July 17. 1909 



HOKTi culture: 



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Seed Trade 



AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIA- 

 TION. 



Preslrtent, J. C. Robinson, Waterloo, 

 Neb.; I'^irst Vice-rresideut. M. H, Duryea, 

 New York: Second Vice-President, F. W. 

 Bolgiano, Washington. D. C. ; Secretary- 

 Treasurer. <'. 10. Kendel, Cleveland, Ohio; 

 Assistant Secretary, Leonard H. Vaughan, 

 Chicago. 



WHOLESALE SEEDSMEN'S 



LEAGUE. 



F. W. Bruggerhof, Pres. ; Burnet Land- 

 ceth, Sec'y. 



Secretary Wilson's Reported Retire- 

 ment. 

 The report that Secretary James 

 Wilson of the National Department of 

 Agriculture is to retire December, next. 

 will be read by the seed trade with in- 

 terest. That Mr. Wilson is a most 

 adroit politician no one will deny. In 

 fact it has often been said that he 

 was the most skillful politician in any 

 of the administrations with which' he 

 has been identified. No charge 

 against Mr. Wilson's personal in- 

 tegrity has ever been made by any 

 responsible person and nothing of the 

 sort is intended here, but without 

 wishing to discuss the Secretary in a 

 general way, it may be said that he 

 was no friend of the seedsmen. Dur- 

 ing his administration the free seed 

 evil has attained enormous propor- 

 tions, growing from around 11,000,000 

 pkts. in 1S!)6, to 60,000,000 for 1910. It 

 cannot be claimed that the Secretary 

 is in no wise responsible for this 

 great increase in the distribution of 

 free seeds, for though he probably has 

 not specifically asked for it he has not 

 opposed it, while many of his sub- 

 ordinates, like greedy cormorants, have 

 continually asked for more. Many of 

 these siibordinates have spoken in con- 

 temptuous and disparaging terms of 

 the seedsmen of the United States, 

 and it is earnestly hoped that his suc- 

 cessor will break up many of the 

 bureatis or bureaucracies which have 

 grown up under his administration. 

 The Hon. Charles Frederick Scott of 

 Kansas, who report says has been 

 slated as Mr. Wilson's successor, is a 

 newspaper man, but regardless of his 

 profession it is hoped he will not con- 

 tinue the policy of antagonizing so 

 important an industry as the seed busi- 

 ness. 



The Corn Crop. 



According to the statistician of the 

 New York Produce Exchange, this 

 year's corn crop is to be 3,000,000,000 

 bushels, easily the largest ever raised, 

 and indicates of course a high condi- 

 tion of the crop. If field corn is in 

 such fine condition sugar corn is 

 probably not lagging much, and in 

 fact, reports from the West, including 

 Ohio and Nebraska, would bear out 

 this statement, but in New York and 

 New England quite the reverse is the 

 case, and particularly New York. Out- 

 side of Monroe and Washington coun- 

 ties, but little sugar corn seed is 

 raised in New Y'ork state, though 

 thousands of acres are grown for can- 

 ning. At the present time, with a tew 

 exceptions, this corn is not at all 

 promising, and will have a hard time 

 reaching the canning state before 

 frost, while its chances of making seed 



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Read what nly customers say about me: — "More than pleased." "Your shipment reached us 

 first." " We have splendid reports from the results of your Seeds." " Will give you all of our future 

 business." " Germination is good." 



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SOTiVI^E^S 



We are Headquaiters for Plant StakBS of all kinds. We contract for enor- 

 mous quantities, and can quote special prices in large lots. 



NO. 10 STEEL WIRE, GALVANIZED 



toot 



3 



4 

 4% 



6% 



Per 100 

 ...$0.43 

 ... .55 

 ... .65 

 .75 

 ... .83 

 ... 1.00 

 ... 1.10 

 ... 1.20 

 ... 1.30 



Per 1000 



$3.75 



4.50 



5.50 



6 25 



7.25 



8.10 



9.00 



10.50 



12.00 



NO. 8 STEEL WIRE, GALVANIZED 



For staking American Beauty and other 

 strong roses per 100 Per IIXK) 



2 foot $0.55 $5.25 



2V, " 70 6.50 



3 " 80 7.50 



3y. " M5 9.00 



4 " " 1.10 10.00 



41'" " 1.25 11.00 



5 " ■' 1.40 12.00 



6 " 1.60 15.25 



7 " 2.00 17..50 



S " 2.25 19.75 



Write for our Midsummer Wholesale Catalogue. 



Henry F. Michell Co., MMiik^is^Pliiiadelpliia, Pa. 



are very much less. However, with the 

 right conditions, corn can make rapid 

 growth and it is not at all safe to 

 iigure on a failure just yet. 



LEONARD SEED CO. 



CONTRACT GROWERS AND WHOLESALE DEALERS 



BEANS, PEAS, SWEET CORN, ONION, GARDEN SEEDS 

 ggr^A'^IlKDs Get Our Prices k. KilfzSSVx^RBBT. C H I C AC O 



tion to their seed warehouse and bids 

 are in order. 



Shenandoah, la. — The Henry Field 

 Seed Co. declared an 8 per cent divi- 

 dend at their annual meeting on July 1. 



Columbus, O. — The Livingston Seed 

 Co. will locate their mail order and 

 seed departments in the new building 

 recently leased by them. 



Yankton, S. D.— The Gurney Seed 

 Co. have purchased additional land to 

 accommodate their increasing busi- 

 ness and will erect a modern brick 

 and concrete seed warehouse 72 x 76. 



Aschersleben, Germany. — Gustave 

 Jaensch has retired from the firm of 

 G. Jaensch & Co. and Lorenz Zopez 

 is made first director. Mr. Zopez has 

 carried on the seed business under 

 the name of Carl Kampf for the past 

 five years. 



Pea Prospect. 



Peas have not improved since last 

 report, and unless all reports are mis- 

 leading, there will be a short crop o£ 

 seed. " How short cannot be stated 

 at present, but estimates will be made 

 in a few weeks. Michigan is the 

 chief sufferer, and it is due to lack 

 of rain. Wisconsin seems to be in 

 better condition, but reports from 

 there are more or less conflicting, and 

 the true condition cannot be given as 

 confidently as that of Michigan. As 

 to other crops, no material change 

 has been noted, but the crisis will soon 

 be reached for better or worse. 



A Good Outlook. 



Business with the seedsmen Is well 

 nigh over for this season, excepting 

 for the sale of turnips, spinach, and 

 late planting of beans, but the latter 

 is a relatively small matter, and most 

 of the business is of a routine char- 

 acter. It the volume of next year's 

 business equals this, there will be lit- 

 tle complaint, and present indications 

 are certainly favorable. 



Notes. 



Oklahoma City, Okla.— The Western 

 Seed Co. is in bankruptcy. 



Fremont, Neb.— The Western Seed 

 & Irrigation Co. will make an addi- 



Mum Canes 



What you want now 



7 to 8 ft. $7.00 1000 



Wm. Elliott & Sons 



42 Vesey St., New York 



