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Read & Co.
| Name | Read & Co. |
| Ortssitz | New York City |
| Straße | Pearl Street 25 |
| Art des Unternehmens | Düngemittelfabrik |
| Quellenangaben | [New Yorks great industries (1884) 229] |
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| Superphosphat |
1884 |
[New Yorks great ind. (1884)] |
1884 |
[New Yorks great ind. (1884)] |
Manufacturers of Superior Superphosphates |
| ZEIT | 1884 |
| THEMA | Firmendarstellung |
| TEXT | While immense tracts of land are being cleared for cultivation in the West, and grain is becoming so plentiful as to be used in some instances for fuel, the soil nearer home in many cases is suffering a corresponding decrease in productiveness from the thriftless mode of tillage adopted by some of our farmers. It is gratifying to know that this destructive policy has been in a measure checked during the past few years, and that the more enlightened agriculturists have begun to learn the importance of recuperating worn-out lands by means of the various kinds of fertilizers. Cotton-planting, tobacco-culture, and a number of the crops grown in the East and South are more exhausting in their efforts on the soil than grain, and hence the greater necessity for the use of fertilizers in their cultivation. A leading house manufacturing fertilizing supplies and superphosphates is that of Messrs. Read & Co., No. 25 Pearl Street, which was established many years ago, and whose factory is located on Newtown Creek. Special manures are manufactured for tobacco, cotton, wheat, etc., under the trade-mark of the ''Farmer's Friend," and a large quantity of phosphatic rock is used by Messrs. Read & Co. in the preparation of their fertilizers. About thirty thousand tons are produced annually, and the trade is constantly increasing in volume in consequence of the unexcelled character of their manures. For a long time guano was used in a crude state, just as it came from the islands; but the advance made in the science of agricultural chemistry led to the discovery that the efficacy of this manure might be greatly increased by combining with it large quantities of bone and the offal from the slaughter-houses, and in addition large quantities of sulphuric acid or oil of vitriol, of which agent a vast amount is used in making fertilizers. The individual members of this copartnership are Messrs. Clement, Isaac, and W. H. Read, natives of Virginia, who are held in the highest estimation in mercantile life for their ability and integrity, and have always been active supporters of any measure conducive to the welfare of all classes of the community. Liberality and promptness have always characterized this establishment, and those interested entering into business relations with it will obtain advantages difficult to be duplicated elsewhere. |
| QUELLE | [New Yorks great industries (1884) 229] |
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