The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1920-02-27

pretty field OF cabbage on this dis
eased land as can be found around
Sanford
The writer personally visited field
near Lakeland which had also beer
berren for seven years or more. The
use of Phosphogerm has this season
produced remarkable crop Of Eng
/ lish peas on that particular soil.
A grower of Napier grass residing
near Lakeland, Florida, advises us
that Phosphogerm is producing bet.
ter Napier grass than any fertilizing
method he knows of. ct was once
said that Napier grass could not be
grown in Florida. Look at it today
| Near Galloway. Florida, one of the
leading agriculturists of the state has
produced sweet clover with as fine.
if not finer, development of nodules
as ever seen in the state of Florida.
He says Phosphogerm will mark an
epoch in the history of Florida agri
cultural interests
During this month we have had a
report from big farmer near Fit.
PIERCE stating that his Phosphogerm-
treated young orange trees produced
more than four times as much fruit
as trees right along beside them
which were treated with chemical
fertilizers.
From West Palm Beach a custom
er reports that Phosphogerm trees
set out during last season at the same
time some were set out beside them
with chemical fertilizer, are about
twice as good as the chemical fertil-
izer trees.
From Eldred comes the report that
an orange tree which had been dor
mant since the cold spell of 1917, and
which was treated with Phosphogerm
in May of this year, had developed
a growth of from thirty to thirty-six
inches.
From Winter Haven we have re-
cvived "a report of Phosphogermed
tomato plants two months old, which
are almost six feet tall and fruiting
five feet from the ground. Note that
these vines are only two months old
The above instances are all from
Florida. Dozens of letters from the
waste sections Of Virginia testify that
no finer crop Of wheat has been pro.
duced in that state during the past
year or two than were produced with
Phosphogerm From the great cotton
raising state of North Carolina we
have statement from the 1919 presi
dent Of the North Carolina State
Farmers Union to the effect that Phos.
phogermed cotton was the best cot
ton he had seen in the state during
the entire season of 1919
Because of the limited space / have
had to select only few scattered
cases Of good results with Phospho
garm. We could quote a great many
more but the object of this is to mere
~ controvert the statement that Phos-
phogerm is worthless and the above
is certainly sufficient evidence to, that
end. We do not feel at liebrty to pub.
lish the names of the gentlemen whom
we have quoted but are prepared to
supply the names and refer direct 10
the individuals in each case.
Please consider this. The farmer
who wrote us Of his discovery that
Phosphogerm would bring out his
pineapples said if he had first read
the chemists bulletin against Phos.
phogerm, he never would have tried
our goods. If the Sanford and Lake
land men had read it their fields
would still be barren. We have good
reasons, (all based upon Florida re
sults) to believe young citrus trees
set out with and constantly fortified
with Phosphogerm, will bear at least
one season earlier than those fertil
lied by methods now being followed
OF men could, if they had their way
put such a product off the market, and
keep the farmers from getting the
benefits from such product as Phos
phogerm. It seems to US that it is
very serious thing to do.
We cannot help but feel that the
Florida Grower is fair enough to give
this article the same publicity given
previous articles in its publication
concerning Phosphogerm. If we dc
have a good thing for the farmers Of
Florida, we are likewise sure the
Grower wishes the farmer to know it,
and the only way they can possibly
know it is to try our product, and
that is all we are asking any farmer
to do. AS above stated, we are just
as well satisfied when farmer buys