which they could very easily save by the exercise of a pjj£ t g 0r 

 little care and foresight. 



Would you not think a man very How to Save I3 



unwise who should buy somebody's Money on 

 "Complete Prepared Food," at a high Fertilizers, 

 price, when he wanted feed for his 

 horses, instead of going into the market and buying 

 corn, oats and hay, at market prices? 



The "Complete Prepared Food" would probably 

 be composed of corn, oats and hay mixed together, and 

 the price would be, perhaps, twice as much as the corn, 

 oats and hay would cost separately. It is the same 

 with plant food. It is always more 

 economical to buy the different fertil- to B 

 izing materials and mix them at home 

 than to purchase "complete" fertilizers as they are 

 often called. Some do not wish to take pains to get 

 good materials and mix them, and prefer to purchase 

 the "complete" fertilizers. If this be done, special 

 attention should be given to ascertaining in what form 

 the Nitrogen exists. Many of the manufacturers do not 

 tell this, but the Experiment Stations analyze all the 

 fertilizers sold in their respective States and publish 

 the results in bulletins, which are sent free to anyone 

 asking for them. These analyses should show in what 

 form the Nitrogen is. The "complete fertilizers" that 

 contain the most Nitrogen in the form of Nitrate are the 

 ones to use, and the ones which do not contain Nitrate 

 or which do not give information on this vital point 

 should not be purchased. If you have on hand a 

 "complete fertilizer" containing a small percentage of 

 Nitrogen, and only in organic form, such as cotton- 

 seed, "tankage," etc., it will be of great advantage 

 to use one hundred pounds per acre of Nitrate of Soda 

 in addition to this fertilizer. No fertilizer is really 

 complete without Nitrate of Soda. 



Are the Farmers of Little Europe More Intelligent 

 Than Those of America ? 



It certainly seems so. The English and European 

 farmers instead of buying their Nitrogen in complete 



