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PREVENT DISEASE WITH SEED DISINFECTANTS 
SEED DISINFECTANTS 
Only Articles Quoted “Postpaid” Gan Be Mailed 
These are the successful result of a deliberate and painstaking deterniina,tion by some of the 
world’s foremost agricultural chemists to discover and invent the finest seed disinfectants that science 
can devise. Ask for booklet giving further information in regard to Semesan products. 
Semesan Products Booklets 
which we supply will show you how to make more 
money from your crops, by Increasing yields and 
preventing disease. Ask for the ones you are in¬ 
terested in. 
has inherently superior disease dis- 
infection properties that are pos¬ 
sessed by no other chemical now known. It is 
amazingly effective against an enormous array of 
fungus growths, disease germs and over micro¬ 
organisms without at the same time being harm¬ 
ful to the higher forms of life to which the 
seeds and plants belong. Of tremendous interest 
to the user is the fact that with Semesan, the 
need for a specific remedy to treat each type of 
disease is no longer present because Semesan 
covers practically the entire range of the grow¬ 
er’s requirements. Moreover, the facility with 
which Semesan can be applied is an enormous 
advantage to the consumer since it is the only 
disinfectant that can be employed in either dust 
or liquid form. Price, by mail postpaid, 2-oz. 
pkg. 60c; lb. $2.70; 6 lbs. $12.10; 26 lbs. $47.00. 
Not postpaid, 2 ozs. 50c; lb. $2.60; 6-lb. pkg. 
$11.76; 25-lb. pkg. $46.26. 
2c a Bushel Now Pays for 
JjCI Easy Dip Treatment of Seed 
Potatoes With New Improved SEMESAN BEL. 
Seed potato treatment will bring you more 
profit than ever before. New Improved Semesan 
Bel—the quick dip treatment—has cut treating 
costs to l%c to 3c per bushel of seed and gives 
equal or better control of seed-borne Rhizoctonia 
and scab than the old soak treatments. It pro¬ 
tects seed pieces against rotting, insuring maxi¬ 
mum stands; gives more consistent increases in 
yield and consequently larger profits. New Im¬ 
proved Semesan Bel costs less in time and labor 
than the old treatments. It is easily and quickly 
applied. Just mix one pound of Improved 
Semesan Bel with gallons of water, dip your 
seed potatoes, drain, and plant. One pound of 
New Improved Semesan Bel treats 60-80 bushels 
of seed potatoes. Prices, by mail postpaid, 4-oz. 
pkg. 60c; lb. $1.90; 6 lbs. $8.25. Not postpaid, 
4-oz. pkg. 60c; lb. $1.75; 6-lb. pkg. $8.00. 
STOP 
DAMPING-OFFl 
CUPROCIDE 
The Red Copper Oxide That Stays Red 
The effectiveness of Red Copper Oxide in con¬ 
trolling “Dampiug-on” is attested by the work 
conducted at a number of Agricultural Experi¬ 
ment Stations, among them the agricultural sta¬ 
tions of the states of New York, Massachusetts, 
New Jersey, Illinois, Ohio, Texas and Pennsylvania, 
The record of Cuprocide has become widely known, 
and its use rapidly extended. Write for the leaf¬ 
let which gives uses and methods of treatment. 
Cuprocide is non-poisonous. 
Prices: Prepaid, 4 oz. 86c, 1 lb. 90c; Not Pre¬ 
paid, 1 lb. 80c, 6 lbs @ 70o per lb., 20 lbs. iQ 60o 
per lb., 60 lbs. 45o per lb. 
QfkVY-i Aonvi Tv Increase Your Corn Yields S 
JT* Bushels an Acre With 
SEMESAN, JB. Three bushels more corn can 
reasonably be expected by any farmer who treats 
seed corn before planting, Illinois Experiment 
Station tests show. Field or sweet seed corn 
dusted with Semesan, Jr. is protected from the 
destructive Diplodia, Gibberella, and Basisporium 
root rots carried by the seed and from rotting 
in cold, wet soil, consequently better germina¬ 
tion, stands, and yields of improved quality are 
obtained. Treatment with Semesan Jr. costs 
less than 3c per acre and pays a splendid prof¬ 
it on the cost. Easily and quickly applied as a 
dust at the rate of 2 ounces per bushel of seed. 
Prices: By mail postpaid, 4-oz. pkg. 60c; lb. 
$1.66; 6 lbs. $7.36. Not postpaid, 4 ozs. 50c; 
lb. $1.50; 5-lb. pkg. $7.00. 
Improved Ceresan ^tTnkinl ana 
fiag smut in wheat, stripe disease, loose and 
covered smut of barley, loose and covered smut 
of oats, kernel smut of sorghum, seed borne 
stem smut of rye. It is applied as a dust, no 
mixing with water. 
Ceresan is eeonomical to use. For wheat, rye 
and sorghum only 2 ounces of Ceresan are re¬ 
quired for each bushel of seed. For oats and bar¬ 
ley only 3 ounces of Ceresan per bushel of seed are 
needed. 
The low cost of Ceresan, its remarkable control 
of important cereal diseases, its adaptability to the 
treatment of most grains, and its ease of applica¬ 
tion, justify its use by every grower of cereals. 
Price: By mail postpaid, lb. 90c; 6-lb. pkg.* $3.35. 
Not postpaid, lb. 76c; 5-lb. pkg. $3.00. 
Formaldehyde 
8 lbs. $1.76. Cannot be mailed. 
Tree Tanglefoot 
Is a sticky substance, which is easily applied 
with a wooden paddle in a band around the tree. 
It sticks any insects which try to climb the tree 
fast. Will not injure trees. One applied re¬ 
mains sticky three to four months in all kinds 
of weather, or ten to twenty times as long as 
any other known substance. A pound makes 
about 9 lineal feet of band. Needs no mixing, 
always ready for use. Far superior to any other 
material or device for destroying Canker Worms, 
Gypsy, Brown-tail and Tussock Moth Caterpillars. 
Make application about March 1st. Also good for 
covering wounds caused by pruning trees or other 
injury to the bark. 1 lb. 60c, 5 lbs. $2.75, 10 lbs. 
$5.25, 25 lbs. $11.00. If to go by mail add postage 
10 c lb., 18c for 6 lbs. 
Stop Vermin 
A preparation to prevent worms and maggots 
from eating roots of radishes, onions and other 
underground vegetables. Sow it with the seed. 
Prepaid, 1 lb. 60c. Not prepaid, lb. 60c, 6 lbs. 
$1.85, 10 lbs. $3.25. 
SNAROL 
Quickly exterminates Snails, 
Cutworms, Grasshoppers, Sow 
Bugs, etc., without fuss. Cannot be mailed. 
Snarol is a ready prepared meal that you simply 
broadcast on the ground, under the vegetation. 
The pests eat the meal and are quickly destroyed. 
Snarol will not deteriorate from rain or sprink¬ 
ling and is also non-injurious to vegetation when 
used according to simple directions. 
Prices: lYz lb. pkg. 35c, 4 lb. pkg. 85c, 16-lb. bag 
$3.00, 60-lb. bag $8.00. 
A INJT^P sweet eating ants—the kind 
~ ivvythat infest the house and are 
frequently seen on plants and trees. This is a 
complete system adapted to any size house, 
composed of small glass containers and special 
Antrol syrup. The containers are partially filled 
with syrup and then placed about the outside 
edges of the house. Ants smell the mildly 
poisonous syrup, eat it and then transmit it 
to their queen. Soon the entire ant nest is 
destroyed! 
Prices—^Antrol sets containing 4 containers and 1 
4-oz. bottle of symp 76c. 
Cuprocide Is Very Effective Against Damping-Off 
