Fertilizer industry -- History

Scope and content The collection consists of a letter from the donor, Judith Frank; a pamphlet titled, The Story of Aero Cyanamid: Nitrogen from the Air (undated); and A Brief History of Calcium Carbide Manufacture in the United States and Canada (1958). A Brief History of Calcium Carbide Manufacture in the United States and Canada was presented by W.J. Fulton at the Electric Furnace Conference on December 5, 1958 in Detroit, Michigan. Included in the presentation are sepia-toned photographs related to...

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The advertising is more puff than substance, but there is a useful list of the various products marketed by the Virginia-Carolina Chemical Company in the years 1916-1917. These are organized by type and include "guaranteed analyses" of the Ammonia, A.P.A. and Potash contents of each product. A former owner of the notebook wrote some figures in pencil on the first blank page, but they don't seem to add up to much.