B'RIDGMAN nursery company, BRIDGMAN, MICHIGAN 
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Manure 
Twenty tons to an acre will put your land In 
condition to bring you splendid returns. Pulver- 
ized sheep manure is within the reach of most all. 
The nitrates, phosphates, guano, and others all are 
good. Strawberries are great producers and need 
food. 
It is a good plan to spread your manure nice 
and evenly, and go over it with a disc or common 
spring drag. It will pay you to do this several 
times before you plant your field. 
Mulching 
If you live in a country where your soil heaves 
out the wheat, clover, and so on, in the winter 
time, mulch your plants with wheat straw, wild 
grass, or pine needles. Anything that will prevent 
repeated freezing and thawing during the winter. 
The best time to apply the mulch is when the 
ground is frozen so you can go on it with your 
team. When the leaves commence to start up in 
the spring rake oflP toward the center. 
Fertilizers for an Acre of Ground 
You expect and want a good crop, a fancy lot of 
berries. Don't expect to get them unless you help 
them along as much as you possibly can. They are 
going to require fertilizer. Spread 15 to 25 loads 
of manure over the ground, disc and drag it in 
before plowing. Also bone meals, acid, phosphate, 
and potash up to 250 pounds, all thoroughly scat- 
tered and worked into the soil. A good clover 
patch is nearly as good with the addition of some 
manure. But if neither of these may be had, any 
good garden soil will more than repay you for 
your time and trouble. Make your rows 2% to 3 
feet apart with plants 15 to 20 inches apart. Set 
them as we tell you, firmly in the ground, and 
then go after them with your garden tools. 
Early Orders 
We will allow a discount of five per cent on all 
orders of $10.00 or over which reach us before the 
first of March. 
Season 
We sometimes ship strawberry plants in March. 
The season is thoroughly open first of April, and 
then on to the end of May. 
We Grow Plants Nature's Way 
This has been one of the hottest and driest sea- 
sons we have ever experienced. However, through 
intensive cultivation we were able to grow a large 
crop of hardy plants. The season being dry, the 
roots are much longer than usual, and this will 
enable the plants to stand a long journey, and 
they will root and grow much better. 
Inspection 
Our plants are thoroughly inspected by highly 
qualified and authorized inspectors before being 
dug and you can rest assured you will receive only 
strictly healthy plants of the very best quality. 
Express Shipments 
An express shipment does not require re-billing 
at certain points as heretofore, but goes through 
to- its destination without delay. Our agent says, 
"We shoot her right through. Twenty-four hours 
to New York." This means better service to you. 
General Culture of Strawberries 
May be summed up in a few lines: 
Soil in good condition. Good plants well set. 
Care after planting, and mulching if your soil 
heaves. 
Parcels Post 
As high as 70 pounds may be shipped in one 
lot to the zone. 2nd 3rd 4th 
zone zone zone zone 
1 pound 10.05 $0.05 |0.06 $0.07 
2 pounds 06 .06 .08 .11 
3 pounds 07 .07 .10 .16 
4 pounds 08 .08 .12 .19 
5 pounds 09 .09 .16 .23 
10 pounds 14 .14 .24 .43 
15 pounds 19 .19 .34 .63 
20 pounds 24 .24 .44 .83 
25 pounds 29 .34 
30 pounds 34 .34 
35 pounds 39 .39 
40 pounds 44 .44 
45 pounds 49 .49 
50 pounds 54 .54 
More fancy Strawberry plants are grown in this 
immediate vicinity than in any other section of the 
world. This seems to be nature's selection for 
strawberry plant life. They are usually covered 
with snow, which gives them the covering of na- 
ture, and just enough cold to harden up and have 
them in fit condition to ship to any distant point. 
The plants always come out in the spring time in 
the very best condition, full of real active life and 
energy, and are immune to any changes of cliniate 
you may subject them to. This is one of the rea- 
sons why they are prime favorites all over this 
country. Plants that are grown in a warm, sunny 
climate and are used to continual sunshine and 
have seen no winter of any kind are apt to be too 
tender, and the change from there to your locality 
might not be as sure of success as those grown 
farther north. 
Pulverized Manure 
By the request of a great many of our customers 
we will offer a specially prepared pulverized ma- 
nure to the fruit and truck grower. This is an 
ideal fertilizer for strawberries and so forth. It 
contains all the elements necessary for the success 
of the fruit garden. It is all fertilizer, no foreign 
matter to give it weight. It is of such extraor- 
dinary value that it is used by most all greenhouse 
men who need the best that money can buy, and 
they have been using it constantly and regularly 
to produce luxuriant and prolific growth. It will 
make anything grow that has vegetable life. For 
strawberries one ton scattered along the rows after 
being set, or two hundred pounds for each 1,000 
plants scattered through during the growing sea- 
son. For blackberries, four sacks for each 1,000 
plants. Five to six sacks for each 100 grape vines. 
Garden crops should receive fifteen to twenty 
pounds for each square rod planted, also several 
times during the season. As stated above, this 
pulverized sheep manure will help all garden, 
grain or lawn plots. Scattered over your lawn at 
the same rate several times during the season 
will make a great improvem,enjt in grrowth an4'K 
color. It will give that dark,'- rioji green color tlTsCtf- 
appeals to the eye and give permanent nourish-^ 
ment. Your lawn will have a rich, wlyety fetit: 
when you step on it. New stools will 'form, and 
it will be a delight to you and your neighbors. 
This pulverized manure, if used liberally, will 
more than double the fruit or other crops you 
may grow. 
Price List, F. O. B. Chicago 
In 100-lb. 
Bags. 
100 lbs. 
600 lbs. 
1,000 lbs. 
2,000 lbs. 
Pulverized Pulverized Pulverized 
Sheep 
Manure. 
$ 2.00 
9.00 
17.00 
32.00 
Hog 
Manure. 
$ 2.00 
7.50 
14.00 
26.00 
Cattle 
Manure. 
$ 2.00 
7.50 
14.00 
26.00 
