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SOUTHERN PLANTER— ADVERTISING SHEET. 



SALAERATUS. 



The subsribers offer to the trade Salaeratus of 

 different grades of strength, which they claim to be 

 of superior quality to any other in market, and en- 

 lirely free from any deleterious ingredients. 



We are the only manufacturers whose process of 

 manufacture is conducted under the immediate 

 superintendence of an experienced practical chem- 

 ist. Having been engaged for several years in the 

 manufacture of" our peculiar kind of Sakeratus, 

 and being the originator of those manufactured, we 

 can offer to consumers a guarantee of its great excel- 

 lence which no other manufacturer can do; the new 

 kind of Salaeratus pompously set forth, under various 

 names, in different advertisements, being merely 

 imitations of the article we originally introduced 

 to the public. 



We warrant the quality of all goods sold by us, 

 and agree to return the purchase money, together 

 with expenses of transportation, on every article 

 that proves to be inferior to our representation of 

 its quality. 



JOHN D WIGHT & CO. 

 Mr3t* No. 112 Pearl Street, New York. 



PERUVIAN GUANO SUPERSEDED! 

 AMMONIATED DISSOLVED BONES. 



The subscriber would call the attention of the agricul- 

 tural community to the valuable compound manufactured 

 by him, (in compliance with the suggestion of Prof. David 

 Stewart,) and known as 



AMMONIATEI) DISSOLVED BONES. 



The great snperiority of this Compound over Peruvian 

 Guano or any other manure, (artificial or natural,) consists 

 in the fact that it contains a much larger quantity of Phos- 

 phoric Acid and Alkaline Salts than any other now offered 

 to the farmer, and also an ample sufficiency of Ammonia, 

 which exists in the form of a Sulphate (thereby preventing 

 its escape) for any soil or crop to which it may be applied. 

 The Phosphoric Acid and Alkaline Salts being rendered 

 soluble by the use of Sulphuric Acid, enter at once into 

 the ground for the food of the plant, leaving the ground in 

 a much improved condition after the crop is gathered than 

 before the compound was applied. In proof of these as- 

 sertions we refer the reader to the letter of Prof. Stewart, 

 (which will be found below,) and this Compound having 

 been thoroughly tested by him for several years past upon 

 his own farm, and its snperiority over Peruvian Guano 

 proven beyond a doubt, both by Prof. S. and all who have 

 tried it, certainly commends itself to the confidence of 

 the farming community. 



The non-adaptation of Peruvian Guano to spring crops, 

 together with the present high price of that article, presents 

 a suitable opportunity for farmers to test this valuable 

 preparation the coming season, and as each package will 

 be analysed by Prof. Stewart, and his autograph inspection 

 certificate accompany each bag or barrel, farmers can re- 

 ly upon its genuineness^ and that it is manufactured 

 uniformly and in accordance icith his directions. 



Baltimore, August 27th, 1855. 

 Jo Mr. P. S. Chappdl: 



"A Dear Sir : I have witnessed the manufacture of the lot 

 No. 10 of " Ammoniated Dissolved Bones," and I have so 

 far completed the analysis of the sample I took from the 

 barrels that I am willing to engage four tons for my own 

 wheat field at $40 per ton, and certify the value of all such 

 lots in future, receiving a part of each lot as my only fee 

 for analysis and the use of my formula. I cannot recom- 

 mend it in stronger terms, especially to those who prefer, 

 as I do, to save all the manure of the barn-yard for corn, 

 and cover the wheat fiel t with manures free from weeds. 

 As clover and other grasses are usually sown with the 

 wheat, the success of both wheat and grass and the purity 

 of the hay will be insured by this plan. 



After a field is cropped in corn and oats, it is cleansed 

 foci weeds, and has lost its alkalies in the form of fodder 



and straw, and their restoraion is often impossible during 

 peculiar seasons like the present, unless we resort to con- 

 centrated manures that can be employed both before and 

 after the wheat is sown. I have heretofure^depended on 

 the tedious and expensive process of lining before corn, 

 in order to hasten the disintegration of the soil and com- 

 pensate for the removal of the alkalies and soluble silica by 

 it. But in future I will prefer concentrated manures as 

 above, believing, as J do, that both Lime and Peruvian 

 Guano, alone, only enable me to exhaust my soil more 

 rapidly of its most valuable elements. 



Unless the alkalies &c , exist in excess over the relative 

 proportion of ammonia, that exists naturally in some soils,) 

 then ammonia will produce no effect, and this is the reason 

 for the comparative or total failure of Peruvian Guano, on 

 good land. I have applied nmst liberal dressings of both Sul- 

 phate of Ammonia and Nitrate of Soda with insoluble phos- 

 phates without any effect, and my clover seed entirely failed 

 — where the wheat was manured with Peruvian Guano 

 alone, last year — but b< th wheat and clover succeeded 

 where dressed with a compound simitar to No 10, although 

 it was applied as a top-dressing after the wheat was put in 

 the Autumn. After our experience, with individual notes, 

 I should not take, much less endorse, the dime currency 

 of a millionaire. But I will both endorse and receive 

 these five dollar packages of your manufacture, while 1 

 can satisfy myself that the money value of each lot is faith- 

 fully represented in my report of analysis. 



Your facilities for obtaining material, and the extent and 

 completeness of your manufactory, should place you at the 

 head of this department in the State, that leads the way in 

 .the employment and sale of Concentrated Manures. 



Wishing you and every other young man success in all 

 laudable enterprises, I remain, 



Yours faithfully, 



. D. STEWART, M. D., 

 Chemist of Maryland State Agricultural Society 



The above valuable Compound contains, according to 

 analysis of Dr Stewart —Report No. 10 — 



Phosphoric Acid, 15.52 



Organic Mattel", Compounds of Ammonia, &c. 26.99 



, Lime, ------- 14.82 



Sulphuric Acid, - - - - - 04.85 



Sand of Insoluble portion, - - - - 06 00 



Water, 18.01 



Potash, Soda and Magnesia Salts, - - 13.81 



100.00 



Salts of Ammonia, - - -. 1130 

 Equal to Ammonia, - 03.06 



Proportion of the above compound soluble in water 21.57 

 or nearly 22 per cent, in ten parts of water. 



REPORT No. 20 —Oct. 1855— On a sample of Chap- 

 pcll's AMMONIATED DISSOLVED BONES. Propor- 

 tion soluble in ten parts of cold water, 29.80 or nearly 30 



per cent. 



Compound of Ammonia, 



- 24.10 



" Carbon, 



- 02.20 



Water, - 



- 13.11 



Sand and Insolluble, - 



- 09.20 



Mixed Phosphate, 



- 37.75 



Sulphuric Acid, 



- - 08.56 



Saks of Soda, - - - 



- 04.90 





100.00 



This sample was taken with my own hands from the 

 package designated by my autograph. 



The competition between the manufacturers at the North 

 and our Southern chemists for the sale of these Compounds 

 has taken the right direction. A laudable emulation seems 

 to be m progress who shall excel in quality without in- 

 creasing the price. The South seems to have it this time. 



David Stewart, M. D., 

 Chemist of Maryland State Agricultural Society, and Pro- 

 fessor of Chemistry and Natural Philosophy at St. John's 

 College, Annapolis, Md. 



