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JOSEPH BRECK & SONS 
(Corporation) 
THE MAPES MANURES 
Mapes Brands contain the highest grades of material and the most soluble and valuable plant foods known. 
Per Ton 100 lb*. 
Potato Manure (1916 Brand) $60.00 $3.25 
Ammonia 4.50 to 5%; Phosphoric Acid 8 to 10% 
(available, 8 %); Soluble Potash, actual, 1%. 
For Irish and Sweet Potatoes, also for Asparagus, 
Early Vegetables, Tomatoes, Sugar Beets, Fruits, 
Sorghum. Sugar Cane. Sweet Corn, etc. 
Directions for Use—May be used in the hills or 
rows, mixing and covering with earth, provided it is 
scattered well. Scatter it down the rows, mix as 
thoroughly as possible in any manner which best 
commends itself, with plow, hoe, brush, sled, chain, 
etc. Use 800 pounds and upward per acre on ordinary 
land. 
The quantity of this manure may be increased to 
one ton per acre, and this quantity is successfully used 
by many growers, particularly when potato crop is 
followed by wheat, grass, corn, etc. 
Top Dresser Full Strength (1916 Brand) 80.00 4.25 
Ammonia 12%; Phosphoric Acid 8%; Soluble Pot¬ 
ash, actual 1%. 
Making new lawns, flower and vegetable gardens, 
scatter broadcast evenly after plowing or spading, so 
that the harrowing or raking will work it in. Use 500 
to 1.000 lbs. per acre, or at the rate of 25 lbs. for 1,000 to 
2,000 square feet. 
Shrubbery, trees, vines, etc., scatter small quan¬ 
tity around as far as the roots extend and when practi¬ 
cable work in with rake or hoe. 
Top Dresser Half Strength (1916 Brand) 60.00 3.25 
This is the Top Dresser Full Strength, reduced to 
half strength by admixture with equal weight of 
plaster. 
Ammonia 6%; Phosphoric Acid 4%; Soluble Pot¬ 
ash, actual 1-2%. 
Making new lawns, flower and vegetable gardens, 
scatter broadcast evenly after plowing or spading so 
that the harrowing or raking will work it in. Use 
1,000 to 2,000 lbs. per acre, or at the rate of 50 lbs. for 
1,000 or 2,000 square feet. 
Shrubbery, trees, vines, etc., scatter small quan¬ 
tity around as far as roots extend, and when practi¬ 
cable work in with rake or hoe. 
Per Ton 100 lbs. 
Corn Manure (1916 Brand) $52.00 $3.00 
Ammonia 3 to 3.50%; Phosphoric Acid 10 to 12% 
(available 8 to 10%); Soluble Potash, actual 1%. 
Also for Sweet Com. Fodder Corn, Hungarian 
Grass, Millet, Late Turnips, Late Cabbage and seed¬ 
ing to grass. 
Directions for Use—On heavy or average good 
land, particularly when stable manure is used broad¬ 
cast, use 200 to 400 lbs. per acre, scattering well in and 
over hills and drills, on light lands use broadcast, 600 
lbs. per acre: on very light or plain lands, use broad¬ 
cast 800 lbs. per acre. 
Mapes 1917 Special 52.00 3.00 
Ammonia 4%; Phosphoric Acid 10%; Available 
Phosphoric Acid 8%. 
For use in Potato growing, Truck and all farm 
crop*, on land where potash is. adequate for present 
needs. 
Directions for Use—May be used in the hills or 
rows, mixing and covering with earth, provided it is 
scattered well. Scatter it down the rows; mix as 
thoroughly as possible in any manner which best com¬ 
mends itself—with plow, hoe, brush, sled, chain, etc. 
Use 800 lbs. and upwards per acre on ordinary land. 
The quantity of this manure may be increased to 
one ton per acre, particularly when potato crop is 
followed by wheat, grass, corn. etc. 
Five Per Cent Ammonia Special 54.00 3.00 
Ammonia 5%; Phosphoric Acid 10%; Available 
Phosphoric Acid 8%. 
For Tobacco Growing. Can be used in Potato 
Growing, Truck and all farm crops, on lands where 
potash is adequate for present needs. 
Directions for Use—May be scattered in the hills 
or rows, mixing and covering with earth, provided it 
is scattered well. Scatter it down the rows; mix as 
thoroughly as possible in any manner which best com¬ 
mends itself—with plow, hoe, brush, sled, chain, etc. 
Use 800 lbs. and upward per acre on ordinary land. 
All 100 lb. bags. F. O. B. Boston. 
Prices subject to change without notice. 
Delivered Prices quoted on car load lots of 15 tons y 
Bowker’s Ammoniated Food for Flowers 
A dressing made expressly for plants grown in the house, 
garden, or conservatory. Clean, odorless, and producing early 
and abundant blossoms of rich and brilliant color and healthy, 
luxuriant plants free from vermin. Price, small pkg. 15 cts.; 
large pkg. 25 cts. 
Cocoanut Fibre 
A chemically prepared cocoanut fibre, rich in plant food. 
Its peculiar character especially adapts it to induce root growth 
and cause healthy, vigorous plants. For potting bulbs use one- 
third fibre to two-thirds of the usual soil preparation and you 
will be surprised at the results. Cocoanut Fibre is unsurpassed 
as a medium in which to sprout seeds. Price, 5 lbs. 30 cts.; 
15 lbs. 50 cts.; 25 lbs. 75 cts.; 50 lbs. $ 1.00 ; 100 lbs. $ 1.50 net. 
Breck’s Ram’s Head Brand Pulverized 
Sheep Manure 
A standard dressing for lawns and around private homes 
or cemeteries ; on golf courses and wherever a strong, luxuriant 
growth of grass is needed. No time is lost waiting for Pulver¬ 
ized Sheep Manure to rot, as is the case with stable or Barn¬ 
yard Manure, and no necessity for raking off refuse after an 
application of Breck’s Ram’s Head Brand, or danger of tracking 
into the house, or making the lawn unsightly or evil smelling. 
Apply Ram’s Head Brand two or three times during the 
season before rain or watering at the rate of one pound or over 
to 30 square feet or less. This will keep the lawn or golf course 
in flourishing condition. 
Ram’s Head Brand is pure and unadulterated. We get it 
from sheep corrals, where the animals have been kept under 
cover, hence it retains its full strength, and besides has been 
put through a mechanical drying and grinding process which 
destroys absolutely all weed seeds, rendering Ram’s Head 
Brand very valuable for the florist to be used as a bench 
fertilizer. 
We are selling increased quantities of our brand to the florist 
for this purpose and we can highly recommend it. Price per 
ton, $ 40.00 ; 100 -lb. bags, $ 2 . 25 ; 50 -lb. bags, $ 1.25 ; 5 -lb. pkgs. 
30 c ; 1 -lb. pkgs., 10 c; f. o. b. Boston. 
Scotch Soot 
This is much used by florists and gardeners, both as a fertili¬ 
zer and fungicide. Mixed with Flowers of Sulphur (two-thirds 
soot, one-third sulphur) there is nothing better to prevent and 
cure mildew. Used as a fertilizer either in the dry state or in 
liquid, it quickly promotes growth. Per bag of about 2 % bu., 
$ 2 . 50 . 
Fine Ground Fertilizer Bone 
We have a high grade'of this valuable fertilizer prepared 
especially for us. It is useful for all crops, but especially for 
grass lands and fruit trees. Per 50 -lb. bags, $ 1.35 ; 100 lbs. 
$ 2 . 50 ; per ton, $ 44 . 00 . Net f. o. b. Boston. 
Inch or Grape Bone 
This is inrmanipulated bone, broken into pieces that vary in 
size from one-quarter to an inch. It is unsurpassed as a lasting 
fertilizer for grape vines, fruit trees, shrubs and trees of all 
kinds. It should be used liberally in grape vine borders and 
when setting out vines and fruit trees. Mix with soil to a depth 
of one foot or more. Price $ 3.00 per 100 lbs.; $ 50.00 per ton, 
f. o. b. Boston. 
