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ID :B O: lEl O I T, l^vdllOIEI- 



MANUFACTURERS OF 



HOMESTEAD SUPERPHOSPHATE, 



HOMESTEAD COTTON, CORN, AND WHEAT GROWER, 



HOMESTEAD TOBACCO GROWER, 



Made from pure acid Blood Meat, Bone Black, and Potash. 



HOMESTEAD R A V/ BONE MEAL. 



Our works are among the most complete and extensive in the country, and have every appliance to enable us to 

 furnish Standard Fertilizers at the lowest price. Our machinery' is of modern and improved construction, and our 

 goods are made under the guidance of an able chemist, who inspects every lot before being placed on the market, 

 As maniitaciurers of animal charcoal, we have at our hands the most valuable material used in making fertilizers 

 — yiz: Bone Black Dust. This fertilizing substance contains eighty per cent, of phosphate of lime, against fifty- 

 ave per cent, contained in raw bones , and its well known value commands so high a price in the European markets 

 that but very few manufacturers of fertilizers in this country use it. Although the Homestead fertilizer costs us 

 mor^ to manufacture than if prepared of the materials generally used, we shall continue its present high standard, 

 and place on the market a genuine pure Bone Black Phosphate. 



Redford, Mich., June T3th, 1880 

 Michigan Carbon Works, Detroit, Mich. : 



Gentle7nen — The enclosed is a photograph of ^V^leat v/hich was gi-own 0:1 my farm. 

 Each wai- cut from a space of ground five feet square. a.\\A put if. v/ith a. rinc-rioe 

 t'ertihzer drill, and seven inches apart. This is shewing a less difference than the 

 held will average. This was the third crop of wheat grown on the same ground, the 

 soil being sand and clay loam. Each had the same chance, with one exception — the 

 best had at the rate or two hundred pounds to the acre of Homestead Superphos- 

 phate. 



This wheat was cut the nth day of June, 1880, and weighed at the time of cutting, 

 6^ pounds and 3 pounds respectively. 



1 hereby certify that the above statement is correct, according to the best of my 

 knowledge and belief. HUGH HOUK. 



Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 13th day of August, 1880. 



AXSEL B. PIERCE, 

 Notary Public, Wayne Co., Mich. 

 This wheat was examined, cut and weighed bv us, on the nth day of June, 1880. 



JAMES APPLIXG, 

 ALFRED HARRIS, 

 ANSEL B. PIERCE. 



Michigan Carbon Works Medin.\, Orleans Co.. N Y., August jih, 1S79. 



Gentletnen — Enclosed please find a photograph of some barle3\ 'i his barley was 

 grown on A. H. Poler's farm, four miles south of Medina. Orleans Co., New York. 

 I made a frame four feet square and set it in the standing grain on the day of its 

 "? ^^,^,^ being cut. I then cut and gathered all that stood within the frame of each, where 



«S " "^SH there was phosphate and where there was no phosphate. I let it lay in the sun one 



A ', , ^ « day to cure, then weighed each lundle as you see it on the photograph. 



f;-. The pho.-,phate was put down with the seed with a fertilizing diill, the teeth being 



;■ six inches apart. These bundles were cut side \>y side, only six inches apart. The 



one on the left of the photograph had no phosphate, and weighed twelve ounces ; the 

 ' one on the right had one hundred and forty pounds of the Homestead Superphosphate 



to the acre, and weighed two pounds and fourteen ounces to the four feet square. 

 w ' This i: correct. 



''^\B> ^' ^" P^^^"" ^'^° experimented on corn, potatoes ani winter wheat, with as good re- 



- fiSr^ suits on each as on his barley. Of course he has not harvested his corn ; but it stands 

 ^^•■;^ • i -r-'-' fi^affi J^ sixteen inches higher than the rest of the corn, and earing one-half oetter. 

 -hg^^^^^^gg^^^P Yours, respectfully, GEO. W. POLER. 



ACTUAL RESULT AT OUR SEED FARM ON LETTUCE SEED. 



Homestead produced 583 lbs. per acre. 116 lbs. of Lettuce Seed, at $1.25 §145 00 



Where none was used 467 " " ' 560 lbs. of Homestead, at $40 per ton 11 20 



Difference in favor of Homestead 116 " '* ' Actual profit per acre $13380 



D. M. FERRY & CO. 



*:j:*Send for Circulars, giving full reports of results, and all particulars in regard to use. 



^^^ In places where we have no authorized agents we will send sample barrels of 200 lbs. Home- 

 stead Superphosphate on receipt af $4.00; Cotton, Corn and Wheat Grower, $5.00 ; Homestead To- 

 bacco Grower, $6.00. 



OIDOiT^LESS ^LOI^-^XjIS- 



Prepared Expressly for Lawns, Flower G-ardens, Pot and Howse Plants. 

 DIRECTIONS. — Use three tablespoonfuls of the manure to a gallon of water. S'eep twelve hours before 

 using, and keep well stirred while being applied. Do not apply oftener than once in two weeks. 



( Box containing 10 lbs $1 00 



PRICES,^ " >' 25lbs 200 



f " . " 50 lbs 400 



Sent anywhere in the United States or Canada, by express or freight, on receipt of cash orders. 

 Grood. ^gent^s "Wanted, in livery To^vii. 



