Plant Food Elements 
Plants require nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium (the 
three most important), oxygen, hydrogen and carbon (ob- 
tained from air and water) and the minor elements 
usually found in the soil in sufficient quantity but also 
supplied in the better brands of mixed fertilizers. 
These minor elements are calcium, sulphur, magnesium, 
manganese, iron and boron. Their functions are largely 
indirect, but very essential as they aid the chemical 
changes which render other ingredients more available. 
Calcium (lime), for example, aids in making the nitrog- 
enous materials more quickly available and changes the 
physical nature of soils. Sulphur seems to exert a bene- 
ficial influence on plant growth and iron is necessary in 
the formation of chlorophyll. 
NITROGEN is the “top growth” element needed for 
leafy vegetables such as spinach, kale, parsley, etc. Aside 
from mixed fertilizers, nitrogen can be had in various 
organic forms as in bone meal, blood meal, tankage, fish 
meal, cottonseed meal and inorganic forms such as 
nitrate of soda (tending toward an alkaline reaction), am- 
FERTILIZERS 
List Price 
Analysis Per Ton 100 lbs. 
0-14-7 $41.75* $3.15 
Yor: Alfalfa, Clover, Soybeans, Cowpeas, Corn, Wheat, 
Rye, Winter Barley, Pastures, Turf Grasses, Home 
Lawn. 
10-6-4 $63.75* $4.80 
For: Top Dresser, Spinach, Kale, Cabbage, Lettuce, Must- 
ard, Turnip Greens. 
3-12-6 Superfish $49.35* $3.70 
For: Sweet Corn, Field Corn, Tomatoes. 
4-12-3 $51.20* $3.85 
For: Tomatoes, Asparagus, Potatoes, Sweet Potatoes, 
Carrots, Parsnips, Turnips. 
5-10-5 $48.50* $3.65 
For: Peas, Beans, Sweet Corn, Strawberries, Potatoes, 
Asparagus, Leafy Vegetables. 
*Less 10% C.O.D.. Ton Prices include delivery to farm. 
If handled from factory deduct $2.00 per ton. 
ORGANIC PLANT FOODS 
5 10 25 100 
lb. Ibs. lbs. lbs. lbs, 
Blood Meal (8 Ibs., 50c).$ .20 we $1.35 $2.85 $9.85 
Bone meal (Raw) ...... Soh. christ .65 1.50 4.90 
Bone Meal (Steamed).... ote wen vet Brats 4.50 
Cotton Seed Meal ....... 15 60 1.00 2.15 7.50 
CoweManurew-enc . cee. me .30 50 1.10 3.50 
Kaylorite 
(Glauconitic Marl) a ats Ne ste 2.50 
Sheep rManure Barce wees ae Nis .30 50 1.10 3.50 
Tobacco Stems (Meal)... a eee 50 90 
GREEN NUTRO 
Natural Soil Builder 
Available 0-2-5; Total 0-18-7 
Finely ground natural rock containing phosphorus, pot- 
ash and thirty minor and trace elements plus an activated 
carbon base. On lawns and gardens use 10 Ibs. per 100 
sq. ft. Large areas % ton per acre. $2.75 per 80 Ibs. 
$50.00 ton. 
AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS, ETC. 
lb. 10 lbs. 25 1bs. 100 lbs. 
Aluminum Sulphate ..... $ .10 $ .65 $1.25 $3.85 
Aspararus ealt 1... cee oe .40 75 2.15 
OPA Xe tetk teks sores ete crete cotees 10 60 me siete 
Calcium Chioride .-..0 5. ae 60 1.25 4.50 
Copper Sulphate 
(DOW OereEG) eT os. scutes cee .30 2.00 4.25 15.00 
WPSOMPSALES 2 sts sce eens ore 10 75 1.50 5.00 
Ground Phosphate Rock.. aes a 1.85 
Hydrated Lime 
(50D 1 bss, 756)’. serene crane ate .25 aate 1.25 
Iron Sulphate (Crystal)... .20 1.85 4.00 ae 
Muriate of Potash ....... 10 75 1.50 5,00 
INTtrACE OL SOGA a 6 «5 es eens 10 .80 1.50 4.85 
Pulverized Ground Limestone, (80 lbs., 75c; 160 lbs., $1.25) 
Sulphate of Ammonia ... .10 75 1.50 5.00 
Sulphate of Potash ...... 10 275 1.50 5.00 
Super Phosphate (20%) .. -LO 40 75 2.35 
Top Soil (500 lbs., $6.00). ae .20 .50 1.45 
Zinc) Sulphate)... 6. .20 Bis AG ies 
ACTIVO 
Popular composting chemical makes rich organic ferti- 
lizer out of vegetable waste. Stretches fertilizer; 
activates soil. No. 2 Size (approx. 2 lbs.) makes about 
425 lbs. compost, $1.00. No. 7 Size (approx. 6 lbs.) makes 
about 1400 lbs. compost, $2.49. 
monium sulphate (tending toward an acid reaction), urea 
and potassium nitrate. The organic materials are safest 
to use as they react slowly and do not burn. 
PHOSPHORUS is generally the most needed element, 
as the continued use of manures possessing such a little 
of it, combined with the fact that most crops are heavy 
phosphorus feeders, soils worked for a number of years 
are practically depleted of this element. A real fertile 
soil is rich in readily available phosphorus. It is the 
element which promotes growth and vigor, flowers, fruit 
and seeds. Beans, corn, cucumber, tomatoes, turnips and 
rutabagas seem to respond to heavy feedings of phos- 
phorus. It is available in mixed fertilizers, superphos- 
phate, bone meal and tankage. 
POTASH is the root growing element. Asparagus, beets, 
carrots, celery, cucumbers, lettuce, potatoes and radish 
all respond to extra potash feeding. Sulphate of potash 
is best for tobacco, lettuce and leaf crops, while muriate 
of potash is most beneficial to carrots, potatoes and root 
crops. 
ADCO 
Is a powder, which, when mixed with almost any non- 
woody vegetable waste, and kept wet, gradually converts 
it into manure. 
50 pounds of ADCO makes a ton of manure. Equal to 
stable manure—Odorless. 5 lbs., $1.25; 20 lbs., $2.95. 
AFRICAN VIOLET SOIL 
Specially prepared organic potting soil for African 
Violets. 4 1b. pkg., 50c. 
FLORALIFE ‘B” 
Prolongs life of cut flowers, retards wilting, prevents 
fading, maintains fragrance. 
10c size makes two quarts solution 
$1.00 size makes thirty quarts solution 
ROSE FOOD 
An organic plant food especially for roses. 
Miller’s (Analysis 7-8-5). . 5 lbs., 85c; 10 lbs., $1.35; 25 
lbs., $2.85; 100 lbs., $9.75. 
TRIOGEN. Analysis 5-10-5. 5 lbs., $1.00; 10 lbs., $1.60; 
25 lbs., $3.00. 
When sprayed on blossoms of 
tomatoes or beans it produces better 
RUSTONE set and larger crop. 2/5 0z., 25c; 2- 
AEG. U. 6. PAT. OF Fo OZny $1.00; 12-02., $5.00. 
Roo#foNne 
Reg. U. S. Pat. Off. 
Assures better germination 
of seeds, produces better plants 
with longer roots, greater top 
growth and vigor. Rootone 
kills fungi and prevents damp- 
ening off. 
% oz. will treat 214 lbs. seed 
or 400 cuttings, 25c. 
2-oz. size will treat 8 bu. seed 
or 3,000 cuttings, $1.00. 
1 lb. will treat 30 bu. seed or 
30,000 cuttings, $5.00. 
UNTREATED 
TREATED 
Reg. U. S. Pat. Off. 
TRANsdLANToNE 
Contains Vitamin B-1 and other parts of the Vitamin B 
fraction, plus plant Hormones which are active in root 
formation. 
This Vitamin-Hormone tonic stimulates the growth of 
seedlings, plants, trees, shrubs, rose bushes, lawns, etc., 
by not only forming new roots but by also continuing 
their growth and making plant food more available. Very 
beneficial to transplanted seedlings, shaded lawns and 
backward garden plants. 1 ounce makes 10 gal. trans- 
planting solution or 900 gal. watering solution. % oz. pkt., 
25c; 3 oz., $1.00; lb., $4.00. 
FULTONS 
PLAN ABB 
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10 Tablets, 10c; 30 Tab- 
lets, 25c; 75 Tablets, 
50c; 200 Tablets, $1.00; 
500 in pot, $2.00; 1000 
Tablets, $3.50. (By mail 
add 10%.) 
78 J. MANNS & CO., BALTIMORE 2, MD. ® 
Superior Seeds 
