How to raise good crops on a New England farm, Russia Cement Co., Gloucester, Mass., 1898

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Collection Type

Ephemera

Date

1898

GUSN

GUSN-241749

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Ephemera collection
Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
Agriculture
Fertilizers and repellents
Agriculture - Fertilizers and repellents - Folder 2
How to raise good crops on a New England farm, Russia Cement Co., Gloucester, Mass., 1898
(current record)

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Ephemera collection
- Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
  - Agriculture
    - Fertilizers and repellents
      - Agriculture - Fertilizers and repellents - Folder 2
        Read Fertilizer Co., phosphate fertilizers, Syracuse, New York, undated
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        Cheapest spray, Bowker Insecticide Company, 48 Chatham Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        How to make house plants bloom, by Prof. S.T. Maynard, Bowker Fertilizer Co., Boston and New York, 1879
        Trade card for Buffaline Universal Insect Killer, location unknown, undated
        How to raise good crops on a New England farm, Russia Cement Co., Gloucester, Mass., 1898 (current record)
        Keystone to success in farming, the liberal use of the Read Fertilizers, Read Fertilizer Co., Syracuse, New York

Description

This catalogue for Essex Fertilizers, available from the Russia Cement Company in Gloucester, Massachusetts, contains descriptions and prices for its products and testimonials. The cover reads "Compliments of S.M. Noyes, Gen'l. Ag't. for N.H. and Vt."

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
agriculture
business (commercial function)
testimonials
pamphlets

Physical Description

1 pamphlet : illustrations ; 7 x 5 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.002.04.02.007

Image Dimensions

7 x 5 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Gregory Smart, December 1999.

Places

Gloucester (Essex county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Material Type

pamphlets

Subjects

Fertilizers
Fertilizer industry

Description Level

Item

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