Vht RURAL NEW.YORKER 
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COUNTY 
AGENT 
(Trademark 
Registered 
Write and ask your state 
agricultural college to 
send you their free bul¬ 
letins. For years, they 
have been making a sci¬ 
entific study of the prob¬ 
lems of the farmer. You 
can get the results for 
the asking 
fertilizers 
it mys to use them 
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Your county agent is on 
hand to work with you. 
He is in touch wi th all of 
the work of the state ex¬ 
periment stations, and 
he also knows what the 
other farmers in your 
county are doing 
These factors are contributing to better crops 
Your state agricultural college and experiment stations, your 
county agent, and the Authorized Swift Agent who distributes 
Swift’s Red Steer Fertilizers in your community—all are com - 
mitted to the service of making your farming business more 
profitable 
Make your farm 
yield more profit 
I N no business can any one man 
or any one concern determine 
the selling price of a product. This 
is practically controlled by supply 
and demand. Profit is the margin 
between the selling price and the 
cost of production. To make more 
profit, the cost of production must 
be lowered. 
Agent—the merchant in your com¬ 
munity who is pledged to co-operate 
with Swift & Company in giving 
you fertilizers of highest quality, 
plus a service of genuine worth to 
you. You can make your farm 
yield more profit with the aid of 
Swift’s Red Steer Fertilizers. 
Fertilizers for New York 
It pays to use fertilizers—high analysis 
fertilizers. This is the message that goes 
out to the farmers of the land from the 
agricultural colleges and experiment sta¬ 
tions in many states—with definite recom¬ 
mendations, based upon years of research 
and experiment, as to the fertilizers which 
will give best results on individual soils 
and crops. . 
For New York, only five analyses are 
required, according to recommendations 
issued by Prof. E. L. Worthen of the New 
The total number of pounds, 
bushels or tons produced by any 
one farmer has very little effect 
upon the total production of over 
6,000,000 farmers. Therefore, your 
way to greater profit lies in lower¬ 
ing your production costs—by pro¬ 
ducing bigger and better crops per 
acre and per man. 
Lower the cost of production 
Get in touch with your state agri¬ 
cultural college and your state ex¬ 
periment stations; read the bulletins 
which they send out free of charge. 
Co-operate with your county agent 
visit him at his office and invite 
him to your farm. Ask his advice 
and suggestions about crop rota¬ 
tions , fertilizer and liming problems, 
and how to make more money. 
Take advantage of the service 
offered by the Authorized Swift 
Why Red Steer is best 
Twenty-four largefactories,modern 
machinery, access to the best of 
raw materials, a manufacturing, 
chemical and agricultural knowl¬ 
edge which assures properly proc¬ 
essed and combined and thoroughly 
mixed plant food—these are the 
things that safeguard your invest¬ 
ment when you buy Swift’s Red 
Steer Fertilizers. 
“It pays to use them”—and it 
pays to make use of the service 
of your agricultural college, your 
county agent and your Authorized 
Swift Agent. All are contributing 
to better crops and larger profits. 
Talk over your fertilizer prob¬ 
lems with your local Authorized 
Swift Agent. If you do not locate 
him readily, write us and we will 
put you in touch with him. 
SWIFT & COMPANY 
Fertilizer Works, Dept. 2 
Baltimore, Md. 
York State College of Agriculture. These 
analyses are: 
0 - 10-10 
4- 8-10 
4- 12- 4 ' 
5- 10- 5 
6- 8- 4 
For grain, the 4-12-4 analysis is recom¬ 
mended. Other analyses are for truck 
crops. 
As Authorized Swift Agent for the sale 
of Swift’s Red Steer Fertilizers, we are 
co-operating with the New York State 
College of Agriculture by handling the 
brands recommended above which apply 
to local conditions. 
Come in and let us select 
the analysis that meets your 
own soil and crop require¬ 
ments. 
OM. 
Authorized Swift Agent 
