LEONARD SEED COMPANY, CHICAGO 
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INSECTICIDES and 
FUNGICIDES 
Antrol. Best cure for ants. Set contains 4 jars and one 
4-oz. bottle of syrup. 75c set. 
All Round Spray. Used for combating blight and 
fungus diseases, will destroy chewing insects in one 
application, and control sucking insects. M-lb. can, 
35c; 1 lb., 85c. 
Arsenate of Lead. For dusting and spraying. Gets 
rid of leaf eating insects. 1 lb., 40c. 
Black Leaf 40. Is a solution of Nicotine Sulphate 
used as a spray for sucking insects. 1-oz. bottle, 35c. 
Bordeaux Mixture, Dry. Used for curing and pre- 
venting black rot, mildew, blight and other fungoid 
diseases on fruits and plants. One pound will make 
5 gallons. 1 lb., 40c. 
USE HOTKAPS 
Protect Plants for Profit 
Dan-D-Lion Killer Kemical. The best thing to rid 
the garden or lawn of Dandelions. Tube and gal. 
of chemical, $2.75. 
Ever Green. Non-poisonous insecticide. Can be used 
on cabbage, onions, celery, squash and any other 
plant when infested with insects or bugs. 1-oz. bottle, 
35c; 6-oz. bottle, $1.00. 
Kalite. A non-poisonous insecticide in powder form 
for controlling chewing and eating insects. Apply in 
dry form with standard duster. 1 lb., 35c. 
Kaloil. Self spreading, free flowing Pyrethrum spray. 
Used for killing lice, leaf hoppers and red mites. 
114-oz. can, 35c. 
Pyrox. Kills leaf eating insects, fungous growth, blight 
and rot. 1 lb., 50c. 
Red Arrow. Non-poisonous insect spray. One ounce 
will make 6 to 8 gallons of spray that will kill the in¬ 
sects without injury to the tenderest foliage. 1 oz., 
35c; M pt., $1.00. 
Slug Shot. Guaranteed to destroy potato bugs and 
those on tomato and eggplants. 1 lb., 25c; 5 lbs., 75c. 
Sheps Plant Spray. A non-poisonous solution that 
kills sucking and chewing insects. 2-oz. bottle, 35c. 
Tobacco Dust. Finely ground for dusting. 5 lbs., 35c. 
Tree Tanglefoot. A paste preparation painted 
around trunk of tree to keep caterpillars, etc., from 
crawling into tree. 1-lb. can, 60c. 
Terro. A sure cure for ants. 50c bottle. 
SEED. DISINFECTANTS 
Semesan. A general disinfectant for Vegetables and 
Flower Seeds or Bulbs and certain plant diseases. 
2 ozs., 50c; 1 lb., $2.50. 
Semesan, Jr. A dust disinfectant for Seed Corn. 
4 ozs., 50c; lb., $1.75. 
Semesan Bel. An instantaneous dip disinfectant for 
Seed Potatoes. 4 ozs., 50c; lb., $1.75. 
Ceresan. A dust disinfectant for Wheat, Oats, Barley 
and other Cereals. 8 ozs., 50c; lb., 75c; 5 lbs., $3.00. 
Nu-Green. A Grass disinfectant for Brown-Patch pre¬ 
vention and control. 3 ozs., 50c; lb., $2.00. 
GERMACO HOTKAPS can make you extra dollars 
this season. They protect plants from frost, wind, rain, 
insects and ground crusting. Thus they produce hardier, 
quicker crops. You get higher prices! 
100 package, complete .$2.50 
Contains 100 Germaco Hotkaps, one Papier Mache 
Garden Setter and one Steel Tamper. 
250 package, complete .$3.75 
Contains 250 Germaco Hotkaps, one Papier Mache 
Garden Setter and one Steel Tamper. 
1000 to a carton, per M.$10.25 
5000 to a carton, per M. 10.10 
Steel Hotkap Setter and Tamper. 1-50 
Mulch Paper. A durable grade of paper, impregnated 
with asphalt, that is applied directly upon the pre¬ 
pared soil in the garden, either before or after sowing 
the seed or setting out the plants. Its use discourages 
the growth of weeds, while the moisture within the 
soil is conserved, so that the plants do not suffer over 
long periods of drought. Prices on request. 
MEASUREMENT OF AN ACRE 
The following will be found useful in arriving at ac¬ 
curacy in estimating the amount of land in different 
pieces of ground under cultivation: 5 yards wide by 968 
yards long contains 1 acre, as do also the following 
measurements: 10 yards wide by 484 yards long; 20 
yards wide by 242 yards long; 40 yards wide by 121 
yards long; 70 yards wide by 69j/ 2 yards long; 60 feet 
wide by 726 feet long; 110 feet wide by 396 feet long; 
120 feet wide by 363 feet long; 220 feet wide by 198 
feet long; 240 feet wide by 181'/ 2 feet long, and 440 
feet wide by 99 feet long. 
NUMBER OF 
Dis. Apart 
12x 1 in. 
12x 3 in. 
12x12 in.. 
16x 1 in. 
18x 1 in. . 
18x 3 in. 
18x12 in. 
18x18 in. 
20x 1 in. 
20x20 in. 
24x 1 in. 
24x18 in. 
24x24 in. 
30x 1 in. 
30x 6 in. 
30x12 in. 
30x16 in. 
30x20 in. 
30x24 in. 
30x30 in. 
36x 3 in. 
36x12 in. 
36x18 in. 
36x24 in. 
PLANTS OR TREES TO THE ACRE AT 
GIVEN DISTANCES 
No. Plants 
Dis. Apart 
No. Plants 
. . - 4,480 
_174,240 
42x12 in. 
_ 12,446 
. . . 6,223 
.... 4,148 
.. . .348,480 
_116.160 
48x12 in. 
48x18 in. . 
. 10,890 
.... 7,790 
5,445 
_ 19,360 
. . .313,636 
48x30 in. 
. 4,366 
... 3,630 
. 2,723 
. 2,901 
2,178 
_ 10,890 
. . .209.088 
60x60 in. 
8x 1 ft. 
. 1,743 
. 5,445 
_ 34,848 
_ 17,424 
... 13.068 
8x 3 ft. 
680 
lOx 1 ft. 
. 4,366 
. . . 10,454 
8,712 
lOx 6 ft. 
10x10 «. 
435 
_ 3,630 
, . . . 58,080 
.. . . 14,620 
_ 9,680 
_ 7.260 
12x 5 ft. 
12x12 ft. 
16x 1 ft. 
16x16 ft. 
.... 736 
. 302 
. 2,722 
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