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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST, 
[May, 
CRESYLIC SOAP 
AND 
Saponaceous Compounds. 
Disinfectant, bisect Destroyer, Pre¬ 
ventive of Fungus, etc. 
1 Frequent mention has been made In the columns of the 
American Agriculturist of Cresylic Compounds, ns being 
valuable for destroying insects on animals and plants, and 
for other purposes. For some months past sve have been 
Investigating the merits of these preparations, with the 
following results. 
Cresylic Acid is extracted from gas-tar, to which it gives 
tile peculiar odor perceived on burning the tar. It has been 
used to a limited extent by chemists and physicians, for va¬ 
rious purposes, and their experiments have shown it to pos¬ 
sess remarkable properties ns a disinfectant, and in destroy¬ 
ing insect life and fungus growth. In its ordinary form it 
could not he readily applied, and hence was not available 
for common use. About two years since, Messrs. JAMES 
BUCHAN & CO., of New York, well-known as extensive 
manufacturers of family soaps, conceived the idea of com 
bining this acid in saponaceous compounds. By long and 
careful experimenting, they succeeded in producing soaps 
in various forms, possessing the active properties of this 
acid, and thus bringing it within the reach of all classes. 
These compounds have been patentod. 
We have watched with great interest the results of vari¬ 
ous applications of these compounds, knowing that if sue 
cessful, they would be of incalculable benefit to the commu¬ 
nity. By tests made under our own supervision, and the re¬ 
ports of careful observers, we believe it to be established 
that these Cresylic Compounds are 
1st. Complete Disinfectants.—They not only re¬ 
move all noxious odors from sinks, privies, stables, etc., hut 
will destroy all infection in clothing, rooms, etc., washed 
witli their solution. Tims, contagion from Small Pox, 
Typhus Fever, Cholera, and other diseases, may he effectu¬ 
ally prevented. They aro used in the New York and other 
Hospitals for these purposes. 
3<I. Insect Destroyers.—An animal washed with 
Cresylic Soap will be entirely freed from all vermin. It 
will destroy ticks on sheep, fleas on dogs, lice on cattle or 
poultry, roaches, ants, bedbugs, etc., in rooms. It repels 
flies from animals, and thus is especially useful in case of 
wounds or sores from any cause. 
So far as tried, it has been efficacious in repelling Insects 
from plants. We desire to have it more thoroughly tested 
for this purpose, and reports to be made. We believe it will 
free plants from Aphides, hark lice, slugs, bugs, caterpillars, 
striped hugs, curculio, and the whole host of minute but 
powerful enemies in the garden and fruit yard. 
3*1. Preventive of Fungus Growth.— On this 
point wc ask for further experiment. We feel confident this 
soap, properly applied, will prevent smut in wheat, mildew 
on vines, and similar parasitic growth, and trust that exper¬ 
imenters will furnish tlio result of their trials. 
4th. Cleaning Sores, etc.—For washing ulcers and 
other foul sores, and preventing gangrene in wounds, etc., 
Cresylic Soap Is, we believe, unequaled. We know also that 
It has been successful wherever used, for foot rot in sheep, 
and mange, itch, ring-worm, and other skin diseases. 
From numerous RECOMMENDATIONS of 
Cresylic Compounds, the following arc 
selected as being specially valuable. 
Five Points House op Industry, 155 Worth St. 
New York, Nov. 15,1SG7. 
Messrs. Buchan & Co.— Gentlemen —Some months since 
we purchased a large building which had been used as a 
tenement establishment for thirteen years, and was occupied 
by some ninety families. We tore away partitions, turning 
between three and four hundred rooms into less than one 
hundred. We found the walls and floors perfectly Infested 
with vermin. We used freely in cleansing the CRESYLJC- 
SOAPS, manufactured by your firm, and with the very best 
results, as the bugs, etc., have entiroly disappeared. We 
propose to continuo its use in cleaning our dormitories, hop¬ 
ing then to keep clear of a plague so common to all house¬ 
keepers in cities. S. B. HALL1DAY, Supt. 
Brooklyn, November, 1867. 
M. C. Edey, Agent for Sale of James Buouan & Co's, 
Cresylic Soaps, etc .—Dear Sir —We have had the Cresylic 
Soap used in the Raymond Street Jail and County Court, 
House, and in washing and cleansing prisoners' clothing 
ceils, etc.; and we are so much pleased with its cleansing 
disinfecting and insect-destroying efTects, that wo not only 
continue its use in above places, hut recommend that it 
should be generally used for those purposes. 
JOHN L. RYDER. ) Committee on Jails 
STEPHEN CLARK, > of Supervisors of 
D. S. VOORIIIES, ) Kings County, N.Y. 
Corpus Christi, Texas, Marcli 15.1868. 
Messrs. James Buciian & Co .— Gentlemen : Your Sheep 
Dip is wonderful in its effects. I have dipped 2,150 head 
with nine months' fleeces on their hacks. It is now three 
weeks since, and no scratching as yet. Your Dip is far su¬ 
perior to tobacco, not so disagreeable or unpleasant, much 
less trouble and more permanent. 
I have used it on horses when diseased with a species of 
mange or itch, and it has the same good effect as on sheep. 
F. W. SHAEFFER. 
On the use of disinfectants, the following is the testimony 
of Dr. Elisha Harris, Registrar of the Metropolitan Board 
of Health, New York City: 
“ The Disinfecting and Antiseptic Power of Good 
Carbolic Acid* is so Great that- One Part of it to 
Fifty or One Hundred Parts is Sufficient for Ordi¬ 
nary Purposes.” 
* CRESYLIC ACID is the active property of Carbolic 
Acid. 
Desiring that onr readers should he benefited by the ex¬ 
tended introduction of what we believe to be so valuable, we 
have established a general agency for the sale of these 
compounds, at our branch office. No. 4L Park Row, and are 
prepared to fill orders at wholesale or retail, at the follow¬ 
ing prices. 
Sheep Dtp, for Curing Scab and •Destroying Insects 
on Sheep. 
5 lb Canisters.$1.25 
10 “ " . 2.25 
50 “ Kegs.10.00 
200 “ Bhls.85.00 
Proportions are 1 lb Dip to 5 gallons water for 5 to 10 Sheep, 
If they are very large and heavily fleeced. For ordinary 
sized animals, or those recently shorn, 1 ft Dip will take 3 
to 10 gallons water. Thesolution must he graded according 
to the age and condition of the animal. 
Plant Protector.— In solution for destroying and re¬ 
pelling Insects from Trees or Plants. 
In 1 ft. Canisters, @50 cts.; in 3 ft. Canisters, © $1.00; larger 
packages same price as Sheep Dip. See above. 
Cresylic Ointment, for Cure of Foot Rot, &c. In 
solution for killing Insects, &c„ on stock. In S ft Canisters, $1, 
Carbolic Disinfecting Soap.— In tablets for con¬ 
venient use in washing Horses, Dogs, Pigs, &c„ destroying 
Insects of all kinds, protecting from Flies, curative of Sores, 
Scratches, and Chafes of all kinds. In boxes, 3 dozen tablets, 
$3.60; in boxes of 1 ft bars, 10 each, $1.00. 
Cresylic No. 1 Soap.— In Bars. For all common uses 
in the House and Laundry; 24 ft boxes, 13 cts. per ft; 60 ft 
boxes, 12K cts. per ft. 
Cresylic Laundry Soap.— A finer Soap, for the 
Laundry, and for the Bath, etc.; 60 ft boxes, 14 cts. per ft. 
24 ft boxes, and in 10 paper boxes containing 6 fts. each, 
packed in a case, 15 cts. per ft. Address orders to 
ORANGE JUDD & CO., 
41 Park Row, New York. 
DRAINING FOR PROFIT 
AND 
DRAINING FOR HEALTH. 
By GEO. E. WARING, Jr., 
Engineer of tho Drainage of Central Parle, New York. 
CONTENTS. 
Land to be Drained ; IIow Drains Act ; How to 
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What Draining Costs; Will It Pay? How to Make 
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