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Les diagrammes suivants illustrent la mithode. 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 MICROCOPY RESOI.UTION TEST CHART (ANSI and ISO TEST CHART No. 2) I.I 1^ 150 Hi m ■ 4.0 2.2 1.8 ^ /APPLIED \KUGE Ir 1653 East Main SIreel Rochester, New York U609 USA (716) 482 - 0300 - Phone (716) 288-5989 -Fox :iQQ i I I I lOod (raps or WHICH SHALL IT BE FDR 1893. }^or Q;ops PRQnTJ^15b°-,sttB«Mi Drill set to sow 400 ll's. per acre of MINERAL FRR- TILIZER will distribute about 200 lbs. of OVR BOKE FERTILIZER. In other words you will need to 8ET ORILLTO SOW ABOUT DOUBLE QUANTITY REaUIRED. We And that No. 16 Gear, with No. H^ on Hquure Shaft (Wisner Drill), will distribute about '/SOO lbs. per aire of our Bone Fertilizer. 315 BusheU of Potatoes on One Acre. ConouBO, October 24, 1892. Mr. W. a. Freeman, Hamilton. Dear Sib, — In using your Fertilizer I found a great benefit to all the crops that I used it on. My potatoes that I sowed 1200 lbs to the acre gave me 315 bushels of potatoes. Where I had half an acre of same kind of soil manured with barnyard manure that only produced 75 bushels. The onions I used it on gave me a very fine crop, I had 'iHS bll.shels on jj of an acre. I also sowed a piece in the middle of a patch of corn, and 1 could see just where it went. The stalks were over a foot higher, and the ears were all fine large ones. Some of them measured 16 inclies long. I am well pleased with the crops it produced, and shall use it more than I have. I used about 3000 pounds of it this year, and consider it is as good to me as 100 loads of manure. I remain yours truly. Signed, DAVIU QIIANTRILL. Used Twelve Tons. Mt. Pleasant, Mohawk Post Office, Brant County, Nov., 1892. Mb. W. a. Freeman, Hamilton, Ont. Dear Sin,— I want to voluntarily offer my testimonial to the excellence of the Fertilizer I procured from you. I i^owcd aboilt Vi tOIlN broadcast upon land previous to sowing or planting. I planted about IS acres of potatoes, and sowed about 550 pounds per acre. There was a remarkable example of the differ- ence between my crop and that of some of my neighbors. Weak plants on poor soil were attacked by the beetle and destroyed, while mine remained YJgoroUS and strong. My experience was equally satisfactory with buckwheat and turnips. In your Fertilizer I found the exemplification of the fact that good cultification pays, therefore I can most cheerfully recommend your Fertilizer to any farmer or or gardener. Yours truly, Signed, J. M. THOMAS. OFF I HIRAM 75^/ ' J Kindly hand this book to your uelghbor It you already have a copy, or if you do not require it. osfA MAR 5 1954 lAL FRR R BOKE I to SKT urc Slialt 'r acre of ober 24, 1892. he crops that 15 bushels ith barnyard hcls on i of could see just all fine large I than I have, to me as 100 [JANTRILL, Nov., 1892. illence of the at upon land a, and sowed of the differ- on poor soil orons and turnips. oultification Qy farmer or :. THOMAS. 1 already OFFICE OF HIRAM WALKER, WALKERVILLE. ONT.. ^w; cucco-r^ \c(je/^ IIJ, »lllll WHY do so many manufacturers say just IIH good as Freeilian*S when trying to sell other fertilizers? Have you ever stopped to think ? There must be great merit in Freeman^H FertlllzerH. In placing my manures before the public for the fourth year, I do so knowing that I am putting on the market reliable and honest fertilizers. It !s a fact that other fertilizers, represented to be "equal to Freeman's," give just as good results. Why have the sales of FreemailVs Fertil- izers increased year alter year, in the face of the most severe and un- scrupulous competition, until they have exceeded those of any other fertil izer in the Dominion. I wish tlie Farmers to understand at the outset, that when I started my factory, it was with the purpose of giving a genuine article made from pure Bone and animal matter. . ■ . • It tliese iower priced fertilizers are really " equal to Freeman s," why are they not sold at the same price ? Is it because the makers are philanthropic, or because their fertilizers will not sell at the same price as Freeman's, or because the public will not believe they are " equal to Free- man's. Tlie Freeman Fertilizer, though higher in price than some others, are scientifically, carefully and lioneslly made. In the use of them you are sure of good results. They seem to go right to the spot and stay there. They are reliable and may be depended upon. You may be sure of getting what you buy — getting what is guaranteed. Why should our competitors advance, as their leading argument, the claim that their fertilizers are " equal to Freeman's/' unless Free- man's Fertilizers are recognized, even by their strongest competitors, as the standard fertilizer in the country, " equal to Freeman's," being equivalent to saying << equal to the best." Sure B( GRANU PIIDC 5.!«»*esai«j«»swh: i good UM fertilizers ? e must be ar, I do so lizers. It 'reeinan's," 8 Fertil- e and un- ither fertil It when I tide made 'reeman s," iiakers are ne price as U to Free- than some [n the use to the spot ed upon. aranteed. ;ument, the less Free- ompetitors, freeman's," FREEMAN'S Office-255 to 265 James Street North, HAMILTON, OiHTAKIO. W. A. FitKEMAN. - PROPHIETOR. ' '-"f*,,! H,)«»»ir"-i>i.jj1:Sr».,']'.'I'**'':l»''^r'"«w«<"'»-.-^^ w Mamfaclurers of the following High Grade Fer.ih'.ers : Sure Growth, p„j„,„ „^„^^^ Bone and Potash, Early Vegetable, Pure Bone Meal, Dissolved Bone Bomba- -one Meal, Farmers- Pride. Flower, I.„w„ a„j p^,^ Dressins. ALSO- Ground Beef Scrap. Bone Flour. GRANULATED BONE.QROUND OYSTER SHELL r^« „» AND AN.MAU MEAL Fo"" 'uLTRt' '.00^°"""' AND • PIIRC niC/lll nnur ......... -^ ■•— , ULLMM umt, HNhLY GROUN D FOR CATTLE FOOD. SPECTATOR PRINTINO COMPANY * mtammmmmm'i^^rM smmm,,, FriM'iiiiiirH IVrtlll/rrs arc lln' Kost. Buying and Using Fertilizers Tlll-Rl" area few things about the purchase and use of rhemiral fertil- isers that may be reRarded as settled. The science of " ba- nianiir- iPK" IS hardly out of the cradle yet, thtre .no hundreds of :hmns yet to be learned and the few positive facts will help m sohmf- new problems. \\ e know that nitrogen, potash and phosphoric a.-id have a .crtaii. intrinsic value when touml in fe.tili/.ers just as when luund in Hour or meat. \^ t-' "n^^";- stand iierfectly well that the grain we feed our horses and ^""^^^"f '^ '^^j'*^ value determined by the co.st ot growing, grinding and marketing it. 1 he food that feeds our i.lants in the same way and tor like reasons has "" '"l-vin- burner knows that the straw and the cUaff of the wheat plant will make a cheap ration for his cows ; but that he would starve to death .m the proceeds of a dairy fed on suci, food. Take away the diaff and most of the straw add grain and clover hay and you have a ration costing more and yet Yielding so Times as much profit. Both rations contain nitrogen, i-otash and phosphoric acid, but the grain ration contains these elements in a concen- trated and digestible form. In the same way at hk.m- fertilizer might be riade containing these elements in a crude, bulky, indissolvable lorin, for possibly half the price of a standard brand which contains twice as much soluble plant food as the cheaper one. n uying a given amount of food in the cheap fertilizer you pay ,)erha,)s twice 'as niuch for freight, cartage, bagging and hnndling ««>""<» n buy ng the better brand. The belief that chemical fertilizers "live bi.t one year "-that they leach out of the soil in one season-has stood in the Lht of many farmers who did not dare to use fertilizer enough through fear hat it would wash out and be wasted. It is true that much of tl^e nuroge is washed away often the first season, but the potash and ,.hosphoric acid cannot go until the soil goes. Olio ^riioiis-»«i»c>llfii"S l^volii. (From till- New England HcmtitraJ, May iS, i {>&<).) T f„„ fV,ot «vPfintinti is taken to a statement in the //<7wc.r/ Old ltoliui»h> Irooiiiaii tVrdlizer. 5 .izers leniif al fcrlil« ' l)j" nianur- nns yet Uj be ublcms. Wc ntriiiHi value , W c iitulcr- le has a hxed ;ting it. 'I'he reasons lias leal plant will (lealli "n the d most of the more and yet !n, i)Otash and i in a concen- lizer niij^lit he able lorni, for twice as much ili/er yon pay iling as you do izers " live but as stood in the ;h through fear of the niirogen )hosphoric acid rolit . lead ai March 10, and return to the ' that it onyht to a, farm be to H've ive a farm of 100 over $8.;J0O worth g my farm at 100 ight about? I iLo 1 not average ovtr itatoeR, wheat and has been brought pears to me 1 am Although I am in- reach the quantity 1 be 1,501. pounds [ use no low grade ity of nitrogen. I my thirteen yearn' idlesex Couttiy, NJ. THE BEST IS THE CHEAPEST. All our difTerent brands are put up in sacks of 200 lbs. Kach parkaue bears our Cuaranteed Analysis. ^ i.at.i pacKage choictll qulmy"!' "'""^ '" '^"^ 'compounding of these manures are of the very No Rock, Horn, Leather or other inferior ingredients used. i\.. ^ '^^'1''!? ^"'^'■''=^" Fertilizer manufacturer states in plain terms that n „ cj „„c„or muccnals. Fhey ofi'er to forfeit $10,000 to anv 'mmi:-'?mkm»^_mmmMm^MM:i^^^^'«'mkm9^^^l^g e The Best Is the Cheapest. The following letters from 'a few of our many customers who buy hun- dreds of dollars worth at one purchase, speak for themselves. St. Catharines, April 15, 1890. W A. Freeman. Hamilton: t. 1 r ■n^.. c;,„ Please find enclosed Sight Draft on Canadian }5ank of romS'c'e ?or\i; um' tliree hiiiidrea and lorty eisht d«l ar« and eighty cents ($348.80) being the amount of your account for Fertilizer. ^, ,, Yours respectfully, (Signed) SAMUEL AND W. H. COLLINSON. MEADOWIiROOK FrUIT AND StoCK FaRM Niagara Township, August 30, 1891. W A. Freeman, Esq.: . , , - ■ Dear Sir -Enclosed please find check for three hundred ami eightrfoiir (:W4.00) dollars being full payment of account for lert.. lizer purchased from you. ' Yours truly, (Signed) SAMUEL AND W. H. COLLINSON. St. Catharines, April 7, 1892. W A. Freeman, Esq., Hamilton : : 'jr^S:^^^^!^'^ ro.-.y .u. ,.oU... an- Sixty ceiltH, ($44l.«0) for amount of your account. Yours truly, „ E. McARDLE. Mount Pleasant, May 19, "892. VV. A. Freeman, Hamilton : , , r / ;„i,» npA« Sir -Enclosed please Hnd twelve dollars, the amount of freight on car o?Fer^iiize^ Sfmir hu«dr«.l ,.«d thirty t.v« dollars ($4:W.OO) in settlement of your account for l^ertilizer. Yours truly, J. M. THOMAS. Niagaha, April n, 1892 W. A. Freeman, Esq., Hamilton, Ont.: . ^ , , a^,,, j«il«i.« DEAR S.R.-Enclosed pleaseAnd tWO l">n«>»-«<> «"*\f ^ « .^J^* *Jf, and twenty cents (r405.%«) be.i.g amount o. yuur account lor Fertilizer. ,, . , Yours truly, ^ ^ ^^^^ t«.-;!a«Msil imfii>m!mvo dollars M. THOMAS. April II, 1892 ftdflvc dollarn your account for J. H. B£NN. They add Perinaiicut Value to the Soil. FEEEMAN'S POTATO MANUEE. Potatoes make the best part of their growth in sixty days. They must grow quickly and continuously to be good ; and a potato fertilizer, therefore must be an active one, containing plant-food ready to act not only at the start, but gradually throughout the season. The Freeman Potato Maiiure contains all the elements required lor an average yield, and at the same time supplies them in forms best suited to the potato crop ; and potatoes grown on it are invariably good, being smooth and fair without, and mealy and pure within. Moreover, they are less likely to rot than those raised on stable manure, because the Fertilizer is more soluble, producing a quicker growth ; and, besides, there is no decaying organic matter present, as in the case of stable manure, to foster the growth of germs which appear as rot, rust, or blight. Applieation— May be used in the hills or rows, mixing and covering with earth, provided it is scattered well. Scatter it down the rows, mi.x as thoroughly as possible in any manner which best commends itself, with plow brush, chain, etc. Use three sricks and upwards per acre on ordinary land! The quantity may be increi " to one ton per acre, and this quantity is successfully used by many growt.s, particularly when potato crop is followed by wheat, grass, etc. When this quantity is used, apply 1000 lbs. broadcast after plowing, mix and level down with common smoothing harrow ■ scatter SCO lbs. in fuirows before planting, and apply at first hoeing on sides of rows Soo bs. more. With ordinary care in mixing in the Fertilizer in furrows -with brush, chain, etc., no injury will be done to the tubers. We claim this is a complete Potato Manure, requiring neither stable manure or other fertilizer, and should be used exclusively. Praetical ex|»erieiiee has shown that the Potato Manure to the extent It is used by the potato crop, remains, and is effective in enriching the soil, as shown in the succeeding crops of wheat and grass. This manure is also well adapted for all vegetables, at i)lanting or any hoeing, particularly where starch and sugar formation is desired, superior t Potato Culture. If the potatoes have food enough, they can dispense with the mechanical eilect of barn-yard manure. If you grow large crops, you will not suffer for tne want ot vegetable matter in the soil, even with so limited a root-growine crop as potatoes.— //«/-m. * "* ■:'m.'.i*^m!i»mmk-;f^. 8 Freeman's Fertilizers are Complete Manures. w CoBOURG, November 18, 1892. A. Freeman, Hamilton : Dear Sir —I sold a considerable quantity of your Fertilizer during the season of 1892, and it has met w,th good success in every kmd ofjrain and root crops wherever applied, and we expect to more than double up next season. Yours Respectfully, GEO. THOMPSON, Grain and Seed Merchant ONIONS. Swamp or muck soil is much used lor Onion Culture and will produce a milder but not quite as solid bulb as those grown on up and. It is necessary To work L soU well wUh some ^oe .crop for several years so a to reduce the weed crop before sowmg to onions. Plow in the 1- all ust after the crop is taken off. The weed seed will then sprout but will S have time to^ipen. In the spring put on a cultivator or weighted harrow and mellow up the soil. Spread broadcast before the harrowing or cultivating and work it well into the soil from 1,000 to 1,500 pounds of FREEMAN'S POTATO MANURE Der acre and =ioo to 600 pounds when the crop sets for bulb, scattered be ween'the ro4 and worked in. The crop will suffer less from smut and marot when fertilizers are used than with stable rnanure Just as soon as Te fround is dry enough to work, from the 5th to the 20th of April, drill 5 nches apart from S to 6 pounds seed, on account of smut and maggots which a? times interfere with the growth, in order to have plants enough and To spare Just as soon as the rows can be seen go through the-n with a hoe. It is one continous working from that time on until they are nearly ready to , null They really need working once a week until within three or four Ss if their ripening. When pulled about September -^ allow t^rn^o he on the ground for a week or so to cure, th^n top them. The time j eauiied for curing varies with the condition of the onions. If they are. 3 ripe and the weather is good, two or three days will sometimes suffice. From SCO to 700 bushels per acre is a good average crop, but as high as twelve hundred bushels have been grown on one acre. They can be grown| for a number of years consecutively on the same plot of ground. ^S«S»ie!!Ss**" nures. ber 1 8, 1892. Fertilizer during 'ery kind of Ejrain i than double up i Seed Merchant ; and will produce n up land. It is several years so as ,o\v IN THE Fall, en sprout but will vator or weighted g and work it well URE for bulb, scattered ess from smut and e. Just as soon as th of April, drill 15 smut and maggots, plants enough and ., ;h the'n with a hoe. | are iiearly ready to ithin three or four r ist allow them to 1 them. The time nions. If they are 1 sometimes suffice :rop, but as high as They can be grown round. Tlic basis hvsv. IVililizi'i-.s i> iiiiitly animal matlt'i-. 9 FEEEMANS SUEE GEOWTH For Grain, Grass and Vegetables, &c., &c. be the vcnirsr k' n "''''" ^u' "" T^' ""^ cror-s.and has always proven to De the very best I'ertihzer in the market for all kinds of grain rout arass-md manufacture of J^ertilizers, and has for its basis bone, bleed and potash, It IS net a stimulant, but adds permanent value to the land ; is adapted ffe s "N.t'onlTlr'V"'''.!"""'"'^ """'^> '^"^ '^ ^'^ >-t,ng /n hs fi re 'tlv increls^ t u M ^T •'^' «'"^''"S "«P ^ ^'g'^rous start, buUt will greatly merease the yield and give more perfect grain. Karde^ers'and" fn^nl''' "" ''' "^'^""'f '"^^^ for the general use of farmers, gardeners and fruit growers, bpecial care will also be taken to have it fur nished to farmers in the very best condition for drilling. Ar.J'u ^''^'" ^""^ general crops this manure cannot be surpassed as hur- n:irt.aS;ori?.^ '-''-' ''' '^'^''^^ ^"^'-^•^' -^ -^'^ .uccie. ing'yea '::; In app';, ing it to grain crops, it can be used in the drill or sown broad cast at time of sowing at the rate of from two to three ^acks per acre The results will be seen throughout the season, giving .he plan t'arU start and more vigorous growth, and maturing a superfor quality If grain and ^getables IIIIS lliaiilire is also intended for top dressing in Spring for all kinds ^crfbroa'Scit'^h^T^H'"""'"^^^"'^' '''^^■"^' ^'^- ^^^ ^^^ ^« '^re b gs pe !Su?es t1mothv^.tr °' "'''^" °" ^""^ ^'""^ "^^ ^^ree bags per^cre. i astures, timothy, etc., apparently worn out, have been brought un into Lood condition by a single application. orougiu up into ^ood May also be used in the Fall. Also for top-dressing in //;. 6/m/^ grain c ops. wheat, rj^, etc., which have suffered by winter exposure. Grot that otherwise would have returned little, if any more than "he 4ed sown have been made by a single bag scattered evenly over the surface In r^^: .t/v ?^^:'\S:-:;:;;SbS-Srj"^--^ --^^ ^^ '^^^ nn,hing full rations of all the constituents Quired. It ,^ las inTn effects mrfLffe'c vl onihe ?"' ,"""1,"".' '" ^^ '''' ^^"^^ ^"- i^is q'uicLf and vea s since m.rkedn n '^ "^''^ " "'■ "P'^''^'^- ^'' i"troduaion some among ?he fT'mers iTi. T ^""^ JT^^'l ^'''' '''^"'^^ ^■''»^""' P'^^^ing machL T T ^ '2^ ^"'^ ^'y* ^'^^P'^'^ f^r sowing by hand or res^sing- , renaedT. fl "" '""'T'f.V'^' ^^ '^"^ ^^'°^-^^' ^'awn and Pa'k cer^eter'y'liiretc ''' ^^'^^''^ °^ "'"^"" 1^'^"'^)' '^-"«. P-^s an^."j!;^fJes"Ta J'!,''*"''k'~ • ^ ?''''''' "^ '^^^ "-""r^' ^'^^ed lime all ? ?f u'aSes'be ^/^^''.^-^rr'- 7''' "f '""^ ""^^ ^' Hm« TT 1 L "j , lioerai quantity they wij lurnis 1 ail needed isTrhP '"''"'V''''-'' ^"d hen manure should never be mixed Better ^^^-MMimmmiss' •ia.«SS8« u^tmsi. 10 Freeman's Potato Manure Produces Large Crops. Freeman's Potato Contest. Farmer's Advocate, Dec. iSgi. It is seldom that a more interesting task falls to the lot of the members of the staff of an agricultural journal than that which was intrusted to the editor of the Farmer's Advocate in deciding between the contestants for the handsome prizes offered by the Freeman Fertilizer Works, Hamilton, Ont. As published in our advertising columns, the sum of $50 and $25, respec- tively were offered for the best and second best yield from one acre of pota- toes, the growth of 1892, obtained by the use of the special potato manure manufactured at their works. One of the rules of the contest was that stable manure or any other fertilizing material 'vas not allowed to be used, wliich appeared to have been overlooked l)y some of the parties who had entered for the trial. The potato crop is one of the most profitable that can be grown on the farm and when a suitable soil is found a good deal more money can be made than' in growing any of the grain crops. The principal difficulties that pre- sent themselves are the labor required at digging time, and the manure that must be supplied from some source. The latter is always a perplexing prob- lem when the crop is intended to be sold from the farm, for when barn-yard manure is systematically applied and the crop produced from it sold, there can be no more certain way of impoverishing the farm, unless some means of supplying the loss thus sustained is provided for. Mthough the potato crop is not generally considered very exhaustive to the soil still it requires a liberal application of manure in some form to ob- tain a good yield, and few farmers produce sufficient barn-yard manure for their general crops, without applying it where no portion is intended to be returned to the farm. If we can judge from the reports in this contest it will pay, and pay most liberally, to use largely of a special fertilizer to the potato crop, and, what is still better, the land will be left in a richer condition after the re- moval and sale of the potato crop than it was before the application of the fertilizer If we take the greatest yield given in this contest, according to the computation of the most skillful analysts there is $14.26 in value taken from this acre of soil in producing this crop of 315 bushels of potatoes ; and again, calculating at the lowest estimate given by the government analyst of the value of elements left of the 1,200 pounds of Freeman's potato manure after producing this crop, we find there is still several dollars' value in these essentials remaining after producing this crop of potatoes than it contained before the application of the fertilizer. It must also be remembered that after producing this crop the land is in far better mechanical condition than before, and should be quite equal in this respect to the most approved sum- mer-fallowing. Many of our best farmers are of the opinion that cattle feeding IS the only practical plan of supplying the necessary fertilizing elements to the soil, but in order to add to the store of fertility the feed must be purchased, for if t the res be dev the crc it requ T lar thai land ; straw a sold a 1 of time require ments ( are abc be pro\ will wai duced i crop is the mo; It any con of mois advanta soluble Therefo prevent( would 1 obtainec the mos Th of worki Da 15 bush Kural N 1 891) o being s( harrowe< applied i been soi was plar to the ac June 3rc twice cul weeds an digging ^ Mr, of which and Rur Potato \ plowing, l 7^xvimimmfmm% 1fml^»^M e Crops. itest. of the members intrusted to the ntestants for the Hamilton, Ont. and $25, respec- one acre of pota- il potato manure lure or any other red to have been rial. be grown on the may can be made ficulties that pre- the manure that perplexing prob- r when barn-yard om it sold, there less some means ^ery exhaustive to some form to ob- i-yard manure for is intended to be will pay, and pay potato crop, and, ition after the re- application of the itest, according to ,26 in value taken ; of potatoes ; and irnment analyst of n's potato manure ars' value in these 1 than it contained ; remembered that cal condition than ust approved sum- ,at cattle feeding is ig elements to the lust be purchased, They Contain all the Jlenients of Plant Food. 11 S 11 1' ^T"" ''" ^^^ ^*™ °"'>' '« consumed nothing is added to the resources it already contains. Therefore, the only feasible plan that can be devsed ,s to buy the amount of fertilizer that will be required to produce t reouXd^r'^'^H '° ^1'°"' "^ '''' '^^"^ ^"" ^' J"^' 'he amount short that It required to produce the crop grown. The practice of growing potatoes for sale is really worse in one narticu- lld'VeVr'^T^ ''^'''' '"^ ^''' '^' '"'^'^ '^ '^f''" be returned^ to the land , therefore, it is more on a par with growing grain and selling both straw and grain from the farm. Aere also L greftef tie yTdd n t fe crop sold a larger amount is sold from the producing power, and it is onlv a aues of time until a farm under this management will Lt pay for he expendUures St'sfharhfvM"' the crop sown on it. The adva'nt'ages U^aM^e peri ments that have been conducted through the prizes offerld in the contest we are about to review must be of untold benefit to all agriculturists If 1 cln wUlTa'ant tt^ h,''"" T '^ '""'ft^ '' ^" expenditure that L crop anv comTrcLl^erHr '■"*' ''! !!,""**' '" "'^""^'■"S the results obtained from SSre af ttn 'r.°J ^'^blemanure, that it requires a moderate amount ot moisture all through the growing season. In order to receive tb- best advantage from any fertilizer, the elements contained in it mul' be made iter Lr ?h" e'xtSr, T''"\°' ^'^ ^°'' '^ which ,t hLTeena^^pTed' prevenVed the crnn '.v ^ '"^''^^' experienced at the most critical period would have derives T J' '°"''m' "'^'T'"^ '^^ benefit that it otherwise oSained wer^ ..? i ^ ^"^ '' ^" '°""^ ^^ "^"^' ^""^'^^^ '^at the results Sfe most unfLr. rf '"^' '! " ■^g^"^r^"y ^""^^ded that last season was ru ""r^'^^ble for potato production we have had in many years. ofwo[ktg1&'.H ''^V'^'ds per acre reported, together with the mode ot working the land adopted by each of the most successful contestants • i^ buSwell'Vm";?,'*"'* Cohonrg, grew 31S bushels of potatoes, of which Rural New Yorker No T^^f '7 ''"'''''''' '''■' ^"'"b^"'^'^ Needling and iN.urai iNew Vorker ^o. 2. The land was prepared by plowing (in the fall of bei'ng Sded " Thf T'i'' '^' ""r T ^"^ -^'p'of ha/o^e yL aft^ Swed and drinpH Vu T '^^^""''^^ ^^"^ ^^' ^^92, and thoroughly apnSinSdH JnJ '^en 600 pounds of Freeman's Potato Manure was Kn «n K i ^ T''^'^ ''''^h 'h^ ^°"' ^" additional 600 pounds having been sown broadcast, thus 1,200 pounds was used on this acre The seed wa p.a„ted, whole medium-sized potatoes being selected and 060 pounds u e%Td"' The tW'' '"'''■ .^^'^ vines fppea'red above th^gTund wice c^kiva^n. Zl °1 '°""'''^, '" harrowing the ground three times, S among the nSr Vf '°"' ' "'\^'"^ '^'^^'"S' '« '^^'^'^'^'y ^'^'^ 'he I digging SVotat'o fort. ^'" '^''^P ^^ harvested September 20th by hand f of wh?ch\^jTLf '*'''*"' ^i!***'*'"""' ^'''' ^^'^ bushels of potatoes, 'andRurarNew^tkryo"' ' ""ST''!''"' ' "'^''^^' ""''■' ^'^^^^^^ r>^^„^ AT iorKer sso. 2. He used 2,200 pounds of Freennn'c: i plow n,thTh '„!"'' J?''"1 t "1 "" '""""« "'' 400 "LI^lTZl Plowing, which was perforraed May 16, then 600 pounds were sown broad- w 12 Fieeiiiaii's Potato Manure Produtes Lars*' <»«1»>^' cast and the land harrowed and drilled, and another 6co pcunds a] pl.cd in the drill, and a fourth application was made after by .o.king ^^ u nd e hiUs The seed on this' plot was planted May 20, and ^^'^^^X^^'!^, set the day previous to planting, 93° pounds bemg ustd. • ' ^ 1^^" "^ neared above ground June 11, the ground having been harro^ytd twee and cSicd be^^^^^^^^^^ thr'ee tinus, and hand-hoed "'"V"-^' f-'\^ a little earth to the plants the last time. The crop. as dug .uh potato forks on the 20th to 24th of October and weighed and i)Uied. . J,i«. Armour, Victoria Road, grew ^^'.^ ^^"f^Jj/"/ ^^^ pounds of potatoes, one variety, viz., Rural New \ orktr No. 2 and Ssed I 800 pounds of Freemans Potato Manure, ,,2co pounds "f, h^b were ap^ied in the drill after planting and covermg one -^ ^ ^e.p wnh he hoe, balance when the potatoes were s.x inches h.gh-the "^^^d Jiaving been cropped with potatoes, corn and turnips for the ^^rte previo s t .. n his case the land was plowed in the fall of 1891, and harrowed a. d drilled in the spring. . , , Francis Peck, Auicliasburg, Aibury P. p., Pnnce Edward County grew 189 bushels on his acre, of which 13 l^'^^^els were small Se lan'd'having'been cropped with potatoes f^^f'" rn'oir^U. / without manure, at this time having been plowed from an old vastuus Four different varieties had been tried m this contest, ^ ^I^f \ f ""J^ County Prize did the best. The land was plowed the 7th ot May. In tht test I ^^o pounds of Freeman's Potato Manure were used, 600 of wh ch were'applild after plowing and harrowing, the balance bemg app led Tnthe drills Equally good results were obtained by other parties in his competition ■ but the/ were disqualified by applying stable manure to their pS, irch the rules 'strictly forbid, the object being to hnd out the benefit to be derived by applying the fertilizer alone. It is evident that all the contestants did not apply the fertilizer by method though which the greatest efficacy might be traced, btit in these ^ases the:e wo5d be a large proportion of fertilizing elements left over .or the next crop. The subjoined table gives the names of the four h.ghest competuors the amount in pounds each applied, the amount in bii.hels in the different ^elds, money value applying, money value obtained at f ^/-J^^^P" ^^-^;, ^^ Ihe ci^rrent prices at this writing, profit between the value of manure applied and the crop obtained. The rent of land and work required each can easily figure for themselves : — Name ol Coutestnnt, D. Qua.iiiill Hy. Pickett Jno. Armour ... Francis Peck } 1350 Money Value Obtainetl. Money Value tiiken hy <_ rop. *'4 26 I'lotit. $180 GO $156 00 168 90 12 79 124 90 1 158 52 12 02 122 52 113 40 II 34 96 40 As the contest will be continued in 1893, we hope to see a still larger number of competitors enter the next time. t'l"«|»S. unds ii] plied in NJng arc ur.d the two eyes to the 'I'l e plants ap- rowcd twice and e times, drawing dug with potato Lishcls and 20 tr No. 2, and joiinds of which ch dctp with the [ind having been vic'us years. In )wed ai d drilled Prince Edward hels were small, years previously an old pasture, if which Munroe th 01 May. In ;re used, 600 of ice being applied her parties in this e manure to their nd out the benefit ,' the fertilizer by iced, but in these ents left over for ;hest competitors^ :1s in the different rents per bushel — of manure applied ed each can easily Money Value takeu l)y trop. I'lOtit. ti4 26 $156 00 12 79 124 90 12 02 122 52 II 34 96 40 to see a still larger Once U.sed you will Never Omit Tlieiii. IS BELOW WE GIVE FULL REPORT AS TAKEN FROM CONTEST BOOKS OF THE PRIZE CROPS. do sdtninly declare that I did on the 2-itA day of furiC iS(p, measure one acre of ground on the farm of Ah: ^, £}((anfAf'il on Lot Mo. r?^ Con./, Township of Mcimi/^Cn^ County Mott/i^ lm^/J6i/m^d, Province §ntaUO'^ a contestant for Freeman's Potato Prize, which measured /Oo feet by 26 ^ feet, makirg a total of 43 360 square feet or one acre. And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously klieving the same to be true, and by virtue of the Act passed in the thirty-seventh year of Her Majesty's reign, intituled " An Act for the suppiession of voluntary and extra- judicial oaths." Signed <:^/led S/ietca// . Declared before me at ^SoliQlt'l^^ in the County of • Fred Metcalf. Northumberland, 3NELGROVE, J. P. Freeiiian's Fertilizer MakeH Farming Pay. 15 SECOND PRIZE CROP. (Henry Picket Clarkson.) KIND SOIL, light sand. HOW CROPPED past 3 years, with Strawberries. HOW MANURED past 3 years, in ,889 plowed undergo tons barn- yard manure, 1891 top dressed with city stable manure 20 tons .f M^^'^r^^t^^'' ''' ^°"'^^^ crop-Plowed 9 inches deep i6th day of May, 1892. Harrowed twice with common drag. Furrows marked 32 mches apart, 4 mches deep. FERTILIZER USED, .,.00 lbs. Freeman's Potato Manure. How applied 400 lbs. broadcasted before ploughing, 600 lbs. broadcasted and harrowed, 600 lbs. scattered in drill, and 600 lbs. worked around crop KIND POTATOES, Freeman and Rural New Yorker No 2 Cut 2 eyes to set one day before planting. Planted 20th day of May, 1892 0^0 lbs. reed ; about 9.360 hills. Appeared above ground i ith day of June HOW CULTIVATED, harrowed twice, cultivated 3 times with one horse cultivator and eleven toothed harrow. Hand hoed 3 times, last draw- mg some earth to the plant. Kind weather, very wet May and June, severe drought July and August which lessened crop by one half. When harvested, 20-24 day of October 1892. How harvested, dug with potato forks, gathered soon as dry. weighed and pitted. '' "cigueu Amount in pounds or bushels merchantable potatoes, 251! bushels and 30 bushels small ones, total 281^ bushels. Remarks : I attribute smallness of yield wholly to want of rain durine July. With favorable conditions could double or treble amount even on our light land. FREEMAN'S POTATO CONTEST FOR ,802. (Canadian Live Stock Journal, Dec. i8q3.) Mr. W A. Freeman, the well-known manufacturer of fertilizers of Hamilton. Ont., last spring offered I75.00 in prizes for potatoes o be ^:^t^!JT^;:^t^^l}?. ^^ --^ -'-Ively on^.s Stivers' For the best acre of potatoes For the second best ^5° Those who contested were bound by certair rnlps anH ,^ 1 .■ made by the Farmers' Advocate, London, Ont. -iwaras were "^^^^^^^smmmm^smmmm^^g^ 10 rreciiiaii's I'ritlll/ois arc lllsl> <-r««<«' Manures. Till, lli-st milV was awarded to Mr. David Quantril, Hamilton 'lown- I lit III SI iMi*'""' niot selected for the exi)eriment was acre, dllU ^Jlali^.'-^-• . fc :l '11, „ iirr.nnr) waS I) OWCd fl tnC lall, May J4th, '/» J'». °" ',,,| „,„„°harro>v^d and ke|.t clean by repeated i rum4raJdT,oe,^t .ITL. dug „y hand on So,,.e,nbe. ^.^^^ Ser'5'r:isrJ;'irair„:fefrs::%ru^e"^';:i^riii'"/ea.o„, , •ru ^i^!h! instance was li.ht sand, on which sttawbemes had been '°L%e las tl^Jee years. In ,889 twenty ions of barnyard .nanure '''' . .nwn the seed being cut the day before planting, which was done on | varieties sown, tne seea uenig lui i..^ } ' ,, ry, ^ ^ j number r May .cth, the total ^-"^7 "^J-^^^f^^ T.^' wa the first da on which ^ of hills in the plot was 9.36°. J he i ith ot June wa j ^^^^^^^^^^ they commenced to JPlf^^^^,^";^^^^^,,^^^^^^^^ 'n,f wet weather early in '""Senexriu order on the list was Mr. John Armour. Victoria Road The n<^*; "' ""^7* , Mgw Yorker No. 2 variety, cut to one and two ''"'' tt°d? lirbein, th^tytuH and four to six inches deep, the ^ eyes, the drills being ^"i"y '" ^ ^ ^j^ ^ ^^i amount of tubers amount of manure fPPj^^^^^^^^Vlhich 255 bushels were fit for marketing- ri^rS^quISitf oV^ht'tS'n^if obtain^^d by the second-pri.e winner, but^ ^'^ ^SeS J^;::;oid:?:i^;Hw::eMr. Frandsreck, Albury, Princej T7^ ^? ro Ont and Mr. J.M.Thomas, Mohawk, Ont.; but their yields that of C. H. Hulet, JNorwicu, v^ , • ^ unripe, he was rulecl he had applied a quantity of barnyaid uianure m tne -^.ii-g, - out of the contest. ^^^ ^^^ the yields her.. . recor ied aTbTno mS ^hTm^ht be expecte'd in a fairly favorable seasot| PL/ w. aiiureH. Hamilton Town- exi)eriment was enly tons to the 1 the land seeded owed in the fall, ep. The furrows four inches deep, ; drills and mixed ;d in. The kinds V- Yorker No. 2. : were planted on appeared above :lean by repeated ler 20th, when the Is, and there were ifavorable season, 2tt, Clarkson, Ont. wherries had been barnyard manure enty tons of stable i i6th of May, and t and four mches 00 lbs. being sown : plowing, 600 lbs. ver the crop. The to a set, were the which was done on The total number first day on which 3und was harrowed vet weather early in xppreciable effect in f saleable potatoes cs during the period lour, Victoria Road, , cut to one and two six inches deep, the al amount of tubers e fit for marketing— ind-prize winner, but Peck, Albury, Princej jnt.; but their yieldsl A good return was| 191^ bushels ; but, a;] spring, he was rulecj , and the yields hen lirly favorable season j Fm-ii.i„N .Wamiivs Hmlv for IHirnvnt tr»,,s. IT Mantel, Grate and Tile Departiiieiit MANTELS m "sss.oo Illc'iiiliiit; HEARTH Best JOiiaiiiek'tl Tile Latest Knylish MAX J j: I, 8 A\l> Over-Maiitol. Hardwood, with Host British Plato ftf irror, Beveled K(lf,'ed, (u-ithotit Overmantel f '20.00). MANTELS FOR S22.00 Inrhidin^' HEARTH l)est enameled 'I'ilc GEATE Latest English MANTEb Marblcized Slate, J Best Rubbed Kinish. Send for I'hotograph of our $28 00 Mantel complete. \V. A. KREEMAN -.VIANUKACIURER OK HARDWOOD AND MARBLEIZED SLATE MANTELS, GRATES, FIRE PLACES GAS LOGS >*' BRASS FENDERS. DIRECT IMPORTER OF PLAIN AHD EHCAUSTIC TILES For Floors, Vestibules, Hearths, Facings, Etc. W. A. FREEMAN, U^UVf.it. IH Fei^d the Cr#|>H with Animal, not Min<>nil Mutter. I' FEEEMAN'S liONE AND TOTASH. ^ $ It is unnecessary to si:*ak of the value of Bone, for it has been used from time immemorial upon ill sorts of crops, but none more so than fruit jrees grave vines, and all kinds of small fruits. It has been taken out of the soil by animals, and it is one of nature's ways of recuperating the soil by returning it. For that reason, those farmers who think they had rather have bone ought also to have it combined. with potash, since potash is fully as essential as bone. Bone and PotUHl* ior Fruit.-.l. J. H. Gregory, a leading New England seed grower, who uses from 40 to 50 tons of commercial fertilizers annually on his farms, says : For strawberries, raspberries, peaches, p( nr^ fruit garden and orchard generally, there has been found nothing moic satis- factory than the phosphoric acid and potash, with but a small quantity of nitrogen. Rone that has been treated with acid (dissolved bone) will act at once but steamed bone is more enduring. I have a pear orchard in land that 'has naturally a good supply of potash, that, being in a sickly condition, I treated to steamed bone eight years ago, with the result of producing a good growth of wood and noble crops of fruit, while I cut two good crops under it annually ever since. It appears to be settled that the " yellows " on the peach-trees is caused by want of nourishment, there being especially a lacking of potash. Diseased trees have been cured by a liberal application o it. For €orn.— In the valuable experiments inaugurated by the Con- necticut Experimental Station, in the experiments with barn manures and various fertilizers on corn, it was found that the mixture of 350 pounds of superphosphate (dissolved bone) with 150 pounds of muriate of potash, gave the greatest profit, though not the largest crop ; the average yield in fifty- three experiments being a little over fifty bushels of shelled corn to the acre, while the cost of the fertilizers was not over eight dollais. Cniture of a Peaell Orcliard.— A common mistake, the Country G-^ntleman says, made by many who plant an orchard of young trees, is to set them out either in a grass sod or in hard ground where they receive little or no cultivation of the soil. Three neighbors, some years ago, planted each an orchard of 100 trees. One of them was very larticular to procure some trees of the nurseryman. He set them out in a joung clover f^eld. The second man took cheaper trees or culls, and p.ia ■"■^ '.lem m a ^k lato field. The third man set out his orchard one-half in a winter-wheat field, and the other half in potatoes. T/te resuU:— The first orchard— in clover— was choked by the rank; clover, which was allowed free growth, and only three trees were alive th ^c • nd "ear. The second man kept his ground clean and mellow among th -.'H.toe' all his trees lived, and afterwards gave handsome crops of Earl; . >r; Barnard, Crawford, and other red-cheeked specimens. Equally sue . , wi was the li -' nian with his trees among potatoes, making a growth thti firv year ij to two feet long ; but the trees in wheat grew only about threi nches. The soil was not stirred in the grain once through the season. i One I 1 FI ('atalo^ 1- J ^1)0 resid 2. 1 ^liat yc ■ ^rtiiich no< ' ;t. 1 nterestt lefore a ilio pur{ iompetii ,1 4. T ine crop >i°i){inal C. W eeks be lent if p( ' (',. t; ot satisl liirty. 1 lature, a jess of th i. A iges pro the ord le reporl H. Th lade, mu noh earl 9. Th le exact Icordano ■y or an Comp insht dir The fi iiiini rill Matter. rOTASII. jT it has been used : more so than fruit een taken out of the )erating the soil by they had rather have :e potash is fully as gory, a leading New :omniercial fertilizers lies, peaches, prnr*, i nothing moic satis- a small quantity of Ived bone) will act at lear orchard in land in a sickly condition, esult of [)roducing a cut two good crops peach-trees is caused of potash. Diseased ^urated by the Con- h barn manures and ire of 350 pounds of Liriate of potash, gave average yield in fifty :lled corn to the acre, IS. I mistake, the Country of young trees, is to lere they receive little ;ars ago, planted each iilar to procure some ,t; lover field. The i.em in a ;k tito vinter-wheat field, and choked by the rani e trees were alive th and mellow among the dsome crops of Earl; cimens. Equally sue s, making a growth tht grew only about threi ough the season. $100.00 IN GOLD I One hundred dollar. ,„ pn.es w.ll be paid in gold for best acre of TU RNIPs ■ and POTATO KS. It.MSEI) KXCLUSrVKLY ON FEEEMAN'S PEETILIZEES ? .\S FOLLOWS, \l/,; ; |50.00 in Gold for the Best Acre of TURNIPS I $50.00 in Gold for the Best Acre ot POTATOES. ■f IvuloH Koveniiiiy conteBt pnblislied in •• Clana.Ha,. r.,„.. u..,..i. ,_. ._ ■ .. ,,, i oronto, Ont., IvnloH Kovenn„« a.nteBt pnblml.ed in •• Cana.lian Live Htock ./ournal ' and " i- armora' Advocato," London. Ont (lataloKue containinK r..l..8 sent free by addressiny above journals, or Hamiiton, 255 to 265 James Street North, RILES or IJIK TIRMP tOXTEST FOR tHU'.t. 1. Each contestant must imo ev«.Iii«j|v«lv Ii'i.««.M«..' . » .m «bo resident or owner of land in Canada '^ »recinail S Fertiliser, and must 2. To enter tJio conteat, vou have onlv to nntifv «i.« i'„ t. •..propose to try for the pri^e T fs m.'lt ^,*L'! K^-^tir." J*«'" ''^^r Work. -- . ...^ ^v^.iuunu, yuu iiave oniv Jfthat yci propose to try for the prize This mav iC7,i-^'„"" u 'T""'"" ^en'ii/er works Ipuch notice tSust be gi^en before^June lOth S S ttZ'' '"'' "^ '""'"'' '^''^' "«* ■ Interlstorpa'Ty/rie^'^or'witlX'th^^^ '%''"'{ '"''^^'""^ '"^-«"r«'J by a dis- before a .Tu^ticJof thri-^^crSotaryY. 'bT. w 11^! re"nniJ^;7'"":! ^'I'^-'Mn-ade \n. io?tr:ne^'^rwin;V^rL'^o'unl:i -^Tlat: ''""''^^^ "^ °' *"« --• '^"'^ .•i«inalrowB, or other suWfu«^W,?Jfpe;;^iK ''°'^'"« ""^ P'''"*'"^ between th^ •eek's before IhTp^ropisTd'^^t/^hetarSyr ""^* '^ "?"""'' ''' '-«* *- lent if poBBihIe. harvest, ho that a representative may be pre- larty. The witness mu.t superv^ the we «hTn« or mea ur n^ of Tr"'^ ^^ "J''"""^ ature aL„« w.th the contestant's, under oath n°„s^at esuL hnn.«r°*\ "'' '*"• ess of the confestanfs report, on the certKicat; provide for m^Z.oi'l"'' '""'"*■ the or^*^Li";^^ T^-* ^°l!- -l-l'. with the report so uch earlier as possible ^'^'^- /""rua^ Nov. 1.5th, im, at the latest, and as icordance with these rules^''''Af^^rml7:!ii^lt\..^^^^^^^^ - reported in y or any dealer in it. Competitors 111 list furnish dealer*! flight direct from works. The first prize winner is not eligible to again compete for two years. For Price List and 1'criUH .see Pajre 3«. Ti,7N? /•,• ''*^"**f*^'^ exclusively, as reported in 1 be Fertilizer can be purchased direct from the Fac certificate As to purchase of Fertilizers, if not gftfif' (! \4U MMMil $ 1 OO.OO IN GOLD One hundred dollars in prizes will be paid in gold for POTATOES and TURNIPS RAISED EXCLUSIVELY ON FEEEMAN'S FEETILIZERS AS t'OLLOWH, VI/.: $50.00 in Gold for the Best Acre of POTATOES. $50.00 in Gold for the Best Acre ot TURNIPS. Rules [governing contest published in "Farmers' Advocate," London, Ont., and "Canadian Live Stock Journal," Toronto, Ont. Catalogue containing rules sent free by addressing above journals, or 255 to 265 James Street North, Haminor- RVLES OF THE POTATO CONTEST FOR 18»:t. 1. Each contestant must use exclusively Freeiliau's Fcrtili/er, and must be resident or owner of land in Canada. 2. To enter the contest, you have only to notify the Freeman Fertilizer Works that you propose to try for the prize. This may be done by letter or jjostal card, but such notice must be given before May 15th, IHDH, at latest. 3. The land must be just one acre (4;{,o()() sq. feet) carefully measured by a dis- interested party, before or within thirty days after planting, whose afifidavit (made before a Justice of the Peace or Notary Public) will be required on the Certificate for the purpose provided on page '2 of the contest book, which will be sent free to those competing. 4. The hills or rows must be at least 12 inches from the boundary line of the acre. Only one crop from one planting will be counted ; no late planting between the origi ■ nal rows or hills, or other subterfuge, will be permitted. 5 W. A. Freeman or Farmer's Advocate must be notified at least two weeks before the proposed date of the harvest, so that a representative may be present if possible. 0. The harvesting must be done in the presence of a disinterested witness, and if not satisfied that it is the exact and original acre, he will have it measured by a second party. The witness must supervise the weighing or measuring of the crop. His sig- nature, alone with the contestant's, under oath, must attest the honesty and correct- ness of the contestant's report, on the certificate provided for the purpose. 7. A complete reeord must be kept of the crop, and must be given in the blank pages provided for the purpose in the contest book. This can be done by answering in the order named the questions asked in the book. Thus the work of making out the report will be very simple ; just answer the questions. 8. These reports must be made in the contest book, which, with the report so made, must reach Farmer's . Idvoeate, London, Ont., Nov. Ist, 189.4, at the latest, and as much earlier as possible. 9 The prize will be awarded for the largest yield of potatoes in a single crop on one exact acre, raised on Freeiliail's Fertilizer excllisirely, as reported in accordance with these rules. The Fertilizer can be purchased direct from the Fac- tory or any dealer in it. Competitors must furnish dealer's certificate as to purchase of Fertilizers, if not bought direct from works, The first prize winner is not eligible to again compete for two 3 ears. For Price List and Terms see Page :t!>. I I I h, Ihanure ( "grilled w yevelopm "alue for le forma e soil, \[ .j^amm :}OLD or POTATOES and LIZERS POTATOES. TURNIPS. " London, Ont., and Ont. als, or reet North, Hami!t.o'-. OR 18»». Fertilizer, and must nan Fertilizer Works ter or jiostal card, but ly measured by a dis- whose atti davit (made . on the Certificate for be Bent free to those indary line of the acre. ing between the origi east two weeks before IB present if possible, rested witness, and if measured by a second of the crop. His sif,'- I honesty and correct - e purpose. e given in the blank be done by answering e work of making out h, with the report so 9.^, at the latest, and 3s> in a single crop on fcly, as reported in direct from the Fac- of Fertilizers, if not 'o 3 ears. I J^^^^^^^;^_^^^klnmelv Action. FKEEMAN S PtJltE GlU^^^i^^iT^^^^i^ 83 I ■ only feSinX whicLt pre^'lfuilyTefre?"'' ^"^ '" "^""S "' ^e is ^ have been consumed by animals. ^ ^ ""''^'^ ^^ "°P«' ^^^ich in turn ^ -t ^- srd;;riS"^^!:^^:eS;,^^^f ;;r f nume artic. ^ .s I feedmg purposes. It is. however unde^Tli . " ""^'^^y '''' ^'^'^ ^"d land an excellent fertilizer, but does no't ZlL ^'[C">"stances and for all crops Bone and Potash, or Potato Manure^ "^ '"""' ^' °"^ ^ure Growth^ phosp^a^^fC^;rf,,^f^^^^^^^ bone will restore to the soil the the young calf. Use finely J^oS'tne.'t ll""" rV""^ '" '^' ^ones of per acre, and the effects will be seen for vi T'^i ^°° ^° ^oo pounds productiveness of a pasture than to7ouSe'tre"area'of' it''"" '° '^"''^ ^^^ •ayinfddwt^at'r rl^Tfrr ^^ 'r '°"'' '^T'' ^ ^ '^^ time of found to be an excellent manuTan'd a !astmg°o°nr""'' '' ^'^ '"'' ^'" ^' f one in^?^::^^;^:;^-ges^ -aHc of Mr. Bartholomew, that, if the :>" It goes over with it-is nc^ 3d ^h f ^''V^" "*^^°g^" contained H^ers IS to be used, let it be bone ^^ °"^ °^ '^^ commercial fertil- : The finer the bone, the more valuable it is.-^ / ^ ^^,^. FREEMAN S DISSOLVED BONE. This bone is treated treak" it-do™ feefanS Zl'T"'!,'"'' ^'^ '" '"m-'"' quantity ,o I ^ ^ Manures for Turnips. fevelopment of the roots of thi r.?^ ^ ''^' ^ wonderful effect on th!.' f '""■ •' "PP'OP'-'^ all .he pi:|;?.Ud\' ca7fi„°d"" '"' ""' P°'^^^*" " ' |upe,pl,„sphate, is a good "scaveni"' ?,"'Jm"°P; "'"'° ™PPli«d 'rth Ch„ *« '='"« plant-foodTeff „ ,hi T^' ^l*"" "I' ■•>"'" organize,,. »ha. elover ,s ,„ ,he sobsoil-^/r.^'-'^X A^Z, '" *= ^"'-e soil ^4 There is No Cheating The Piant. ^i'^ CELERY CULTURE. NEW METHOD. on. .w^-P'^f ^^^^ management of this crop is exceedingly difficult and it is rai:ed bVlt? g^aSL^rf "' '^' ^^'°^*°"^ ^"^"^*°" ^^'" ^'-^ ^^ -'^- r-rr^r.^^^ 'Jf"'*"'^ '' ''S.^l'^^y increasing. If by any method of culture the crop can be mcreased from two to fourfold with less labor, it is of great importance to every grower. ' ^ if ,•= Jniy^^u '' ^^'""^"^^^y s^all and remarkably slow in germinating, hence It IS a difficult matter to get a good stand of plants to commence with This can be overcome by using from 400 to 600 lbs. per acre of the .T^H ^"■'^ Vegetable or Sure Growth Manures to the seeTbed when art about 'i 'T.'j'''"\ -'" Produce fine stalky plants. When the plants ZL^Z JL ^- '",^^^'. ^'S^' P"^'' them out in flats with good rich. frn.^ Tr/ .°' \' '""'''' ^""P' "-^ •" the garden if the weather is suitable from 2j4 to 3 mches apart. ounauic, .h«^^*'*'**u*'**'® """'' ''^ taken at all times to water the plants givine them enough to prevent them from wilting. When they are two or href inches h.gh, scatter about two tablespoonfuls of Freeman's Ear y Vegetable Manure to 75 or 100 plants. Scatter the fertilizer on the plants when the foliage ,s dry ; then brush it off with a broom or the hand, or stTll better dissolve one tablespoonful of Early Vegetable to one gallon of water ("tir while applying); use twice per week. If anyone doubts the marve ous V W. A. E Vegetj I year h -^ plants are ™n^?n^flT« f^*^\ .'"'f^' tomato, pepper and cauliflower plants r^H^/r H 1 ""■ ^^'Y^- 5o"^^t.mes they are not sold on account o! cold or dry weather ; therefore, they turn yellow, all the plant food in he soil being exhausted. They cannot be sold in this dying condition Now dissolve some fertilizer as above directed and water twice per week In two weeks the plants will be as good as ever, if not better. If f!rtiiize s en make plants that are nearly dead from starvation, healthv and vigorous m of ?orfrom'Srtt finiTh.^'^ ''''''''''' ' ''^ ^'^'^ -" ^^ ^ 'hat kind There is no question that the application of Commercial Fertilizers can improve the quality of celery. Celery which grows sLlv is toug^^^^ bel^rhlir^r? '",/''"'• -^^ ^' tender, crisp and nutty in fla;or. Ind t^ belach well, it should grow vigorously from beginning to end. If celery start^ ThJ^ ' ?"/ 'h "'°".'^ '" '^f ^ ^'''^' 't ^ill then grow stringy and tougt I rroTn ',"■ '"^ 'T'"^"' ^•■^^^'th^' ^'^ those'which arf most rapid .^":?L"^//L"5V/-""^' ^' '"^"^''^ ^y ^°° "^"^h manure, provided it S iTic:i»8 J Oi >THicr aiso, ( Conlintied on Page 36.) I Tl dition J Pe of lime, it is ii slowlj must 1 solution J»Uuric fime un ^hate, w "^.nd is th 'hosphal itrate of Is interm 'hate. J hat chei fthis n: fras once jtill solul: icid that 'edzie, F. ..-i&a«|||l. ant. f«rm^F,p Pr«iit, Vse Freeman's MaDures. 9S JRE. • AND EARLY VEGETABI2E: MANaRE The introduction of th,. n.„, K,.„^ _...._. ed from the best pure lligfi eraUe matelT ^T""'- ^' '^ '"anufactur- read.ly dissolved in water and cf n be u Sd in ?i. . '' ^"^ '"'"'''"' ^^'"g house and hot-bed purposes h i= „ ^^J^*''""'"g <^a"- For green mmediately available. Sr n'g n',; ^. rowH^^^^ ''^^ P'^"^ ^°°d Ltng Can safely be u:-^d with or with'o2t Stable Ma^urT ''°' '"' '^^^^ '"^'"^''y applying it twice p;r vJ^sek KeL well stfrS^"?' '' f S^"°" °f ^«tef, , be used on Celery, by mixing vfto "| Lnsui"' '^^ T^^l""^-^ ^' ^^" ^^^° I ^^^^rtf ;S^^'^ -- -e e^rr r-, ^a^^pj^^ - j INCREASED V^i.^^ OF PI^^XTS 50 PER CENT. ter the plants, giving f ^^'- ^- Freeman, Esq.: Chatham, April, 1892. hey are two or three I,, ^^*R Sir,— It affords us mn^K r.i an's Early Vegetable ^^ ^^g^l^ble Manure for all sorts ofTrPPn^^*° recommend your Early the plants whin the | yf^^ '" our green house w^ ISent reZr^^"""''- ""'' ^^^^ "«^d it this ,.nnH ..,. e.jii K.»„> i plants by 50 per cent. excellent results, increasing the value of our Yours truly, W. McK. ROSS' SONS. ingly difficult and it is han almost any other ethod of culture the s labor, it is of great n germinating, hence )mmence with. 00 lbs. per acre of o the seed-bed when ts. When the plants flats with good rich, e weather is suitable, .; the plants when the land, or still better ;allon of water ; (stir bts the marvelously of growth, especially |dition pho^tSd'rbo^^e^^^^^^^^ %' «««'-*«' -'^ ^nustrate the con- d cauliflower plants! , Permit me to explain s meoH ' ^ t sold on account of My-f. or "bone pKphS"" -^^^""Sfr^Y ^'"^^y Phosphate e plant food in the f{ '» jnsoluble in Water and passe/ mnT. '" '^k^""' °f ^"™^'s > ng condition. Now ff '»wly m the soil. But in^c^Ser tahL ^^l f°'"^'^ condition yei-y e per week. In two :f»n"«t become soluble in W^r hecZt >''^^ '° }^' ^^"^'"S plan ^ •• If fertilizers can J" »"«." i "the plant lives Vdnnkfne rath.r /^ ^^" °">y.e"ter the roots in athy and vigorous in :£«»"€ acid is added to the insoluble o ho? ^''''J!^'' ^^hen sul- are led on that kind f ™^ ""'tes with sulphuric acid ormin- -^^ phosphate, a part of the fl^te, which has lost ?wo-thi,?^o/un^hP^^^^ ""^ ^'"'' ' '^' bone pho^ are most rapid, if this material whSroh,KlP'''M''"'- ^he soluble acid^ th^^^^^l;^ provided it gets Ira.: rsr,^„ ._,, ,, ."'^" '^ soluble in cold water the rpvprt--^ ".j"e quantity " — — -M-^ auiuule in watpr Kilt- i,o« ,-'^-i -'-c rcvertcu acid thai which |t.ll soluble in citrate o^ammoniaand'o^h^''"'"', '"^°^"^'^ '" ^^'^^ bu is ^d that which still renSTtS f^^' Tt '°^"^"'^' '^e insoluble ^^^^le, Professor of Chemistry "" °^ '^^"^ phosphate.-i?. C •mmercial Fertilizers vs slowly, is tough, ■'ty in flavor, and tc nd. If celery start! stringy and tough ch are most rapid re, »6 Feed tlie Plant not the Soil. CKLERY i^VLTVRE-CoNiinued. Mr. Robert Niven, of , who grew $!''i,000 worth of celery on one acre, (photos of which we give) in describing his new mode of cul- ture, in substance says : — Plow under manure^ then scatter 1,500 pounds of fertilizer per acre, harrow and rake the ground level. It is very important to have the ground well pulverized and level, then you can run the knives of the wheel hoe close to the plant. Mark out the ground m rows seven inches apart, set out the plants (from 3 to 6 inches high) seven inches apart, and straight in the rows. If they are half an inch from a straight line either way, they are in danger of being cut off by the knives of the wheel hoe. If the weather is warm and dry, water well after they have been set out ; give the ground a good soaking ; keep them from wilting. When weeds begin to appear run the wheel hoe through the rows. After you have gone through one way, let it stand a day or two before going through the other way. After four to six days, go through again. Use the wheel hoe frequently, and you will be agreeably surprised at the large amount of hand weeding that is avoided. When the plants are about half grown scatter, broadcast, about 1,200 pounds of fertilizer to the acre. Do not do this when the foliage is wet. I have never discovered any injury from using fertilizer, even on tender plants, when the foliage was dry. The plants are now so large that the hoe cannot be run through them. They cove"- the ground, preventing the weeds from growing, except a few that got the start of tl.e celery. As you look over the field you can realize that the crop is very large, 126,000 plants on an acre. The soil is full of working roots that require a large amount of food, and it must be given in liquid form, hence the necessity of giving the plants plenty of water. Vegetables drink, hence the great importance of giving celery an abundance of water. The more fertilizer used the larger the growth, and the more water required to make the food in fertilizer available. There are 100,000 good plants upon an acre, allowing 26,000 for small plants and " misses," at two cents per plant the price would anioilnt to $2,000 per acre ; at half a cent a plant it would be $500. (Continued on Pwje JS.) , )' n 00 worth of celery new mode of cul- ids of fertilizer per portant to have the ;nives of the wheel ;ven inches apart, apart, and straight le either way, they ae. If the weather give the ground a 1 through the rows. r two before going ;h again. Use the rised at the large r, broadcast, about hen the foliage is zer, even on tender large that the hoe ting the weeds from 3 you look over the plants on an acre. ge amount of food, )f giving the plants portance of giving ed the larger the fertilizer available. ig 26,000 for small anioilnt to $2,000 Lawn JM-ess liig Produces Rkli ^i-eeii Color. ar FREEMAN'S LAWN AND PArTdRESSIN^ This preparation consists of the lawn topdressing, full strength It is manufactured to meet the demand for a lawi dressing, all p epS ready g^rLTSc ' "''' ''^'"'""^ "° '""'^'^ "^'^'"S. scatter broadiast' over'l™! ? A .^'■'.'^"^'"g a luxuriant and permanent growth of grass, of that much admired velvety appearance. b . Ji mdi mucn Do not disfigure your lawns, grass plots or cemetery lots with stronc offensive manure ful of weed seeds, l,ut apply this dressing, which is arKefy' itJZ, ptd'uan'g'a^"^ ' ^'^ '''''''' '''' ' ^'^ ^-^-''>' ^^^^^ I^uxuriaiit <;ro^tli of Crass of a ricli Creen Color. It has been extensively used on Lawns as well as on public squares and universal y hked. It is far superior to lumpy, strawy manure hch disfigures the lawn and gives off an offensive odor. ' It is less cxpenlL hJn manure, the cost of the dressing bein,^ less in many cases than the co to" USn' t ZuZl. '' " ^"^'r ^'^^/ anymemUrof thlfami y^lan ^ I J ^«"*"'"^ "/• ^^■•'♦'<' •^<'*'<'«' ^^'^'^'^ 'il^vays exist in manure and whu;h are the pests of the lawn. It is in no sense a stimulant ut a an rt'r'"'""'' "iT^'T^ ''' '''' '^'^"^ '°'>'^ •■^■q^i^ed to make g a i -row and m a form quickly and eaisiy taken up. It may be applied al any ti^e noS L?""!?' T"^'' "' "''"'"?' '' '' ^^'^" '' ''' Jriss seems to' need nourishment It will restore many lawns to full luxuriance that have been nearly ruined by the hot sun or drought. It is worth all it costs if onlv for the rich color which it imi)arts to the grass. ' ^ FOR THl^. KITCHKX OARnEN. It IS also an excellent fertilizer for kitchen and flower gardens It mav be used on all garden crops. Agarden fertilizer should be rrdUy avaihble large amo int of jilant food in a very active form, but is also in excellent mechanical condition, and is easily 'distributed. A sma 1 qSn tit> "oe so 1... ^*'*'f'^ '" LaWHS.— Weeds usually come up thickly in newlv sown .lawns and awns that have been strewn whh stable litter Thev a^ S h^ |prevent«i by the use of Freeman's Lawn Dressing. ^ ''' '"^ ^^ Ants.— Insects burrow in the ground forming " Ant-hills " six • X'''^-J''— A 'ablespoonful of Bisulphide of Carbon : poured into holes ^ nches deep afoot apart, the holes being immediately filled up (28 ) |ackage sufficient to^cover 75 square yards $ ^^ '^. " " " IZ '« '' '5 ''' I CO iv ^ V ^'N ^ROWTH, NICE GREEN COLOR. #. A. Freeman, Hamilton : r„,„ ^ . Dear SiR,_Used vour I iwn n • ^"'^i"'^^^' October 7, 1891. I^ailway Lawn here nroducui n S. ''""^ °" P"'"' °^ '^^ Canadian Pacific ^ ) a vn nere, producing a hue heavy growth and nice green color. i ours Truly. (Signed) W. H. BARLETT, C. P. R. Baggageman. im us Lasting in tlicir Results. I CELERY €VLTURE— Continued. The photograph of my field shown. It was planted seven inches apart each way. It was nicely bleached and much cleaner and brighter than any Celery banked with earth. Many plants were large enough to pass for a bunch, but my statement is based upon an allowance of two plants to the bunch, and the liberal deduction of 26,736 plants to the acre, leaving 100,000 plants at four cents per plant equal to $4,000. To grow that amount of celery in the old ^ay, from ten to twenty times as much labor would be needed. Three or four weeks after the 1,200 pounds of fertilizer had been ap- plied, about 1,300 pounds more were us i. The celery at this time is grow- ing and bleaching rapidly. There were no worms to eat the glossy surface of the stalks, making them rusty and unsaleable. The growth is very rapid, consequently the crop is tender, solid and brittle. Watering or irrigating is the all important work, and about all that is necessary at this stage of growth. The natural rainfall cannot be depended on to give' sufficient moisture to such a large crop. By adopting the new method of growing celery (that is slanting it seven inches apart), the foliage is so thick that beneath it is moist and dark, causing the celery to bleach, especially the easy bleaching varieties. The expenses of growing and marketing an acre of celery by the new method are as follows : I Pound Seed $ 2 50 10 Cords Manure 50 00 Spreading 2 50 Plowing 2 00 Raking and Rolling 5 00 126,000 Plants 126 00 Planting 41 5° Hoeing and Weeding 27 00 I 3IO] 2 Tons Fertilizer $105 00 Sowing Fertilizer 3 00 Cleaning and Marketing.... 250 00 Pitting and Storing portion of Crop 50 0° Cost of Water and Labor in Watering 5° °° $714 SO, It is an easy matter to figure the net profit an acre would yield in your locality. FARM YARD MANURE. Average Farm Yard Manure from animals fed on Hay, Oats, Corn and ' Bran, contains Nitrogen, about .... 0.40 per cent. . Phosphoric Acid, about - - - - 0.20 Potash, about 0.50 " Seventeen pounds of pure bone contains as much Phosphoric Acid as a tor of Stable Manure. It may be claimed that the Lime and Sulphuric Acid of the Manure arf ^ of value, but this only increases the difference, for while the manure has onl) j 12 lbs. of Lime and 4 lbs. of Sulphuric Acid in a ton, the Commercial Fer tilizer has 280 lbs. of Lime and 220 lbs. of Sulphuric Acid. Out of the 2000 lbs. of Stable Manure, only 22 lbs. comes under what i usually meant by Fertilizer, with 16 lbs. more of possible good Stable Manure that is, 38 lbs. is all that can be considered as having any value, against 86c lbs. of the same materials in Commercial Fertilizers. ,■.'»!' iVii,' IJ M ■ «»«l».J«»a«mi«»i««B«*Sn ted, id seven inches apart ind brighter than any inough to pass for a ; of two plants to the jacre, leaving 100,000 grow that amount of ibor would be needed. , ertilizer had been ap-| y at this time is grow-| 3f the stalks, making consequently the crop be all important work, The natural rainfall uch a large crop. By mting it seven inches ind dark, causing the : of celery by the new er $105 00 er 3 °° Marketing 250 00 toring portion 50 00 and Labor in 50 0° If Y ou Use Them Once You Will Have No Otiier. «» FREEMAN'S FLOTO IeRTIlST ohore: , BL,00]»I. *«i6f BRIGHTER COI^ORS. .at thffom''^**?"®^? PIantS.-Onetablespoonful to a two-quart pot and ^ PotTei pL'tL"' Trh,^"'"^^, f^'^r^ thoroughry'wfth tC'sdl . Be sure and get a package. |>lants for six months, 85 cents. $714 so re would yield in youi [JRB. 1 Hay, Oats, Corn and .40 per cent. 1.20 " •S° " osphoric Acid as a tort Vcid of the Manure art' le the manure has onl) I, the Commercial Fer Acid. »s. comes under what i e good Stable Manure any value, against 86c Package sufficient for 585 or 30 Black PlieS.-To get rid of black flies in flower pots scraoe off th^ 4ith cll"^ '°"'r-' '^^ '^^'' ^^P'^-^'^g ^''h fresh efr^h \?Sm water lie plaTts'.'" '"°"^' '" ■' '° '^"^^'^ -•• "^'^^ -" — s in pots aj no" injlare Potting Soil.— Always get the earth to use for house plants seed. tc,dunng wmter. just as late as possible before it freezes un 'is then heSo^st'hnV ^^-^•-'^-h have gone down to winTeTquTrie's 'bdow •om'airweid'sSds" "'" '''"'' "'^'^ '°^ "^'" ^^^^^^ "«-g. '^ will be free rptt^ZTe •pfan^f ^f !tsT=nf ''^ — ^^^^^ °^- REMEnv.— Lime water applied to the soil, itider side of the lelves '"''''' '"""V''"'. ""d "•> the f thr=e'?"^rfKS :rSpt'^,n:s.Se'o7 lu^irr '- ''''"' late^aC's^/SlS;^:*"' '""'"' "^ ™'- -"'-"■ Hot 30 Proiiioti ^ Greater Production ot Egss. I. t! I fueeivean's POULTRY SUPPLIES © i Q < DC H v:; Til without first-cias GROUK ho ANIMA BONE 1 EGG PI GRANU CROUN W. il <;r<>UIHl Bed Scraps. These Scraps consists of the trimming' and tallow collected daily from the Butcher Markets After being renderec and pressed they are ground to proper s\i > .'or poultry. There is no wastt in feeding the Scraps as the fowls can consume every particle. Put up ir boxes of 35 and 8o lbs. Also, in barrels if desired, holding about i8o lb Animal Meal. We are now manufacturing Animal Meal, it consist mostly of Bone and Meat ground together, it is used to mix with soft feet Many Poultrymen mix u]) shorts or middlings with meal and hot water evei morning. Our Animal Meal is just the thing to go with it, being fine; ground and* is dry and sweet. Good for young chicks, makes bone, muscle and feathers, and it is ju what you need. Put up in bags of 40, 100 and 200 lbs. Ejig Producer. This is compounded from a receipt for egg pr duction used by the most successful poultry raisers. It is not a stimulei •but real egg food, and is without doubt the best animal food in existenc for laying hens. Put up in bags of 40, 100 and 200 pounds. Oninulated Xone. This is broken up the right size and furnish lime and other substances so necessary to form shells and eggs, and shoui be kei)t constantly before the fowls, especially if kept in confinment. F" up in Bags of 50, roo and 200 lbs. Bone Fiour. This is as fine as flour, and if mixed with soft fee once or twice a week it will keep the fowls in good condition, and it especially good for growing chicks. Put up only in bags of 40, and 200 lbs. Oyster Shells constantly on hand by the ton or Bag. Ba£ 100 and 200 lbs. each. Fert ^he prese ^ new coi vjo long ai ihey coul §nanaged Wiumber c :%nanure i ■iUpplied t( Icome unc f The Jbut care |vhich th( re the or fertilizers een sold em hav able mar lothing b lothing b mn will I A. Fre anure," j izes for lanure h. tter had ields gro' m to rei izes will en used, ...^rM-- KglEM. PLIES Prevents 8liclleHH Gggn and Bad llahifs. 31 HI =ra i. 00 > c 05 s of the trimming' After being renderec There is no wastt particle. Put up ir )lding about 180 lb; imal Meal, it consisi [) mix with soft feet , and hot water evei with it, being fine! feathers, and it is jii: I receipt for egg \n It is not a stimulei nal food in existent )unds. ght size and furnish and eggs, and shot: in confinment. 1' " mixed with soft It i i condition, and it in bags of 40, ton or Bag. B;i, J witht^f'^e^J" cllJl^e '' ?^"^^^"V" '^"'^"'^ ^"'^ ^^''^'^^^ f^f^^-^ in this City ' fim dass goods ' "''^'" ''' ^"'""^'^ ^"^ ^'" ^' '■'"'^d -'th "'°Y,SS„faL^ut?8?,ti'^,3Spi^p^„-.^^oo; 80 ,b. box. $.co. Barrel. ANIMAL MEAL I 40 lb. bag, Ifiso ; 100 lb. bag, $3.00- BONE FLOUR ) .00 lb. bag. $5.50. ADDRESS ALL ORDERS TO W. A. FREEMAN^HAMILTON, ONTARIO. FERTILIZERS. Ca«a,//<,„ nw Stock /ounw!, December, j8,)3. he nSnUime^' Tl"°' ^''" "''^, '° ""^ S^^'-^' ^^'^"^ 'n this country un to ,. n\r";; r" t "e^rse's'found^^h'"^ '"f- ^" ''^'^ ''^^^ '^•'^-' ^'- '° ■colne under this Tad is bunIS 'we tr ' """'" °' '""^ ^'"' "°"'^ but ci^: ^lo t'^:Ss:?';:tpi;:^w^ r^'"" '^ ^'^^^^ ^^'^-^^ which the soil is irrkinor ic ^,1 '^'^l^'y °"'>' ^^ch as i)ossess mgredients in ■ire the only resu t Sh' ? h "'''',.'^''^'^1'?"''"^"' ^"'^ ^^'^^''^ «f '"oney fertilizers s due to the S H,.. k''"'''^' ^'f'^'"^'''^ ''^ f^™"« '" ^'^g^^d to been sold to thetn under ?hn ^^eap trashy substances have before now tiiem have hpin 1 * ^ •"'''"'^' ''^"'^ ^hose who have been taken in by V- \ Freemnn ^f H ? ?! ^''^ P°^''''° prize contest originated by Mr manure!" anTshot fhrbenefit'"''' "'V" '^^l'^^ ^° '"'f^^'^'- '- "Potato pn>-es for the bes one acre h L nf'T?/'^"' '""^ u'^t °^ '^' ^'^^''^^ ^"'^ ^^^'^ Manure had been uS excels hl^'ru^" ''^'f^ "° °''^^^ fertilizer or fetter had it not hS^iftKT.n'v^'L^M- ^' results would have been far yieids grown otherwise 't^hevrrl r ff '°" ' ^""^ '" '^'^'npanson with tion toSenew hrcTnine?hir''T^'''°"^'''-. ^' ■'« Mr. Freeman's inten- pr.zeswill bToffered fo?tbe he?' '"T"' ^'^""' '" ''^'^dition, substantial feen used '^^ ^''^ P^°' °^ ^"^"'l« «" ^vhich his fertilizer has i ss They arc iireut t'rop S'roditccrH. ASPARAGUS CULTURE. The best soil for asparagus is a warm, sandy or gravelly one with good drainage. A soil with hard pan bottom will answer, if worked deep and underdrained with tile, but it is best to avoid such, because of the cost ot preparing it for the reception of the plants. It is not advisr.ble to place manure or any kind *' under the plants" buf all manuring, except that used at the time of setting out the plants, should be api)lied to the surface and worked in with a light plow or cultivator. The manure will find its way down to the roots soon enough in any soil that is kept cultivated, and it is only wasted if worked in deeply, or placed in trenches under the plants at the time they are set out. Make the ground only moderately rich at the time of planting, then follow with an annual top-dressing, as heavy as you can alTord, or circumstances demand. Surface manuring, drainage and giving the plants plenty of room for development and growth, are the main points to be observed in cultivating asparagus. To SjIVC SeedH of asparagus, save the berries as soon as ripe. Wash out the pulp. Prepare a bed in the early spring and sow the seeds in drills a foot apart. Select strong, one-year old plants in preference to older ones. Plant in trenches i8 inches deep, not less than four feet apart, the plants being at least two feet apart in the trenches— three feet would be better. The soil should be moderately fertile, and, unless quite rich, should be fertilised every summer after the cutting season is over. The object of such deep planting is to keep the crowns from getting so near the surface as to be in- jured in cutting the shoots, as the tendency of the roots is to work upwards. The trenches should be filled gradually, the roots being covered but two or three inches when planted. The ground should be kept well cultivated and free from weeds. Cutting may begin usually the next year after planting, and a full crop will be possible the third year. The life of a good bed is practically unlimited. We know of vigorous beds which have been cut for sixty years, They have had the best of care, however. If you want great, thick fat Hhoots of asparagus, you must get a large, luxuriant growth of the plants the preceding summer and autumn. A good time to apply the fertilizers, therefore, is just when we cease to cut the shoots. A dressing of un. cached wood ashes and fine bone during April will help to insure large, tender shoots. It is not improbable that kainit might profitably be substituted for the ashes. As a fall dressing we -would recommend our Bone and Potash ; fo: spring, use Freeman's Potato Manure. Bone and Potash for Asparagns.— J. B. Moore, the well-knowr market gardenner, has an acre and a half of asparagus on soil naturally very poor, mere pitch-pine land, which has, since broken up from nature, received no other dressing than phosphate of lime (ground bone) and potash. It i: remarkably thrifty. Value of Bone Fertilizers. For the last 30 years experiments have been carefully made to find ou the most valuable material out of which to make Fertilizers, and it is ac knowledged by all scientific and practical men that bone is the surest anc most lasting substance that can be used. The basis of our manures is bone ■we use no phosphate rock of any kind, or inferior materials. 1 i ft ■ !l crs. Eavh l*a('kiiu() Bnirs our 4.;iiiiraiih><>tl AiuiI^hIm. It'd URE. ravelly one with good if worked deep and ecause of tlie cost of not advisr.ble to place ring, except that used ed to the surface and lure will find its way )t cultivated, and it is s under the plants at noderately rich at the ssing, as heavy as you ig, drainage and giving h, are the main points IS soon as ripe. Wash iow the seeds in drills ference to older ones. apart, the plants being Id be better. The soil I, should be fertilized le object of such deep he surface as to be in- )ts is to work upwards. ing covered but two or ept well cultivated and it year after planting, life of a good bed is lich have been cut for is, you must get a large, and autumn. A good cease to cut the shoots, bone during April will )able that kainit might ne and Potash ; fc; Moore, the well-knowr as on soil naturally very ip from nature, received (one) and potash. It i: rs. refuUy made to find ou| Fertilizers, and it is ac-| bone is the surest anc ^ of our manures is bone ' terials. Euilderb' Supplies Department KEADY HOOFING jp HIS roofing was first introduced in 1864. The building public received J. It with favor, and for tWC'Ilty-Hix years it has been a standard article with the trade, supplying the demand for a rlioap, //iX mentoi the crop, both m abundance of stalk of improved feeding nualtTL -important in ensilage, and also in yield oi zvell filled, deep kernfued, ears POTATOES. 1I.SC Frceman.s Potato Manure for Irish or Sweet Potatoes. ■vid Jf?L^^ T^}"" ^/^/ •"■'"' °'' '■°''' "''"'"S and covering with earth, ,,ro v.ded t IS scattered well. Scatter it down the rows, mix it as thoroughly as possible m any manner which best commends itself, with hoe, brush sled chain etc. Use three bags (200 lbs, each) per acre on ordinary land 1 he quantity of this manure may be increased to one ton per acre and this quantity is successfully used by many growers, particularly when potato crop IS followed by wheat and grass, corn, etc. Where one ton is used pr acre apply 1,000 lbs broadcast after plowing, mix and level down tvith a common smoothing harrow. Scatter 500 lbs. in the furrows before planing ^nd apply at first hoeing on sides of the rows 500 lbs more, or scatter "000 n ;£ r/rr '" ^""''r^ '''^^'"^ P'""''"^- With any ordinary care n m 'x°ng to She tuberf' '" """ ""' '"^'^ ^'^^ °^ ^^"^^' "° '"J"'y -'" be done ^HH.r^^ Claim that this is a complete Manure for Patotoes, requiring the Jddition of neither stable or any other fertilizer. Many of the largest grow «rs. who aim for QuaLitv as well as Quantity of crop, use it exclusively *nvhn "'"""'■' /' ,^'^° ^'^'l adapted for All Vegetables at planting or any hoeing, particularly where starch and sugar formation is desired-superior juahty of crop as well as large yield, also for Sweet Potatoes, AsplRAor lurt:i?Ers,Sp^s.'er' '^^^^ "^^^■^' Stkawbekkies and alf^^^al! ^.\ .ff«^t"^P^'^^°^' ^r^ ''°°'^ tnoMg\ they can dispense with the mechani- jal effect of barnyard manure. If you grow large crops you will not suffer fcr the want of vegetable matter in the soil, even wi h o lim ed 1 root growing crop as potatoes. '"'meu a root «}R.iPES, PEACHES, PEARS, APPLES. STRAWBERRIES CURRANTS, RASPBERRIES, ALL SMALL FRIJITS, AND FRUIT TREES. \ Freeman's Bone aud Potash and Potato Manure are especially adanted |r developing the >«//,«^ power, both in guaiity ^r^A quTSti h^^^t fcurmg theg.../«/ ..^.. of the trees, thus/rotec{ing th'em frorcfiseas '. '^" llac n! ^"'P^'* ^O"" market or wine. -Apply broadcast there to four fc eSVine "on^T'• "''' "^ °"^ P°f ^ ^"^ "P^^^^' well scatte'd mW each vine. On young vines use one-half pound, more or less scat mg well and extending all around the vine and Is far as convenien ' so as encourage far-reaching root growth. AVork in the fertilizer as deepiv and horoughly as practicable without injury to the roots, for while the fert"l ,, '\ °' *^23iiabic CO encourage surface root-growine and thp ^ts naturally develop where they are best fed. These imnures^no rnatter % sSy.' ''''"'• ""' '^ ^""^^ ^°^^" ^"^ distributed by the rain" !f|ni iippi 30 The Freeman Fertilizers are Cnequalled. ■k For Small Fruits (Raspberries, Currants, etc.)-Use three to four bags per acre broadcast. For Orchards (Apple, Pear, Plum, etc.)-Use three to four bags per acre, and resort to the other manures the same as used for Grapes for makmg more rapid wood growth. For Nursery Stock of All Kimls.-On strong or rich soil this manure will be found all-sufficient to insure the greatest vigor and health of Se young trees, but on average or light soils the Sure Gron-tk, three or four bags per acre, is recommended. The effect of this fertilizer on all fruit, but on none more than on Grapes is to DiVELOP the Highest Quality of Fruit, richness in saccharine mat- ter and flavoring organic compounds, together with Maximum Yield, but more than this, it will secure sturdy vigor of the vines (but «./ especially rai>id srotvth), and enable them the better to escape disease and attacks ot all kinds from fungi, insects, etc. On some soils the W-^r.o'/^ may not be sufficiently vigorous, in which case occasional dressings of the Sure Grorvth 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 luxuriant growth without corresponding fruiting povver, either in quantity or quality of bunches, still less in quality of the grapes for eating, or for wine making— they are watery and flavorless, and lacking m saccha- rine and flavoring matter. . , j u Stable Manure, Fish Tankings or any Nitrogenous Manures should be used with great caution in grape culture. STRAWBERRIES. New Beds.— Use Bone and Potash, i,ooo to 2,000 lbs. r-er acre broadcast Wowing in before setting the plants. The Bone and Potash Manure upplies abundant potash and bone, the most important ingredient. ^rTomo ing the >«//;«/ power of the plants and securing qantity and i^Tofcro^p. Potash, in Ly considerable quantity sufficient to meet the Sfands ot the plant for fruitins. cannot be applied to Strawbernes excep Sthe vines become matured, as any top dressing, rich in potash, will be cSn to damage them, particularly when it lodges on the stools. In apply- ing?rge quantifies of this manure in advance of its use by ^he crop there - no danger of loss by leaching or in any other way, of either the potash or phosphates. Even the light soils hold on to them tenaciously for an in- definite number of years. To increase Vine Growth use Sure Growth or Potato Manure. Either of these manures may be used liberally between the rows before they become covered by vines. , , r Old Beds.— Care must be taken in using any concentrated fertilizer to av"d letting it remain on the vines. A top dressing with even a strong, pota'h fertilizer, however, may be made with P«>-f^^;,«^ff f ^^e^he bed i^ . . , T-t - v; — r>f thp cnnw urili catpiv carrv tne terti- are covered with snow, inc mclLi::^ ^/ ^"^ , s , - ^^ lizer into the ground. This is an excellent plan on level lands. W here old ^ beds are cultivated with plow (with revolving disk or coulter) by cutting stnp^ or paths, the fertilizer can be liberally strewed in the furrows or cultivated: spaces. Jse ualled. Once Used Always Used. 37 I — Use three to four iree to four bags per )r Grapes for making ong or rich soil this t vigor and health of Trotvth, three or four Tiore than on Grapes ss in saccharine mat* [aximum Yield, but ;s (but not especially iisease and attacks of wood-growth may not Iressings of the Sure t detriment to quality jurse a necessity, but ; fruiting power, either the grapes for eating, ind lacking in saccha- s Manures should be ) 2,000 lbs. jjer acre. The Bone and Potash important ingredients securing qantity and 1 sufficient to meet the to Strawberries except rich in potash, will be the stools. In apply- se by the crop there is 3f either the potash or tenaciously for an in- ! or Potato Manure. ;tween the rows before concentrated fertilizer ling with even a strong t safety when the beds ill safely carry the ferti- svel lands. Where old ^ aulter) by cutting strips' e furrows or cultivated ' ONIONS. There is probably no crop that demands larger supplies of soluble anrT ava.]ab le plant food for us successful growth. Fo? this r'eason ?he grow rs of onions formally required two to three years of preparation of the ground for this crop Ihey would apply three to four times the usual quantify o fa m manure to each of the several crops preceding the time forVlanting omon Th.s was considered necessary, so as to accumulate in the land store of soluble plant food sufficient to meet the heavy demands of the onion crop We do not recommend superphosphates for onions. Whenever a sur^er- phospha e. with or without nitrate of soda, has grown a crop, irha? been on land well supplied with soluble potash from previous manuring. The onion crop demands especially large supplies of potash, and this element is Z . supplied at all in nitrate of soda, and to a very limited extent fa a I °n average superphosphates. cAicm, at an, m Oirections lor Use.-Apply broadcast six to ten bags (200 lbs \ per acre o the Free^nan Sure Growth or Potato J/««..., ?f e nbwing Sdr r T^^rZ^wi ''■■' " "" ^'^-"'^g^' i" ^PP'ying -y fert&"n to W^S^re -f °^ °""'^^' " ^^ ^^P"'^ ^-h- 'h^ ^^ bet- FOR CABBAGE and TOMATOES. on.hi^^^'V ^^f^^^u^ '° ^ P^^"* ^^ *^^ *™e °f transplanting; cultivate thor- oughly, and apply the same quantity as a top-dressing. Trea ed in this wav tabbage have obtained four times larger than those without the ferdlizers^' Using from two to three sacks (200 lb.) Sure Grorvth broad-ast harrowM or cultivated in. as well as the hill application, will improve bothtoii anXop FOR ASPARAGUS. se the Potato Manure or Sure Growth, with or without stable manure. I For Renovating Old Beds apply in early Spring or Fall broad fZ^t^^:: ^'^'"^"''"^ wellUworkii thefer^^r •:^;'S;^ in u^^ ^"^^ ^^^^ '^^ quantity of fertilizer may be increased to five to I the'fed'" ""■ '"'"'"' ^^^"'^^ °^" ^'^^ -- - -" thirntire su^fa^: FOR CELERY. Id th?, f.rf f P' '° ^^^''''^ ''^"^' wa"ts to be grown vigorouslv • altLy growth';'^ P''°''"'" ^ '^P'^' «"d ^' 'he same ti'me. vigofous an'd :W Freeman's Fertilizers are siot Adulterated. FOR SIIUASIIES, MELONS, CUCUMBERS, ETC. Use Sure Growth. Apply from 600 to 1,200 lbs. per acre. This will pro- duce a large yield. The fertilizer should be sown two-thirds broadcast, and balance sprinkled in the hills and thoroughly mixed with the soil. The fertilizer will be found to do as well as ten cords of manure,— the amount usually applied. ^^^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^ Apply 400 to 800 lbs. per acre for peas, strewn in the furrows, three feet apart, and mixed thoroughly with the soil. For beans, the fertilizer is sown three' fourths broadcast and one-fourth in the hills. FOR TURNIPS. Use from two to four sacks of FoMo Manure or Bone and Potash per acre with the seed. This quantity will give an excellent crop. This application at the time of sowing will produce the clearest and sweetest turnip, ihe sowing should be done just before a rain if possible. • .. . r One of the most marked illustrations of special fertilization is that ot roots especially turnips. It was discovered long ago, in England, that phos- phoric acid, or soluble phosphate of lime, was a specific for this crop. An EneUsh writer, commenting upon this subject, says : " It is as an application to the turnip that phosphoric acid is so marked in its effects, even when the soil already contains it in considerable quantity. The reason of this is not difficult to trace. The seed of the turnip is small, audit is sown in the warm season, when the growth is rapid. The seeds themselves have only a limited quantity of phosphates stored up for the bene- fit of the roots and leaves of the young plants. Unless the roots, therefore, while yet short, meet with a concentrated supply, the other elements of the food of the plant, carbonic acid, water, and ammonia however abundantly they may be present, cannot be assimilated, and the growth is arrested. Be- sides, a liberal supply of phosphoric acid has the efTect of pushing-on the turnip through its early stages, when it is so liable to injury from various insects." Freemaris Potato Manure or Bone and Potash is rich in phosphoric acid, while also containing ammonia and potash in sufficient quantity. And what is true of the turnip is true of beets and parsnips. FOR WHEAT, RYE, OATS AND BARLEY. Use from 400 to 60 lbs. per acre, to be drilled in with the grain or sown broadcast and harrowed in. ,, • r The farmers of any section where they are selling hay from their farms, and putting nothing back, "are selling much and returning nothing. A| ton of English hay takes from the land fully 80 pounds of actual plant food in the form of nitrogen, potash and soluble phosphoric acid. If you take| off two tons of hay, you are taking off 160 pounds of plant food.^to restore| which requires from 400 to 600 pounds of fertilizer, according to tne strength ^ of the materials used, or from eight to ten loads of manure of 2,000 pounds each. The Freeman Sure Growth Manure is calculated to supply what an^ average crop takes out. crated. ilRS, ETC. .ere. This will pro- hirds broadcast, and with the soil. The lanure, — the amount le furrows, three feet the fertili.^er is sown and Potash per acre )p. This application (veetest turnip. The ertilization is that of 1 England, that phos- c for this crop. An iric acid is so marked :onsiderable quantity. )f the turnip is small, is rapid. The seeds tored up for the bene- s the roots, therefore, other elements of the however abundantly jwth is arrested. Be- :ct of pushing'on the o injury from various is rich in phosphoric icient quantity. And tARLEY. with the grain or sown hay from their farms, eturning nothing." A ds of actual plant food :jric acid. If you take plant food, to restore cording to the Strang'.- anure of 2,000 pounds ted to supply what an Bivst i, Lowest Prices, 39 PRICE LIST. ' 1 ^J>3. i . / ^/^^l^l'^y' ^^^""""^^ ^--e '" fi"e mechanical condition. They contain no ; roJi p/iosp/iaie, marl, powdered leather, shoddy, vegetable matter, or any inferior forms of plant food. ' Freeman's Fertilizers are very concentrated and invariably larcclv ex- «eed Hi strength the iiiiiiiniuni guarantees. ^ ^ Freeman's Sure Growth Manure TJZ (for crrass, grain and vegetables) An excellent general fertihzer. Ammonia, 3"^ to 5 percent ; Phosphoric Acid, 7 to 9 per cent,: I otasii (actual) 3 to 4 per cent. ' '' ^ ' Vreeinan's Potato Manure 40 00 Ammonia, 3 to 4 per cent. ; Phosphoric Acid, 8 to 10 per cent. ": Potash, (actual) 5 to 7 per cent. freeman's Bone and Potash 40 00 Ammonia, 2 to 3 per cent. ; Phosphoric Acid, 9 to 10 per cent". ; Potash (actual), 6 lo 8 per cent. t*«re Bone Meal 40 00 '''*'?ooTnm.H^*''T*^ '""' '^•"''y Vegetable Manure, per sack 1 00 pound sack 200 pounds 3 °° I eotash (act"al), 6 to 8 per cent. freeman's Bissolved Bone '^'o'^oo '. Ammonia, 3 to 4 per cent.; Phosphoric Acid, 12 to 15 per cent |armer'8 Pride Ammonia, 3 to 4 per cent; Phosphoric' Acid, '5 "to" 7 per cent '■ ^° °° Potash, (actual) i to 2 per cent 07 per cen:. , •mbay Bon^ Meal (strictly net cash), per ton $26 ,0 Ammonia, y/, to 4 per cent; Phosphoric Acid, ,4 to ,6 per cent ^ l"*"p«tt«r/."\'''*"/* ^""»«»»«' Sulphate Potash, Morlatc Potash, Sulphuric Add, und all Fertilizer Material. PRICES ON APPLICATION. ^^^mmm^'mmm 40 Ut'iul T*'stliii»iii«ils Careriilly. TESTIMONIALS. We do not quote from books or liublislied l'«i»«rt«» /^.^ .^^';;«^^ from the mei who usc our fertilizers, ihey are your «eislib«rs, see what they say of the matter. The following are a few of the many testimonials of leading farmers and fruit growers who have used our fertilizers : W A Freeman, Esq., Hamilton, Ont. potatoes before drought affected them .^^ ^, j ^_ gi„„,,r.. A Close observer, Mr. Anton Wi^^^^^^^^^ Seedsmen, Toronto. He says : I ^°"f,''*"'^^^. ^"^^^^^^ Freeman Potato that 1 perfect stand of ^-^ ^«-^;;f JTook nfat t^e '^^^^^^^ your soil-so light and Sy- ".ertrs e "d^nlfy the^ wa'nts of the p'otato in Freeman's Potato Manure tolead a crop like this." j ,,^,,, respectfully yours, ^^^,,, p,,^^,,, Clarkson, Nov. 2oth, 1892. EARLY POTATOES REALLY FINE. w A Freeman. Esq., Hamilton, Ont. ,.,,. ^ with BOO* remit., I u.ed it on 0»;»°»' ^""'"j,; SXe^ Ih CT were r". ly line. < : -flrnfa=v^rrtteI^^^^^^^^^^^ on my Orchard and Raspberries. ^ ^^^^.^ ^^^^^.^^ Oshawa, Dec. 6th, 1892. WM. ADAMS, Ontario Fruit Garder. SHALL WANT FOUR TOSS MORE. W A Freeman, Hamilton, Ont. „„,.;„! Dear Sib,-I am glad to say the four tons fertilizer bought from you laat spnn^ gave great satisfaction. about 1200 lbs. to the acre, the sol I put on your potato manure at he rate of abou^t 1200^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^ ^ ^^^^ was a poor piece of gravely ciay wmcn uau u *erti'i'er Thfi potatoes caii^il,! tgl o„„^5rof.;f.zvTf.^™::!^5S°5^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ KEsfd%s»f..HritrTi:i':sc:';'on.-^^ in 5. reports, we quote ; your iit'iKliliors, f leading farmers and t for twenty- five doUarf, me, and very promptly zer on clover Bod planted )f a light fJry nature tlic 1 Bhowec'. decided resiilts. pecial potato manure in i haiidsoiiic second sxpresa myself very well. md R. N. Yorker, No -' firm of J. A. Simmers, okett on having the most V Freeman Potato that 1 f your soil— so light anl n's Potato Manure to lead Freeman's lertilizern are High c;ra Trenton, Nov. 24th, 1892. ginned, THOMAS FULLER. ■^ EXCELLr.JT FOR CELERY AND CABBAGE. W. A. Frekman, Esq., Hamilton, Ont. Dear S"'.-Your ''Sure Growth " for celery and cabbage is an excellent manure- . .,, j' , — .«..v.. iKi i-ciory ana caouaee IS an and will produce crops far superior to stable manure, also used your "Potato Manure ' tZriTith^LTot'c'lrrrTtTutr '"^^ ^--"^^ '^''- -^ ^^^ -=- ^profiSrwiiLoui^ it'" '" °"' *°" '"-^ "^^* «P""«« "- - I «-• I — ot garden Yours truly. Gait, Nov. 28th, 1892. signed, GEORGE GARDNER, O.MO.XS AXD TOMATOES. Mr. W. a. Fheevan. S.ri^^'^^rSl^^^:^ '""'''' *^^* *^« *'-*"'-^ ^-«''^ ^-- you last " Usued your Sure Growth on my onion bed for two years without anv mannrp kaving a finer crop than where manure was used, and also getting rid of weeds Also used It on tomatoes with best results. I consider it a first dass fertilizer . Yours truly, |t David, Nov. 29rh, 18..2. ' gigged, THOMAS MOWER. HENRY PICKETT l GOES DIRECT TO THE FRUIT. INE. used it on different crop Corn, Cabbage, itadislio >, they were really tine. ! ree tons after next seat^oi S, Ontario Fruit Gardell^ A. FREB.1IAN, Hamilton, Ont. Dear Sir,-I went a trial trip with a couple of tons of your Bone and Pntash Fertihzeron my vineyard this last season, and I can assure youTalthough the season fas too wet for best results) that it did not take an expert to ind out where it was .rdists nJtX?'?'^' '"'* *^ right kind of growth, which is much desiTed by liW iraist8--not that long rank growth that one gets at the exnense of frnif W ,;=)„„ JldlwTnd' 7."*%"*' manure and is also one 'of the Trinciparcau e of of ^down? iiidew and other fungorous diseases of the vine frorn the fart thof tliri ? ,^°y uTt Tn/.M* " '''' °'-">ation of air. But the siren gTh app 'ars S go d' St "o'^^ uit, for the berry and bunches were considerably larger than where there was non« ORE. Walkerville, Nov. 30, 1892. I remain yours etc.. G. H. BENNET. ought from you laat sprii 00 lbs. to the acre, the -t Me. W, RIPENED TOMATOES TEN DAYS EARLIER. A. FBEE.MAN. anured for n,any y-rs. _^^^ Dear S-.-f have^used your Fertilizer on different crops with the best results. Joided.'a^H H^^^r; :;">I!i: ""=■ ."'i^'^ °° tomatoes, they bein^ ili'e'" The nntatoes cii __ .^ „ re i- ~- ^ ■ - n o"f all my neighbors. Jq|ded,"'and ripened a't'least trd"ays ZulTt::' I'IJT^ ^"^'' ^T'' 5^"^"^ ihe lot. I usued your b«t#ommend it to growers as a first dass Fer Hizer """' "'''^' ''"^ '"'' ish on my onion and struv yt i.iii.^ci. quarter above that heret "* more fertilizers next sprnt imford, Nov. 29, 1892. Yours truly, (Signed), JOSEPH BELL. 4'!i Feed Tlie IMaiit ^ot The Soil. HIGHLY PLEASED H ITH RESULTS. Mr. W. a. Fkeeman. Dear Sir,— The Fertili/ier I purchased from your agent, John Dalby, last sprinj^, gave ine satisfactory results. Used your "Sure Growth "' on tomatoes and various other vet^etables and am hif^hly pleased with the result. Will want more the coming spring. Yours truly, St. Davids, Nov, 27th, 1892. (Signed), W. G. SMITH. 4 first-c;lass prohicek. \V. A. Freeman, Hamilton. Dear Sir, — You requested mp to send you a testimonial as regards to the Fertiliiser. All I can say is that last spring I sent for a half ton of your Fertilizer and used it on corn and potatoes and could see a great dilference in both, and can recommend it to every farmer as a first-class producer. Yours respectfully, Leamington, Oct. 24th, 1891. Signed, GEORGE RUSSELL. I WANT TliJiCEE TO^S MORE. Mr. W. a. Freeman, Hamilton, (Jnt. I have used your Fertilizer for two seasons and am very well satisfied with it. If my present arrangements for next years' cropping are carried out I shall need about three tons next spring. I am yours truly, Allandale, Nov. 22nd, 1892, Signed, WILLIAM TAYLOR. Tomatoes ten days earlier. Large Smooth Potatoes. Mr. John Daijiy. Dear Sir,— In reply to your enquiry asking what was the result from the Freeman Fertilizers I purchased from you this season. I would say that from them I had good results. I used the " Sure Growth " on tomatoes with the result that the crop was greatly increased, and from ten to twelve days earlier than usual. I am satisfied that this result was achieved from the use of the " Sure Growth.'' I also used the Bone Fertilizer on potatoes with excellent results. The potatoes manured with stable manure were scabby and small, and those with the Fertilizer were large and smooth. I am truly yours, St. Davids, Nov. 28th, 1892. Signed, JA8. D. HAIBLIE. STIFFER STRAW, PLIMPER GRAIN. W. A. Freeman, Hamilton, Dear Sir, — Used your " Sure Growth " Fertilizer on fall wheat which was sown . on sod that had not been broken for five years consequently very tough, on part of the field I used stable manure, the part where Fertilizer was used gave a stiffer straw and . plumper grain than where manure was used. Yours truly, Oxford, Aug. 4th, 1892. Signed, FRANK SCHULER. B01JBLED CROP OF POTATOES. ■W. A. Freeman, Hamilton. Dear Sib, — Having used your Potato Fertilizer this year on a portion of land >»oil. iii1JLT!4. , John Dalby, last Bprinj;, on tomatoea and various t. Will want more the ned), W. G. SMITH. R. 18 regards to the Fertilizer, r Fertilizer and used it on and can recommend it to GEORGE RUSSELL. lEa y well satisfied with it. If ried out I shall need about WILLIAM TAYLOR. otli Potatoes. e result from the Freeman say that from them I that the crop was greatly I am satisfied that this ent results. The potatoes those with the Fertilizer [RAIN. all wheat which was sown very tough, on part of the 3d gave a stiffer straw and FRANK SCHULEH [»ES. 'ear on a portion of land _J*n««^''• P- S. WRIGHT. 0A„ TEH TO A DKILI MARK „„e„e ,r WAS ISED W. A. Freeman, Hamilton. WA!* ISED. Locust Hill, July 25th, 1892 Yours truly, ._ '^'f-'"*"!- WM. ARMSTRONG 1 St. George, April Ist, 1892 ^°"" *''"'y' Signed, A. A. WOOLMAN peamsville, April 26th, 1892. ^""""^ ^''^'j'' Signed, R. KELLY. I FOURTEEN BERRIES TO THE BOX |W. A. Freeman, Hamilton. #t. Catharines, April 29th, 1892. ^°"" ^''"'y* Signed, C. F. PURDY, W A BEST MANIRE EVER ISED FOR GRAPES. KHAN, Haniiitoii. ■"^^'"^--'^-"^'f^^^^ -y it is the be.t fordan, April 20th 1892 ^ '* "^^^ ''^^'^■ ' '■ ■ -■ 'G. BUSH. Signed. / G. BUSH, t A. BUSH. \m 44 Eacli Pat'kagc Rears Our ?etown, Oct. 2l8t, 1891. Signed, II. LOGAN. SATISFACTORY RESI'LTS. W. A. Freeman, Hamilton. Ukau Sill,— Used your Fertilizers on potatoes, turnips, corn, tjrapevines and berry bushes, tlie effects of which was very satisfactory and believe it to be a good manure. Yours truly, Thamesville, March .Slst, 1892. Signed, JAMES FERGUSON. FIXE 4(1 ALITY, MATIRINCi EARLY. W. A. Freeman, Hamilton, Ont. Dear Sir,— I have pleasure in saying the Fertilizer purchased from yo(i last spring was used on my garden, n aturing potatoes, onions, etc. earlier, and producing; a very fine quality and can recommend it to others. Yours truly, Harrow, Oct., 1891. Signed, P. L. QUICK. DOUBLY AS GOOD. W. A. Freeman, Hamilton. Dear Sir, — Having used one half ton of your Fertilizer on fall wheat, I purposely missed several places in order to test its value, and from present appearances it would be doubly as good where it was used. Yours truly, Effingham, April 22nd, 1892. Signed, PHILIP KLINE. CORN THE BEST IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. W. A. Freeman, Hamilton. Dear Sir,— Used your Sure Growth Fertilizer on Corn, securing a splendid crop, in fact the best in this neighborhood, also on my wheat this fall which is extra good. Sowed several stripes without any and can tell the difference to a drill. Can recom- mend it to others. Yours truly, Duart, Oct.'2l8t, 1892. Signed, SEWART THOMSON. W. cro| 8ta[ pefh v.iti are, M Stoi; k W. J i; none ^ Duar I fW. A i' I ■ thirdf used. where ' the vi ; Y |the CO ■I ABarto) it Di .wdid nol ^ess, tl .^lant, I ht. Cat De. last spr las bee: large ro ^akvilh CELERY. f; Use Dear Sir,-I used Freeman's Early Vegetable Manure on my celery this year as "♦'"oothe foUowes : One tablespoonful to a gallon of water well mixed, also mixed it with .f Cou piaster, o::c third to two-thirds piaster, and sowed it along each side of the trenoii ^""or '0 with good effect. f Tj,q Yours truly, iarm wit " The Pines," Oakcville, Nov. 22nd, 1892. * Signed, D. H. BAKER jlomer, ] Ml AiiulyMiH. ijmeontnln all Uh. ^umUs „f iMant F««,l. 45 LTM. oiint» (>rapo-vines which lid can rucumtuond it to Signed, II. LOGAN. , corn, grapevines and and believe it to be u JAMES FERGUSON. KLY. urchaaed from you last 0. earlier, and producing; igned, P. L. QUICK. n fall wheat, I purposely '• jnt appearances it would a, PHILIP KLINE. »RHOOD. ecuring a splendid cro)), fall which is extra good. to a drill. Can recom- SEWART THOMSON. 1 my celery this year as ced, also mixed it witbj each Hide of the trencii^ ned, D.H. BAKER.; I »*TR4W„K„„e„s Am RAS|.,,ERR,ES •| ^^■ A. IBKKVAV Hamilton. «»«'KKIM. r .», .nKS"K'S:'S.""'°" "■" '«"• - X ».=y ».« . y.„ .,.,„ .„.„ .„., «toney Creek, Nov. 12th 1h'i-> ^°"" ^"''y- ''■■ A; F.KK..U.V. „a,„iHon. ' " '''"''' '"''' ^^'^^''^'^- I sed your Sure Growth Pai-fii;.. -- -« ..^ed is not as .ooll. "'^iT ^U^-^ ---^- - tl.e Held where '""^rt, Aug. 2nd, 1892. Yours truly, Signed, DANIEL McINTYUE. THREE IIIWOREO POI \DS Fin i % ««. . W.^V.I.W... Hamilton, Ont. " OOrBLE.I CROP. ' ^ir'^'^''^i^^^^^^y^^ Vr ^""^'° ^--re ontwo- f.e Vines tps"f°a\r^'^'"P--^ ^''^ ^^olo cr^op.'''^¥heT:^;ernoS Jnli^Tofl'^n" the comh>g^rso'n"' ''°*''* ^^ «-P- ^-b no e,ual and will be pleased to use more Surtonville, Nov. 14th, 1892 Yoursetc., Signed. DANIEL CROSTHVVAITE. FALL WHEAT. ipt. Catharines, Feb. 1891. "»u»er. . Signed, GEORGE BOYT. jj g TURNIPS. vakville, Jan. 1891. S'g»ed, JAS. FAIRFIELD. Used **"'**"««• P«ach Trees and Tomatoes. [moother tC Srerne^a'^t'eT ""P^' ^^ P''*''*^- »>««-, larger tubers, and -., ^°"'<1. tell to a Dlant „,»,„.„ ;. ._„. , , -^e^r^ioaaed, and ripened so~oner. "^^^ "'"'* °" ^^^-^'^^b- ^^ey being larger vines. arm wuCft!''''"' ''''' «^^« '""''h better growth where it was used. I would not Jomer, Feb. 1891. * Signed, THOMAS SMITH. IMID WELL FOK IK¥EHTMl:^T. Dkaii Hill, Have lined >i)iir Fcrtili/er tlio jiast two Bt-aHoiiH, ami am convinced the procesB you now uho in manufacturing it hat. uroatly increased itH nieritH. Used it on (tweet corn, garden peaH, tield corn, putatucH and tablu beats thu paiit BeaBon with Batiafactury rcHultB, paying me well for the invtRtnient, and am pleaBed to place my order for over a ton more. Ht, CatharinfH,.laiiuary l,5t»i, iH'.ll. SiKned, JOHN H. BH(Jl)J{I('K SEND ME TWO TO!^K ilOKE. Dear Siii, llavint^ tifled a ton of your (irapu l''oi)d on n\y orchard of peach trees in the Bprinj^ of liSMl), 1 have nuieh pleasure in reconitnondinj< it to others, aw in my opinion it iH ^rand food for peach frees, both for ;irowt)i of trees and iiiHurinn an abundance of fruit, in fact, I have ho much faith in its virtue that 1 have ordered two tons more for aame orchard and another. Niagara, Aut«UBt, 'MHll. Signed, JNO. CAllNOCHAN. Burlington, ,fune, 18!)1. Signed, A. BONAR BALIVUIR. Deaii Silt, — I have to inform you that I received your Catalogue for Ih'.tl sonu time ago, and looking it over 1* see you received quite a number of testiinonialH from all parts of the country. I tried your Fertilizer last year with the following result, at our Union Exhibition here : Collection of Potatoes Ist Prize " Kod Cabbage Ist " " Gret-n Cabbage Ist " " Red Onions Ist " " White Onions Ist " " Tomatoes ist " " Cauliflowers 1st " " Carrots Ist " " 2nd " And 8t Milton the same Potatoes took Ist prize ; also Red Cabbage, Green Cabbage and Red Onions Jst Prize; White Onions and Cauliflowers '2nd prize. Now, Mi'. Freeman, I am not writing to you as a farmer, only as a laboring man that has a little home of his own here in Acton, only to show you that I can compete with tliCj best of our fanners in what they try to grow and show and take prizes with; but the half of the farniera in this country has not the heart to spend ^10 in anything but lots of barn -yard manure. I tell you and I am ready to show that I can take one-half the same amount of br-n-yard manure they take and a little Fertilizer with it and grow one-half as many more Potatoes or Roots and Vegetables of any kind than they do, and of better quality, not a scab to be seen on my Potatoes. I used your Sure- Growth brand Fertilizer last year. It beats them all. I used it on Potatoes and a" kinds of garden stuff with that good result. I would like to get 200 lbs. of Sure Growth and 100 of Granulated Bone for poultry food, as I am satisfied that Suti Growth has helped my garden crop last year, as every one of my neighbors can testify that T hnd the best tfurdi n around, and done all the work after hours in the; evening. Now, if living and well next year or this fall, I will let you know of thi result of my experience with the Sure Growth. Acton, April, 1891. Signed, H. S. McDONALD. DiCAK Km,— Used your Fertilizer last seaeon on potatoes, tomatoes and garden crops, securing good results. My potatoes were the bent 1 ever yrew ; the tubers were remarkably large size. Also used it on wheat last fall, and tlie crop is pruuounceil the best in this section. Can recommend it as the best J''ertilizer 1 ever used, and when properly applied will pay well for the investment. Will be pleased to use more I) Have r 9t ove iDurl " I. Queen Ih Hive m _ Ca #krton |Dkai fers. lUsed jbest 1 i I hav ^8, an( lilton ^EAR pen in sofe My or lingtoi Ini man s FnHII/ns «,t i«,n„lHo Mnnuns. 4T ^'" , , KKARLl IMMItlJM; dUM' OF OATH aHoiiH, ami am convinced I'kaii Hiii — linv < ) • "« ■ w, crcuficd ita nieiitH. Usnd 'ireHultM I'«Ji u „.*'" T^^ ^'"'' ''•■''*'''^'"'n <"' fruit frcew am.I ./,«;.. — .i , and an. i.leaHtd to plac. ,|^„eenston, Keptoniber iHW r«p.eM„ted. """« «°o" «t^'» JOHNH. BHODHICK ^ " t-i^TiM.. WILL IHtl MORK. „y orchard of peach trees *'• ^ a"""-.«eB. Junnary 15th. isyi! ''"" "' "'"* ^^'" "^"^^ "'7^- inK it to otherH, an in n.y Hixned, J. H. UYCKMAN. of trecH and inHurin>{ ai> »-i»«- ,0 that I have ordered two ^ ^^^ lOIJt FKKTIIJXEK A VWtMi LWL'HTHIEKT. JNO. CAllNOCHAN. |ive Returned tTZ/B^odS !"no*t need It k"?*.""'' "f/"" ^'-^ "'^' «'"I' ^voul.l not ,f overweight oatH. The yield of wheaw^'"'"""- ."/ **« "«« ' •""' -^ «"oH yi""d . . *" V n? r ■■ r; ^ r>'"« '"v-tmeS. "^^ '"'^ -t.sfactory. and the purcha^ne of oee, toniatoeH and garden ^ ' "'■' pleased to place niv (inh... f«, m ver urew ; the tuhers were Q»een8town, Jan. lH\n. ^ °' """'^ '°'* *''« c°m'n« Heason. d the crop iB pro. jounced y Kilned, JOIINKEKU. ''ertilizer 1 ever used, and ? ill be pleased to use more EARLILK AXI> LAROEK I'OTATOFS . BONAR BALFtniR. '••-''f'eaHl'er^outra^VirrKi'^o^'^.e^^^ '"*''>■ P^'^to-.-d found that it akrtn, "fr"!"""'"'' 't 'o «rowers " *^°"-' *'"'°""' ''" »■" yard manure. «»rtonville .Jan. lHl»l Siftned, HAHUi . . ni:i{KHOri)T.'» Catalogue for lh!»l soni. • "i "•VUOX.DLK. nber of testimonials from ' with the following result ^ TabIes,,o«„f„, tu a ||i,|, ^.^^rly Double the Crop. 1st Prize ^*-/ied"with'the 'e^-^uUr T^.e ' peadrtri^^^^ '"'^''' ■""' '^"' '"ore than I8t •* ^^['' '^W'" aB those tree, I ,iid nKe t on t " f ni.""^ " °" l^V" «'-°^" " '"'o« as iBt " ^^''i L "?,^ 0"e tablespoonful to a h 1 1 nf * ''''J" "'"'=^' '"'•«er and a heavier 2nd " nMf,ara, ()nt., .Ian. Idth, 1890 cabbage. Green Cabba. " ■ ^'«""'' «''«" WATT. "aSnTman t'hTt'h::: ,,,, , , «»«^EBf:Rl>,ES A.X'D VEGETABLES. ,t I can compete with tli.jjj- ^ ' ' ' '"' ^ have much pleas. ir^ in testifvina t„ ♦». •■ take prizes with ; but tl , s^H n . *- « m testifying to the good .(ualities of your Fer- .d «10 in anything but lot. fa. bestrefuUs. ""^ ^"""''^ *^« '''^^ two seasons on gooseberries uerived t. . r that I can take one-hall I hav a ■• *''"'"'^"^'=»' «envea therefrom tie Fertilizer with it aiui-^^ ^Va^ " ''"''^ Growth " on different lcin,ia „/ ,le8 of any kind than tlu,,^:,', -^ ^^-n recommend it for all klS^l^'/lVc/o?*''^'^' ^^^"'"^ '« P^^^^ «- itatoes. I used your Suk ""• ^"•'■i' „. » "• aed it on Potatoes and u! b'Kned, HENRY E. SPICER. ke to get 200 lbs. of Su I am satietied that Si "^'®^S AKD TOMATOES, one of my neighbors i I'iah Srn.— I lia\,. usbH q^.»,„ « e work after hours in t ' "J" nine thn cr«.,. ,.„.iT- - j °^ ^^''r Fertilizer and finW if - hcn^at - ■ I will let you know of tl 'T^of , tew vine's/ ' ''"' '"''^ "^^^'^ ««neral. Never pickid'so many ripeTomat""' . H. 8. McDONAl nr^Z^^^ ''''''' "' *^" •'^^'' ^^^ t'^e Fertilizer was used. H ' ^'«"«^' JOSEPH LINDLEY jfW^ 48 FnMMiiuii*M MiiiiiircH Aliulc or IMII('r(>!iit 4'i'o|h. Kiirlirr 4iKAU Km, Having iihiuI your l''(irlJli/.i>rH Iho (laHt HoaHon, will huv I iiin well lilimHtul \vitl\ rtiMiiltH tor tlm following i'oiihoiih : I, My K>'>^1>*"* wtu'o liiirvoMtt'd a wtiok or ton davH itarlior. V). UiirriiiH lar^t'r and invtiotor and ri|>en(>d niori> oven. It. Vinos in bottror Hliapo for noxl yiwir'H i-rop roHultN, poarH Hnioothor and n\ort' ovon in iii/.o Uoai aUo UHod on ]i(l ■ lin, jii>f»i n nilllMitlllil Chilli llimt' t^VI'li III MirilS Am hloaHod to (ilaoo niv ordor for tmotluir ton for Miin tiouHon. iMBVilio, January, IHKO." Hijjnod. SAMl'Kl. M.lUll.l' nVK FlltST 4\l» TWO SI>I^4'I/IL I'ltlXKK. l>KAii Hill, I am ploaHod to Hay llio l'"ortiiiitor pnrolniMod fron\ yon lant houhoi «avo ontiro HiitiHfaotiicAU Hill, — UMod your " Huro (Irowth " Hrand Kortilizor on tomatooB witb k<" roHultH, takint{ llrHt pri/o at Kail Fair. Harloy, j^ood crop witb Uno catob of urawH Hood, alno UNod on nuvnuolB, corn in; Hut>ar bootH, took llrnt prizo on HU«ar bootH at l''all Fair, and boliovo it to bo a t;.i.' l''Brlili/.or. VirKil, January, IHKO. Kinnod, J. M. Fl KLD A HON: Dkau Hiu, llHod your Fortili/.t-r on oatH IbbI Hoamm, Kottinn I'J bunbolH por iici wbiob waH a larj>o viold for biht MoaHon. aH oatn was a vory poor crop in tluH nocih Jordan Htation, March anil, JHltl. • Hi^nod, C, M, IIONHHKIKI I!: :^droHHii •u poll |r more la«ara. ■i Dkaii Was, HI n ■flid. 1)0(1 rinu-di CatliH Dkai! da of c rlinj^to **Ma'lli: 4JKOWTII" AHEAD OF «;iIANO. Pkau Hiu, - Havo i>loaHuro in Hayiufj I havo u»od your Fortili/.orH wi HatiHfactory nmultH, Ht oiiinil. 8i«nod, JOHN I'OTTFH, Hamilton, Out., January, IHIIO. HothouHO and Markut (lanli l>KAIl Hm Hone lainod I '|>riHiu){ it iH, tin ^^J iu laH tijiurkabl iu|ii)rtt»i I )|CA|I t* WILL USE IIOI'IILK liH nVVn Ni:\T ¥KAK. n«Ve, „Nodi * 1 havo UHod your Fortili/.or on ^raHH, tbo lawuH of Ht. TbomaH t!emotry «^ '"K >ti t-ood roBultH. I think our lawuH never looked bettor than they do now, and 1 attrilie gP urlmk'tt it mainly to the lilieral uho of yiuir I'erliU/.er, and ne.\t year will Und doublo an nm and can ohoorfully rooommoud it to all porsouH who MO«k to produce nice «" without woods. ,,„.u i.i-a M l>»«*ii H B>){nod, (MIAH. ItKA, IB your" Chairnnm ("oni. Ht. ThonuvH t!enn't»^B Would I rent (*i*o|»N. 4> iiiiotlu'r toil. x»o\\, will Hiiv I am well r. UMod on poni'M with notM (uiHon. HAMl'KI. M.CUJM' I'KIXKS. Mi\tl from you IiihI HniiHiiii' oIh 1)11(1 KUKitr I'rt'lH, ii|iiii' Ill'I'M iiiul MimHiH. Stoolii .\ ; 111(1 can I'lu'oinnit'nd it !> quality. Vou will ^)lt^rtH^| (il'U). !•'. llUHHANIi l''i'(uiiuan, of Hamilton my nci^liliorH liviuf^ olcn y hail uny rotton to Hpciu The Inoiiiaii lertiliz< rs are Keliuble. 49 <^''-!^:^^^^f^'::!^rX^^^ - ^.^.1 wln,at. an., nn.l a piov.'d Hati«fuot(.iv. • '' ""'"I''" i hIho on HW.^ot oorn. wlii.-li «. ('S:;';;:;;:'";::' i!.ii;.*';:^;r"" ^^'"'""« »- •<- -o of i.v.,i.i>,..r. ^ Hit-nml, ('. |.;. ^]\\\ SIKilUIKlMMKS. njLKKv XM, VHUH I KKKs I>r.... f.^ot un.l ovt.r of n.,w woo.l t I,. J Ian , , ., , "'^ •""' imimI on nmnnols, oorn an ,n(l tmliovK it to be a ^oi' .1. M.FIKLDiV HON^ titling -iU buHluiitt por aci > I poor iM'op in tluH mM'tin;' C. M. lloNHHKHdKI UHANO. itl your Kortili/.erH \vii-3 lion({ht tlioro waH nollii| iittUKo 1 found 1 oould \,\ imtul, wliilii I waH harvo re (irowth" in future. JOHN roTTMH. uuHO and Market Oardnl XT I'KiK. M. 'rhomuH C^unuttry wJ toy do now, and 1 attribij it will UHd diiubii) aK nui.i i«k to produce nice ^i'« CHAH. HKA. 3in. Ht. 'riionu»H »!emct»i ri'OM f^ftve lurlinKtoii, .lanuurv, Is'.il. Kit{ned, I I'. V. HAM(;(K!K. , .1. M. HAH(!()('K. f W. K. HAHCHKJK. llliMk « iirniiils liuinisnl rroiii 4« to liU llHskHH fla^ara, Out., Hept. ISmt. llUH Hud ler f^iMntHl, J AS. HOIIINKON. HILL ALWAYS ISE IT. I.t. lu,.,,or yield of ^...o.l. plum, \ u J itn L,*^ T '■"":"''"*«' "' '"•^"^ •'''' ' Wi«"ed, J. A. WOODKUKK. ;;rx^j:.S;,:r;\c;:Ki;r--™;:«-v™o .„„. all Hi«uod, KDWIN THOUIE. N'orterDtlleo. Delhi, .7nno, I81II. , lion^auii .'!t:^"i:;;;:Sd ftr,/" '•'""'^i-^.v'''— ii«..t.^o to «ive it a tHa..'^^!^r:i;':,';;:,;7;"^,:;--;,r^^^ a^te^MU - -~ < Ai ii nt' . 'nV VI 50 FreciiiaiiN Fertilizers wili Enrieli I lie Soil, going to plant my beans.the last of this week, and if you can send it so that I will gtl it in time, you can send me four or five hundred weight. Duart, June 2nd, 189). Signed, JOHN BLUE. A PROFITABLE EXPERIMENT. From the Journal of Agricitllure, Montreal, Que. , /an. iSgi. The Fueeman Feiitimzeu.— M. Seraphin Guevremont, of Sorel, writes me woid that :— " The land on which we spread the artificial manure you sent us in the spririi. has yielded from 12 per cent, to 15 per cent, more bushels of swedes than the adjoin ing part that had none ; that is, from 100 to 120 bushels more to the acre." Takiii^ swedes to be worth 10 cents a bushel at Sorel, this would be equal to an additional return of from 8.10.00 to $12.00 an acre. All the land received a moderate dressing of eommon village dung. I need hardly say that, as the Fertilizer cost about 83.00 an acre, this experiment turned out a profitable one. THE LARGEST CROP 1 EVER HAD. Dear Sir,— Used your Bone and Potash Fertilizer on peaches and pears, receiving a very abundant yield, the largest crop I ever had, and am pleased to place my ordt^ for over a ton more for the coming season's use. Niagara, Jan. 28th, 1890. Signed, J. NIVEN ' ENTIRELY SATISFACTORY. Dear Sir,— I have used the Bone and Potash manufactured by you for two year< \ The result has been entirey satisfactory. I consider it an excellent fertilizer anrj fully equal to what was represented. St. Catharines, Jan. 1892. Signed, DR. W. S. DOWNKl MELONS. Dear Siu.— Your Fertilizer for melons has no equal. Used it last season whkl was unfavorable for melons that were planted late, securing a large crop whict| ripened early. Will use it again. Burlington, January, 1891. Signed, WM. BEI.L| TOMATOES AND MELONS. Dear Sir,— Used your Fertilizer on tomatoes and melons with good sesults. Tomatoes grew faster, yielded greater and ripened earlier than where none w« used. With same results as above on the melons. Aldershot, Feb. 1891. Signed, ALLAN LEM03 Dear Sir,— We have used a car load of your Fertilizer on oats, wheat and potj toes, with the most pleasing results. For top dressing, on fall wheat, the results wi very appreciable. j We also used it on cucumbers, beets, radishes, onions and other vegetables, ai| find it uiisurpassable. We can highly recommend this Fertilizer, and think it wnuJ be impossible to farm without it. Signed, CHAS. THOMPSON, St. Davids, Feb. 3rd, 1891. Manager of S. & W. H. CoUinson's Farj fery pc rhere le gro Us |t least Itf ^eeks e pr a re St. D De>i ktisfaci Bed. I them Ihers loney ( Dea] ' them. leat pe The \ also o pne waE Am ] Cathi Deai! ktured 1 ^ter, at the ex< i>d resu to pu \A. it an ! Catha Dear best I I sectio Bod ma Benston (aiia the S^oil, fiend it 60 that I will «* t led, JOHN BLUE. NT. , /an. iSqt, of Sorel, writes me word you sent us in the spriri!.' E swedes than the adjoin ore to the acre.'' Takiii;. be equal to an additionii. ed a moderate dressing of ) an acre, this experimen' HAD. aches and pears, receivim pleased to place my ord; Signed, J. NIVEN ired by you for two yeiir~ n excellent fertilizer an; DR. W. S. DOWNEY Used it last season whit: iring a large crop whicfl Signed, WM. BEI.l| ns with good sesults. •lier than where none ws! ed, ALLAN LEMO)l r on oats, wheat and pot!| fall wheat, the results wjj and other vegetables, ai| •tilizer. and think it wdul MPSON, i W. H. CoUinson's Fat« The rreeiiiaii leitillzers Have no Equal. Potatoes, Celery. Tomatoes and Raspberries. SI ^Hh'great^;es;jt^'' ''''""'=''" ^°"^^* '"^^^ y°" "^«t ^^ason wa's used on different crops ..ual it for growling celeryldtZtTpLn f' fwi 1 ^^ ^^'^ '« -'^-^ *° BurHnTtot J^SgT"' "^ ^"""^^"^ *-• ^ ' -"-* afteoK without it. Signed, J. W.BUIDGDMAN. IT MAKES BIG, SMOOTH POTATOES. tery'poor 'rou^d^J^ir/a'^od'^y'Td'of ff I'"'' °" ^^''^"^^ ^'"^^^ P'-^^d on f here no Fertilizer was used the nol^Li^' ""°f"' Potatoes; on the same piece ;fie ground. ^' ^^^ potatoes were not worth digging, and are still in it leSTdoii^tSS \i :t^rj^^:'^:%::^ifi:t ^^ ^t' °°«-^'-'^' •'""- for a regular customer ° ' ^°' *^" ''^'""'^ ««^«°"- a«d you can depend^upon me St. Davids, -Kr-'-vy 23rd. l«qo o- y ora, iwao. Signed, JOHN DALBY. POTATOES AND GRAPES. itis?a'rory."^Fh?;LC: we're 'm^hT ^^^'^^^^ ^"'^ grapes which was very ^ed I Jver had TKr cTop t ^ gAX' r^^dSn " ^'h^" ^r'jf « "°- -"- them that they did on the ?art wh^ere irwarlf !«p^^' t"'' "»' ^ave the effect Ihers ^"'^•' ^^^^^ II was not used. I can recommend it to loney Creek, January, 1891. „• :, ! ^ Signed, W. H. SPERA. LARGE INCREASE IN FALL WHEAT. I th?r The~e"uH o'n Fa^l 'wheaf Ss «oTh *'^ ^^^^ *"°. ^^''--' ^^ «?-" l"«Wy heat per acre. ^** "^"^ S"""^' «ecurmg about 34 bushels good plump i .i» :n"rsy\'r .^°j'«S-s s.Tra " '."«• "« ''°'- "■•<' ine was used. yiemed at least one third more than where 3 • ^°^^- Signed, JOHN BURDY. FAR SURPASSED MY EXPECTATIONS. btu^'reTby^Jo-^r't! aTd'am ^eKr d"S it' " !"^^ ^.T'!^ "^^"^^ -su- iter, and also obtained a good s and of cWer The'"sZn'„*'f • "'** ^'^V*^''^ ^"s Ithe excessive rains in the spring follow«r? bJ'^.f 5 °" ^^'"^ ^^""y ^^'1 owing td results as had there been^a ff;orabT8eason iT \^''^l\' ''' 1''' °°* ««* *« I to put on my wheat, and must sav th«f H,ot ^° ^°",^''* *"°*^^'' *"" '" the N it and where I did not api^v it C^nlJ Tf '"^'"''^^ difference where I f Catharines, Jan. 1890 ^^ ^ ^ " recommend it to all my brother farmers. Signed, W.A.N. WEST. LARGE CROP GRAPES-NO MILDEW. Deaii Sir Th" P"rH'J ^ ' - - MAmmm^rt, benston, Jan. 16th, 1891. o- ' Signed, PORTER ADAMS. w I' rr mmm 5S Feeinuii*8 Fertilizers Makes Fanning Pay. , ,1 ■ i i 1 * CORN ELEVEN FEET HICiH. Dkah Sib,— Having tried your Sure Growth Brand on my corn, sugar beets and other garden produce, and find it just the thing for a big crop, my corn is now 11 feet tall. Will always have it in the future. St. Catharines, September, 188it. Signed, J. A. WOODRUFF. WE THINK IT CANNOT BE BEAT. Dear Sni, — We have much pleasure in saying that we have used your Fertilizer with satisfactory results. For onions and garden crops generally, we think it cannot be beat. Signed, EFFRICK A- STRETTON, Niagara Fall South, Jan. 14th, 1891. Hothouse and Market Gardners. CARROTS LAY LIKE EGGS IN A NEST. Dear Sir, — It is a pleasure for me to recommend your Fertilizer. I have now used it for three years with the best results ; for a cabbage crop it far exceeds manure. If I were growing large quantities of cabbages for shipping and had to contend with drought, I should use it entirely, marking out with a corn marker and applying direct where the plant is set and the result is sure. This season I grew the largest crop of carrots I ever harvested. I never thinned a carrot and they grew till they lay like eggs in a nest, at the rate of about 700 bushels per acre. Niagara Falls South, 1891. Signed, JOS. RUDD. EVERY FARMER SHOULD USE IT. Dear Sin,- -I used some of your Fertilizer last season on a lawn and various) vegetables in the garden, and am highly pleased with the result. I think every \ farmer would further his own interest by a free use of the Fertilizer. Signed, INWOOD TURVIL, 274 Talbot St., St. Thomas, Jan. Oth, 1891. Seed Merchant.] VSED FERTILIZER WITH PROFIT. Dear Sib, — I have used your Bone and Potash on grape vines, also on pears and! peaches with good results. I have used your Sure Growth on grrden vegetables. I ? therefore take great pleasure in adding my testimony to the success and profit which ; had attended the use of your Fertilizers on the different crops that I have used them. ; Niagara, Ont., Jan. I6th, 1890. Signed, S. CALLORY.! LAKEHIJRST STOCK FARM. Dear Sin, — The Fertilizer I purchased from you gave me every satisfaction,; especially the Sure Growth on potatoes, thecrop being prolific and of good clean quality. Signed, S. E. BRAMELD, Breeder of A. J. C. C. Jersey and? Improved Yorkshire Pigs. Oakville, Jan. 1891. USED FERTILIZERS FOR 8 OR 10 YEARS, BUT FOUND NOTH- ING TO EOUAL YOURS. Dear Sib, — I have much pleasure recommending your Fertilizers. I used then; on potatoes last season without manure and the potatoes were as fine as any I cm raised, yielding about 375 bushels per acre. I used it on Onions, Carrots, drc, witb| J^i iig Pay. Y corn, sugar beets and my corn is now 11 feet J. A. WOODRUFF. ve used your Fertilizer generally, we think it TRETTON, i and Market Gardners. HEST. 'ertilizer. I have now ) it far exceeds manure, nd had to contend with ker and applying direct ;rew the largest crop of grew till they lay like gned, JOS. RUDD. IT. jn a lawn and various , result. I think every : tilizer. WOOD TURVIL, Seed Merchant. 'IT. ines, also on pears and; 1 grrden vegetables. I[ access and profit which .^ that I have used them, j aed, S. CALLORY. me every satisfaction. id of good clean quality. E. BRAMELD, A. J. C. G. Jersey and| ed Yorkshire Pigs. T FOVND NOTH! irtilizers. I used then; e as fine as any I evt ons, Carrots, &c., witli| __Tliey add IVrniaiieiit Value t« tlie Soli. 53 'Kr!and|;s^f:,;^ ES!ES'Sr^^!:?Tr-*r--" ^"--^ , izer for the last 8 or 10 years • « • • anH«f^^u\ ^ ''*^^ •'^^n using Fertil- o equal yours and have also found that in deali.mwif h''*"'^'' J*"* ^^"^ found nothhg in a straightforward gentlemanly manner Y. 1? ^^u" '^'■'"' ^ l>avebeen treated I or will answer any questions asked as far aB I know '"'^^ *° "«" **"'« '^ ^o" ^'Z j Niagara Falls South. Signed, WALTER KERR. TOMATOES AND MELOIV8. fground,*LcuringaTeVKe^cron\^^^^^^^ *"^ Melons, planted on noor (class manure for garden crops ^ ° ^^^ instances, and can recomlnd it as a C iBurhngton, January, 1891. ■ " .. Signed, FRED BELL. FULLY DOUBLED A CROP OF OATS ■Queenston, Jan. 2nd, 1890, „. S'g'ied, THOS. GAYNOR. BEST IIV THE FIELD. hsuKll'^hL^w^TlJr^.L^^Lfon"""'^ ^^'""^^' ^-* --0" with sati.facto, V fnanure and used no FertiliS V° f i^Ld, LrSSis^f^" ^^ ^"^^ ^ ^^ ""* ^o Ist. No manure. No crop. S- lo^ma^nu°rrNo^1;!^*^«^^^^- The row with the Fertiliser was a wonder to all who looked at it during the J planKr^pXTsTtYhrsat'dat^^^ '''' '^^^^ ~« ^°' fifteen years piled h.B land with barnyard manure anHtt ."7 neighbor above referred to He lurpnse I produced the best ^roj Am hLh^? 'f ''°T ^.''°«Phate, and to my great Ned It on everything I product FrnttT„"fv'^ pleased with effects on all crops T Rr^\^i;;:'ffi:T8fr '^^^i^-X^ota^'''- '- '-^ '^'^y ^ -y -y ^ol Signed, p. s. WRIGHT. ^^ BETTER QUALITY OF FRUIT, te i^v-^=sS^^ --- -^^^^^ ^iJ^lrS^c^ Srr^: •ueenstown, Jan., 1890. . Signed, GEO. D. PREST. i •_, " '■" ''■""''' ^^''""ng a oetter yield of Signed, JAMES FINDLEY. * '■I * 54 Feed the Plant, Not tli« Soil. POTATOES. Dear Sir,- I take pleasure in statinK the Fertilizer bought from you last Spring gave me great satisfaction. Planted a baj,' of Potatoes, Charter Oak, upon which I used It, and harvested fourteen bags of fine, large, smooth tubers. Can recommend It as the best manure I ever used. Oakville, .Tan'y 2;{rd, 1801. Signed, JAS. G. BIGGER. TVRNIPS AND RASPBERRIES. r)EAii Siii,-I saw your Fertilizer used by a neighbor last season on turnips and raspberries, which was planted on ground that had not been manured for a least 15 or 20 years, (consequently very poor,) and can safely say there never was better crops grown in this section than they were. I am pleased to give my order for what I will want for this season's use, and can recommend it to others as a' good manure. Oakville, Jan., 1891. Signed, JAMES E. EARL. Ill BOARD SQUASH, CELERY AND TOMATOES. Dear Sir,— The Fertilizer purchased from you last season gave entire satisfaction Used It on Hubbard Squash, Celery and Tomatoes, producing good yield in each in- stance and can recommend it as a splendid manure. Will be pleased to use more the coming season. Oakville, Jan'y 23rd, 1891. Signed, B. G. MOORE BETTER GROWTH AND LARGER F.llJIT. Dear SiR.-I used your Grape Food on Peach Trees, and found they made belter growth and the fruit was larger and better on the trees where I used it than on the part of the orchard where none was usen. I will be pleased to send you my order for this season's use. Niagara-on-the-Lake, Jan, IGth, 1890. Signed, R. CURRIK ENSILAGE CORN. Dear Sir,— Used your Sure Growth Fertilizer on ground sown to Ensilage Corn giving entire satisfaction, producing a very large yield. Hamilton, 1892. BRIGGS BROS. aCelery I "re . |f-'ulturf i 'l>raft ( '; trill) |>raft (I l^issolve pirectia Egg Pro( farm Ml flower f( Fertilize! Journal l^ate. Ma ranulate fOW to U8 Bdzie, P) Ptchen G« Kindly hand this book to your neighbor If you alreadj] have a copy, or if you do not require it. ill. ^ht from you last Spring irter Oak, upon which I Libers. Can recommend JAS. G. BIGGER. fc season on turnips and I manured for a least 15 B never was better crops ny order for what I will a good manure. JAMES E. EARL. ^MATOES. gave entire satisfaction. ^ good yield in each in pleased to use more the led, B. G. MOORE. i:n"ide:x. AHparagua Culture ^"^^ Angle Worms... 32 Aphides or Plant Lice ^9 Animal Meal . . 39 A Bad Mixture" 30 Ants in Lawn . 9 27 «one Fertilizers, value of. Letter (S. and W. H Tntu^ v : /"iram WaIk;r^ ^'""^""^ „ i-.McArdlei ' Page () 1 Bone, pure ground.. Bone, granulated . IJeef Scrap, ground .'.' Bone Flour.: "one and PotaJii Gr;;oT°'"''^"-''^""^-''"J-H. "'Koo^rr."/^^^'"^--' Black flies 'imiden suppies dept asparagus, .T. <;oleryand Early Vegetable ICultu 32 23 30 30 30 18 18 32 29 4 33 ,„ Benn) . . . (Geo. Thompaoni '' Lawn and Park dre88°"" « weeds in. ants in.. Bsing Man- F.-iriT. found they made better e I used it than on the e. Sy'cuirT''"^^'''''''-^:-': ■■■ ?8 eJery Culture (new metho.i) . . .' ." ; gj Ml) ^^°"'*° Contest. D. Quan- >KiS't,?"*-*-H.-pickett): 'S directions. 23 34 Sgg Producer 80 I. R. CURRIE. li^rt;^£?°'^^^-B of. . SS/:'^''«-^- Live Stock own to Ensilage Corn, BRIGGS BROS. I ' if you already 2fl 29 31 [fate, Mantel and Til« ^ . hnulatedBone ■ '^^^' 17 30 |ow to use it 34 ledzie, Prof. R. ^ ftchen Garden 25 27 Mantel. Grate and Tile dent Manures for Turnins m ^ • ; " ' • on manures . .^ ' (""'"s' talk Oa?on^s'°"^''"^^°'''^" Profit Oyster shoii!.' .';;;• ^acKages. size of 27 27 27 Price List... Potato Manure Pot^au,_ Contest (•'Fanners- Advo- ''B'o;,l).^°"*««*"^«epoVt-Contesi Potato Contest ' '(>'' CftAo V- •••••••• ^3 ^ Stock Journal") ^'''"'^"'^ Live Potato Rules. 1893 ^5 Pii-e ground Bone 19 Potting soil . . Poultry supplies, priceB' 17 23 4 8 30 29 29 5 39 7 10 23 29 31 7 23 Ready Roofing «ed Spider. 33 29 Sure Growth . 9 Turnip (Contest Rules 1sq4\ Tile department "'*^' ^«9'^) • • ' ■ • 22 J^estimonials 17 Wh, '" Weeds in Lawn 2 27