FERTILIZERS 39 
FERTILIZERS 
(All items on this page “Not Prepaid”) 
PRICES SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE 
Feed Your Plants and See Them Grow! 
Platco 5-8-7. A high-grade balanced fertilizer 
for general purpose, especially potatoes and gar- 
den truck crops. Also in making of new lawns, 
where it is generally used at the rate of 50 lbs. per 
1,000 square feet. Price: 5 Ibs., 40c.; 10 lbs., 75c.; 
25 Ibs., $1.25; 80 Ibs., $2.85; 480 Ibs. (6 bags), $16.40; 
1 ton, $61.00. 
Platt’s Special Lawn Fertilizer. Contains 10% 
Nitrogen, 5% Phosphoric Acid, and 5% Potash. 
For best results apply 10 lbs., in early Spring, 5 Ibs. 
in early Summer and 5 lbs. in early Fall on each 
1,000 sq. ft. of lawn. This is a nearly neutral fer- 
tilizer composed of a number of products; each 
selected for its proven desirability in a lawn main- 
tenance formula. The ratio and amounts recom- 
mended are based upon results from a large num- 
ber of extensive trials over a period of many years. 
A substantial proportion is in organic form and 
due to the small amounts required (400 lbs. per 
acre) is very economical to use. Price: 12% lbs., 
$1.00; 40 Ibs., $2.80; 80 Ibs., $5.00; 6 bags (480 lbs.), 
$29.00; 1 ton, $96.00. 
Ground Bone. A_ special 3.70% nitrogen. 
Unsteamed, high grade for roses, grape vines, shrubs, 
perennials and florists’ use. Price: 5 lbs., 75c.; 10 Ibs., 
$1.25; 25 lbs., $2.35; 50 Ibs., $4.00; 100 Ibs., $7.50. 
Supply limited. 
Lime. Ground Limestone. High Magnesium. 
Price: 50 Ibs., 75c.; 100 Ibs., $1.25; 14-ton, $5.75; ton, 
$15.00 (In paper bags). 
Land Plaster or Gypsum. It is an excellent ad- 
dition to land requiring lime and sulphates, par- 
ticularly for such crops as clovers, grasses, pota- 
toes, and turnips. Quantity required, broadcasted 
and harrowed in, one-half to one ton per acre. 
Price: 100 Ib. bag, $2.00; 1 ton, $22.50. 
Nitrate of Soda. This is valuable solely for the 
nitrogen it contains. It is very quick in action and 
hastens the maturity of the crops. Being extreme- 
ly soluble, it should not be applied until the plants 
are above ground, when 100 to 500 Ibs. per acre is 
generally used. Price: 5 Ibs., 55c.; 10 Ibs., 95c.; 25 lbs., 
$1.85; 100 Ibs., $5.95, subject to change. 
Muriate of Potash. Eighty per cent pure, equiva- 
lent to 48 or 50% actual potash. Price: 5 lbs., 50c.; 
10 Ibs., 85c.; 25 Ibs., $1.65, subject to change. 
Sulphate of Ammonia. Koppers (25% Ammo- 
nia). An improved product in fine condition. Price: 
5 Ibs., 55c.; 10 Ibs., $1.00; 25 Ibs., $1.95, subject to 
change. 
Superphosphate. 
Guaranteed 20% phos- 
phoric acid. Price: 10 
Ibs., 50c.; 25 lbs., $1.00; 
100 lbs., $2.90; per ton, 
$42.00. 
Salt for Asparagus 
and Other Crops. In 
sacks of 100 Ibs., $1.85. 
For %4-ton or more ask 
for special quotations. 
K PRODUCT OF SWIFT 
Vigoro. A complete 
plant food. Vigoro 
supplies, in  scientifi- 
cally balanced propor- 
tions, the vital food 
elements growing 
things must have from the soil. Helps you get finer 
flavored, nutritious vegetables—an all around big- 
ger and better crop. Proper feeding is the key to 
gardening success. Well-nourished plants can take 
advantage of every hour of sunlight, every drop of 
rain. They are better able to resist disease and 
insect injury. And for a lovelier lawn feed Vigoro 
early in the Spring, even before the frost is out of 
the ground. Prices: 1 lb., 15c.; 5 Ibs., 53c.; 10 Ibs., 
95c.; 25 Ibs., $1.70; 50 Ibs., $2.80; 100 Ibs., $4.55. 
Bovung. An organic fertilizer. 
Natural cow manure prepared 
under cover, containing not less 
than 75% organic matter, thor- 
oughly dehydrated and well pul- 
verized. Entirely free from dirt 
and live weed seeds and has 
much less odor than any similar 
fertilizer. Bovung is ideal for use 
on the lawn and garden. Florists 
find it superior to any other ma- 
nure. Analysis made at the Con- 
necticut Agricultural Station Br Hs 2 
shows that it is economical because of its high or- 
ganic and plant food content, at the same time low 
in moisture and inert matter. Price: 5 lbs., 60c.; 10 
Ibs., $1.00; 25 Ibs., $1.60; 50 Ibs., $2.70; 500 Ibs., $24.50 ; 
1,000 Ibs., $47.00; 1 ton, $92.00. 
OBHYORATED 
Cow MANURE 
FACTUR 
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Plantabbs. High analysis 
plant food in tablet form, 
Di a ~ plus B;. Stimulates growth, 
PLANTABBS i more blooms, _ stronger 
ira ce aaa plants. Box of 30 tablets, 
PKG 25c.; 75 tablets, 50c.; 200 
tablets, $1.00. Prices post- 
paid, 32c., 59c., $1.17. 
Adco. 
three to four months all kinds of vegetable wastes, 
composts, etc., into a clean odorless, artificial ma- 
nure by the addition of moisture and assisting bene- 
ficial bacteria. No equipment is necessary, 5 Ibs. 
(Trial Size), $1.25. 20 Ibs., sufficient for 12 wheel- 
An English formula for converting in 
barrows full, $3.00; 
10 x 10 feet, $16.50. 
150 lIbs., sufficient for a heap 
Peat Moss. An organic ma- 
terial that contributes to the 
humus content of the soil. It 
is free from fungus, silt, sand 
or weed seeds, highly absorb- 
ent and retentive of moisture. 
It is used by gardeners and 
florists in a great variety of 
ways; such as mixing with 
soil, propagating, mulching evergreens, roses, top 
dressing lawns, etc., which are covered more fully in a 
special folder, mailed upon request. G.P.M. Peat Moss 
is put up in machine-compressed bales. The contents 
will cover 250 square feet, one inch deep. It is not sold 
by weight because that depends on the technical mois- 
ture content. Price: per standard (15 bu.) bale, 
$5.25; Junior bale (10 bu.), $3.75; Handy bale (4 
bu.), $2.25. Price subject to change. 
