Wheeler and Sheldon, high grade fertilizers made from blood, bone and meat, Rutland, Vermont, 1892

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Collection Type

Ephemera

Date

1892

GUSN

GUSN-241741

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Ephemera collection
Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
Agriculture
Fertilizers and repellents
Agriculture - Fertilizers and repellents - Folder 2
Wheeler and Sheldon, high grade fertilizers made from blood, bone and meat, Rutland, Vermont, 1892
(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
        Wheeler and Sheldon, high grade fertilizers made from blood, bone and meat, Rutland, Vermont, 1892 (current record)
        Chemo for getting rid of moths in warehouses, Chemo Company, Buffalo, New York
        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
        Keystone to success in farming, the liberal use of the Read Fertilizers, Read Fertilizer Co., Syracuse, New York

Description

The pamphlet describes how fertilizers are made and includes directions for using, testimonials and a calendar for 1892-93. The inside flap reads "For sale by E.M. Megrath, North Charleston, N.H."

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
testimonials
agriculture
pamphlets

Physical Description

1 pamphlet : illustrations ; 6 1/4 x 10 1/2 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.002.04.02.002

Image Dimensions

6 1/4 x 10 1/2 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Greg Smart, December 1999.

Places

Rutland (Rutland county, Vermont)
North Charleston (Sullivan county, New Hampshire)

Record Details

Material Type

pamphlets

Subjects

Fertilizers
Fertilizer industry

Description Level

Item

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