SEED IMPROVEMENT. MEETING. 21 5 



There seems to be a lack of system and business principles in 

 the average farmer, and a slight lack of interest and a little in- 

 consistency in the Seed Improvement Work. I can remedy 

 these three things to a great extent, with your cooperation. 

 But I Must Have Your Cooperation. 



The crops this year are perhaps a little below average, but 

 I am glad to say that I have yet to see a farmer who was ruined 

 by the hard year. 



I hope in the following year to: — 



1. Send out lists of the seed for sale by the different 



members. 



2. Run a large number of germination tests and thus 



aid you to get a larger crop next year. 



3. Furnish Seed Improvement plans that will be of 



value if you follow them. 



4. Send out to a small number of you good seed free 



of charge. 



5. Cooperate with you and assist you at all times along 



all lines of farming. 



6. Secure the aid of the secondary schools in this work. 



7. Send out a large amount of printed matter that will 



be of service if you read it and think it over. 



8. Find some means of selling the seed at wholesale 



to good advantage. 



There is enough there to keep me busy for one )'-ear at least, 

 but I want to say right here, I can do nothing unless every one 

 of you helps me all he can. I am merely planning the work, 

 showing you how, why and when to do these different things. 

 It is you who have got to do the work. It is you who will make 

 a success or failure of your own work as well as mine. It is 

 you who will get the greater benefits and the larger profits, and 

 it is you who will get the credit. I am only your silent partner, 

 "The man behind the gun." 



