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The great object in raising corn is to prepare the land for the 

 grass crop, which he says is the most profitable crop we raise 

 here. I think if that item were deducted, it would liruig the 

 cost down to thirtv-five cents a bushel. Can we not do that all 

 over the State of Massachusetts ? I believe we can. 



But I wish to touch upon one or two other points. One is, 

 the frauds in fertilizers. There is no doubt that we can use 

 them to very great advantage, if we get what we pay our 

 money for; but we do not always get it. I think the frauds 

 are very constant and very great in most of the fertilizers we 

 purchase. Some instances have come to my knowledge, as they 

 have, I have no doubt, to the knowledge of every gentleman 

 present. A friend of mine went to the owner of one of the 

 large sugar refineries in Boston, and asked him if he had any 

 use for the sugar waste of his refinery ; I suppose he had seen 

 some of it. The gentleman said, " It is not good for anything. 

 I have sent it round to some of my friends in various directions, 

 and asked them to let me know something about it, and they all 

 say it is good for nothing." My friend said, " You have not 

 sent me any." " Well," said he, " I will send you some if you 

 wish, but I can't sell you any, for a certain man has engaged all 

 I can make." " Who ? " " Mr. Bradley." " The man who 

 makes superphosphate ? " " Yes ; we have a standing order 

 to furnish him with all the waste we have." You will naturally 

 inquire, " What does Mr. Bradley do with that sugar waste ? " 

 I am sure I don't know. You must draw your own inference. 

 This gentleman supposed it was good for nothing, and all the 

 persons to whom he had sent it had reported it worthless, so far 

 as they had observed. I cannot conceive that there is any other 

 than one use to which that waste from the sugar refinery is put. 

 What do you pay for that superphosphate ? Sixty dollars and 

 more a ton. 



Another friend of mine went into Boston, I think to Long 

 Wharf, to buy some fish pomace. The man said he had none to 

 sell. " Don't you manufacture it ? " " Yes, in large quanti- 

 ties ; but I have none to sell." " Why not ? my neiglibor has 

 purchased some of you, and I would like a few tons. Why 

 won't you sell it to me ? " "I have a standing order for all I 

 manufacture." " Who takes it in such quantities ? " " Mr. 

 Bradley, who makes the superphosphate of lime." I want to 



