SOUTHERN PLANTER.— ADVERTISING SHEET. 



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[he nianipultited brought $9|, and the latter weighed 

 much heavier. This is the general report of every 

 one who has given your mani|nilated a fair trial, and 

 from the reports we luive of it, and from all that we 

 know of it, we believe it to be the safest manure a 

 farmer can apply to his land. We annex Mr. Vaughan's 

 certificate and the names of farmers who are using 

 it largely and successfully. 



Very respectfull v, 



JOHN ROW LETT & CO. 



My agents in Petersburg Va., Messrs. John Rovy- 

 lett &, Co., refer to the following well known Virifinia 

 names as a refer* nee to the qualily and results of my 

 article bearing my name. It will bn observed that 

 they have generally selected one from each county. 



R. P. Atkinson. Dinwiddie County. 



H. A. VVinfree, Cb.ester County. 



F. R. Wills, Prince George County. 



T. B. Dyson, Nottoway County. 



Major R. N. Neblett, Nottoway County. 



J. W. Cooke, Belfield County. 



J. S, Harris, Brunswick County. 



W. M. Gill, Dinwiddie County." 



O. P. Hare, Prince George's County. 



J. W. Reese, Belfield County. 



Dr. G. H. Hunt. Greensville. 



B. Smith, Lunenburg County. 



PetersburCx, Va., July 14, 1858, > 

 West Hill Warehouse. \ 

 Messrs John Rowlett 8f Co. 



Gents — In reply to your enquiry, I with pleasure 

 state, that sometinnj in the early part ol' this year, tlie 

 Inspectors at this Warehouse sold for Mr. F. R. Wills, 

 a successful farmer of Prince Geoige, and a gentle- 

 man of high character and undoubted integrity, two 

 lots of loose tobacco, one of which, as stated by him, 

 was made on land where Manipulated Guano had 

 been used, and the other wiiere Peruvian Guano had 

 been used ; the former bringing $9^ per cwt.; the lat- 

 ter only $7. As indicated by the prices there was a 

 ■very marked difference in the two lots so far as to the 

 quality and characier of the tobacco; that of the for- 

 mer being heavier and rich; of the latter thin, bony, 

 coarse and poor. 



In addition, 1 will state that so far as I am informed, 

 the tobacco grown on land where Kettlewell's Manip- 

 ulated Guano has been used, is generally of a supe- 

 rior quality, and consequently several of our large to- 

 bacco growers are now using this guano on their to 

 bacco crop in preference to other manures. 



Very respectfully yours, 



B. B. VAUGHAN, 

 First Inspect, r West Hill W'arehouse. 



HicKSBURG, Dorchester Co., Md., ) 

 July 10, 1858. 5 

 Dear Sir — I can say to you briefly in regard to the 

 use by me of your ('' KettleweW s Manipulated Gua- 

 no,'") that whilst the scab has most seriously impaired 

 my crop, that its results were superior to tRe use of 

 Peruvian, and that I would prefer »t— certainly as leave 

 use it as the Peruvian at the same price in the produc- 

 tion of a first crop. From my knowledge of your ar- 

 ticle, I have great faith in its value for a second crop. 

 Your friend, 



RUB. F. THOMPSON. 

 P. S. — I have my grain in market, and find the quan- 

 tity about equal, but the qualiiy of the grain grown 

 from the Manipulated decidedly of better quality. I 

 shall continue to use your article. 



James T. Deane, Esq., of Richmond, writes under 

 date of July 6th, in the following extract : 



" My trip to my fiirm was a hurried one, consequent- 

 ly unsatisfactory. 1 saw enough, however, to satisfy 

 ine of the superiority of the Manipulated over the 

 Peruvian, and but for the rust, my wheal crop would 



have exceeded any ever before grown on the jjlace, 

 if it does not do so now. ' 



Dear Sir — In answer to your inquiry, I take great 

 pleasure in stating, as you know, that I have sold a 

 very large quantity of your Manipulated Guano, scat- 

 tered throughout Baltimore and Harford counties, Ma- 

 ryland, and the border counties of Pennsylvania, and 

 that 1 have, with a constant personal communication 

 with the best farmers of tliis model farming couutry, 

 heard but one universal expressi(Ki of testimony, that 

 of approval. As a producer of a first crop it is fully 

 equal to Peruvian Guano, and in durability and ail 

 else its master; such is tht- universal opinion and ex- 

 perience. Your friend, 



CHARLES B. GREEN. 



Baltimore, July 12, 1858. 



Norfolk, July 14, 1858. 



John Kettlewell, Esq. 



Dear Sir — Yours of the 8th instant is to hand, cim- 

 tents noted. Absence from home has prevented an 

 earlier reply. 



Those of our farmers and truckers who have tested 

 your Manipulated Guano, inform me that they con- 

 sider it equal, if not superior, to the Peruvian. 



Mr. David Creecy. a neiirhboring farmer and truck- 

 er, inlnrmed me, '* That after several years of expe- 

 rience in the use of other Guanos, he had found none 

 that would produce the same lasting elfects on soils 

 as your Manipulated. The second, and frequently 

 the third crop being equal to the first, or land where 

 your Fertilizer is used, if mixed with the soil in the 

 same way, and in ilie same quantity as the Peruvian 

 \»ill produce the second and (bird year crops equal to 

 the first.'" I can safely say, from facts and intbrma- 

 tion elicited, that there is no lUiUiure superior to your 

 Guano, and 1 have no doubt, as soon as its valuable 

 {)roperties are belter known, that most of our farmers, 

 planters and truckers, will purchase it in preference 

 to any other. Resr)ectfuilv yours, &.C., 



B. S. BOCKOVER. 



Farmville, Va., July 12, 18.58. 

 Extract from a letter of Howell E. Warren : 

 Every person to whom I have sold your Manipu- 

 i lated Guano have approved of it, and some consider 

 I it equal to Peruvian guano. One gentleman, :Vlr. Joel 

 ! J. Scott, who has, until recently, been one of our best 

 farmers in Cumberland county, Va., gave, as his opin- 

 ion, that it was superior to Peruvian Guano, he used 

 it more extensively than any other of my customers ; 

 1 have no doubt it is a valuable manure. 



I remain, very respectfully, 



HOWELL E. WARREN. 



In a personal interview with my friend and agent, 

 R. C. Carter, Esq., of Denton P. O., Caroline co. Md., 

 \ he authorized me to say in his name, the universal 

 I satisfaction which my Manipulated Guano had afiford- 

 i ed, with one exception — namely, he had heard what 

 I had been used by Jacob Morgan, Esq., had not turned 

 1 out so well — but immediately on Mr. Carter's return 

 home, I received the following letter: 



Caroline Co., Md., July 7th, 1858. 

 Dear Sir — When in Baltimore I stated to yon that 

 I had learned that Mr. Jacob Morgan's wheat was a 

 failure, where your Manipulated Guano was used, 

 but am happy to say now, that 1 have just learned 

 from one of Mr. Morgan's neighbors that his best 

 wheat is from the Manipulated, even surpassing the 

 best No. 1 Peruvian. Respectfully yours, 



R. C. CARTER. 



Hanover, Pa., July 10, 1358. . 



Mr. John Kettlewell, 



Dear Sir — We have sold considerable of your Ma- 

 nipulated Guano last season, and as far as we can 



