The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-09-18
The FERTILIZER LAWS
HAT RECEIVE CHANGES
ON ACCOUNT OF SHORTAGE
OF GERMAN POTASH
USE MORE SEED
Is the Advice Given. BY Some
Who Regard 1t AS as
Substitute t

Columbia, s. c., Seq. I6.-Ft look,
as lif the legislature when e fnenf.
'eyt IN extra session :B goins TO nav:
90 something in regard to the read
.lstment of the fertilizer laws to meet
the situation caused by the cutting of
OF the German supply OF potash. A
few days ago Commissioner Watson
OF the State Department of Agricul.
ture received from Commissioner KolS
or ALABAMA a letter In which Cant
Kofb said:
The war in Europe has to a great
extent cut off the supply of potash that
has heretofore entered largely into the
making OF Il complete fertilizer. The
factories are up against 1t as the laws
OF our State tand I presume other
states have similar laws), provfde
that complete fertilizer shall not
contain less than IA per cent of
available plant food; that is: Soluble
phosphoric acid. nitrogen. potash. II
the laws are TO be complied with some
relief must be given to The. factories.
therefore write to ask your opinion
OF calling a meeting OF the Commits
sioners of Agriculture of the South
ern states. to meet at the capitoI In
Montgomery at some early date vet
to be fixed SO that this question can
be discussed and IL possible arrange
some feasible plan whereby the, fer
tilizer factories may not be penaIized.
MT Watson has replied to Commits
sioner kolb stating that the enforce
ment OF the fertilizer laws in this State
do not come under his Jurisdiction and
stating that he will call the matter to
the attention of the State Fertilizer
Board.
Soon after the reply TO Mr.. Kolb's
letter was written the following letter
was received by The Commissioner
from Mr.. Fl. A. Ligon. President of the
Fairforest Cotton Oil Company, Fair
forest, S. c., which, also refers to the
same matters and indicates that some
legislative action would be necessary
to meet the situation:
AS the legislature will be convened
very soon we beg permission to call
your attention to the condition of the
tertfi1zer business and hope you will
use your endeavor to have the matter
adjusted in practical way, if the same
appeals to you. AS you well know 1t
will probably not be possible to get
suffieient potash for fertilizer purpos-
ef'. and we suggest that the old law
be s5e changed as to enable maaufee-
tories to make standard Fertilizer out
cf seed sHd nfesi and ;rEL ffii,s t,g,s
potash can be obtained from the meal.
ash ingredients, only getting what
This will enhance the value to the
farmers of their meal or rather hold
the price up from great depreciation:
and it will become almost necessity
for some measure OF this kind to be
adopted, as we cannot make stan
dard fertilizer with the required
amount of potash for next year, unless
the present law is changed. The law.
we think might be changed to meet
the special conditions that prevails this
year. We would also suggest that the
sacks be reduced frofnk f@C hundred
pounds to one hundred pour DIS, to en-
able us to use the old meal sacks and
not have to buy, new fertilizer sacks.
the price OF which is almost prohibt-
tive. All OF this wouid not entail any
more hardships on the farmer, and it
really seems that we ought to do
something to get together in a practi-
cal way; such a year astliis,easiit will
be to the tbest advantage to usss what
we have onahand.@ ~ ,sin~lis Isst