No denying’ it there is today and has been for at least 5 
years a tendency to regard almost every kind of an in- 
secticide as just a “Ballyhooed” specialty of some kind 
that works wonders never known before. Every month 
something else is announced as still another miracle 
product to kill bugs. With all this “bunk” (and that’s 
Low 
ic 
" Fats Corer 
te Las” & 
oy are 
We are in the business and yet we have 
a little of this confused “What shall I use 
dementia Buggorino—Blighto Complex.” 
This is not a healthy condition because 
the general thinking becomes—let the bugs 
and blight alone, why worry! 
One customer told us he went into a 
how the distributors and store dealers brand this propaganda all over the 
country) the makers of these products quote such crazy, fantastic prices as to 
make the consumer feel it must be a “miracle” discovery worthy of the asking 
price and more. So a purchase of another compound added to the other fifty 
bottles and cans in the customer's garage or cellar and ALL supposed to do the 
same thing, viz. Kill Bugs, Scale and Blight that have been successfully con- 
trolled now for 50 years by standard time-tested Bug and Blight remedies. 
$T_s : 
a. KNOCK'em’DEAD 
APHIS e THRIP 
| CATERPILLAS 
WORMS e CHAFERS 
store to buy some kind of a simple product Non-Poisonous, Non-Staining, Non-Burning, Can‘t Clog ROSE BUGS 
He ee eG icd ees oon A Prize Winning Research SPRAY FOR MEALY BUG 
from 15c to $5.00 and everyone of them e ° e 
an Aphid killer. While the number of ROSES DAHLIAS AZALEAS VEGETABLES CABBAGE WORMS 
brands might be justified the disparity in RHODODENDRONS ° FLOWERS ° ~ SHRUBS, ETC. 
price for the one objective is—crazy. 
TOMATO WORMS 
Get acquainted NOW with this “fool-proof” Spray. Believe it or not but you'll 
ee ren eA ater al) find it’s kind of a privilege to get hold of a utility spray that just about does everything CORN BORER 
these 25 years. It never fails. It’s priced ; ; : ; E : 
down to earth and with minor price fluctu- except possibly control plant disease which is easy enough to do by adding a little 
ations it is the surest, safest, most consistent Bordeaux or the Sulphurs (dusting or wettable). WHITE FLY 
“performer” in the field. 
Oxwoo 
It is the nearest thing to a ‘‘panacea” any THINK OF iT BOXW D LEAF 
“phe ea se pra Lee A =e A quart of this concentrated PLANT SPRAY that makes 30-35 quarts of finished or sobs Bhd NaS 
4c worth of diluted PLANT SPRAY does diluted (with water) Spray figures about three (3) cents for the finished spray, ready & ASIATIC BEETLE 
a perfect job and does it instantly. to use and this is a final, delivered cost. Also this quart of finished spray covers a garden 
ACTIVE INGREDIENTS— area of over 6000 square feet for one application or nearly 1600 square feet for four appli- MEXICAN BEAN BEETLE 
Active Pyrethrum Extract cations which is usually enough per season. For a utility spray THAT CLEANS UP JUST 
Wee oe ee ae ABOUT ALL BUG AND SCALE TROUBLE, without burning the plant or leaving ALSO SCALE IN 
wr CORTES AT I) CREE: aa RE poison around to do some possible harm... YOU'LL HAVE A HARD JOB TO BEAT 
Cresylic Acid ........ 
Vegetable Oil Soap 
Lemongrass Oil .... 
11.20 % ... PLANT SPRAY. 
CREEPING STAGE, ETC. 
SIZE 
Again —Please note in this “College 
ONE-TH AT Re (5 Peon ce ttt tegen cet 
COVERAGE PRICES 
EE Fol 5 Re Ete Makes about 2 gallons of finished SPRAY, 
Short Course” we give analysis. You prob- sufficient to cover garden area of about 30’ by 50’ for one application .....0......0ccccccceeeseeeeces eee $ .69 
ably couldn’t find mention of Product An- 
alysis of any competitive brands in 100 ONE RQD)D Pt ec areasioreer tec 
IN Ey COE OG rs Bo Meh a8 tac 
ee ey OU ONE) Gab te. Mae. nrertg eterno 
catalogs selected at random. 
ARE buying BEFORE you “plank down” 
one penny? 
sel eink ec ee eee WMoublerabove tec ics sa cccateee eee eee OS: 
ea ee ee 4 times as much as half pint 0.0000. = $1.49 
ee An Sen er 16 times as much as half pint .......00000cc ee =$4.19 
*Economy Size for Everything and for All Year 
MAYBE YOU'D LIKE TO QUIZ US ON A GARDENING PROBLEM —LET’S HAVE IT. 27 
