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VEGETABLE GARDENING 
market for applying fertilizers. Figure II shows a single- 
row distributor, and Figure 12 a wheelbarrow style. 
Both of these are very useful in some lines of garden 
work. The McWhorton distributor (Figure 13) is one of 
the best types; it may be adjusted to apply from a few 
hundred pounds to two tons to the acre. A lime spreader 
is shown in Figure 14. 
While the various drills and machines are convenient 
and usually save labor, fertilizers may be sown satisfac- 
torily and at small expense by hand. Bags of 50, 75 or 
100 pounds should be distributed at proper intervals over 
the field to secure the desired application to the acre. 
FIG. 13. m’wHORTON FERTILIZER DISTRIBUTOR 
The material may then be carried in a bucket or a bag, 
and sowed with the same movements of arm and hand 
as are used in broadcasting clover seed. A more even 
distribution is possible, however, with machines. 
1 1 3. Purchasing fertilizers. — It usually pays to buy 
only high grade fertilizers for vegetable gardening. They 
should be bought, of course, on guarantee. Not only is 
it important to know the percentages of the various ele- 
ments, but the grower should know the sources. This in- 
formation is not always procurable, but it is exceedingly 
important. Intelligent plant feeding is not possible with- 
