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that I have heard of it is in its favor. I hope to send you fur 

 ther reports of it in the course of the season. 

 " Respectfully yours, 



" GEORGE IT. COOK, 

 11 To Henry Bower, Esq. State Geologist." 



No. 5. "LABORATORY OF THE MEDICAL COLLEGE, QUEEN 



STREET, CHARLESTON, S. C., December 9th, 1869. 



" This article certainly deserves the name it bears, i. e., of a 



Complete Manure furnishing to the plant all the important 



elements of its food. 



" CHARLES U. SHEPARD, M. D. 

 Inspector of Fertilizers for South Carolina" 



No. 6. ' SAVANNAH, GA., February 1st, 1870. 



" I take pleasure in saying that the accompanying analysis of 

 Bower's Complete Manure, made for Messrs. Hacker & Molony, 

 Savannah, Ga., warrants our confidence in its fertilizing proper- 

 ties. Its amount of Ammonia, and its excellent supply of 

 Phosphoric Acid, in a. soluble state, will ensure the early growth 

 and development of the plant, together with a fine fruitage, to 

 which the Phosphoric Acid mainly contributes, and these re- 

 sults may be expected for the first year, while the amount of in- 

 soluble Phosphate remaining in the soil will, by slow chemical 

 reaction going on during the suceeding Fall and Winter, pre- 

 pare the land for a better crop during the year. 



"A MEANS, Inspector." 



The farmer after reading the above testimo- 

 nials and comparing them with the analyses of 

 the " Complete Manure " furnished by its, would 

 naturally be induced to ask the following ques- 

 tions : Where are the analyses of the " Complete 

 Manure " furnished by these gentlemen ? Is it 

 excessive modesty, or some other motive, that 

 prevents Mr. Bower from publishing them? Was 



