Georgia Chemical Works Envelope, Letter, and Pamphlet, Augusta, GA · Greer Heritage Museum collection

Title

Georgia Chemical Works Envelope, Letter, and Pamphlet, Augusta, GA

Accession Number

2024.16.2.210.1
2024.16.2.210.2
2024.16.2.210.3

Accession Date

11 November 2025

Accession Creator

Meadow Knapp

Description

210.1: Envelope from Georgia Chemical Works, Augusta, GA., to W.Z.M. Wilson, Greers, S.C.
210.2: Letter from Georgia Chemical Works, Augusta, GA.
210.3: Fertilizer Pamphlet from Georgia Chemical Works, Augusta, GA.

Contributor

Georgia Chemical Works

Storage Location

Box 28, Folder #6

Text

210.1:
After 5 days return to GEORGIA CHEMICAL WORKS,
AUGUSTA, GA.

W. Z. M. WILSON,
Greers, S.C.

210.2:
Form 180-11-14-08. 16M.
J. Rice Smith, President
L. C. Hayne, Vice-President
A. Smith Irvine, Secretary and Treasurer

Georgia Chemical Works
Manufactures of High Grade Fertilizers and Acid Phosphates
Augusta, Ga.

H. Walker Wallace, General Manager

When you are ready to buy your FERTILIZERS, ask for the goods of this Company. You will find them worthy of your confidence. A successful test of 36 years proves this. MASTODON and PATAPSCO signify the best materials, finest condition, full weight, regular analysis and complete satisfaction to you, and our other brands uphold the same standard. If you have never used them, try them. If you have used them, we know you will do it again.
Should you want further information, write us.
Yours faithfully,
GEORGIA CHEMICAL WORKS,
Augusta, Ga.

Our goods are sold by
CHANEY LITTLEFIELD
GREERS SC

210.3:
Georgia Chemical Works
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.

FERTILIZERS
Fish Goods, Blood and Bone Goods, Cotton Seed Meal Mixtures, Acid Phosphates with and without Potash, Kainit, Nitrate of Soda and Agricultural Chemicals of Every Kind.

All of our materials are in the most available form for the use of young plants, prompt and lasting in effect; the most reliable and effi-cient which the markets afford.

FACTORIES:
Augusta, Georgia.
Pon Pon, South Carolina.
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GEORGIA CHEMICAL WORKS
On the last pages of this booklet is a complete list of the brands of the GEORGIA CHECIAL WORKS with analyses. You will find, in the varied assortment FERTILIZERS made to suit all the different crops and soils of the South.
These goods are the ot-growth of over thirty-fiver years' careful study and observation. The uncertainties of experiment are removed when you use FER-TILIZERS tested in the school of long and successful experience.

If you will write us, we will cheerfully furnish you with information and suggestions as to the best formulas for certain crops and the goods most suitable for your land. By studying the needs of your soil, you will get the highest re-turns. All our experience is at your command to attain this.
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GEORGIA CHEMICAL WORKS
"Look, Who's Here!" You can make your land laugh and your pockets jingle by using the old reliable fertilizer draft horse, MASRODON.

Note-By Royal Appointment to His Majesty, King Cotton-Mastodon and Patapsco.
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GEORGIA CHEMICAL WORKS
If any word were needed to extol the famous FERTILIZER, "Patapsco," we could produce thousands for the asking. But that is not necessary. It is the best known and most sought after fertilizer on the market, and has been so throughout its history of nearly forty years. It is the original fish goods-the oldest and the best.

RECOMMENDATORY-
Your time is too valuable to read testimonials. Our goods are judged and adver-tised by their work. You need only glance at our long creditable record of nearly two score years and be convinced that you are in safe hands when you deal with us. Proof positive!
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GEORGIA CHEMICAL WORKS
DIVERSIFICATION AND ITS NET RESULTS.
You can boost the price of cotton by diversifying your crops. This helps to pre-vent over-production and will at the same time make you more independent. You can't afford to rely upon the other fellow to do this. It is poor business to buy your supplies at high prices and pay for them in cheap cotton.

A full corn crib and a well-stocked smoke-house are the finest and safest financial insti-tutions to back cotton growers of the South. There would be no more low priced cotton if this policy were generally followed. Why send your money away to enrich the western farmer when you can keep it yourself?

May advise, but few profit.

Reduced acreage, increased fertilization and better preparation of the soil bring greater returns at a much lower relative cost of pro-duction; which is to say LARGER PROFITS.
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GEORGIA CHEMICAL WORKS
Cultivation and Profits
Build up your land permanently by using the best methods and finest materials. These are not always the cheapest, but they are immensely more economical because more lasting in effect. Deep plowing, through cultivation and rotation of crops improve the texture of soils and promote the solubility of plant food in them.
FERTILIZERS give the best results when con-veyed to plants under these favorable conditions.

Our Excelsior Top Dresser, 4-7 1/2-2 1/2, for wheat and oats will pay for itself many times over. As a second application to cotton it has shown won-derful effect. It is better than Nitrate of Soda because it is a completely balanced fertilizer and will develop both plant and fruit at the same time. No artificial stimulation about this. Try it and see.
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GEORGIA CHEMICAL WORKS
Use our EARLY TRUCKER for cabbages, potatoes, tomatoes and other market garden products, if you want profitable yields. Guaranteed 5% Ammonia, 7% Available Phosphoric Acid, 5% Potash. This has been used by the best truck farmers in the section for many years with unvarying success.

MASTODON, MASCOT, GEORGIA FORMULA, CARDINAL.
These furnish the best kind of crop insurance with no charge for premium. Cardinal and Mascot as high grade formulas for cotton have no peer. If you have not used them, you have missed a golden opportunity.

Dont stint your land. It is your most valuable friend and if treated genr-ously will not be ungrateful.

Order early and avoid vexatious blockades, annoying alike both to buyer and manufacturer.
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GEORGIA CHEMICAL WORKS
SHIPPING FACILITIES UNEQUALLED-
With factories at Augusta, Ga., and Pon Pon, S.C., and storage points in the interior of South Carolina, Georgia and Alabama, we sur-pass all other companies in ability to serve the trade promptly. We can fill orders any time and all the time.

By making up our goods far in advance of the selling season, they are dry and well pulverized by shipping time and ready for prompt service. They will easily pass thro' any distributor without clogging. We make a point of this.

TAKE THIS HINT AND COGITATE IT-
The manufacturer or salesman who calls your attention to the low prices of his products has a poor argument to gain your confidence. You can't get high class goods at low grade prices. The best are the cheap-est-but the cheapest are not always the best. Too little study is given to the purchase of fertilizers. Price is the controlling factor with many. No thought is given to value.
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GEORGIA CHEMICAL WORKS
RULES FOR FERTILIZATION
cannot be laid down arbitrarily as the chemical composition of soils is so different, but there are some general principles which can be ob-served buy everybody.
Briefly: Nitrogen favors quick growth and forces leaf and stalk. Keeps plan green and healthy.
Phosphoric Acid produces better development of seeds and hastens maturity.
Potash gives strength to the roots and stems, and assists in perfecting the yield of fruit.

The States of Georgia and Alabama require manufacturers to express in their guarantees the percentage of Nitrogen instead of Ammonia. 2% of Ammonia is equivalent to 1.65 of Nitrogen; in other words, 1.65 Nitrogen and 2% Ammonia mean one and the same thing.

1.214-lbs. of Ammonia contain 1 pound of Nitrogen. One pound of Ammonia is equivalent to .82 of a pound of Nitrogen. 14 pounds of Nitrogen unite with 3 pounds Hydrogen to form 17 pounds of Ammonia.
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LIST OF GEORGIA CHEMICAL WORKS AND PATAPSCO BRANDS
Note:-Owing to differences in the fertilizer laws of the various States, there is necessarily a slight variation in the guaranteed analyses of a few brands. We give the brands where the dif-ferences occur, as follows:
GUARANTEED ANALYSES:
BRAND Percentage of Available Phos. Acid Percentage of Ammonia Percentage of Potash
Patapsco Guano-
Georgia, Alabama and Florida analysis...... 10 2 (1.65 Nitro) 2
South Carolina analysis............. 8 2 1/2 (2.06 Nitro) 2
Mastodon Ammoniated Soluble Phosphate-
Georgia, Alabama and Florida analysis...... 10 2 (1.65 Nitro) 2
South Carolina analysis............. 8 2 1/2 (2.06 Nitro) 2
Georgia Formula-
Georgia and Florida analysis...... 8 2 (1.65 Nitro) 2
South Carolina analysis............. 8.75 2 (1.65 Nitro) 2
Patapsco Ammoniated Dissolved Bone-
Georgia and Florida analysis...... 8 2 (1.65 Nitro) 2
South Carolina analysis............. 8 2 1/2 (2.06 Nitro) 1
Sea Gull Compound-
Georgia and Florida analysis...... 10 1 1/4 (1.00 Nitro) 2
South Carolina analysis............. 10 2 (2.06 Nitro) 2
Special Peruvian Compound-
Georgia and Florida analysis...... 10 1 (0.82 Nitro) 3
South Carolina analysis............. 10.20 1 (0.82 Nitro) 4
Excelsior Fruit Producer-
Georgia and Florida analysis...... 6 1/2 1 (0.82 Nitro) 6
South Carolina analysis............. 8 1 (0.82 Nitro) 6
XXX Meal Mixture-
Georgia and Florida analysis...... 8 1 (0.82 Nitro) 3
South Carolina analysis............. 8.75 2 (1.65 Nitro) 2
Baltimore Soluble Bone-
Georgia and Florida analysis...... 10 1 (0.82 Nitro) 1
Alabama analysis............. 10 2 (1.65 Nitro) 2
Maryland Ammoniated Dissolved Bone and Potash-
Georgia and Florida analysis...... 9 2 (1.65 Nitro) 1
Alabama analysis............. 9 2 (1.65 Nitro) 3
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THE FOLLOWING BRANDS CARRY THE SAME GUARANTEED ANALYSES FOR SOUTH CAROLINA, GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
GUARANTEED ANALYSES:
BRANDS Percentage of Available Phos. Acid Percentage of Ammonia Percentage of Potash
Early Trucker............... 7 5 (4.12 Nitro) 5
High Grade Melon Fertilizer............... 10 4 (3.30 Nitro) 4
Perfection Fruit Fertilizer............... 10 2 (1.65 Nitro) 10
Crown Guano............... 10 2 (1.65 Nitro) 3
Perfection Lawn Fertilizer............... 7 7 (5.77 Nitro) 6
Good as Gold Guano............... 9 2 (1.65 Nitro) 3
Superior Meal Mixture............... 10 2 (1.65 Nitro) 2
Extra High Grade Guano............... 10 2 (1.65 Nitro) 4
Mascot Blood and bone Guano............... 9 3 (2.46 Nitro) 3
Cardinal High Grade............... 8 4 (3.30 Nitro) 4
Excelsior Top Dresser............... 4 7 1/2 (6.15 Nitro) 2.50
High Grade Soluble Phosphate and Potash............... 12 None 6
High Grade XX Acid Phosphate with Potash............... 10 " 4
High Grade 13-4 Acid Phosphate............... 13 " 4
Patapsco High Grade Acid Phosphate............... 12 " 4
Special Acid Phosphate............... 12 " 2
High Grade Dissolved Bone Phosphate............... 16 " None
Extra Dissolved Bone Phosphate............... 14 " "
German Kainit............... None " 12
Nitrate of Soda............... " 18 (14.85 Nitro) None
Muriate of Potash............... " None 48
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THE FOLLOWING BRANDS CARRY THE SAME GUARANTEED ANALYSES FOR SOUTH CAROLINA, GEORGIA AND FLORIDA ONLY.
GUARANTEED ANALYSES:
BRANDS Percentage of Available Phos. Acid Percentage of Ammonia Percentage of Potash
Gem Cotton Grower............... 9 2 (1.65 Nitro) 2
Three Oaks High Grade Guano............... 8 3 (2.46 Nitro) 2
Special Wheat and Oats Fertilizer............... 9 2 (1.65 Nitro) 2
Acid Phosphate with 4 per cent. Potash............... 8 None 4
Bone and Potash............... 10 " 2
Dissolved Bone Phosphate............... 13 " None
12 Per Cent. Dissolved Bone Phosphate............... 12 " "

THE FOLLOWING BRANDS ARE SOLD IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA ONLY:
Pon Pon Crop Grower............... 10 1 1/4 (1.00 Nitro) 2
Cotton Seed Meal Mixture............... 9 2 (1.65 Nitro) 1
Meal Mixture............... 8 2 (1.65 Nitro) 2

THE FOLLOWING BRAND IS SOLD IN SOUTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA ONLY:
Intensive Formula............... 8 3 (2.46 Nitro) 3
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