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= ti e.pl rou>um gmud refur. ihu. Pu-àgliPam ciae, md nt a Mg mvlnq tool Four pan.do the wle Job! Wd.f -i--6.d"ubte e Emmme, Walei. enl'ý'*Uik-Dylng, Olme-Coet fi *e pr.I.mgd meuaof.de àaLomed palme Jobs! Curn i l mmd aïk uinf$or lie deimi . MALEJhama WAYUPAR VAMUMI Fe, J~.n i e. q83C NoirJoye Bigh onthemi 8taionWGN- . M. t. Io:15 A.M. Iýt Pâto e. ome to the Ridge 1101. incemoi L tJi LIVpians are grown for their fruit or edible roots an abundance of phosphorus is impor- tant and the plant food should be of about a 4-12-4 or 5-10-5 analysis, un- less a sou test shows that a different analysis wouldý beadvisable. The- 'Foodm Question Thbree methods may be used in pro- viding the plants with iood. After the. seed bed is thoroughly pul verized to a depth.of Ifive or. six inches, the fertilizer may be spread evenly' ove r the.surfa ce and worked into the upper t wo or three > inches of. soil. About 40 pounds. ofý soluble plant food will be necessary for each 1,000 square feet of 1 cLACK SOIL Excavating and Grading 0 'B J, FRIGEN 21.11 Schiller Ave. Wilmefte 1659 1UU@ "-g k.b -nil wiFLn moisture is essential to tne productioni of quality vegetables. This does not mean that water shou1d be applied frequently but rather that the garden must be cultivateci and hoed at -short intervals to coniserve *the mnoîsture of the soil and. keep the garden free of weeds. (Diseases and insects must be coni- trolled ,and. the principleés. involved. wiIl be discussed in the near fûture.) IPHOSPHORUS IN FER TILIZER I By William H. Waggaman, Scientist, Bureau of Soifr. United States De part ment of Agriculture An eminent scientist, in emphasii- ing the importance of phosphorusand its com pounds,. once said, "No phos- phorus, no brain." ,While it is true that t1his eI.mcent is actualiy contained in the tissues of the brain, be might very weil have added, No phosphoric acid, no bone, no'fiesh, no food, no life," for this compound of phosphorus enters into the struc- ture of plants, animais, and men~, and upon it we depend for our very exist- ence. The use of phosphatic materiais as fertilizers goes back so far that no one, knows when their agzrirtlltllra Ai a >speci*al feature..of1"Your Homte Week,' Alfred Carl Hottes, garden editor of Better Homes and Gardens, nIll be at Marshall Fi:ld and company's Chitcago store Thurs- 1day and Friday of this zueek t o lead the SprIng Garden' forum. Today Mr. Hottes will talk on "Gar- dens and People," Friday on "Your Garden the Year 'Round," Both lec- tures will be held at 3 o'clock in the 'english room, seventh floor. After each lecture, Mr. Hottes was to lead the in,- formai discussion. At this time listencrs wilI be invited te present their personal These homes'a re true examples of what Franicen's Style, in Landscape Art presents. Unique Advantages Every home has its unique ad- vantages that, iend themselves, to landscape art. Evergreens Leqding Feature ws reorganized~.wianure andI animal refuse, bones, fish, and guano were amông the earliest fertilizers known. AUl of these contain phosphoric acid, and in somne it is the predominating CHAIRS and TABLES I FOR RENT ingredient. When science taught us the nature of phosphoric acid and- the part it piays in crop production, we began to use other sources, until' now we are' siipplyig it to.crops from the animal, vegetable, and minierai kingdonis. Not only is phosphoric acid essen- tial to the growth of, plants, but it plays a more important role than any other fertilizer material in the ma- ELACII SOIL B1ER 7 'r=?&s IJeiverel l-][« ,I< W9Irne le e.. Wlatb 3 ppl- le, Inc. D»rMd 241