Practical Aids for Home Gardeners & Market Growers 
PROTECT Your GARDEN! Get 
Earlier Crops with HOTKAPS! 
HOTKAPS are waxed paper cones, easily set out 
over seed or growing plants. They guard against 
rain, frost, cold, wind, hail, birds and insects, and 
maintain a perfect mulch. Yield is increased and 
hastened. Flowers and vegetables mature two to 
three weeks earlier. 
Home Pkg. Hotkaps: Prepaid 
25 Hotkaps with fibre setter................ $1.15 
100 Hotkaps with fibre setter................ 3.25 
Hotkaps Only: Postpaid. Not ppd 
BDU MELOtKGDS tia se.< ches. onc $10.00 eee. ees $ 9.35 
NOOORHotKapsiee: «clic: cc 19°50).ctoatey tact? 18.35 
S000¢Hotkaps)..). <=... .- - per 1000 Metis. 18.20 
Hotkaps Setters: Steel $1.95, Fibre 20c ppd. 
Shipping weights: 1000 Hotkaps 33 lbs. 
PAXTON HOT HOUSES 
Here's ‘early plant- 
ing’’ insurance for 
home and market 
growers! Hot 
Houses permit safe, 
early planting and 
force growth to 
bring crops to mar- 
ket 2 to 4 weeks 
earlier for greatest 
cash return. Their 
large size (12 inch 
diameter, 11 inch 
height) permits 
maximum growth. 
Wire reinforced. 
Temperatures under 
2 TO 4 WEEKS EARLIER : 
TO THE MARKET AND pet Houses) vemain 
to 20 degrees 
TOP Beconger. YOUR warmer, and heat is 
retained long after 
outside temperatures drop! One man can set 
300 to 350 an hour. Packed 25 per czrton 
(with cardboard setter) for $1.35. Hot Houses 
on.y: 1.U for $2.95, ppd. Not prepaid: 5.0 for 
$11.25, 1,00) for $21.90, 5,000 at $21.00 per 1,000. 
Metal setter $3.45. (Wt. 37 lbs. per 1,000.) 
Automatic 
Transplanter 
A practical tool for trans- 
planting Tomato Plants, Cab- 
bage, Cauliflower, Pepper, 
Eggplant, Sweet Potato and 
Tobacco Plants. (Not recom- 
mended for Strawberry 
Plants.) Each plant is set, 
watered and covered in one 
operation, without bruising 
er damaging the plants, 
without stooping or lame 
backs. Enables one man to 
set 8,000 to 10,000 plants per 
day. Transplanting losses 
are reduced. The tiny roots 
are sucked into the ground, 
and plants start to grow at 
once, especially if Boost'Em 
Plant Starter is used in the 
water reservoir. Price: $5.85 
postpaid, to third zone (300 miles). 
NEW BUGWISER 
Light-weight 2’ gallon 
Compressed Air 
SPRAYER 
Economical, efficient, easy- 
to-carry for small yard and 
garden spraying. Ideal for 
a few fruit trees, potato or 
berry patch, garden crops, 
24D lawn spraying, dairy 
barn, poultry or hog house. 
Has 2!/, gallon galvanized 
tank, easy-to-fill funnel top, 
chemical resistant pump and 
18" brass extension 
brass nozzle with 3 
discs for any spray from fog 
to solid stream, Weight 7 
lbs. Only $7.45 postpaid. 
FARMER SEED AND NURSERY CO., 
Fiber FLOWER POTS 
Adapted for growing, trans- 
planting or shipping. Made of 
tough, waterproof paper, elimi- 
nating breakage. Permits 
speed in handling and more 
economical than clay pots. 
NEW VITA POTS 
Here's a brand new, light 
weight, Nutrient-Treated pot 
that’s tough enough for BOTH 
—growing and shipping in the 
same pot. Made of waterproof, 
mold-resistant fibre, treated 
with plant food to insure vigor- 
ous, well balanced growth for many weeks. 
Weight: 3 inch, 40 lbs. per 1000. 4 inch, 68 lbs. 
per 1000. 
~~ 
: 25 100 1000 
Prices: ; Prepaid Prepaid Not Ppd 
3 inch, Vita........ $0.95 $2.60 $17.00 
Asinch yay it eee 1.25 3.50 25.50 
Not quite as heavy as Vita Pots—will stand up 
under reasonable moisture for several weeks. 
Used extensively for transplanting and shipping. 
Reinforced disc in bottom. Weight: 3 inch 22 lbs. 
per 1000; 4 inch 48 lbs. per 1000. 
- 25 100 1000 
Prices: Prepaid Prepaid Not Ppd. 
3/inch;) red... ... $0.75 $1.65 $ 995 
Asinch we redis,. eee noo 2.60 15.50 
NUTRIENT Treated 
PLANT 
BANDS 
These square, = 
open-bottom, plant 
bands are ideal 
for growing potted 
plants. They can 
be used in any 
shallow wooden <<. 
box or greenhouse ™* 
flat. Made of wa- 
terproof, mold-resistant fibre, compatible to plant 
growth, and treated with plant food to insure 
vigorous, well balanced growth. No locks, no fold- 
ing, no assembly—ready with a single squeeze! 
VITA-BAND 10: For short growing periods. 
Usually contains root growth up to 8 or 10 weeks. 
Remove at transplanting time. (Wt. 20 lbs. per 
1000.) 
VITA-BAND D: same except need not be 
removed when transplanting. Slight pressure 
cracks band which disintegrates in soil. (Wt. 14 
Ibs. per 1000.) 
YOUR CHOICE of VITA-BANDS 10 or D: 
50 Bands 2” square, 21/2" high, 75c; 500 bands 
for $2.95, postpaid; 1,000 for $4.75 not prepaid. 
2,000 for $9.00, not postpaid. 
ALL-PURPOSE Garden Hoe 
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for Cultivating, Weeding, 
Mulching 
Here’s the handiest tool ever 
invented for cultivating, 
weeding, or mulching! It has 
just the right feel and bal- 
ance to do skillful weeding 
without fatigue. Once you've 
worked with it, you become 
as much attached to it as the 
fisherman to his favorite rod, 
or the golfer to his favorite 
club. It’s fun to flick Dande- 
x lion from the turf, or mulch 
““\) around evergreens, shrubs, 
perennials. Goose-neck 
shank permits close cultiva- 
$1 75 tion. Amazinaly efficient. Weighs only 
e 
A Real 
Garden Aid 
ll, lbs. Each $1.75 postpaid. 
CONTINUOUS 
SPRAYER 
No. 436 Cardinal. This sturdy 
garden sprayer delivers a con- 
tinuous spray of any desired 
density, from fine mist to solid 
sireai, thru adjustable nozzle. 
Ideal for insecticides, disinfectants, fly sprays. 
3 qt. galvanized steel tank, $2.85 postpaid. 
Faribault, 
RO-HO WORKS as you WALK! 
Weeds - Hoes - Cultivates - Mulches 
Here's just the tool if you have more hand hoe- 
ing than you want, but not enough for power 
equipment. Easy as mowing the lawn! Every 
tooth in every blade, digs the soil like a spade! 
40 rotating hoe points and 5 cultivator teeth do 
the job 10 times faster than hoe and rake. Cleans 
out weeds, works crusty or lumpy soil to loose 
mulch or extra fine seed bed, scuffle knife cuts 
weeds—spreads mulch, 5 shovels cultivate deep, 
one digs trench for seeding. 
Works in any soil Weeds and 
—we use it in our mulches a 
test gardens— strip 101/, in. 
we're convinced wide. Com- 
plete with 
it’s tops! 
handle: 
Comes with lawn mower 
type handle. Wt. 15 lbs. 
MIDGET SEEDER 
No. 6 
For sowing any 
kind of seed, from 
the smallest up to 
peas and beans, in 
any quantity. Will 
attach with one bolt 
to any Standard 
Single Wheel culti- 
vator or most other 
Single Wheel cul- 
tivators having 
b44 inches oF 
more space be- 
tween shank and 
wheel. Shoe is ad- 
justable for any depth and coverer swings easily. 
The most popular seeder on the market. Handle 
extra if for use alone. Weight 8 lbs. Price: Set up, 
ready to be attached, $6.85. With handle, $7.95, 
postpaid 300 miles. Beyond allow extra postage. 
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GARDEX 
SEEDER 
The handiest little 
seeder ever of- 
fered. Adjustable 
for planting the 
smallest flower 
seeds up to cu- 
cumber size. Sows 
seeds quickly, 
ing down. Disc 
hopper capacity 14 
pint, diameter of 
discs 4% inches, largest opening .28”x.4”. Ideal 
for hotbed or garden sowing. Complete with 30- 
inch handle. Price $1.95, prepaid. 
E Z — > Regulator 
SEEDER | 0" 
Opening 
Sows one ata 
time, from the -> 
smallest to the 
Nair gqrels:t. 0) t 
seeds, It’s 
handy to use, 
gives profes- 
sional results. 
Prevents waste of tiny seeds, reduces crowding 
and tedious thinning of seedlings. Sturdy con- 
struction of cadmium plated steel. Convenient 
thumb regulation of seed opening. $1.00 ppd. 
‘GRO-QUICK » ELECTRIC SEED 
BED HEATER 
SEED UP IN 30 HOURS 
ROOT CUTTINGS IN 6 DAYS 
Remove cap 
to place seeds 
in tube 
Tap gently to dispense seeds 
SS 
CUT GERMINATION TIME BY 34 ee 
TRANSPLANT 2 WEEKS SOONER: aati 
You, too, can get these results. For 
hotbed - cold frame - bench - flat - 
cabinet. Uses house current. Instruc-- 
tions included. 
J40A 40' cable & thermostat for | sash 
S80A for double sash bed (36 sq. ft.) 
— $6.75 
— $9.00 
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