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 CHILDREN, IF YOU WANT DM I DON’T WANT TO EAT
TO GO OUT-DOORS AND PLAY NOT ANY MORE EITHER. I’D
YOU’LL HAVE TO EAT THAT HUNGRY, LIKE TO GO OUT-DOORS
NICE SUPPER FIRST. MOM. NOW, 4) |

NOW RUN ALONG GOODNIGHT, LISTEN, TOMMY... \y/ GOSH, 1 DON’T

CHILDREN. . . IF YOU MARY. GOOD-. I HEAR A KNOCK. WHO ]f KNOW, BUT I?M.
| WON’T EAT YOUR SUPPER NIGHT, COULD THAT BE ? GOING ’TO FIND
YOU?LL JUST HAVE TO
GOON TOBED... /
SWEET DREAMS.

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HELLO...17M PROSPER | OH, 1?VE BEEN |
PROSPER PLENTY, PLENTY ¢ LIVING IN YOUR COUNTRY
MESSENGER FOR WHERE DID YOU {| A LONG TIME.I HEARD YOU
GHEMICAL. -- COME FROM? Z\ SAY YOU’D LIKE TO GO
FERTILIZERS. be ag OUT-DOORS AWHILE, _ {
. I'M YOUR FRIEND. SO I’LL TAKE YOU.
LET’S GO!
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KIDS. THEN TWIST jae THIS IS GOING

ONE OF MY EARS AND TO BE FUN. THE ONE WHERE YOUR
NICE SUPPER TONIGHT
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WE’LL BE OFF.
CAME FROM. WE’LL COME
BACK TO IT LATER BUT
FIRST, LET’S GO ON TO
OTHER LANDS.

| ~ PROSPER PLENTY TOOK THEM BAGK YES, MANY NATIONS IN HISTORY HAVE
THROUGH HISTORY TO SCENES UNFAMILIAR FALLEN BECAUSE THEIR PEOPLE DID NOT
TO MOST AMERICANS. HE SHOWED THEM. HAVE ENOUGH FOOD.THE BIBLE ALONE CON-
COUNTRIES WHERE THE LANDS COULD NOT TAINS MORE THAN 25 REFERENCES TO THE
‘GROW ENOUGH FOOD FOR ALL THE PEOPLE...) | WORD "FAMINE .°” Haggags oe oe
: | OH, THOSE THEY’RE DYING OF HUNGER,
POOR PEOPLE! MARY. THEIR NATION _
WHAT IS THE HAS BEEN WEAK FOR
‘MATTER WITH CENTURIES BECAUSE
OF FAMINES...

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“EVEN TODAY, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, MORE | | THATS NOT TRUE RIGHT, TOMMY, BUT
THAN HALF THE PEOPLE OF THE WORLD GO | | IN AMERICA, THOUGH.) IT WAS A LOT
) TO BED HUNGRY EVERY NIGHT.” MARY AND I ALWAYS |DIFFERENT FOR THE
OF THIS COUNTRY.
COME ON, I°LL
SHOW YOU...
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 MANY OF AMERICA’S COLO- “THEY WONDERED WHY THE INDIANS OFTEN PUT A DEAD FISH
NISTS DIED BECAUSE THEY DiD IN EVERY HILL OF CORN, AND COULD NOT UNDERSTAND. WHY
NOT HAVE AN ADEQUATE, OR = THE INDIANS? PLANTS GREW FASTER..." [
BALANCED FOOD SUPPLY.” * INDIAN WITCHDOCTORS ! MAYBE NOT, BUT SOME-
A FISH GANNOT CHASE AWAY Ia HOW THE PLANTS YIELD.
AN EVIL SPIRIT* z MORE WHEN A FISH 1S
me PLANTED WITH THE CORN. y

THE EARLY AMERICANS - | “YES, EVEN THOUGH FARMING

RAISED SOME FINE CROPS METHODS WERE CRUDE. FAIRLY
THOUGH, DIDN’T THEY, - GOOD GROPS OF GORN,
PROSPER en ? “COTTON AND TOBAGGO..
WERE RAISED.

“ BUT AFTER A FEW YEARS OF PLANTING. _ “MEN OF VISION LIKE WASHINGTON AND .
THE SAME FIELDS, THEIR SOILS WORE OUT JEFFERSON, PLANTERS THEMSELVES,
AND FARMERS WERE FORGED TO MOVE ON- BECAME GREATLY CONCERNED. eae
| Bee ON TO NEW, lille At IGE ee 1 WE ARE FAST USING MEN CANNOT
UP THE PRECIOUS SOIL. \ FOREVER MOVE ON
OF OUR COUNTRY, RIGHT| TO NEW FRONTIERS.
AT ATIME WHEN | WE MUST FINDA _
AMERICGA-NEEDS MORE / WAY TO REPLACE~
FOOD FOR ITS NEW | THE STRENGTH
OF
Ne IMMIGRANTS. 3/(hs OUR or |

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 “GEE,NOWIKNOW \ YES, TOMMY, GLOOM SOMETHING HAD TO BE DONE,
HOW LUCKY OUR “SETTLED IN MEN’S SOILS, DRAINED OF THEIR -
FAMILY WAS TO HAVE | HEARTS WHEN THOMAS NOURISHMENT FOR CROPS.HAD 4H
THAT BIG SUPPER | MALTHUS, AN ENGLISH TO BE RENEWED IF AMERICA WAS [&
TONIGHT. BUT WHAT / THINKER, PREDICTED TO BE THE LAND OF PLENTY.
DID THE EARLY. —_/ THAT THE POPULATION SCIENTISTS WENT TO. WORK AND £2
| AMERICANS DO, / WOULD GROW FASTER OVER THE YEARS HAVE MADE /
PROSPER? WERE A THAN THE FOOD MANY DISCOVERIES... 4
THEY AFRAID€ (fj SUPPLY.

_ THEY HAVE LEARNED

- THAT AT LEAST |
IS ELEMENTS ARE |
NEEDED BY PLANTS “AND, EQUALLY
FOR THEIR GROWTH. IMPORTANT, THEY «.
HAVE DISCOVERED _
THAT NATURE _
OFFERS US THE
RAW MATERIALS FOR
| SUPPLYING THE—
FOOD. REQUIRED © a
f\| -PLANTS.
8BY a
THOSE PRODUGTS a
|. ARE CALLED
(NITROGEN
PLANT Foops.” |
MOLYBDENUM

_ BUT PROGRESS
WAS SLOW.
IN 1832 AMERIGANS IMPORTED \-
FROM PERU THE DROPPINGS OF | .
SEA-FOWL CALLED GUANO.
IT WAS RIGH IN NITROGEN AND -
PHOSPHORUS BUT GOSTS OF |
“TRANSPORTATION WERE ‘>
HIGH AND SUPPLIES 3
WERE LIMITED.

FALSO II iN THE DAYS BEFORE CHEMICAL

PLANT FOODS COULD BE HAD, FERTILIZERS
WERE MADE FROM BY-PRODUCTS OF THE
STOGKYARDS AND THE FISHERIES. EVEN DEAD
CATS, DOGS AND HORSES WERE USED.65.000
SUCH ANIMALS WERE COLLECTED IN PHILA
DELPHIA IN A SINGLE YEAR.
 IT WAS NOT UNTIL 1840 THAT
THE FOUNDATION WAS LAID FOR THE
MANUFACTURE OF MODERN FERTIL-
IZER. IN THAT YEAR A GERMAN, JUS--
TUS VON LIEBIG, TREATED BONES ~
WITH SULFURIC AGID, MAKING ©
‘ SUPERPHOSPHATE,’ OF VITAL
IMPORTANCE TO PLANT LIFE.

AND AT ABOUT THE “THEN, IN THE EARLY 1840°S, GERMAN SALT

SAME TIME, INENGLAND, \ a MINERS RAN INTO STRANGE DEPOSITS...”
SIR JOHN LAWES ees HANS. COME SEE! SOME WORTHLESS
ESTABLISHED THE FAMED a THE SALT IS MIXED. CLAY, NO DOUBT.
ROTHAMSTED EXPERIMENT WITH A STRANGE GOOD FORTUNE IS NOT
STATION WHERE FIELD TESTS, COLORED EARTH. WITH-US TODAY.
WITH FERTILIZER ARE @&@
STILL MADE.

WERE ALL THESE | YOU BET! THEY GAVE

DISCOVERIES US THE KNOWLEDGE OF
REALLY THREE PLANT FOODS—
EARTH WAS RECOGNIZED THESE IMPORTANT, NITROGEN, PHOSPHATES
VALUABLE ? DEPOSITS AS POTASH PROSPER ? AND POTASH-- FROM
ORES. POTASH IS AN | WHIGH THE BULK OF MIXED
IMPORTANT PLANT FOOD. FERTILIZERS ARE MADE
TODAY. YES, WE WERE
BEGINNING TO FIGHT
OFF HUNGER WITH
KNOWLEDGE.
 AND THE “BIG THREE” PLANT
FOODS THESE SCIENTISTS
DISCOVERED ARE MIGHTY
NITROGEN
IMPORTANT FOR PROPER PLANT * INCREASES THEIR PROTEIN
GROWTH. FOR EXAMPLE. CONTENT... PROMOTES RAPID
_GROWTH...GIVES PLANTS A
HEALTHY GREEN COLOR...
_ IMPROVES THE QUALITY OF

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“POTASH

“DEVELOPS DISEASE RESISTANCE

IN PLANTS...PRODUCES STRONG
STALKS...HELPS PLANT SYSTEMS
OPERATE... INCREASES PLUMP-
NESS OF GRAIN AND SEED. o

“STIMULATES EARLY GROWTH

AND ROOT FORMATION...MAKES “(4774\
-PLANTS GROW FASTER...GIVES [yy G72
_ PLANTS STRENGTH... EN- ie
COURAGES SEED PRODUCTION.”’

“HOW ABOUT THOSE 12 IMPORTANT, YES. .. BUT MOST OF THEM

OTHER PLANT FOODS ? ARE / ARE NECESSARY ONLY IN SMALL QUANTITIES .
THEY IMPORTANT, TOO ? ' THE ONLY OTHERS THAT PLANTS NEED LARGE
AMOUNTS OF, BESIDES THE ‘BIG THREE” ARE
CALCIUM, SULFUR AND MAGNESIUM. THESE
\ ARE FOUND IN QUANTITY IN MOST
_ SOILS AND IN MOST FERTILIZERS.
 GOLLY, . \.—-_ AND HARD WORK, TOO. “YEARS AGO, THE SOURCE OF NITROGEN|
IT TOOKA _\ THE MEN OF THE FERTILIZER WAS DEAD PLANTS AND ANIMALS, KNOWN AS
LOT OF SMART |INDUSTRY HAVE REALLY — ORGANIC MATTER: TODAY SOME NITROGEN |S
PEOPLE TO | LABORED IN AMERICA DURING MINED AND THEN PURIFIED. OTHER SUPPLIES-
FIND OUT | THE LAST ONE HUNDRED COME FROM THE BY-PRODUCTS RECOVERED
ALL THOSE / YEARS. COME ON...I7LL {IN THE COKING OF COAL... [77-\
SHOW YOUHOW WE GET THE \. _getsiSE
“BIG THREE’? PLANT FOODS ae
WE’VE ALREADY NAMED...

GEE. I DIDNT AND MANY YEARS AGO

CAPTURED FROM THE AIR \EVEN KNOW THE IN ORDER TO GET
IN HUGE FACTORIES LIKE \ AIR WEIGHED | | PHOSPHORUS WE HAD TO
THIS ONE. DID YOU KNOW | THAT MUCH. || MINE PHOSPHATE ROGK
“THAT ABOVE EACH ACRE — WITH HAND LABOR.
| OF THE EARTH’S SUR- BET.WE MANUFACTURING METHODS
FACE THERE ARE 34, un -WON?T EVER WERE CRUDE... |
TONS OF NITROGEN §Cat RUN OUT OF
NITROGEN.

‘",, BUT TODAY, SOME OF THE WORLD’S LARGEST POWER SHOVELS, EQUIPPED WITH BUCKETS
| ROOMY ENOUGH TO HOLD AN AUTOMOBILE, ARE USED AT PHOSPHATE ROCK MINES...

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TE ROCK FOUND
AND WE MINE THOUSANDS OF TONS. DAILY FROM VAST DEPOSITS OF PHOSPHA
THOUSAN DS OF YEARS. ”’
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IN MANY STATES. THE SUPPLY ALREADY DISCOVER ED WILL LAST neta.

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HOW ABOUT Fy ENOUGH FOR CENTURIES | “NOW, AS A RESULT OF GREAT EXPANSION

THAT OTHER 7 TO GOME. BUT BEFORE | SINCE. WORLD WAR I, WE HAVE INCREASED
PLANT FOOD, WORLD WARI, AMERICANS POTASH PRODUCTION THREE TIMES. LAKES
POTASH? . HAD TO DEPEND ON IM- LIKE THIS IN UTAH AND CALIFORNIA SUPPLY

a QUANTITIES OF POTASH.” _|
WITH GREAT
IS THERE | ‘PORTS, MAINLY FROM
PLENTY OF PS GERMANY, FOR OUR USeee
IT, TOS , SUPPLIES. LET ME SHOW
YOU WHERE WE GET
IT TODAY.

DO YOU MEAN f THAT’S RIGHT, \_ “AN EVEN GREATER SOURCE OF POTASH

THEY GET IT TOMMY...FROM | ORE IS FROM MINES SUNK DEEP IN THE EARTH.
RIGHT OUT OF si SALT LAKES. THE MINERAL IS BROUGHT UP HUNDREDS OF
THE WATER ® | FEET 0 THE SURFACE IN NEW MEXICO
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_ © AT REFINERIES CLOSE TO THE MINES OR

LAKES THE RAW MATERIAL IS TREATED SO IT
‘CAN BE USED ALONE ORIN MIXED FERTILIZER. Rh LOT OF INTER- LET?S TAKE A LOOK AT.
YOU CAN SEE THAT UP-TO-DATE ENGINEER- ESTING THINGS ON /) THAT IDEAL FARM WE
ING IS PROVIDING ALL THE FERTILIZER WE — THIS TRIP. , WENT BY EARLIER.
NEED TO RAISE BETTER CROPS. 2 seat pete Ass
 THERE IT IS! YOURE RIGHT, MARY. LOOK. HERE GOMES
I REMEMBER THE | CHEMICAL FERTILIZERS | | FARMER BROWN GETTING
PRETTY FIELDS. ARE USED THERE FOR | | READY TO START HIS DAY’S
THAT FARMER EVERY CROP. THEY’RE WORK. YOURE GOING TO
MUST USE LOTS | ALWAYS APPLIED AT THE MEET THE MAN WHO OWNS
OF FERTILIZER . / RIGHT TIME OF YEAR AND A TRULY MODERN FARM. 2
IN THE PROPER WAY
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HELLO, HI, THERE, || WE’RE LEARNING \ AND HE’S MY FRIEND, TOO,

FARMER BROWN. KIDDIES. GLAD- ALL ABOUT — YES, PROSPER PLENTY
I WANT YOU TO MEET YOU GOULD COME FERTILIZERS, | HAS TAUGHT ME ALOT
MY FRIENDS, MARY OUT TO THE MR. BROWN. | ABOUT GOOD FARMING,
AND TOMMY COUNTRY. PROSPER PLENTY] ESPECIALLY HOW TO USE.
IS OUR FRIEND.) FERTILIZERS.1°D LIKE
| - TO SHOW YOU MY GROPS.
GOT SOME RIGHT NICE
\ VEGETABLES AND FRUITS

SEE THESE VEGETABLES ?

WELL, I7VE BEEN FARMING A LONG
TIME BUT NEVER FOR THE LIKES OF
ME HAVE I SEEN SUCH CORN, GUCGUM-
BERS AND CABBAGES. THAT CHEMICAL |
FERTILIZER MUST BE SUPER-CHARGED.

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| .I SURE LEARNED MARY AND SHUGKS | JUST ONE MORE \THAT’S HELPFUL,
| HOW IMPORTANT \TOMMY ALREADY | YES... BUT \| QUESTION-WOULDN’T| TOMMY, BUT
FERTILIZER IS. WHY, |KNOW ABOUT YOUR| THEN,WE | YOU HAVE ENOUGH / THEY WOULD GIVE
_ICANRAISE ANY- | FARM-THEIR | DIDN°T KNOW| PLANT FOOD IF ¢ ONLY 5TO10
THING ON THIS FARM.] MOTHER COOKED HOW LUCKY } YOU RETURNED ALL \PERCENT OF WHAT
_ JUST LOOK AT A NICE DINNER WE WERE TO THE VALUABLE MY CROPS —
THOSE APPLES / FOR THEMLAST BE EATING MANURE AND REQUIRE.
\ AND PEARS. NIGHT AND THE THE BEST DECAYED MATTER
\. VEGETABLES CAME] FOODIN | TO THE SOIL? SS Lo mp GE

FROMHERE. _/ THE WORLD. p>

~ WELL, IT?S A GEE, YOU BET. I WANT YES, BETTER, BUT NOT
MIGHTY GOOD THING _ HE | TOBE AFARMER TOO,\ GOOD ENOUGH. MORE THAN
WE?VE GOT CHEMICAL | WAS | SOME DAY. BUT SAY, | IOMILLION TONS OF
FERTILIZER .I GOULDN’T PROSPER, YOU TOLD | NITROGEN, PHOSPHORIC —
‘EVEN RAISE HALF US THE COLONISTS ACID AND POTASH ARE
THESE GROPS WITHOUT < HAD TO MOVE ON TO REMOVED FROM OUR
IT. BUTCOME AGAIN, a \ NEW LAND BECAUSE| SOILS EACH YEAR THROUGH
KIDDIES... .GOT TO GET AAN® SS THEY USED UP The THE HARVESTING OF
IN A DAY?S WORK. ) OIL'S PLANT FOOD FASTER ) CROPS WHILE ONLY
THAN THEY REPLACED 4 MILLION TONS ARE
IT. ARE WE DOING RETURNED THROUGH
BETTER TODAY.? COMMERCIAL —
FERTILIZERS.

“HERE, LOOK AT | FERTILIZER CONSUMPTION lig

_ THIS CHART. | IN THE UNITED STATES me | le |
IT SHOWS YOU | Mixed Fertilizers and Materials | . cae TODAY , MORE :
HOW GREAT THE | | f'S | THAN ONE-FOURTH ~
_INGREASE OF aa \4 OF AMERICA’S |
~ GOMMERCIAL |. '> |FARM PRODUCTION ©
FERTILIZER USE Be. 2 COMES FROM
HAS BEEN IN THE | ~ a THE USE OF
UNITED STATES | | 10 FERTILIZER.
DURING THE LAST] — 9 iad }
50 YEARS.” :
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‘THERE ITIS! | YOURE RIGHT, MARY. LOOK, HERE GOMES

|

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I REMEMBER THE | CHEMICAL FERTILIZERS | | FARMER BROWN GETTING i

PRETTY FIELDS. | ARE USED THERE FOR | | READY TO START HIS DAY’S
\
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THAT FARMER EVERY CROP. THEY’RE \| WORK. YOURE GOING TO

MUST USE LOTS | ALWAYS APPLIED AT THE \| MEET THE MAN WHO OWNS
OF FERTILIZER../ RIGHT TIME OF YEAR AND }}. A TRULY MODERN FARM, 2
IN THE PROPER WAY. Se wy fre
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HELLO, HI, THERE, | WE’RELEARNING \ AND HE’S MY FRIEND, TOO,

FARMER BROWN. KIDDIES. GLAD- ALL ABOUT YES, PROSPER PLENTY
I WANT YOU TO MEET YOU GOULD COME FERTILIZERS, | HAS TAUGHT ME ALOT
MY FRIENDS, MARY OUT TO THE MR. BROWN. | ABOUT GOOD FARMING,
AND TOMMY COUNTRY. PROSPER PLENTY} ESPECIALLY HOW TO USE.
: a. IS OUR FRIEND,./ FERTILIZERS. 17D LIKE
a TO SHOW YOU MY CROPS.
GOT SOME RIGHT NICE
VEGETABLES AND FRUITS
OVER THERE.

SEE THESE VEGETABLES ?

WELL ,I’VE BEEN FARMING A LONG
TIME BUT NEVER FOR THE LIKES OF
ME HAVE I SEEN SUCH GORN, CUCUM-
BERS AND CABBAGES. THAT CHEMICAL —
FERTILIZER MUST BE SUPER-CHARGED.
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,I SURE LEARNED MARY AND — SHUGKS »\| "| JUST ONE MORE \THAT’S HELPFUL,
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HOW IMPORTANT \TOMMY ALREADY /| YES...BUT \| QUESTION-WOULDN’T | TOMMY, BUT
FERTILIZER IS. WHY, \|KNOW ABOUT YOUR| THEN,WE | YOU HAVE ENOUGH / THEY WOULD GIVE
I CAN RAISE ANY- | FARM-THEIR DIDN°T KNOW PLANT FOOD IF ONLY 5 1010
THING ON THIS FARM.| MOTHER COOKED | HOW LUCKY | YOU RETURNED ALL \PERCENT OF WHAT
_ JUST LOOK AT ANICE DINNER |WEWERE TO | THE VALUABLE MY CROPS
THOSE APPLES / FOR THEMLAST | BE EATING MANURE AND REQUIRE.
\ AND PEARS. / NIGHT AND THE THE BEST | DECAYED MATTER J& a
ae L ( VEGETABLES CAME } FOOD IN . _TO THE SOIL? ty
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FROMHERE. _/ THE WORLD.

| WELL, IT?S A GEE, YOU BET. I WANT YES, BETTER, BUT NOT
| | MIGHTY Goop THING HE | TOBE AFARMER TOO,\ GOOD ENOUGH. MORE THAN
WE?VE GOT CHEMICAL | WAS | SOME DAY. BUT SAY, | 10 MILLION TONS OF 7
FERTILIZER.I GOULDN’T | 8 PROSPER, YOU TOLD NITROGEN, PHOSPHORIG
‘EVEN RAISE HALF | NICE US THE COLONISTS ACID AND POTASH ARE
THESE GROPS WITHOUT MAN. } HAD TO MOVE ON TO REMOVED FROM OUR
IT. BUT COME AGAIN, tk. (4 NEWLAND BECAUSE| SOILS EACH YEAR THROUGH
KIDDIES. . .GOT TO GET THEY USED UP The THE HARVESTING OF
IN A DAY?S WORK. SOILS PLANT FOOD FASTER ) CROPS WHILE ONLY
THAN THEY REPLACED 4 MILLION TONS ARE
iT. ARE- WE DOING RETURNED THROUGH
BETTER TODAY.? COMMERCIAL —
FERTILIZERS.

SPagGRE, LOOK AT FERTILIZER CONSUMPTION am 1c oe

“THIS CHART. IN THE UNITED STATES | Bg
IT SHOWS YOU . Mixed Fertilizers and Materials - 16 “TODAY, MORE
HOW GREAT THE . #15 | THAN ONE-FOURTH
_iINGREASE OF | OF AMERICA’S
- COMMERCIAL oe FARM PRODUCTION —
FERTILIZER USE = COMES FROM
HAS BEEN IN THE] — oe" THE USE OF |
UNITED STATES |. ote ee '0 FERTILIZER.
DURING THE LAST] — m9 silicide
50 YEARS.” 8

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BBO 1890 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 195¢
 KCENTURY AGO | “THATS BECAUSE WITH TODAY'S MODERN
| THERE WERE 23 ACRES TO- MACHINERY, GHEMICAL FERTILIZERS AND
SUPPLY EACH PERSON’S FROPER CARE OF THE SOIL, EACH AGRE PRO-
NEEDS, TODAY- BELIEVE IT A ,
OR NOT- THERE ARE ONLY
[| AGRES FOR EACH PERSON
ALMOST FIVE TIMES AS MANY
PEOPLE LIVE HERE NOW AS
IN 1850, YET THEY ARE
LIVING BETTER THAN ANY
PEOPLE IN HISTORY.

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OVER THERE IS SOME *

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OF THE FERTILIZER THAT $1 INVESTED IN
FARMER BROWNIS FERTILIZER.
PUTTING ON HIS GROUND BRINGS, |
NOW. LET’S TAKE A LOOK.

YOU KNOW. FROM DOLLAR BILLS, TOO!

| THE WAY THAT STUFF. EACH ONE OF THOSE
$10.50INCOTTON =|
MAKES PLANTS GROW,| BAGS OF CHEMICAL
YOU MIGHT SAY FERTILIZER WILL.
THAT THESE BAGS BRING IN MANY MORE
ARE FILLED DOLLARS TO
WITH MAGIC. “FARMER BROWN.
WANT TO SEE
| HOW MUCH ?
g7s0INMILK
 GEE, PROSPER, NOT A CHANCE. IN i900 HE AMERICANS LIVED AN =
WITH SO MANY “TOMMY. AMERICANS AGE. OF 50 YEARS. CHILDREN-OF TODAY CAN
| CHEMICALS FEEDING ARE HEALTHIER THAN PLAN. ON LIVING AT LEAST 67 YEARS AND :
THE PLANTS WE EAT, EVER BEFORE. ALONG WILL BE ACTIVE CITIZENS IN THE 21ST
DO YOU THINK WE WITH THE INCREASED CENTURY. WHAT MARVELS MAY Be WITH US.
MIGHT GET TOO MUCH USE OF FERTILIZER. THEN 1"
NITROGEN, OR PHOS- ‘PEOPLE ARE LIVING
PHATE. OR POTASH LONGER THAN EVER
IN OUR FOOD ? BEFORE.

“ BUT IN CONTRAST TO THIS”

is THE RECORD OF INDIA. , WHERE |
VERY LITTLE CHEMICAL FER-.
TILIZER 1S USED. IN THAT
COUNTRY, A PERSON LIVES,
ON THE AVERAGE, ONLY( 28

_ YES, AMERICAN FARMERS - YES. INDEED, THE MAIN

ARE GOING RIGHT AHEAD. HELPED REASON PEOPLE NOW ARE
BY GOVERNMENT EXPERTS AND HEALTHIER IS BECAUSE
FERTILIZER DEALERS, THEY ARE THEY ARE ABLE TO BUY A
LEARNING MORE ABOUT NEW WAYS WIDE VARIETY OF FOODS
OF APPLYING PLANT FOOD. ~ - MADE POSSIBLE BY
FERTILIZERS SPREAD FROM FERTILIZER. CLIMB ON,
‘PLANES, IN IRRIGATION : THERE’S ONE MORE
WATERS AND EVEN UNDER L THING YOU MUST SEE...
PRESSURE IN THE SOIL ARE
ADDING TO OUR AMAZING FOOD
\__PRopuC TION’ TRIUMPHS f

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 iS - { TCAN SEE YOU’RE HEY, WHAT’S WRONG
THIS AN _ | GOOD AT BOTANY, MARY. HERE @ SOME OF THESE
ORANGE LET7S GO DOWN FOR A ORANGE TREES ARE BIG
GROVE ? LOOK AT THIS AND HEALTHY, AND
EXPERIMENT STATION OTHERS ARE REAL
@> AHEAD OF US. SCRAWNY.. AND GOSH...
LOOK AT THE DIFFERENCE
IN THE SIZE OF
THE ORANGES !

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YOU SEE, TOMMY, AT AND THERE?S THAT a
THIS STATION WE7VE BEEN MUCH DIFFERENCE2? ANY- |
EXPERIMENTING WITH THE. BODY CAN TELL WHICH
USE OF FERTILIZER FOR GOT THE FERTILIZER...
SOME TREES , AND NOT BUT PROSPER, 17M
FOR OTHERS. EXCEPT FOR FEELINGA LITTLE
THAT, THEY ARE CARED FOR HUNGRY. GOULD I HAVE ,
EXACTLY THE SAME WAY.. ‘AN ORANGE TO EAT 2? /

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WAIT A MINUTE ! MINE, TOO... HEH, HEH, IKNEW YOU |
THERE’S NO JUICE I DON’T LIKE WOULDN’T LIKE THOSE.
_ IN MINE... AND IT?S IT A BIT, NOW TRY SOME FROM A
ALMOST TASTELESS. /\ PROSPER. \. TREE THAT WAS GIVEN
ae FERTILIZER .
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 HEY, AND BETTER FOR) BOY, IT’S TOMMY, OH, OH, TOMMY, IT’S
THIS IS YOU, TOO. THAT. | SO GOOD MARY, \ ~~") TIME FOR BREAKFAST
TERRIFIC, | JUICE IS LOADED | I’D LIKE TO \| BETTER | ~~\ NOW. ISNT THAT YoUR
PROSPER. | WITH VITAMINS AND|HAVE ONE FOR || GET UP Y MOTHER CALLING?
FULL OF | MINERALS NEEDED | BREAKFAST || IT?S LATE! =.
JUICE FOR GOOD HEALTH.] EVERY DAY. b> |
AND REAL | Net
TASTY! /

HI, MARY. SAY, LAST AND TOLD US ALL ‘ GOOD MORNING, \ _ << :
NIGHTI DREAMED THAT ABOUT NITROGEN \ | CHILDREN. I HOPE \ Ges
A NICE MAN NAMED AND PHOSPHATE YOU?RE HUNGRY THIS
PROSPER PLENTY AND POTASH-- MORNING. THERE’S A
CAME BY AND TOOK US SAY, THAT?S GOOD BREAKFAST
ALL OVER THE COUNTRY / FUNNY...IHAD THE /| WAITING WHEN YOU’VE L, _
: “THROUGH BEAUTIFUL SAME DREAM. WASHED YOUR HANDS K 4
FIELDS AND CROPS, a oe AND FACES. \ |

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LOOK, MARY £ LOOK AT JUST LIKE HE SAID,
THOSE ORANGES AND ALL THIS THERE IS NO PLACE
SWELL FOOD. THAT WASN’T ANY LIKE AMERICA.
DREAM WE HAD. PROSPER PLENTY YUM, YUM, ?MGLAD //
AND HIS MAGIC CHEMICALS WELIVEHEREY
ARE REAL?