Mason Delridge was a composting pioneer in the early 1880's. He invested his families wealth into finding the most fertile means of composting in the
American Midwest. He discovered that due to the large amount of
cats in his mothers yard, the grass was greener than her neighbors' yard. He started a cat shelter (Delridge feline retreat) and made a significant profit selling cat fertilized compost on the side.Mason Delridge died in the
summer of 1932.