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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 h.ave all heard of and proI)ably carry some sort of insur¬ 
ance, fire, life, accident or some one or more of the dozens of kinds 
of insurance 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 who has been bothered with bugs of various kinds 
in recent .years. You 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 in¬ 
sure 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” (lualitles. 
Bug Death kills the bugs and at the same time does not injure tte 
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. 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 the best general insecticide we know. Keep “Bug 
Death” on hand and when Mr. and Mrs. Bug settle on your prem¬ 
ises to raise a family you can easily turn this into a “bug funeral” 
instead of leaving the way open for a large and able bodied in¬ 
crease in bug population in your garden. Order it now. It is real 
“bug insurance.” See postpaid prices below. 
PREPAID PRICES on Bug Death by PARCEL POST 
(These Prices Named in Columns Below Include Price of BUG DEATH and Postage) 
1st and 2nd 3rd 4th gth 6th 7th 8th 
^ ^ /one /one /one Zone /one /one 
1 pound package-$ .26 $ .28 $ .31 $ .34 $ .37 $ .41 $ .44 
3 pound package- .53 .57 .64 .71 .78 .86 .93 
5 pound package- .70 .76 .87 .98 1.09 1.21 1.32 
121/2 pound package- 1.44 1.59 1.88 2.18 2.46 2.76 3.05 
Your Postmaster or Rural Delivery Carrier can advise you the zone you are in from Atlanta. 
BUG DEATH BY FREIGHT OK EXPRESS, NOT PREPAID—1 POUND, 20 CENTS: 3 POUNDS, 45 CENTS; 5 POUNDS, 60 
CENTS; 12% POUNDS, .$1.25; lOO-POUND KEG, .S8.50. 
We suggest that as a trial you order one of the small size packages by mail, and if you find it satisfactory for your purpose, that 
you then order it in sufficient quantity to have it come by freight, and thereby secure a low transportation charge. You would then 
have it on hand for use at any time. 
OTHER INSECTICIDES, FUNGICIDES AND SUPPLIES 
Dry Bordeaux and Paris Green Com- 
nOUnri (Sterlingworth). A combined insecticide and fungicide. 
|jvuiiu 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, Coddling Moth, Plum Cureulio, 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 an<i w-ill give you abso¬ 
lutely satisfactory results. Directions on boxes. One-pound box, 
60 cents; 5-pound box, $2.00; postpaid. 
DryLime-Sulfur(Rogers) 
to practically every fruit grower and all also know the trouble and 
unpleasantness in handling Liquid Lime-Sulfur. Rogers Dr.v Lime- 
Sulfur is the standard solution in dry powdered form—the first and 
only one of its kind on the market. Proven by fruit growers and 
practically all Experiment Stations. Protected by U. S. Patent. 
Pound box, 50c; 5-lb. box, $1.75; postpaid. Not prepaid: 100-lb. 
keg, $20.00. No broken lots sold. Booklet free on request, 
lil/||>k|A Oil Qrkon (Sterlingworth). Genuine Whale Oil (no 
”**’.**' wll Fish Oil) Soap. An old-time remedy for 
scale insects and plant lice and a very efficient insecticide. It is 
customary to dissolve one pound in four or five gallons of water to 
use as a spray. Directions on box. Pound box, 35 cents; postpaid. 
TohsCCO (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 are repelled 
with this inwcticicle. Pound box with directions, 25c; postpaid. 
~ (Sterlingworth). Genuine Whale Oil Soap 
with Tobacco Powder. This mixture com¬ 
bines the values of both, effective against 
San .lose Scale, Oyster Shell Scale, Aphis, 
most Plant Lice and Spiders and other sucking insects on trees, 
shrut)S, plants, vines, rose bushes, etc. Pound box, 35c; postpaid. 
HaHa (Sterlingworth). This is poisonous to insect life, but is 
rnuch less injurious to human beings than the arsenic 
Whale Oil Soap 
with Tobacco 
^^Acre-an-Hour” Sifter 
•’ompounds, 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 prep¬ 
aration. to take its place. It is used on such plants as cabbage, 
especially late In the season when it is considered unsafe to use 
Paris Green or other arsenates which are poisonous to human 
beings. Half pound box, 25 cents; pound box, 40 cents; postpaid. 
Plant Tjihickts (sterlingworth). A powerful and odorless 
riciiih ■ ciMic&a plant grower. These plant tablets pro¬ 
mote 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 nec¬ 
essary to a wholesome growth. Try then: 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), 25 cents; large size 
(250 tablets), 50 cents; postpaid. 
For distributing Bug Death 
and other insecticides in dry 
or powdered form. By using this, you can supply 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. 
AW niietAH For those who only want a small distrib- 
utor for dry or pow-dered insecticides and 
fungicides w-e have Dickey Dusters. They are fine for those with 
only small gardens or a few plants to dust. Price, 50c; postpaid. 
Caa#! CAUfAi< The hand sower that scatters 
Viune sower evenly, thoroughly and easily. 
Use it w'ith 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’ w’ork. It gives absolutely even distribution and so w-ill 
make three bushels do the wmrk 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. T'he distrili- 
uting wheel is strong and rigid, made of metal with no soldered 
joints. Everyone needs a hand seeder. Price, $2.00; postpaid. 
