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grown in the same house without fertilizers. There is 

 not much to choose between the humogen-treated and 

 the dung-treated plants in size, but those treated with 

 humogen are yielding ripe tomatoes, while those treated 

 with dung are only beginning to ripen. The fruits on the 

 humogen-treated plants are generally in a more advanced 

 stage. 



" Having had such extraordinary results during the 

 past season by the use of humogen, I thought perhaps 

 the following particulars might be of interest to you : 



" Sweet Peas. I purchased the seeds from reliable 

 seedsmen, potted them last October, and planted the 

 seedlings out the second week in April as follows: On 

 the more favourably situated side of the garden I 

 planted eight seedlings to form clumps of 2 feet diameter. 

 I treated the ground in January with a well-known sweet 

 pea manure, and when the plants began to show bud I 

 watered them with liquid manure made from half cupful 

 of sweet pea manure and ij gallons of water. On the 

 other side of the garden I planted eight seedlings as 

 before, but treated the ground this time with humogen, 

 something like i in 10. When these plants began to show 

 bud I watered them with liquid manure made from one 

 cupful of humogen to i J gallons of water. This I gave 

 in each case once a week. Both clumps are still in 

 flower, and approximate heights are : Sweet pea manure, 

 8 feet 6 inches ; humogen plants, 10 feet. I have had 

 considerably more blooms, larger size, and longer and 

 stronger stems on the ones treated with humogen than 

 those treated with sweet pea manure. The neighbours 

 around are astonished at them, and no wonder. I have 

 never had such plants before. 



" Dahlias. These were treated with humogen, with 



