FERTILIZERS AND BOOKS FOR 1919. 



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FERTILIZERS 



FOR ALL, PURPOSES. 



CURRIE'S COMPLETE FERTILIZER 



For complete description see page 6. 



114 lb. package 15c 25 lbs $1.25 



5 lb. package 30c 50 lbs 2.15 



10 lb. package 55c 100 lbs 4.00 



600 to 800 lbs. for one acre, price per 100 lbs $3.40 



Write for quotation in Ton lots. 



SHEEP MANURE (Pulverized) — Makes the richest and safest liquid manure. Using- 1 pound to 5 gallons of water once a week 

 is a safe way to apply. It may also be used at the rate of 50 lbs. to every 1,000 square feet in a dry form. Price: 25 lbs. 

 $1.10; 50 lbs. $1.75; 100 lbs. $3.00. 



CATTLE MANURE (Shredded) — Used for top dressing, mulching, etc. Valuable in a run down city garden, as it adds humus 

 and vegetable matter which are essential for all vegetation. Use 12 to 40 pounds per 1,000 square feet, or 500 to 2,000 

 pounds per acre. Price: 100 lbs. $3.00. 



Pure Bone Meal — A valuable fertilizer especially in flower beds and window boxes. Use 

 1 pound to every bushel of soil. Price: 1 lb. 15c; 4 lbs. 30c; 8 lbs. 50c; 25 lbs. $1.15; 

 50 lbs. $2.10; 100 lbs. $3.75; 500 lbs. $17.00. 



Acid Phosphate — Valuable for all cereals, also in potato fields. 

 10 lbs. 60c; 25 lbs. $1.20; 50 lbs. $2.15; 100 lbs. $4.00. 



Price: 5 lbs. 35c; 



Horn Shavings — Used during the season in vases, window-boxes and flower beds. Price: 

 5 lbs. 75c; 10 lbs. $1.25; 100 lbs. $9.00. 



NITRATE OF SODA — Used to create a rapid growth and should not be used until plants 

 are well above the ground. Caution — Being rich in nitrogen, it is quick in action, 

 therefore unless used carefully great harm can be done. Use at the rate of 1 pound 

 to every 50 square feet, or scatter it along the row within an inch or so from the 

 plant. In a liquid form a tablespoonful to 3 gallons of water, takingi great care 

 not to get it on to the -foliage. Price: 1 lb. 20c; 5 lbs. 75c; 10 lbs. $1.35; 100 

 lbs. $11.00. 



MAGNESIA LAWN LIME — Used to neutralize the soil if sour or acid, especially where the top soil is a heavy clay. On the 

 majority of lawns a 100 lb. sack will cover approximately SOO square feet. On lawns with a very heavy clay top soil 100 lbs. 

 to every 600 square feet can be applied. The same conditions rule in treating the vegetable garden. I<and thus limed retains 

 its sweetness for a period of two to three years. Price: Put up in two sizes only. lO lbs. 20c; 100 lbs. $1.40. 



If larger quantity is ^ranted than Quoted ahove> Tte ^vill quote special price upon request. 



Prices include Bag.s and are F. O. B. Cars here. 



PRICES SUBJECT TO MARKET CHANGE AVITHOUT NOTICE. 



STANDARD BOOKS ON AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE AND OTHER SUBJECTS 



THE PRICES INCLUDE POSTAGE 



Agriculture for Young Folks, by A. 



D. Wilson. The best book for the 

 amateur and ideal for school 

 work, illustrated $1.25 



Alfalfa — Its growth, uses, history, 

 etc. F. D. Coburn. Ill 75 



Amateur Fruit GrOTj'ing, by SB. 



Green, a practical guide to grow- 

 ing for home use and the market. 

 111., 134 pp., cloth, 75c; paper 35 



Amateur Flower Garden, by Shirley 

 Hibbard. Formation and manage- 

 ment of the flower garden 1.25 



American Wild FIoTvers, Field Book 



of — Matthews. 224 111s. Cloth.. 2.00 



Asparagus Culture — F. M. Hexamer. 

 174 pp.. 111. Cloth 75 



Botany; Tlie Story of Plant Life — 



Wright. Cloth 60 



Broom Com and Brooms. Cloth. . . .50 



Bulbs and Tuber-Rooted Plants — 



111. Allen. Cloth 1.75 



Cabbage, Cauliflower and Allied 

 Vegetables — Allen 75 



Celery Culture — Beattie. Cloth 75 



Elements of Agriculture, by J. H. 



Sheppard and J. C. McDowell, a 

 complete treatise on practical ag- 

 riculture. Cloth. 100 pp 1.25 



Farm Grasses of the U. S. — 111. 

 Cloth. W. J. Spillman 1.25 



Farm and Garden Hule Book — 



Bailey. A useful book for gar- 

 deners and fruit growers. Cloth. 2.00 



Flowers, How to Grow Them — Rex- 

 ford. Cloth 60 



Gold Mine in the Front Yard — 



Treating chiefly on making the 

 home beautiful 90 



Feeding and Management of Live 

 Stock, by Thomas Shaw. Gives 

 the princiTjles covering selection, 

 feeding, breeding, management 

 and marketing. 100 pp., cloth, 

 $1.10; stiff cover 65 



Forage Crops — Shaw. Cloth 1.15 



Fruit Culture, Successful — 111. Cloth. 

 Maynard 1.15 



Garden Guide — The Amateur Gar- 

 dener's Handbook. Tells how to 

 plan, plant and maintain the 

 home grounds and garden. Many 

 illustrations. An indispensable 

 work. Cloth $1.00; paper 75 



Garden, Money in the — Quinn. Cloth 1.25 



Grasses and How to Grow Them, by 

 Thomas Shaw, covering name and 

 character of all the principal 

 grasses in America. 111., 453 pp., 

 cloth 1.65 



House Plants, Success With — Hill- 

 house. For Amateurs. Paper... .65 



Insects and Insecticides — 111. Cloth. 

 Weed 1.65 



Landscape Gardening — F. A. Waugh .65 



Mushroom, How to Gro^v — Wm. 

 Falconer. 170 pp.. 111. Cloth... 1.25 



Onions — Ralph W. Jordan. A com- 

 plete treatise for the professional 

 or amateur grower. 111., 95 pp. 

 Cloth 75 



Plant Culture — Oliver. A working 

 handbook for all who grow flow- 

 ering and ornamental plants. 308 

 pages. Ill 1.65 



Poultry, Making Pay — 111. Cloth. 

 Powell 1.00 



Poultry Manual — By Franklane L. 

 Sewell and Ida E. Tilson. A safe 

 guide to successful poultry cul- 

 ture in all its branches. 148 pp. 

 50c; paper 25 



Practical Floriculture — Henderson. 

 Revised edition. 111. Cloth 1.50 



Q,uack Grass Eradication — P. B. 



Crane 1.25 



Rose Culture, Commercial — Under 

 Glass and Outdoors. By Eber 

 Holmes. Very complete. 111. 

 Cloth 1.50 



Soil, The — King. 111. Cloth 1.50 



Soiling Crops and the Silo — Shaw. 

 Cloth 1.65 



Spraying Crops, Why, "When and 



How — Weed 75 



Strawberry Culturist — Fuller ..... .40 



Tobacco Culture. Ill 35 



Vegetable Gardening — By S. B. 



Green. On the growing of vege- 

 tables for home use and the mar- 

 ket. 111. 252 pp. Cloth, $1.25; 

 paper 75 



W^eeds and How to Eradicate Them 



— 111. Thos. Shaw. Cloth, 60c; 

 paper cover 35 



