THE REASON FOR THE 

 NEW STOKES TRADE-MARK 



IN adopting a new trade-mark after over forty years of honorable busi- 

 ness history, we do so not because of any fundamental change of policy, 

 but more thoroughly to express the ideahsm which is the controlhng 

 spirit of our business. The beautiful Sir Galahad, knight of King Arthur's 

 Round Table, is seen riding out of Camelot on his victorious quest for The 

 GraiL He is clad in shining armor; a flaming banner flows from his 

 lance. His splendid charger is pure white. These typify all that is strong, true, and pure. 

 As was said of one of Sir Galahad's comrades, "His strength was as the strength of ten, because 

 his heart was pure." 



Stokes Seeds are grown and sold with the same spirit ot modern idealism and strength. 

 As symboUzed by their trade-mark, they are four-square, with no short-cuts for quaUty and 

 no rounded corners for careless service. They are true in the best sense, for not only have 

 they strength of growth, but also strength of Uneage. In short, they will prove equal to the 

 task set for them. Because of these things we have adopted as our slogan, "Stokes Seeds — 

 true as Sir Galahad." 



WE COME TO THE END OF THE BOOK 



There's a whisper down the field, where the year has shot her yield. 



And the ricks stand grey to the sun, 

 Singing: "Over then, come over, for the bee has quit the clover, 



"And your English summer's done." — Kipling. 



PATCHES of purple aster are blooming here on Windermoor as we write this, the last 

 page of our catalogue. Summer is over, "the swallows are making them ready to fly" 

 and the hght in the western sky holds that strange richness so common to October. 

 The last homeward-bound troop train from Dix has apparently gone down the road. The 

 North Shore express trains are coming to the end of their summer runs. There are still some 

 people who beUeve in the dignity of work and who find a joy in service. There is much of 

 getting and httle of giving, but, so far; laws have not been passed forcing the farmer to work 

 sixteen hours a day so that the consumer need work only six. 



Harvest is being made all over our northern world and with it the seed harvest, which 

 makes possible the crops of future years. Here on Windermoor, in the mountain valleys of 

 the West, in the sunshine of the CaHfornia ranches, in the north of England, and in the south 

 of France, men are working the long day through gathering seed, some of which will soon 

 find its way to Windermoor House, whence it will be redistributed all over our land and to 

 other lands. Primarily, we are here to give service. We are convinced there is a vast oppor- 

 tunity for an improvement in the national seed supply. Our ideal is to produce a better 

 product and to distribute that product more economically and efficiently. We shall always 

 welcome suggestions for the furtherance of this ideal. 



Yours to command, 



Windermoor House. STOKES SEED FARMS COMPANY 



October i, igig 



