The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-02-19
LIPPs' MANUAL OF SECRET PROCESSES
FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF HOME
MADE FERTILIZERS.

OAOOA OhO dDON6 u0du, LIZ. D. w.
Kilgore, our efficient State Chemist,
contributes paper to the February
Bulletin in which he does the farm
ers of the State good service by
thoroughly airing game which has
been worked upon some gullible till
ers of the soil. In similar form this
was exposed by DR.. Kilgore and The
Progressive Farmer last year. Says
DR.. Kilgore:
A twenty page, copyrighted pam
phlet with the title "Lipps' Manual
of Secret Processes for the Manufac-
ture of Home Made Fertilizers, ," has
been, and is being sold, to the farm
ers Of the State, mainly in the west,
for 50. One of these pamphlets has
come into my hands, and quite a
number of letters have been received
by the department from farmers in
regard to the 'Secret Processes" in
it. Some of these letters have con-
tanned the names and amounts of
the materials used for making the
complete and we'll balanced fertili-
zers" for all crops.
have read the Manual with care,
as also the circulars that have been
distributed broadcast for the purpose
of advertising the Manual and sup
posed Secrets. - The circulars and
advertisements, which are given
away, contain among others, these
statements: "MilliOns of dollars can
be saved to the farmers of this COun-
try by making their own fertilizers.
Since one of the most wonderful,
scientific, far-reaching and beneficial
inventions of the nineteenth century
has been brought out by Professor
Michael NJ. Lipps ca noted chemist),
who has thrown the powerful search
light of the laboratory upon the
farm in behalf of the farmers, and
the result has been the production
of process which has even aston
ished the scientific world. Just think K
of it The farmers using this method
can produce a complete and well-bal-
anced fertilizer. Good for all crops,
at the small cost of between four
and five dollars per ton. Was such
a thing ever dreamed of before? 1t
is really the acme of the most pro
found scientific investigation and
will challenge the world to produce
a process equal to it. Remember it
is no untried experiment., but in
stead, it is well-esta blished fact.
= l have published a Manual of
Instructions, giving full and plain
directions how to make the fertilizer
by this process. X Every farmer
should have one of these manuals,
which includes farm right to make
and use on his own land or any he
may cultivate. X When you
read this circnlar, don't class this
process with impracticable schemes
you nave known or heard of in the
past. For | have the only truly
tested and practicable process ever
known by which the farmers Can
really and successfully make their
own fertilizers. X This process
is fully protected by the laws of the
United States, and they will be
rigidly enforced against any person
infringing on the same. Farm rights
for sale, So"
The language employed above is
strong and startling. 1t is such as
would lead some people to believe
that something really fresh and new
in the way of a great scientific dis
covery has been worked out by the
author of the manual. have been
unable to find between the covers Oh
the manual, which is claimed to con
I tain the sO-called "Secret Processes,
anv evidence whatever of "wOnder.
| full, scientific, far-reaching and bene'
fetal inventions, - or of a single pro
cess that would "astOnish the scien
tific world, " or any other world, un
less it be the use of a certain mate
rial in the compost as plant food
which has no direct value as such
and the further unscientific proceed
ure the directions give for mixing
the chemicals" in the fertilizer fol
call crops" AS the manual is copy.
righted, and the force of the Law
threatened upon any one infringing
on the right of the process, I will not
be more specific in regard to these
references, but the practice inregard
to them is such as would not be en-