The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1919-01-17
arleht lviIIian1son. parIIneeon, s. c.


Agriculture Is the bed rock ant
foundation upon which every other in
dusTry raast stand or fall All the
people prosper or fail 10 prosper ae
15rGisa to The abundance Of the lar
vest OF the soil, and upon z2gricultpre
depends the prosperity ard happiness
OF the world
Better methods OF asricuiture IL
clude the use OF modern fE1plements
modern cultivation and soil improve
ment. This briHgs us directly to the
importance OF the fertilizer industry
As means of improving our soils. Fer
tilizers are ,sbselutelg essential In or
der to increase the fertility OF the soil
They have a direct effect upon agri-
cultu1al production and through the
products OF agriculture a direct effect
ap0n allr,sher Industries.
Anythi which contributes TO an
increase ia our agricultural produc.
sions. contributes to the welfare, com
fort and prosperity OF our people as
. whole; and this brings Us directly
70 the consideration of the Importance
OF the fertilizer Industry in relation to
other lines of business.
Fertilizers Necessary in soath
The very natare of our son, climate
and rainfall makes il impossible TO
farm successfully without regularly
feeding cur crops from artificial
sources with at least two OF The sew
eral principal elenepts entering into
the composition and deyelopnent of
plant life. Without fertilizers much Of
the best producing cotton lands in the
South would become unprodnctiYe and
farming would be Improbable. In
many states. except In q Jew local.
ties, seil is no more capable of pro
ducing without being fertilized than
stock is CAPABLE OF performing work
without being fed. Our lands must be
fed just as we feed the stock thai
work them or they viii become too
poor to even ray the cost and expense
OF cultivation
Transformed Sections
Large sections Of land In various
parts Of the South Atlantic States, fof-
ty or fifty years ago, required four
or Ave acres to produce one bale Of
ookton. which now, by intelligent fafEsli-
Ing. made possible by the use of feE.
tifizers. yieldi one bale 70 each acre,
or the equivalent, al other crops. pov-
erty strichen sections CT one or two
generations ago haFe been transform
Cd into popalotis and prosperous coEa-
munities. Our ability 70 rebuild ard,
make our lands mere fertile. has en-
abled people to hve ard settle in gaore.
desirable Communities. and to enjoy
advantages Of better snsrIrets. schools.
churches ard soclal conditions. Bel
tor rural conditions have nade the.
Back TO the farm movement not olly
= possibility. but d reality
Prosperity Gus TO Fertilizers
Whatever may be the direct bsneft,
1t is obvious from e study Of the SIT
uatien that the present pros peTitytan
greater popuiation IN south Caroline
Is due more largely to tho use of
commercial fertilizers than 60 any 9Th
er cause. because n South Carolina
fertilizers are absolutely necessary to
prcTitable agriculture, upun which Incst
OF our business and other industries
depend Had it not been for the use
81 commercial Fertilizers South Caro-
lima could not be considered an agri-
cultural state.
Taking into consideration the cost
OF fertilizers, statistics viii bear out
the statement that tie once worn out