AMERICAN BEAUTY DUSTER 
Carried like a 
knapsack and oper- 
ated by one man, the 
600 - cubic - inch _ bel- 
lows, operated by 
right hand, develops 
} largest cloud and 
most powerful blast 
of any one man dust- 
er; power to drive 
cloud over 25-foot 
tree, or entirely 
through large citrus 
tree; volume to cover full grown, bush-type grape- 
vine at one blast; cloud under complete con- 
trol so no dust is wasted between plants or rows. 
A 30-inch, wire-inserted, flexible rubber hose per- 
mits direction of cloud with ease and at will; two 
18-inch lengths of tubing permit operator to reach 
low-growing plants without stooping; a spreader, 
when attached to the end of tubing, directs cloud 
up underneath low-growing plants. Entire top 
lifts off for easy filling and accessibility for repairs; 
all parts being interchangeable, worn or broken 
parts may easily be replaced by operator. Al- 
though we do not carry a complete stock of parts, 
we will be pleased to order parts for your machine 
if you will send us the number of the broken or 
worn out part with the model number of your 
machine. This Duster has a hopper capacity, 15 
pounds; net weight, 17% pounds; shipping weight, 
23 pounds. We have them at standard price, 
$30.00, prepaid. 









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FERTILIZER 
If you use commercial fertilizer, use about 100 
to 125 pounds per acre, distributing it from one 
end of the row to the other, by the use of a 
fertilizer distributor; or very good results may be 
had by using an ordinary corn planter with a two- 
hole plate. If your soil is fairly tight-natured you 
may put your fertilizer out early, but if you have 
coarse sandy soil or deep white sand it is best 
not to put your fertilizer out over ten to fifteen days 
before planting time, as heavy rains will cause it 
to leach or go down, thereby losing a great per- 
centage of the same before any benefit is derived 
therefrom. If you use barnyard manure, get it out 
just as soon as possible, using well-rotted manure, 
distribute it from one end of the row to the other 
with a shovel. In either case you may increase 
your crop yield by side dressing with a light hand- 
ful of fertilizer to the hill. Just sprinkle it on top 
of the ground and plow it under. Naturally the 
use of more than the indicated amount of fertilizer, 
also side dressing, depends greatly upon the 
nature and fertility of your soil and the amount 
of rainfall received in your particular section. 
38 WILLHITE MELON SEED FARMS, Poolville, Texas 
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CONTROL OF THE MELON APHIS 
OR HONEY DEW 
Many farmers become disgusted with trying to 
grow good melons where melon aphis attack the 
plants, and they are often present several weeks 
before any sign that they are there is noticed by 
the grower. In sections where both cotton and 
melons are grown the lice will appear first on the 
cotton soon after it comes up, and they will cluster 
close in around the bud of the young plant. Such 
cotton is generally called lousy by anyone who 
closely examines it. As the cotton grows large 
and becomes tougher, the lice will leave it and 
take the young melon plants. They suck the 
juices from the plant from the under side of the 
leaves and at night while it is cool they crawl all 
over the vine and the melons leaving their excre- 
tion wherever they go. This secretion is called 
Honey Dew. 
Our method of control is to use a dust sprayer 
and it is necessary to spray the leaves from un- 
der side in order to kill them. We use dust com- 
posed of liquid Black Leaf 40 and powdered lime. 
Mix one pound of Black Leaf 40 with eighteen 
pounds of lime. Place this mixture in sprayer and 
dust it underneath the leaves. It is very important 
that you spray early before the plants begin to 
vine, as by getting the lice that first appear, you 
can keep them down easier. Two or three dustings 
are usually sufficient to hold them in check until 
the melons mature. This mixture costs very little. 
One 2-pound can of Black Leaf 40 costs four dol- 
lars and fifty cents and when added to 36 
pounds of lime it makes 38 pounds of dust that 
is deadly to the lice. If you are troubled with 
cucumber beetles use one pound of arsenate of 
lead to twelve pounds of lime and spray early in 
the morning as for lice. 
TO MIX THE DUST 
Take any kind of heavy can having an air 
tight lid, place in the can the lime and liquid Black 
Leaf 40. Put into the can a piece of chain or few 
pieces of iron and roll or shake well for five or ten 
minutes. It is then ready for use. Fill the duster 
two-thirds full, and spray the leaves from the un- 
derneath side. This mixture becomes stronger if 
let set a while and kept closed tight. Remember 
it must be closed tight. Liquid Black Leaf 40 is best. 
USE SABADILLA DUST FOR PUMPKIN AND 
CHINCH BUGS, GET IT FROM YOUR NEAREST 
SEARS ROEBUCK STORE 
Branch office—Weatherford, Texas 
