Baugh's Bone Fertilizer Salesman Samples
date: label: date made
content: 1900 - 1905
notes: label: Description
content: This salesman box of eight small glass bottles of Baugh & Sons Company animal bone fertilizer samples. The samples include Baugh's Raw Bone Super Phosphate, Baugh's Excelsior Super Phosphate, Fish Mixture, Dissolved Animal Bones, Export Bone with Potash, Complete Animal Bone Fertilizer, Baugh's Double Eagle Phosphate, and Baugh's Raw Bone Meal.
label: Description
content: During the 19th century Baugh & Sons was one of the largest fertilizer manufacturers in the United States. Baugh manufactured a variety of ground bone based agriculture fertilizers that were tailored for a wide range of crops. Baugh’s fertilizers were widely available from farm supply stores who bought fertilizer from Baugh’s salesmen who would have used sample boxes like this.
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content: Work and Industry: Agriculture
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content: American Enterprise
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content: Agriculture
label: Exhibition
content: American Enterprise
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Norton Benfor
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AG.61A04.01C
label: catalog number
content: 61A04.01C
label: accession number
content: 238503
objectType: label: Object Name
content: fertilizer samples, set
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cardboard (case material)
label: Measurements
content: container: 37 cm x 10.5 cm x 22.5 cm; 14 9/16 in x 4 1/8 in x 8 27/32 in