TENNESSEE NURSERY CO., CLEVELAND, TENN. 
13 
132 BUSHELS WITHOUT FERTILIZER OR MANURE 
"I planted one acre alongside my general crops and gave it exactly the same cultivation, 
which was not thorough on account of so much rain. I used no manure or fertilizer of any 
kind. The land, while good, is somewhat run down, as this is the eleventh year in straight 
succession that it has been cultivated in corn. 
"I gathered the corn from this acre last week, and it produced 6 loads of 22 bushels each, 
or 132 bushels, while my corn which I consider good corn, produced only three and one- 
half loads to the acre. This shows nearly one-half in favor of Batt's Four-Ear Prolific. 
W: M. BLACHE." 
CONDITIONS ARE GOOD. Generally all over the country, this has been a splendid 
year for corn, but most of the corn produced is badly mixed because of a replanting last spring 
at seeding time and while the crop from the cross breeding is fine and sound from the excellent 
season of 1911, yet these crops should not be used for seed, as it is a well known fact that cross 
breeding leads to deterioration. 
The great peculiarity of this corn is that it is exceedingly prolific and has large ears. Most 
varieties, when prolific, have small ears. When planted the proper distance it will bear and 
mature four to five large ears to the stalk. 
PLANT ONLY THOROUGHBRED CORN. The progressive farmer does not use grade 
male animals to head his herds, and he should be equally careful in the choice of seed for plant- 
ing, whether it is corn or any other grain. You can't raise a thoroughbred crop from any 
but thoroughbred seed. It is true that you can select good ears that will appear all right, but 
reversion will show next year in the crop, and you will have "run out" corn at the best. The 
time to start a pure variety is now, for the reason above stated that you can get exceptionally 
good stock this year of pure bred, sound, thoroughly matured, large sized corn, that will not be 
surpassed and probably not equaled again for several years. 
When Joseph filled the granaries of Pharaoh in anticipation of the seven lean years, he 
set an example that wise men have followed ever since. It is not likely that the immediate 
following seasons will be as favorable for the production of corn as was 1911. While we shall 
strive in the future, as we have in the past, to produce the very best quality of seed corn, yet 
we know that it will be difficult to improve our stocks above the quality of this year. We 
know that we are now in position to offer you the very highest type, the choicest quality of 
seed corn; and for the reason that we are so very certain that we can and will please you, we 
urge that you take advantage of conditions and start the foundations of your future corn crops 
on a right basis. 
Batt's Four-Ear Prolific Corn is not an experiment. It has witnesses of its excellence in 
the form of great cornfields throughout the United States and Canada. It is a hardy, hard 
white grain on a small cob. The ears are of handsome size, and when given a fair show, make 
from four to five ears to the stalk. The stems drop gracefully, and the corn stands the weather 
perfectly. It won the Blue Ribbon (First Prize) for quality at the North Carolina State 
Fair, October, 1910. 
It matures, under favorable conditions and seasons, in one hundred days. If conditions 
and seasons are unfavorable, it requires one hundred and ten days. 
Prices, Batt's Four -Year Prolific Corn 
Per peck, $2.00 Half bushel, $3.00 Bushel, $5.00. 
Sacked F. O. B., Cleveland, Tennessee 
Ontario, Canada, March 15, 1911. 
Dear Sirt: Stock received some time ago. It was packed well and in fine shape. 
(Signed) C. T. ROGERS, 
