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SOUTHERN PLANTER.—ADVERTISING SHEET. 



AGRICULTURAL WAREHOUSE. 



THE Subscribers continue' to manufacture at their 

 large New Factory on Gary Street, between 9th 

 and 10th, all kinds of Agricultural Machines and Im- 

 plements of the latest and most approved patterns 

 which will be made of the best materials and of su|)e- 

 rior workmanship. They are now prepared to receive 

 and execute orders for the same. 



They ask attention to "Cardwell's double and sin- 

 gle geared Horse-Powers and Threshers," which have 

 taken a premium at everv Fair at which they have 

 been exhibited, also to " Croskill's Clod Crusher." 

 '* Manny's Patent Reaper and Mower " thi- best in use. 

 Horse Raker, Corn Shellers from $10 to $3.5. Wheat 

 Drills, Straw Cutters, Rick's patent iron Beam Plows, 

 of various sizes, Seymour's and Sage's Patent Broad 

 Cast Sowing Machines, Fan Mills, various patterns, 

 Corn Planters, Hay Presses, Grain Cradle, and almost 

 every other machine and implement required by Plant- 

 ers. BALDWIN, CARDWELL & CO. 

 April, 1857. Store 148, Mai n St: 



E. t7winst()nTc(x7~ 



Sole Agents in Richmond, Va., for 



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 MANIPULATED GUANO. 



April 1857.— tf 



MITCHELL & TYLER, 



DEALERS IN 



Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Silver and Plated 

 Ware, Military and Fancy Goods. 



_^ RICHMOND, VA. 



KETTLEWELL'S 



mm\i MANIPULATED 6MN0, 



The Conqueror of Peruvian Guano ! 

 Presented in a Free and Familiar Form. 



I have thought that I could not present my Manip- 

 ulated Guano in a more intelligent form, than by 

 transferring to paper, the leading enquiries made by 

 farmers when they personally visit me at No. 8 Bow- 

 ly's wharf, Baltiiiiore, during the season when fertili- 

 zers are bought. 



The dialogue embrace ; the principle points upon 

 which they usually desire information, and if any 

 have escaped me, it would be needless to say how 

 much pleasure it would afford me to supplv it. 



It will be understood that these interrogations and 

 replies are only made by those who have never used, 

 or witnessed the very wonderful ai d remarkable re- 

 sults of my " No. 1 and No. 2 Manipulated Guano." 



JOHN KETTLE WELL, 

 No. 8 Bowly's Wharf, Baltimore. 



Farmer — Mr. Kettlewell, I have called in to make 

 some enquiriej in regard to your " Manipulated 

 Guano." 



Kkttlewell — Take a seat sir, it will give me 

 pleasure to frankly answer every enquiry you desire 

 to make, and as 1 ain wholly and solely' the origina- 

 tor of the article, I can {)robably give you all the in- 

 formation you desire. 



Farmer — Are you indeed the originator of the Ma- 

 nipulated? 1 saw some in 1856, branded wiih the 

 name of John S. Reese. 



Kettlewkll— That is true, sir; I was then Naval 

 Officer of the Port of Baltimore, but had been making 

 experiments for two years upon my own farm, before 

 it was formerly inlroduced to the public, although I 

 had previously sold it to some personal friends, and 

 in seeking some one to aid me in presenting it to the 

 public. I accidentally came across Mr. Reese, and per- 

 mitted his name to be branded upon ten or twelve 

 thousand bags, although he had no more to do with 

 the origination or manipulation of it, directly or re- 

 motely, than you had. 



Farmer — Was there so much as ten or twelve 

 thousand bags with his name thus branded upon 

 them 1 



Kettlewell — Yes sir, but the arrangement was 

 only temporary, nnd now, my own, the originator's 

 name, is stamped upon every bag — the genuine Ma 

 nipulated Guano of 1856 — but branded then with the 

 name of John S. Reese — but not to consume your 

 time, here is a pamphlet, published at my own ex- 

 pense, in which you can read both sides. 



Farmer — Thank you, sir; my sympathies are al- 

 ways with the man who makes the sacrifices, and suf- 

 fers the toil and anxiety of inventing or originating a 

 great public good, and if I do buy 1 shall give you the 

 preference, besides which a man feels more confidence 

 in buying from one who ought to understand his bus- 

 iness best. But Mr. Kettlewell, it will take time to 

 overoome a prevailing prejudice in regard to ma- 

 nures. 



Kettlewell — There is truth in what you say, but 

 far less with the manipulated than any other article 

 perhaps that ever attracted the farmers' attention. It 

 seemed to take intuitively from the beginninir ; never- 

 theless every really meritorious article has had to 

 commend and sustain itself. Sir Walter Raleigh: 

 found less difficulty in introducing the tobacco plant, 

 than potato — Sir Anthony Ashley could scarcely 

 make the people of England sensible of the value of 

 a head of cabbage, and Sir Richard Weston found 

 the same difficulty with clover when he first brought 

 it from Flanders to Great Britain in 1695 — the gene- 

 ration that have gone before us well knew the varied 

 opinions in regard to plaster, whilst we ourselves 

 know the discussions in regard to lime less than 

 twenty years ago — 1 myself know where a misadven- 

 ture in the application of lime, retarded the prosperity 

 of one section of a Pennsylvania county for more 

 than ten years, whilst the other section was renovated 

 to a very high extent. All these things vindicated 

 themselves— they have been more appreciated, the 

 more they have been used, and their history and re- 

 cord will be that of the " Manipulated Guano." 



Farmer — What you say is true; but, Mr. Kettle- 

 •vell, what is your Manipulated Guano 1 



Kettlewell — The least of a secret you can pos- 

 sibly imagine, so plain that he who runs may read 

 and understand ; simply, two gi.anos combined bj 

 machinery, the only way that they can be united to 

 act in concert; the very best Peruvian, and the very 

 best Phosphatic Guano in equal parts, half and half, 

 in rational proportions, Bone Dust and Ammonia. 



Farmer — Why, Mr. Kettlewell, that is Peruviaa 

 Guano, precisely Ammonia and Phosphate of Lime; 

 how can yours be a better article? 



Kettlewell— Still more easy of solution. The 

 Peruvian contains 16 per cent of Ammonia, when 8 

 per cent is rather more than sufficient ; the grain or 

 the plant requires no more; a greater quantity is a 

 positive injury; upon the other hand the Peruviaa 

 contains only 25 to 30 per cent, of Phosphate of 

 Lime, whilst for land and crop a third more is poai- 



