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thod circulated or sold by any other persons, I 

 declare false and counterfeit. 



To facilitate the purchase of the Method, the 

 price is fixed at the following exceedingly mo- 

 derate rates : 



For gardens of any extent, $6 

 For farms, under 200 acres, 10 

 For farms, from 200 to 4U0 acres, 15 

 For farms, over 400 acres, 20 

 For plantations of any extent, 25 

 For this small sum, the method becomes the 

 property of the purchaser, for his own use forever. 



The application of this system is very simple, 

 and the process plainly explained in my method ; 

 but if any one of the purchasers should meet 

 with any difficulty in its application, or should 

 not realize the results that this method offers, 

 they may apply to me for the instructions ne- 

 cessary in order to a complete success in the 

 operation. If there should be a final failure, 

 which has never yet occurred, the purchase mo- 

 ney shall be restored. 



George Bommer. 



The following commendatory notice of this 

 valuable discovery, is from Professor Eli Ives, 

 M. D., one of the Vice Presidentt of the United 

 States Agricultural Society : 



" I have examined the pamphlet of Mr. Bom- 

 mer on the subject of manufacturing manure. 

 His method is founded on correct philosophical 

 principles, agreeable to those recently advanced 

 by Liebig. If the farmers can be induced to 

 purchase the right, and thoroughly execute his 

 plan of making manure, in my opinion, it will 

 very much increase the value of their farms. 



E. Ives. 



New Haven, Feb. 11, 1842." 



The Connecticut Farmers' Gazette for De- 

 cember, published at New Haven, contains the 

 following certificate : 



" I hereby certify that, having made repeated 

 trials of Mr. George Bommer's method of mak- 

 ing manure by fermentation, and having tested 

 its effects in the rapid decomposition of the mass 

 to which it has been applied, and having also 

 witnessed the influence of the manure made by 

 this process, in promoting the growth of vege- 

 tation, I am prepared to regard the invention as 

 an important accession to the farming interest ; 

 and, although, having tried other modes of mak- 

 ing manure with varied success, I am free to 

 acknowledge that I have never been acquainted 

 with any system of the kind that would com- 

 pare with this for utility. 



Erastus Dudley. 

 North Guilford, Nov. 23, 1842." 



The Editor adds — "We are well acquainted 

 with Mr. Dudley, the author of the above certi- 

 ficate, and we know him to be a man of sterling 

 integrity. He is an intelligent farmer, and not 



likely to be imposed upon by every new thing. 

 Inasmuch as he has tried Mr. Bommer's method, 

 and gives his unqualified testimony in its favor, 

 we have no hesitation in commending his state- 

 ment to the confidence of the public." 



Certificates from intelligent farmers might be 

 greatly multiplied, but we consider them unne- 

 cessary. 



For the Southern Planter. 

 THE SEASON. 



Messrs. Editors, — Perhaps you would like to 

 contrast this present spring weather of yours 

 with that which we are now enduring. 



Fancy if you can, that as I sit and write, I 

 look forth upon one broad expanse of snow — no 

 sudden fall of a few inches, but some good old 

 substantial stuff that has been with us since the 

 middle of November. Such a winter was never 

 known here before, since white men knew the 

 country. And the severity of it has been fatal 

 to great numbers of cattle. Food of every de- 

 scription for stock is nearly exhausted, and no 

 immediate prospect of relief. Oats for seed are 

 already sown in the insatiate maws of our starv- 

 ing beasts, and when it does come seed time, 

 many will be unable to sow. It is also feared, 

 that the great burthen of snow that fell upon 

 the wheat before the ground was frozen has 

 smothered the greater part of that. If so, it 

 will be a heavier blow than the loss of cattle, 

 for wheat is our great staple. 



Please give us the sunny side of the picture, 

 in contrast to this. Let us hear that there is a 

 land where grass grows in the spring. 

 Most respectfully, &c. 



Solon Robinson. 



Lake C. H., Ia., April 7, 1843. 



Matters are not quite so desperate with us as 

 described by our respected friend in Indiana. — 

 Although we had some spells of uncommon 

 cold, we had a great deal of mild and beautiful 

 weather during the winter. But our spring has 

 been extremely backward ; until within a few 

 days past, the elements have amused them- 

 selves with spouting snow, sleet and rain, darting 

 a few rays of the sun between, at lengthened 

 intervals. The season is fully six weeks behind- 

 hand ; oats, which should have been in the 

 ground in February, are now (the 25th of April) 

 just sown. We presume that with a majority, 

 corn is not yet planted, and some have hardly 

 had an opportunity of breaking up their corn 

 land. From what we can hear, however, the 

 wheat is not unpromising, and the corn may yet 

 do well: the oat crop, we should think, must 

 necessarily be a short one. 



But now for the other side of the picture. 



