TY - MANSCPT DB - Science History Institute DP - Science History Institute M2 - Courtesy of Science History Institute. Rights: Public Domain Mark 1.0 TI - For Bigger Profits Gas Tobacco Field Soil Before Setting Your Crop ID - 7p88ch376 AU - Dow Chemical Company DA - 1954/01// YR - 1954 AV - Advertisements from the Dow Chemical Historical Collection, Box 7 VL - Advertisements from the Dow Chemical Historical Collection, Box 7 AN - Advertisements from the Dow Chemical Historical Collection, Box 7 UR - https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/7p88ch376 AB - 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. KW - Dow Chemical Company KW - Corporations KW - Chemical industry KW - Advertising KW - Advertising, Industrial KW - Agricultural pests--Control KW - Cash crops KW - Fumigants KW - Pests--Control LA - English ER -