The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1890-12-11
Alliance Manufacturing.


ers' Alliance is to secure by means of
united voting the legislation desired and
deserved by the agricultural class, the
union of interests perfected in the ALI
ance can be used otherwise for very use
full purposes. One prominent enterprise
for utilizing this union practically in
business cooperation is the Alliance ag-
ricultural implement factory at Iron
Gate, which was put into operation a
short time ago, The company operating
it will manufacture at first wagons,
plows and other simple implements that
can readily be produced with success
Later on. as experience and skill are at
tanned, the manufacture of more com
plicated machinery may be undertaken
1t is expected that the business of the
Iron Gate factory will extend beyond
this State, and that in time it will grow
into a large establishment If it is prop
erly conducted, there is no reason why
these expectations should not be realiz-
ed. 1t ought to have sure patronage
from Alliance farmers. An Intelligent
and honest regard for strict justice be-
tween producer and consumer would
probably arise from the double relation
of the factory's owners. AS stockhold
ers in the company they are manufac--
turers of implements, and as individual
farmers they are purchasers or consum-
ers of the same kind of impleme nts
The Augusta Alliance Fertilizer Man
ufacturing Company, which was char
tered about three weeks ago, is another
organization for cooperative manufac-
turing. It's success seems to De certain.
With competent manager and chemist,
no expensive labor will be required, and
the immediate home demand for ferti-
lizers is practically unlimited. If the
abundance of hay and grass grown in
Augusta county in recent years is a re-
suit of the use of fertilizers, as few men
doubt, an enterprise tending to bring
about a more liberal and general use of
them would be in some measure public
blessing. The intention of this new com
pany is to employ a superintendent that
has had experience in first class fertilizer
actories. Efforts are to be made to de-
termine by careful experiments what are
the best fertilizers for the various soils
of Augusta and adjoining counties. By
union of scientific knowledge and prac
tical sense, it is hoped that the use of
fertilizers in this section can be reduced
to a definite system. 1t is through judi
oio,,c fart iIi1inr IF tho coil hot ho .rraa f.
est possibilities of agriculture can be at
tanned.
The Burke & Bradley distillery prop
erty, on the G. &. o. track about one
mile west of Staunton, with e. GIT acres
of land, was purchased in September by
Hon. A. b Lightner and others, for S.
500. to be used as a site for the proposed
fertilizer works.. 1t is possible, however.
that they may be located east of the
city, in order that direct access may be
had to both railroads The eight acres
bought in September have increased
materially in value since the time of pur-
chase.
The officers of the new company for
the first year are the following: A. b.
Lightner, president; +. A. Fulcher, vice
president; J. H Council, secretary j.
H. Shaner, treasurer. These gentlemen
and the following are to be the directors:
J. Newton Wilson, Col. s. A. East, Col.
H. J. Williams, Vim. p. Mish, John d.
Sterrett, c. J. Coyner, Joseph House.
man, J. Frank Hanger, Geo. w. Koiner,
Charles A. Lightner and John H. Bow
man Captain Fulcher is also a director
in the agricultural implement company
at Iron Gate.
The capital stock of the fertilizer
company is $4,000, in shares of $50 each.
1t will have many small stockholders
among the farmers of the county. Ac-
tive operations are to be commenced in
time to make stock Of fertilizers for
spring crops.
At the sale of the Richmond and Har-
risonburg Land and Improvement Com
pany last week at Harrisonburg, 270 lots
were disposed of at S73065. The com
pany has already secured rolling mill,