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OUR FERTILIZER DEPARTMENT. 



This branch of the business has increased to such an extent that it 

 now forms quite an adjunct to our general trade, and, since we handle 

 this class of goods in connection with our other business, claim that we 

 can sell the same (quality considered) on better terms than a house 

 which has to depend for subsistence on Fertilizers alone. Our lines of 

 goods are now so varied that we have something to offer the purchaser 

 for every day in the 3^ear, and in consequence of this fact we can and do 

 sell our Fertilizers on as close a margin as is consistent with fine goods. 



While the comparative value of Fertilizers is still a problem, at the 

 same time our experience has taught us that the only way to build up 

 a trade and keep it, is to manufacture a complete manure containing all 

 of the necessary ingredients of Plant Food at a moderate price; we well 

 know that the experience of some few farmers has been different, and 

 that they have taken up other Fertilizers which are not complete in 

 their make-up; but these are only isolated cases, and these same farmers 

 invariably come back to first principles. They lose sight of the fact 

 that their crops are not feeding entirely -on the Fertilizers they are now 

 using, but are getting the benefit of old reliable goods used several 

 years before; unfortunately, however, the truth is often not discovered 

 until the experiment has been a very costly one. 



We have nothing new to offer in this line, nor any new suggestions 

 to make, but suffice it to say that during the season just ended we were 

 not able to fill all orders, and the past results have been most encourag- 

 ing. The description of our old brands, so well and favorably known, 

 will be found on the following pages. 



