An Illustrated Monthly Rural Magazine. 
Conducted by Isaac F. Tillinghast. 
FOR EVERY ONE WHO PLANTS A SEED 
OR Tl LLS A PLANT. 
SUBSCRIPTION 50 CENTS PER YEAR. 
Advertising Rates, Cents Per Line. 
Entered at the post-office as second class matter. 
VOL. V., NO. V. WHOLE NO., XXXI. 
La Plume, Lackawanna Co., Pa., May, 1884. 
Seed Corn. Our supply of Waushak- 
um, Longfellow, and Pride of the North 
Seed Corn is now exhausted. We can sup¬ 
ply some very nice seed of the Dutton, an 
early, twelve-rowed, yellow, flint variety, 
at $1.00 per peck; $3.00 per bushel. 
Choice Seed Potatoes. We will 
close out our remaining stock of Seed Po¬ 
tatoes at just one-lialf of the list prices to 
be found in our catalogue and on page 3:; 
of this issue, mail orders only excepted 
We still have on hand a good supply of 
Lee’s Favorite, Early Maine, Early Sunrise 
and many others, but they will no doubt 
soon be taken on this offer, and should be 
ordered at once to make sure of getting 
them. The postage is so heavy on those 
mailed that we cannot do netter than 
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quoted on mail orders. 
Never before in the history of our 
seed business did the orders pour in upon us 
as this seasen between the dates of March 15 
and April 15. The supplies of seeds which 
we had put up in packages ready for filling 
orders rapidly gave out, and for a few 
weeks it seemed utterly impossible with all 
the help we could get to keep up with them 
and fill orders as promply as we desired. 
In consequence of so many waiting until 
ready to sow, and then all ordering in the 
rush, we were compelled to employ inex¬ 
perienced hands, and have no doubt that in 
addition to serious delays, many mistakes 
may have occured. We have now caught 
up and are filling orders the same day they 
are received, which we mean to be pre¬ 
pared to do throughout the season another 
year. We are now ready to set to right a 11 
errors and omissions, and earnestly request 
all patrons who feel that they have not re¬ 
ceived all that is due them, to state to us 
briefly and definitely what they desire us to 
do to satisfy them, and if within the bounds 
of reason it will be done. We hope that 
none will withold their future patronage on 
account of having to wait longer than they 
expected, for we shall strive to never get 
so far behind time again. 
Our Supply of Puget Sound Fottler’s 
Cabbage Seed is now all gone for this season, 
but we can still furnish a limited amount of 
Late Flat Dutch, both ‘Excelsior’ and ‘Pre¬ 
mium’ strains. We have sent out enough 
of our ‘‘P. S.” brand this spring to grow 
thirty million plants. If each seed produce 
a ten cent head, the product will be worth 
three million dollars. If they all fail to head 
that amount will represent the loss to the 
country, so oure is quite a responsible posi¬ 
tion to occupy. We ask a careful compar¬ 
ison by each planter with the best seeds to 
be obtained elsewhere and we hope that all 
will report results early this fall. The pub¬ 
lic wants to know whether our broad claim 
of superiority for this brand of seeds is act¬ 
ually founded on solid rock bottom or not, 
and .the reports from the thousands who are 
on the jury this season will decide. Then 
let all report “the truth, the whole truth 
and nothing but the truth.” Our reputa¬ 
tion is at stake, and we feel willing to let 
the consequences rest on these reports. We 
expect a demand for seeds for three hund¬ 
red million plants next season. 
Advertising in S. T. & H. “En¬ 
closed we hand you check to balance the 
bill of advertising rendered, and are glad to 
say, at the same time, that, from the many 
inquiries we had from persons who have 
seen our advertisement of Slug-Shot in 
Seed-Time and Harvest, we judge it to be 
a good medium for those who desire to 
place good goods before people who are 
looking for anything that can show a profit 
by use in farm, garden or greenhouse. We 
have had letters from Minnesota to Maine. 
Yours Very Respectfully, B. Hammond & 
Co., Mount Kisco, N. Y.” 
