The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-02-06
HON ME-MADE FERTILIZERS
AN IMPORTANT ENTERPRISE IN
AUGURATED IN COLUMBIA.


tho Enrmcra of GeorRt" aud the Care
linns.
Animportant.b bra nch of home industry
has just hoen established at Colu nbia,
s, c., 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-WilieJ Jones, SUI
perintendent-T. G. Robertson, Direc-
tors--W. A. Clark, James Woodrow, j.
Z. Haskell, q. l.. Baker.
The company has just issued circu-
lar setting fourth It's purposes mud its
facilities. Itsays: 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 a full trial, satisfied not
ouly that the result Obtained from this
our first years production WIN 1ully
raal;zs your expectation, but that
succeeding years will contirm them. AS
III is our first season, we have II"
testimony to offer, but have this TO
s,v. 1.-The best is always the cheap
esi - and with tins as our motto, have
erected in the city of Columbia, at the
very head Of river navigation, Fertlli-
z,r Works that. for thorough equip
meut; very respect. stand unrlvn'.
ed ne United States, and SO shall
PRODUCTS be uneXcclled.
(lur works cover iOur acres, ana are
situn,, d at the iutersecti III OF the lhrh-
mond Il Dun>ille and the Ati"ntIc
Coast Line, aud only 800 yards from
CRANKY. the mead of river navigation,
with when point it. will be- coi'ncctfd
br a track, ijuW being laid. The Attain
ne Coast lane gives rs dircG' cnhiet-
ton VI iin the ports OF Noriolk' WI =.
mington, and Charleston, from any oi
which we receive our sulphur dlfFcI
from Sicily. The Il -. gives us hn
outlet 10 the entire lledm"hl '''t,"n
four State, and ''Ihe OId Nt'i"h'o
uhe Crupprcr and Santee) connects us
directly wi,h the phosphate beds, and
delivers the crude rock 10 us at
freight rate that paralyzra the great
est Of tlailc managers amt reir&atcS
to innOcI;ous dcSuetu;ie the later
State Railroad Laws.
Surrounded with such freight ii Ill
ties. we ask protect from rome. ana
boldly assert TIM. wr"IIi drliNcr our
Fertilizers ut amy point ia lhr s>la'',
duplicating prices & any Stah"alh
goods on the market
H. nny not hc known, but it i~n fact,
that an iron .lraunnUHt oi 2no lonS ca
pacity has made weekly trips bei wern
CRANKY and Charleston since last
Mnirh, without miSSins once. IT. Is At
tact, that our OH aiilA l:..vo sold the
planters of Pee Dec 50D tons meal, and
truck ta1llrrs Of Charleston 600 IONS,
ali to he delivered by sirancl; and
that an extra boat will be out on the
river this month to meet the increased
traffic. Bur the fact OF all facts IL, that
we oiler the trade of the Pee Dee and
the Saniec, of the mountnln ana
the seabonrd, IL Fertilizer rNcriled by
none, and at Charleston prices.
The names we have selectct tor
our goods are "Granby Ammonia-
ted Fertilizer" "Granby Acid Phos
phato +"
Our ammoniMtcd goods will contain
full - per cent Of Ammonia, and cur
Acid Phosphate 10 per cent Of "Nali:t-
bic phosphoric acid. This will b" our
minimum guarantee, and should the
trade desire the cheap, hnd |! Per
cent ninnuniated goods being n"W 80
largely put upon the market, they Will
be made only AT their risk and under
their brand. We intend that in the
Years to come "Grunby Fertilizer shall
hc Il household word il The south,
maintained to the highest standard
and selling on its own merit.
VALUE OF FERTILIZERS.
The experiments 0: Lichig and nther
agricultural chemists established the
importance of applying artiticially Am
monia, PhoSphOric Acid, and Potash
to the growing plant. Therxpcricnce
Of the successful farmer has demon
strntcd the absolute necessity Of II free
and iutclh.: ut use Of these ingredients.
and to obtain them science, art and
commerce hnNe been employed on
the most extensive scale, and millions
of dollars invested in the production OF
commercial fertilizers.
NITROGEN.
Formerly the guuno Of Peru supplied
this element III 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 IL almost altogether ob
tanned trUm th, German mines, cilhcI
as kAinit OF Niuriatc Of Potash
pNO@rnORlC ACID.
This ingredient is found in mature
both M is soluble Phosphate of Linn
and Phosphate OF Alumnu, but II
such Is useless as ID fertilizer being in
soluble in water, and not available IL
plant ft cd. TO make il avrlable a
plant food has been the work of tn
scientists, ana tho immens, capita! EN-
pIoyed in this art attests their success,
The largest deposit Of insoluble rnos
phate Of Lime that we know of exist
in our own State, and is known IL
Phosphate Rock, evidently tho re
mains and deposits Of sea animals az,
birds. In its crude state it il iusoluble
but when ground and treated witt
Suiphuric Acid it becomes soluble, an,
is knows in commerce as Aciduiate,
Rock, or Dissolved Bone, and as sucl
becomes The basis of all commercial
fertilizers. To make the rock soluble
we must have Sulphuric Acid. Thi
was at first imported into Northerl
ports, the rock shipped North, the fer