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everv farmer should know, even if they do not buy 

 my Manipulated. 



Farmer — Can I see it in the bags ? 



Kettlevvell — Yes sir, walk into the store ; there 

 it is. 



Farmer — Is that it ; I took that for Peruvian 

 Gimno. 



Kettlewell — No, sir, that is the orig-inator, "Ket 

 tlewell's" Manipulated Guano, branded upon every 

 bag — but no one could tell it from Peruvian by its 

 outward appearance — the bags — the odor — the whole 

 appearance so resembles Peruvian, that it cannot be 

 told until you examine its completely pulverized con- 

 dition ; here are no lumps; no dirt; perfectly dry; 

 entirely uniform, and admirably prepared for the drill, 

 or the farm hand to apply. 



Farmer— What did you say the price was? 



Kettlewell — The price varies with the price of 

 Peruvian Guano, which was last fall $55 per ton, 

 but this year has been advanced by ihe agents to $60 

 per ton — I then sold the No. 1 manipulated at $45 per 

 ton and the No. 2 at $40 of 2000 lbs. So long as 

 Peruvian continues at its present price the No I will 

 be $47 per ton and the No. 2 $42 per ton of 2000 lbs. 

 I have not advanced fully with the Peruvian. In ac- 

 tual value to the farmer, in crop and land, these 

 prices ought just to be reversed, the Manipulated 

 advanced to tlie price of the Peruvian, the Peruvian 

 reduced to the price of the Manipulated. Thousands 

 who have used both will confirm this. 



Farmer — What quantity do you apply per acre of 

 the Manipulated ? 



Kettlewell — Precisely the same quantity you 

 would apply of Peruvian" Guano, not cost for cost, 

 but pound for pound ; your crop will be fully equal, 

 never less — in all probal'ility more — and the service it 

 will render your land in durable improvement, will 

 be a full equivalent for the cost, independent of the 

 crop 



Farmer — Would you recommend its application 

 with the drill, or broadcast? 



Kettlewell — It is in a most perfect condition to 

 apply with the drill : wheat iloui' could be scarcely 

 more so, and so far as the cost of tlie manure is con" 

 cemeil, there is a great economy in this mode of ap- 

 plication ; but you must not forget that using the 

 Manipulated Guano is like using bone-dust, and 

 therefore sown bro.adcast gives permanent improve- 

 ment to the whole land. With this explanation, every 

 farmer can exercise his own judgment. 



Farmkr — It is a new thing in our neighborhood, al- 

 though I have heard it spoken of by those who have 

 used it, w.tth a praise that justifies all you have said : 

 I will therefore this time divide mv purchase, halt of 

 your Manipulated, and half of the Peruvian, whic'i 

 you can sup[)ly, and test the matter myself I will 

 also take one ton of the No. 2, as 1 cannot otherwise 

 than feel the force of what you have said in reference 

 to its durable qualities. I am the owner of my own 

 land, and feel an interest in its improvement equal to 

 crop. 



Kettlewell— That is the only true system of 

 farming, better understood, perhaps, and more prac 

 ticed upon by the intelligent German farmer of Penn- 

 svlyania, than, as a system in any other State of the 

 Union. Here, sir, is a large packet of certificates 

 which perhaps you would like to examine They are 

 worthy of confidence and respect, coming from sources 

 entitled to consideration— they embrace every descrip- 

 tion of soil, from limestone to sand — the growth of 

 almost every grain or plant — from the practical far- 

 mer — the extensive planter, and the amateur, and from 

 every quarter of Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania, 

 North Carohna, Georgia, and Soufb Carolina, &c. ; 

 and in co.iclusion, I challenge the publication of a 

 solitary instance where my ftlanipulated Guano has 

 failed to produce a first crop of anything that grows 

 or requiri!S manure, inferior, less in quantity, weight 

 or quality (I except the growth of straw, or the stalk 

 of the corn) than the Peruvian Guano, and after ten 



years of toil, unremittingly employed in. reaching the 

 article I now present to the public. I will abandon 

 the field if it does not produce a very far superior 

 second crop, or crop of clover without the addition 

 of any second application. 



OERTIFIO^TES. 



The following letter is from the careful, prudent and 

 reliable society, popularly known as " Skakers," from 

 their head-quarters, New Lebanon, New York. Tes- 

 timony from sRch a high source, must and will com- 

 mand attention : 



New Lebanon, July 15, 1858. 

 Friend G. Ober, GenH Agent for 



KettlewelV s Manipulated Guano. 

 Your favor of June 30th, came to hand in my ab- 

 sence. In reply I would say : Your Manipulated 

 Guano we have thoroughly tested, and on our medi- 

 cal gardens we find it fully equal to the Peruvian Gu- 

 ano, for promoting the growth of our medicinal herbs. 

 Wliere we have tried it side by side with Peruvian 

 Guano on some crops, and we find on many of the 

 plants, to be superior to any thing we have ever used, 

 I'eruvian Guano not excepted. 



EDWARD FOWLER. 



Petersburg, Va.. July 14, 1858. 



Mr. John Kettlewell, 



Dear Sir — Your favor of the 9ih instant was duly 

 received, and we regret that we have not been able (o 

 procure the promised letters and certificates in regard 

 to y<»nr Manipulated Guano, which certainly should 

 have been ready, but the writer, who attends to such 

 matters, was suddenly and unexpectedly called to the 

 west about a month since, and was unable to attend 

 to this matter before- leaving. You say you wish to 

 have your pampiilet out in a lew days, and we must 

 send these certificates on immediatelv. This will be 

 impossible, as all of the persons live in the country, 

 and it would i"equire some time to write them and re- 

 ceive their answers. We will therefore only give you 

 the names of some of our most successful farmers, 

 who have given your Manipulated a fair trial, side by 

 side with the Peruvian, and who are now using the 

 manipulated exclusively, and in preference to all other 

 numures. Mr. Francis R. Wills, of Prince George 

 County, Va., gave it as fair a trial as any one could 

 give, and we would be very glad to annex his certifi- 

 cate, but as he lives in the country we shall not have 

 time to get it, and will simply relate what Mr. Wills 

 stated in our office some two months since in the pre- 

 sence of some six or eight gentlemen, directly after he 

 had sold his tobacco in West Hill Warehouse, and 

 Mr. B. B. Vaughan, one of the Inspectors of the 

 Warehouse, will certify to the correctness of Mr. 

 Wills' statement, so far as the prices obtained for the 

 tobacco made with the respective manui-es. Mr. 

 Wills' Postof?ice is Petersburg, Va., and we will be 

 pleased if any gentleman will correspond with him 

 in regard to tliis matter. In the Spring of 1857, Mr. 

 Wills bought of us half ton of Peruvian Guano and 

 half ton of your Manipulated, which he applied on a 

 small lot near his home — dividing the lot in half, he 

 applied the half ton of each n)anure on each side of 

 the division, and planted the tobacco on the same dav, 

 worked it all alike — cut it at the same time — kept it 

 separate, but cured it in the same barn and with the 

 siune fires. At the tinif he cut it he states that he 

 thought the tobacco made from the Peruvian Guano 

 was the best, i)ut when he looked at it after being 

 cured he found that the crop where the Manipulated 

 Guano was apjjlied was much heavier and of a rich 

 oily nature, vvliile that made from the Peruvian was 

 light and a dry leafy substance. He brought both 

 crops to our city and sold it on the same day in West 

 Hill Warehouse. The crop made from the Peruvian 

 brought $7 per hundred pounds, and that made from 



