AMERICAN MANURES; 



AND 



FARMERS' AND PLANTERS' 



G- U I D E. 



COMPKISING 



A DESCRIPTION OF THE ELEMENTS AND COMPOSITION OF 



PLANTS AND SOILS THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF 



COMPOSTING THE VALUE OF STABLE MANURE 



AND WASTE PRODUCTS, ETC., ETC., ETC. 



ALSO, 



CHEMICAL ANALYSES OF THE PRINCIPAL MANUFACTURED 



FERTILIZERS THEIR ASSUMED AND REAL VALUE 



AND A FULL - EXPOSE OF THE 



FRAUDS PRACTISED UPON PURCHASERS. 



BY 



WILLIAM H. BRUCKNER, PH. D., 



ANALYTICAL AND CONSULTING CHEMIST, 

 AND 



J. B. CHYNOWETH. 



PHILADELPHIA : 

 WILLIAM H. BBUCKNER, 



1872. 



