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Flint — Dane & Vermilya. 



Grand Haven — James Locke, George Hancock & Sons. 



Grand Kapids — Jones Seed Co., Brown Seed Co., Perkins, Hess & Thompson. 

 Greenville — M. Ludlow, Callahan & Ames, 

 Grosvenor — W. J. Rogers. 

 Hartford — E. D. Goodwin. 

 Hastings — R. K. Grant. 

 Holland — Keplar & Son. 



Holly — McLaughlin Bros. Co., T. P. Morgan, M. N. Hudson. 

 Howard City — W. F. Nagle. 

 Hudson — Mr. Reed. 

 Ida — Silas Crane, Weiper & Cousino. 

 Imlay City — J. W. Green. 

 Ionia — Hubbell & Son. 



Jackson— J. E. Bartlett Co., S. M. Isbell & Co. 

 Lansing — C. D. Woodbury, H. P. Gladden. 



Lapeer — Robert King, Chase & Mitchell, Lapeer Mercantile Co., J. A. Porter, 

 E. C. Roberts. 

 Ludington — Mr. Rasmussen. 



Marleite — Kerby & Spring, W. L. Mathews, W. H. Wilson, Nelson Nichas. 

 Marshall — Hubbard & Beckwith. 

 Mayhee — Leidle & Gramlich. 

 Milan — W. H. Hack, W. P. Lampkin. 

 Monroe — Gheckly & Martin. 

 Mt. Pleasant — Kennedy Bros. 

 Niles—S. E. Bolton, J. S. Tuttle. 

 0^vosso — J. Brooks & Son, Parque & Graham. 

 Palmyra — J. E. Rouget, John Miller. 

 Petersburg — E. W. Spencer, C. J. Cilley. 

 Pigeon — Charles Schultz. 

 Pontiac — E. Holland & Sons. 

 Port Huron — M. D. Baldwin. 

 Royal Oak — Jacob Erb, J. M. Lawson. 

 Saginav: — Saginaw Beef Co.. J. C. Derby. 

 Sebeivaing — I. C. Liken & Co. 

 St. Clair— W. R. Kemps. 



St. Johns — Byron Hanley, L. G. McKnight & Co. 

 St. Joseph — G. K. Pixley, E. Burton. 

 Temperance — A. H. King & Co., Sol Onsted. 

 Three Rivers — J. E. Griffiths Hardware Co. 



JJhly — Thomas Richardson, D. H. Pierce, Sparling, Pierce Elevator Co. 

 Yassar — F. Miller, L. M. Gage. 



West Bay City — Mohr Hardware Co., George L. Mosher. 

 Wyandotte — Wyman Coal & Ice Co. 

 Ypsilanti — C. E. Thompson & Son. 

 Zeeland — Henry DeKriuf, Isaac Vandyke & Co. 



BARNYARD MANURE AND COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS. 



There are few subjects which it seems can with propriety be discussed more 

 frequently than the relative importance of barnyard manure and commercial 

 fertilizers. There is abundant evidence to show that commercial fertilizers can 

 never, on the American farm, entirely supersede the use of barnyard manure. 

 Pound for pound most fertilizers contain verj' much more nitrogen, phosphoric 

 acid and potash than does barnyard manure, but in most instances the growing test 

 is in favor of the manure. There is unquestionablj' an influence physical, chemical 

 or bacterial or all to.gether that has a favorable effect on plant life and which can 

 not be attributed solely to the nitrogen, phosphoric acid and potash present. Where 

 all the products of the farm are fed on the premises and cared for properly there 

 should be sufficient manure to keep the farm in a high state of fertility and on 

 such a farm, in our opinion, the use of commercial fertilizers would be uneconom- 



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