FERTILIZERS AND BOOKS FOR 1927. 



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MILWAUKEE 



FERTILIZERS 



FOR ALL PURPOSES. 



CURRIE'S COMPLETE FERTILIZER. 



For complete description see page 3. 



5 lb. package $0.40 



10 lb. package 70 



25 lbs 1.30 



500 to 600 lbs. for one acre, price per 100 



50 lbs J 2.35 



100 lbs 4.00 



1000 lbs 36.00 



lbs 3.7U 



Write for quotation on Ton lots. 



GUOZ-IT BKAAL) SHIiKP MANURE (Pulverized) — Makes the richest and safest liquid manure. Using- 1 pound to 5 gallons ot 



water once a week is a safe way to apply. It may also be used at the rate of 50 lbs. to every l.OOU square feet in a dry 



form. Price: 5 lb. carton 50c; 25 lbs. $1.30; 50 lbs. $2.00; 100 lbs. $3.50. 

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



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



pounds per acre. In 100 lb. bags only. Price: 100 lbs. $3.50. 

 I'URE BONE MEAIi — A valuable fertilizer especially in flower beds and window boxes. Use 1 pound to every bushel ofsoil; 



top dressing lawns 3 to 4 lbs. per 100 sq. ft.; for garden and farm crops 1,000 to 1,500 lbs. per acre. Price: 



45c; 10 lbs. 75c; 25 lbs. $1.40; 50 lbs. $2.45; 100 lbs. $4.50; 500 lbs. $20.00; 1,000 lbs. $40.00. 

 ACID PHOSPHATE (20% available) — Valuable for all cereals, also in potato fields. 200 to 250 lbs. per acre. 



10 lbs. 50c; 25 lbs. 95c; 50 lbs. $1.55; 100 lbs. $2,75. 

 KAINIT — A potash salt for general purposes. 2 to 3 lbs. per 100 sq. ft. 1 lb. 12c; 5 lbs. 30c; 10 lbs. 50c; 25 lbs. $1.00; 50 lbs. 



$1.65; 100 lbs. $3.00. 

 MURIATE OF POTASH — About 50% potash. 200 to 300 lbs. per acre for garden crops. 1 lb. 20c; 5 lbs. 



25 lbs. $1.75; 50 lbs. $3.25; 100 lbs. $5.50. 

 NITRATE OF SODA — Used to create a rapid growth and should not be used until plants are well above the ; 



Being rich in nitrogen, it is quick in action, therefore unless used carefully great harm can be done. Use at the rale of 1 



lb. to every 50 square feet, or scatter it along the row within an inch or so from the plant. In liquid form a tablespoon- 



ful to 3 gallons of water, taking great care not to get it onto the foliage. Price: 1 lb. 20c; 5 lbs. 60c; 10 lbs. 90c; 25 lbs. 



$1.90; 50 lbs. $3.40; 100 lbs. $6.00. 

 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 800 square feet. i>n 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. Land thus limed 



retains its sweetness for a period of two to three years. Price: Put up in two sizes only, 10 lbs. 30c; 100 lbs. $1.75. 



Fertilisers for House Plants — See page 76 



Cor 

 1 lb. 15c; 5 lbs. 



Price: 5 lbs. 30c; 



lbs. 



55c; 10 lbs. 85c; 



jround. Caution — 



If larger auantity is wanted than quoted above, we will quote special prices upon request. 



Prices include Bags and are F. O. B. Cars here. 



PRICES SUBJECT TO MARKET CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE. 



STANDARD BOOKS ON AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE AND OTHER SUBJECTS. 



If wanted by Mail, add 5c per dollar or fraction to prices fflven. 

 Subject to Change Without Notice. 



Agriculture for Young Folks, by A 



D. Wilson. The best book for the 

 amateur and ideal for school 

 work, illustrated $1.6B 



Alfalfa — Its growth, uses, history, 

 etc. F. D. Coburn. Ill 1.00 



Amateur Fruit Growing, by S. B. 

 Green, a practical guide to grow- 

 ing for home use and the mar- 

 ket. 111., 134 pp., cloth 75 



American Wild Flowers, Field Booli 

 of — Matthews. The most inter- 

 esting book extant for the lover 

 of the woods and fields. Numer- 

 ous illustrations. Postpaid 3.60 



Annuals, Little Book of, by Prof. 

 Hottes. Cloth; 128 pages 1.65 



A-Sparagus Culture — F. M. Hexamer. 

 174 pp.. HI. Cloth 1.00 



Botany: The Story of Plant Life — 

 Wright. Cloth 1.00 



Bulbs and Tuber-Rooted Plants — 

 111. Allen. Cloth 2.00 



Cabbage, Cauliflower and Allied 

 Vegetables — Vllen 90 



Celery Culiure — Beattie. Cloth... .90 



Climbing Plants. I/ittle Book of, by 

 Prof. Hottes. Cloth 1.90 



Elements of Agriculture, by J. H. 

 Sheppard and J. C. McDowell, a 

 complete treatise on practical 

 agriculture. Cloth. 254 pp 1.25 



Farm Grasses of the U. S. — 111. 

 Cloth. W. J. Splllman 1.75 



Farm and Garden Rule Book — 

 Bailey. A useful book for gar- 

 deners and fruit growers. Cloth 3.00 



Flowers, How to Grow Them — Rex- 

 ford. Cloth 1.00 



Feeding and iManagement of lilve 

 Stock, by I'homas Shaw. Gives 

 the princip ^s covering selection, 

 feeding, breeding', management 

 and marketing 100 pp., cloth. 

 $1.00; stifl cover 60 



Fertilisers — By Edwin B. Voorhees. 

 Instructs the farmer upon the 

 fundamental principles of fertil- 

 izers. Prof. Voorhees is one of 

 the country's leading authorities 

 on this subject. New edition. .. .$2.50 



Forage Crops — Shaw. Cloth 2.00 



Fruit Culture, Successful — 111. 

 Cloth. Maynard 1.75 



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 $1.50; paper 1.00 



Grasses and How to Gro^iv Them, 

 by Thomas Shaw, covering name 

 and character of all the principal 

 grasses in America. 111., 450 pp., 

 cloth 2.00 



Insects and Insecticides — 111. Cloth. 

 Weed 1.76 



Landscape Gardening- — F. A. 



Waugh. A treatise on general 

 principles, with sundry sugges- 

 tions. Every paragraph short, 

 terse and to the point. 152 

 pages 1.J6 



Mushrooms, Hott to Grow — Wm. 



Falconer. 170 pp.. 111. Cloth.. 1.S6 



Onions — Ralph W. Jordan. A com- 

 plete treatise for the profes- 

 sional or amateur grower. 111., 

 95 pp. Cloth 76 



Perennials, Little Book of, by Prof. 

 Hottes. Cloth 1.65 



Plant Cultures-Oliver. A working 

 handbook for all who grow flow- 

 ering and ornamental plants. 

 4th edition. 444 pp. Ill 5.60 



Poultry, Making Pay — 111. Cloth. 

 Powell l.«0 



Poultry Manual — By Franklane L. 

 Sewell and Ida E. Tllson. A safe 

 guide to successful poultry cul- 

 ture in all its branches. 148 pp. 

 85c; paper 60 



I'ractical Floriculture — Henderson. 

 Revised edition. 111. Cloth $2.00 



Practical Flower Garden, The — 

 Helena R. Ely. Her own meth- 

 ods and experiences told charm- 

 ingly and instructively. Colored 

 Ills 2.50 



Unack Grass Eradication — P. B. 

 Crane 2.00 



Rose Culture, Commercial — Under 

 Glass and Outdoors. By Eber 

 Holmes. Very complete. 196 pp. 

 111. Cloth 1.76 



Soil, The — Its Nature, Relations 

 and Fundamental Principles of 

 Management. F. H. King. 111. 

 Cloth 2.26 



Soiling Crops and the SlIo — Shaw. 

 385 pp. 111. Cloth 2.00 



Spraying Crops, Why, When and 



How — Weed 90 



Strawberry Culturlst — Fuller 40 



Sweet Peas for Profit, by J. Harri- 

 son Dick. A practical guide to 

 the most up-to-date methods of 

 growing this crop under srlass 

 and outdoors. 147 pp. Ill 1.80 



Tobacco Culture — 111 40 



Tomato Culture — W. W. Tracy. The 

 most complete information on 

 the subject 90 



Vegetable Gardening — By S. B. 

 Green. On the growing of vege- 

 tables for home use and the 

 market. 111. 224 pp. Cloth 1.60 



Weeds and !How to Eradicate 

 Them — 111. Thos. Shaw. Cloth.. .75 



