The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-04-28
VIRGINIA STATE FERTILIZER CO.
Farmville's Chief Enterprise Their
Capacity Ooubled-Demand For
The Goods.


consideration and encouragement az
enterprise which would be pride t,
any of the largest cities in the State
and should be especially a pride not
only TO our town, but our county and
Southside Virginia as we'll. We refer
10 the Virginia State Fertilizer Com.
pany. We have just had the pleasure
OF going through the plant of this
concern, and we had a very interesting
talk with its manager, and it is most
gratifying to us to know that we have
at orr door an enterprise of such
proportions and such promise.
There is not man, woman, or child,
in Farnville. that shoIld not walk up
the Norfolk aud Western railroad and
see these WORKS. and learn how the
food is prepared to feed the crops Of
corn and tobscro which are grown on
our far ms. u has beeI only about two
yeas since the promoters Of this en-
'Nil 'A'V VitNNVu tutiI plhllO. lnt'f
ii st years business greatly exceeded
their pecJatiOn, end the demands
we t 20 great for their product that
t5ey found it neces>a y to enlarge their
Buildings about do"ble, and increase
their capacity, until now they can turh
out flon 100 to 200 tons daily. Their
facto. is conveniently located. and is
equipped with the best and latest
impfO'ed machinery. complete in all
OF its po:ts TO- mixing and grinding, fer
filters. Thee is line of track run
mig tie fI'll length of their works,
which affords them ample facilities for
receiving materisl, and for shipping
manufactured goods Their business,
we were s'rpiised to learn, was up-to-
date in every respect, and they are
sIrOng co npetitors for the best fer.
t.lIler tcsde in both the bright, and
das& tob'cco g'owiug sections of
Virginia and North Carolina. Their
guaaos for dark tobaccos are sold
la.gely in the counties of Buckingham,
Cumberland, Pownatan, Amelia Motto
way, Dinwiddie, E-nnswick Luneuburg
Charlotte, Prince Edward, Appomattox,
Campbell, halifax, Bedford. Amherst,
Franklin. Patrick, Nelson and Henry.
Geauos for bright tobaccos being
sold principally in MecklenbOrg, parts
of Erunswick, parts of Balifsx, Pitt
sylgania, snG the border counties of
North CaTOlioa. They import direct |
from foreign markets both their pot
ash and nitrate of soda. and buy all /
taeis other materials from the same
home markets, and at the same prices
as the manufacturers in the large !
cities in this aud other states.
Another thing in their favor too is
that they pay cash for all of their
And with the cheap labor
available here, and from the fact that
they personally direct their own bus
iness, thus saving the cost Of high priced
labor, they should be able to compete
with any codcern in prices, grade
considered in the sale of fertilizers in
the State.
Mr.. w. G. bennington, the senior
member Of the concern. Is known per-
;onal'y, or by reputation to nearly all
Of the gcowers of tobacco in the dark
tobacco belt of Virginia at least. He is
not only oue of The largest, but one of
the most liberal buyers in the trade
tie brss verg largely on the markets
Of retersbU~g, Lynchburg, Farmville
md brakes Branch. The fact that he
is large dealer in the best grade Of
Iiue tobacco it seems to us should in
-Iease the fertilizer business with
which he is connected. as tits most rea-
sonable TO suppose that he would want
to furnish to the tobacco growers a
guauo which would produce the rich
in quality and color that he
wants to buy and certainly to furnish
4 fertilizer that would not do this would
tend to hort his tobacco interest, which
be wonld rot be willing and could not
afford to do.
Mr.. w. H. Robertson, the other
partner and manager of the business, has
had su experience of from II to IA years
in the gua1o business and should GER
tainly be advised as to the needs of the
various crops for which commercial
fertilizers are intended. And from the
reputation which these brands have
established for themselves in the past
yer as compared with Others, we
would say that Mr.. Robertson knows
his business. The manager Informed us
tbot they had olceody sold more than
three times ss mach guauo as they did
last season. And from the great piles