The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-01-05
COZ IgE EEsTs s. .C.


u Sunday Morning January 8. 1873.
sSs osr PhosphH Hssss nzinss--Nsw Fields Of
-; ~ ksusiness. .sle,
is q noteworthy fast that the phos-
pilates OF South Carolins have become q
valuable artiofe Of commerce. The
largest proportion Of /, the Charleston
phosphate exports goes 10 Great Britain.
Canada takes considerable quantity.
The Northern States not much. yet
There are manu- factories in Baltimore to
3 which the ore Ia taken for reduction and
treatment. In the. South the trade is
rapidly extending. Netive commercial
fertilizers are rapidly supplanting those
5 imported from abroad, or manufactured
B ii other States. Peruvian guano is be-:
coming less used alone. It enters largely
late the composition OF other fertilizers
3 ass base The adaptsbilisy of our do
! nesticS fertilizers to our soil, and their
-eHecis upon crops, are matters no longer
Of doubt. At least twenty five per cent.
OF advantage is gained, where they are
applied. On soils naturally good, and
s in good condition, they return even a
higher per cent. On exhausted lands,
they can be made to supply the clements
which successive creeping has taken
away. The combination OF the fertiliz.
: ing OF stimulating properties may be
made to suit tho condition OF the soil
Cone will require ammonia, another phos.
I phoric acid. another phosphate of lime,
and another something else, perhaps. a
planter can give his order to suit the
land he onltivates. or the crops which he
proposes to take off of it.. Where they
are consistently and .intelligently applied,
sihpfovement in the land must regularly
1 resulf:ssIn considering their value. on.
iother thing must be TAX into account.
The effect Of she~use OF fertilizers upon
sacceierating the maturity Of cotton crops
4has besni demonstrated to be as oh as
I two ot three weeks of time. This is no
sIuconsiderable advantage in the diminu-
tion. 81 labor. Risks OF frost. worms
and rains, are correspondingiy dimi-
.nfshsd. So .l.4 . I. .,,s,... ,,.@sl,
81 The General Assembly did wise
thing, q few years ago, in establishing an
inspector of fertilizers. The deposits
sisass eubjeotsd tp chemical. .analy ysis,' and
sths precise quality Or production, ,et the
siDgreaients Of which they are composed
{ asoeftainsd and. stamped upon them be.
2 fore they are placed upon the market.
This tends both 70 keep the standard
e high saud. .at glance. to instruct the
:. planter in whick he is buying. 1t. is
seqaa1ly beneficial TO the manufacturers,
in the exclusion which it. operates OF in
s5fefior articles. The companies engaged
ins manufacturing appreciate its adyan-
s,tages to themselves. The practice of
$ frauds in the quality OF the artitls. which,
q We reoollect, was 40 common among
Northern manufacturers. is thus not
<3iP5a0tioabie here. Instead of decrease in
= e their use. therefore, rs at the North, be-
.cause of the sale of articles not up to the
standard as at flrst fixed and promised,
and worthless to the farmer, this rigid
eSress OF inspection, in keeping the quality
: pure. will tend to increase the use.
Phosphate digging in this State is ra.
pidly increasing Oae company mined
5000 tons during the last year, and the
production from river deposits alone
amounted to 10000 tons in the last
twelve months. It is thought that the
entire products OF the State will be iu-
creased not less than forty per cent. dur
ing the present year. The deposits are
inexhaustible. apd are the richest ia the
world. South Carolina enjoys practi.
Gal commercial monopoly In them. Dur
Ing the lost year: strata OF phosphates
have been discovered in Siberia, Austria
and France. But, says the Now York
Bulletin, from which we get most of the
facts here used, they are all beyond the
reach OF immediate development. and
are not favorably situated for the trans
portation of the products to market. In
2 all these respects, the South Carolina
rock deposits enjoy immense advantages.