248 AMERICAN MANURES. 



After making an analysis of this " BROMO- 

 PHYTE," and knowing its composition and value, 

 we doubt whether the writer of the circular,, or 

 even Professors Taylor and Blaney were in 

 earnest in their encomiums of this article. We 

 rather think these gentlemen have endeavored to 

 perpetrate a practical joke on the farmers. That 

 any chemist (and Prof. Taylor is represented to 

 be one), should seriously recommend the use of 

 peat and marl, clay and shells in a high-priced 

 fertilizer that sells for two cents per lb., is almost 

 incredible ; or that Prof. Blaney should seriously 

 say that it is two per cent, stronger than guano, 

 is certainly beyond belief. 



The farmers who have used the article seem 

 to have been in the same vein of humor, so pal- 

 pably exhibited by the facetious Professors Tay- 

 lor and Blaney, as the following specimens of 

 their certificates will show : 



GREAT ON TURNIP TOPS. 



"WASHINGTON, D. C., April 1, 1869. 

 " RANDALL FISH, Esq. 



"Sir: In reply to your note, inquiring about your fertilizer, 

 I am happy to say that it will work wonders. 



"I tried it last season on some turnips as late as the 1st of 

 October, and .1 never saw such a crop of tops in my life. Of 

 course, it was too late to fetch a full crop, yet some were as 

 large as hens' eggs. 



" I do not hesitate to say that I think it superior to any ferti- 

 lizer in the market, as it will benefit the ground while it stimu- 

 lates the present crop. I have used it with the greatest suc- 

 cess, and have found it to be better than any other, having 



