H. G. Hastings Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia. 
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CONVERTED TO HASTINGS' PROLIFIC 
Up in North Georgia on one of the finest corn farms in the South, run by a live pro- 
gressive man, corn has been the principal crop lor j’ears. This farm has been noted 
for the fine corn produced and this man and his tenants have taken great pride in a 
certain “big-eared” variety grown on that farm for almost a life time. 
AVe often told him he could make far more corn with Hastings’ Prolific, but he 
didn't believe it. He was, like thousands of others, prejudiced against the smaller 
eared prolific types of corn. However, we persuaded him to plant some Hastings’ 
Prolific. His tenants, however, insisted on the old, big eared standby. 
This man and his tenants needed an object lesson and they got it in the summer of 
1916. Most of our Georgia and Alabama friends remember the floods of that year that 
swept away practically all the corn on creek and river bottoms. 
Our friend, like the others, was overflowed and lost most of his crop. When he > 
gathered the limited amount left he found that everything but the Hastings’ Prolific 
was ruined. The Hastings’ Prolific with its- heavy waterproof shuck and solid sound ^ 
ears stood these damaging conditions well. He had corn from the Hastings’ Prolific J 
where his life time favorite failed completely. ^ 
Last year (1917) over 400 acres were grown on this farm and he told us that his l 
tenants begged for Hastings’ Prolific to plant. Not only this but the Hastings’ Pro- ^ 
lific crop of 1917 was the finest ever grown on that farm, making a yield never equalled S 
by their old favorite variety. ^ 
Actual experience converted this big North Georgia farmer to Hastings’ Prolific S3 
just as it converts every man who plants the genuine seed direct from Hastings’. ^ 
Hastings' Prolific — The Corn With a Reputation t 
from Tennessee: 
It certainly has got a reputation and a mighty good one at that. Probably no other 
variety is so generally planted on Southern farms as is Hastings’ Prolific and when it 
once gets started on a farm it stays. 
Now almost everybody knows that Hastings’ Prolific holds more high yield per 
acre records than any othei variety planted in the United States, these going all the 
way up to the 214 bushels and 40 pounds made by Ben Leath of Walker County, Geor- 
gia, in 1911 and the 214 bushels and 51 pounds made by J. Jones Polk, Jefferson Davis 
County, Mississippi, in 1913. ^ ^ 
AVe could fill this entire catalogue with Boys’ Corn Club prize yield records from 
every Southern state made during the past six or seven years. AA'e could go into 
detail showing particulars of how Hastings’ Prolific won highest honors in Georgia 
five years out of six, etc. , . ^ ^ ^ 
These Boys’ Corn Contests are important, immensely important, and yet the acreage 
planted by the boys is hardly noticeable in comparison with the millions of acres 
of corn planted by'^the grown folks. , . „ ^ ^ 
It’s hard to find a farmer in the South who hasn't heard of Hastings Prolific favor- 
ably They know it’s a corn of fine reputation, not a reputation gained by advertis- 
ing' but a reputation gained by “making good” in every county of every state iii the 
South. It’s a top-of-the-list variety no matter whether it be in prize contests or 
whether it be in the field of the smallest tenant farmer. ^ . 
The host of imitations cropping up each year under the names of Smith s or .Tones 
or Brown’s Prolific, etc., are direct evidence of the popularity and value of Hastings 
Prolific. „ , ,, . 1 .L 
It has “made good” on the poorer grades of sandy soil as well as the rich river bot- 
toms, on the red clay hills of the Piedmont section of Alabama. Georgia and the Caro- 
linas, on the “black waxy” lands of Texas, on Mississippi delta. Hastings Prolific 
has a good reputation and deservedly sc. 
Hastings’ Prolific requires a fairly long season to develop hard 
i>eSCrspL!Un com, 120 to 130 davs, but will make good roasting ears fairly 
early. The stalk is large, 8 to 12 feet tall,' according to soil and season, rooting deeply. 
The stalk and the blades are large and vigorous. The ears are of medium size two 
or more to the stalk, depending on the distance given and the growing conditions. 
On good, strong land where the corn has distance of 24 to 30 inches in the hrill, it 
often makes 4 to 6 ears to a stalk. The ears are w-oll filled out and weigh from 8 to 
12 ounces. The grains are deep, white and hard. The cob is small. Seventy pounds 
of ear corn will usually shell out 61 to 63 pounds of grain. The shuck is heavy and 
covers the ear tightly, keeping out birds and many insects and preventii^ loss in late, 
wet seasons, when other corn rots badly on account of storm injury. The best corn 
for grain production, for roasting ears, for making meal, and for stock feeding. 
PqI* Ensilage Every year the silo comes into more general_use. Hastmgs’ 
Prolific is the best ensilage corn as shown by the following 
Tullahoma, Tennesse. 
‘AYe have tried many varieties of corn for silage during the past fifteen years on 
our heavy clay loam uplands and have settled down to two, Hastings Prolific and 
Cockes’, with a strong preference for Hastings’, as it is less flinty and tully as pro- 
ductive, if not more so. On good land, well prepared and cultivated, it produces an 
immense growth of forage, and the past season w’hile conditions were very unravor- 
able, too wet in summer and too dry in the fall, we made plenty of crops i-hat 3^ver- 
aged fiftv to eightv bushels to the acre on ordinary upland with only very litt'.e fer- 
to protect the silage. AYe made at least fifteen tons of fine silage per a^e ^ 
“ALTON M. AYORDEN." 
BUY YOUR SEED FROM ORIGINAL SOURCES 
AYith due respect for all others offering Hastings’ Prolific this firm is the intro- 
ducer of this famous variety. You can get the genuine stock from Hastings’, and 
when you buy direct from Hastings’ you know exactly w’hat you are getting, which 
is not true of corn grown on small farms where “mixing” is a practical certainty. 
Our seed crops are in the hands of an expert seed corn grower and Hastings’ Pro- 
lific is the pride of his life. He almost eats and sleeps with the seed crops and his 
greatest ambition is to make Hastings’ Prolific better each year. Our 1917 crop was 
the best we have had and this is what we offer you now'. You will be more than 
pleased. 
Prices of Hastings’ Proiific, Prize-Winning Seed 
Packet, 10 cents; Vz pint, 20 cents; pint, 30 cents; quart, 45 cents; postpaid. Peck, 
not prepaid, $1.00; bushel, $3.50. 
