[May, 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
1877.} 
ASHTONS 
FACTORY FILLED SALT. 
CAUTION TO BUTTER AND CHEESE 
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 Salt may, by ana¬ 
lysis, prove as pure qs 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 unsuita¬ 
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 FIlbliD SALT 
Newburgh, N. Y., January 10th, 1877. 
MANUFACTURERS IN THE UNITED STATES. 
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 
be 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 
SALT 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 few 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 market 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. Therefore the fol¬ 
lowing letters from Messrs. Homer 
Ramsdell & 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. 
- Gentlemen .-—It is our opinion that Ashton’s Factory Filled Salt is the best 
ealt 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’6 for butter manufacture, because in 
weight and quality it never varies. (Signed) W. O. MAELLER & CO. 
Newburgh, N. Y., January 15th, 1877 .—Gentlemen :—l 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. 
NICHOLAS ASHTON & SONS, Liverpool, England. 
anil “FIT OF TOOLS,” from $16 to 
$70. Thousands sold. Centennial Medal 
awarded. Send 3c. stamp for Catalogue to 
EMPIRE PORTABLE FORGE CO., 
Troy, N. Y. 
FARM FORGES 
New Works on 
Fancy Alphabets, Designs for Fret 
Saw, Drawing Studies, Architecture. 
WOODWARD’S ORNAMENTAL AND FANCY 
ALPHABETS, MONOGRAMS, and TITLES. 
To be completed in Twenty Parts. The finest work oil 
Letters and Lettering ever published. For the use of 
Draughtsmen, Engravers, Architects, Engineers, and 
Schools. Four Parts—Nos. 1, 2, 3, and 4, quarto size- 
now ready, each complete in itself and sold separately. 
Each number contains eight quarto plates, 9x12 inches, 
and will average about 230 letters from about twenty-five 
different alphabets, many of which are given in lull. 
Post-paid, each part,-50 cts. 
WOODWARD’S ARTISTIC DRAWING STU¬ 
DIES. Heads, Figures, Animals, and Landscapes. 
Superior Studies for the Lead Pencil, and Black and 
■White Crayons on Tinted Background, for Artists, Art 
Students, and Schools. Two Parts now ready, each 
complete in itself and sold separately, Eacli number 
contains eight quarto plates, 9x12 inches, and they are 
considered the finest examples of drawing studies ever 
published iii this country. Post-paid, each, 50 cts. 
WOODWARD’S NEW AND SELECTED DE¬ 
SIGNS FOR THE FRET SAW, for Household 
and Ornamental Work of every kjnd. One Part now 
ready, complete in itself. Quarto size. This part con¬ 
tains twenty-tour leaves for a great variety of new 
■ ornamental work of easy execution. Post-paid, 50 cts. 
WOODWARD’S NATIONAL ARCHITECT, 
Vol. Two. To be,completed in Twenty-four Parts, at 50 
cents each, post-paid, embracing New and Original De¬ 
signs, Plans, Elevations, Sections, and Detail Drawings 
to Working Scale for City and Country Houses. Part 
One is now ready; each Part contains eight Quarto 
Plates, and descriptions. Part One, complete in itself, 
comprises the Elevation Plans and Working Details 
adaptable for a block of Dwellings, Stores, Apartment 
Houses, or Public Buildings, of one hundred feet front¬ 
age. Post-paid, 50 cts. 
VW Send for specimen copies of either or each of the 
above, only 50 cts. each, post-paid. 
ORANGE JUDD COMPANY, 245 Broadway, N. Y. 
A COPPER BULL-RING-, 
2!4 inches in diameter, of the 
most approved pattern, with 
screw-driver for putting it to¬ 
gether, will be sent, prepaid, on 
V’ receipt of $1.00. Address 
ORANGE JUDD COMPANY, 245 Broadway, N. Y. 
A Trochar for Cattle-Men, 
In June of 1S72 we gave illustrations of a Tro¬ 
char and Cannula to l>e used in ringing 
a bull, and on page 13 (January) and 
|| || .page 97 (March) of this Journal for 1873. 
H I we described the use of this apparatus 
i j in relieving hoven in cattle. These ar¬ 
il 1 tides have brought out a large demand for 
1 HI Trochars, and failing to find just the right 
Ml I kind among the makers of surgical imple- 
"*”■ meats, we have induced an establishment 
to undertake their manufacture. We give 
herewith a small engraving of the Trochar. 
These articles are now in the trade, and 
maybe had of most dealers in agricultural 
implements. Those who can not get them 
from dealers can receive them from this office, prepaid, 
for $1.00. 
ORANGE JUDD COMPANY, 245 Broadway, N. Y. 
FARM TALK: 
A Series of Articles in tlie Colloquial 
Style, illustrating; Various Common 
Farm Topics. 
By GEO. K. BRACKETT. 
Contents; —Guess Farming'; Pedigree Corn ; About Hay- 
Fancy Farmers; When to sell Produce; Butter Muk- 
Geftiifg Ready for the Cattle Show; Agricultural Col- 
Posterity; Road Making and Breaking; In the Barn ; llow 
Trees Grow; Pigs and Poultry ; Farm Fences; Out in the 
Fields. 
Price, post-paid, paper covers, 50 cts.; cloth, 75 cts. 
ORANGE JUDD CO., 245 Broadway, New York. 
iar SEND FOR 
DESCRIPTIVE PRICE LIST, 
Containing ANALYSES and prices of 
ALL LEADING FERTILIZERS, Pe¬ 
ruvian Guano, Pure Bone, Super- 
Phosphates, etc.), and Fertilizing 
Materials, by the ton, single pack¬ 
age 200 lbs.; also in bags of 50 and 
25 lbs. each, adapted for experi¬ 
ments or soil tests. Also Circulars 
on Potash-Salts, Analyses of Crops, 
Ville’s Formulas, sent free. 
The Mapes Formula and 
Peruvian Guano Co,, 
158 Front St., IVew York. 
FLORAL NURSERIES, Dubuque, la. 
My Catalogue of New and Choice Plants now 
ready, tree to all. _ W. A. HARKETT, 
“Eclipse” Victorious 
(See Centennial Judges report.) 
STRONGEST WIND¬ 
MILL MADE. 
(Tested 10 years. Thousands in use. 
| A solid wheel without joints. 
Produces 15 per cent more power. 
We build 13 sizes Mills 
for Pumping and Power purposes. ‘ 
Send for Illustrated Circulars. ! i 
C. B. SALMON, Sec’y, Beloit, Wis.’l 
PUMP CO. 
Water raised to any height and 
distance by 
COMPRESSED AIR. 
The best and most economical means 
yet devised for giving a Country House 
or farm the water conveniences enjoy¬ 
ed in cities. Plenty of fresli water lor 
stock on farms. 
For Catalogue and Price List, address 
HARTFORD PUMP CO., Hartford, Conn. 
1500kWALTER ENGINE. 
Compact, Substantial, Economical, and 
Easily managed. Guaranteed to work 
well and give full power claimed. En¬ 
gine and Boiler complete, including 
Governor, Pump, &c., (and boxing), at 
the low price of 
B Horse-Power.$242.00 
4 'A “ “ . 283.50 
6 M “ “ . 343.50 
B3?” Put on Cars at Springfield, Ohio. 
JAMES LEFFEL & CO., 
Springfield, Ohio, 
or 109 Liberty St., New York City. 
Mark Twain’s Patent Self-Pasting 
Scrap Book. 
Prices from $1.25 to $3.50 each, 
including postage. 
Send for a descriptive Cir- : j 
cular. 
SLOTE, WOODMAN & CO., 
119 & 121 William Street, 
___ New York. _ 
FOR SALE AT A GREAT SACRIFICE. 
A HEW PI AH 0. 
An elegant New. Square Grand Arion Piano. 1A 
Octaves, Rosewood, Four Round Corners, Extra Carved 
Legs, Arion Scroll Desk and Carved Lyre. The List Price of 
this elegant instrument is $850, but it will be sold at a 
very large discount for cash. _ , 
Address CEO. T. T1MPSON, 26 Broad St., Few York. 
ADVERTISING RATES. 
American Agriculturist. 
ENGLISH EDITION. 
Ordinary Pages, $ 1.00 per line (agate), each insertion. 
Last Page, and Third Cover Page, $1.25 per line. 
Second Cover Page— $1.50 per line. 
Page next to Reading and Last Cover Puye—S2.00 per line. 
No advertisement taken for less than $3.00 each insertion. 
GE1I9IAN EDITION. 
Inside Pages, 15 cents per line, each insertion. 
Business Notices and Last Page, 25 cents per line. 
No advertisement taken for less thnn'$1.00 each Insertion. 
S®-No Advertisement of Medicines or Humbugs received. 
Address all orders to 
ORANGE JUDD COMPANY. 
245 Broadway, Nbw York. 
