234 : 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST, 
[Junk, 
PURITY AND HEALTH. 
CARBOLIC SOAPS 
AND 
Saponaceous Compounds 
OF 
Carbolic and Cresylio Acids. 
Disinfectant, Insect Destroyer, Fre- 
yentive ©f Fungus, etc. 
Carbolic Acid has been known by chemists for many years, 
but it is only recently that it has been thoroughly investi¬ 
gated by them and its peculiar qualities in the departments 
of hygiene and medicine recognized. Enlightened physi¬ 
cians everywhere to-day employ it as the best disinfectant 
known ; as an azymotic, that is, fatal to all low forms of ani¬ 
mal and vegetable life ; and an antiseptic, that Is, opposed to 
decay or putrefaction. While the purer forms of Carbolic 
Acid are preferably employed for the toilet, the Laundry, 
and the medicinal wants of man, the Impure Carbolic Acid, 
containing a mixture of Cresylio Acid, has been found more 
effectual in destroying insect life, and better for use on ani¬ 
mals, since it is of a more astringent nature. 
Frequent mention has been made in the columns of the 
American Agriculturist of Carbolic Compounds, as being 
valuable for destroying insects on animals and plants, and 
for other purposes. For some months past we have been 
investigating the merits of these preparations with the fol¬ 
lowing results. 
Carbolic Acid is extracted from gas-tar, to which it gives 
the peculiar odor perceived on burning the tar. In its ordi¬ 
nary form it could liotbe readily applied, and hence was not 
available for common use. About three years since, Messrs. 
JAMES BUCHAN & CO., of New York, well known as ex¬ 
tensive manufacturers of family soaps, conceived ttie idea of 
combining 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 patented. 
IVe have watched with great interest the results of vari¬ 
ous applications of these compounds, knowing that if suc¬ 
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 Cresylio Compounds are 
1st. Complete Disinfectants.—They not only re¬ 
move all noxious odors from sinks, privies, stables, etc., but 
will destroy all infection in clothing, rooms, etc., washed 
with their solution. Thus, contagion from Small Pox, Typhus 
Fever. Cholera, and other diseases, may be effectually pre¬ 
vented. They are used iu the New York and other Hospitals 
for these purposes. 
3<1. Insect Destroyers.— An animal washed with 
Carbolic Soap will be entirely freed from all vermin. It 
will destroy tick's on sheep, fleas on dogs, lice on cattle or 
poultry roaches, ants, bed-bugs, etc., in rooms. It repels 
flies from animals, and thus is especially useful in case of 
wounds or sores from any cause. 
3d. Preventive of Fungus Growth.—On this 
point we 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 the result of their trials. 
4th. Cleaning Sores, etc.— For washing ulcers and 
other foul sores, and preventing gangrene in wounds, etc.. 
Carbolic Soap is, we believe, unequaled. We know also that 
ii has been successful wherever used, for footrot in sheep, 
and mange, itch, ring-worm, and other skin diseases. 
From numerous RECOMMENDATIONS of 
Crcsylic Compounds, the following arc 
selected as being specially valuable. 
Five Points House of Industry, 155 Worth St. 
New York, Nov. 15, lStii. 
Messrs. Bucnax & 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 CAUBOLIC 
SOAPS, manufactured by your firm, and with the very best 
results, as the hugs, etc., have entirely disappeared. We 
propose to continue 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. 1IALLIDAY, Supt. 
Corpus CnRisTr, Texas, March 15,1S69. 
Messrs. James Buchan & Co .—Gentlemen: Your Sheep 
Dip is wonderful in its eflects. I have dipped 2,150 head with 
nine mouths' fleeces on their backs. It is now three weeks 
since, and no scratching as yet. Your Dip is far superior 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 ns on sheep. 
F. W. SHAEFFEB. 
Windsor Locks, Conn., Nov. 23,1869. 
Messrs. James Buchan & Co.— Gents— I have used vonr 
SHEEP DIP for two years, and think it is the best prepara¬ 
tion that I know of for destroying Ticks and Lice on sheep 
and cattle. It is far preferable to Tobacco, and should think 
it would be a sure cure for scab. BUKDETT LOOMIS. 
Office Brooklyn City' Railroad Company, 
November 12,1S68. 
1 take great pleasure in recommending the Carbolic 
Disinfecting Soaps, manufactured by Jas. Buchan & Co., 
for the cure of all external diseases to which horses are sub¬ 
ject. 1 tried the Ointment on a horse with a severe fistula on 
his shoulder as a first test, and with entire success. And I 
cannot speak in sufficiently strong terms of its healing qual¬ 
ities, in all cases of galls, scratches, bruises, swellings, etc. 
I am using the soap iu all of our stables. 
No person owning a horse should he without these soaps ; 
for, in my long experience with horses, I have never found 
any thing to compare with them. HENRY PALMER, 
“ Supt. Horses Brooklyn City R. R. Co.” 
New York, Dec. 1,1SG9. 
Messrs. Bowman & Blewett.— Gentlemen —Having used 
your Carbolic Laundry Soap in our Laundry for the past 
two months, and finding its cleansing properties so far su¬ 
perior to any soap we have ever used, we lake the very 
greatest pleasure in recommending it to every laundry and 
family in the country. Our goods are whiter by far, more 
easily and thoroughly cleansed from every stain, grease 
spots, etc., and this too with 59 per cent less 6oap, and our 
premises are kept sweet and clean by its use. 
Yours respectfully, ANDRUS BROTHERS. 
On the use of disinfectants, the following is tho testimony 
of Dr. Elisha Harris, Registrar of the Metropolitan Board 
of Health, New York City: 
“Tiie 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.” 
Desiring that our readers should be benefited by the ex¬ 
tended introduction of what we believe to he so valuable, 
we have established a general agency for the sale of these 
compounds, keeping them constantly on hand, and are pre¬ 
pared to fill orders at wholesale or retail, at tho following 
prices. 
Since]) Dip, for Curing Scab and Destroying Insects 
on Sheep. 
5 lb Canisters.$1.25 
10 “ “ . 2.25 
50 “ Kegs.10.00 
200 “ Bbls.35.00 
Proportions arc 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 lb Dip will take 8 
to 10 gallons water. The solution must be 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 lb. Canisters, @50 cts.; in 3 lb.Canisters, © $1.00; larger 
packages same price as Sheep Dip. See above. 
Crcsylic Ointment, for Cure of Footrot, etc. In 
solution for killing Insects, etc., on stock. In l lb Canisters,® 
50 cts.; in 3 lb Canisters, $1; in 5 lb Canisters, $1.25. 
Carbolic Disinfecting Soap.—In tablets for con¬ 
venient use iu washing Horses, Dogs, Pigs, etc., destroying 
Insects of ail kinds, protecting from Flies, curative of Sores, 
Scratches, and Chafes of all kinds. In boxes, 3 doz. tablets, 
$3.60; in boxes of 1 Ibbars, 10 each, $1.00. 
Carbolic I,a tirulry Son p, for tlie Laundry, etc.; 60 lb 
boxes, 14 cts. per lb. 21 lb boxes, and in 10 paper boxes con¬ 
taining 6 lbs. each, packed in a case, 15 cts. per lb. 
Carbolic Toilet .Soap, perfumed, two sizes, $2 
and $1 per dozen, in boxes of 3 dozen each. 
Carbolic Bath Soap, $1.50 per dozen. In boxes of 3 
dozen each. 
Address orders to 
ORANGE JUDD &. CO., 
245 Broadway, Now York. 
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