He calleth together the sages and wise men and 
with anguish of heart sayeth: “Behold, thy servant 
hath searched the parchment rolls and followed the 
traditions of the elders, why have I not overcome 
mine enemy, the scale?” With one voice they reply 
unto him, saying: “Oh, Sir, thou didst well, but not 
wisely. The making of Lime-Sulfur is exceedingly 
simple, but some little thing thou hast overlooked. 
Go to the apothecaries and buy of them the choice 
wine of Lime-Sulfur that gloweth with the sparkle of 
old wine; that maketh glad the heart of man, and 
thou shalt have peace.” 
Then he spake unto them again, saying: “Oh 
most wise Sirs, once upon a time thy servant in his 
travels didst spy an orchard most beautiful to behold. 
I he trees flourished as a green bay tree planted by 
the rivers of water; the fruit thereof was most 
glorious, and blushed like as a maiden’s cheek; no 
scale molested and many of the insects that maketh 
waste mine orchards were not there. Then saith I 
to the husbandman: ‘What usest thou on thine 
orchard?’ and he made reply: ‘An oil that most 
marvelously doth mix with water; it biteth not the 
hands or face, but conquereth the scale most easily. 
It is called ‘SCALECIDE’, for no scale can live 
where it is applied.’ ” 
“Go to,” the wise men did reply, ‘ true, it will 
kill the scale, but if thou wouldst ki 1 ) thine orchard 
too, use it at thy peril. Use Lime-Sulfur!” 
With renewed hope he seeketh out the apothe¬ 
caries; he poureth out his shekels as water; he 
buyeth Lime-Sulfur of the choicest vintage; he des¬ 
troyed his boiler and vats, and sayeth, “Now will 
I overcome mine enemy, the scale.” 
At harvest time, lo, a great voice of lamentation is 
heard, a wailing and gnashing of teeth, for even now 
the scale is increased. 
Alas, ihc yeais iollcu by, anu when fain he w ould 
forswear and relinquish his orchard forever, he sought 
again the husbandman and seeth his t r ees as green 
bay trees, his fruit as pomegranates, and saith unto 
him: “Fearest thou not that thy trees will die?” and 
he made reply and said: “Lo, these ten years thy 
servant hath used ‘SCALECIDE’, my trees flour¬ 
ish, my fruit is plentiful, why should I fear?” 
And then a sad and wiser man goeth forth at the 
eleventh hour and buyeth “SCALECIDE”. 
Go thou and do likewise! 
Another Year Rolls By 
Ten years have come and gone, and through good 
and ill report, “ SCALECIDE ” stands today 
triumphant, the greatest dormant spray. 
We make this assertion with the confidence born of 
knowledge—not faith; ten years use in thousands of 
peach and apple orchards, including many of the 
largest and finest in the Country. 
Many growers have an idea that “SCALE¬ 
CIDE” is too expensive for large orchards. Expe¬ 
rience proves the contrary. A very large apple 
grower, who used “SCALECIDE” this year for 
the first time in seven years, said to the writer that if 
he had only continued its use, he would have been 
a good many thousands better off today. Experience 
from both sides makes the most enthusiastic 
“ SCALECIDE ” supporters. 
We know of a peach orchard of 33,000 nine-year- 
old trees, sprayed annually with “SCALECIDE” 
since planting, that by actual count has only 56 trees 
missing from all causes. Produce its equal, sprayed 
with Lime-Sulfur or anything else! No doubt you 
have heard it was injurious to spray peach trees with 
“SCALECIDE.” 
We Guarantee 
“ SCALECIDE,” used according to the simplest 
directions, to kill every San Jose Scale hit 
with it, and some that you do not actually hit be¬ 
cause of its crawling nature, without injury to tree 
or fruit bud, or we will give you 
YOUR MONEY BACK. 
We mean just what we say, and we are both 
reliable and responsible (see Dun or Bradstreet) but 
it is not an insurance policy against the carelessness 
of your hired man, or a guarantee that you will hit 
what you shoot at. Few men are careful enough to 
cover every scale with one application, but when they 
are, every scale has been killed; and what has been 
done a thousand times can be done a thousand and 
one. 
You have no scale? 
“SCALECIDE” destroys the eggs and lar¬ 
vae of many insects wintering on the trees, as 
well as fungous troubles that arc controllable by 
a dormant spray. This can be said of no other 
spray, either Oil or Lime-Sulfur. 
In other words, it will do everything that Lime- 
Sulfur claims to do as a dormant spray and some 
things that Lime-Sulfur cannot do, and the longer 
trees are sprayed with “SCALECIDE,” the more 
beautiful, healthful, and fruitful they 
become. 
Why hesitate? You will eventually 
use it, why not now? Order today. 
Hundreds of our old customers, big and little, are 
coming back, acknowledging their mistake in having 
made a change, but appreciating, as they never did 
before, the economy, efficiency, and ease of 
application of “ SCALECIDE,” after having 
tried everything else. It takes a brave man to 
acknowledge he has made a mistake; the coward 
would rather suffer than acknowledge he is wrong. 
We have published man}* hundreds of testi¬ 
monials. We have thousands unpublished. 
Some people make an improper use of these names, 
so we seldom publish a testimonial, but if our guar¬ 
antee and assurances are not enough to convince 
you, we will give you the names of enough brave men 
to satisfy you. 
Our catalog of Fruit Growers Supplies sent free 
on request. 
PRICES OF “SCALECIDE” 
Strictly Cash with Order 
F. O. B. Hackensack, N. J. No freight or cash discount 
allowed. 
50 gal. bbls. ...... $23.75 
30 gal. half-bbls. ..... 15.00 
2 5-gal. cans in case .... 6.00 
1 5-gal. can in case .... 3.25 
1 gal. jacketed can (by express only) 1.00 
1 qt. can (by express only) . . .40 
Cannot be shipped Parcel Post. 
We deliver “ SCALECIDE, 99 freight paid to any R. R. 
Station in the United States, east of the Mississippi River, 
and north of and including the States of Virginia and Kentucky, 
at the following prices, providing remittance accom¬ 
panies order. 
50 gal. bbls. 
30 gal. half-bbls. 
2 5-gal. cans in case 
1 5-gal. can in case 
$25.00 
16.00 
6.75 
4.00 
Bank check, postal or express money order. 
B. G. PRATT COMPANY 
Manufacturing Chemists 
50 CHURCH ST. NEW YORK 
Form 149-400-10-14. 
