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tomers, but every large producer (those 
owning and running their own sulphuric 
acid works) have, during the last year, 
bought very heavily of the International 
Agricultural Corporation’s production of 
acid phosphate. 
Facilities for Distribution 
The period of construction for the Inter- 
national Agricultural Corporation has not, 
as yet, been passed. One factory is still 
in process of building and one more just 
starting, but all will be in operation by 
November Ist, 1911. The position of the 
International Agricultural Corporation is 
such that by means of factories it owns 
outright, or through factories where its 
raw material is used and its manufactured 
product is controlled for sale, the Cor- 
poration can offer its products at eight 
points in Georgia, four in South Carolina, 
at three Alabama centers, and in Tennes- 
see, Mississippi, North Carolina, Pennsyl- 
vania, New York and Ohio. 
Twenty acidulating works give to the 
International Agricultural Corporation the 
broadest possible base of operations and 
a capacity for manufacture fully sufficient 
to care for the supply of sulphuric acid 
which it is under contract to receive. Its 
production of acid phosphate will exceed 
600,000 tons per annum. 
To enlarge the market for its products 
the International Agricultural Corporation 
has made contracts with a limited number 
of independent plants in whose profits it 
participates. These arrangements, while 
preserving the independence of successful 
industries and retaining the benefits of 
local contact with the consumer, are m- 
tually advantageous to the supply corpo- 
ration, the local manufacturer, and to his 
customers. 
Manufacturing Standards 
In all the plants it owns or in which it 
is interested, the Corporation maintains 
the highest standard of manufacturing 
efficiency. Such standards are absolutely 
necessary in an industry where scien- 
tifically-exact compounding is essential to 
the value of the product. With advancing 
knowledge of the science of fertilization, 
its adaptation to different soils and crops, 
and the close supervision of the industry 
by governmental agencies, this care and 
expertness in manufacture, combined with 
the use of the best materials, becomes in- 
creasingly important. 
To assure a uniformly high-grade qual- 
ity of its products, the Corporation 
maintains testing departments, suitably 
equipped and employing experts whose 
duty it is to examine, analyze and report 
upon phosphate rock, manufactured goods 
and all other products bought and sold. 
The work of these laboratories is an in- 
surance to the consumer that an Inter- 
national product is exactly what it pur- 
ports to be, down to the smallest percent- 
age of chemical content. 
Educational Effort 
It is intended to extend the laboratory, 
scientific and educational work of the 
Corporation so as to include soil and crop 
investigation. This is with a view to 
improving methods of fertilization and 
spreading the knowledge of its possibili- 
ties. By experiment, demonstration on a 
large scale of the use of fertilizers, and 
by the dissemination of sound informa- 
tion, the Corporation aims to be an edu- 
cational force, co-operating with other 
agencies in the development of the science 
of fertilization; to keep up with the prog- 
ress of the science, and to spread its teazh- 
ings. Although great advances have been 
made in fertilization, much more remains 
to be done in the line of educational work 
throughout the American agricultural 
world. This line of endeavor cannot fail 
to benefit, not only the farmer but the 
whole nation, by making possible a larger 
food supply at a lower cost of production. 
The annual consumption of commercial 
fertilizers is increasing at the rate of 
500,000 tons annually, reaching a reported 
total of 5,765,341 tons in 1910-1911, valued 
roughly at $125,000,000. 
Growth of the Industry 
The past rate of increase is, however, no 
measure of future increase, for the rea- 
son that education in the proper utiliza- 
tion and value of fertilizers is proceed- 
ing more rapidly than ever before, and for 
the further reason that artificial fertiliza- 
tion, originally regarded as a necessity 
only on worn-out soils, is now known io 
be a profitable investment under nearly 
all circumstances. Whatever the crop 
may be, if a dollar invested in fertilizer 
will produce five dollars in the form of 
enhanced production, that form of invest- 
ment becomes increasingly popular. The 
working out of this theory is already seen 
in the extension of the fertilizer market, 
once confined to the South, to inelude 
western and southwestern states. 
And when it appears that the average 
American wheat production, for example, 
is but 15.8 bushels per acre, as compared 
to 30 bushels or more per acre in Ger- 
many, where fertilization has been re- 
duced to a universally applied science, it 
is evident that the United States, with its 
millions of farm acres, affords a fertilizer 
market with boundless opportunities for 
expansion. 
The problem of the fertilizer manufac- 
turer is not—How should I increase my 
business by securing from my competitor 
that which he now enjoys? but— How 
can I increase my facilities for manufac- 
ture so as properly to care for the twelve 
and one-half percent natural increase that 
comes year by year, through a _ better 
appreciation by the farmers of the bene- 
fits derived from increased use of com- 
mercial fertilizer? 
This is the story of the International 
Agricultural Corporation, with ample but 
not excessive capitalization, an econom- 
ically sound organization, large resources 
of natural products, and adequate manu- 
facturing capacity, to accomplish a useful 
service in the supply, manufacture and 
distribution of the materials necessary for 
the fertilization of American farm soils. 
Extermination of the Fly 
Discussed by Mrs. RS. Bradley at a 
Meeting of the Manchester 
Woman's Club 
The Manchester Woman’s club 
arranged for a special meeting on 
Tuesday afternoon at the chapel to 
permit Mrs. Robert S. Bradley of 
Boston and Pride’s, as a member of 
the sanitation committee of the 
Municipal League of Boston, to con- 
tinue her extensive campaign for 
the extermination of the fly in be- 
half of sanitation. 
In part, Mrs. Bradley stated that 
this was an age of progress and im- 
provement and conditions should be 
cleaner and healthier. Backyards, 
markets and food stuffs should be 
kept under cleaner conditions. 
The fly breeds in filth. He is a 
is fond of the 
rubbish heap, the garbage barrel 
and all undesirable places. 
From the health standpoint he is 
a menace. He is known as a trans- 
mitter of disease particularly infan- 
tile diseases. There are millions of 
bacteria on his peculiarly formed 
feet and claws. He has a strong 
sense of smell. That is why 
he is found where the odors are the 
strongest. 
The fly multiplies by the millions 
—another reason why there should 
be a constant crusade against him. 
Keep the rubbish heaps from the 
yards; keep garbage receptacles 
covered; clean your stables once a 
week and more oftener if possible. 
The manure heap is a great breeder 
of flies. The fly is now a serious 
factor in good sanitation. School 
boys and girls should be impressed 
into the crusade as well as their par- 
ents to stop the transfer of disease 
germs by flies, especially typhoid. 
Mrs. Bradley spoke of the fly 
traps, which could be baited with 
milk, a little vinegar or catsup. 
When the trap is filled, kill the flies 
with hot soap suds water. A good 
disinfectant to keep the flies away, 
or if eaten will kill them, is made 
of bichromate of potash, sugar and 
water. 
In relation to markets and stores, 
Mrs. Bradley states that a great cru- 
sade is on by the league for covered 
food stuffs in markets and all pro- 
tection possible is to be given arti- 
eles of food from contamination, un- 
necessary handling, ete. 
Several bulletins and_ circulars 
were distributed. ‘‘Don’ts for Au- 
tomobiles,’’ a circular of the Bev- 
erly Improvement Society; the bul- 
letin of the ‘‘Fly-Fighting Com- 
mittee of the American Civie Asso- 
ciation’’; ‘‘Please Kill That Fly’’! 
published by the Women’s Munici- 
pal League of Boston, and others. 
Mrs. Bradley did not forget the 
humorous note during her lecture 
and read several humorous anec- 
dotes and items’ regarding the fly. 
She left a most favorable impression 
as an earnest speaker and worker 
for this branch of sanitation. 
