WHAT FARMERS SAY ABOUT 



BEN FRANKLIN Agricultural Gypsum 



25 TONS INCREASE IN ALFALFA ON 8 ACRES 



"I sowed a little over 2,400 pounds of Ben Franklin 

 Agricultural Gypsum on eight acres alfalfa. I left three 

 acres untreated to note the difference, and on this three 

 acres the alfalfa averaged about the same as last year. 

 First cutting of the alfalfa-treated field we got twenty 

 one-ton loads this year, against twelve last year; second 

 cutting fifteen loads against eight last year; third cutting 

 eighteen loads this year against six last year. I cannot 

 speak too highly of Ben Franklin Agricultural Gypsum. 



C. K. CRISTY, 

 September 20. 1920. Fremont, Ohio 



TAKES FORTY RIBBONS AT FAIR 



"I am pleased to advise that I was awarded the sweep- 

 stake at the Central Maine Fair, Waterville, this year, 

 taking forty ribbons, mostly blue. I give Ben Franklin 

 Agricultural Gypsum a great deal of credit for these results. 

 Will use it on my entire farm next year. 



C. E. BALDIO. 

 September II, 1920. Waterville. Me. 



NO BETTER BEANS IN THE COUNTY 



"I used Ben Franklin Agricultural Gypsum on summer 

 squash, tomatoes, beans and strawberries and my crops 

 are excellent. Some one-pound tomatoes resulted and 

 never have I seen a better bean crop. All who have seen 

 my beans say there were no better in the county. I highly 

 recommend Ben Franklin." 



H. C. WITT. 



August 9. 1920. Charlottesville. Va, 



GOOD RESULTS ON CLOVER 

 "The Ben Franklin Agricultural Gypsum treated clover 

 plot showed darker color and heavier yield than the un- 

 treated. 



VERNS T. STRUBLE 

 September 24. 1920. Athens. Pa. 



$2.00 A ROW MORE FOR POTATOES 

 "I found Ben Franklin Agricultural Gypsum to be 

 beneficial on potatoes, carrots, rutabagas and radishes. 

 It increased my potato yield about 35 percent. I dug 

 rows not treated with the Ben Franklin and sold them 

 for an average of $5.00 a row; potatoes dug on ground 

 treated brought an average of $7.00 a row, the rows being 

 of same length and planted at same time.*' 



H. J. MARSHALL. 

 August 6. 1920. Minot, No. Dak. 



INCREASES BEANS 50 PERCENT, POTATOES 

 30 PERCENT 

 "We used Ben Franklin Agricultural Gypsum on one- 

 half acre of potatoes and patch of beans. On the potatoes 

 the portion of the field treated showed an increase in yield 

 of about 33V3 percent, and the beans treated were larger 

 than the untreated by about 50 percent." 



P. A. ROMINE. 

 August 4. 1920. Silva. No. Dak. 



SHOWS MARKED RESULTS 

 "Ben Franklin Agricultural Gypsum was used by me 

 as a top dressing on Alsike and Common Red Clover with 

 very marked results. The clover was very heavy and a 

 pretty sight. 



H. B. JAMISON. 

 September II, 1920. Greensburg, Pa. 



SAVED HIS CORN CROP 

 "I think your Ben Franklin Agricultural Gypsum is 

 just O. K.., because where it was put on the soil was the 

 only place I had any corn this year, the rest turned out 

 to be nothing but weeds. I know it is just what this 

 Western soil needs, as wheat is a soil robber. Many 

 thanks to Ben Franklin, I highly recommend it to every 

 farmer." 



FRANK H. FULLER. 

 September 29. 1920. Kimball. Nebr. 



POTATO YIELD INCREASED 40 PERCENT 



"This spring I planted potatoes on ordinary soil. A 

 week later I planted some with Ben Franklin Agricultural 

 Gypsum. The Ben Franklin treated patch are 40 percent 

 larger, although planted later and affected by more dry 

 weather." 



B. OSTBY. 



August 2. 1920. Sheyenne. No. Dak. 



IMPROVES QUALITY AS WELL AS QUANTITY 



"Ben Franklin Agricultural Gypsum is the best fertilizer 

 I have ever used. It improves the quality as well as the 

 yield. I shall send you samples from my potato patch, 

 which will show you the difference in size between potatoes 

 treated and those untreated." 



GEORGE W. HOGAN. 

 August 20. 1920. West Monterey. Pa, 



INCREASES OATS 50 PERCENT 

 •"I used Ben Franklin Agricultural Gypsum on one-half 

 acre of oats, and crop shows at least 50 percent increase 

 over portion of field not treated." 



JOE PICARD 



Silva, No. Dak. 

 FOUR BUSHELS MORE CORN TO ACRE 

 "I must say that Ben Franklin Ag. Gypsum advances 

 the growth of corn two weeks ahead of corn planted 

 without it. The yield where Ben Franklin was used is four 

 bushels more to the acre: both plots of land were worked 

 under same conditions." 



ADOLPH GRIMM. 

 October 29. 1920. Elkhom. Nebr. 



CORN IS LARGER THAN WHERE USED 

 ORDINARY FERTILIZER 



"There is a notable difference between the corn that 

 received the Ben Branklin Agricultural gypsum and the 

 corn that had ordinary fertilizer." 



CHAS. BURNS, 

 July 27, 1920. . itw Brighton. Pa. 



INCREASES GARDEN PLANTS 50 PERCENT 

 "I applied your Ben Franklin on my garden this year 

 according to directions, and it increased the growth of 

 plants 50 percent over other year's growth. The results 

 were specially good on lettuce, radishes, strawberries and 

 potatoes. I certainly will use it next year and highly 

 recommend it." 



JOSEPH L. BAIREY, 

 August 2, 1920. Brookings, So. Dak. 



DOUBLES HIS PEA CROP 

 "I used Ben Franklin Agricultural Gypsum on garden 

 peas and got nearly twice the amount and better quality.'* 



T. R. PRENDERGAST. 

 July 27. 1920. North East. Pa. 



CABBAGES AND TOMATOES SHOW BENEFIT 

 "Where Ben Franklin Agricultural Gypsum was applied 

 to my cabbage the heads are already four inches in dia- 

 meter, while the untreated cabbage are only half as high 

 with heads still unformed. Had equal success with toma- 

 toes; the treated bushes being twice as high as the un- 

 treated and are now bearing." 



C. J. LANGE, 

 August 4. 1920. Dundee. III. 



BIG RESULTS ON CLOVER 



"Where Ben Franklin Agricultural Gypsum was applied 

 to clover, the crop is rank, fresh and the roots are large 

 and healthy. Where not applied, we have a great number 

 of bare and dead spots through the field and there is 

 scarcely any comparison between the two crops." 



LEE & DERRICK, 



Per H. G. Derrick, 

 July 29. 1920. Anoka. Minn. 



INCREASES ALFALFA ONE-Tr^IRD 

 "In regard to Agricultural Gypsum. I tried it on alfalfa 

 and am pleased to say that it improved my crop fully 

 one-third over portion untreated." 



JOS. B. HEMMELGARN. 

 July 25. 1920. Perham. Minn. 



FROM A COUNTY AGpNT 

 "Your letter of the 19th received. In reply I should 

 state that I visited H. L. Arnold's farm and viewed the 

 test plot of clover treated with Ben Franklin Agricultural 

 Gypsum. I noted that the clover on the test plot showed 

 a darker color, a taller, denser and ranker growth than did 

 clover grown alongside where lime has been applied. The 

 lime plot showed some improvement over the unlimed but 

 not as much as the plot treated with Agricultural Gypsum." 



D. C. DVORACEK. County Agent 

 July 21, 1920. Bemidji. Minn. 



Untreated, Wt., 1 lb. 12 oz. Treated with "Ben Franklin," 2 lbs. 7 02. 



Potatoes grown by B. Ostby. Sheyenne.. N. Dak. His letter is shown above* 



