The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1919-01-16
Place OF Fertii1 ers
In Southern Agriculture
Fertilizers of Years Of
Experience, Study-Timey Topic he'dt"s
70 Vital Southern Pobem-Extracts From Address,
sriaht Williamson, Darlington, IS. c.

Darlington, IS. c.
and abandoned fields OF South Caro-
lima yield & greater profit per acre
than the richer river lands, once the
pride of the Southern cotton planter,
or than thd more fertile lanos oi
Texas.
Land\ Values Increased
This statement is reflected in the
fact that these same lands in parts
of South Car olina are selling freely
for more than $4,000 per acre.
have been dealing with the erect
of the fertilize er industry and the use
of fertilizers On agriculture, because,
as have said, the effects on business
generally must result from the erect
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 ramifles 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
efited by the use of commercial fertil-
ixers 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 a third time, the railroads are call
ed upon 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, 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 fjreign shores In
greater quantities and in return carry
away more cotton and grain.
cheapens Cost of p reducing Crops
The commercial business is affected
in even greater proportion than the
farmer himself, and there Is no farm
er in the South who Is not benefited
by the judicious use of commercial
fertilizer Large crops give to the
people greater supply at lower cost
of production and at "a lower price
to the consumer, while on the other
hand small crops not on, y increase the
cost of production, but may increase In
even greater proportion the prios to
the consumer. When harvests arc
abundant the consumer and producer
alike share in the increased prosper
ity. y
Other means of eheapening the cost
of production can be used probably /,
only on a very large o, on very
small scale, but fertilizers can be ap-
piled with practically ths Same sue
cess to the smallest ~ yell a. the
largest undertaking from he individ-
ual plant In the flower pot p the thou-
sand acre cotton field,
It was my pleasure rome years ago
to know many more manufacturers
and dealers in fertilizers than know
at present. but wish to testify to
the high character and intel igence Of
those with whom I became associated.
The proper use Of comlier'ial fertil-
izer by the farmer Is obviously Of vital
importance to the fertilizer industry
as we'll as to the farmer, AMI 1t Is Q
matter that should receive thmght and
careful consideration at all lines hy
those who promote the indusry.
H., Ao,o~rro