Have Beautiful 
Lawns and Flowers 
Millions of enthusiastic users are enjoying real gardening 
success since feeding their plants with Vigoro. Vigoro is 
especially made to meet the need of the home garderier. 
It contains all 11 of the plant food elements scientists 
have proved plants must get from the soil. 
Why not stop trusting to luck? Feed your lawn, flowers, 
shrubs, trees, and vegetables with Vigoro. Incomplete 
materials, that is, plant foods lacking in one or more 
necessary elements, can’t give you best results. The 
photograph below shows what happens when even one 
element is lacking in the plant’s diet. 
This year feed everything you grow with Vigoro. It’s 
clean, odorless, and sanitary . . . and, 
because you need so little, it is the most 
economical plant food you can luy! 
Plant on left received 
all 11 elements; others 
received 1 0. Element 
indicated was withheld. 
100-lb. bag. 
...$3.50 
10-lb. pkg... 
...$0.70 
50-lb. bag. 
... 2.30 
5-lb. pkg... 
.. .45 
25-lb. bag. 
... 1.40 
1-lb. pkg... 
.. .10 
F.O.B. 
Portland 
VIGORO 
^ Complete plant food 
A Product of Swift 
Apply VIGORO with a 
Spreader 
Model B (small) . $3.70 
Junior (medium) . 7.55 
Large (24-inch) . 14.00 
RED STEER FERTILIZERS 
Double Mixed, Triple Tested. 
6-10- 4—Used for lawns and fruit trees. 
3-10-10—General garden. 
5- 6- 8—Used for all berries and 
potatoes. 
fertilizers 
IT PAYS TO USE THEM 
BRAEGER'S 
OREGON LAWN and GARDEN FERTILIZER 
Oregon Lawn and Garden Fertilizer, composed of 
bloodmeal, bonemeal, tankage, superphosphate and 
potash in such proportions as to give maximum results 
without the danger of burning or temporarily retarding 
the growth of lawn. No other fertilizer is as safe to 
handle as Oregon Lawn and Garden, and if judiciously 
applied, splendid results will be obtained. 
On lawns apply evenly 4 to 5 lbs. per 100 square feet. 
Sprinkle with spray nozzle after applying, to wash fer¬ 
tilizer off the blades of grass. 
25-lb. bag 90c; 50-lb. $1.50; 100-lb. $2.50 
Complete directions on each sack. 
Some Hints on the Use of Fertilizer 
Modern plant foods are not spaded into the soil like the old- 
fashioned manures. They are quickly soluble and should not 
be applied until after the soil has been prepared and then 
they are placed close to the surface and as near as possible 
to the plants that are to consume them. 
In the vegetable garden plant food may be broadcast at the 
rate of four pounds to 100 square feet just before the seed is 
sown. It should then be raked lightly into the soil, so that 
it is incorporated with the top two or three inches of soil. 
Crops that require a long period to mature, such as beets, 
carrots, melons, parsnips and others, should have another ap¬ 
plication of plant food five or six weeks after the first; this 
should be spread on both side of the row, keeping about three 
inches away from the plants. If applied just before cultivat¬ 
ing, it will mix the plant food with the top soil. The second 
and subsequent applications may be at the rate of two 
pounds per 100 square feet. 
The best time to apply plant food to established perennial 
borders is in the early spring when frost is beginning to come 
out of the ground, and plant growth has not started. At this 
time there is no danger of burning plant tissues. The plant 
food may be broadcast at the rate of four pounds to 100 
square feet, and it will dissolve in the abundant moisture and 
penetrate quickly to the roots of the plants. 
The soil where annuals are to be sown or planted should be 
plowed or spaded to a depth of six inches as soon as it can 
be worked. After the soil has been smoothed a balanced plant 
food should be applied at the rate of four pounds to 100 square 
feet, and raked lightly into the top soil. This operation serves 
the dual purpose of mixing the plant food with the soil, and 
preparing the surface for seeding, or transplanting. 
This initial feeding should be supplemented by an applica¬ 
tion of plant food eight weeks after seeding, made at the 
rate of two pounds per 100 square feet. 
Cultivation should be done with great care to avoid dis¬ 
turbing the roots of the growing plants. 
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MAIL ORDERS TO BRAEGER BROS., 140 S. W. YAMHILL, PORTLAND, OREGON — PHONE ATwater 5522 
