The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1889-12-18
THE DURHAM BULL FERTr-
iIZER co.
Something Farmers are Intar.
ested in--Six Years of Suc-
cessiul business and Bril-
liant Prospects.

Morgan, ana ne late Oil. Eugene
Morehead, organized the Durham
Bull Fertilizer Co. They knew of
constant frauds perpetrated upon the
farmers Of the country by certain
fertilizer manufacturers, and thew
determined to protect them if the
farmers themselves would be bro.
tected. Il was the design of the new
company to manufacture fertilizers
for home market especlally--it il
this home market that has been
catered to. In January. 1884 thew
erected u large factory near the
Wooden Mills and every year after
that increased It's size and capacity.
50 great was tile demand for their
goods until the present size of their
Durham factory is 50x3UU feet with
ample room for storing in sheds DC.
They purchased a large quantity Of
machinery which was mainly derived
from Maryland and Connecticut man.
ufacturers, and comprises pulyerizing
mills 0. different varieties, boiling
apparatus, etc, tie mixers" being
the Pool a Hunt patent. There
Is nothing especially complex cons
nected with the manufacture OF fer.
tilizers-i. 3. it requires 10 elaborate
or complicated machiner,: the chief
difficulty lies In securing i proper
formula and then in nshg only such
ingredients as Gun be relied unon.
DURHAM Bull FERTILIZER
IL "honest goods Among il prin.
cipal ingredients are bone. South
Carolina phosphate, dried blood.
Peruvian guano, fish scrap. pulrerized
tobacco stems, etc. The llst reminds
one Of the contents Of the witches
cauIdron, Al recounted Ia Macbeth,
and for the first time 4 suspicion
crosses our mird that either "the d.
vine William" sbtained bis IDEAS con.
corning the witches charm from a
i,rilizsr factory. or that fertilizer
manufactures have stolen the idea
from him. BE that u /, NAV. the
fact remains that the compound.
while appearing queer I, those who
are not SC entistE nevertheless l. pre-
pared with special rfsreuce 10 the
nee : of different crops, stimulating
elements Of the 10 that otherwise
would be inefficient.
TUE CAPACITY o. rHE INV FACTOR
= 10 600 tniIs pr year, All this en-
tire pr duet uill soli IL the IT,, nc.
c. Isirict. T his STAT 81 ysr-i IN.
the cntton I siricts 81 Moth Carolina
s0d 6r,agia an,i the wheat belt OF
this State The f.rmnlas Cor the To-
bseco. cotton aud wheat fertilizers
made BY the company wrre prepared
by one Oflhe most eminent chemists
Of the uaited States, and during tile
SIX years that the goods have been
upon the market the field results have
/ bfen u the mnst satisfactory char.
. acter. The home reputation OF these
! fertilizers IL shown by the fact thai
, the fetal demand here in Durham
has been, during the past year, Al
least u ice a. much % for any other
In January 1883, the Company
l was incorporated with cash capita
T Of sl00 900 with the following well.
I known gentlemen rs owners: Messr.
$. !. Morg II. W. NJ. Morgan, L. A
4. Carr, j ,. Carr. Il. j. Parrish. A
: 4. Stokes AMI Eugene Morehead
I The bu.intss has been In charge }
! the Pre- indnt. Mr. s. 7. Morgan
aud Mr. l. A. Carr. They hay,
pushed II 10 a wonderful success.
THEIR RICHMOND FACTORY.
: 81 great has their business grown
, IN order to get nearer 70 cheap rail
. road and water facilities, and 1,
, reach their Virginia patrons. the,
! in October last opened big factorl