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acid in a ton of his " Superphosphate/' and prove 

 that this large amount is of immediate benefit to 

 the farmer or to his crops, we will give WHANN'S 

 RAW BONE SUPERPHOSPHATE all the merit 

 claimed for it ; until then we shall consider our- 

 selves as cheated in our purchase of this fertilizer, 

 and claim the right of expressing our opinion 

 freely. 



Our farmers should take a lesson from Mr. 

 Whann, and use a little of his caution in making 

 their purchases, by assuring themselves of the 

 quality of what they buy. As Mr. Whann says 

 he keeps a chemist, we think it is due to him- 

 self, and to the public, that he should publish a 

 full analysis of his " Superphosphate." 



Were the manufacturers of fertilizers who re- 

 sort to indiscriminate puffing to push forward 

 their products, to inform the farmer as to their 

 quality in a frank manner, by analysis we mean, 

 a different state of affairs would now exist. And 

 if the parties professing to make a Superphos- 

 phate from Raw Bones, had fully informed the 

 farmer of the value of Mineral Phosphates, and 

 candidly admitted to using the latter as a raw 

 material, they would at the present time have 

 little occasion to blush, perhaps, over their petty 

 deceits and subterfuges. 



