CCOOP up a handful of soil from your fields. Here is the stuff on which depends your success as a 
^ farmer — or your failure. Suppose this soil could talk to you. Suppose it could make known its 
needs. The first word of its cry would be “FOOD.” Food, as you have your food — not just once a 
year and then no more. But regular, even feeding that enriches every atom of every foot of soil on 
your fields. 
'The cultivated soil of this country as a whole is slowly but surely starving. It needs nitrogen 
potash and phosphoric acid — and it needs them badly. Every crop raised helps to drain the soil of 
these elements. They must be renewed. Or gradually the soil becomes poorer, crops weaker, and 
New Idea Distributors 
on this map represents a New Idea Distributor 
Toledo, Ohio. St. Louis, Mo. 
Jackson Mich. Omaha, Neb. ija.11 as, 
Traverse City, Mich. Sioux Falls. S. D. Housto 
Indianapolis. Ind. Fargo, N . D. 
Vincennes, Ind. Minneapolis, Minn. Memph 
Chicago, Ill. Denver, Colo. Little J 
Peoria. Ill. Helena, Mont. New ° 
Milwaukee, Wis. Pocatello, Idaho. Shreve] 
Oreen Bav Wis. Cottonwood, Idaho. Louisvi 
Waterloo, la. Portland, Ore. ^"lant’ 
Des Moines, la. San Francisco, Cal. Atlanu 
Kansas City, Mo. 
Seattle, Wash. 
Portland, Me. 
Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 
Watertown, N. IT. 
LeRoy, N. Y. 
Harrisburg, F&. 
Pittsburgh, Pa, 
Greenville, Pa. 
Baltimore, Md. 
Orange, Va. 
Mansfield, Ohio. 
Columbus, Ohio. 
The NEW IDEA One-Man 
If you think that scientific manuring 
doesn’t pay—and pay big—it’s because 
you've never used a NEW IDEA. Get 
one now and begin top dressing your corn, 
alfalfa, clover and grasses. Better yields 
this year alone will more than pay for it. 
And you need not be afraid of plant-break¬ 
ing and burning. The big steel distributor 
wheels pulverize the manure so thoroughly 
that it cannot injure even the most tender 
of young growths. 
Note how the NEW IDEA spreads—a 
full seven feet wide—laying a thin blanket 
of finely-shredded manure on every square 
foot of ground covered. 
Note how low down it is. This means 
easy loading. Fill it 30 inches high and 
your team can handle it on any ground. 
The NEW IDEA has a solid bottom with 
chain conveyor that carries every scrap of 
manure to the distributors. And the con¬ 
trol lever is right at the seat for five 
changes of feed—spread 3, 6, 9, 12 or 15 
tons to the acre, as you wish. 
The NEW IDEA SPREADER is made 
right—and is guaranteed to work right. It 
has more special features that appeal to 
the practical farmer than all other makes 
combined. See your dealer—he will show 
you. Or if you don’t know who handles 
this spreader, write us and we will be glad 
to tell you. 
But by all means, don’t go on wasting 
the precious plant-food in your fresh stable 
manure. Don’t continue starving your 
soil and robbing your own pocket. Get a 
manure spreader. Any manure spreader 
will pay you well—will prove a good in¬ 
vestment. But if you want the best in¬ 
vestment—if you want the spreader that 
will give you the most profitable results, 
the longest service, and the greatest sav¬ 
ing of labor—then get the NEW IDEA. 
The NEW IDEA load 
high, hauls easily, am 
spreads wide. 
The New Idea 
COLDWATER 
OHIO 
lion for spreadi 
straw and manure 
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