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HORT ICULTURE 



February 22, 1913 



SEED TRADE 



AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION 



(JtUi-ers — I'lesiaent. Cbas. N. Piige, 

 Di'S M(aiies. I.i. : 1st vii'e-president. 

 H.irry L. Holmes, Hnrrisljurg, Pa.; 

 2iiii vicepresideut, Arthur B. Clark. 

 Milford, Conn.: secrt-tar.v and treas- 

 urer, C E. Keudel, Cleveland. O. ; as- 

 sistant secretary, J. M. Ford. Ravenna. 

 O. Next lonvention at Cleveland, Ohio. 

 .June 24-25, 1913. 



Canners' Convention. 



Some further information about the 

 recent Canners' Convention will, no 

 doubt, prove interesting to our readers, 

 and about the first item we note Is that 

 the attendance, according to the regis- 

 tration figures, fell some 200 short of 

 last year's at Rochester. From re- 

 ports we have, however, we infer that 

 the number of camp followers was 

 larger this year, making the total at- 

 tendance nearly the same as last year. 

 Perhaps one of the reasons why the 

 registered attendance fell down a little 

 is due to the fact" that the floor space 

 was insufficient to meet all demands, 

 and many had to submit to a cutting 

 down of their space. Last year at 

 Rochester nearly all the brokers harl 

 booths: this year none of them had 

 any. The difference in floor space ex- 

 plains the reason, Rochester having 

 something over SO, 000 sq. ft., while 

 Louisville had slightly over 54,000. The 

 seed growers were well represented, 

 as usual. 



Seed Trade Honored. 



The seed trade received signal recog- 

 nition in the election of W. C. Lang- 

 bridge as president of the Canning Ma- 

 chinery A: Supplies Association, this 

 being the second time any one con- 

 nected with the seed trade has had 

 the honor to preside over the associa- 

 tion. The last seedsman-president was 

 AV. R. Roach, who has been connected 

 with the JeroP'e B. Rice Seed Co., as is 

 also the newly-elected president. We 

 have been advised that the honor came 

 to Mr. Langbridge entirely unsought, 

 and in fact, against his wishes, but we 

 are glad that the seed trade has thus 

 heen recognized, and we know he will 

 discharge the duties of the office with 

 credit to himself and the business he 

 represents. 



Cutting Contract Prices. 



As spring approaches what we have 

 feared, and in fact predicted, seems to 

 be materializing into a more or less un- 

 pleasant fact, that is— that a large 

 number of surplus offers are appearing 

 and prices are now being cut below 

 contract figures of last year. This is, 

 of course, directly due to dealers' or- 

 dering largely in excess of actual re- 

 quirements, the result of repeated 

 short crops and short deliveries. This 

 year they have received 100 per cent 

 on a large percentage of their items 

 and fairly liberal percentages where 

 deliveries were short. While there 

 will be some temporary demoraliza- 

 tion, no doubt matters will eventually 

 right themselves as in the past. 



Notes. 



Atlanta, Ga. — The Everett Seed Co. 

 succeeds the firm of J. H. Everett & 

 Son as wholesale seedsmen. 



Tacoma, Wash.— Carl and F. J. Mor- 

 risse have organized the Morrisse 



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Thomas J. Grey has disposed of all 

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The little touch of winter we have 

 had since the first of the month seems 

 to have had the effect of lessening the 

 volume of mail order business in most 

 centres, but we assume that it is only 

 temporary, and with the return of 

 pleasant weather mall order trade will 

 boom again. 



Two resolutions, one calling on the 

 postmaster general to furnish the Sen- 

 ate the cost of distribution of seeds 

 through the mail under frank and 

 the other calling on secretary of agri- 

 culture to inform the Senate of the 

 cost of the seeds, were passed by the 

 United States Senate on February IS. 



J. Charles McCullough has returned 

 to his home in Cincinnati after an 

 absence in California since December. 



Mr. McCullough sustained a rather 

 painful injury, having been accidently- 

 ly shot in the arm, and that member 

 has not improved or responded to 

 treatment as rapidly as could be de- 

 sired. We understand, that Mr. Mc- 

 Cullough is still suffering some in- 

 convenience fiom the injury. 



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