the AMERICAN 
garden. 
Some^eportTon 
Remarkable Crops of i^ta , ^Qg^son 1883. 
Sweet Corn, eto., 
Onions, 
POTATOES. 
vailed to a damaging extent. The acreage of Potato f >!“h.s ^cinity «as 
more than doubled, the reason for which is attributable, I “’ink to he fact 
that the Mapes Potato Manure has so invariably insured success that tiic 
farmers felt a confidence which has never been warranted by any other 
method of applying fertilizers. I used, as a trial, two other fei tilizers esp - 
cially recommended for potatoes — 600 lbs. of one and 400 lbs. of the other, 
it is not necessary to speak of them further than that they both gave most 
unsatisfactory results. My experiments covered 14 varieties of potatoes, at 
aU of which vour formula had a chance, with good results throughout. 
"A neighbor. Deacon Henry Holman, raised with the Mapes . 17 J 
BiisUcliii peracre of Early Rose: with Peruvian Guano, at much greater 
cost, only 430 bushels; and with ^ ^ ^ • Hill and Drill less than 300 
bushels per acre at the same cost. Mr. Henry Lathrop raised a little over 
300 bushels of Beauty of Hebron on a measured half acre with the Mapes, 
the condition of the land of course being good. This is the largest yield I 
have ever seen, and which I know to be a fact. 
"There is one significant fact which may be considered : that of the 
hundreds who have used it here, not one but says it is the best." 
POTATOES, 
T. Q. ADAMS, Island, Clinton County, Pa., Dec. ist, 1883. 
Early Beauty and Late Beauty Potatoes; 
From Natural Soil.. ■ 75 bushels. 
600 lbs. Mapes’ Potato Manure, (400 lbs. broadcast, 200 lbs. in 
the hills).270 " 
Quality not excelled by anything in the County. " Am satisfied that if 
they bad not been struck by the blight I would have bad at least 500 
bushels." 
CABBAGES. 
Mr. ADAMS also reports: 800 lbs of tlie Mapes —10,000 cabbages per 
acre, good quality. 
Mapes 
—• POTATOES. 
r T WM Rroad Brook, Conn., Jan. ist. 1884 , writes: 
. S. ALLEN, failure in my potato crop since I have used the 
'" I’”''® (four years). I'our bags to the acre will give me a 
than 30 loads of barn-yard manure. The iMapes 
better crop of “me better crops than my stock manure, and the 
manures ’’ 
effect seems to be as lasting 
STRAWBERRIES. 
D.M.RASDAU-.;;Mawr^ 
^ :: 
Natural Soil.. yj^e Manure the best thing I have ever used 
V " ^ 'u'f I have tried six different brands of fertilizers the past season; 
^yourTiffSa? I use ^500 lbs. per acre ne.xt year." 
ONIONS. 
PEASE, South Windsor, Conn., reports on one-half acre of 
400 lbs. Mapes' Onion Manure, 30 
C. H 
3^1i^'’lbs, Tobacco stems. 4 °° ’ps iviapes wim 
^ bushels ashes, yielded 502 bushels of onions — 
Proceeds at 70 cents a bushel . MSI-40 
Expenses, including interest on land. 101.45 
Profit on one-lialf acre.? 249 - 9 S 
Equal to $459.90 on 1004 bushels of onions per acre. 
SWEET CORN. 
SAMUEL R. WELLS, Wethersfield, Conn., Tan. ist, 1884. 
" My corn crop is very excellent—400 bushels of husked ears of corn from 
three acres of land; variety Evergreen Sweet Corn, planted early in May 
with a light dressing of barn-yard manure and 200 lbs. Mapes’ Complete 
Corn Manure to the acre.” 
Send postal lor rtescriptivo pamplilet, contaming reports from practical, woll-knowu TitucK, POTATO, FKUiT, AXi) Si’ECiAi. Caof Growers ; also prices, eto. 
THE MAPES FORMULA AND PERUVIAN GUANO COM PANY, 158 Front Street, New-York, 
” • PULVERIZING HARROW, 
EUROPE 
EDUCATIONAl 
EXCURSIONS 
IQQ^ Combining: unequalled advantages 
• Send forDfprrlptive Circnlnr, Free. 
earlv. E. TOCE JEE, Franklin Sq,, Eokon 
RUBBER -RJOjams G 
This cut represents laj-iug over rough boards our 
BUBBER BOOFING. 
ft Sdiiaro, 10 x 10 feet, and will last 
far with ^ Circu- 
jar, witJi refeieuces and samples, free. 
Indiana Paint and Roofing Co. IndianapoUs, Ind. 
anil 155 Duane St. N.Y. 
TEA CLUB ORDERS. 
Teas of all klnils, from -W to 75??nts'TOr nmmiT^ i'’''’- 
*lA^d'o?s.® ih »Van<i 
UECOKATEI) XKA wUI. s'l5 rllS,'? 
MOSS .IIOSK SETS oJ’nJv* 
Host or oS'e; 
lbs., to points West. GKKAT LONDON XEA'^ro*’ 
805 Wnshingtou Street, Boston. 
Clod Crusher, 
and Leveler. 
“or, and to tho Cutting, Lift- 
whicli give iinmcnso ciitliiio- nowoi' Tl,„= ii,„ .1 COULTEllS, the pecuh.ar shape and.orrangcmcntot 
and thoroughly intlveri/.iiig Thi soil arc pcrlbriiio^f® lumps, lovoling off the ground, 
or Spring Xcetli avoids pulling uo rubhUh T,''''** f‘mo. the ontiro iib.souco of SpHt®* 
other Harrows utterly fail; works perfectly onIkditloi adaptod to iuvcricd sod and hard clay, where 
of the ground. pcriccliy on light soil, and is the only Harrow that cuts over tUo ontiro siu-fhco 
no vox »'''»<’• 
DO NOT BE Dr.riTliTria T, y. , , 
inferior tool on you under tho asiuranon th„r Pal’" o® a baso imitation or some 
BY OEDEEING AN “ACM” ON TETAt*'^ w somothing hotter, hut SATISFY YOOTSEI-F 
responBible farmer in tho Dnitod States on' tri 1 ” s*''® double ymiq Acme to any 
•we paying return freight charges. Wo don’t n.w’ it does not suit you may send it hack, 
Bond for Pamphlet containing Xhousnnds of X J 
branch OFFICE: » ““““'’“‘als,a-om 46 dlfforont States and Toirltorlos. 
I-IAKRISBURO, PA NASH /if RRnTlJfI7D BlminfiicloryamifrinclpolOBlcc: 
_NJi_P„.n,un-‘•TILLAGE IS MANURE" ^ MILLIRGXON, NEW JERSEY. 
GRAPES, 
SKNT KKlIItTO I'AKTIRS WHO NAME TFIIS PAPER. 
BlRRIEY 
First-Class Stock. 
evehy Varieties. _ 
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MANCMSX^t, <U;FEN 
E. & j. C. WILLIAMS, Montclair, N. J. 
