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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST 
[July, 
PURITY AND HEALTH. 
CARBOLIC SOAPS 
AND 
Saponaceous Compounds 
OF 
Carbolic and Cresylic Acids. 
Disinfectant, Insect Destroyer, Pre¬ 
ventive of Fungus, etc, 
Carbolic Acitl lias 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 arc preferably employed for the toilet, the Laundry, 
and the medicinal wants of man, the Impure Carbolic Acid, 
containing a mixture of Cresylic 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 not be 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 the 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 tints bringing it within the reach of all classes. 
These compounds have been patented. 
We 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 Cresylic 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 in the New York and other Hospitals 
for these purposes. 
2«l. Insect Destroyers.— An animal washed witii 
Carbolic Soap will be entirely freed from all vermin. It 
will destroy ticks 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 Gtrowtli.— 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, uneqnaled. We know also that 
it has been successful wherever used, for footrot 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, 1.15 Worth St. 
New York, Nov. 15, 1851. 
Messrs. Bucitan & Co.— Oentlemen —Some months since 
We purchased a large building which liad 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 iuto less Mian one 
hundred. We found tlie walls and floors perfectly infested 
with vermin. We used freely, in cleansing, the CARBOLIC 
SOAPS, manufactured by your firm, and with the very best 
results, as the bugs, 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 CiiRisTr, Texas, March 15, 1863. 
Messrs. James Buchan & Co .— Gentlemen: Your Sheep 
Dip is wonderful in its effects. I have dipped 2,150 head with 
nine months’ 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 
mauge or itch, and it lias the same good effect as on sheep. 
F. W. SIIAEFFER. 
Windsor Locks, Conn., Nov. 23,1S69. 
Messrs. James Buchan & Co.— Gents—1 liave used your 
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. BITIiDETT LOOMIS. 
Office Brooklyn City Railroad Company, 
November 12,1808. 
I take great pleasure in recommending the Carbolic 
Disinfecting Soaps, manufactured by Jas. Buchan & Co., 
for tlie cure of all external diseases to which horses are sub¬ 
ject. I 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 tlie soap in all of our stables. 
No person owning a horse should be without these soaps; 
for, in my long experience witii liorses, I have never found 
any tiling to compare with them. HENRY PALMER, 
“ Supt. Horses Brooklyn City R. R. Co. - ’ 
New York, Dec. 1,1SC9. 
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 take Hie 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 50 per cent less soap, and our 
premises are kept sweet and clean liy its use. 
Yours respectfully, ANDRUS BROTHERS. 
On the use of disinfectants, the following is the testimony 
of Dr. ELisnx 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.” 
Desiring that our 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, keeping them constantly on hand, and are pre¬ 
pared to fill orders at wholesale or retail, at the following 
prices. 
Slierp 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 are 1 tt 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. Tlie solution must be graded according 
to tlie 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. Sec above. 
Cresylic Ointment, for Cure of Footrot, etc. In 
solution for killing Insects, etc., on stock. In 1 lb Canisters, © 
50 cts.; in 3 lb Canisters, $1; in 5 lb Canisters, $1.25. 
Carbolic Disinfecting Soap.— In tablets for con¬ 
venient use in washing Horses, Dogs, Pigs, etc., destroying 
Insects of all 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 Laundry Soap, for the Laundry, etc,; 60 lb 
boxes, 14 cts. per lb. 21 lb boxes, and in 10 paper boxes con¬ 
taining G 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 ot 3 
dozen each. 
Address orders to 
ORANGE JUDD &. CO., 
245 Broadway, New York. 
WAKING'S 
BOOKS FOR FARMERS, 
DRAINING FOR PROFIT 
AND 
DRAINING FOR HEALTH. 
By GEO. E. WARING, Jr., 
Engineer of tlie Drainage of Central Park, New York. 
CONTENTS. 
Land to re Drained ; IIow Drains Act ; IIow to 
Make Drains; IIow to Take Care of Drains; 
Wiiat Draining Costs; Will It Pay? How to Make 
Tiles ; Reclaiming Salt Marshes ; House and Town 
Drainage. 
EX TRACTS FROM NO TICES BY THE PRESS. 
He (the author) describes the action of draining upon 
the soil, the construction of single drains and systems of 
drains, the cost and tlie profit of thorough drainage, the 
making of tiles, and the reclaiming of salt marshes, 
treats sensibly of malarial diseases, and closes with a 
chapter which should he widely read, on house drainage 
and town sewerage in tlieir relations to the public health. 
[Portland (il le.) Pb'ess. 
Nowhere does this book merit a wider circulation than 
in the West. Every year adds to tlie thousands of dollars 
lost to this State from want of proper surface drainage, 
to say nothing of the added gain to result from a com¬ 
plete system of under-drainage. This book will prove 
an aid to any farmer who may consult it. 
[Chicago (111.) Republican. 
A Book that ought to he in the hands of every Farmer. 
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EARTH-CLOSETS 
AND 
EARTH-SEWAGE. 
By GEO. E. WARING, Jr. (of Ogden Farm). 
INCLUDING: 
The Eartii System (Details). 
The Manure Question. 
Sewage and Cess-pool Diseases. 
The Dry-Earth System for Cities and Towns. 
The Details of Earth Sewage. 
The Philosophy of TnE Earth System. 
With Seventeen Illustrations. 
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ELEMENTS <0F AGRICULTURE. 
A BOOK FOE, YOUNG FARMERS, 
By GEO. E. WARING, Jn., 
Formerly Agricultural Engineer of the Central Park, in 
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c a n e f it L L Y revise I). 
CONTENTS. 
The Plant ; TnE Soil ; Manures ; Mechanical Cul¬ 
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The foregoing subjects are all discussed in plain and 
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