No one can deny the fact that phosphate of lime is now considered by the most eminent agricultural chemists end practical agr.c.di mu lists as ranking tirst among artifiiciul ivmjtutor.of exnaustrd soil. Any manure, therefore, pos.— e-slng this valuable component should be eager!* sought for by cultivators of the soil. According to on analysis ma le by J. {.’osmo Newberry, Esq Grovernment Analyst, Melbourne, Malden Islam guano was found to contain among other valuahh chemicals over 68 per c.-nt of phosphate ot lime. A cargo of tins valuable manure has just heei. landed ex Croydon La-,-, by Messrs VVhittingham Bros, and Instone, Bi erlon, who have also on sale bone dust, superphosphates, and animal guano.—[Auvt.]
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Western Star, Issue 278, 4 January 1879, Page 7
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115Page 7 Advertisements Column 1 Western Star, Issue 278, 4 January 1879, Page 7
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