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The old way of changing seed which has existed we suppose from Abraham down, was for a farmer to 
get enough seed of some new variety at quite an advance over the market price to plant or sow anywhere from an 
acre to a whole field, and although the seed may have been a good kind and given exceptionally large yields 
in other sections, he finds that it is not adapted to his particular soil or climate and the result is a failure, the 
farmer not only having lost the extra amount paid for the seed, but a loss of perhaps many bushels per acre 
on the crop grown amounting in the whole to a sum he can ill afford to lose. 
Out* newer and better way 
Removes practically all the risk and is as follows : We furnish the farmer small amounts of several 
different varieties, all of them new and improved seed of superior merit, the cost of any of them being but a 
comparatively small amount. He plants or sows them all, finds out which is best adapted to his particular 
soil and climate and in a year or two he has enough seed for his own growing from but a small original outlay 
and without any risk whatever. 
for Farmer ISTHIS: By getting the right seed stock to start with he 
Anome r \Jain mr me j. aill.ivl can g row i,j s own seed much cheaper than anyone else can 
grow it for him and not only grow his own seed but furnish his neighbors as well who are always glad to buy 
when they see how much superior our new and improved varieties are to those they have been growing. 
Apply the Following Example. 
Prudence vs Pennywise. 
The following is the actual experience of two persons who are both good customers of ours to-day, and 
our agent is authority as to the truth and facts in the case. We simply give ihe matter in the form of a dialogue. 
' MR. PRUDENCE — Did you buy any seed yesterday from Mr. A, representing Gunson, ITighie & Co.? 
MR. PENNYWISE — No ! I thought the prices were too high. 
MR, PRUDENCE — Too high ! Why I paid $1.00 a pound for Early Rose Potatoes the first year 
they were sold and that was the best investment 1 ever made. 
MR. PENNYWISE — Then you bought something ? 
MR. PRUDENCE — Yes, 30 pounds of potatoes and only paid $3.00. 
MR. PENNYWISE — Whew ! I’ll bet I can buy a whole bushel next year for $2.00 or less. 
THE TWO MEET A YEAR LATER. 
MR. PENNYWISE — Well, Prudence, how did that 30 pounds of potatoes turn out ? 
MR. PRUDENCE — Fine! I dug just 1,815 pounds (30£ bushels, an increase of 60 fold) of as nice 
potatoes as you ever saw. 
MR. PENNYWISE — They looked nice in the lot when growing. Are you going to let me have a bushel ? 
MR. PRUDENCE — Yes, 1 can spare a few more. 
MR. PENNYWISE — What are you asking? 
MR. PRUDENCE — All I have sold so far brought $2.00 per bushel and I could have sold all at that price. 
MR. PENNYWISE — I’ll give you $2.00 for a bushel; (the price is paid); now Prudence do you see how 
[ got the best of the deal ? You paid $3.00 for 30 lbs., I pay $2 00 for 60 lbs. Ha ! Ha ! 
MR. PRUDENCE — Hold on, now, till you figure my side of the deal before you kill yourself laughing. 
The bushel 1 sold makes the fifteenth sold at $2.00 per bushel. 
My seed cost $3.00 
It cost me 15 cents per bushel on 30J bushels to grow the crop 1.5-1 
Total cost $7.54 
1 have sold 15 bushels at $2.00 per bushel 
I have 15£ bushels left worth $2.00 per bushel to me 
Clear profit 52.96 
Total value of crop $60. .>0 $60.50 
I figure I have cleared just $52.96 on my deal. Why don’t you laugh now ? Ha ! Ha ! Ha ! 
MORAL — Buy a small amount of new seed and grow your own. It is cheaper and better than letting 
others profit by your mistakes. A single dollar invested now is better than $10.00 invested a little later. Are 
you farming successfully ? If there seems to he a screw loose and you can’t locate the trouble, you d better 
look to th 3 starting point and see if the seed isn’t at fault. If your seed has ‘run out’ try some of our new 
blooded varieties. They are second to none in the country. 
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