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Pulverized  Sheep  Manure 
30%  Increased  Yield 
Will  it  fifty  mi*  to  i is**  <m  mi  old  mow¬ 
ing,  culling  n  inn  td  llio  aero,  :i  ferlilizer 
at  $28  per  ton,  made  from  bone  and  tank¬ 
age,  said  to  contain  8,75%  nitrogen,  18% 
phosphoric  acid,  about  one-half  available 
tlm  first  year?  I  propose  spreading 
ground  limestone,  one  ton  to  the  acre, 
and  follow  it  with  application  of  this 
fertilizer,  i  thought  of  Using  about  aOO 
pounds  to  the  acre,  I  have  a  fairly  good 
grass  sod  on  the  piece  l  am  proposing  to 
treat  this  way.  Another  field  I  am  going 
to  plow  and  lay  down  in  August,  turning 
in  what  growth  there  is  for  humus  and 
applying  lime  and  fertilizer  as  above. 
Lawrence,  Mass  u.  o.  g. 
Of  course  it  depends  on  the  quality  of 
the  old  sod.  If  it  cuts  one  ton  to  the  acre 
it  will  pay  to  fertilize  it.  The  mixture 
of  bone  and  tankage  is  not  the  best  for 
this  purpose — the  nitrogen  is  not  quite 
available  enough  to  start,  the  grass  into 
a  quick,  early  growth  in  your  latitude. 
Nitrate  of  soda  and  acid  phosphate  are 
both  quickly  available,  and  would  give 
you  a  larger  increase  of  grass  this  year. 
From  choice  we  should  prefer  to  use  the 
hone  and  tankage  on  a  later  crop,  like 
corn.  The  price  of  nitrate  and  phosphate 
may  he  so  high  this  year  that  the  mixture 
you  name  will  pay  better.  We  doubt 
your  profit  in  spreading  lime  cm  the  sur¬ 
face  without  raking  it  in. 
A  Tonic  for  Your  Soil 
FERTILIZERS 
THAT  FERTILIZE 
When  your  own  condition  is  run 
down  your  doctor  prescribes  a  tonic. 
Why-  not  give  a  tonic  to  your  run¬ 
down  soils? 
tS V  V  like,  and  consequently  take  up  readily  — 
s  fertilizers  that  the  rain  can  d.ssolve  easily  — 
VTa  a  QUICK  but  HEALTHY  GROWTH  is  the 
^  V RESULT.  By  intelligently  adding  other  plant  food 
materials  that  keep  their  food  values  during  the 
■^gyv,  entire  growing  season,  you  will  expect  LARGE,  WELL- 
[r  DEVELOPED  CROPS.  These  results  are  obtained 
With  FERTILIZERS  that  FERTILIZE 
or,  in  other  words,  WILCOX  HIGH-GRADE  FERTILIZERS, 
W  which  are  so  carefully  formulated  that  a  real  plant  food  in  the  best 
*1)  mechanical  condition  is  the  result. 
Send  to-day  for  our  booklet 
THE  WILCOX  FERTILIZER  COMPANY  .  MYSTIC,  CONN. 
Sales  Office :  Plant  Building,  New  London,  Conn. 
i*  a  fotdc  for  your  acres  worn  out 
by  continuous  cropping,  or  turning 
sour,  or  being  too  heavy.  One  dose 
will  show  immediate  improvement  and 
will  last  for  several  years. 
For  those  who  prefer  to  use  lime¬ 
stone,  we  furnish 
R-Rj  GROUND  LIMESTONE 
which  is  our  “high  calcium” 
ground  to  an  impalpable  powder. 
Write  al  once  to  our  nearest 
for  information  and  prices. 
Fertilizer  Quality 
When  you  buy  fertilizer 
remember  you  are  buy¬ 
ing  what  is  in  the  goods 
and  not  merely  a  weight 
of  two  thousand  pounds. 
When  a  smelter  buys  gold  ore 
he  buys  not  merely  two  thousand 
pounds  but  he  insists  on  knowing 
how  much  gold  is  in  the  ore,  and 
you  should  know  the  amount  of 
active  nitrogen,  which  is  the  gold 
of  the  fertilizer. 
For  further  information  write 
DR.  WILLIAM  S.  MYERS,  Director 
25  Madison  Avenue,  New  York 
YOURS  FOR  BIGGER  CROPS 
Rockland  &  Rockport  Lime  Co. 
Rocklund,  Maine 
IWon  :  43  Milk  St.  New  York  :  101  Park  Ave, 
10  to  20  bushels  increased 
c”r"  by  applying 
rTfc1,fil  IKS  lb#  lbs.  Sheep  mu  mire  to 
/  ,,u’  acre.  Dropped  with 
I  NSRjfei  '.■!  i  i l i  '.er  all  uchment. 
h»a»I  v  mBL'k  sheep  manure  is  rich  in 
V  ■''%  '  wW  /  nitrogen,  phosphoric  acid 
\  ■’  \  .VV  AJBPk/  an*l  potash.  Also  adds 
V  JyVsBffiPv'  humus.  Great,  for  wheat, 
tSV  ’•*“ meadows,  and  other  Held 
Tfti  1 crop*,  Wonderful  results 
on  gardens,  truck  patches, 
lawns,  small  fruits,  etc.  8  II  K E  1*‘S  II  EAD 
It  It  A  N  l>  Is  sterlli/.ed  by  heat  to  kill  all  germs 
and  weed  seeds.  Pulverized  and  nut  Into  sacks 
for  easy  handling.  Write  for  prices,  delivered 
NATURAL  GUANO  CO.,  830  River  St.,  Aurora,  Illinois 
Plain  Dirt  as  Fertilizer 
M  limi  fertilizers  are  so  expensive  and 
short  of  potash  to  the  vanishing  point, 
would  it  not  he  well  to  remind  your  read¬ 
ers  of  a  stable  absorbent  that  is  within 
the  reach  of  all?  Muck  is  over-valued, 
and  few  have  it.  All  who  own  or  rent 
have  plenty  of  good  clriin  dirt,  which  is 
under-valued.  I  have  used  it  for  two 
years,  and  but  for  coveting  muck  and 
envying  the  neighbors  who  have  it  I 
should  have  used  it  for  80.  Tt  is  a  good 
absorbent,  affords  the  animals  a  soft 
floor,  and  makes  tin*  manure  heap  so 
solid  that  it  does  not  heat,  if  not.  hauled 
away  at  once.  It  is  easy  to  keep  dry 
in  or  out  of  the  stable  in  Summer,  but 
more  difficult  in  Winter,  is  as  easily 
handled  and  is  much  more  effective  than 
sawdust,  and  does  not  sour  the  land, 
for  it  is  the  land.  A  clay  or  clay  loam 
is  perhaps  best  for  the  purpose.  Sand 
does  not  absorb  liquids  so  completely  or 
retain  them.  c.  s.  i*. 
Maine. 
R.  N.  Y. — That  is  all  right — good 
practice — blit  you  should  add  that  this 
dirt  should  have  been  dug  and  put  under 
shelter  last  Fall.  I’oad  dust  is  excellent 
for  the  purpose,  and  it  would  pay  to 
scrape  up  tons  of  it  during  a  dry  Fall 
for  Winter  use. 
Acid  Soils 
Kill  Profits 
CROPS  cannot  thrive  in  an  acid 
soil.  The  trouble  is  that  con¬ 
stant  cropping  and  weathering  is 
bound  to  make  your  soil  acid  un¬ 
less  you  take  steps  to  prevent  it. 
JITRATE  OF  SODA - 
m  AND 
■  FERTILIZER  MATERIALS 
FOR 
HOME-MIXING  FERTILIZER 
W>rtr  Today  for  latent  booklet 
(jfrjjB  NITRATE  AGENCIES  COMPANY 
106  Pearl  Street,  New  York  City 
will  correct  acidity  und  put  your  soil  in  a 
flourishing  condition  quickly.  Because  it  ia 
finely  ground  it  nets  immediately,  diving  re¬ 
sults  the  first  yeur.  It  is  not  caustic— will  not 
destroy  huinus  is  agreeable  to  handle — ■ 
SOLVAY  is  PUREST  grade  of  lime. 
Solvay  Pulverized  Limestone 
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THE  SOLVAY  PROCESS  CO. 
1  600  MILTON  AVE.  SYRACUSE,  N.  Y. 
READING  BONE  FERTILIZER 
Why  risk  a  season's  results  by  using  a  low 
grade  fertilizer  when  Reading  Bone  Fertilizers 
insure  profitable  production? 
READING  BONE  FERTILIZER  COMPANY 
Main  Office  and  Factory:  Readiug,  Pa. 
Vermont,  MiinNm  mill  kmuni  Nru  Ynvk  f> flier,  Puul(npj,Vt. 
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Phosphates  to  Replace  Potash 
Would  not  the  mtfitv  use  of  acid  phos¬ 
phate  for  till  intiiu  crops  this  Spring,  as 
corn,  oats,  barley,  grasses  ami  potatoes, 
etc.,  prove  to  he  a  big  s.wing  of  expense 
in  this  line,  mid  almost  ns  effective  to 
good  results  ns  tin*  commercial  fertilizers 
this  year,  owing  to  lack  of  potash?  If 
not.  quite  as  efficient  would,  in  addition, 
tin  application  of  nitrate  of  soda  on  corn 
and  grasses,  and  also  lime  where  if  may 
I  ••  needed,  give  equally  as  good  results  as 
(In*  fertilizer?  w.  o.  T. 
Arlhurshurg,  N.  Y. 
On  a  soil  which  contains  a  fair  quan¬ 
tity  of  nitrogen  the  use  of  acid  phosphate 
would  probably  give  good  results.  This 
year  it  is  impossible  to  obtain  the  usual 
supplies  of  potash  at  a  fair  figure,  and 
most,  farmers  are  using  rather  more  phos¬ 
phate  than  in  former  years.  "Where  you 
can  turn  under  a  clover  sod.  or  where  a 
crop  of  cow  peas  or  other  legumes  has 
been  turned  under,  where  manure  has 
been  used  freely  in  recent  years,  the  acid 
phosphate  alone  will  certainly  give  re¬ 
sults.  On  soils  which  are  deficient  in 
nitrogen  some  form  of  that  element  will 
he  needed  in  order  to  give  anything  like 
a  full  crop.  A  complete  fertilizer  con¬ 
tains  all  three  of  the  necessary  elements, 
nitrogen,  phosphoric  acid  and  potash,  and 
usually  on  most  of  our  eastern  soils  all 
three  are  needed.  The  use  of  lime  will 
to  a  certain  extent  help  set  free  some  of 
the  potash  in  the  soil  and  partly  take  the 
place  of  potash  in  the  fertiliser,  but  if 
your  soil  is  in  need  of  nitrogen  you  cannot 
hope  to  supply  that  deficiency  by  using 
extra  quantities  of  acid  phosphate.  On 
grass  and  potatoes  particularly  available 
forms  of  nitrogen  are  needed,  and  it  will 
usually  be  found  profitable  to  use  nitrate 
of  soda  or  sulphate  of  ammonia  along 
with  the  acid  phosphate. 
ItoCHiiao  MARL  IJMK  la  mo)iiI>L»  It  will  yluM  quicker  mid 
blggoi  roault*  Ihtui  uvutl  ordinary  rjtrl  nutate  of  Hun*.  And 
you  won't  need  u-  much.  Writ*  to  day  for  |ow«.*«i  prion*, 
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Feeding  For  Profit 
HOG  PROFITS  depend  on  Hog  Feeding.  CORN 
PROFITS  depend  on  Corn  Feeding. 
Feeding  Corn  is  like  feeding  hogs. 
The  most  profitable  hog — 200  pound  hog  at  six 
months — is  secured  by  feeding  a  balanced  ration  for 
big  gains,  good  quality  and  early  maturity. 
The  most  profitable  corn  crop  is  one  yielding  eighty 
to  ninety  bushels  per  acre  of  early  maturing,  sound 
ears.  This  is  obtained  only  by  feeding  the  crop  with 
plenty  of  a  balanced  plantfood  ration  (fertilizer). 
Write  us  for  free  information  on  crop  feeding. 
Soil  Improvement  Committee 
of  the  National  Fertilizer  Association 
970  Postal  Telegraph  Bldg.,  Chicago 
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