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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST 
[March, 
EXPERIMENT FERTILIZERS. 
“COMPLETE MANURE SET.” 
A New and Simple Set of Fertilizers, Costing only $5 per set, Adapted for Testing any 
Soil for deficiency in the more Important Elements of Plant-Food. 
Designed for Those who desire a Set Requiring the least 
Possible Care and Trouble in its Use. 
) mixing or further preparation, to be 
- machine at time of sowing, and also 
This set consists of only four bags of uniform weight (50 lbs. each,) requirin, 
applied on four alternate strips on any crop. May be applied broadcast by ham 
as a top-dressing as for grass, or winter grain, in the spring. 
Bag A, 50 lbs., complete manure, containing the main ingredients in about the same proportion as, but in far 
more soluble and concentrated form than stable manure. 
Bag it, 50 lbs., same as Bag A, with nitrogen omitted. 
Bag C, 50 lbs.. “ “ “ phosphoric acid omitted. 
" ■" — “ “ “ potash omitted. 
Bag I>, 50 lbs., 
The results from 
cate which one or more 
growing the aro 
these four bags applied in ft 
ore of the important ingredii 
lerimented upon. Full directi 
potas 
our alternate strips, will, during an average 
ients, Nitrogen, Phosphoric Acid, and Potashls deficient in the soil for 
rections accompany each set. Any ordinary farm-hand can apply them. To 
:ood growing season, indi- 
ficii . 
each bag is attached a tag, giving the number of pounds of each ingredient furnished, and the source from which obtained, 
with guaranteed composition. Bags A, B, C, and D, will be put up in a large bag as “ Complete Manure Set.” 
Price per set, delivered to cars or boat at New York, $5. Price with plaster omitted, requiring to be reduced in strength 
by mixing with a divisor before use, $4.50. Five sets (ready mixed), will be sent to one address in one shipment on re¬ 
ceipt of $22.50. The endorsement of this plan of experiments by nearly all the Agricultural Press, Agricultural Colleges, 
and Stations, as well as by many prominent agriculturists has encouraged us to extend every facility in our power, includ¬ 
ing pamphlets and other descriptive matter calculated to insure its success. 
Bet A, including pamphlet on “ Farm Experiments,” written by Prof. W. O. Atwater, and blanks furnished as hereto¬ 
fore, at $7. The Set A, is the same as supplied last season under the auspices of the American Agriculturist, and is similar 
to the one furnished by us to the Vermont Agricultural College, Maine Agricultural College, etc. We also supplied the 
•* Special Corn Sets,” consisting of eighteen bags furnishing phosphoric acid and potash in full proportions and the nitrogen 
in the proportions of one third, two-thirds and full quantities as contained in crop of fifty bushels. 
Any one or more single bags of Set A, and also of the extras (for full description and prices see American Agricul¬ 
turist for April and May, 1878), furnished in connection with Comple Manure Set, at published prices. By combining with 
the Complete Manure Set either of Bags 1, II, and III, of Set A, the experiments may De adapted to any crop on almost any 
soil Address, 
The Mapes’ Formula and Peruvian Guano Company, 
158 Front St., New York. 
Extract from “ American Agriculturist,” August Number, 1878. 
&_ „ __ „„ _ 
fertilizer house. The THE MAPES’ FERTILIZER COMPANY have arranged a “ Complete Manure,” set on a 
i lmple and easily understood plan, which they offer to send to farmers at a merely nominal cost, as compared with the work 
and expense involved, especially for trial this fall on wheat, rye and grass. There are four bags In the set, of a uniform size 
of 50 lbs. each, to be used on uniform sized plots. No. 1 Is a complete fertilizer, containing nitrogen, phosphoric acid, and 
potash : Nos. 2,3, and 4, are the same as No. 1, save that the nitrogen is left out in one, phosphoric acid in another, and 
potash In the last, thus covering the ground in a simple manner. These experiments, while they may not tell just what and 
how much any particular soil lacks, and must be continued perhaps for years in order to reach any definite results are 
instructive and valuable for any farmer to try, as they familiarize him with the substances employed, and teach many prin¬ 
ciples in the use of artificial fertilizers, which are fast becoming a necessity in American agriculture.” 
The Monitor Seed Drill. 
This is the most complete and positive Seed Drill ever invented. It is radically different 
from and superior to all others. It is the only machine which measures and drops the 
seed with a positive motion, and exactly the same amount at each foot or yard It has 
been tested by 5 years’ use in Massachusetts, and was awarded the highest prize at the 
“ Centennial.” $5?* The “ Monitor ” has been thoroughly tested during the season of 1S78, 
and heartily endorsed ns n First Class Machine by Prolessor Geo. Thurber, ol' 
New Jersey, and by Jas. Vick, of Rochester, N. Y. 
SST Agents Wanted.— For full descriptive circular and testimonials, address 
THE MERRIMAC MACHINE CO., Newburyport, Mass. 
tool. From early spring till faff it is the Gardener's ever-ready assistant, 
roved 
~ eel 
„■$ mcr 
‘ngj oots or vegetables in drills, and by all 
Onion Growers and Nurserymen. T he 1879 Planet Jr. Horse Hoe, iron frame 
and polished steel teeth, is THE tool for all fine work among Cotton, Corn, 
Tobacco, Potatoes, etc., etc. Send for full descriptive Catalogue, with testi¬ 
monials from many States. S. L. ALLEN & CO., 229 Market Street, Phila 
PURE 
[GROUND] 
J0NE. 
N?l. 
i PERUVIANj 
GUANO.! 
(warranted) 
"DOUBLE 
[REFINED] 
Genuine Peruvian Guano, No. 1 and Lohos brands, pure 
Ground Bone, Poudrette, and Super-Phosphate of Lime. 
Merchants and Farmers supplied at the very lowest price. 
Send for 1879 Pamphlet. 
H. B. GRIFFING, 60 Coiirtlandt St., New York. 
Soluble 
Pacific Guano. 
The Superior excellence of this Guano has been so suc¬ 
cessfully demonstrated during the past ten years in the Mid¬ 
dle and Southern States, on cotton, corn, tobacco, sugar-cane 
and garden vegetables—the Company’s sales have exceeded 
the enormous aggregate of 35,000 tons in a single season— 
that it is now offered for sale with entire confidence as to its 
merits. No fertilizer ever introduced In this country, has 
undergone severer tests, or come out of them with its char- 
acteras a first-class, reliable fertilizer more thoroughly es- 
tablished. In consequence of the satisfactory results of 
these very complete tests, this Guano has acquired a reputa¬ 
tion equal to that formerly enjoyed by Peruvian Guano. It 
is rich In Bone Phosphate of Limey finely ground (a 
large proportion of which is immediately soluble;, Ammo¬ 
nia, and Potash, besides other ingredients valuable a9 
S lnnt-lood. Manufactured at the Company’s works, Woods 
'oil* Mass., and Charleston, 8. C., under tne supervision of 
competent chemists. 
Pacific Guano Co., Boston, Mass. 
CHAPMAN & VAJV WYCK, 
(Established 1849), 
DEALERS IN 
PERUVIAN 
Guano 
EXCLUSIVELY, 
170 Front Street, 
New York. 
MATFIELD FERTILIZER. 
This is the only fertilizer professedly containing all the 
soil elements found in each crop. Prof. W. O. Atwacer, of 
the Connecticut Agricultural Station, analyzed six of onr 
different fertilizers, and found in every case, as we guaran¬ 
teed, that they contained a larger percentage of 
plant-tood elements than we claimed by the labels 
placed on each package. Send for circulars. Address 
Matfleld Fertilizer Co., 
13 Doane St.,Boston, Mass. 
THE CHEAPEST AND 
BEST FERTILIZER in 
the World, because It Is pure 
hone (nothing else) ground in 
its natural state, retaining those 
elements that will surely restore 
exhausted land. Just the article 
for Wheat, Grain, and Grass 
farms. Gardens, Conservatories, 
Hothouses, and Household 
Plants. Once nsingfully demon¬ 
strates its value. Sold in any 
quantity. All questions answer¬ 
ed regarding its value. Circulars 
free. Address Excelsior Fer¬ 
tilizing Co., Salem, Ohio. 
BONE 
| THE COMING POTATO 
“ST. PATRICK.” 
For prices, send for our Catalogue of 
! “EYerythinE for tie Garden,” 
free on application. 
Seedsmen, 35 Cortlandt St., Hew York. 
MAMMOTH PEARL POTATO. 
A wonderful early potato. By far the most productive 
and best keeping variety in America. Yields double or 
triple any ordinary kind. Ripens in August. Shape, oblong 
to round. Skin white. Never hollow. Vines very heavy, 
and injured but little by bugs. Co.oks like a ball of flour, 
and white as snow. Order at once. Price, 50 eyes, 50 cts.; 150 
eyes $1.00. Address J. A. EvEKiTT,Watsontown, Pa.,Box 229. 
POTATOES FOR SEED, 
Remarks on some new and good varieties will be found 
in my Catalogue of Farm and Garden Seeds. I shall be glad 
to send it free to all my old friends of the American Agri¬ 
culturist, who will send me their address on a postal card. 
Address JOSEPH HARRIS, fflorctoii Farm, 
Rochester, IV . Y. 
SEED POTATOES—A SPECIALTY. 
Standard Varieties — Selected Stock. 
A large and choice lot of Seed Sweet Potatoes. Imported 
Early Pea Seed. All at lowest cash figures. 
... , T. C. DAVENPORT, 
124 Dock street, Philadelphia, Pa. 
“EARLY PEABODY 
Sweet Potato. “The earliest potato known.” Ready for 
market Aug. 1st in Ohio and New York States. In Georgia 
and Alabama June 5th. Write on a postal curd for a cir¬ 
cular, which lias lull particulars and testimonials. 
_CHAS. A. PEABODY & CO., Columbus, Gil. 
SWEET 
POTATO 
Seed from37 acres. Early Peabody and ail 
leading kinds. Mail, 2 lbs., $i. Express, % 
bu„ $1.50. Low by Bbl. 2,000,000 plants in May. 
Best stock. Lowest prices. Write for circular. 
W. W. RATHBONE, Marietta, Ohio. 
BONE 
DUST 
Guaranteed Pure. 
MANUFACTURED BY 
S. H. MORGAN & CO., 
Toledo, O. 
Pearce’s Improved Cahoon Broadcast 
Seed Sower. 
For Sowing all kinds of 
Grain and Grass Seed. 
Tills machine does as much 
work as 5 men can do by hand, 
and does better work than can 
be done by any other means 
whatever. No more sowing 
too much to the left. Agents 
wanted in every county in the 
United States. Price. $6. Send 
stamp for circular. 
GOODELL COMPANY, 
Antrim, N. H„ 
SOLE MANUFACTURERS. 
MATTHEWS’ 11,11 
The Standard of America. 
Admitted by leading Seedsmen 
and Market Gardeners every¬ 
where to be the most perfect and 
reliable drill in use. Send for 
circular. Manufactured only by 
EVERETT & SMALL, Boston, Mass. 
Holbrook’s “VETO” SEED DRILL & “NEW" 
Hand Cultivator sow and cultivate all 
kinds vegetables. L)o work of 1 
^ men. Best and cheapest. 
$9.50 Price $12.50 combined. 
Steel Teeth. 
Circulars Free. Made by E. E. LUMMU3 St CO., Boston, Hass. 
Rue’s Hand Cultivator & Seed Drill. 
Send for circulars to GEO. W. RUE, Hamilton, Ohio. 
