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J. STECKLER SEED CO., LTD., ALMANAC AND 



Steckler's In ect Soap. — A sure preven- 

 tive for Lice Scale, also all other insect 

 pests on all kinds of foliage plants. 

 Price, 25 cents a package. By mail, 30 

 cents. 



Fir Tree Oil. — The cheapest and best 

 of all Insecticides. For destroying all 

 kinds of insects and parasites which in- 

 fest plants, whether at the root or on 

 the foliage, such as Green and Black 

 Fly, Mealy Bug, Thrip, Red Spider, 

 Brown and White Scales, Aphis, Ants, 

 etc. Price, Vz pint, 60c.; 1 pint, 90c.; 1 

 quart, $1.60; gallon, $5.00. 



Tobacco Stems. — Next to our fine To- 

 bacco Dust the stems are also extensive- 

 ly used as an insecticide by thoroughly 

 boiling them down to a strong decoction, 

 thus extracting all the strength from 

 them, using the liquid for spraying. The 

 stems are also strewn around the plants, 

 permitting the rain and sun to strike 

 them, which causes a kind of suffocat- 

 ing steam to emanate from them, kill- 

 ing all insects infecting the plant. Price, 

 $1.50 per 50 lbs.; $2.50 per 100 lbs. 



King of Germ Killers. — The most 

 powerful disinfectant in the world; odor- 

 less. 25 cents per package. 



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Hammond's Slug Shot. — An excellent 

 article for destroying cabbage fleas, 

 green lice, turnip and beet fly, potato 

 bug, grub worm, etc. It is ready for use 

 and only requires to be dusted onto the 

 plants while they are wet with the dew 

 in the morning, or when applied in the 

 evening plants should be watered over 

 the leaves half an hour before the Slug 

 Shot is applied. Five pound packages, 

 40 cents; in bulk, $7 per 100 pounds. 

 Single pound, 10 cents. Have Dusters 

 for distributing the above powder. Price, 

 1 gallon size, 60 cents; i^ gallon size, 50 

 cents. 



Hammond's Bellows for Slug Shot, 

 $2.00 each. 



Paris Green. — Mixed at the rate of one 

 pound to two hundred gallons of water, 

 it will prove effective against all chewing 

 insects. Put up in 1 pound packages 

 only at 50 cents per pound. This article 

 is liable to fluctuate in price. 



Scaleold. — The best and cheapest in- 

 sect destroyer knowTi for destroying all 

 kinds of insects and parasites which in- 

 fest plants, whether at roots or on the 

 foliage, such as Green and Black Fly, 

 Mealy Bug, Thrip, Red Spider, Brown 

 and White Scale, American Blight, 

 Wooly Aphis, Ants, Grubs, Worms, 

 W^ood Lice and Scale on deciduous and 

 evergreen trees. To be used as con- 

 tained in package with the Shoo-Fly 

 Sprayer or Watering Pots. Quart bottle, 

 25c.; one gallon, 75c.; five gallon can, 

 $3.00. Cannot be sent by mail. 



iDalmation Insect Powder. — Good for 

 Roaches, Moths, Ants, etc. Price 15 

 and 25 cents per package. 



Sulphur Tobacco Soap. — Destroys all 

 kinds of insects on live plants, 25c. per 

 pound box. 



Whale Oil Soap. — Very effective for 

 v/ashing trees and destroying all insects 

 on the bark; it is also an exterminator 

 of insects and lice on plants and shrub- 

 bery. Mix at the rate of one pound soap 

 to two quarts of hot water; and then 

 add 5 gallons of cold water; apply with 

 watering pot or syringe; used in this 

 manner it will promptly rid cabbage or 

 any other vegetable plants, also rose 

 bushes and all sorts of fruit trees, of the 

 aphides and other insects which so often 

 injure them. Price, 1 pound boxes, 20c. 

 In bulk 15 cents per pound. If sent by 

 mail 9 cents per pound must be added. 



Pyrethrum or Persian Insect Powder. — 

 A standard insecticide used in green 

 houses on all kinds of plants, on chrysan- 

 themums for thrip.p, and used very effec- 

 tively on all flowering and vegetable 

 plants. Sprinkled on cabbage plants, 

 against the cabbage worm, it is very 

 efficacious. By burning in rooms it can 

 be made to drive away mosquitoes, etc. 

 Harmless to plants or animals. 14 pound, 

 15 cents; 1 pound, 50 cents. If by mail 

 add 10 cents additional for postage. 



Japanese Soluble Insecticide. — This is 

 the safest, surest and best insecticide 

 ever brought before the public. It is a 

 sure remedy for Cabbage worms, Turnip 

 and Beet fleas. Rose lice, green fly, 

 scale, mealy bug, red spider, aphids, etc. 

 For green house, conservatory, garden 



Poultry Supplies of all Kinds. 



