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J. STECKLER SEED CO , LTD , ALMANAC AND 



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 ap- 

 plied 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 distribut- 

 ing the above powder. Price. 1 gallon size. 

 60 cents ; \o gallon size, 50 cents. 



PARIS GREEN. — Mixed at the rate of one 

 pound to two hundred gallons of water, it 

 will prove effective against all chewing in- 

 sects. Per 1 pound, 40c. ; % pound, 25c. ; J A 

 pound. 15c. This article is liable to fluctuate 

 in price. 



DALMATION INSECT POWDER.— Good 

 for Roaches, Moths, Ants, etc. Price 15 and 

 25 cents per package. 



JAPANESE SOLUBLE INSECTICIDE.— 

 This is the safest, surest and best insecticide 



STECKLER'S INSECT SOAP.— A sure pre 

 ventive 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 or 

 insects and parasites which infest 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, % pint, 60c. : 1 pint, 90c. ; 

 1 quart. $1.60. 



TOBACCO STEMS.— Next to cur fine To- 

 bacco Dust the stems are also extensive 1 y 

 used as an insecticide by thoroughly boiling 

 them down to a strong decoction, thus ex- 

 tracting all the strength from them, using the 

 liquid for spraying. The stems are als 

 strewn around the plants, permitting the rain 

 and sun to strike them, which causes a kind 

 of suffocating steam to emanate from them, 

 killing all insects infecting the plant. Price 

 $1.00 per sack. 



KING OF GERM KILLERS. — The most 

 powerful disinfectant in the world : odorless. 

 25 cents per package. 



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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 and field use it has no 

 equal, and is sure death to insects. Sold on y 

 in 1 pound packages at 25c. By mail 15 cents 

 extra. Full directions on every box. We are 

 the sole agents for the United States. 



WHALE OIL SOAP.— Very effective for 

 washing trees and destroying all insects on 

 the bark ; it is also an exterminator of in- 

 sects and lice on plants and shrubbery. Mix 

 at the rate of one pound soap to two quarts 

 of hot water, and then add five gallons of 

 cold water : apply with watering pot or 

 syringe ; used in this manner it will prompt'y 

 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 in- 

 jure them. Price, 1 pound boxes. 20c. In 

 bulk 15 cents per pound. If sent by mail 

 cents per pound postage must be added. 

 FORMULA TO PREVENT SCAB. BEETLES 

 AND BLIGHT ON POTATOES. 



Potatoe Beetles. Scab, Blight. — First Ap- 

 plication — For Scab, soak seed in corrosive 

 sublimate solution 2 oz. in 10 gallons of wa- 

 ter for 90 minutes. Second Application. — 

 When beetles or the larvae appear, Paris 

 green 1 pound to 200 gallons of water. Third 

 Application. — Repeat whenever necessary. 

 Fourth Application — When blight of the 

 leaves is accompanied by rot of the tubers, 

 Bordeaux. Fifth Application — Repeat it 

 necesssary. 



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