The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1869-12-23
VOLUME 5.---NO. .26..r

neighborhood. Other factories will Ger,
tainly follow, and give a new field for la;
Dor as well as capital The existing fac:
tories are manufacturing under the guild.
ance of proper men Articles which reflect
great credit on the State, and which
show, by practical application at the
hands Of the farmer, that they Contain
concentrated food for vegetable life II
is very gratifying to learn that the gen.
temen in charge Of the works have great
difficulty in supplying the ever increasing
demand for the products Of these local
factories. .i s., ..sa'--..l.4i :. <..s-.gr-fi:
Again. there are many articles offered
for sale in this State which have been
manufactured in other States. and, as "a
rule, they have proved very. satisfactory
on examination, and accounts from the
planters who have used them speak in the
highest terms of their efficiency.
1t is, therefore. in view Of this large
and steadily increasing industry, the duty
of the State to encourage the manufic:
lures as much as possible, and, with view
to protect the market from the sale of
spurious articles, also to protect the plan;
ter in his purchase of fertilizers; it is we'll
To encourage the examination of the;same
by some one who rs judged competent Iii
such matters,.s tt4sie 80 ases..}a'e
As the position OF the State Inspector,
now stands, there is no compulsiof Used
toward the manufacturers or agent of fer.
tiizers. He can, iffhe thinks desirable,
have his article examined, but, there is no
law requiring this step. This course seems
the wisest, and best adapted to promots
the interests of both planter and manu-
facturer or dealer. II the inspection wefB
made absolutely necessary before offetiRg
at article for sale in the State, it is to. be
feared that it would on the one hand i'm:
pede commercial dealings. and on the 9th.
er fail to afford absolute protection to the
planter. It would be utterly impossibls.
under our american institutions; and
without the aid Of an European POLES
system, to subject oil fertilizers which
might be introduced into or mannfactured
in this State, to an official scrutiny Any
law which fails of doing justicesto alfpar-
ties in the industry, and which could un.
der possible circumstances, s,be rendered
more or less dead letter, had better be
omitted. I should, therefore, take the
liberty of advising that the matter be ai-
lowed to remain as it now stands. With
the increasing interest in the use of fers
tiizers arises a demand on the part,of
the intelligent planter for information to
guide him in his purchases. He is no
longer satisfied with the analysis of irre:
sponsibIe chemists, or of those directly
interested in the sale of the article. He
requires the opinion of-some impaftiat
and qualified expert. The law affofds
him this protection, and themanufactdrer
of genuine articicis very glad to fur
nish the planter with this inf0riiiati0it-
The phosphate deposits Of the State have
during the past year, attracted co,isidera-
BILE attention at home and abroad. The
various companies engaged in digging
and offering for sale the nodular phos'
phate have found ready market, and, in
view of certain circumstances, this mar:
ket must necessarily Increase. Pronli
nent among these fortunate circumstances
is the decrease in the supply, or expense
in obtaining those other phosphate fr'a-
terials which have, IN previous titiess
been our chief commercial fertilizers
Peruvian guano is becoming scarce each
year, and already one source of it (Chin.
cha Islands) is nearly exhausted: The
other Pacific islands which yield phos.
phate are situated u great distance from
the market; and this, together with the !.
fact of the extreme danger to which ships
employed in this trade are extosed, rem
der the articles very expensive. The beds
of coproIitcs of England are Becoming sd
far exhausted that the working OF thera
has nearly ceased to be eremi,nerative.-.1
The phosphate deposits in the West In-
dies are located at a considerable distances
and some of the material is not OF the
best character, either for direct applies
ton to the soil, or for manufacture intD
super phosphates
Thus gradually the previous sources OF
tho world for phosphate manures are. be-
coming exhausted, or are lestns In impor.
tance. in consequence 0f the comparative :.
lv recent discoveries OF the phosphate
beds of South Carolina, and the Lahu In
northern Germany. AT the latter locali.
tv. not far from the Rhine, comparatively
large quantities Of phosphate rock have
been discovered I; but there are certain
disadvantages connected With the excava*
ton of the material in any, large quanti-
ty, which will prevent its successful COM
petition with the South Carolina phos.'
phate in the English markets. ~, "as -
From thesereasons our beds of nodtlar'
phosphatos are attracting universal atten-
ton as cheap and apparently. inex6aust-a :
tible source of phosphorie atid: They
will be used not only to furnish the basis
of super -phosphates, bit, ground to q fine
powder, and mixed with decomposable
animal or vegetable matter. will prove 8
advantageous as n permanent enrichment! y
of fhe soil in many parts of the country.