CHAPTER VII. 



GENERAL REMARKS ANALYSES OF COMMERCIAL 



FERTILIZERS, WITH COMMENTS AND CRITICISMS 



METHODS OF ANALYSIS CONCLUSION. 



THE general reader, and particularly far- 

 mers, should carefully note what is contained 

 in this chapter, as it vitally affects their interests. 

 It will show how unprincipled men, from selfish 

 motives, and by dishonest practices, are stripping 

 them of the hard-earned fruits of honest in- 

 dustry ; and will give a limited idea of the 

 extent of the frauds that have been unblushingly 

 practised for years, unchecked and almost un- 

 heeded. We have already indicated the cure 

 for these wrongs ; and now, when we picture 

 them in their true colors, thinking men, we 

 doubt not, will at once apply the remedy by 

 preparing their own fertilizers, and leaving 

 those of dishonest manufacturers alone. 



We have fully proved the justice of the values 

 assigned to the fertilizing constituents of com- 

 mercial manures by us, and have also shown 

 that the best authorities in this and other coun- 

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