. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 570 The American Florist. Oct. i5> I'rai-tically cvcrj slali' niaUi^'S the seller guarantee to the tanner just ~Nhat he is getting and huw much ot ertoh, in his fertilizer anil feeding stuffs. No state makes the seller guar- antee to the Uorist what he is getting or how much, when he buys coal. No seller is compelled to tell you that his coal is high in sulphur and though of good heating value, not suited to your conditions for that reason. Why should not the coal man guarantee his coal in the same way the feed
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 570 The American Florist. Oct. i5> I'rai-tically cvcrj slali' niaUi^'S the seller guarantee to the tanner just ~Nhat he is getting and huw much ot ertoh, in his fertilizer anil feeding stuffs. No state makes the seller guar- antee to the Uorist what he is getting or how much, when he buys coal. No seller is compelled to tell you that his coal is high in sulphur and though of good heating value, not suited to your conditions for that reason. Why should not the coal man guarantee his coal in the same way the feed man does his feed or the fertilizer man his phos- phate? One coal is good under cer- tain conditions and very poor imder others. Coal is our heaviest expense after labor. In every market there are cheap coals which are very dear to use. and high priced coals which may be the cheapest in the end: but we do not know about it, we only guess. It takes money, and time, and scientific knowledge to work these matters out and put the knowledge obtained in shape to be usable by the busy com- mercial man. When the farmer buys a car of phosphate rock, he buys it under a guarantee as to the amount of phos- phorus it contains. He pays as his share, .$;>0 for an analysis of that car by a public official. If the per- centage of phosphorus varies from the guarantee the bill is changed so as to cover the exact amount of the phos- phorus in that particular car. He buys what he wants, and knows to a certainty that he gets what he buys. Is there any reason why we could not be put in position to buy a car of coal with a guarantee as to its heating value and an analysis showing the percentage of sulphur and other dele- terious substances? Ih.^ whole science of fertilizing has been studied and well worked out for the farmer. This does not help us greatly. Our conditions are different. Our culture is intensive. The farmer's needs are reasonably good results cheap. The difference between ni
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