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For Bigger Profits Gas Tobacco Field Soil Before Setting Your Crop

  • Dowfume W-85 controls nematodes and aids root development of crop plants

  • 1954-Jan

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Black and white print advertisement for Dowfume W-85, an ethylene dibromide soil fumigant manufactured and sold by the Dow Chemical Company. The advertisement features a photographic reproduction of a farmer riding a tractor across a tobacco field. The accompanying text details the use of Dowfume W-85 to control pests and soil fungi, as well as improve quality and crop yields. This advertisement appeared on page 97 of the January 1954 edition of The Progressive Farmer.

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  • Box 7

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Dow Chemical Company. “For Bigger Profits Gas Tobacco Field Soil Before Setting Your Crop,” January 1954. Advertisements from the Dow Chemical Historical Collection, Box 7. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/7p88ch376.

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