The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-02-19
Raleigh, N. c., February l9, 1901.

and the action of chemicals on each
other. I have no hesitancy what
ever IN stalking my reputation and
standing as a chemist in making the
assertion that there is not a new
fact, new statement, or a new any
thing in the manual or 'Secret Pro-
cesses." " It is right to be fair and
just, and to this end I am glad to
state that the manual is, as rule, a
fair and correct statement, as far as
it goes, as regards fertilizer mate
rials, their sources, end uses. But
there is nothing new in this. Such
information has been given to the
public a great many times and in
different ways in the agricultural
papers, books, and other publioa-
tiOns. There is no reason why farm
ers should be charged So for what is
in this twenty page pamphlet under
the guise of something new, when
they can obtain the same and more
information on the subject of fertii-
zers, their sources, and uses for diff
ferent crops, in the best agricultural
books for 81, and from the Depart
ment of AgriCulture-in it's bulletins
and by correspondence-without
cost. These books are by recognized
authorities. say this because the
author of the manual in question
claims to be a noted chemist, and
yet, so far as know, he is not known
to the chemical profession as
chemist.
On January 2, letter was sent to
Prof. Lipps containing the above
statements and informing him that
it was written in my official capacity
as State Chemist, whose duty it is to
protect the farmers of the State
from misrepresentation in regard to
fertilizers and to advise them on this
subject, and further stating that ten
days would be given him in which to
make known his position, after
which time the matter would be
given 70 the public. He has not re-
piled
Prof. Lipps lives at Bluff City,
Tennessee, his North Carolina ad-
dress being Lenoir. His method of
business is TO sell county rights We
know of one county contracted for,
for $500.
To the above it is only needed to
add that the materials employed in
the ''Lipps' Processes" with the ex-
ception of one, which is not valuable
as plant food, are the same as those
used by fertilizer manufacturers and
farmers for making and mixing fer
tilizers, and there is nothing new in
the sO-called "Lipps' Process" of
mixing and composing that will add
value to them. The small quantities
employed make them cost the farmer
more than if he brought in larger
quantities from regular manufactur
/ ers and dealers in fertilizers and fer
tilizer materials.
Any farmer desiring to mix his
own fertilizer, or to compost fertili-
zer materials with barn yard ma
nure, rich dirt, woods mould, ETC.,
can obtain formulas and directions
from this Department without cost.
Considerable information of this
kind has already been given in The
Bulletin, and other formulas and in
structions suited to special condi-
tions will be furnished on applica-
tion. We will not claim anything
new for these, but they will be good,
reliable formulas that have been
found to give good results in farm
practice.
We advise farmers not to purchase
the "Lipps' Processes" or any other
process or formula for mixing and
making fertilizers.
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