rates, and it is hoped by correctly designating the material ^oo^^^ or 

 the discrimination will not be practiced. 



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RETABULATION SHOWS THAT: 



$1.25 Will Haul a Ton — 



5 miles on a common road, 

 I2§ to 15 miles on a well-made stone road, 

 25 miles on a trolley road, 

 250 miles on a steam railway, 

 1,000 miles on a steamship. 



Farm newspapers generally are quite willing to publish 

 wholesale quotations on all those things which the farmer 

 has to sell, and they have not, as a rule, published wholesale 

 quotations on those articles which he has to buy. Among 

 the latter, agricultural chemicals occupy a position of prime 

 importance, not only as to actual effect on farm prosperity, 

 but as to the actual amount of cash which the farmer has to 

 spend, for his produce comes out of the soil and its amount 

 and quality is determined by the character of the chemicals 

 he puts in it. Agricultural journals generally, which profess 

 to be friends of the farmer should make a continued effort 

 in the direction of enhancing his purchasing power, by 

 endeavoring to make him more prosperous. This cannot 

 be done under old conditions of helping to make him, at 

 the outset, pay such a large bonus for agricultural chemicals 

 under one pretext or another. 



As Nitrate is a powerful plant tonic and energizer, it is 

 NOT a stimulant in any sense of the word; a very small 

 quantity does a very large amount of work. Evenly Top- 

 Dress by broadcasting the Nitrate as soon as the frost 

 leaves the ground in the spring, or as soon as verdure 

 first appears. 



I never recommend the use of Nitrate of Soda alone, 

 except at the rate of not more than one hundred (100) pounds 

 to the acre, when it may be used without other fertilizers. 

 The phosphatic and potassic manures should usually be 

 applied in connection with Nitrate of Soda at the rate of 

 about two hundred and fifty (250) pounds to the acre of each. 

 A rate of one hundred pounds (100) per acre you will 



