FARMERS' MONTHLY OF HAMPSHIRE COUNTY 



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of-fact tran.saction that approaches a 

 habit. As with a habit it is accomplished 

 without much effort. The seed merchant 

 has placed his commodity within easy 

 reach, and purchase in the store or by 

 mail is a matter that involves little be- 

 yond making a decision as to what is 

 wanted. Seed purchase employs little 

 time as compared with the other factors 

 that must come into play before the seeds 

 have developed into a crop. 



But how important the seeds are. They 

 are the crop. Their character in all the 

 terms of quality which we give to seeds, 

 determines so much. If they be dead 

 there is no plant. If they be other than 

 what they are supposed to be in variety 

 and strain then the crop may have a dif- 

 ferent market value. Varieties and 

 strains are dependent on differences in 

 size, shape, color, flavor and date of ma- 

 turity. And these differences do not 

 show in the seed. Experience breeds con- 

 fidence in this or that sources. 



Extravagant claims, exaggerated state- 

 ments and changing the name, do not 

 change the quality of the seed. It must 

 be sold to bring returns to the grower, 

 the wholesaler and the retailer. To 

 bring returns to the ultimate user it must 

 be what he needs and wants. It must 

 serve the purpose for which it was pur- 

 chased. And that it shall do, that is the 

 big responsibility of the legitimate seed 

 trade. It is the rendering of this service 

 that justified their existence and their 

 profit. 



Where can I get good seed ? How shall 

 this ever-bearing question be answered? 

 In the end it is answered by experience 

 with this and that source of supply. 

 State seed laws are helping in their re- 

 quirement that certain seeds shall be la- 

 belled. Seed growers' associations with 

 a pride in the product they are market- 

 ing, are helping a lot. Some seed.smen, 

 most of them in fact, are putting in a lot 

 of extra thought and effort that counts 

 for such, realizing that the biggest 

 I thing they have to sell is service. And 

 the consumer is helping himself, in build- 

 ing up a stronger demand for quality in I 

 seeds. It's not a wholly unsatisfactory 

 picture, this business of getting seeds. 



It is not alone the seedsmen's business, 

 this getting good seed. The buyer has a 

 very definite responsibility. He helps to 

 support undesirable practices when he 

 reaches out for bargains, and seeks to 

 evade the legitimate cost of reliable seed. 

 Discriminate buying is commendable. 

 Saving a cent on a pound of seed, to reap 

 losses in dollars on the crop is just fool- 

 i.shness. There is a distinct advantage in 

 early purchase, before stocks are depleted 

 and substitutions become necessary. Some 

 day we may have certified stocks of all 

 seeds just as we do now of potatoes and a 

 few other items. And it seems as though 

 it would pay the producer and the user of 

 seeds. Spec. , 



CORN FOR POULTRY 



There are some farmers who 

 think that Corn is Corn. They have 

 the hazy impression that dealers 

 buy Corn, just Corn, and take what 

 comes, and that it is up to farmers 

 to take what Corn is offered them. 



Actually, of course, Corn is 

 graded, and in the grain markets 

 it is sold on sample as well as on 

 grade. Only in rare instances is 

 a carload of inferior corn delivered 

 to the buyer who has bought and 

 paid for the best. In the grain cen- 

 ters Corn is not just Corn. Each 

 grade sells at a premium over in- 

 ferior grades and the better car- 

 loads within the grades sell for 

 more than the poorer ones because 

 the poorer Corn does not contain the 

 feeding value and therefore must 

 be offered at a discount. 



When the Eastern States Farm- 

 ers' Exchange buys Corn at Buf- 

 falo, for example, and it buys 

 about fifty .35-ton cars each month, 

 it buys cars from samples submit- 

 ted and graded under government 

 inspection. Since it buys only for 

 its own member.s — farmers who 

 feed the Corn and whose return 

 from the Corn depends upon what 

 that Corn produces for them — it 

 buys only quality corn. Further- 

 more, it estimates the quality of the 

 Corn not by appearance only, for 

 appearances are often deceptive, 

 but by feeding value as determined 

 by the government grading and by 

 its own tests in the Exchange lab- 

 oratory. 



Because it takes only the best 

 Corn and uses that Corn for Whole 

 Corn, Cracked Corn, and Meal, 

 farmers who buy their Corn goods 

 as ingredients or in Eastern States 

 rations through the Eastern States 

 Farmers' Exchange get Corn goods 

 that produce profitable results. 

 They get Corn which does not heat 

 summer or winter, clean corn, the 

 best Corn of the best grade the crop 

 offers. That is why ducks fed 

 Eastern States Corn mature earli- 

 er and why chicks and hens do well 

 on it, and why poultrymen general- 

 ly are depending more and more for 

 their Corn supply on the Eastern 

 States Farmers' Exchange. 



The same care, of course, which 

 is exercised in the selection of Ea.st- 

 ern States Corn is exercised in the 

 selection of all feed ingredients en- 

 tering the Ea.stern States mill. All 

 these ingredients are bought to pro- 

 d".ce encconomically ; none are 

 bought to sell cheap. 



Where records are kept Eastern 

 States feeds proi'e their worth. 



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