The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1916-03-17

COMMERCIAL NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
n First Of a Series Of Six Articles.
commercial ~a% s eai ice s' DUt nj to try try to- give Ss . complete history Of the use of
sens an me ,n Soutassn -, United States Generally speaking. the farmers Of this
beer Ts laugh, ugh It, the underlying unddssIlyins principles Of the industry. '" "' '' nave OF
cne onsn sn m Yields goes back to ancient times. We know that many ancient
centuries ago. applied nanures Of 70 various sasDs 'a KINDS s0 to ' ths5 Ps seHs sna The Chinese sSa
EARLY a the middle Of the last .n Go usnu notss Travels ave imp in Pru " e find that as
'sT The s prs S centuries IT. les. and the yield stnl high and the growers prosperous.
ss w % a. ama United mite States in the year 1916. and was based on such reports
way into the United States. but Peru seems to be the country uuge in in w bta t hs
know this is true. but all g evidence sSs as Do% psnt 10 f9 3%. originated Ri m tt, .. We d, do not
10 US therefore hat we know about the customs in Peru ~
The First Use Of Peruvian ousno.
the FIRST man in the Southern States to use this Peruvian canow was David
can Farmer published in Baltimore The South has 81 perhaps e IN sns % Ua A haS a
dollars farming. and who was . sMu nI % a o %aae u imam, =. millions Mill Is. Of Of
duos ID into to the e1 unte esIs sts,ss, b In ,t the yea earl 1886. the yea after it was intro
N i Is !, v Ssa he s" nv sssr into it i, in '. Increasing !. quantities .s.,.,s, ii, The e 1855
c~Or n .. h" Td instance Of the use Of a concentrated mineral fertilizer on
The The universal success with which Mr. Dickson met in the ISL of this Pc
and in every reported case. success followed 'M it's use 60 1 %e ar n eon saampes;
cotton and other @s. crops in sSs soutn could oa 'h I, n mins1sl , isrt, nsr to the
a an,ca ts success "vsMss, was unqucsiOnably based o N the actual needs of the soil
once applied results we're evident. ~"' VIC Lille "a
yield Of fru it and Dh henee its 'UU m ws s@ asw snd not esoa much Increase inc in the
The First Use Of German Potash.
. About ~ this time the W "a between The States began. and at the same
market of various kinds of mineral fertilizers resulting from the tie teach Oh.
p %on. in the world of agriculture and its possibilities. As a result the pop
eal question of the use of mineral manures, both by farmers ren themselves ms ivn,
and the students of agriculture.
W great contributing factors % the rise of the fertilizer trade FIR the
oouth are nst M abolition of slavery, and second, the rise of agricul
tural ducauon Before the a the question of land al secondary. II
growing farm crops in the South wore the land out" here were nlentv NJ
slaves to take in more land" 1t was cheaper to take in land than to nav
s for n artificial manure: In 1867, the morrill, a' Bill IL passed pass "1 con NO ess
creating agricultural colleges in the various states, after which there be-
""p"en ~" "proVh metnoos IN agriculture. Experiments at
uoh expense were begun on a small scale, and the public vas induced to
reater Use OF plant Gods Of all kinds, as we'll as to improve methods
OF uhage. This, OF course, cause al immediate increase in the use If min.
plant foods, n out of which grew demands fr great Quantities, of
fertilizers. From this great demand there sprang up fertilizer factories in
all parts Of he country. All kinds of materials were tred out. some was
good, and some vas not, but much of both kinds used. The fauore had
no restr1cucns m many Of them palmed of o the farmers anything ha1
"ouAu oHeH sIohg II nat ould be put in sacks This condition @ n ac
count O state avs did OF last log. We begin the ley article by giving al
resume of the part taken in :he rise CT the trade by the states themst yes