The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-01-24
Bright Williamson, Darlington, s. c.


Agriculture is the bed rock and
foundation upon which every other in
dustry must stand or fall All the
people prosper or fail to prosper ac-
cording to the abundance. of the har-
vest Of the soil, and upon agriculture
depends the prosperity and happiness
Of the world.
Better methods Of agriculture In
clude the use Of modern implements,
modern cultivation and soil improve
ment. This brings us directly to the
importance of the fertilizer industry
as means Of improving our soils Fer
tilizers are absolutely essential in or
der to increase the fertility of the soil.
They have a direct effect upon agri-
cultural production and through the
product Of agriculture a direct effect
upon all other Industries
Anything which contributes to an
increase in our agricultural produc-
lions contributes to the welfare, com
fort and prosperity Of our people as
0 whole; and this brings us directly
% the cen liberation Of the importance
Of the fertilizer industry in relation 10
other lines of business.
Fertilizers Necessary in South
The very nature of our SOIL climate
and rainfall makes it impossible to
farm successfully without regularly
feeding our crops from artificial
sources with at least two of the sew
eral principal elements entering into
the composition and development of
plant life. Without fertilizers much of
the best producing cotton lands in the
South would become unproductive and
farming would be improbable. In
many states, except in a few locali-
ties, soil is no more capable of pro
ducing without being fortified than
stock is capable of performing work
without being fed, Our lands must be
fed just as we feed the stock that
work them or they win become too
poor to even pay the cost and expense
OF cultivation
Transformed Sections
Large sections of land in various
parts of the South Atlantic States, for
ty or fifty years ago, required four
or five acres to produce one bale Of
cotton which now, BY intelligent farm.
ing, made possible by theNuse of fer
tilizers, yield one bale to each acre,
or the equivalent, of other crops Pow
erty stricken sections of one or two
generations ago have been transform
ed into pOpulous and prosperous com
munities. Our ability to rebuild ard
make our lands more fertile has en-
abled people TO live and settle in porc
desirable communities, and to enJuy
advantages of better markets, school
churches and social conditions. Bet
ter rural conditions have made the
back to the farm movement not only
possibility, but reality
Prosperity Due to Fertilizers
Whatever may be the direct benefit
II is obvious from a study Of the sit
uation that the present prosperity ano
greater population in South Carolina
is due more largely to the use Of
commercial fertilizers than TO any 9th
er cause, because in South Carolina
fertilizers are absolutely necessary t
profitable agriculture, upon which mos.
Of our business and other industrie
depend Had it not been for the use
of commercial fert izers South Caro-
lima could not be considered an agri
cultural state.
Taking into consideration the cost
of fertilizers, statistics will bear on,
the statement that the once worn out