The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-24
Eastern North Carolina is
Proud of the E. H. &
J. A. Meadows Go.
FAMOUS FERTILIZERS
They Own or Are Largely In
terested in Eight Farms.
AMONG BEST TRUCKERS IN THE STATE
Tn Progressive Business Men are Natives OF
Newbern and Have Great Faith in
Eastern North Carolina,

EdStSIti NUIlll OdlUIit1i
The great Importance of the enter
prises engaged in the manufacture of ar
tiicial fertilizers cannot be overestlmat-
ed. Apart from their great value to the
agricultural interests of the South, they
are of vast Importance in the prominent
and active part they take iii the pro-
motion and advancement of the general
welfare and industrial thrift of the com
munities in which they are located. One
of the most prominent enterprises or
gained by Newhern capital, whose oPe-
rations have already assumed mammoth
proportions is the II II. Il j. A. Mea-
dows Co., manufacturers of special
guanos. The business was established
i'll 1880 and Incorporated in 1883, and
now represents an investment of 500
600 sf
The factory is located on tha Neuse
river, near Union Point, and occupies
most advantageous position fer ship
ping The institution is extensive in pro-
portions, the principal factory building
being 50x350, three stories high and two
warehouses. each 50xS0. The machin-
cry and appliances in use for grinding,
crushing and mixing the raw materials
used are of the latest and most improv-
ed pattern, while in general arrangement
and equipment the works are msurpass
cd by any similar establishment in the
country. In the manufacture of fertili-
zers there are four principal elements,
viz: Phosphate rock embodying the cs-
sential phosphoric acid, blood, fish and
high grade tankage, which is the source
Of ammonia; sulphate of potash and sui
4. Ii, -, r.,
the phosphoric acid from the rock.
The first step toward the manufacture
of fertilizer is to reduce the rock to pow
der. The mills for doing this arc ~
Gated on the first floor They run at Il
rapid rate of speed and from them the
pulverized rock is carried III elevators TO
the upper floors into large mixing tanks
or amalgamators..
When the ground phosphate is carried
by the elevators into the mixing tanks
it is then mixed with the acid, which
releases the phosphate from the other
elements of the rock. Here we have the
dissolved acid phosphate that is now
ready for manipulation or manufacture
into the various brands of fertilizers.
This acid phosphate when sufficiently
dry is manipulated according to the f6ra
mulae for the manufacture of the vari-
Gus brands. Each brand of fertilizer
has its quality, and the quality of course
is regulated by the quantity of ammo
MIA, potash and other fertilizing proper
flies added to the acid phosphate. When
the fertilizers have gone through the
process of manufacture they are shovel
ed from the pits into screens and diSinte-
orators run by machinery, and after the
Jumps have been disintegrated or screen
ed out the fertilizer comes down through
spouts and runs into hoppers, and thence
into the open mouths of bags sitting I'M
derneath them
FAMOUS FERTILIZERS.
The high grade fertilizers manufactur-
ed by Messrs Il. III. & j. 4. Meadows
Co. have become famous throughout the
extensive territory in which they hava
been marketed, and not only give the
manufacturers a reputation, but New
bern as well.
They manufacture several brands of
fertilizers of their own grade and also
put grades according to any formula de-
sired by the purchaser.
Experience has clearly demonstrated
that intelligent agriculturalists demand
better and higher grades of fertilizers,
and i'll this respect this firm has estab-
lished a high reputation for the grades
and qualities of their goods. They stand
upon their own reputation and merits
Of their goods, and never put upon the
market mere mixtures of fertilizers of
any and all kinds.
The grade and quality and consequent
~ the prices of fertilizers are heightened
or lowered according to the quality and
quantity of the elements employed in
manufacturing the phosphate, but il is
false economy for planters to seek any
but the high grades. The value of a
suit Of clothes is according TO the quality
Of the cloth used. and so the quality and
value of fertilizers are regulated accord
ing to the elements employed in their
manufacture. 1t is poor economy to ha-
card an entire years crop by buying
poor fertilizer 1t is, therefore, in
cumhent upon the farmer, and, by far
the better part Of WISDOM. to enrich his
lands with the best plant food he can get
from conscientious and responsible manu-
facturers.
In further pursuing this subject it is
worth while to remark that it is not 81
much how many pounds of ammonia,
potash, or phosphate acid a ton of ferti-
lizer man contain, but it is all import
ant whether the plant will assimilatn
these elements in the material cnntared
in the fertilizer. Science has demon
strated the fact therefore, that various
plants require different fertilizing prop
critics, and hence fertilizers are manufac-
tured on a different basis for different
plants The II, II. & j. A. Meadows
Co, follow out this principle in the man
ufacture Of all their fertilizers, and their
grades are established in accordance
with scientific principles, experiments
and exhaustive tests. All fertilizers
manufactured by them contain all the
elements of plant food in their most
available form, and are certain to pro-
duce satisfactory results in all seasons.
No expense is spared in the manufacture
Of their fertilizers. and they have stood
the test for years, a fact that establishes
their reputation and popularity, and has
increased the demand among planters
everywhere. The following are their