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We would characterize the above as a garbled 

 analysis, calculated to deceive the purchaser. 

 There is no such compound as " Soluble Bone 

 Phosphate ;" the term is absolutely hypothe- 

 tical. There is Bone Phosphate of Lime, 13*79 

 parts of which contain 6*32 parts of Phospho- 

 ric Acid. But perhaps 6*32 per cent, might 

 not so favorably impress the buyer as 13*79 

 would ; and " Bone Phosphate/' with the prefix 

 " Soluble/' is used by the dealer to favorably im-. 

 press the farmer (unacquainted as he generally 

 is with scientific terms) that he is getting more 

 than twice the value he actually receives. 



Our analyses and that of Prof. W. LeEoy 

 Broun differ widely. We do not say his is not 

 conscientiously made, because there is a possi- 

 bility, not to say probability, that manufacturers 

 and dealers submit a sample of one quality to 

 the chemist for analysis, and palm off a greatly 

 inferior quality upon purchasers. Certain it is, 

 that the bag we bought shows no such result as 

 that given by Prof. W. LeRoy Broun. 



The Professor's analysis gives 27*94 per cent, 

 of " Bone Phosphate, soluble in the soil;" he does 

 not say in how long, whether it requires ten, 

 twenty, or thirty years. These indefinite state- 



yients are calculated to deceive any one who is 

 ot fully informed on the subject, and the motives 

 >r giving them cannot be too strongly repre- 

 ended. 



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