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Report of the State Chemist, to the House of Delegates, seve- 

 ral years since. It is not necessary for us here to endorse 

 either your pecuniary responsibility or your personal character. 

 The former can be easily proven by any one who may become 

 interested ; the latter has been endorsed in various ways, at 

 different times, by your party, by the people, and by our Na- 

 tional Executive. First, by your party, in nominating you 

 for the highly responsible and lucrative office of High Sheriff 

 of Baltimore City and County a nomination confirmed by a 

 large majority of your fellow-citizens ; then, by your appoint- 

 ment as a delegate to several of our National Presidential 

 Conventions ; and, subsequently, by your appointment to the 

 second gift of the President, in our State that of Naval Officer 

 of the Port of Baltimore. In each of these instances you had 

 for competitors some of the best men in our State. The best 

 future recommendation for your manure will be its results, and 

 to them we can look forward with implicit confidence. 



There doubtless is a marked difference in many of the cot- 

 ton lands of the South, which will have to be made known by 

 a chemical analysis. Some may be deficient in one substance, 

 and some in another. This variation, of course, is to be met 

 by a corresponding change in the constituents of the manure ; 

 and its failure must be attributed to the peculiar nature of 

 the soil, not the manure, when constituted as above recom- 

 mended. 



Wishing you success in your enterprise, and those who pat- 

 ronize it most abundant crops, we are very truly yours, 



JAMES HIGGINS. 

 CHARLES BICKELL. 

 JOHN KETTLEWELL, Esq., Baltimore. 



