FERTILIZERS AND MANURES 



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FERTILIZERS 



For the Farm, Lawn, Garden and Greenhouse 



Owing to transportation facilities due to the war and conditions existing abroad, chemicals used in the 

 manufacture of fertilizers are quite uncertain to obtain, and Fertilizers and Chemicals offered in this catalogue 

 are subject to being obtainable and prices subject to change without notice. 



Schultz's Lawn Enricher fXrisU^^ 



This superior dressing is made from chemicals, and is so 

 prepared that it acts gradually throughout the season, 

 producing a luxuriant growth of grass of a rich green 

 color. It is far superior to lumpy, strawy manure 

 which disfigures the lawn and gives off an offensive 

 odor. It is nearly odorless, and is easily applied. 



Directions for Using. — For making new lawns it 

 should be applied at the rate of 25 pounds for 1200 

 square feet, or at the rate of 800 pounds per acre. As a 

 top dressing for old lawns, use from 400 to 500 pounds 

 per acre; or for small yards, 6 pounds to each 300 square 

 feet. 5-lb. pkg. 30c., 10-lb. pkg. 50c., 25-lb. bag 

 $1.00, 100-lb. bag S3.50, ton $60.00. 



A shes, Canada Unleached Hard - 



^_ J Excellent top-dressing for lawns and grass 

 WOOa land. They give to the grass a rich, dark 

 shade of green, and will destroy many of the insects that 

 are injurious to grass roots. A superior lawn dressing. 

 100-lb. bags SI. 50, 200-lb. bbls. $2.50; per ton, in 

 barrels, $22.00 



Concentrated Plant Food Tablets 



An odorless food for potted plants. Makes plants grow 

 and bloom luxuriantly and drives troublesome insects 

 from the soil. Takes the place of liquid manure. Ex- 

 plicit directions on each package. 10c. package con- 

 tains 30 tablets; 25c. package contains 100 tablets. 



Pulverized Sheep Manure 



(Sheepshead 

 Brand). A 



rich, pure, natural manure. Excellent as a top- 

 dressing for lawns. Its effect is immediate and lasting. 

 It is recommended for the vegetable garden, promoting 

 a steady and rapid growth. It makes a rich and 

 safe liquid manure. 1 pound to 5 gallons of water. 

 1 lb. 10c. , 5 lbs. 25c., 25 lbs. 75c., 50 lbs. $1.25, 100 

 lbs. $2.00, ton $30.00. 



Pure Raw Animal Bone Meal 



Analysis. — Ammonia, 4^ to 5 per cent.; bone phos- 

 phate, 50 to 60 per cent.; equivalent to phosphoric 

 acid, 25 to 27 per cent. Pure animal bone can always 

 be relied upon to give excellent results upon the growing 

 crops, at the same time acting as a permanent improver, 

 showing its ^ results for several years afterward 

 wherever it is applied. Bag of 200 lbs. $5.00, ton 

 $48.00. 



General Crop Grower 



Analysis. — Am- 

 monia, 2 per cent, 

 phosphoric acid, 8 per cent. ; potash, 1 per cent. This 

 brand is intended as a general crop grower, and will be 

 found equal in quality to any of the brands of this 

 grade on the market. Sack of 167 lbs. $2.50, per ton 

 $28.00. 



Analysis. — Ammonia, 4 per 

 cent. ; phosphoric acid, 8 per 

 per cent. This brand has been used 



Truck Grower 



cent.; potash, 1 



largely by the most successful truckers and is prepared 

 especially for early vegetables. Sack of 167 lbs., $3.25; 

 per ton, $35.00. 



CXrskAf^ Pnfafrfc Analysis. — Ammonia, 

 Vjraae rOiaiO 3 per cent. ; phosphor- 

 ic acid, 8 per cent.; potash, 1 per cent. This brand 

 of goods possesses all the valuable elements of a high- 

 grade potato fertilizer. It can be used on all potato 

 crops with good results. Sack of 167 lbs., $3.00; per 

 ton, $32.00. 



High 



Seven Per Cent Trucker Analysis - 



. Ammonia, 7 



per cent.; phosphoric acid, 6 per cent.; potash, 1 per 

 cent. Truck growers require a special fertilizer to 

 force their early truck for market. We recommend this 

 fertilizer as giving the best results on Cabbage, Toma- 

 toes, Melons and all kinds of vegetables which are 

 grown for market. Sack of 167 lbs,, $4.50; ton, $47.00. 



Ten Per Cent Trucker. i^^^^'jJl^To 



per cent.; phosphoric acid, 5 per cent.; potash, 1 per 

 cent. The highest grade manufactured. Very quick- 

 acting fertilizer for plant beds. Matures crops at the 

 earhest date. Sack of 167 lbs., $5.50, per ton, $60.00. 



MAPES' MANURES 



Choicest forms plant food known. No South Caro- 

 lina Rock used. Basis Bone, Peruvian Guano, 

 Blood, Nitrate and Carbonate of Potash. 

 MAPES' GENERAL SPECIAL WAR BRAND. 



Superior to Peruvian Guano for quick results and 

 lasting benefits. Analysis. — Ammonia, 7 per cent.; 

 phosphoric acid, available, 6 to 8 per cent.; soluble 

 potash, 1 per cent. A strictly high-grade fertilizer, 

 especially adapted for use by truck growers and on all 

 classes of soil, with or without stable manure, for 

 vegetables, insuring quick growth, tenderness, pro- 

 ductiveness, fine flavor, nutritious quality and early 

 maturity. It is especially recommended for and is 

 largely used by our leading truckers upon the follow- 

 ing crops: Radishes, Lettuce, Beets, Onions, Peas, 

 Snap Beans, Tomatoes, Cucumbers, Pepper, Spinach, 

 early and late Cabbage, Eggplant, early Turnips, 

 Melons, Squashes and Asparagus beds. Bag of 

 200 lbs., $6.00; ton, $55.00. 

 MAPES' POTATO MANURE WAR BRAND. 

 Superior to stable manure for potatoes. Analysis. — 

 Ammonia, 43^2 to 5 per cent. ; phosphoric acid, 8 to 10 

 per cent, (soluble and available, 8 per cent.) ; soluble 

 potash (actual) 1 per cent. This is far superior to 

 stable manure for this crop. Produces better and 

 smoother potatoes, and makes a much larger yield. 

 It is especially prepared and recommended for both 

 Irish and Sweet Potatoes, Asparagus, Beets and 

 other root crops. Use 300 to 400 pounds per acre in 

 drill for Irish Potatoes, or 500 to 1000 pounds broad- 

 cast; for Sweet Potatoes, 200 to 300 pounds per acre 

 in drill. Bag of 200 lbs., $5.50; ton $48.00. 



FERTILIZING MATERIALS 



NITRATE OF SODA. For vegetables, apply at the 

 rate of 100 pounds to the acre, drilled close to the 

 plants and slightly covered with soil. For grain and 

 grass crops, apply broadcast at the rate of 100 to 125 

 pounds to the acre, and cover slightly with the har- 

 row. It is used principally in the Spring, just at the 

 beginning of the active growing season. Price, per 

 lb., 10c. ; 20 lbs. or more, 6c. per lb.; 100 lbs., 5c. per 

 lb. ; per 200-lb. bag, $8.00. 



KAINIT, SULPHATE POTASH, MURLATE POT- 

 ASH, GROUND ANIMAL TANKAGE. Prices 

 on application. 



ACID PHOSPHATE (South Carolina Rock). Analy- 

 sis. — Available phosphoric acid, 16 per cent. Per 

 167-lb. bag, $1.75, per ton, $18.00. 



LAND PLASTER. Excellent for composting, fer- 

 tilizing or mixing with guano. Per sack (200 lbs.), 

 $1.00; per ton, $10.00. 



THOMAS PHOSPHATE BASIC SLAG. It contains, 

 in readily available form, the lime and phosphoric 

 acid needed by so many of our farming lands. The 

 Basic Slag we offer has a content of 17 to 19 per cent, 

 phosphoric acid. Per bag of 200 lbs., $2.50; per ton, 

 $24.00. 



