According to the Stauffer Chemical Co., 
Sulphur Improves Fertility of 
the Soil in Many Ways 
It helps loosen the soil and improves 
water penetration. 
It helps reclaim black alkalin soils. 
It helps to check or correct certain 
insect pests and diseases in the soil. 
It helps to minimize the loss of ni- 
trogen in manures. There is a great loss 
of nitrogen in manure from not being 
properly protected in stacks and in 
barnyards. Experiments have proved 
that this loss can be reduced to about 
10% by adding two pounds of sulphur 
to every 100 pounds of manure in the 
' dry state, or 30 pounds to a ton of 
liquid manure. For general fertilizing 
purposes from 75 pounds to 150 pounds 
can be applied to an acre. It should be 
applied thinly by the use of a spreader 
and then disked or raked into the top 
three or four inches, never to be plowed 
under. 
DRY SHEEP MANURE. Free from 
weeds. Very useful for lawns, shrubs 
and all flowers. Using it in liquid 
-form is beneficial to all vegetables. 
CUPROCIDE (Red Copper Oxide). In- 
sures germination and healthy growth 
of plants by dusting the seeds—ex- 
cept the cabbage, onion, and legume 
family. 
The 2500-word OPA press release 
announcing a reduction in ‘‘the present 
highly inflated prices of cabbage seed”’ 
explains: Cabbage seed is the seed used 
to grow cabbage.—Readers’ Digest. 
Individual Greenhouses 
FOR PLANTS 
Buy your supply of HOTKAPS 
early—there may not be enough 
to supply the demand. The use of 
these caps has produced crops at 
least three weeks earlier. 
Twenty-five in a package—50c. 
You Should Know 
That pansy seed need only a light 
sprinkling of fine soil over the seed, 
then be firmly pressed down and never 
allowed to dry out. 
That all onions produce green onions 
first, be they seeds, sets or plants. 
That GO-WEST BAIT is a sure-fire 
kill for slugs. 
That roses need spraying every week 
from May to September 15. 
That fertilizer should be applied to 
leaf vegetables little and often with 
plenty of water. 
That Red Arrow spray kills all forms 
of plant lice. 
That April is the best spring month 
to make that new lawn. 
That ground lime rock or gypsum is 
better for your soil than the burned or . 
dehydrated lime. 
That celeraic is a wonderful addition 
to vegetable soup. 
That gladiolus planted early about 
six inches deep, kept ever wet, will sel- 
dom be troubled with thrip. 
That. early-flowering sweetpeas can 
be planted in late spring with good 
results if plenty of food and drink are 
applied. 
That the proper time to weed the 
garden is any time weeds appear. 
That only in the home garden can 
really sweet corn be obtained fresh and 
juicy. : 7 
That a good mulch of tobacco dust is 
very benefiical to rose bushes. 
That a 100-foot row of carrot seed 
should produce 100 pounds of carrots. 



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