might
stimulate and do some good, he
would not allow that, but contended
that they were a bona-fde plant
food, renovator of the soil, the
farmers sheet anchor. Any man
who goes and scatters little dust
of fertilizers on an old field and
expects 40 lbs Of solid grain for one
Of this precious plant food expects
miracle. What would you think Of
man who would go every morning
and scatter peck Of corn to so hogs.
That would be much wiser than to
expect crop of wheat under such
circumstances.
In the near future the news papers
will contain something like the fol-
lowing: CATER years Of scientific
research Prof Charles Won Waddle-
strydre has finally succeeded in max
ing perfect animal food, which
entirely obviates the necessity Of
having to digest coarse and bulky
food, such as corn, oats, hay &c. The
Prof has analysed the flesh of the
different animals and has kegs Of
the food labeled for each class of
animals so that the purchaser need
not make any mistake. Money
refunded if the animal food does not
do all and more than is claimed tor
it, a a.4Il, r .,-sz..z 4aa
'... Testimonials.
William Snider, Of S. c., writes:
l bought one keg Of your animal
food labeled Beef: Fed to large
cow one pint per day for IA days.
After the first few days she entirely
quit voiding any liquid or solid ma
nure, proving conclusively that the
food was pure and that none went
to waste
Jacob Startling, Huckleberry Ridge,
n. c., writes: I bought one keg Of
your animal food labeled Pork. Fed
to hogs one pint per day to each
hog. Found that after nine days
trial that each hog had gained 81
pounds. Corn for. the purpose of
fattening hogs is a thing Of the past
Thanks to Prof. Charles Won Wad-
dlestrydre.
Col James Raspberry, Pine Cross,
Texas, writes: | have known for
years that there was perfect plant
food, but had some doubt about
your animal food, though | bought
one keg labeled Beef and one keg
labeled Pork. Business caused me
to be away from home nine days.
I told my hired man to carefully
feed according to the labels to an
old OK and an old SOW When | got
back home [ saw a sight [ never
shall forget. My old OK was wal
lowin.* in pond of water grunting
like hog. He had shed his horns
and from each corner of his mouth
there had grown an enormous tusk.
and on his back there was the finest
crop of bristles / ever saw. And
my old sow was scraping with her
fore feet like bull. My man had
given the food to the OK that he
should have given the SOW, did not
follow the LABEL
But you say if such thing was
published is would be lie. know
it. And [ also know it would be
no bigger lie than every one OF you
believe who buys an ounce of this
villainous fertilizer.
DR.. Bird.-All plants that grow
and perfect seed take into their
structure certain elementary sub
stances, numbering in all 13. Car
bon, oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen,
sulphur, phoshorus, calcium, silica,
potassium, sodium, iron and chlorine,
Of these carbon, oxygen and hydro
gen, form from 90 to 95 per cent of
the plant and are abundantly, if not
mainly supplied by air and water.
Of the other ten only four, potash,
phosphorus, nitrogen and calcium
in form Of lime, need be considered,
the remaining six enter into the
plant in infinitesimal quantities, and