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NOVEMBEB 20. Idl9. 



Seed Trade News 



AKZBXOAJI SEED TSADE A8B00IATI0K- 

 President, ID. 0. Dnngan, PhUadelpbU; Pa,; 

 «»CTetmrylr»'a«ure r. C. E. Kendel. riPTeland. O. 



High prices are creating surpluses in 

 some stocks by curtailing the dejnand.- 



The Wholesale Seedmen's League held 

 its annual meeting at Detroit November 

 19. 



Despite the reputed shortage, ther^ 

 seems to be a small surplus of Paper 

 Whites. ■ 



' ' Any seed dealer who is putting up a 

 new building that he figures on using for 

 the next fifty years, ' ' says Robert 'Nichol- 

 son, "should keep in mind the necessity 

 for a good landing place for his custom- 

 ers' airplanes." 



"The only crop insurance we know," 

 says Beckert 's Seed Store, ; Pittsburgh, 

 " is to patronize a reliable' seedsman and 

 pay his price. Eeliable seeds cannot be 

 produced cheaply, nor can those who de- 

 pend on crops to make a living afford to 

 take chances with cheap seeds." 



Soy beans,' or soja beans, have been 

 grown in China and Japan since ancient 

 times. Although introduced' into the 

 United States as early as 1829, they at- 

 tracted little attention until the early 

 eighties and again in 1900, when the 

 United States Department of Agriculture 

 began to introduce large numbers of vari- 

 ties from the Orient. Since then their 

 popularity as a feeding crop has gradually 

 increased as their value became mOre evi- 

 dent, due largely to the introduction of 

 varieties better suited to the wide range 

 of soil and climatic conditions found in 

 the United States. 



• • SEEDS AND WEEDS. ' ' 



The British government proposes a 

 new "Seeds and Weeds" act, which, in 

 brief, will provide: "(1) Every pur- 

 chaser of seeds to be given an account 

 of the particulars of the variety, purity 

 and germination of the seeds sold, and 

 all seeds exposed for sale must be so 

 marked. (2) Authorized government in- 

 spectors to be allowed to enter trade 

 premises and take samples for testing 

 without payment. (3) Official testing 

 stations are to be set up and from the 

 government decision there is no appeal 

 to an independent testing station. (4) 

 Special penalties for offenses under the 

 act. (5) Publication of results, with 

 name and address of seedsman." 



"Dearie me," as one of the British 

 seed trade's proponents is fond of re- 

 marking, we have had such a law in 

 America for so long it is an old story 

 and the only harm it has done has been 

 due to some reputable seedsman 's mo- 

 mentarv carelessness. 



A BIO SEED MARKET. 



Possibly no other district of equal 

 size consumes so many seeds as does 

 the Imperial valley, in California. 

 County Horticultural Agent F. W. 

 Waite inspected and passed the follow- 

 ing items into Imperial county during 

 the month of August: 968 sacks pata- 

 toes, 171 sacks onions, 75' sacks spinach 

 seed, 39 sacks lettute seed, 78 sacks 

 English pea seed, 300 sacks barley seed, 

 12 sacks milo maize seed, 3 sacks alfalfa 

 seed, 1 sack tomato seed. 



From the importations of various seeds 

 it would seem that there is to be an in- 



Larger Yields of 



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Better Quality 



Are the Results i>f Plahtinsr 





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Tested Proven Seeds 



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Early View of Our Trial Grounds 



When We Grow Them, We Know Them 



Each season we grow thousands of acres of 

 High Quality Seeds on our own seed farms 

 to supply 75,000 critical planters in America 

 and Europe. 



$15,000 Worth of Seed Starting on Ito Way to Europe 



Everette R. Peacock Co. 



SEEP GROWERS AND IMPORTERSI 



4011-15 Milwaukee Avenue, 



CHICAGO, ILL. 



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