The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-03-11
Place OF Fertilizers
In Southern Ag1ic1lltuf
Discusses Of Fertilizers Out o. ms sess
Experience Observation sudy-Timely Topic Rs'atns
to Vital Southern ProbIem-Extracts From an Address,
Bright Williamson, Darlington, s. c.

and abandoned fields Of South Caro-
lima yield greater profit per aore
than tho richer river lands, onoe me
pride of the Southern cotton planter.
or than the more fertile LANDS q
Texas.
Land Values Increased
This statement ID reflected in 10
fact that these same lands In paFS
of South Carolina are selling freely
for more than $4,000 per acre.
I have been dealing with the eneet
of the fertilizer industry and the use
Of fertilizers on agriculture, because
as have said, the effects on business
generally must result from the enect
on agriculture. and 1t 10 obvious mat
thew must be innumerable. The Ter
tilizer business in the South Is one
Of the most important and concerns
our prosperity more directly than any
other industry, and in It's effects no
other industry so Families into other
business or has greater erect on inc
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 lerui'
Tiers are the railroads and common
carriers, which first bring fertilizers
to the farmers, and In return trans
port the increased products OF the
farm to the ends Of the earth; and
finally when these products are sold,
for third time, the railroads are call
ed upon to bring to the farmer MS
supplies Of foreign and domestic prod
ucts.
The use of fertilizer has made more
spindles in the South, more oil mills,
more live stock, moro 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
r farmer himself, and there is no farm
( er in the South who Is not benefited
l. by the judicious use of commercial
:. fertilizer. Large crops give to the
}, people a greater supply at lower cos
= of production and at lower prict
o Ito the consumer, while on the othel
|. hand small crops not only increase thu
l. cost of production, but may increase IL
d even greater proportion the price t
/ the consumer. When harvests ar
Q abundant the consumer and produce
v alike share in the increased prosper
5, ity.
t. Other means of cheapening the cos
e of production can be used profitabl
y only on a very large or on YER
small SCALE but fertilizers can be al
piled with practically the same SUI
{. cess to the smallest as we'll as tn
t. largest undertaking from the indivit
ID ual plant in the flower pot to the tho'
la sand acre cotton field.
Of It was my pleasure some years ag
h. to know many more manufacturer
la and dealers in fertilizers than I kno
to at present, but wish to testify
st the high character and intelligence
es those with whom became associates
Sc The proper use of commercial ferti
o. izer by the farmer is obviously of Wit
ri importance to the fertilizer industl
as well as to the farmer, and 1t is
st matter that should receive thought al
ut careful consideration at all times
ut those who promote the industry.