The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1892-09-03

| necessity to the great sugar refining
industry, the price of rough bones some
times advances so that pure article of
ground bone cannot be sold except at
very scant margin
The Scott Fertilizer Company make
seven distinct brands of goods, besides
numerous special goods manufactured
to order The Sure Growth Superphos
phate is the leading brand and is especi
ally for grain and grass. The Sure
Growth Compound is concentrated
truck manure, selling large y forpotatoes
and cabbage The trade which began
in 1875 with local customers, now extends
through Maryland Virginia Delaware,
New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Network
The labor cost of producing a ton of
fertilizer averages about 81 50 per ton
while the total expense including labor,
salaries, insurance taxes wear and tear.
and other unavoidable incidental expen-
Sc. tax the goods from "a. 90 to IS oorer
ton The old fashioned idea that iertiliz
erS because of unattractive appearance
were naturally largely made of cheap
inferior or fraudulent materials is
largely disappearing as the business as
been established directly among the
consumers and is conducted openly.
All good fertilizer materials have an
actual established market value, and
sell very largely for cash down. The
State laws 70 inspecting fertilizers, are
much more strict than they are for
supervision of food products. All the
successful factories in operation, have
expensive machinery, and great pains
are taken to thoroughly manipulate the
various materials and deliver them to the
farmer, so that a reliable firm can guar
antee the exact chemical strength in
several ingredients. and also guarantee
their product in perfect condition to pass
through the drill All this is not such
simple matter, as the various materials
are often OF such nature as not to bear
mixing or if mixed, one may counterfeit
the action of the other.
The Scott Company las built up its
present trade in very conservative
manner by making strictly reliable
goods, and selling them at the market
prices. They have always followed
the plan OF placing their goods in the
hands of reliable dealers only, con
st quently their losses from bad sales
have been very small in proportion 10
the volume of trade. Fertilizers are
are manufactured with as much care
and supervision, and as honestly, as
the four which goes into our bread, or
the great quantities of temperance and
other beverages which are daily con
sumed, without question, in good
faith, by all classes of people.
The Scott Co., is managed by seven
directors Messrs. H. H. Brady OF
Chesapeake City; John J. Williams, St.
Augustine Daniel Bratton, John S.
Writ, Frank R. Scott, William H. Mack
all, and Asher A. Scott, Elkton. the
active management of the business Is
with the officers OF the Company
Frank R. Scott, President VIM. H.
Mackall, Vice President and Asher A.
Scott; Secretary. These men have
grown up with the business, and give
it their constant, undivided personal
attic ,ion. Mr.. Frank R. Scott has
been connected with the business con
stantly since the manufacture of fer,i
Iizers was established by d. Scott &
Bro, in 1875. The Scott ESTABLISHING 1t
pays out Tor labor from So. 600, 90 to
$4,000 90 an ually, paying all thrir
men weekly. The business has a
strong claim on the local farmers, as
the &, obs not only rank high in quality.
! but have been manufactured openly
since the industry was established, and
the Ulcers of the Company txtend a
cordial welcome to all farmers, who
= wish to inform themselves of the busI.
ness, by personal visits to the factory
while it is in full operation.