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FARM, GARDEN AND SEED ANNUAL 
F ertilizers —Continued 
Driconure. A high-grade, sterile, odorless, ready- 
to-use, dehydrated cow manure combined with 
peat moss. The value of these materials as a 
source of organic media, contributing active humus 
to soils, is well recognized. The composition is 
about thirty-five parts peat moss and sixty-five 
of cow manure. Put up in SO-lb. bags (314 bushels) 
$2.50 per bag; %-ton, $20.00; per ton, $75.00. 
Platco. 5-8-7. A high-grade complete fertilizer 
for general purpose, especially potatoes and garden 
truck crops. Price: 5 lbs., 25c.; 10 lbs., 50c.; 25 
lbs., $1.00; 100-lb. bag, $2.75; per J^-ton, $11.00; 
per ton, $35.50. 
Platt’s Special Lawn Fertilizer. Contains 10% 
Nitrogen, 5% Phosphoric Acid and 5% Potash. It 
is economical because it requires only 10 lbs. per 
1,000 sq. ft. This fertilizer is a new combination 
based on the weedless lawn principle of maintain¬ 
ing a slightly acid condition in the soil, thereby 
discouraging many troublesome weeds. Price: per 
1254-lb. bag, 90c.; 25 lbs., $1.50; 50 lbs., $2.50; 100 
lbs., $4.00; %-ton, $18.50; 1 ton, $65.00. 
Pure Pulverized Sheep Manure. A safe natural 
manure for plants. A valuable supply of organic 
plant food. Its effect is immediate and lasting. 
Excellent for mixing with the soil for greenhouse 
plants (1 part manure and 6 parts soil). Broad¬ 
cast in the vegetable garden, or placed directly 
in drills or hills, it promotes a rapid, steady growth 
until maturity. It makes rich, safe and quick 
liquid manure; one pound to five gallons of water 
can be used daily, if necessary, with safety. Price: 
5 lbs., 25c.; 11 lbs., 50c.; 25 lbs., 90c.; 50 lbs., $1.50; 
100 lbs., $2.75; 500 lbs., $12.00; one ton, $46.00. 
Floranid. “It’s Nitrogen from the Air.” Contains 
46% available Nitrogen. New, concentrated and 
economical for flowers, vegetables and shrubs. 
Price: 1 lb., 25c.; 5-lb., bag, 90c.; 10 lbs., $1.50; 
25 lbs., $2.75. 
Nitrophoska. Highly concentrated: formula 
15-30-15. Contains 3 to 4 times as much as or¬ 
dinary fertilizer. Price: 1 lb., 25c.; 5-lb., bag, 90c.; 
10 lbs., $1.50; 25 lbs., $2.75. 
Ground Bone. A special 3.29% nitrogen, 22.00 
T.P.A. unsteamed, high grade for roses, grape 
vines, shrubs, lawn and florists’ use. Prices: 5 
lbs., 35c.; 10 lbs., 60c.; 25 lbs., $1.25; 50 lbs., $2.00; 
100 lbs., $3.50; 500 lbs., $16.00; 1 ton. $55.00. 
Regular grade: 2.05% nitrogen, 22.90 T.P.A. per 
100 lbs., $3.00; 500 lbs,. $13.50; 1 ton, $45.00. 
Lime. Ground Limestone. 40 mesh. Price : per 
100 lbs., $1.00; per ton, $10.25. In paper bags. 
Land Plaster or Gypsum. It is an excellent 
addition to land requiring lime and sulphates, par¬ 
ticularly for such crops as turnips, potatoes, 
grasses and clovers. Quantity required, broad¬ 
casted and harrowed in, one-half to one ton per 
acre. Price: per 100-lb. bag, $1.25; per ton, $19.00. 
Hard Wood Ashes. Contains all fertilizing ele¬ 
ments except nitrogen. They drive away insects, 
and are beneficial for all crops requiring potash. 
They are also very good for garden and field 
crops, and are of high value for cabbage, potatoes, 
onions, strawberries, fruit trees, grass-lands and 
lawns. Apply one or two tons per acre. Price: 
per 100 lbs., $2.50; per ton, $40.00. 
Nitrate of Soda. This is valuable solely for 
the nitrogen it contains. It is very quick in action 
and hastens the maturity of the crops. Being 
extremely soluble, it should not be applied until 
the plants are above ground, when one hundred 
to five hundred pounds per acre, mixed with wood 
ashes or land plaster, for convenience in applying, 
are generally used. Price: per 5-lb. package, 35c.; 
10-lb. pkg., 60c.; per 100 lbs., $3.00; per ton, $45.00. 
Muriate of Potash. Eighty per cent pure, equiv¬ 
alent to 48 or 50% actual potash. A high-grade 
fertilizer, and one of the best orchard fertilizers 
known. Especially adapted for all stone fruits 
and as a general fertilizer, muriate of potash and 
ground bone stand as leaders. Price: per 5 lbs., 
35c.; per 25 lbs., $1.25; per 100 lbs., $3.50; per 
ton, $40.00. 
Sulphate of Ammonia. Koppers (25% Ammonia). 
An improved product in fine condition. Price: 
5 lbs., 35c.; 25 lbs., $1.25; 100 lbs., $3.00. 
Superphosphate. Guaranteed 16% 
phosphoric acid. Price: per 100 lbs., 
$1.35; per ton, $21.70. 
Salt for Asparagus and Other 
Crops. In sacks of 100 lbs., $1.50. 
For $ 2 -ton or more, get special quo¬ 
tations. 
Vigoro. A specially prepared food 
for lawns, vegetable and flower 
gardens. Price : 5 lbs., 50c.; 10 lbs., 
85c.; 25 lbs., $1.60; 50 lbs., $2.75; 
100 lbs., $4.50. 
Peat Moss. An organic ma¬ 
terial that contributes to the 
humus content of the soil. It 
is free from fungus, silt, sand 
or weed seeds, highly absorb¬ 
ent and retentive of moisture. 
It is used by gardeners and 
florists in a great variety of 
ways; such as, mixing with 
soil, propagating, mulching evergreens, roses, top 
dressing lawns, etc., which are covered more fully 
in a special folder, mailed upon request. G.P.M. 
Peat Moss is put up in machine-compressed bales, 
burlapped, containing 20 bushels when loosened. 
The contents will cover 250-square feet, one inch 
deep. It is not sold by weight because that de¬ 
pends on the technical moisture content. Price: 
per bale, $3.25; 10-bale lots at $3.00 per bale. 
Sorbex. Selected Peat Moss ground 25 times 
finer. Per bag of about 10 bushels, $2.00. 
