198 



BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



chemical composition ; the evil consists in holding it as a fertil- 

 izing substance of large commercial value. 



A concentrated liquid fertilizer put up in stone jugs, each 

 holding a (juart, for which the modest sum of two dollars and 

 fifty cents is charged, has been, I am informed, largely sold in 

 many sections of the country. This is indeed carrying the joke 

 too far. France, it is said, sends us these concentrated plant 

 bitters, and I am tempted to say that any people engaged in 

 such charlatanry ought to be destroyed by the Prussians, or 

 by their victims, the Americans. Mr. Dodge Haywood presents 

 us with a compound he is willing to supply at 827 the ton, 

 which is not so ingenious and original in composition, as the 

 published analysis is intricate and formidable. He makes us 

 acquainted with its composition in the following analysis : — 



Plainly stated this is the mixture : — 



Moist muck, .... 



Gypsum, . . . . . 



Salt, 



Carbonate and phosphate of lime, . 

 Sand, . ... 



100.00 



10 lbs. cost 10.00 

 45 " " 0.20 

 22 " " 0.10 

 15 " " 0.18 

 8 " " 0.00 



100 lbs. cost $0.48 



If it were desirable to make this compound, a ton would cost 

 about ten dollars. It is easy to prepare composts better than 

 this, and not more costly. 



