The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-27
NEW INDUSTRY
 FOR ALABAMA May Distribute Guano
 Fertilizer Here. LOCAL MAN PUSHES PROJECT Advance Shipment Being Made
 From Mexico. Andalusis Man Purchased Nearly Half
 Million Acres of Land and Found a Rich Deposit.
LOCAL MAN PUSHES PROJECT

Alabama is. likely to be the home of an immense new industry, that of pre- pairing and distributing guano ferti- lixer. Enormous deposits of guano equal It is believed to those In the South Sea Islands, have been found on the Mexican estate of A. K. Seasons, formerlyeof Andalusia. The project of placing this on the American market is being financed by. Samuel A. Solo, mon of this city. In the early part of February the tirstt shipment will ar rlve In Montgomery by way of Mobile or Pensacola.
 This advance shipment, amounting to two or three carloads, is to be distrib- uted among farmers in this section for experimentation. If it is found that the fertilizer must be- manipulated be- fore use to relieve it of a surplus of amonia, MT. Solomon believes that it win be necessary to make Mobile the seat of the industry. But should the guano. be suitable for use hi it's pres ent state then Montgomery will be made the centre of distribution. Pres. ent indications are that the Nguano has somewhat too much ammonia, about 12 1-2 per cent. It is also higher, and therefore better than the sea foul or Peruvian guano, in both phosphoric acid and potash.
 MI. SOiOiuOH nus put recently re- turned from Deseubridoro, where he spent the latter part of December 'ex- amining the deposits and the locality
 The deposits" he Says. "are on a ranch owned by Messrs. Season, AIbrit. ton and McCarty, all formerly of An. dalnsia. They purchased the land some 477, 900 acres. for half a million dollars, only about s1 an acre. The extreme lowness of this price can bet ter be appreciated when 1t is explained that land is of excellent variety and that the purchase price included ~30. 0OC goats, 16,0O0 horses and 1000 head of cattle.
 Deposit is EnormOus.
 "The land was bought for agricul- tural purposes but, in exploring the low mountain range on 1t, Mr. Seasons discovered countless caves and each of these covered with guano deposits It Is impossible for one to estimate the amount there. 1 went down into one cave, some 200 feet below the surface of the ground, and spent six hours go- Ing about and examining the deposits In places they were sixteen feet deep How many caves there are or how widely covered each is with guano. ia unknown to us But from present infor. nation the extent of the deposits seemA to be enormous.
 "over at Torreon. United States Con. sul Caruthers has discovered a cave with five or six thousand ton de. | posit, which he is going to have dug out. r,
 Near Torreon, which is about sfxt, miles from Descubridoro, there is alsC the largest cotton plantation in the world It numbers 27,000 acres. Iaas season 19,0O0 bales were sold from 1t ''rhe plantation, which Is owned by half dozen prominent New York cap. ltaIists. has its own oil mill, and pro. cures it's own seed The proprietori bring water fifty miles through a cana to irrigate. their land. The canal is wide and deep enough to float fair. sized steamer; yet they find their ven. ture very profitable, in spite of tho | enormous initial expense The land al l through the region is extremely fertile It Is only 800 miles from El Paso.