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I THE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1913. FOR SALE 8,000 busliels Cleveland m HIjc Boll Cotton Seed, the best cot ton In the \vorld. Bushel, $1; 6 bushel lots 90 cents bushel; 10-bushel lots SB cents bushel; BO-bushel lots or more 7B cents bushel. 2,000 bushels Cook's Improv ed, same price ns Cleveland. 1,000 bushels Early Triumph and 1,000 bushels Breadwell's Double Jointed, the two bent early varieties $1 bushel; 10- bushel lots or more 00 cents. Sanders’ Improved, Marl boro Prolific and Rntts Im proved Corn, peek, $1 ; bushel $8. Fancy Berkshire pigs sired by two great bnars, one u son of the $4,000 Star Value, other a sou of the 1010 Champion Keystone Baron Duke. Prices right. Your orders will have prompt attention. Fair View Farm. Palmetto, Ga. For Farm Use. Has Sifting Top— Saves /Honey BIG MONEY IN CABBAGE By using our Open Air and Hardy Frost Proof Cabbage Plants Our plants are large and stocky, and free of nut grass They will stand low temperatures and make he*de Satisfac tion or money refunded Full count In each box Jersey and Charleston Wakefield. Succession and Drumhead. 500 for 75c 1.000 f^r $1.25: 5.000 for $5: 10.000 for $9. Order, today the best Frost Proof Cabbage plants on the market from Th« Dixie Plant Co. Hawkinsville, Ga. V—JC Make \Msmtar Jk. ' ^ KJS a strong' solution of j Red Seal Lye and pour it down sinks, water Closets and drains, I cleanse and purify your troughs, oarns, .ien- | neries and garbage cans. Makes everything I sweet smelling—prevents disease and foul odors. RED SEAL LVE I Use it in BCrub and washing water—it makes hard water I soft and saves soap and labor. Cleanses dairy utcusils best I for making hard and soft soap. Ask your storekeeper for tied I Seal Lye—don’t takenuy other kind. Red Seal is 98 per cent ■ Pure Lye. Strongest, best and cheapest. 1 Sifting Top Can. Write us if your I storekeeper does not sell It. | Useful booklet free. P. C. T0MS0N * CO., Dept. P, 29 Washington Avo. Philadelphia, Pa. AGRICULTURAL Education Successful ParnunGt J? Andrew Soule iriis department i'iu cneirjuliy endeavor to furnish any information. Letters should be addressed to Dr. Andrew M. Soule, president State Agricultural College. Athens. Ga. CONTROL OF ITCH ON HORSES jr fhafley’s Prolific Corn Rest yielding variety tested at Georgia State College of Agriculture for four years. More bushels per acre than any prolific variety in a number of tests. The corn for those Interested Bu increasing yield or in contests for greatest Vield. per pfc.. §1.00: half bu.. $1.75; bu. $3.00 Jf.o.b. Carefully selected by originator and |bieedet. TOM WHATLEY, Helena, Ga. AMERICAN ORIGINAL AND GENUINEt&PICL Strong ‘ J^-^jOependaDli Economical Profitable Two Great Books Free American Steel Fence Posts Cheaper than Wood and More Durable. Get Catalog. >BETTER “ONE SEED” PLANTER Plants peanuts, large or small shelled or unshelled; ilso corn, cotton, peas. etc., with certainty and retro- artty. Lew seed, larger crops. Write for booklet.^ ’ SOUTHERN PLOW COMPANY. Dallas. T«*a“* “Making th*> Form Pay”—a simple and short treatise on farming, covering the things every farmer and ms boy should know—lent free on request. . , , “The Making of Steel”—a complete account, simply and clearly presented, with many illustrations. Tins subject never before presented in so concise a manner. Every farmer and his boy should read this. Sent free on requoit. FRANK BAACKES, Vice-Pres. and Gen. Sales Agent American Steel & Wire Company alca^o,'N | Steel Products Co.* ban Francisco. FOR SALE—COW PEAS Mix $2.0C Du., Iron $2.50 feu., whips $2.25 bu.. Clays $2.25 bu. P. O. B. F. A. BUSK, Richland, Ga. BRANCH’S GENUINE RATTLESNAKE WATERMELON SEED ULY PURE STRAIN Carefully selected. Kept pure IJUJIIITE^TATES forty years. No other variety " grown on plantation of 1500 acres. ) seed impossible where different kinds are _ own. 1 oz. 15c-*-2 oz. 25c—4 oz. 40c—£ lb. 60c, l lb. $1.00—5 lbs. $4.50—10 lbs. $8.50 delivered. ^ Remit registered letter or money order. Send for " >ed Annual. Manual on melon culture with all ders. M. I BRANCH, lerzilli, Columbia County, Georgia. GROW MORE SWEl T POTATOES AND LESS CO TTON Slips $1.50 thousand. Draws $1.50 M. Send | for booklet. C. W. Woughtel Sweet Potato Specialist, Homeland, Ga. Fish Will Bate like hungry wolves, fill your net tv,trap or trot line if you bait with Magic-Fish-Lure. Best fish bait ever discovered. Over 60.000 boxes soia to fishermen last season. Write for pric e list to-day and get a box to help introduce it. Agents wanted. J. F. Gregrory. K-lOfi. Bt. Louis, Bio Sunshine Lamp I 300Candle Power | To Try In Your Own Home Turns night into day. Gives better light than gas. electricity or 18 ordinary lamps at one-tenth the cost. For Homes, Stores, Halls, Churches. A child can carry it. Makes its own light from common gasoline. Absointely SAFE. COSTS 1 CENT A NI6HT We want one person in each locality to whom we can refer new customers. Take advantage of our SPECIAL FREE TRIAL OFFER. AGENTS WANTED. SUNSHINE SAFETY LAMP CO. 384 Factory Bldg.* Kansas City* JIo, AGENTS $24 A WEEK R. NL King Mado $45 in 6 Days W. A. M., Brooklyn, Ala., writes: Please advise me what to do for a horse that has the itch. Last summer he wallowed in a puddle of water and shortly after he broke out all over, in the fall when the weather turned cool he got better. Since the weather has been warm for the last few weeks he is breaking out again, mostly in his tail, mane and legs. Anything you can suggest doing for him will be appre ciated. The best suggestions we can offer lor the treatment of the trouble to which you refer is first to thoroughly disinfect the quarters, fences and rub bing posts with which the animals may have come in contact. This may be ef fected by scrubbing with a disinfecting solution consisting of one part of car bolic acid and twenty parts of water. The treatment should be thorough and repeated from time to time. Then se cure a pound of sulphur and mix with about eight pounds of salt and give a handful at lirst and gradually increase, though too much should of course not be given. Treat the entire animal ex ternally with some of the coal tar prod ucts .among which may be mentioned cnloro-naptholeum, zenoleum, creolin, | etc. Use the solutions in strength of one part to fifty parts of water. Apply ; with a sponge or scrubbing brush and j see that every part of the animal is ! wet with the solution. On account of j the danger of taking cold select a warm day for the treatment, which should ! he repeated again in a few days. If I this method of management is followed, we believe that relief from the trouble will be secured provided you have di agnosed it correctly. Sanitation and a plentiful supply of nourishing food are the weapons which you must em ploy in fighting trouble of this char acter. * * * ROTATING CROPS FOR HOGS. W. N. M., Washington, Ga., writes: I am thinking of growing peanuts, chufas, soy beans, sorghum cane, and probably field peas and sweet potatoes for hogs this year. I wish to know in what suc- j cession they should bep lanted. I will j let the hogs gather all except the sor- : ghurn. I want space vacant about Sep- j tember 1 so I can plant grain for win ter grazing. for the enrichment of the ground. In planting cotton on land which has been cropped as heavily as suggested in your letter, it is important to secure vegeta ble matter as the basis of your fertil izer. Yard manure or compost will an swer verj well if you can secure live tons pen acre to use under the drill row, and then an application of high-grade fertilizer at the rate of 1,000 pounds per acre is likely to give you good re sults. To depend on fertilizer alone fs not good practice, and you will find sooner or later will not return you the profit you have a right to anticipate from such a heavy application of plant food. On gray land with a red clay subsoil we would -be inclined to use for cot ton about a 9-3-4. The minimum ap plication should be 500. pounds. If you have yard manure or vegetable matter derived from other sources, 1,000 pounds will prove profitable, as we have demon strated to our own satisfaction on the college farm. Where you have a supply of vegetable matter we doubt the neces sity of using nitrate as a lop dress ing. In its absence we think 100 pounds per acre can be used to advantage. Per sonally, we would be disposed to apply 500 to 700 pounds of the above formula under the drill row at the time of plant ing and use 200 or 300 pounds as a side application early in the growing season. You should remember that the preparation of your land and the type of seed selected and the cultivation giv en will all have an important influ ence on the yield secured. You can pre pare a formula of the above character from high-grade acid phosphate, cotton seed meal and njtrate of soda, blood or tankage and muriate of potash. * * * GROWING COTTON AFTER COTTON. H. B. R., Wadley, Ala., writes: I want to know the best commercial fer tilizer to use on red clay land that has been in cotton constantly for twenty years. Can caustic lime be applied at time of preparation of land in spring? When and how is best way to fertilize corn on bottom land? RESOLUTIONS PASSED BY GEORGIA ASSOCIATIONS During the meeting of the Georgia Dairy and Live Stock association the Georgia State Horticultural society and the Georgia Breeders' association held January 15 to 18, the members were unanimous in that the State College of Agriculture should be supplied with bet ter'facilities for the work being carried on there. Following is a copy of the res olution passed: Resolved, That we hereby petition the general assembly of Georgia to pro vide the most liberal appropriations for the Georgia State College of Agriculture, Athens, Ga. Authentic reports prove that during the last five years, the ac tivities of the College of Agriculture have materially increased the yield and production of our principal crops. The State College of Agriculture needs lib eral financial assistance to erect addi tional buildings, maintain and expand it scourse of instruction, and develop its ; extension demonstration work; which includes farmers’ institutes, agricultural i extension schools, teachers’ institutes, j boys’ and girl's clubs, farm demonstra- ; tions, soil surveys, plant and animal . breeding centers, field work in live -stock I and dairying and poultry husbandry. j The general assembly of Georgia j should in- our judgment appropriate a j much larger proportion of the state’s ! revenues to the advancement of agri cultural interests now being so ably pro moted by the State College of Agricul ture. Y'our favorable support of this request will meet with the hearty ap proval of your constituents. Agents Wanted. $1.20 per pair, f. o. b. factory cash with order. All New Live Feath ers. Best A. C. A. Ticking. Guar anteed as represented or money back. Prompt Shipment. Order to-day or write for free catalogue. We give bank references. SOUTHERN FEATHER AND „ PILLOW CO. C, GREENSBORO, N. C. Forged steel. Patented. Low priced. Sells to auto owners, farmers, mechanics in the shops and the home. Not sold in stores. No competition. Sales easy. Big profits. Ten-inch sample to workers. Write at once. THOMAS TOOL CO., 3333 Wert St., Darton, Okio HITE’S PROLIFIC COTTON SEED A justly celebrated variety—very prolific and yielding 40 per cent lint. From 1 to 2% bales cotton per acre with application 1,000 pounds fertilizer may be raised where climatic conditions^ire favorable. It fruits‘better than any other variety. I recommend it to the up-to-date farmer. A limited quantity of seed for sale. Price $1.00 per bushel f.o.b. Augusta. G. H. NIXON, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. Fertilize for Fruit, Not for Foliage A study of the formulas of fertilizers often recommended for fruits would give the idea twt foliage and rapid growth is what you seek. The most of them lack fruit-producing POTASH Any fertilizer for fruits should contain^! least 12 per cent, available Potash. The only Potash Salts that are safe for citrus fruits are Sulfate of Potash and Sulfate of Potash Magnesia {double manure salt). Applications o? such a fertilizer should begin at planting and continue during the life of the tree. It means earlier and longer bearing, larger yields, better grades and shipping quality, and a hard, solid, growth of wood. In all these ways Potash Pays. If your dealer doesn't carry 12 per cent. Potash brands or Potash Salts, write to us for prices. We will sell any amount from a200-lb bag. up. Write now for fertilizer formulas and how to make them for Fruit Culture, and special free pamphlet. Orange Culture. (Jermon Kali Works. Inc. Broadway. New York Empire Bldg., Atlanta Bank & Trust Bldg., Savannah An ideal plan for brazing- hogs would | be to fence off a five-acre' tract in five J equal parts. A roadway should be al lowed to run down one side so t'iu*t j all of the lots could be reached without entering any of theml Water should be provided alongside the roadway. On the fit*st area it would be well to plant a fall-sown crop such as crimson clover or some of the winter cereals. Oats or wheat would b e satisfactory for this purpose. This will afford a considerable amount of fall and winter grazing and the crops may be turned under in the late spring and both areas seeded to an early maturing variety of cowpeas. As you have nothing planted on these first two areas it would be well fo plant 3urt oats on one- and Canada peas on the other, provided you can seed them right away. The only value you are likely to secure from these crops is through planting them immediately. If you cannot accomplish this, devote both areas to cowpeas, putting say the War ren’s Extra Early on the first plat and Whippoorwill on the second. The third plat should be devoted to an early ma turing variety of soy beans, the fourth to a late maturing variety of cowpeas, and the fifth plat to peanuts. We 4° not regard the chufas or sweet potato as so desirable for grazing down by hogs as thee rops mentioned above. All of these crops may be grazed off in suf ficient time to permit of the planting of winter cereals and legumes, such as burr clover, crimson clover and the hairy vetch. We do not believe you can arrange a combination for grazing down by hogs which would be better than the one suggested above, as the legumes all produce a considerable quantity of grain rich in nutrients. If the crops on the above areas do well they should be sufficient to maintain five brood sows and their progeny, twen ty-five to thirty-five pigs in all. If you desire to carry a larger number of ani mals you should increase the areas. * * * . FARMING OLD FIELDS. J. E. M., Cuthbert. Ga.. writes: 1 | have about seventy-five acres of land j that has laid out for from two to six years which I put in Ante condition by running cut-away harrows over it, first plowing it deep with two-horse plow. I have oats planted in drill. I want to know what is best to put on them for good results. The oats were planted in October without any fertilizer of any kind. “Gee, But I Would Hate to Lose Those Shoats.” Who wouldn’t? It is your fault' if you do. Begin now to “Get the Germ Before the Germ Gets the Hog.” v --vrv ‘ “PREVENT” is the name of a booklet that tells how to get the germ first — that tells how to prevent diseases and save the hogs. You know that when in the cholera stage you simply can’t cure hogs with serum or any other form of treatment. You know that if you can keep your hogs healthy as shoats, keep them free from germs and worms, they will have no cholera. This book will tell you just how to proceed. How to get the germ first. How to keep the hogs in prime condition, strong and healthy and able to resist diseases. RED DEWtL LYE keeps the hog on full feed throughout the dry food stage, and as yon know, that’s when the cholera gets in its work. It’s up to you. You can’t hold any one else responsible for disease in your hogs. Get this book. Study it. Draw your own conclusions and govern yourself accordingly. Buy RED DEVIL LYE at your dealers. Big; 4^-iocti Cans, 10c. The handy Friction Tgp prevents waste. Wm. Scfcield Mfg. Co. St. Louis, Mo. Personally, we would use nothin but nitrate of soda on the oats in question. It would probably have been advistble to use a complete fertilizer in moderate amount on this crop last fall at the time of planting, but we think a cojn- plete fertilizer at this season of the year will not prove very effective. A complete fertilizer should he incorpor ated with the soil, and while this might be done by scattering broadcast and working in with ’ a harrow, we believe that the results obtained from the ap plication would hardly Justify the ex pense involved. We* would prefer to use 100 pounds of nitrate of soda as a top dressing applied when the oats are dry so as not to injure the leaves. It should he scattered broadcast on the ground after a rain rather than before one. The first application may be made shortly after growth starts in the spring, and the second two weeks tto thirty days later. The second applica tion should be made as soon as the oats begin to joint. In other words while the head is still in the hoot and very small. To put the last applica tion On after the oats have short into heau is to invite the formation of stalk and leaf at the expense of grain. * * * A - GOOD FORMULA FOR COTTON. W. A. W„ Flovilla, Ga.. writes: I have eight acres of land on which I made thirteen bales of cotton in 1911 with 1,000 pounds of guano per acre and 100 pounds of nitrate of soda per acre as a top dressing at last plowing. It was in corn in 1912, and 1 wish to put it back in cotton this year and wish to know what fertilizer formula to use to get the best results. My land is gray with red clay subsoil. Land will not produce large crops of corn and cotton for a long period of time,. even though you use large amounts of fertilizer unless a wider rotation of ci^ops is practiced. The first thing for you to plan in' connection with your farm is to so organize and manage it that you can devote a part of your land to legumes to be grazed down, plowed under or cut for feed for live stock and the resulting manure returned For heavy, red cla^ land we believe an 8-3-4 will prove about the right formula to use on cotton. It is, of course, impossible to secure the best re sults with commercial fertilizer on any type of land which has been grown con tinuously in one crc\p. as corn or cot ton, for example. To^ build up this land you will find it absolutely necessary to establish a rotation. The land should be deeply broken*. Subsoiling at this time of the year, especially in view of the heavy rains which have fallen, should not be undertaken. As soon as the land is broken you should apply lime at the rate of one ton per acre. We can recommend the use of the finely ground raw rock at the rate mentioned. This we think will prove quite satisfac tory on your soil. It is true the caustic lime is more active and has a greater ’ sweetening power than the ground rock, but it much more difficult to handle, and the ground rock w T ill iij' oui* judgment ac complish the same purpose, though tak ing a longer time to do it. Naturally the ground rock will prove more ef fective on soil which contains an abun dance of vegetable matter than where this element is lacking. If you use caustic lime put it oji not less than thirty days before applying the 'fer tilizer; if you* use the finely ground rock, two weeks will be ample. Do not mix the fertilizer with either the caus tic or ground lime. We think you will find it well to put 300 to 400 pounds of the formula mentioned above under the cotton rows at the time of plant ing. and reserve as much as 200 pounds as a side application. Some nitrate of soda used as a top dressing will often prove effective on this crop. Not over 100 pounds should be used, however, and the last application should be made about the first of .July in your locality. For corn on bottom land we would put a part of the fertilizer under the drill row, and if the land is supplied with vegetable matter all the fertilizer may be used at the time of planting. On lands deficient in vegetable matter side applications often prove desirable. The nature of the bottom land not be ing stated, it is difficult to suggest defi nitely the amounts to use. We think for corn a minimum application on ground which has been at all well pre pared would be 500' pounds. EXCHANGING *COTTON SEED FOR MEAL. •T. H. S., Griffin, Ga.. writes: I can exchange a ton of cotton seed for a ton of cotton seed meal, or for a ton of tankage 6.5 per cent nitrogen. On stiff red land which would you advise using, the meal or the tankage? Which leaches worst from big rains? If a farmer can exchange a ton of cotton seed for a ton of high grade meal, it is certainly to his advantage to do so. A ton. of ^cotton seed contains only about $11 worth of plant food at or dinary prices. A ton of meal should contain nol less than $21 or $22 worth of plant food. A good grade of cotton seed meal contains 6.18 per cent of nitrogen, 2.5 'per cent of phosphoric acid and 2 per cent of potash.. In other words, a ton of it ‘contains about $3 to $4 worth of phosphoric acid and potash. The tankage to which you refer may contain some phosphoric acid of It may not. It depends upon how It was made and the sources from which the mate rials of which it is composed are de rived. Personally, we would be inclined to favor the use of the cotton seed meal, believing that the nitrogen in it will be come available with sufficient rapidity to meet the needs of the average farm crop, and that it will hot leach from the soil more rapidly than would tank age. Tankage, of course, is a very vari able • product as to composition, and one can only afford to buy and use it after securing thorough information as to its origin « and composition. • * * * PREPARING CERTAIN STANDARD FORMULAS. W. X W. B., Greensboro, Ga., writes: l would like to know what ingrelients to use and in what proportion to make a 10-3-4, an 8-2-2 aand a 9-2-3. My land is dark loam with red .subsoil and some sand. If you can suggest better for mulas for com and cotton would be glaad to have you do so. Grow IV2 Bales Cotton Where Only 1 Grew Before One tft one-and-a-half and even two bales of cotton, or 60 to 00 bushels of corn per acre, require little more labor than smaller yields. Simply use liberally the right fertilizer or plant food to the acreage you plant, and cultivate the crop more thoroughly and oftener. You cannot be too careful in selecting fertilizers and seeds. Your soil deserves the best plant foods which are V irginia-Carolina High-Grade Fertilizers They are made to gi ve Available Phosphoric Acid, Ammonia or Nitrogen, and Potash in the right combination for greatest yields. These fertilizers produce big crops of COTTON, CORN, RICE, TOBACCO, FRUITS, PEANUTS and TRUCK. Virginia-Caroima Chemical Co. Box 1117 phosphate, 700 pounds of cotton seed meal, containing not less than 6.18 per cent of nitrogen, 2.5 per cent of phos phoric acid and 2 per cent of potach, i 00 pounds of high grade nitrate of soda and 100 pounds of muriate of pot ash will give you a formula which very closely approximates a 10-3-4, though it is a little low in potash. This diffi culty may be overcome by reduefng the ! cotton seed meal to 6oo pounds and | raising the nitrate of soda by 500 j pounds, and adding 25 pounds each of j acid phosphate and muriate of potash, j 1,100 pounds of high grade acid phos- I phate, 700 pounds of the grade of cot- j ton seed meal mentioned above, and 100 j pounds of muriate of potash with 100 pounds of dry earth will give you a for mula which approximates a 9-2-3. An 8-2-2 may be prepared by mixing to gether 1,000 pounds of high grade acid phosphate, 700 pounds of cotton seed meal and 300 pounds of kainlt. For a dark loamy soli we are inclined to think that an 8-3-3 would be about right for eott<?n and a 9-3-4 about right for corn. We believe about 500 pounds of each of these formulas should be used per acre, at least 300 pounds being put under the drill row at the time of ! planting, and 200 pounds used as a side ! application. The question of using side j applications is determined largely by the physical condition of the land and the per cent of vegetable matter it con- tais. Corn requires more liberal ferti lization than cotton as it is a more ex hausting crop to the soil, and we are inclinel to think that an application of 100 pounls of nitrate of soda as a top dressing would likely prove effective. - * * * J. N. S.. CJlio, Ala., writes: I would like to know something about what benefits lime exerts in the soil. I be lieve if our sandy lands had more lime we would not have so much black root or blight as we do. There is some thing needed and I have thought for several years it was lime. What crops is lime beneficial to? RICHMOND u VIRGINIA It is quite probable that your land is deficient in lime since it is of a very sandy character, and that applications of this material will be of some benefit to your soil and the crops grown there on. Lime is a soil amendment and a corrective. Sometimes it may .serve in tjie capacity of a plant food in that it provides calcium, an element needed particularly by leguminous crops and which is deficient in some soils. It is not a fertilizer, however, and can not be expected to take the place of fer tilizer on land. When used properly in ] combination with fertilizers'it will often prove very beneficial to crops. Lime j benefits the legumes, cereal s, most j grasses and fruits. It would hardly be accounted as beneficial to truck crops and it is injurious to watermelons. Irish potatoes, millet, red top and cotton arc considered indifferent to lime, though some experiments recently made indi cate that it is of some benefit, to cot ton, and it would appear to be quite serviceable to corn. Where liming is practiced it is desir able that the land first be plowed and this material used as a top dressing. Two forms are available for use—the caustic and the finely ground raw rock. In our judgment the latter will be found easier to handle and will serve th« same purpose in the soil as the caustic lime, though its action will be slower. We are inclined to advise the use of a ton of this material. Fertilizers should not be mixed with lime. Apply the lime broadcast on the surface of the ground, say two weeks before planting where the raw rofck is used, and thirty days where the caus tic lime is used. Caustic lime exer cises twice the sweetening power in the soil, and therefore twice the amount of raw rock should be used as of the caus tic lime. The ground rock can be used to advantage where green crops are plowed under. Remember that your lands are deficient in vegetable mat ter. and that neither lime nor fertilizer wijl replace this element. A systematic rotation of crops engaged in by the farmers of your section will do more to build up the soils than any other line of practice you can follow. The turning under of legumes or applications of yard manure obtained from the feed- j ing of live stock combined with judi- ' cious liming and fertilization will enable you to buld up your osils very rapidly. GULF CF MEXICO More than a hale per acre That was the rate of yield from Alabama land, top dressed at the rate of 100 pounds per acre with Nitrate of Soda It matures cotton before the boll weevil affects it. In drought it keeps the plant from shedding its bolls. Free Book on the Cultivation of Cotton which I have prepared, bearing especially on fertilization of cotton and coa- ! boll i trol of the I Dr. Wm.S. Myers Director Chilean weevil; tells how to grow big crops at little cost. iG Nitrate Propaganda .» £ 17 Madison Avenue New York No Branch Offices The Very Finest CABBAGE PLANTS AMERICA are those which we are now ready to ship in our famous EARLY JERSEY, CHARLESTON WAKEFIELD, SUCCES SION and FLAT DUTCH varieties. These plants are grown from the most carefully selected seed and are un- n« tin lly hardy and frost proof Seldom in jut ed by even the severest cold. Every shipment positively guaranteed to reach you in first class condition. Order today before the rush. Your complete satisfaction is assured Prices 1.000to 4.000, $1.25 per M., 5.000 to 8 000. $1.00 per M ; 9,000 to 15,000, 90c per M.-, 16,000 to 25,000 85c per M.; 26,000 to 85.000. 80c per JI 80,000 to 5Q,000. 75c per M. Special prices on larger lots. Also have fine lettuce and onion plants at same prices. Will be glad to name delivered prices upon request. Write for catalog. D. Q. TOWLES, Young’s Island. S. C. A variety 6f materials may be used for compounding fertilizers containing the percentages of plant food indicated in your letter. As a carrier of nitrogen cotton seed meal will answer very well. The meal may be combined with nitrate of soda or blood, tankage or sulphate of ammonia to very gool advantage. High grade acid phosphate and muriate of potash will furnish the other two el ements in a desirable form. A mixture of 1,100 pounds of high grade acid 'I H C Quality Shows in Service ‘\X7’E could sell wagons for lesa V » money, but we don’t care to sell that kind of wagon. We want your second order, and your third, and every order you give for a wagon. We can’t be sure of getting those orders unless the first wagon you buy from us proves so satisfactory that you would not think of going anywhere else for the second. We have to tell you how good our wagons are to get your first order. After that, we ex pect the wagon itself to do the selling. IH C wagons Weber New Bettendorf Columbus Steel Kin ‘1 are made of selected, high-grade material throughou Come with us to the works where these wagons are built, and see the tremendous sheds where the lumber is air-dried—seasoned out of doors — for three years or more before it is used. Do you know the difference between air-dried and kiln-dried wood ? One process takes years of time, and leaves the fibres of the wood filled with and cemented together by the natural resinous residue of the sap. _ The other requires only a few days’ time, drives out all the sap, resin and all, and leaves the wood brittle and weak. Air drying produces elastic lumber, wagon parts that bend and give under loads and strains, but that come back 1 to their original position when the strain is removed. Weber and Columbus wagons have wood gears: New Bettendorf and Steel King have steel gears. The 1HC local dealer knows which wagon is best suited to your work and will give you catalogues and full informa tion anout the wagon he sells. See him, or, if you prefer, write International Harvester Company of Ar::: (Incorporated) CHICAGO USA am:.: © - (