236 AMERICAN MANURES. 



No. 3. "MINING AND ASSAY OFFICE AND CHEMICAL LABORA- 

 TORY, No. 57 BROADWAY, OPPOSITE EXCHANGE 

 PLACE, NEW YORK, October 10th, 1867. 

 " HENRY BOWER, ESQ., PHILADELPHIA. 



" Dear Sir: Enclosed please find results of an analysis of a 

 sample of your * Complete Manure,' taken from Dixon & 

 Sharpless' warehouse, September 25th. 



" These results show at a glance the great merit your article 

 possesses as a fertilizer, and warrant the opinion that it will 

 take a leading rank among manures. The liberal proportions 

 of soluble phosphoric acid, ammonia and potash, afford to soil 

 a large amount of nutriment immediately available to growing 

 crops, while the remainder of the phosphoric acid, becoming 

 gradually soluble through atmospheric influences, assures a 

 lasting supply of plant food. 



" The introduction of potash, and the nice adjustment of the 

 proportions of the- above ingredients, render the name you 

 have given your fertilizer particularly appropriate, as it con- 

 tains all the elements necessary to insure success, and I am 

 confident that wherever it is used its reputation will rapidly 

 extend. " Eespectfully yours, 



" C. ELTON BUCK/ 



No. 4. " OFFICE STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 



NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J., July loth, 1869. 



" Dear Sir : Your letter of May 20th was duly received. 

 The five bags of your ' Complete Manure ' so generously sent 

 to the College Farm were also duly received. For this donation 

 I desire to tender the thanks of the Trustees of the College, and 

 to say that it was immediately used in trials upon corn, beets, 

 and carrots-, and on potatoes ; and also it has been subjected to 

 chemical analysis. The results of these will be given in the 

 annual report upon the farm, which is made to the Legislature, 

 and is printed and circulated extensively throughout the State. 

 An earlier acknowledgment ought to have been made, but it 

 has been delayed so as to send the chemical analysis, and that, 

 though long expected, has but recently been completed. The 

 crops upon which the 'Manure' was tried are looking well. The 

 results of the analysis show it to be a valuable fertilizer, and all 



