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Brief Statements on the 1919 Seed Situation 
Relative to Supply. Clover is short — no seed was carried over. Al- ^ 
falfa — short. Seed Corn — not yet determined until winter has passed. Oats — 
plentiful. Other spring grains — good supply. Timothy — big crop. Light Grass 
Seeds — mostly very short crops. Soy Beans, Cow Peas — fair crop. Maine 
grown seed potatoes — fair crop. 
Relative to Demand. Over in Europe, the same conditions as apply to 
the food situation apply also to seed. These countries are practically out of 
seed. All their reserves are used up. They must buy this year. Naturally, 
United States will be their market. They have already bought considerable 
~7 Clover, Timothy and other grass seeds. Their needs are enormous; demand 
from overseas will be heavy. This foreign demand will no doubt continue for 
several years. The American farmer foresees this ; he is the man to produce 
the supply for these foreign countries. The outlook for him is very bright. 
He knows the value of good seed and will use it liberally this year. 1919 
will witness a heavy demand for all of America's agricultural seeds on both 
sides of the Atlantic. 
Relative to Prices. Prices will continue high. Europeans in the past 
have been paying good prices for American seed ; 1919 will be no exception. 
Our prediction is that prices will rule very high all through the season — the 
law of supply and demand will govern them. 
The outlook for agriculture for the year 1919 could not be more promising. 
O Prices of farm products have risen to a level that leaves a nice profit to the 
farmer. There cannot be a serious over-production of farm products for years 
to come. The tiller of the soil, who would get his full share of profits from 
his 1919 farming operations, will not start his crops with the severe handicap 
of poor seed. This catalog is issued to point the way to the proper seed to 
Y use ; good, clean, strong-germinating seed, of dependable strains. Entrusting 
your seedings this spring to these offerings will please .you and pay you. 
V] A. H. HOFFMAN, Inc. 
Alfalfa 6-7.30-3 1 
Alsike ^ 
Barley IS 
Uromus Incrniis 10 
Buckwheat 15 
Canada Blue Grass I 
Canada Peas " 
Cane U 
Cleaners 3j 
Clovers 2-5 
Clover 
Medium Red 3 
Mammoth -l 
Alsike 4 
Corn 26-29 
INDEX 
Cow Peas 25 
Crimson Clover 5 
Economical Mixture 4 
Emmer 14 
English Rye Grass 10 
Farmogerm 32 
Ilay and Pasture Mixture 9 
Kentucky Blue Grass 9 
Lawo Grass 10 
Meadow Fescue 10 
Millets 11 
Oats 16-20 
Orchard Grass 9 
Potatoes 12-13 
Rape 11 
Red Tou 9 
Rye — Spring 14 
Seeders 5 
Sorghum 11 
Soy Beans 22-24 
Spcltz 14 
Sudan Grass IQ 
Summer Pasture Mixture 15 
Sweet Clovers 5 
Tall Meadow Oats Grass 10 
Timothy 8 
Turnips 11 
Vetch 11 
Wheat — Spring 14 
Winter Seed Wheat 31 
