18 D. M. FERRY & CO., DETROIT, MICH. 



Jaensch*s Victrix ^^^ 



^=5© Sugar Beet Seed 



HE latter part of the 19tli century has been made notable for the earnestness with which scien- 



Ttific men have investigated and studied the problem of how to raise larger farm crops at 

 less cost. 

 No plant has been more carefully studied in this respect than the Sugar Beet, and as a 

 result the improvements in it have been marvelous. Instead of crops yielding 10 per cent 

 or less as was the common average twenty years ago, we now have those yielding under 

 most favorable conditions 



18 to 20 Per Cent. Sti^ar 



This increase has been brought about not so much by improved methods of fertilization and culture^ 

 though these have been factors, as by 



ImproHJement in Seed 



The profitableness of a crop, even under the same conditions of soil and culture, is largely determined by the quality 

 of the seed used, which affects the total weight of roots harvested, the amount of tare (or proportion of the root which 

 has to be removed in topping) and above all in the proportion of sugar the roots contain. A factory which will lose 

 money when run on beets giving but barely 12 per cent, of sugar, may be made to give a good profit when supplied with 

 beets yielding 14 per cent, or more. A farmer who will lose money on a crop of roots so ill shaped that it is necessary to 

 remove a large portion in trimming, will do well on a crop in which, because of the use of better seed, there is a small 

 amount of tare and for which he gets an extra price because of the large sugar content. A difference of a few cents in 

 the price of the seed is of no importance as compared with the question of quality 



Jaensch's Victrijc^ is \/nqtiestionabljr the 'Best 

 Strain of Sxxgo,r Beet 



It is grown by the most successful Sugar Beet experts in the world, Gustave Jaensch & Co. This firm has worked 

 for many years in the midst of the best Sugar Beet growers and factories in Germany and Mr. Jaensch himself has 

 devoted years of careful study to determining what a Sugar Beet should be and how it may be produced. His facilities 

 and knowledge being unequaled, it is not surprising that the result should be so satisfactory. Jaensch & Co. not only by 

 most careful examination and analysis of thousands of specimens select each year a few of the best, but from these they 

 select those which show the greatest power to perpetuate their good qualities, rejecting those, no matter how good in 

 themselves, whose descendants are not superior. Having obtained a superior beet, the seed of which produces beets 

 of superior quality, they skillfully increase the stock and are able to offer seeds by the ton, every one of which is the 

 direct descendant in the second or third generation of a single beet. Such seed has a special value,since it gives greater 



\lniJ^ormitjr of Product 



which is of great importance to both the manufacturer and farmer. Beets of uniform quality can be more economically 

 worked than those differing greatly in sugar content. Roots from the same field or even from the same load, are not apt 

 to show precisely the same per cent, of sugar and when this difference is great the farmei is quite likely to be dissatisfied 

 with his crop and refuse to contract another year. Much of this dissatisfaction can be avoided by using seed of uniform 

 quality. Not only do Jaensch & Co. produce the best seed grown in Europe but, before sending it out, they submit it to 

 a process by which the 



Germtncittn^ Pote^er 



is conserved and its ability to resist the attacks of insects and diseases increased. Often this special treatment enables 

 growers to get a good stand when all other seeds fail. 



We have been appointed sole agents for the sale of Jaensch''s Victrix in America and urge every Sugar Beet factory 

 to make a trial of it; every Sugar Beet grower should procure at least enough for an acre or two and compare the pro- 

 duct with that of other seed. He cannot afford to do otherwise. 



JdCnSCn S ViCiriX oUyOr BCCt o6CU Lotsof's Ibs.to^Slbs. by express, at purchaser's expense, 25c per Ib. 

 Original sealed sacks, weighing: about 110 lbs. each, $17.50 per sack f. o. b. Detroit. Seepage 19. 



Giant Feeding Svigar Beet, or Half 

 Sugar Mangel, for Stock Feeding 



The investigations of scientific men and the experience of practical stock feeders have established that a ration of 

 some appetizing green food is of such great importance as to be practically essential to the profitable winter feeding of 

 stock. In the northern states a supply of such food can only be obtained from some root crops. Of these Mangel Wur-' 

 zel is popular because of the immense yield, but is not fully satisfactory because of the low nutritive value. By the 

 same system of careful selection and breeding which has accomplished so much with the Sugar Beet, there has been 

 established in the GIANT FEEDING SUGAR a strain of beets which, while giving nearly as large a yield of easily grown 

 and harvested roots as a crop of Mangels, supplies a food of very much higher nutritive value, the roots for feeding pur- 

 poses being really more valuable, pound for pound, than those of the very best strains of Sugar Beet, and the yield 

 under equally favorable conditions being more than double. The roots grow partly out of the ground and because of 

 this and their shape the crop can be harvested and stored at less expense than any other root crop. We are certain that 

 every one who plants this variety and grows it with care will be much pleased with the crop. Every farmer should try it. 

 Seepage 19. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 10c; % Lb. 15c; Lb; 35c. 



I^arly <Jersey W^akefield Cabbage 



Among the scores of varieties of first early Cabbage there is none which is better fitted for universal use than this. 

 Its exceeding hardiness not only to resist cold but other unfavorable conditions, insures the greatest likelihood of profit- 

 able and satisfactory results. We have an exceptionally fine stock, true to type and possessing in the highest degree all 

 the merits of the sort. See page 19. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 25c; 2 Oz. 40c; % Lb. 75c; Lb. $2.50 



