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produce 25 bushels of wheat with the straw, an 

 outlay of $10 to an acre should produce over 18 

 bushels of wheat with the straw, in addition to 

 what could be produced without the application 

 of fertilizers, or if we allow half of the nitrogen 

 to be represented by actual ammonia at 25 cents 

 per lb., an outlay of $10 to the acre should pro- 

 duce 14 \ bushels. This calculation can be 

 readily applied to other crops from the same 

 data, and from it the farmer can see how small 

 the amount of benefit, in increased crops, he has 

 derived from the use of these fraudulent manures 

 in proportion to the money invested. We are 

 quite sure if the farmer had correct views on 

 the subject, he would no more think of giving 

 certificates to these manufacturers, than he 

 would of giving a certificate of good character 

 to the burglar who had broken into his house 

 and stolen his money, but spared his life, or to 

 the thief who had stolen his horse and failed to 

 set fire to his barn. 



The reader should now be fully convinced 

 from the facts stated and analyses given, of the 

 absolute necessity of National and State legisla- 

 tion to protect the farmers and the public from 

 the rapacity of manufacturers of fertilizers. 

 There are Grain, Flour, Liquor, Tobacco, Lea- 

 ther, Oil, Drug and other Inspectors, appointed 

 to protect purchasers and honest manufacturers 



