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THE LANCASTER FARMER. 



[February, 



potash, 6 cts. ; ammonia 17^ cts. ])ei' pound." 

 On the basis of these rates and of tlie analysis of 

 the different samples tested, the Professor 

 gives tlie estimated value per ton of each 

 kind embraced in the table, as also the selling 

 price of the same at the place of selection. 

 If his figures are in the least to be depended 

 on, a great deal of money is wasted by farm- 

 ers in the purchase of fertilizers whose value 

 is much less than the cost. Of the whole 

 number of samples given in the table the sell- 

 price of more than two-thirds of them is great- 

 er than the calculated value, and in some 

 cases very mi.ch greater. For instance, the 

 "Complete Bone Phosphate " from the Allen- 

 town Manufacturing Company, worth only 

 S2o.21 is sold at $35; "Plant Food" from 

 Frederick, Md., selling at |40, is worth but 

 $30.78; the "Economical Fertilizer" of 

 Baugh & Sons, Philadelphia, worth $25.33, 

 they sell at $33, &c.; the " Ammouiated 

 Bone Phosphate" of Josiah Cope & Co., near 

 Oxford, worth «27.16, is sold at #35 ■. the 

 " Fossil Alkalite " of Keeve & Co., selling 

 for $15, is only worth $2.05; and the " Ara- 

 moniated Bone Phosphate " of the Susque- 

 hanna Fertilizing Company, at Oxford, 

 selling at $34, is given as worth only $30.40. 

 On the other hand, the fertilizers produced 

 by a considerable number of manufacturers, 

 according to Prof. Genth's table, are worth 

 much more than they are sold for — as the 

 "Kaw Bone Phosphate" of Job Pugh, O.k- 

 ford, selling for $35, is given as worth $38.08; 

 the "Superior Acid Phosphate " of the Sus- 

 quehanna Fertilizing Company, at Oxford, 

 selling at $25, is worth $28.40; the "High 

 Grade S. C. Rock " of the Waring Manufac- 

 turing Company, at Colora, Md., selling at 

 $25 per ton, is set down as worth $32.93; and 

 " Waring's Q. and L. Bone," by the same 

 company, selling at $35, is rated by Prof. 

 Genth to be worth $48.49. 



The publication in the Oxford Press of the 

 table from which the above figures are taken 

 has raised some excitement among the manu- 

 facturers and dealers in fertilizers in that 

 neighborhood, and as one of the first results, 

 the following advertisement appeared in the 

 Oxford Press of last week: 



A PUBLIC MEETING of Fanners and Manufacturers 

 of Fertilizers will be iield in Grange Kooni at 

 Lincoln Station, (near Oxford), on Weduesday, Feb. 8th, 

 at 1 I*. M., to consider the foUowinj^ question, \iz. : 

 Should fanners ih buying fertilizers be guided by their 

 estimated value as determined by analyses and i/ublislied 

 by the State Board of Agriculture ? The purpose of Ihis 

 meeting is to hear from the manufacturers on this sub- 

 ject. 



What conclusion was arrived at by the 

 meeting, if any, we have not heard. The 

 manufacturers and dealers in the fertilizers 

 pronounced to be of comparatively little value 

 will naturally feel dissatisfied, and probably 

 will endeavor to have Prof. Genth's verdict 

 set aside, while those whose productions are 

 declared by him to be of high valufe, will 

 pretty certainly maintain the correcthess of 

 his calculations and couclusioos. It will be 

 for the farmers to decide between them. — /. P. 



[We never supposed, that either the act of 

 the Legislature or the analysis of the Chemist 

 of the State Board of Agriculture, were to be 

 regarded as an arbitrary and unchangeable 

 ultimatum, governing the manufacture and 

 price of Chemical FertiUzers. We rather re- 

 garded it as a preliminary experiment under 

 the sanctions of law, to prevent present pos 



sible impositirns and frauds in the manufac- 

 ture and sale of these manurial substances. 

 The law, however, should not be wiped out, 

 merely because in its execution it happens to 

 discriminate in favor of one set of fertilizers 

 and against another set. Whatever inequali- 

 ties may exist, should be corrected by a read- 

 justment of the scale of prices, after a fairand 

 calm investigation of the subject. Manufac- 

 turers, regarding the matter from a merely 

 selfish standpoint, will avail themselves of 

 the endorsement of the State chemist, no 

 matter how worthless their goods may be : 

 and those who deem their goods discredited 

 will, of course, be dissatisfied, perhaps, like 

 the Irishman in Court, who/car«/ that justice 

 would be done him. After all, it is possible 

 that the chemical composition stamped upon 

 the outside of a sack of manure, may not 

 prove a protection against the fraud inside.] 



Selections. 



POULTRY-SHOW. 



Premiums Awarded — Some Special Points. 



The third annual exhibition of the Lan- 

 caster Poultry association, which opened, 

 in Excelsior Hall, on Tliursday, January 

 12th, 1882, closed on Wednesday evening 

 the 18th. It was, in all respects, the best and 

 most successful exhibition of poultry ever 

 given in this county, if not in the state, and 

 was attended by a far larger number of visi- 

 tors than either of the ^preceding shows given 

 under the auspices of the society. 



Below will be found the list of premiums 

 awarded by the judges, and paid by the so- 

 society. 



Class I. — Asiatics. 



Light Brakma — Fowls, Dr. D. F. Royer, 

 1st and four specials; VVm. F. McLean, 2d; 

 11. H. Hewitt, 3d. Chicks, Hon. C. S. Coo- 

 per and Dr. D. F. Royer, tied for 1st and 2d 

 premiums and special, and divided them; T. 

 M. Nelson 3d. 



Dark Brahma — Fowls, Dr. D. Royer 1st. 

 Chicks, Dr. D. F. Royer 1st and 2d, and tied 

 Zimmerman and Hoffer for 3d, beside taking 

 two specials. 



White Cochin — Fowls, A. S. Flowers, 1st 

 and special; J. F. Shatter 2nd and 3d. Chicks, 



A. S. Flowers, 1st 2d and 3d, and several spe- 

 cials. 



Black Cochin — Fowls, Samuel G. Engle 1st 

 and 2d and several specials; J. F. Shafter 3d. 

 Chicks, T. Frank Evans 1st and 2d and spe- 

 cials; Dr. E. 11. Witraer 3d. 



Buff Cochin — Fowls, L. K. Bennett 1st; 

 Zimmerman & Hoffer 2d; M. B. Weidler 3d. 

 Chicks, no 1st premium; J. B. Long 2d; A. 



B. Hostetter, 3d. 



Partridge Cochin— Yowls, H. S. Garber 1st 

 and 2d and five specials; C. E. Long 3d. 

 Chicks, H S. Garber 1st and 2d and tied Dr. 

 D. Royer for 3d and special. 



iaiis/!.a?i— Fowls, Dr. D. F. Royer 1st; T. 

 Frank Evans 2d. Chicks, A. H. Sharpless 

 1st. ; Dr. D. F. Royer 2d. 

 Games. 



Black Breasted R«Z— Fowls, Dr. D. F. 

 Royer, 1st and 3d; E. N. Denman, 2d. Chick. 

 Dr. D. F. Royer, 1st and specials ; E. F. 

 Denman, 2d. 



Brown Breasted Reds — T. B. Dorsey, 1st ; 

 T. K. Bennett 2d and a tie betw( en them for 

 special. Cliicks, T. K. Bennett 1st and two 

 specials. 



Ginger Red— Yowls, T. K. Bennett 1st; no 

 competition. 



Yellow Buckwing — T. K. Bennett 1st — no 

 competition. Chicks, T. K. Bennett 1st. 



White Game— Yowls, T. B. Dorsey 1st, 2d 

 and special. 



Black Game — Fowls and chicks, no Isl 

 prem., T. K. Bennett 2d. 



Gray— Chicks, T. B. Dorsey 1st. 



B. B. Red Malay— Yowls, D. M. Broscy 

 1st. Chicks, D. M. Brosey 1st and 2d. 

 Class 3 — Game Bantams. 



Black Breasted Red— Yowls, T. K. Bennett 

 1st, 3d and two specials-; Charles E. Long 2d. 

 Chicks, T. B. Brosey 1st and special; Frank 

 Selak 2d; George Snyder 3d. 



Brown Breasted Red — Fowls and chicks, T. 

 B. Dorsey 1st — no competition. 



Ginger Red— Chicks, J. L. Otto, 1st and 

 special — no competition. 



■ Yellow Duckwing — Fowls, Dr. J. C. Maple 

 1st, 2d and special; Chas. E. Long 3d. Chicks, 

 T. K. Bennett 1st, Chas. E. Long, 2d. 



Silver Buckwing — Fowls, Dr. J. C. Maple 

 1st and special, and tied T. K. Bennett for 

 2d and 3d. Chicks, George Snyder 1st; Dr. 

 J. C. Maple 2d; Aug. L. Wentzel 3d. 



Red Pyle— Yowls, T. B. Dorsey 1st; Geo. 

 Snyder 2d; Chas. E. Long, 3d. Chicks, T. K. 

 Bennett 1st, and ties Dr. Maple for 2d and 

 3d. 



White Pyle — Fowls, George Snyder 1st; 

 Dr. J. C. Maple 2d. Chicks, J. B. Lichty 

 1st; Dr. Maple 2d. 



BtacA;— Fowls, T. K. Bennett 1st — no com- 

 petition. Chicks, T. B. Dorsey 1st and 

 special — no competition. 



White— Yowls, T. B. Dorsey 1st. Chicks, 

 J. L. Otto 1st; T. B. Dorsey 2d. 



Graf/ — Chicks, J. L. Otto 1st — no competi- 

 tion. 



Class 4 — Hamburgs. 



Black — Fowls, Snyder & Hartman, 1st and 

 2d. Chicks, Geo. C. Liller, 1st and four 

 specials; T. K. Benett, 2d; T. B. Dorsey, 3d. 



SHrer Penciled. — Fowls, S. M. Nelson, 1st — 

 no competition. Chicks, Mrs. Kate Yearsley 

 Ash, 1st and 2d. 



Golden Penciled— Yowls, J. W. Bruckhart, 

 1st; Snyder & Hartman, 2d; T. K. Bennett, 

 3d. Chicks, T. B. Dorsey, 1st; J. W. Bruck- 

 hart, 2d and 3d. 



Silver Spangled — Fowls, no 1st premium; 

 Wm. F. McLean, 2d; Hon. J. A. Stober, 3d. 

 Chicks, T. B. Dorsey, 1st and special; Hon. 

 J. A. Stober, 2d and 3d. 



Class 5 — Spanish. 



Black .S/xi?!!^;— Chicks, -John Grosh, 1st — 

 no competition. 



White Leghorn — Fowls, Henry Neater, 1st 

 and 3d; Dr. D. F. Royer, 2d. Chicks, Robert 

 R. Morris, 1st and six specials; John R. 

 Trissler, 2d and 3d 



Brown Leghorn — Fowls, Dr. D. F. Royer, 

 1st — no competition. Chicks, Jos. H. Trissler, 

 1st, 2d and five specials; M. L. Greider, 3d. 



Class 5 — American. 

 Plymouth Rock— Yowls, Dr. D. F. Royer, 

 1st and five specials; Aug. L. Wentzel, 2d; 

 Lount Lattin, 3d. Chicks, Dr. D. F. Royer, 



