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Cattle and Poultry Foods. ■ SPECIAL FERTILIZERS . . COMPOUNDED TO ORDER. DEALERS IN Sulphuric Acid, Ammoniacal & Potash Salts, Nitrate Soda, Kainit, etc. J. J. An8U>w, Pristkr, Windmok, N. S. PIDGEON FERTILIZER CO'Y. W/NDSOR, A/. S. ALLEN HALEY, Pnsidfftt. ROBERT PIDGEON, Manager. Office and Works on the St Croix Riuer Our shipping facilities are the ery best, having railroad and water connection with all the principal points in Canada, and all orders are promptly filled, and goods are shipped only in good packages and hrst-class condition. ' It is our aim to supply the users of fertilizers with a commer- cial manure which will give satisfaction in every respect. The perfect mechanical condition and wealth -.f available plant food ,t is guaranteed will be kept up to its highest standard. No Fertilizer can guarantee a crop, but the (( EUREKA" BRANDS Furni.s^h the farmer with a Commercial Fertilizer, which, with ! favorable weather conditions, good seed and ,,erfect cultivation practically guarantees paying crops. ' ' TO RAISE PAYING CROPS, Therefore keep the soil supplied witl, nutritious plant food, found .n our Fertilizers, ..s is clearly demonstrated by the testimony of many of those who use our goods. fl: t\ SALUTATION. •^ 1 Early in the season of '93, all our buildings and machinery, including our large stock of unmanufactured goods, were totally destroyed by fire, and for a short time we were unable to supply the orders of our patrons ; but we as soon as possible erected a temporary mill, and did our best to meet the requirements of our friends, and think that we fairly succeeded. We have now erected and in operation, a new mill, large and spacious, thoroughly equipped, with all new and improved machin- ery of the most modern make and description, and are in a posi- tion to supply all the well known and popular brands of our goods. We have commenced the direct importation of Bone from the River -Platte, so that we can in future meet the requirements of our rapidly growing and increasing trade. \Ve are determined to give bur customers first-class Fertilizers, manufactured from fresh and pure materia.s, rich in all the necessary elements fo*- promcting the growth of crops ; recognizing the v<.'y important fact that we have a reputation to maintain for our goods, and that this can only be sustained by continued, persistent, intelligent ctifort, and honorable dealing. And we assert now, as in the past, " that purchasers of our goods may rely upon receiving only those of the highest and purest grades, skillfully prepared on a large scale, with all appliances for thorough and economical work and honestly sold." The late Secretary Rush, in a paper on American Farming of the future, justly said, " Science, aided by necessity, will have solved tl* problems of feeding, so as to secure tne maximum result for the minimum feed ; waste products will be utilized in hundred ways not now dreamed of, and we can realize that there will be an increased yield due to a better understanding of plant life and culture. "What the worth of land will be in those days no nipn can venture to estimate ; but of one thing we can all rest assured and that is, that the richest inheritance a man can leave his grand- children and their immediate descendants will be a farm of many Sm9H broad and fertile acres. In my opinion, the changes in our methods of farming in the future will be brought about by a wide knowledge and application of scientific principle. "Moreover, there will be a very much greater number of small farms thar now, not only in the neighborhood of cities, but i*- all sections where irrigation is practiced. The result of this will be a greater concentration of population in rural districts, and hence far less isolation than exists at present, and this isolation will be still further diminished by good, smooth, well-kept roads, bordered with handsome shade trees, and available for travel at all seasons. Electric motors will be established along principal roads. The telephone will be found in every farm-house, and a rural mail delivery which will carry the mails to every farm-house in the land. "No one questions the healthfulness of country life and its many advantages, so far as physical well being is concerned, over the city, and when the country home is equal in comfort to that ot the city, no argument will be needed to prove its superiority to the latter. " Agricultural interests must have due weight in all plans or legislation looking to the future prosperity of our great country." ^MM. FERTILIZERS. FfcRTii.iziNc. Ill nature, nothing is produced from nothing. A blade of grass will no more grow without food than will a cow. Plants are dependent upon the . iil in which they grow for the food which they n'^ed. This food :s culled plant-food. Some soils are richer than othci soils in plant-food • but all soils art alike in this, that the amount of plpr.t-focKl contained is limitjd. Some soils may be drawn upon for years and yet retain sufficier»«: lo pro- mote growth of plants ; other soils contain a light supply, and 'vill hold out against a drain but a short time ; and alt soils will give out sooner or later. If the p".ant-f;>xl contained in the soil of earth were exhausted, the earth could yiel'i no iruit, and the races dependent upon the fruits of the earth would be starved out. Every tiller of the soil who, by constant cropping, drains his soil of the plant-food of which his grain and other productions are composed, is helping to bring the earth to such a state that it will fail to support human and animal life. If life is so dependent upon such plant-food as causes a blade of grass to grow, it is surely true that he is a benefactor who increases that lant-food so that two blades of grass will grow where only one grew before ; but .what is he who causes none to grow where one grew before ? Man cannot create plant-food, nor can he destroy it ; but he can waste it, or he can save it. If man can prevent the untoward result of waste, he owes it lo himself and to posterity to do so. And while it holds true that by the sweat of his brow man must eat bread, he must cease to waste, and labor to save. Is it possible that there is needed, in this wonderful advanced nineteenth century, any prompting to the intelligent, humane tillers of the .soil, ihe l)one and sinew of the "orld, to have a due regard to their duty to themselves and the humanity of the futu'-e, whose heritage of earth and land and farm it is that they hold for their season ? While nine out of ten farms are left poorer by the farmer when he is done with them than when he took them, so long is there need for speaking out upon the subject. How shall man prevent the disaster of soil depletion ? By Tke FidgeoM Fertilizer Co,, one of those wonderful provisions of nature, the elements of earth's products that are essential to the growth of these products. To idly neglect to return to the soil its need and due is to mistake a merciful provision of nature, and to abuse a kindness. On the other hand, n 1.e careful to return to the soil all the essen- tial elements of soil-production, is to intelligently and rightfully interpret nature ; it is to profitably make the earth a manufactory of wonderful products, for which she uses as raw material what is for any other purpose waste, and only waste. It is to provide for the life and feeding and comfort of the people of the earth, now and in coming generations. If this be true, the farm-bov, whose range is from barn-yard to field whose dr^^ss and tools, suited to his labor, are heavy Ixwts and four-tined fork, whoso labor is neither light nor odorous, has a calling the nobility of which is befitting the dignity ot the wisest and best. He is a serNant of humanity and a benefactor of his race. By virtue of his labor the multitudes are fed. Without his labor the plenty of to-day would be famine to-morrow. Does he know the meaning of his vocation, and does he know how noble and high is his calling ; or does he disparage himself and envy the existence of the dude, whom he has to feed, and who is like the lily in that he neither toils nor spins, but unlike the lily in that he has not even the merit of beauty as a reason for existence. Let us have fair and true understanding of this matter. "The man who continually gathers from the soil and returns ■ nothing to it until he can gather no more, changing a fertile .smil- in- land into a steriL wildernes.-,, impoverishes himself, wrongs^ his country, and beggars his children."- (Bruckner). The subject o<" Fertilizers is one which looms up boldly when considering the subject of agriculture, and the (juest.on is daily asked, what Fertilizer is best for this or that crop, and in general terms we can say that all Fertilizers are good if made by reliable manufacturers, and in this respect the Pidgeon Fertilizers are specially made to meet the requirements ot the (ountr)-, ana contain only such elements as are necessary to replace the ex- haustion of the soil. Plants draw ;,ome food from the air by their leaves, but most from the earth by their roots. The composition is quite con- sistent but the character of the soil is exceedingly variable, and crops grown continuously upon a soil draw out one or more of its nutritive principles ; consequently it can only be remvigorated by returning to it those elements removed in the crops. Uur Fertilizers contain all the ingredients needed .o make a complete Windsor, J\'ora Scotia. A and assimilable manure, such as Nitrogen, Compounds, Phospbate of I-ime, Potash and Salts. Plants may be divided into rlasses, as those requiring an excess of potash, viz., {x;as, beans, potatoes, clover, flax ; those requiring nitrogen, vi/.., beets, cabi)age, oats, wheat and barley, and those requiring large amounts of phosphoric acid, as radish turnip and corn, and the chief supply of which, in a commercial wav is from \yoms which contain phosphate of lime, carbonate ot lime, gelatine, albumen and oil. It is our object to manufacture superphoshate containing these concentrated ingredients niakmg a complete manure, getting assimilable nitrogen in sulphur ot ammonia, nitrate of soda and.i)ottasa and dried blood, and phos- phate of lime in bone dust made from carefully selected and pre- pared bone. The intelligent farmer will be brought to notice the effect of the various forms of potash, nitrogen and lime, and niust study the jjeculiar features of the soil, resulting in a union of theory and practice. By the introduction and general use of commercial fertilizers, farm operations have been freed from the restrictions and limita- tions imposed by the deficient sources of home-made manures, and the intelligent farmer may vastly extend his operations. Commercial fertilizers are always in demand, and the success of our farmers depends upon the talent, capital and honesty of the manufacturer, and in this respect we feel that we can in the future as in the past, recommend our fertilizers as being ot a high grade, at the lowest possible price. The enormous quantities of fertilizers now being used in this country and in the United States shows the enterprise of the farmers in increasing their products to meet the rapidly increasing, population and demand. In this publication we can only give ;i few limited instances, as follows : Phosphate Rock produced in the United States, (the larger proportion of which came from South Carolina), in 1891, amount- ed to 787,133 tons. France is credited with 400,000 tons, Belgium 200,000, and the entire output of the world in 1891, outside of the United States, was 830,000 tons. This refers to the Phosphate Rocks only, and is aside from other commercial fertilizers. The last U. S. Census Bureau has issued a bulletin on Truck farming, which gives the capital invested Qi. $100,000,000, the annual products reaching a value of $75,000.0°°' from 534,- 440 acres of land ; the annual expenditure for fertilizers being $ 1 0,000,000. As a natural source of phosphoric acid are the rock phosphate, the principal source being the Island of Navassa, S. Ike r^hjcon tertUizer Co., Carolina, Florida and Cjin.ula, tlir latter rountry producinR about 12,000 tons, at a value o( $158,000. I he artificial soiines of supply are the vast plains of South America, irom whence have been le than the insoluble form. The following analyst-s siiow the composition of two hr-amls that we have used for experimental pnr|K>8es and foumi satisfactory : - A.NAl,y.-4K!i OK .SrPKKPHOHPH.ATKS. Name of Brand. ■i ■= -i* i Z J ^ t £ -^^ '•= £ -• '-3 I -: "Plain" superjjhospliate . "No. 1" superphotjpliate i r-91 ' U'ol ! lOTH \ I I (iniin crops as a rule hic hcnetitte.l by application of superphosphate especially in conjunction with munure containing nitrogen, ft ',as also been found exceedingly imcfnl in (luantities from I.V) to 3(X> lbs. per acre as a toj) . Bone Meal. Bone meal, or Hnely ground unburnt bones, consists chiefly of phos- pliate of lime and organic matter— the latter containing much nitrogen. Commercial samples possess from 17 per cent, to 2.'> per cent of phosphoric aci.l and from •_> per cent, to 4 per cent, of nitrogen, accordinir to the purity of the meal. ^ ' e Manure. The barnyard manure available during the past year wa.s supplemented Windsor, Sora Scofui. with about tax) worth of special fertilixei-, mkH uh Niipfi phosphate Mid ground bone, and in every inatanoe there ha* l<«^n n marked incretue «if crop wher» iheoe w«r«- applied to the hind. A Few Words on the Selection of Fertilizers. Of all questions that present themselves to the progressive farmer, one who carefully counts the cost of his crops, that he may know what profit has come from his honest loil, there is prolwi)ly none so important as that of the choice of a fertilizer, for on this in a very great measure will depend the success of his crops. Suppose he makes a wrong choice, and purcha.sts a worthies* fertilizer, what will he the result ? When the harvest season comes. he may find that his crop is a failure ; that his hard labor has. brought him no results ; that his land, while being impoverished,, has yielded no income, and that he has a debt hanging over hinv because of the worthless fertilizer that he is unable to pay for. This is not a fanciful case. It has happened time and again. Hut how is the farmer to choose? He is solicited to buy thi.s. fertilizer for a rea.son which to him seems plausii)le, and another fertilizer for a reason that seems e(|ually good. A Word of Advice, and we feel that its force will be appreciated by the intelligent farmer. Huy that brand which hcs stood the test of years, and patronize that firm which has a reputation for fair and square' deal- ing. We have been established for eight years ; wc have grown, up with the fertilizer industry in this country, and we have a repu- tation to sustain. The Pidgeon Fertilizers contain elements that are eiitirely sol'jl)le and available for all the various crops fur which they are so well adapted. No fertilizers made to day can show any better combination of materials, which can always be relied on. Every plant needs, to enable it to grow to the best advan- tage, in addition to light, heat, air and water, a deep and fertile soil. The laws governing the amount of sunshine and rain are tieyond the power of the farmer to control. Recognizing this fact, it should be the chief object of the farmer to prepare his soil in the very best way, to ^^~<»Ji. fc Tlie Fidgeo/i Fertilizer Co., Plants rctiuirc food, like* animals and human beings, p-id it is only natural that crops cannot thrive luxuriously unless they arc- well and properly fed. The ferti.izing ingredients found in barnyard manure do not exist in those proportions recjuired by many crops, and must be supplied by the addition of artificial fertilizers, ^■ou hold in your hand, therefore, the power to give to your stable manure a sup- plement of whatever is required for the crops to be grown. Artificial fertilizers, like stable manure, supply plant food, and this is the chief use of both, although both artificial fertilizers and form manures aid in setting free the locked-up plant food of the soil and making it available for the crops. The food for crops consists of a number of chemical elements, each one of which is necessary to perfecl. growth. Part of these essential elements come from the air, the rest from the soil. Hence if our crops are to give large yields, they must have, at the disposal of their roots, in the soil, a sufficient quantity of each of the necessary ingredients for their food. If any one of the essential elements be deficient, the whole crop suffers. T/ie crop cannot rise above the kvel of the to7V'st element of the food supply. Proper Fertilization consists in a tiiorough and correct understanding cf the Nitrogen, the Phosphoric Acid, and the Potash required. In that sense it has been taken up by science, and in that sen.se it has been taken up by all practical farmers. Science and field experiment have established, for instance, that Phosphoric Acid in order to pro- duce perceptible immediate result upon any crop must be given to the plants in an available form, so jt is with Potash, and with (Nitrogen) Ammonia. The farmer's best interest lies in procurin'; such plant food as both science and practice have established beyond doubt to be most valuable and reliable. The Problem of Fertilization and its solution depends upon a thorough knowledge of plant growth and plant nutrition. It has of^en been demonstrated that the farmer is more [)rosperous who raises on a ten acre field as much, if not more, than another does on twenty acres. PiDCKON Kkrtii.izkrs have been found by the most thor- ough experiments continued through long series of years, to pro- duce larger yields, and to maintain the soil in better condition, than the ri( best stable manures. Why? Because they arc properly pioponioned, and contain Windsor, A'ova iScofia. exactly what food the plants require in sufficient (Quantities to produce large yields, and leave the soil in better condition than before. Y'ears of experimental tests by practical intelligent agri- culturists have proven that our high-^rade fertilizers are most profitably used. It is now no longer a question whether it pays to use artficial fertilizers, or that a high grade fertilizer is by far the most economical. From a close business relationship, of many years' duration, with leading successful agriculturists, we know by their results it is always the best policy for farmers to use only high grade ferti- lizers, and to use them largely, for the reason that it is the surplus production of each acre, after paying the cost cf producing, that gives the farmer his profit. It costs as much to work poor land as it does rich. Poor land without fertilizers means poor crops. By using high-grade fertilizers largely, he can, by a small outlay for fertilizers, increase the producing quality of the soil four fold, and without additional labor of tilling the land. A liberal supply of high grade plant-food insures a liberal yield, and- when markets are over-stocked, and only fine produce is in demand, it guaran- tees a crop of choice quality which secures ready sale. No Fertilizer can Guarantee a Crop. Causes of failure of crop can never be done away with, so long as neither heat nor cold, nor • lin, snow, wind and hail are under man's control. Failures arising from such causes, failures arising from self-deception by neglecting to observe carefully all the injunctions of science and ictual field result, and failures caused by the deception practiced by many Manufacturers ok Low (iRAUF. Ff.rtimzkrs which are represented to be ecjual to PiDdK.ON high f^ade hertilizers, and offered at two-thirds of the actual true value of high grade fertilizers, do not invalidate the favorable results that can be obtained, and which- for years havt been obtained from their use. No fe.tilizer can guarantee a crop, nor should any farmer expect it, but our manures will guarantee crops when any fertilizer or stable manure will produce them. A strict observance of field results, the liberal use o^ these fertilizers of reputation and standing, sold on their merits, guaranteed to contain the best and most available forms of plant food, assures the farmer, whenever no array of adverse circumstances combine against him, the proba- bility of favcable results and paying crops. There are many so-called cheap fertilizers, which produce equally cheap results. No fertilizer is cheap, no matter how low its price may be, that will not show at harvest time the proper return for tne outlay. \N'e claim to- make honest fertilizers and ty 10 The Fidgeou Fertilizer Co., sell them at prices which are as low as can be made for goods of such superior cjuaHty. We also claim that they are. the cheapest fertilizers in the end, and that in view of the magnificent crops they produce, the original outlay is indeed small, so that no farmer who has any ideas of economy can atford to cultivate the soil without them. It will be seen at a glance that without their use it costs just as much, whether paid in the shape of rent or viewed as the investment of the owner, in fact, all the expenses are just about the same. Now, if by the comparatively slight additional first cost of our Fertilizers the yield can be so largely increased, as it can and will lie, the productiveness, considering the expenses, which have to be incurred anyhow, will be just so much the greater. Being composed of the l)est and most available forms of plant food ki this must of necessity be the case. But this is an incident, ai. lot an oifject sought after, as the true value of a fertilizer must always depend upon its crop producing results, in actual f eld culture, a id this is the end, and the only end, they have sought, and obtained. That we have accomplished this end year after year, we have only to refer to the many very emphatic testimonials we have been favored with, from farmers who have successfully used these ferti- liz-irs, and few of which wl' have published in this pamphlet, a* they have come to us from these farmers with each succeeding year showing increased crops, and we take this occasion to thank our many friends r.nd customers for their kindness in thus frankly giving our fertilizers credit for the results they have accomplished. It is a homely saying that the "proof of the pudding is in the eating." We resjectfuliy request a careful perusal of the "facts'" embodied,in the various testimonials contained ffi this pamphlet, which are only some of the many we have received, our space being too limited to publish all. We have them all, however, placed on file, where they may he seen at our office, and we regard these stater^ents from our customers as by far the most important part of this pamphlet, for they contain the very "gist" of the w hole matter, the proof of all we have stated. Mechanical Condition. The value of a fertilizer often depends on the evenness with which the ingredients in its composition art mixed. This can only be obtained by using expensive machinery (which we have) and careful manipulation. Our Fertilizers will l)e found to be mixed in jutt the right propo.tion to produce the largest crops, and their mechanical condition cannot be excelled. They do not deteriorate by keeping any length oi time. The plant food con- Windsor, J^^ova Scotia. 11 tained in the^^e fertilizers being so thoroughly combined that no loss of strength occurs, if kept dry. Potato Manure. Ammonia, 4 percent.; Potash, 6 to 8 percent.; Available Phosphoric Acid, 5 to 6 per cent. May be used in the drill or hill, at the rate of 600 to 900 pounds to the acre, thoroughly mixed with the soil in any manner which best commends itself. Market gardeners, and many farm- ers, often use from 800 to 1,400 pounds to the acre very profit- ably. Potatoes make the best part of their growth in from jo to 60 days, in fact many truckers commence marketing their crop in go days from planting. 'l"o be a good crop they must, therefore, grow quickly and continuously, and the fertilizer must be an active one containing plant food ready to act, not only at the commencement, but gradually throughout the season. Potatoes always pay handsomely for liberal ar.d proper appli- cation of our Potato Manure. E.xperience teache.'^ that heavier crops of sound potatoes cai. be grown with this fertilizer than with a most liberal supply of stable manure. Our Potato Manure contains the plant food for a large yield, and at the spnie time supplies it in the most soluble forms that are best < uited to the crop. Potatoes grown with ii are invariably good, bemg smooth and fair without, and mealy and pure within. 'Vha freedom hf disease is much greater, from the use of this chem- ical fertilizer, than from the use of stable manure, which contains decaying organic matter, which fosters the growth of ge.-ms which appear as rot, rust, or blight. Our Potato Manure is soluble, produces a quick growth and ( ontains proper plant food, in sufficient quantities and right forms. Fully one-half of the ash of Potatoes consists of Potash. Our Potato Manure contains a most liberal supply of Potash of the best kind, which is probably the key to its remarkable success in the field, and the lack of which accounts f>,r the failure of other brands. Read the recommendations and judge for yourself if this does not do all we claim for it. You Sow No Weed Seeds. Think for a moment of the great advantage of this to the garcjcner, and indeed to the grower of general farm crops. The amount of fertility taken out of the land by rank-growing weeds, and the amount of lal)or recjuired to keep them down. The loss froiii these twi; items is i 12 The Pidgson Fertilizer Co., Fruit and Vine Manure. ("lUARANTEKD ANALYSIS. .\mmonia, 2 to 3 per cent. ; Miosphoric Acid, 7 to 9 per cent, (soluble and available, 5 to 7 percent.); Soluble Potash, actual, 10 to 12 per cent., all as high grade Sulphate and in forms free from Muriate (or Chloride-s); Lime, Magnesia, Soda, etc., 76 to 80 per cent. This manure is practically kref. from chlorine, so pernici- ous in culture of many fruits to tjuality, particularly when its u.se is continued. This manure is intended for drapes (for market or wine). Strawberries, Raspberries, Currants and other Small Fruits, Apples, Oranges, and All Fruit Trees, also Nuisery Stock. Especially Adapted for dttveloping the fruiting power, both in (luality and quantity of fruit, also securing ihc greatest vigor 0/ the trees, and thus protect- ing them from disease. The improvements madt in this manure, consisting in nearly DOUBMNc; THE PROPORTION OF POTASH, and supplying the Potash aii in the />tst forms known to fruit culture and science, make it the most concentrated and highest grade fruit man .e ever offered. Directions for Use.— J^or Grapes : (For market or wine ) Apply broadcast three to four hundred pounds per acre to bear- ing vineyards, or one pound and upwards, well scattered around each vine. On young vines use one-half pound, more or less, sca'tering well and extending all around the vine and as far as convenient, so as to QX\co\ix?L'a,it far-reaching root growth. Work in the fertilizer as deeply and as thoroughly as practicable without injury to the roots, for while the fertilizer will not waste any by exposure, it will, if worked in, the sooner reach the roots. It is not desirable to encourage surface root-growing, and the roots naturally develop where they are bost fed. These manures, no matter how heavily applied, will be carried down and distributed by the rains very slowly. For Strawberries.^Ou New Beds : Use broadcast, har- rowing in, and before setting the plants, five to ten hundred pounds per acre. If the land be light use ten hundred pounds. On Old Reds : Wliere there is danger of the fertilizer re- maining on the vines, and the beds need stimulating, use Eureka Phosphate. See " Strawberries" for special directions. For SvfAi.T. Fruits: Raspberries, Currant.s, etc.; three to four hundred pounds per acre broadcast. For Ncrskrv Stock of am. Kinds : On strong or rich soil this manure will lie found all-sufficient to insure the greatest vigor and health of the young trees, but on average or light soils the "Fruit Tree Manure," three to four hundred pounds per acre, is recommended. The effect of "thi.; fertilizer on all fruit, but on none more ihan on Grapes, is to Develop the Hi(;hest Quality ok Fruit, richness in saccharine matter and flavoring organ.c compounds, together with Maximum Yield ; but, more than this, it will secure sturdy vigor of the vines (but not especially rapid grmvth) and enable them the better to escape disease and attacks of all kinds from fungi, insects, etc., etc. On some soils the ivood-gnrivth may not be sufficiently vigorous, in which case occasional dressings of the "Fruit Tree Manure" will secure the necessary wood-growth without detriment to quality of fruit. Healthy, Vigorous Wood-Growth is of course a necessity, but there is often a lux- uriant growth without corresponding fruiting power, either in (luantity or quality of bunches, still less in quality of the grapes f(;r eating, or for wine-mal.ing — they are watery and flavorless, and lacking in saccharine and flavoring matters. To Incre.\se Vine (Growth use "Fruit Tree Manure." This manure may be used liberally between the rows before they become covered by vines. Large Applications Pay the Best. Manv farmers who, when they comineiiced using these manures, used say 200 lbs. per acre in the hills, merely " to start the crop with," have found by experience that their crops pay much better if they use three, four, or even six barrels of Eureka Manures per acre, depending upon condition of land and crops • totash and contains 36 18-100 pounds chlorine ; 83 per rent. Muriate of Potash is equivalent to r 2 l- €hlof;r ..ctual Potash, and contains 37 ' 4-.oo p^u^'^ Nitrate of Potash. ,nn ?""!? '''"^^,'^°"^?'^ '•^fi"ed. The crude is in haj^s of about 200 pounds each, and tests 95 per cent, puritv. The 'double re- fined IS granulated and packed in barrels of from 350 to 400 pounds, and the test is chemically pure. u. per ren? ron.ats Lsi-I'-kift'n^^.. Windsor, Xova Scotia. IS equivalent to 13 36-100 pounds Nitrogen, equal to 16 23-100 pounds Ammonia and 44 1-5 pounds of actual Potash. D. R. Granulated, chemically pure, contains equivalent to 14 65-100 pounds Nitrogen, equal to 17 79-100 |)ounds Ammonia and 46 54-100 pounds actual Potash. Nitrate of Soda. 95 to 96 per cent, purity, equivalent »o 15 54-ioo pounds Nitrogen, equal to 18 87-100 pounds Ammonia, 34 64-100 pounds Soda. Packed in bags of about 300 pounds or in barrels of 400 pounds weight. We are IMPORTERS OF NirRATE OF SODA. We keep a full stock on hand, and can fill orders at short notice at the lowest market price. Sulphate of Potash- Tests from 90 to 95 per cent. — is packed in bags of about 225 pounds each. Ninety per cent. Sulphate of Potash is equivalent to 48 lbs. actual potash. Sulphate Ammonia. Packed in casks of about 1,400 pounds, in hbls. of from 250 to 300 pounds, and in bags of about 200 pounds; tests 25 per cent, pure ammonia. Ammonia, 25 per cent. ; Moisture, 3 per cent. ; Sulphuric Acid, 60 per cent. ; Water of Composition, 12 per cent. = 100 per cent. Land Plaster. This is a valuable fertilizer and deodorizer too little used. For use in the stable and poultry yard it is invaluable. It is an absorbent of Ammonia — a most valuable element in all fertilizers. About two hundred to three hundred pounds to the acre is productive of good results on most any soil. Plaster is clearly indicated if the crop is of a pale green color, l)ordering on yellow. Poultry and Animal Meal. (iround Bone, carefully selected to the proper size, furnishes lime and nutriment necessary to form shells and eggs, and should be daily fed to fowls ; also fine bone meal. Put up in small bags. Anim.i! .Meal for cUtle feed carefully prepared. 16 Tlie Pidgeon Fertilizer Co., Manuic Experiments with Rye, Wheat and Oats. By a. Pagki. and H. Mkykr. The reluctance of small fariiiers to employ artificial manures is considerable, except in the • -ighhorhood of large farms, where example leads to their nartial use. The authors instituted the fol- lowing experiments, bel'eving that strong efforts should be made to overcome this reluctance. The first experiment was to ascertain if it would pay better to employ a large or a small quantity of manure : four spaces of one hundred and forty scjuare meters were carefully tilled and prepared exactly in the same way ; one was manured with sheep's dung, the other with six hundred kilos of hone meal : the third with three hundred kilos of bone meal ; and the fourth, four hun- dred kilos superphosphate. The tabulated results show that the employment of the large quantity of bone meal yielded the largest crop, but the three hun- dred kilo plot paid the best interest on the capital expended. 'l"he second experiment was to ascertain if the employment of larger or smaller quantities of superphosphate after the bone meal of the preceding year paid better intc est on the capital employed ; and at the same time trials were made as to whether sodium nitrate when used should be dug in or used as top dressing. The experiments prove to the authors' satisfaction that the use of four hundred kilos of superphosphate per hectare is more profitable than two hundred kilos, and that the employment of sodium nitrate is more successful as top dressing than when dug in or sown with the seed ; in the latter case a considerable amount of nitrogen is lost by sinking into the ground before the plants are rendy to assimilate it. The third series of experiments was made to verify the effects of artificial manures used with stable dung. The same course of treatment was pursued, and the conclusion arrived at was that the use of the artificial manure Increased the product. \l 'ifff/sor, J['ova Scot/' ft. Comparative Statement of the Consumption of Commercial Manures. ( From the Oil, Paint, ami Drug Reporter.) I'hk Umiki) St.mks. — The consumption of commercial ma- nurt-s has grown very rapidly during the last twenty years in the Atlantic, and especially the South Atlantic States.' Their use is steadily on the increase in the Central and C.ulf .States. Gradually they are being sought after in the less distant and more thickly l)opulated of the western ones. In many of the states it is possible to obtain official figures as to the consumption of artificial manures within their borders, and I would herewith express my thanks to the many commissioners of agriculture and experimental station officers who have kindly assisted me in procuring the results given in the following table. I am also indebted to many friends who have given me estimates for the .states that do not possess an official record of the quantity of commercial manures sold and us^;d in them. Consumption of commercial manures: — Toiix. Veriiioiit. . . 4 ,X^, .Vlaiiie, .New Httinpshire, Massachusetts and Rho CVinuectiout .j,,,),^, •New Y (XK> XJ''«''''?. . •, •' .' i-ioiooo V\ est \ irgima ,5 04)0 ^orth ( aroliiia I4-, ^yf^y South ( 'aroliiw * 'H^) (^H) ^f "■:«'" '.'.'.'.'.'.".'..'.'.'.V.'.W.'.'.'.'. mim) {!»"'>* -W).(HK> Alabama ,^, ,^),j Mississippi ._,- OOy L«.aisK.na , - ^(^^ i^'"" • '><».ooo t?*^""'* a-,,0(W •^eiituoky ,2.000 lennessee I.^OOO Other states (estimated) 47!oO(> ■'""'"• 1,;VA00() The consumption of commercial manures may l)e estimated at the following figures : — Thr Pid^eon Fevt'dizev Co., Toil'. Till- Liiitcd .StiitcM l.r<.V),(K»<»,>|)uiii. Italy ami Aiintria j ''''"<'' .*),.-)«0,0(M> Mr. Hermann Voss' tabic of the worlds consumption of arti- !irial manures arrives at a total of 5,400,000 tons, althout,h differently arranged and distributed. I willelose my remarks with the preceding statenent of what the fertilizer industry of to-day is contributing to the welfare of man. It is. truly, for a suitable -.ompensation, trying to feed and liie coiisider.i- tion of tha attraction of the ,Sun and .Moon, in tiieir several iwsitions res.pecting the Earth, and will, l)y simple inspection. Awv.- the observer what kin.l of weather will most probably follow the entrance of the Moon inUi any u\ its (|uarters, and that so near the tintii as to sehlom or never W' tound to fail. 1.1 Sew Mimn, F!rxl Cjuuilrr, Full Min}n «»/■ hrsi fjnitfttr htfiijtrns Uftwwii iiiiiliiijjlit and ■_' n cliK-k - ami 4 iiinriiiiip. . " 4 ami li •• " il ami s " s ami 10 " ... " 10 ami IL' " " l-.'aml ■_' ancriiiKiii. ... .'llli.l 4 " " 4 ami 11 '■ " ri>nd l;€tween tin- uytH luul iiarniw liet ween the huruR I 3. Muzzle dark iind fnoircletl l»y lijjlit colors 1 4. Kves full anil placi-l I .">. Horns Hniall, cou|)lene ; rump long and brood 4 \'2. Thighit long, thin and wide apart with leg8 Htaiiding Mpiare, and not to cross in v/alking 4 I.S. LegH short, 8n.j,ll i>eliiw the knees with small hoofs 3 14. Tail tine, rfca<'liing the hocks with g. Hide tiiin and mellow, with fine, soft hair 4 IH. Oolor of hair where the hair is white ; on udder and inside of ears yellow 5 17. Fore udder full in form, and milling well forward 8 18. Hind udder full in form and wejl up >>ehiud : 8 19. Udder tree from long hair and not fleshy .•. 5 :i(). Teats ratlier large, wide ajwit and «<|uarely placed 6 "21. Milk veins prominent ry '22. Escutcheon high and broail, a:id full on thighs 8 23. DisjMisition (|uift and good iiatured 3 24. ^ieneral appearance, rather Iionv than fleshy B Perfection ' 100 Handy Weights and Measures. One (|uai't of wheat flonfiil8 make one-half pint. Sixty drops make one tea-HjxM)iiful. Four table-spoonfuls make )ne wine-glas.sfiil. Twelve table-spoonfuls i>iake lentu per half oiini.e or fraction thereof. To Inilia, l(» tt-ntx, anil AiAitrahu, " lentx pei- half ounce or fraction thereof. Local Letters PoHtetl in 1 iticM with carrier system ami for delivery «ithin liuiitHof iMme, 2 cents for each ounce or fraction thereof ; where there i« :io carrier de- livery, one cent is the lale. Post Cards From any place in an countries, one cent for every 2 ounces. Books, Pamphlets. Circulars and other printed matter (o|>en to in- s^ctioni to all Canadian offices, one cent for every ^our ounces. To Newfoundland, tJreat Britain, Unitce posted singly, if pre|Miid l.\ half ccnt'stamj). Registering. Valualile letters or [wckages can he registered to all iMiits of Canada, the United Stales or other foreign carts of Canada anil the United States, Cireat Britain and foreign countries at the following rates. For Canad.v. If not exceeding * 4_ 2 cents. Over .? 4, ' " 10— .» " " 10, " " 20-10 " " 20, " " 40-20 " " 40, " " ..^ «0— 30 •• •' W>, " " 80—40 ' " «0. ■• " lOO-'iO '• Umtki) Statks and Fokkkjx. * If not exceeding $10 ~ 10 cents. Over .*!(►, " " 20—20 " 20. " " .•»«)-;«) " " -W, " " 40-40 ' " 40. " " .->0-.-.0 " Useful Hints. Register all valua' 'e matter. Letters for the United States should hear the name of the State, as well as that of the Post-Ottice ; and for (Canada the County and Province. -Always place stamp nn the upper right-hand corner. ' Always, if |>ossible. have your name and address on your mail matter, in order that s;ime may be returned if not delivered. W'iiifl.sor. .Vara Scotia, 21 Analysis "Eureka" Phosphate. i^'"'"*;"'". • 3.(W t.i 4.00 I hoBphoric Aciil, »<>liiJ»le (fniiii ttiiiiiiHl iMHiet 6.00 to 8.00 rhoMphoric Acid (from uniinul iMdiei, total iivailable 10.00 to 12.00 Potash, a* higli j^nule Sulplmtf anil Muriate 'J..'iO to ;5.iiO Tli.H high graiiioiiiate«l Su|K'rplio«pliat»- coiituiiin no Rock Ph»M phate, Kainil, or otIuT cheap gnlwtiiute. hnt i.m Loin|x»uuiletl from pure Annual Bone, Snlphate of Aniiiioiiia, and high gmde F'otaHh .Sj»ltN. DIRECTIONS. Apply to Wheat. (>at«, etc , from 4(Kt to .VM) ilm. |K-r a.-re, us to con- t crops, froui 400 to WM» 11m. pet acre ; som in drill and thor to 8.00 Available Phosphoric A(:id .'>.00 to U.(X) DIRECTIONS. -Vlay \te used in the drill or hill, at tlie rate of (MK) to JtOO pouniU to the acre, thoroughly mixed with the soil in auy Uianner which best com- mends itself. Many farmers oft"n use from 1 ,4e8t part of their growth in fronj ">0 to «0 dai/x, in fact i-any farmers commence marketing their crop in 90. (lays hum planting. To l»e a good crop tliey must, therefore, grow ((uicklv and continuously, an"'nia 3.00 ^ 400 1 hosphonc Acid I.-,. 00 ,„ 17 00 Potash, actual B.Ot* to 7.00 32 Tlie Pidgeon Fe/filizer Co., Tl-fSTIMOXIALS. I)i.. Dec. I4tli. lS1l.-<. Til III' I'iil'jtiiii Fi ilil'r.i r Co. : Dkak Siks, I liought from your agent last ^cason two i)arrelNof Phosphate, which I tried on outs with good results. BltKNI'iiN MiCamk. Saikvii.i.k, X. s., Dec. 14th. Lsi'.T To III' /'iili/'iiii Fiillli-.i I- Co.: Dkar Siks, 1 tiied two harrels of youi- Fertilizer last season i>ii oats and turnips, with good rc.-iults. and am well satisfied. • lollN Bamukiik. Windsor, A'oi'a Scotia. 2S Nkw Ckumanv, Di'i-. l-Jth, IM!>:}. Tn thf ri(lliate. I used it it) drills, with a lij;lit chessinj; of .-stable iiiitiiure, for tin nip.s and I'an-ots. I hai vexteii •i'ir) Ijusliels of fine piirpie-top Swedish turnips ami 'JO hnshels ciiiTots. I fonsider it tlie best in the market. I useil one barrel of youi- (■round lione for grain, with good results. ^'ours truly, (Ikd. W. DkLom;. Xkw (iKR.MANV, Dec. t.'Wi, ISO:?. To ihi I'ldifoii Fi rtit'r.ir Cn. : ( iKvrr.KMKN, — This is to certify that I have used .some of your Fertilizers with gfMxl re.stdts. I used n half barrel on a (piarter of an acre of land, with a light coating of manure, and I lealized 140 bushels of very fine tuiiiips. I also tried one-half of a row with manure r)nly. and the ', — This is to certify that I have u.sed one bairel of your Supeiphosphate v ith good results. I used it on a quarter of an acre with a light coating of manure, and I liarveste rt'il'r.i I- Cn. : Dkak Si its. We hav c lieeii using yoni' c(>n( enlrated in;' ures here for the last two years, and 1 have such a gofid opinion of them that on any future occasion, when re(|uiring artificial manures, [ shall again order from yon. Faithfully yours, .1. \Vi\bi isn Lai"i;ik. Fai.moi Til. Dec, I'Otli, lS!i;{. T'l Ihi I'lilijiuii Fi r>'ilc.i r Cn. : DiaI! Siks, — 1 used six tons of you?' Fertilizer last .season on potatoes ami turnips and all kinils of grain, i must state thai it ga\e me good results. I lia\ e usetl from two to fifty barrels per year for the la.st five years, and it his given me every satisfac- tion I could ask for. I^^ist year I grew ."ifM) liusliels of turnijis on a piece of pa.'-tuip land that had not been ploughed for years, from three barrels. Tnis year F grew about .S,(HM» bushels of potatoes and turnips from it alone. I intiMiil to use it more extensively in the future 1 remain, yiniis truly, II. ( >. Dimas-^ov. 24 The Pidgeojf Fertilizer Co., (From 'he " Hani* Joiinial," Wnid-'or. X. S., Xor. i.irrl. isrt : A (iool) YlKLn. — Mr. Fred. Lawrence, of Newport, .soweoiit six acres of laiul. ami threshed one hundred an(' forty-two hu.shels a s|)lenrove it : the crops I nseil it on wei'e greatly benefited by it.^and my intention next ^pring is to use it in greater (quantities than in the past, if you keep ii up to the present high standard. Other farmei's that use it will speak of it as I have. P.VTKICK HoONKV. WiNDsoK. March Stii. ISihi. Till- I'lilijinii l-'i ,lili-j r Co. : SiKS, — I used n large (piantity of your Superphospliate and I'otato \Ianure on U';, farm at \^"allbrook, King's Co. On some land the result was most satisfactory, giving results at the I'ate of 340 and .S2. Till Piilijioii Fntili:ii;, Hants Co.. Feb., IS(H). '/'hi Piiliiiiiii Fiilili-.ir Co.: tiKNTl.K.MKN. Vour Super))liosphale I consider the iiest in tlie market. I got one Uirrel fi'oni your agent here, put it on a piece of fairly good lan. DaNIKI. HoBKR'1>ON. r }]iiulsor, Xora Scotia. KaI.MOI TH, .lilll., 1891. Thi- Pidijfo)! Futilher Co. : I have use.\i,K, Hants Co., Feh.. 189-2. Tkf Pif/i/ioii FiTtit'r.ir Co. : Dkak Siks. — I have used your Super- phosphate and Potato Manure for .several ye»rs. Last seu.son I u.sed two Ixirrelfc of Potato .Manure on half an acre of land, and gathered a tine crop, at tlie average of .'KMI l)usliel8 to the acre. I used it under mangolds and carrots, and had the largest crops I ever raised on the ssvnie "2. Th^ Pifliffoii Ferlilr.fr Co. : ( Jknti.KMKN.— I have used and sold your Fertilizer for the past three yeais. and have lieen using otiier makes for t lie previous ten years, and can say without hesitation that vours is the heat I ever used. Last year I hail a Hue crop of potatoes, and no rot. .J.\S. B. Nl( HOLS. MosHKHVii.i.K, Hants Co.. X. S.. Feh. 7th, 189:» Till Piilnioii Fi-i-ti/i-fi- Co. • I bought one harrel of Superphosphate from your agent, Hariy Cochran, and sowed it in drills under carrots, and had one hundred ami twelve bushels of good sound and large carrots. Will buy more of your fertilizers next season. ^'oui-s trulv, Lkonauii Sankoku. J Hi.MsnAi.K, Dec, IS9I. TIh Pi(tiiii FirlU'r.pr Co.: Dkak Siks,^I tried a barrel of vour Kureka I'otato Manure last spriu';, planting potatoes on it, and my Wrn manure side by side, giving each an eiiual chance. The yield from your Phosphate was fully one-thinl more ancl t|uite uniform in size, with few i*mall ones, a»if sonud, while the crop from barn manure was much lighter, the tuliesbeing smaller, less uniform in size, and showed considerable roti I consider your Phosphate superior to barn manure for potatoes, and intend iising it agaiii next season. Respectfully youis, Anukkw Huii.ston. HoRToN LANi>iN. ri. \ n '•••'< '<>., Nov. '2.")tli, 1891. Thi I'lil'/Kiii Fles, 1 must use a goo-r Co.: <;knts, I used your I'hosphate on buck- wheat last year \\\t\\ g'Mxl success, ami your (irounil Hnie on tunnies raising a good crop with timt and marsli inu.l on (Kit stuhhle land. I ap plied al>out 4()0 ll>s. to the acre. Harrison. I hought froi' your agent. Mr. Samuel P. (). SroTT. Scots Bay, 1H}»'_'. 77,. riil-i'oii F,, -III ;■.>■, ■ Co.: SiKs, I used your Superi)lios])iiate last year, on poor land, and had a tine crop of oats. ALso. used it for vege- tal>les, ami was well satisfied. \ours truly. J. Rkii) S \w. S<"«)T1S i AY. 77)- /'«/«/.«„ F''rii/r.>r Co.: Dkak Siks. - I planted one Itarrel Super- phospluite with i.olatoes. ank Kaum. Watkkvii.i.k, KiNt:s(_'o. 77). PI'I'/x", FtII/I-.'-,- Co.: <;knti.kmkn, -1 had '.'i acres of land from which I'iia.l taken two crops of oats without mam; ". Last season l use.l three barrels of Supeiphospliate on thiee-(|uarters of an acre ot tins Ihnd, and s Imslielsof i>otHtoe8. On the remain- ing thiff (luaiterf of an acre I plante.l potatoes, iininn no manure of any kind, iinii raised only KM) l)ii«-hel8. I want no letter pr-o Fi-rtifi-.i'r Co.: SiR.s, — As yoin agent here, I have found your Keitilizers to give the very l>est .'*atisfa<;tio!i. Last year 1 soM two cai loads, and all who used tiiem" were so well .satistiid with the results, that I expeit to double the sales the (.'oming sea.son. Parties will do well to apply to me early, to save di8apj>oiiitment. Yours truly, Tiios. L.vwson. T J I \VaTKRVII,I,K, KlNii.sC'o., l^ee. -itith, 181)1. Tlii^ Piiliji-oii tWlili-.n- Co.: Dkak Sirs,— Yor.r Fertilizers gave good satisfaction. I used three othei- kinds, and can say yours gave n>e the best leturas, and I intend to order a larger (juantity ne.vt spring. Youi-s respectfully, Lkonakd Hinti.y. ^ (iASPKRKvr. X. S., .Jan. 1st, ISHl. The Pidijfoii Fei-filhir Co.: Cknti.kmkn, In referenie to your Phos- phate, I acknowledge that it is the best fertilizer I have ever used. 1 have used and sold other Phosphates foi' a iiuml»er of years, and my ex- perience shows me that your Phosphates are far ahead of all others. Last spring 1 sold almost forty ban els. and have not yet I'ound a man dissatis- fied with the lesults. Yours respectfully, Robkkt \Y kst( •< >tt. Bkkwhk, KiNiis Co.. Jan., 189-2. Thf I'idii'oii Fiifili-.n- Co.: (iENTLKMKN,— I sohl two car loatls of your Fertilizers in 18!)l. and my customers are well pleased with the cio|)s r.vised with them. 1 used theni myself, with excellent .-esults. The Done proved so good tliat I inten.t to use six tons of it this season on my own land. N'ours truly. < iKoRiiK Katon. FKO.M KKY. I!. I). I'ORTKK. .MiDuuKTON, Annapolis Co., Dec, 18!)1. Thi^ /'li>oii FirtUi-.ir Co.: Sirs. -I consider it but right for n.e to say a word in behalf of your Bone Manure and othei- fertilizers. I liave used them in la.^e <|uantities for three successive years, with the most satisfactory results. Tin Pone especially was tested with other makes siile by side, anil yours g .ve by far the best satisfaction. Youi' fertilizer;-, are eviilently lion" stly made, and deserve a large sale. MiDOi.KToN, .Annaimms I'o., Jan., 189'i. 7'A. i'i'hi'oii F'rh/i-.rr C». : Dkar Sirs,— After usiig your fertilizer "28 21ie Pidgeon Fertilizer Co., for three seasons with most >^iic(mraging results, all I lan say is, 1 think I have found the hest in the market, and shall use no otiier. Yours truly, Robt. Piunnkv. MiDDi.KTON, Annapolis Co., Jan., ISfri. Th<- Pldifoi, Fertilr.^f Co.: Sirs, — Ust season I purthaseil from your agent here a (juaiitity of Phosjihate and Bone Manure, which I used on different crops. I am well.satisfied with the results, and would recom- mend farmers geneiHlly to give your Fertilizeis a trial, Kk.wk N'kii.kv. .Mii>ui.KT()N, .Annapoj.is Co. Tht /'it' I- 1, F>rfi/i:t-r Co.: Ckntlk.mkn, — Last season I invested in one hunilred ilollars worth of your Fertilizers, and consider it one of the >>est investments I ever made. 1 had excellent crops, and am so well satis- hed with the result.'- that I .shall Ituy another lot of the same Ferti'izers this season. KRNK.ST NeILEY. Makoaketvili.e, An nai-oi.is Ce8, growil w-itn your nuinure. while those grown with barn manure showed consider- able rot. ] consider it ai: excellent article. i:ak Siks. - [ used yoni Supeiphosphate 1 \ -; r 1 ^ Windfioj; A'oua Scotia, 29 on strHwhenifS, potatoes iiml tiiniips. All the crops ers, pumpkins, si|uash, .strawberries, raspberiies, blackberries, gi>oseberries, currants and apple trees. It has given i:!c general satisfaction. I Wlieve it to be one of the best grass-producing manures in the markets from my expKsrience of two years. 1 lemain. N'ours respectfully, .1. W. Hkthkkim:tov. Wxt NAi^CACK, YoKK CoiNTV. Oct. •J'ind. I8»"2. 'rintfd l)y the N. S. F. (1. Association to '•*• establish an HoK hcii.tukai. School, are enabled through the liberal grant of the N. S. Legislature, and generous conces- sions by the (iovernors of Acadia College, to report the founda- tion of the school as an accomplished fact. iNsTRrcTioN. Ihe Committee are pleased tc report having secured the services of E. E. Favii.i.k as Teaching Professor of Horticulture. Prof. Faville is a graduate of Ames Horticultural School, Iowa. ..nd we are assured will prove thoroughly competent in every particular. I.m.vrioN. It is thought best for the present to locate the school at Wolfville. The use of class-rooms and laboratory ot Acadia College has been secured, and Horticultural students will i)e afl'orded everv facilitv to take adv.intage of any course of study in the curriculum of theVniversity, including the Manual Training School. OlM.xlNC. The School opened Dec. loth. 1893, at 2 o'clock, p. m., and will continue for a >ix months session. Tuition.— 'I'uition free. As only a limited number of students can be accommodated, those wishing to avail themselves of this important course of studv should make immediate applica- tion to J. \V. HuiKi.ow, I'res. N. S. F. ('.. A., Wolfville, or S. '.. TakkkkJ Sect'y, Berwick. The Association are assured that this important movement marks a new era in the history of fruit growing in Nova Scotia, and provides a course of instruction in scientific horticulture that will prove of great value to all fruit growers. Members of the Association, and the general public are invited to take advantage of the course provided, and assist in making it an unciuahhed success. Any further information will l)e given on application to any of the officers of the Association. r ( i W^imJ.soi; Xora Scotia. 31 CQ ETJE-EIC^A. jy Ground Bone t 4 FOR CATTLE AND YOUNG, GROWING STOCK. Prof. J. T. W. Johnston, M.^-. F.R.S. S., London & Edinburg, says : "A certain ijortioii of l)oiic am' 'luisclc must be supplied to the young animal by the food given to the mother, or the bones and muscles of the mother herself must be laid under contribution to supi)ly it. But it does not appear impossible to afifect the size of the bone by 'he (]uantity of I'hosjjhate given in the food." Would not an addition of Bone IVleal to the Pregnant Cow give her Calf Larger Bone? ^^^i ^^ ^^^^^A^ /^,f^/^/vrvru^^^ | J"u" l J•V^^^VV^^^' l '^ l * l * ■ *^ l * | *^ | ^ | *^ | * ******■• ^ 1 *1 ^^AA^>AA^>^>^ii*>*>>^ AGENTS We ha\e Agents in many principal places, but in case you cannot get our goods in your town we will deliver them on the order of any responsible farmer, one barrel, or any larger (juantity, at our circular price. i^- ^w 1894 ^l?:;;;^lli:;"'t;;;:;i5tY. 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T' I 9 10 1.1 13' 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 30 31 33 l'!j 34 85 30 37 38 39] I 30 - - i - - i - - i - • 0 31 33 23 34 135 26 37138(39;30|.- S M T W T J_ A , .. -r.:v.\-.-:\..\ 1 "2 3: 4' b' 6 'i * I 9 10 11 13 13 \* ll\ HA n 18 19 30 31 22 ia 34^5,26,37138 39 I 30 311 «^«i^^^^ >'-S&''i -i/ y h5 1st. They contrtin lo iisi-l -ss mnti'iinl, no make wcifjlit, or Htlultt'ration. 2ntl. They avoid the iiitnuluction of weetis u. wvcd seeils. '.W>\. Tlicy fuiitaiii tlu- lull jieicfiitas^'f i)f the f»TtiH/ing eleiiipiits claiiiit'il. 4tli. They serve to improve the quality of the land, and to restoiv »)(»«»f land to a ^ood condition, supplyinjf all the plant iood re<|uin'd. 5th. They contain no inferior substitute for Sul|)hate of Anniionia, (suth as jiowdered leather, ground h >n\, shoddy, hair, or other insolnhle, animal oi- cheap foiiu of Nitrotjen). (ith. They are made especially to furnish the plant foo