Olds’ Plant Foods and Soil Builders 
VIGOROTHE SQUARE MEAL FOR LAWNS ANDPLANTS 
Science discovered that plants require eleven different food 
Failure to supply some of these ele- 
ments is the greatest cause of gardening failure. Be certain 
to .supply ~plants with all the plant food nutrients scientists 
The picture above is 
Dy A. and reported in Technical 
Here you see that many different plant 
food elements have a part in determining the plant growth. 
VIGORO, a prod- 
is a complete plant food, 
Requires only 
lawns and four 
pounds per hundred square feet of flowers and vegetables. 
VIGORO prices: 
By freight or 
elements from the soil. 
have proved plants require from goil. 
a test made by the U. S. 
Bulletin No. 340. 
VIGORO contains all these plant elements. 
uct of Swift and Company, 
less, sanitary, economical, and easy, to apply. 
three pounds per hundred square feet for 
Sizes and prices subject to change. 
15c; by mail, 25c; 5 lbs., 53; by mail, 75c. 
express: 10 lbs., 95c; 25 lbs., $1.70; 
Tbs., $4.55, 
DU PONT SOIL CONDITIONER “W” 
Produces Better Plant Growth on Clay Type Soils 
This is the new plastic resin type syn- 
50 Ibs., 
SHEEP MANURE 
Pulverized Sheep Manure 
is a natural, organic fer- 
tilizer for lawns, gardens, 
window boxes, plants, 
shrubs, trees. Contains 
humus which is ideal for 
sandy and clay soils. 
Prices: By freight or ex- 
press f. o. b. Madison: 25- 
lb. bag, $1.20; 50-Ib. bag, 
$2.10; 100-lb. bag, $3.35; 
2,000 Ibs., $55.00. 
BONE MEAL 
For roses, peonies, tulips 
and other flowers requiring 
a good supply of phos- 
phorous, 26% total phos- 
phorie? acid: \ Prices: By 
mail, 5 Ibs., $1.00, postpaid. 
By freight or express f. 0. b. 
Madison: 10 Ibs., $1.10; 
50 Ilbs., $3.50; 100 Ibs., 
$6.50. 
BORATE 
High grade 44% Borate. Used 
to correct boron deficiency in the 
soil. Can be applied any time 
from spring to late fall at the rate 
of 25 to 40 pounds per acre. For 
grain, should be broadcast, and 
worked into the soil ten days to 
two weeks before seeding. Prices: 
By mail, 5 lIbs., $1.00, postpaid. 
By freight or express f. 0. b. Madi- 
son: 100 lbs., $4.60; 500 lbs. lots, 
$4.35 a hundred pounds. 
ALUMINUM SULPHATE 
Used to acidify soils for plants 
that require an acid soil. 4 Ibs. to 
100 square feet will acidify the 
soil one pH. in two weeks’ time. 
Prices: By mail, 5 Ibs., $1.00; 
postpaid. By freight or express 
f. 0. b. Madison: 10 lbs., 90c; 25 
Odor- 
1 lb, 
$2.80; 100 
thetic material that you have been reading 
about that works such wonders on heavy 
Clay type soils. It is of no value on other 
types of soil, It reduces crusting erosion 
and increases water absorption and reten- 
tion, Easily applied by dissolving in a 
sprinkling. can using 8 oz. to 100 square 
feet. Soil should be worked up _ before 
applying. Prices:. 4 oz. can, $1.75; 8 oz. 
can, $2.75; 2-lb. can, $9.00, postpaid. 
Please Note: On non-clay type soils use 
Compost, Peat Moss, Sheep Manure or 
Ibs., $1.75; 100 lbs., $4.50, 
AMMONIUM NITRATE 
383%% nitrogen. Recommended 
for top dressing pastures and 
grasslands, Prices by mail: 5 Ibs., 
$1.00, postpaid. By freight or ex- 
Ap: f. o. b. Madison: 100-Ib. bag, 
5.25, 
COMMERCIAL VIGORO 
other organic materials. 
INSTANT VIGORO 
A complete plant food in concentrated form for liquid plant 
I It is ideal for 
foliar feeding through the leaves of the plant as well as for 
normal root zone feeding. One-half pound makes eight gallons 
Y% Ib., 80c; Ib., $1.25; 
feeding by the makers of the famous Vigoro. 
of liquid plant food, Prices by mail: 
3 lbs., $3.00, postpaid, 
BONRO PLANT STARTER 
A scientific combination of ammonium and 
potassium phosphates made to give immediate 
nourishment to promote quick root and foliage 
growth of transplants. Contains 10% nitrogen, 
52% available phosphoric acid and 17% potash 
water soluble. Three pounds enough for 800 
plants. Prices: 3-Ib. bag, $1.20, postpaid; 50-Ib. 
bag f. 0. b. Madison, $8.25, 
Grows Better Plants Faster 
In SOIL, SAND or WATER 
\Simply dissolve and water 
‘all your houseplants, garden { 
(flowers, vegetables, shrubs or 
lawn, Produces stronger plants, 
more and larger flowers and 4: 
fruit. Excellent for starting © 
seedlings, cuttings, transplants. 
Clean, odorless, Won’t burn 
foliage or roots if used as 
directed. Contains all nutri- 
tional elements complete and 
balanced—plus vitamin Bi1— yy 
instantly available, Results sure, “eras soveenseo 108 
Prices: 3 oz, can, 25c; 7 oz, can, 50c; 
1 Ib, can, $1,00, postpaid. 
PGuarahoed b es 
Good Housekeeping 
8-16-16 
A fertilizer that contains all the 
minor mineral elements needed for 
the successful growth of plants. 
We highly recommend this to truck 
and market growers as a complete 
fertilizer for their vegetable crops. 
Prices by freight or express f. 0. b. 
Madison: 80-lb. bag, $4.15; $83.35 
a ton. 
SPHAGNUM MOSS 
For starting seeds, plants, hanging baskets— 
See nage 33. 
Dont Burn Leaves / 
Convert to Plant Food with Activo 
Activo is a multi-use garden-supply 
item. So versatile it meets some need 
for every gardener. It has five times 
as many uses as most compost hasteners. 
Better than fertilizer. 
1. Converts compost quicker, easier, and 
cheaper. 1 pound treats up to 225 pounds of 
compost; 25 pounds treats 8 tons. 
2. Converts garbage into humus, WITHOUT 
ODOR, in as little time as three weeks, 
3. Activates soils, stretches and improves 
chemical fertilizer, aids hot beds, reduces odor 
in outdoor toilets while converting waste into 
an odorless, ash-like plant food. 
4, Works any month of year. 
Works even on 
soot, sawdust, and coal dust. 
5. ORGANIC. (No Chemicals!) Doesn’t kill 
earthworms. Odorless. A composition of na- 
ture’s own friendly, beneficial micro-organisms, 
Prices: No. 2 size, about two pounds, treats 
up to 450 pounds, $1.00; No. 7 size, about six 
pounds, treats up to 1,700 pounds, $2.59; No, 
20 size, about 20 pounds, treats up to two 
and one-half tons, $5.95, postpaid, 
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SUPER BALE 
18” x 20”x 39” 
NEW HANDY 
CARTON, 
IMPORTED HORTICULTURAL PEAT MOSS 
Poor soil texture can now be easily remedied 
by incorporating peat moss in the soil. It pre- 
vents clay soil from baking and sandy soil from 
drying out. Don’t suffer disappointments be- 
cause your soil texture is poor. Peat moss is 
more absorbent than a sponge and is a soil con- 
ditioner but not a fertilizer. Prices: New Handy 
Carton. Size 1042x15x15¥2. Wt. about 10 Ibs., 
by mail, $1.50, postpaid. By freight or express 
f. 0. b. Madison: Handy Bale (13x18x30), 
weight about 50 to 70 lbs., $3.75; Super Bale 
(18x20x39), $4.95. Shipping weight, about 70 to 
100 lbs, 
Note. Weight varies because of moisture loss 
in storage. 
VERMICULITE 
A soil conditioner that speeds up the root- 
ing of cuttings and greatly increases germina- 
tion of seeds. It is also ideal for mulching, and 
storing of root crops and bulbs. It seems to 
absorb moisture when bulbs are too moist and 
give off moisture when the bulbs are dry. Will 
not permit fungus or algal growth. It is clean, 
light and easy to handle. Famous florists and 
horticulturists highly indorse this produce. Prices, 
by freight or express f. o. b. 
Madison: YQ pk. bag, 45c; by 
mail, 55c, postpaid; 4%, bu. 
bag, 95c; by mail, $1.20, post- 
paid. Two cubic foot bag, 
$1.95; 5-bag lots, $1.90 per 
bag; by mail, $2.60. Shipping 
weight, about 13 lbs. 3%4,-bu. 
bag, $2.35; 5 bags, $2.30 per 
bag. Shipping weight, about 
22 Ibs. 
VIOL-OGEN KIT 
Every grower of African ‘si 
violets needs one of these ge 
kits containing four handy 
specifics for the proper cul- 
ture of African 
violets: 1. Root- 
ing medium for 
quick, vigorous 
Starts; 2. Plant 
food for  stimu- 
lant; 38. Potting 
mixture of  bal- 
ance, ready-to-use 
hard-to-see pests. 
Viol-0 
and 4. Spray to kill 
soil; 
kit: $2.95, postpaid. 
Price, 
with all-organic 
de-odorized non-burning 
ATLAS FisH EMULSION 
The original fish fertilizer: emulsion: 
A complete, balanced 100% 
organic Plant Food — for in- DP 
door, outdoor and arepneese 7 
plants. 
PILGRIMS 
learned 
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ATLAS FISH EMULSION (mal Mie ,/ |NDIANS 
is easily applied. Mix with (773 tiny, fey touse 
water. Use sprinkling can & Wy 510) Py FISH 
or hose applicator. Inex- AR = Mf, fy FERTILIZER 
pensive to use. Pre- 
ferred by experts. 
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Prices: 4 oz., 
35c; pt., $1.00; 
at., $1.90; gal., 
$6.25, postpaid. 
OLDS SEED COMPANY — MADISON 1, WISCONSIN 
