The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-02-06
Observation-Disclosures
AN IMPORTANT ENTERPRISEIN
AUGURATED IN COLUMBIA.

'"c hh'Hicfo oil NeOrEih nnu the tnro-
Inns.
Animportant.b branch of home in dustry
has just hoen established at Colu mbia,
s, g., under the name OF the Columbia
Phosphate Company. The officers are
as follows: President-W. A. Clark
Vice President-J. G.. Haskell, Secle-
tary and Treasurer-Wilie Jones, SUI
perintendent-T. G. Robertson, Direc-
tors--W. A. Clark, James Woodrow, j.
q. Haskell, G. l.. Baker.
The company has just issued a circu-
lar setting fourth It's purposes aud its
facilities. 1t says: Before purchasing
your fertilizers for another season we
desire to call your attention to the
goods we will put upon the market for
the crop Of 1899, and trust that you
will give them full trial, satisfied not
only that the result Obtained from this
our first years production will fully
realize your expectation, but that
succeeding years will confirm them. AS
this is our first season, we have Ii"
testimony TO offer, but have this to
say. 1.-The best is always the cheap
est and with this as our motto, have
erected in the city of Columbia, ut the
very head of river navigation, Fertill-
Zer Works that. for thorough equip
ment very respect. stand unrlVal-
ed ne United States, and SO shall
products be uneXcelled.
Our works cover four acres, and are
situnted at the interseCti III of the Rich
mond & DanNille and the Atlahtic
Coast Line, aud only 1905 yards from
CRANKY, the head of river navigation,
with which p0int it will be connected
by track, BOW being laid. The Atlan-
liu Coast lane gives us direct Gonnec-
ton with the ports Of Norfolk, VIII
miugton, and Charleston, from any OF
which we receive our sulphur direct
from Sicily. The r n ID. gives us an
outlet TO the entire Piedmont section
of our State, and The Old Re,iahle'
(the Cuugsrct and Santee) connects us
directly with the phosphate beds, and
delivers the crude rock TO us at Il
freight rate that paralyZea the great
est Of tlailiC managers amt reieGateS
to innocuous desuetuae the Inter
State Railroad Laws.
Surrounded with such freight fl ILL
ties, we ask protection from rouc, and
boldly asser, TIM. evil deliver our
Fertilizers at any point III the state,
duplicating prices 'f any standard
goods on the market
1t may not be known, bu, it is II fact,
that an iron steamboat Of 22O tonS ca
pacity has made weekly trips bet ween
CRANKY and Charleston since last
Mmlch, without missing once. It is a
Il u
planters of Pee Dec 500 tons meal, and
truck farmers Of Charleston 600 tons,
ali to be delivered by steamer; and
that an extra boat will be put on the
river this month to meet the increased
traffic. But the fact ofall facts il, that
we offer the trade Of the Pee Dee and
the Saniee, of the mountain and
the seaboard, Fertilizer cXceiled by
none, and at Charleston prices.
The names we have selected for
our goods are "Granby Ammonia
ted Fertilizer" "Granby Acid Phos
phate "
Our arimoniated goods will contain
full q per cent Of Ammonia, and our
Acid Phosphate 10 per cent of avaiIH
ble phosphoric acid This will be our
minimum guarantee, and should the
cent alnmUniated goods being now SO
largely put upon the market, tney will
be made only at their risk and under
their brand. We intend that in the
years to come "Grunby FerliiiZer' shall
be IL household woru in The South,
maintained to the highest standard
and selling on it's own merit.
VALUE OF FERTILIZERS.
The experiments OF Licbig and other
agricultural chemists established the
importance of applying artiticially Am
monia, Phosphoric Aid, and Potash
TO the growing plant. The experience
Of the successful farmer has demon
Strated the absolute necessity OF IL free
and inteli.'. ut use Of these ingredients.
and to obtain them science, art and
commerce have been employed on
the most extensive scale, and millions
of dollars Invested in the production of
commercial fertilizers.
NITROGEN.
Formerly the guano Of Peru supplied
this element IN large quantities., bat
since the exhaustion of those deposits
the supply has been largely from dry
blood, fish scraps, nitrate Of soda, and
cotton seed meal.
POTASH.
This article ia almost altogether ob-
tanned IRON the German mines, either
as Kainit or Muriatc Of Potash
PiGOsPH0RlC ACID.
This ingredient is found in nature
both as is soluble Phosphate of Lime
and Phosphate OF Aluminu, but ~
such is useless as a fertilizer, being in
soluble in water, and not available as
q plant ft cd. 10 make it available as
q plant food has been the work Of the
scientists, and tho immens capital en-.
pIoyed in this art attests their success.
The largest deposit Of insOluble Phos-
phate of Lime that we know of exists
in our own State, and is known us
Phosphate Rock, evidently the re-
mains and deposits of sea animals and
birds. ia its crude state it is insoluble,
but when ground and treated with
Suiphuric Acid it becomes soluble, and
is known in commerce as Aciduiatcd
Rock, or Dissolved Bone, and as such
becomes the basis of all commercial
fertilizers. TO make the rock soluble
we must have Sulphuric Acid. This
was at first imported into Northern
ports, the rock shipped North, the fer
tilizers made and re shipped South.
This was expensive, the fertilizers soil