. Descriptive catalogue of a choice collection of vegetable, agricultural and flower seeds, gladiolus, lilies, and other summer flowering bulbs. Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) New York (State) Catalogs. RANDOLPH'S FBRTILIZER DISTRIBUTOR. An implement for depositing Fertilizers of all kinds used in hill crops, such as Corn, /'ofntoes, Tolxiccn, ('atton, &c. By its use, all kinds of Phosphates, Kone Dust, Fi»h and Peruvian Guano, Poiidr«-tte, AshfS, Plaster, and all kinds of concentrated Fertilizers and Chemical Manures cau be distributed, without
. Descriptive catalogue of a choice collection of vegetable, agricultural and flower seeds, gladiolus, lilies, and other summer flowering bulbs. Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) New York (State) Catalogs. RANDOLPH'S FBRTILIZER DISTRIBUTOR. An implement for depositing Fertilizers of all kinds used in hill crops, such as Corn, /'ofntoes, Tolxiccn, ('atton, &c. By its use, all kinds of Phosphates, Kone Dust, Fi»h and Peruvian Guano, Poiidr«-tte, AshfS, Plaster, and all kinds of concentrated Fertilizers and Chemical Manures cau be distributed, without the material used coming in contact with the hands. The manner of using the dropper will be readily under- stood from an inspection of the cut. The sack, G, having been filled with the fertilizer, is attached to the person by passing the adjustable strap, E, over the shoulder as shoAvn. The handle, (), of the connecting shoot, S, is then held by the left hand, and the handle, H, of the plunger, J, by the right, unless the person is left handed, in which case the arrangement is just the reverse, the dropper being adapted for use in either way. The implement is used after the manner of a cane, it being operated by simj)ly swinging it from hill to hill, no exercise of care or judgment being required other than to select the spots upon which to rest its step, F. For recommendations, and a more complete descrip- id lor cuoului-. l'nce^!B> each. B. K. BUhs & Sons: I have thoroughly tested Randolph's Patent Fertilizer Dropper, and with pleasure certify that it works complete. With it one man can do more than two can dropping by hand, and at the same time do the work far better. I used it dropping Lister's Phosphate in the hill for corn—put in about 200 lbs. to the acre. It applies the fertilizer iii such a manner that there is no danger of the seed being " burned," or the germinating principle destroyed. I believe that the general introduction of Randolph's D
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