Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1893-04-26
No. 2o--IOlS.

way, "sulphate" simply means a similar
combination Of sulphur with other sub
stances; phosphate. combination with
phosphorus, and so on. Ammonia is a
combination OF nitrogen and another gas
called hydrogen. For exa mple, sulphate
OF ammonia is a combination of sulphur
and ammonia with water and oxygen
enough to hold 1t together and give it
form and shape. This ard nitrate OF soda
are only different forms OF holding nitro
gen and might be compared to sirloin and
porterhouse steak off the same carcass.
"Nitrate," 'ssulphate'' and "phospheten
are names of combinations of different
substances and should be no more con-
fusing than "apple,n spotato" or "tur-
nip" which only mean certain definite
combinations of water and different vari-
eties of dry matter.
What Fertilizer Factory Is.
It may be called great resi- iaurant for
plants. We steamed down from Boston
on the great tug, Robert s. Bradley, one
of the largest and most powerful boats in
Boston harbor, which was built by the
company for towing the great Lighters
used in carrying the fertilizers and mates
rials to and fro between Boston and Wey-
mouth. The BRADLEY" like all other ap-
purtenances of this business, is a most
substantial and complete boat. You can't
find anything cheap or snoddy in this
est" is the story evident everywhere. The
great fertilizer works are located at North
Weymouth, on a neck Of land nearly sur
rounded by water.
Nothing can indicate more plainly the
energy and success With which this great
business has been conducted than the his
tory OF its remarkable growth, which has
been constant from the outset and is indis
putable evidence of the way in which the
company have met the farmers demands
for honest and reliable fertilizers.
The business was started in 1861 in a
small factory in the old Roxbury district
of Boston, with very limited capital in
vested. From year to year, as the demand
increased, the manufacturing capacity
was enlarged until the business has be-
come by far the largest OF its kind II the
world.
Wandering through these vast build
ings, among perfect mountains of fertiliz-
ers in their crude or finished state, one is
strongly impressed with Mr.. Bradley's
remark: "If we had given the farmers
poor fertilizers, we never could have built
up this placeln 1t Is a fact that you can't
cheat farmer on fertilizers more than
two years in succession. The best evidence
OF a good quality in fertilizers is the con-
tinued success of the manufacturer and
the fact that the crops convince the farm
er that be is getting his moneys worth,
SO that he wants more OF the same goods
year after year.
Putting Dinner into Shape.
In a city restaurants kitchen you find
butter from Vermont, eggs from Massa-
chusetts, sugar from Cuba, coffee from
Java, fruit from California, -four from
Dakota, tea from Japan, spice from Asia,
beef from Colorado and vegetables from
New Jersey. Nearly every part OF the
world has contributed to the crude mate
rials. The cook mixes and cooks them
and turns out a ''square meal" which sat
isles the human boarder. So in this
"plant restaurant at North Weymouth;
all the corners OF the earth have contrib
uted different forms of nitrogen, potaah
and phosphoric acid to furnish "square
meap' for the farmers plant boarders.
Here we found great piles of dried blood
and meat from Chicago, Omaha and other
packing centers, bones from all over the
world, nitrate of soda and meat meal from
South America, sulphur ore from New
foundland, fish scrap from Atlantic ports,
potash salts from Germany, boneblack
and sulphate of ammonia from England
and America, and so on. Here are the raw
materials; how are they put together?
A restaurant keeper who served you for
dinner piece of boiled bone, chunk of
gristle, small quantity of starch and
some lard would never get any more OF
your money. Yet a chemical analysis of
these materials would show that they sup
piled all the food constituents you need
to sustain life. But the chemist deals only
with the wants of the stomach; he does
not consider the needs of eye, nose and
tongues You don't patronize the board
ing house that shows only chemists GER
tifieate of the analysis of dinner; you go
where the boarders are fat, healthy and
happy. In the same way, you ought to go
to "plant restaurant" that is responsible
for big and happy crops and does not rest
content with good ssstation report" The
business at fertilizer factory is to make
plant food available and then to mix it so
that a small fraction will be a fair sample
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