[ Apkil, 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
1877.] 
ASHTONS 
FACTORY FILLED SALT. 
CAUTION to butter and cheese manufacturers in the united states. 
It has come to our knowledge that 
salt manufacturers and others are is¬ 
suing circulars in the United States 
claiming their salt is equal to Ashton’s 
Factory Filled Salt, and as proof they 
publish certain tests by chemical ana¬ 
lysis. We beg to say that consumers 
of salt ought not to be deceived by 
such representations, as such analysis 
does not determine whether one brand 
of salt is as good or suitable for a par¬ 
ticular purpose as another. For in¬ 
stance, St. Martin’s Sait may. by ana¬ 
lysis, prove as pure as Ashton’s, and 
yet St. Martin’s Salt is suitable for 
beef and pork packing and is entirely 
unfit for butter, on account' of its 
grain , whilst Ashton’s Salt is unsuit i- 
ble for beef and pork packing, yet is 
just the quality and grain required for 
butter making. Misrepresentations 
have been made with regard not only 
to the quality of Ashton’s Salt, but 
also to the sacking. With reference to 
the quality of the salt, we say that the 
same care is taken to-day in its manu¬ 
facture as for more than half a century. 
Also that the process of manufacture 
is the same which originally secured 
the grain and quality which has so 
distinguished it from the beginning, 
and which has secured for it a pre¬ 
cedence over all other brands of salt. 
Our process of manufacture, differing 
from that to which any other salt is 
subjected, makes ASHTON’S 
FACTORY FILLED SALT 
uniform in grain, free from all im¬ 
purities, while in quality it is exactly 
what is best suited for the manufacture 
of butter, into which it dissolves uni¬ 
formly, and it is a fact too well known 
for even notice here, that butter must 
he uniformly salted to make it of 
the highest quality. We do not ask 
butter manufacturers of the United 
States to accept our word alone as 
proof that the quality of ASH¬ 
TON’S FACTORY FILLED 
SA LT is the best that can be used 
-for their purposes, for we are in pos¬ 
session of many certificates from emi¬ 
nent merchants, and responsible but¬ 
ter makers, of its quality, and offer 
from a fpw sources, which will at once 
be recognized as important and com¬ 
manding, letters which will speak for 
themselves, since they come from a 
district that has secured for its butter 
manufacture the highest markei prices. 
It is well known that Orange Co. but¬ 
ter has realized the first position in the 
New York market, on account of its 
quality, and that the highest price is 
paid for the same. Therefo e the fol¬ 
lowing letters from Messrs. Homer 
Earns dell & Co., Messrs. W. O. Maeller 
& Co., and Mr. E. T. Skidmore, of 
Newburgh, Orange Co., N. Y., all of 
whom have been for over a quarter of 
a century distributors of salt in this 
dairy district, will command the at¬ 
tention of butter makers every¬ 
where. 
Newbubgh, N. Y., January 10th, 1877.— Gentlemen It is our opinion that Ashton's Factory Filled Salt is the best 
salt imported into the United States, and we have no doubt that the excellence of Orange Co. butter was and is main¬ 
tained through the almost exclusive use of this brand of salt. Yours truly, (Signed) HOMER RAMSDELL & CO. 
Newburgh, N. Y., January 13th, 1877.— Gentlemen -Your inquiry with reference to salt used for butter pur¬ 
poses is at hand. On account of our experience with Ashton’s and other brands of Liverpool salt, we should not 
consider it right or even prudent to recommend any brand except Ashton’s for butter manufacture, because in 
weight and quality it never varies. (Signed) W. O. MAILLER & CO. 
Newburgh, N. Y., January 15th, 1877 .— Gentlemen I have not the slightest doubt that the superior quality of 
Orange Co. butter was and is due to the use of Ashton’s Salt, which I consider the best and only safe salt to use in 
butter making, and I could not recommend any other brand Several years ago I tried to introduce domestic salt 
against Ashton's, but complaints against butter made with it compelled me to abandon the attempt, and go back to 
Ashton’s. Yours truly, (Signed) E. T. SKIDMORE. 
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THE 
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