FARM, GARDEN AND SEED ANNUAL 
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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 
Ground Bone. A special 3.29% nitrogen, 22.00 
T.P.A. unsteamed, high grade for roses, g-ape 
vines, shrubs, lawn and florists’ use. Price: 5 
lbs., 35c.; 10 lbs., 60c.; 25 lbs, $1.25: 50 lbs., 
$2.00; 100 lbs., $3.50; 5C0 lbs., $16.00; 1 ton, $55.00. 
about thirty-five parts peat moss and sixty-five of 
cow manure. Put up in 50-lb. bags (3)4 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 gar¬ 
den truck crops. Price: 5 lbs., 25c.; 10 lbs., 45c.; 
25 lbs., 85c.; 100-lb. bag, $2.50; per *4-ton, $10.50; 
per ton, $35.00. 
Platt’s Special Lawn Fertilizer. Contains 10% 
Nitrogen, 5% Phosphoric Acid, and 5% Potash. 
For best results apply 10 lbs., in early Spring, 
5 lbs. in early Summer and 5 lbs., in early Fall 
on each 1000 sq. ft. of lawn. This fertilizer is a 
combination based on the weedless lawn principle 
of maintaining a slightly acid condition in the soil, 
thereby discouraging many troublesome weeds. 
Price: 12^-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; 1 ton, $44.00. 
Floranid. “It’s Nitrogen from the Air.” Contains 
46% available Nitrogen. Concentrated and eco¬ 
nomical 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. 
Regular grade: 2.05% nitrogen, 22 90 T.P.A. 
Price: 100 lbs, $3.00; 500 lbs, $13.50; 1 ton, $45.00. 
Lime. Ground Limestone. 40 mesh. Price : 100 
lbs, $1.00; per ton, $10.25. (In paper bags.) 
Land Plaster or Gypsum. It is an excellent ad¬ 
dition to land requiring lime and sulphates, par¬ 
ticularly for such crops as clovers, grasses, pota¬ 
toes, and turnips. Quantity required, broadcasted 
and harrowed in, one-half to one ton per acre. 
Price: 100-lb. bag, $1.00; 1 ton, $14.00. 
Hard Wood Ashes. Useful because they contain 
lime and potash in a desirable form. The use on 
lawns will encourage the growth of White Clover. 
Also useful on Foxglove, Larkspur, Delphinium, 
Lupins and other plants that thrive in an alkaline 
soil. Price: 100 lbs, $2.50; 1 ton, $35.50. 
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 100 to 500 lbs. 
per acre is generally used. Price: 5-lb. pkg, 35c.; 
10-lb. pkg, 60c.; 100 lbs, $3.00; 1 ton, $40.70. 
Muriate of Potash. Eighty per cent pure, 
equivalent to 48 or 50% actual potash. Price: 
5 lbs, 35c.; 25 lbs, $1.25; 100 lbs, $3.25. 
Sulphate of Ammonia. Koppers (25% Ammonia). 
An improved product in fine condition. Price: 
5 lbs, 35c.; 25 lbs, $1.25; 100 lbs, $3.25. 
Superphosphate. Guaranteed 16% 
phosphoric acid. Price: per 100 lbs, 
$1.50; per ton, $20.65. 
Salt for Asparagus and Other 
Crops. In sacks of 100 lbs, $1.35. 
For k 2 -ton or more, get special 
quotations. 
Vigoro. A specially prepared food 
for lawns, vegetable and flower 
gardens. Price: 5 lbs, 45c.; 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; 5-bale lots at $3.00 per bale; 10- 
bale lots at $2.90 per bale. 
Sorbex. Selected Peat Moss ground 25 times 
finer. Per bag of about 10 bushels, $2.25; 10- 
bag lots at $2.00 per bag. 
