IG ViHH) FOR Plants. 



(l;i> s to a few years, according to the temperature of the 

 soil and the kind and condition of the material used. 



Statistics gathered by the Experiment Stations show 

 that in the United States many millions of dollars are 

 spent annually for *' complete fertilizers." 



Would you not think a man very un- 

 How to Save wise who should buy somebody 's ' ' Com- 

 Money on plete Prepared Food," at a high price, 



Fertilizers. when he wanted feed for his horses, in- 



stead of going into the market and buy- 

 ing 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 ha}' would cost separately. It is fre- 

 What Fertilizers quently more economical to buy the dif- 

 to Buy. f erent fertilizing 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 manu- 

 facturers do not tell this, but some of the experi- 

 ment 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 infor- 

 mation on this vital point should be avoided. If you have 

 on hand a '' complete fertilizer " containing a small per- 

 centage of Nitrogen, and only in organic form, such as 

 cotton-seed, or " tankage," it will be of great advantage 

 to use one hundred pounds per acre of Nitrate of Soda 

 in addition to it. No fertihzer is really complete without 

 Nitrate of Soda. 



