Uiew of a field of Potatoes adjoining ours 
Planted with ordinary seed about May to. and photographed July 28. 
H glance at the yields 
reported bv our. many customers in all parts of the country 
proves that it is nothing unusual for our seed potatoes to increase 
forty fold over the amount planted. That is, you plant one bushel and get forty bushels; you plant the forty 
bushels and get 1,600 bushels. With ordinary seed under like conditions the increase would not be more 
than twenty fold, or if you plant one bushel you would get twenty bushels; you plant the twenty bushels and 
get 400 bushels — difference in favor of improved varieties, 1,200 bushels from one bushel of seed in two years. 
Are our figures correct? After an experience of twenty-five years in the business we can say that we believe 
they are. Where do you find another investment so safe or so prompt in paying such dividends ? The best 
way to increase your income is to increase the yield per acre instead of the number of acres raised. The first 
thing necessary in doing this is to plant the very best, seed obtainable, then with good soil and cultivation 
make one acre produce what two acres have been producing. It can be done. You can do it. The success- 
ful farmer of the future must do it. It will cost but a trifle to trv some or all of these varieties, and it may be 
worth hundreds of dollars to you. The seed has ju«t as much to do with the yield as the soil and cultivation. 
Times are changing. The methods and varieties that were in use in years past will not do now. There are 
better methods of culture which are fully described in our circular, “Potatoes! How to grow them with profit.” 
There are improved varieties to grow. We are selling 
them — the best in existence. The most successful men 
in all kinds of business are not those who work the hardest but those who plan the best and thus obtain better 
results and avoid the failure of those who work harder and planless. Brains are worth more than muscle. 
460 bushels of pota'oes have often been grown on one acre How many bushels are you growing per acre? 
Decide now t> double your yield. Do more thinking. Do more planning and you will make more money. 
We invite you to come and see our seed growing or stored for shipping. 
Larger Crops mean more money. 
Finest Oats in the Country. 
“Door Co., Wis . , April 24, 1897. The oats you 
sent here are just splendid, the finest that evnr came 
into this country . J. A. Hickox. 
Our Oats Yielded 100 Bushkts Per Acre. 
“Onondaga Co., N Y., July 20, 1897. I send you 
a sample of oats raised by George Goodfellow. He 
had four acres from your seed from which he threshed 
398 bushels that went through the machine and there 
were a*, least, 15 bushels on the floor not measured so 
that they actually yielded more than 160 bu«hels to 
the acre. E. S. Walker.” 
3 Barrels from 10 Pounds. 
“Clinton Co., Pa., April 15, 1898. Mr. Henry 
Fisher of Center Co., Pa., harvested three barrels of 
White Giant potatoes trom 10 pounds of seed which 
lie bought last spring. B. W. Vallen.” 
Liberty Oat the only kind Free from Smut. 
“Stephenson Co., III., Dec. 7, 1897. I enclose 
$'35.50 worth of orders. The White Giant potatoes 
and the Gold King Corn give the best satisfaction, so 
does the Liberty Oat. The Liberty has no smut while 
all other varieties smut very badly. J. M. Miller.” 
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