Seep Brsiness From tHE Deaters’ Stanppornr 1313 
him, because the seedsman can look up his records and learn the 
exact vitality of the seed. Perhaps the seed did not grow owing 
to conditions over which the seedsman had no control; such as 
poor planting, lack of water, or too much water, or for want of 
other requirements necessary to its growth. 
I know there is a popular belief that the seedsman keeps the 
good stock and sells the dead. While he does not keep the good 
stock, he nevertheless does sell the dead stock. He sells the 
spent, or dead, celery seed to wholesale ‘grocers for flavoring. 
He sells the spent pumpkin and squash seed to druggist for medic- 
inal uses. The spent beans and peas are sold for food in the large 
cities. All the rest of his dead stock he really and truly destroys. 
His success depends entirely upon his reputation as a seeds- 
man and this in turn rests solely on the growing quantity and 
quality of his seeds. Therefore, in spite of the non-warranty 
used by every reliable seedsman, one need have no hesitancy in 
placing an order with any leading seedsman in the county, for 
he will do the very best he can to fill it only with high-grade 
seed of strong vitality. 
