The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1919-01-16
Place OF Fertilizers
In Southern Agriculture
Fertilizers Out OF His Years o.
Experience study-TimeJ Topic Relating
Vital thern Poben Address,

Darlington, s. c.
and abandoned fields OF South Caro-
lima yield a greater profit per acre
than the richer river lands, once the
pride of the Southern cotton planter,
or than the more fertile lands Of
Texas.
Land Values Increased
This statement is reflected In the
fact that these same lands In parts
of South Carolina are selling freely
for more than $4,000 per acre.
l have beer dealing with the effect
Of the fertilizer industry and the use
Of fertilizers on agriculture, because.
as I have said, the effects on business
generally must result from the effect
on agriculture, and 1t is obvious that
they must be innumerable. The fer
tilizer business in the South Is one
of the most important, and concerns
our prosperity more directly than any
other industry, and in its effects no
other industry SO ramines into other
business or has a greater effect on the
industries and business generally.
Helps Railroads and Manufacturers
Perhaps among the industries which
are more particularly and directly ben
Gifted by the use of commercial fertil-
izers are the railroads and common
carriers, which first bring fertilizers
10 the farmers, and in return trans
port the increased products OF the
farm to the ends Of the earth; and
finally wher. these products are sold,
for third time, the railroads are call
ed ncon to bring to the farmer his
supplies of foreign and domestic prod
ucts.
The use of fertilizer has made more
spindles in the South. more oil mills,
more live stock, mere people and more
commerce. The tobacco crop and our
trucking industry, requiring intensive
fertilization and plant food, would be
| practically unknown to US. Ships bring
raw material from foreign shores In
greater quantities and in return carry
away more cotton and grain.
! cheapens Cost Of Producing Crops
! The commercial business is affected
IN even greater proportion than the
; farmer himself, and there is no farm
or in the South who is not benefited
! by the julicious use of commercial
fertilizer. Large crops give to the
people a greater supply at lower cost
Of production and at a lower price
20 the consumer, while on the other
hand small crops not only increase the
cost of production, but may increase In
even greater proportion the price tc
The consumer. When harvests arc
abundant the consumer and producer
slike share in the increased prosper
iity.
!! Other means Of cheapcning the cost
IF production, can be used profitably
only on very large or on a very
|small scale, &but fertilizers can be ap-
Irlied with practically the same sue.
lcess to the smallest as we'll as the
largest undertaking from the individ.
ual plant in the flower pot to the thou
sand acre cotton field.
\ It was my pleasure some years age
20 know many more manufacturers
and dealers In fertilizers than l know
at pres,n but l wish to testify te
the high character and intelligence Of
those with whom l became associated
, The proper use of commercial fertil
Iizer by the farmer is obviously OF vita
importance to the fertilizer irIlstry
as well as to the farmer, and 1t is {
matter that should receive thought ane
| careful consideration at all times b,
| Those who promote the industry.