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H. G. Hastings Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia. 
BUG INSURANCE 
Much as we may dislike to acknowledge it, bugs are something 
that we have to acknowledge must be taken into consideration in 
most of the larger gardening operations anywhere in the country. 
Bug depredations exist alike North, South, East and West. 
You have all heard of and probably carry some sort of insurance, 
fire, life, accident or some one or more of the dozens of kinds of in- 
surance that are offered and needed. We want to talk to you about 
another kind of insurance. Not a man or woman who farms or 
gardens but what has been bothered with bugs of various kinds in 
recent years. Y’^ou have, or we miss our guess. If not, you have 
certainly been fortunate. 
Why not “Bug Insurance”? Not necessarily a guarantee against 
bug attacks but a guarantee against any serious results of those 
bug attacks. Every market gardener, every trucker who grows 
vegetables has to guard against attacks by various kinds of bugs, 
and the same thing is true of many home gardens. Why not insure 
your crops against serious bug damage? 
Why not use “Bug Death,” the only really safe insecticide? We 
have known Bug Death for many years. We have used it ourselves; 
have seen it used successfully by truck and market gardeners, large 
and small. We know just how good and safe Bug Death is and 
recommend it to you because of our long personal knowledge of its 
good and effective “bug killing” qualities. 
Bug Death kills the bugs and at the same time does not injure the 
plant or its regular growth as does Paris Green, London Purple, 
Arsenate of Lead or the dozen or more forms of arsenical poisons 
that are offered as ”bug-killers.” Instead of Bug Death killing or 
injuring the plants (when applied right) it actually acts as a fer- 
tilizer in small degree. Do you know of any other insecticide that 
this is true of? Bug Death is the only general insecticide known 
that is effective on bugs and is at the same time harmless to both 
plants and animals when rightly applied. It’s sure death to leaf- 
eating bugs and it does not “burn” the plants like Paris Green and 
other arsenical poisons, such as are generally used. 
“Bug Death” is perfectly safe to use and the only bug poison that 
is perfectly safe. Perfectly harmless to human beings and animals, 
at the same time it is sure death to leaf-eating bugs of almost every 
kind. “Bug Death” is the best general insecticide we know. Keep 
“Bug Death” on hand and when Mr. and Mrs. Bug settle on your 
premises to raise a family you can easily turn this into a “bug fu- 
neral” instead of leaving the way open for a large and able bodied 
increase in bug population in your garden. Order it now. 
PREPAID PRICES On Bug Death by PARCEL POST 
(These Prices Named in Columns Below Include Price of BUG DEATH and Postage) 
1 pound package 
3 pound package 
5 pound package 
pound package 
Your Postmaster or Rural Delivery Carrier can advise you the zone you are in from Atlanta. 
BUG DEATH BY FREIGHT OR EXPRESS, NOT PREPAID— 1 POUND, 20 CENTS; 3 POUNDS, 45 CENTS; 5 
POUNDS, 60 CENTS; I 21/2 POUNDS, $1.25; 100 POUND KEG, $8.50. 
We suggest that as a trial you order one of the smaller size packages by mail, and if you find it satisfactor for 
your purpose, that you then order it in sufficient quantity to have it come by freight, and thereby secure a low trans- 
portation charge. You would then have it on hand for use at any time. 
1 st and 2nd 
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1.21 
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1.88 
2.18 
2.46 
2.76 
3.05 
OTHER IHSECTICIDES, FUNGICIDES AND SUPPLIES 
Dry Bordeaux and Paris Green Com 
nminH (Sterlingworth). A combined insecticide and fungicide. 
Many of our customers want an insecticide more pois- 
onous than Bug Death and, in that, more active. They also would 
like a preparation for controlling fungous growth and be able to 
dust or spray for both at the same time. This mixture or compound 
stops blights, rots, mildews, anthracnose, and other fungous growth 
and also kills such insects as Apple Maggot, Bud Moth, Canker 
Worms, Codling Moth, Plum Curculio, Slugs, Cabbage Worms, 
Striped Cucumber Beetle, Squash Bugs, Rose Bug, Potato Bug or 
Beetle, etc. It can be dusted on dry or mixed with water and 
sprayed. This is a quick acting compound and will give you abso- 
lutely satisfactory results. Directions on boxes. One pound box, 
60 cents; 5 pound box, $3.00; postpaid. 
lAlltalA All Q/ian (Sterlingworth). Genuine Whale Oil (not 
ndie wll ^UC1|J Fish Oil) Soap. An old-time remedy for 
scale insects and plant lice and a very efficient insecticide. It is cus- 
tomary to dissolve one pound in four or five gallons of water to use 
as a spray. Directions will be found on the box. Follow these, as 
very tender plants Will be injured by a stronger solution. One 
pound box, 35 cents, postpaid. 
Aliet (Sterlingworth). Powdered tobacco is a 
■ standard insecticide, often used in con- 
junction with Whale Oil Soap and Bordeaux mixtures. The striped 
cucumber (squash and melon) beetle and flea-beetle may be repelled 
with this insecticide. One pound box with directions, 35 cents ; 
postpaid. 
lAlkalA All CftAn (Sterlingworth). Genuine Whale Oil Soap 
Ww fldl© wll 90d|J -^vith Tobacco Powder. This mixture com- 
U.SA1. bines the values of both, effective against 
Wlin I OPdCCQ San Jose Scale, Oyster Shell Scale, Aphis, 
most Plant Lice and Spiders and other sucking insects on trees, 
shrubs, plants, vines, rose bushes, etc. General directions on box. 
One pound box, 35 cents; postpaid. 
UaKa (Sterlingworth). This is poisonous to insect life, but is 
ricUv much less injurious to human beings than the arsenic 
compounds, as Paris Green. It is very similar to White Hellebore 
and has the same properties. Since Hellebore has become so scarce 
and high priced we are offering Hebo, a special Sterlingworth pre- 
paration, to take its place. It is used on such plants as cabbage, 
especially late in the season when it is considered unsafe to use 
Ruralist Press, Inc. 
Paris Green or other arsenites which are poisonous to human be- 
ings. It may be applied full strength or mixed with flour in the 
powdered form or mixed with water according to directions on box. 
Half pound box, 35 cents ; pound box, 40 cents ; postpaid. 
PImmAi TalllAAte (Sterlingworth). A powerful and odorless 
r lallC I CIWICC9 plant grower. Nothing adds more to the 
appearance of your home than window boxes, pots and baskets of 
healthy, blooming plants. These plant tablets promote a luxuriant, 
vigorous growth of branch, leaf and flower. We are told that they 
“double the bloom.” These tablets, dissolved in water, build up 
the soil and supply scientifically the elements necessary to a whole- 
some growth ; much more effective than liquid manure and are 
odorless. Try them on your house plants and they will become 
strong and healthy. Trial size, 10 cents; medium size (100 tablets 
for 35 plants for 3 months), 35 cents; large size (350 tablets), 50, 
cents; postpaid. 
distributing Bug Death 
an imur other insecticides in dry 
or powdered form. By using this, you can apply powders evenly, 
and easily, with little or no waste, and as this sifter is very simple; 
with nothing about it to wear out or get out of order, it is a mighty 
good idea to buy one and have it on hand, ready to use at any time. 
Each, 75 cents; postpaid. 
Aliafrat* those who only want a small distrib- 
xitor for dry or powdered Insecticides and 
fungicides we have Dickey Dusters. They ire fine for those with 
only small gardens or a few plants to dust. Price, 50c ; postpaid. 
Awa^Iavi A CAArl Qaiiioi* The hand sower that scatters 
wjr Clone 9000 90W0r evenly, thoroughly and easily. 
Use it with any seeds that can be sown broadcast — or with ground 
bone, ashes or fertilizers. A Cyclone will pay for itself in three or 
four hours’ work. It gives absolutely even distribution and so will 
make three bushels do the work of four. It has a special slope feed 
board, a very important feature found only in the Cyclone, which 
keeps the hopper properly filled without tilting the machine, in- 
suring a uniform flow and affords a great convenience to the oper- 
ator in carrying the seeder. It also has an automatic feed adjust- 
ment, giving a positive force feed throughout; quickly adjusted, 
started or stopped and can’t clog — no waste of seed. The distrib- 
uting wheel is strong and rigid, made of metal with no soldered 
joints. Everyone needs a hand seeder or sower about the place. 
Price, $1.75; postpaid. 
Atlanta 
