ADVERTISEMENTS 



How to Make Poor Farms 

 Good Dividend Payers 



In Rural New-Yorker, November 22d, 1899, Mr. H. W. Colling wood, In his 

 account of bringing up a poor farm, by Mr. Newton Osborn, Newlngton, C t. , 

 says : " Mr. Osborn thought at that time that the ability to feed a soil was 

 measured by the supply of animal marfure. He first proved that a high- 

 grade complete fertilizer will fully take the place of manure. That point 

 settled, he had the trey to the situation, and applied It. Instead of being a 

 soil loaf er, that field began at once to pay a profit. It was so poor that It 

 had never paid even the interest on the taxes. In six years it was paying 

 dividends of 5 per cent, on a valuation of over $4000. Where can one And, 

 outside of a gold mine, an Instance where poor soil has gained proportion- 

 ately greater earning capacity in six years ? " " Corn the k key ' crop/' 



HEADS THE LIST— 150 Fertilizers— FOR CHEAP- 

 NESS TO THE FARMER. The Mapes 

 Seeding-Down Manure 



For seeding down Spring and Tall, also for Apple, Peach and all Fruit 

 Orchards, Grapes, Small Fruits, etc. A land strengthener. 



Ammonia. Phos. Acid. Potash. 



Guaranteed analysis, per cent . . . s.oo 18.00 10.00 

 Average of analysis bv the Conn. Agricultural 



Station for 12 YEARS . . . .3.22 17.S9 11.60 



Heads the list in the Official Report 1901 of the Con- 

 necticut Agricultural Experiment Station as showing 

 the least difference between cost to the farmer and 

 the calculated market value of plant food contained. 



See Official Report, laol, for Official Analyses (160 different 

 brands) October SI, 190L 



Send for descriptive pamphlets. Orange groves 800 acres. Strawberries 

 280 acres, Asparagus 166 acres, Potatoes 100 acres, etc. 



The Mapes Formula & Peruvian Guano Co., 

 143 Liberty St, New York. 



