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RYE MAKES PASTURE 
Swift’s “Red Steer” Fertilizers are 
the Best Producers 
Swift & Co. have been manufacturing 
fertilizers for more than 50 years. They 
maintain a corps of field men whose obser¬ 
vations of actual field results are used as 
a basis for fertilizer formulas, recommenda¬ 
tions, etc. The result of this service is re¬ 
flected in the uniform high quality of RED 
STEER Fertilizers, which we believe are 
the best on the market today. 
Unifom analysis and fine drilling con¬ 
dition—these important features receive ex¬ 
tra careful attention in the manufacture of 
RED STEER Fertilizers. To every bag of 
mixed fertilizer is attached a CERTIFI¬ 
CATE OF QUALITY—the purchaser’s as¬ 
surance that RED STEER Fertilizers are 
made from the BEST MATERIALS, DOU¬ 
BLE-MIXED and TRIPLE-TESTED. 
ELEMENTS OF FERTILITY 
Nitrogen: Nitrogen, sometimes expres¬ 
sed in terms of ammonia, promotes growth 
of stalk and leaf. Deficiency of nitrogen in 
the soil is indicated by stunted plants, weak 
and spindling stalks and pale green or yel¬ 
lowish leaves. 
Phosphorus: Phosphorus, or phosph¬ 
oric acid, develops root systems, hastens 
maturity, assists in development of sturdy, 
productive plants, and also aids in making 
available other plant foods contained in the 
soil. 
Potash: Potash stiffens the straw and 
stalk, and assists in filling out the fleshy 
portions of fruit and plumpness of grain, 
as well as production of hardy, disease-re¬ 
sisting wood in fruit trees. The formation 
of sugar and starch in fruit or grain is 
largely governed by the potash available 
to the growing crop. 
The best and most consistent results 
are secured by use of complete fertilizers, 
i.e., those containing the three principal 
plantfoods above described. Addition of any 
one element to the soil cannot make up 
for the deficiency of another, hence it is 
logical that the safest course is to restore 
to the soil a balanced combination of these 
plantfoods. 
The analysis of RED STEER Fertilizers 
is always shown in the following order: 
NITROGEN / PHOSPHORUS / POTASH 
Thus, the formula 6/10/4 contains 6% 
Nitrogen, 10% available Phosphoric Acid, 
and 4% Water soluble Potash. 
We have in stock the following: 
RED STEER Fertilizer 3/10/7 
RED STEER Fertilizer 3/10/10 
RED STEER Blood Meal 13/0/0 
Orchard Dressing 12/9/0 
RED STEER Steam Bone Meal 2/14/0 
Superphosphate 0/18^/0 
Nitrate of Soda 15/0/0 
Sulphate of Ammonia 20.6/0/0 
Muriate of Potash 0/0/50 
Sulphate of Potash 0/0/51 
YIGORO 
A balanced Fertilizer for lawns, flow¬ 
ers, vegetables, shrubbery, trees and in 
greenhouses. Prices: 
100-lb. sack .$4.50 
50-lb. sack . 2.75 
25-lb. sack . 1.60 
10-lb. pkg. 85 
5-lb. pkg. 50 
12-oz. pkg. 10 
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