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Fertilizers  
Breckinridge County KyArchives History Other 
Book Title: A Glimpse Of The Past 
Before the 20th century, barnyard manure and redistributed topsoil were the 
only fertilizers available to agriculture and these were not in adequate 
quantites for extensive use.  Commercial fertilizer was introduced about 1900, 
and accepted only as a booster for starting growth, but its use in quantities 
was believed destructive to the growth and maturing of garden and field crops.  
It took forty to fifty years of experimenting to convince the farmers of the 
fallacy of this unfounded belief. 
A few of the old timers continued with the old methods until their deaths, but 
their descendents accepted the new and modern trends, and by doing so got the 
early 1900s off to a progressive start. 
Submitted by: Dana Brown 
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