244 AMERICAN MANURES. 



The reader will notice from the analyses that 

 it contains only a trace of Soluble Phosphoric 

 Acid ; consequently, it has not the least preten- 

 sion to be called a " Superphosphate." It is a 

 fraud in weight as well as in quality, and if Mr. 

 Needles has been manufacturing a similar arti- 

 cle, and giving such deficient weight for the past 

 twenty-one years, common justice, and common 

 law, should have sufficient power to restrain him 

 from continuing his criminal practices, and pun- 

 ish him according to his deservings. And if 

 twenty-one years have been devoted to such 

 practices, the remainder of his life should be de- 

 voted to making a partial atonement for the 

 wrongs perpetrated on his customers. 



The article is simply ground mineral phos- 

 phate, with a possible scattering of bones, and if 

 there was any Sulphuric Acid used in its prepa- 

 ration, there was not a sufficient quantity to 

 liberate but a trace of Soluble Phosphoric Acid, 

 so that it may only be considered a raw mate- 

 rial for the manufacture of a Superphosphate. 

 Such outrageous frauds as these are calculated to 

 excite the indignation of all the community. 



The fact that such frauds can be successfully 

 practised for twenty-one years, proves conclu- 

 sively the necessity of just such information as 

 is given in this book 



