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H. G. Hastings Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia. 
Hastings'Big Rockdale Corn 
^Nn I d I ^ bottom lands in tbe Central South, for the black waxy lands of Texas, 
l^nUi I *? I y lor the delta lauds of Louisiana and Mississippi and any rich or highly 
fertilized uplands there is no big-eared corn that equals Hastings’ Rockdale. 
We are mighty well acquainted with Rockdale Corn. It’s a Georgia variety and we 
have grown it and sold it for some twenty-three years. It’s a thoroughbred, the best of 
all the big-eared Southern field corns for main crop. Our illustration is a little over 
half its natural size and shows well the general appearance of the ears. Very flinty for 
a dent corn, medium early for main crop: cob small and white, with long slightly 
dented, deep white grains. Occasionally a slightly red cob is found in it, but this is 
seldom. Ears very large, 10 to 13 inches long, and weigh 1 to 114 pounds. One Texas 
grower reported 2% pound ears. Fine for meal and for an all-round general purpose 
main crop corn with big ears it’s unexcelled. This is the best big-eared corn you can 
iflant. Read some of tlie testimonials l)elow and be convinced. 
1919 IN TEX.4S—"The Rockdale Corn I bought from you last spring simply did flne. 
It grew tall with ears 12 inches long or longer and it produced about 100 bushels per 
acre.”—Jno. P. H. Bailey. Burnet County, Texas. “Sign my name if it will help some 
farmers to raise better corn and 20 to 2.1 bu. more on the same acre. It is the best corn 
for fresh and bottom land there is.”—W. T. Barnes. Bowie County, Texas. 
TENNESSEE—“I am well pleased with results and can recommend your seed to any 
one. I had other kinds of corn planted luit your Rockdale was best of all. Long drouth 
in July and August and poorly cultivated but am well pleased.”—Brady Bruce, David¬ 
son County. 
LOriSIANA—“I think so much of your Rockdale Corn that I will plant at least 120 
acres of it next year. Could sell all of it here for .$4.00 per bushel. It is the best all 
round corn I ever saw.”—Tom Abington. De Soto Parish. “The Rockdale you sold me 
was just fine. I have one single ear with over 900 good grains of corn. Am more than 
pleased witli my corn.”—Mrs. T. .T. Bryan. Jackson Parish. Louisiana. 
MISSISSIPPI—“I planted one acre of your Rockdale corn and will gather 50 bushels 
of good corn after having three storms and rain for 30 days just at the time I didn’t 
need it. I know no better and I have 45 years’ experience in the Delta.”—F. P. Barrett, 
Issaquena County. 
GEORGIA—“I’ve been farming about forty years and there is no corn I like better. 
If my whole crop was in Rockdale I would have made all the corn I could house in spite 
of bad season.”—G. W. Colson, Camden County. 
ARKANSAS—^’I’m indeed glad to say your Rockdale has proven to be the best corn 
I have handled for years.”—Tom Black, Woodruff County. “Highly satisfactory. It’s 
the best corn on my plantation. I can recommend your Rockdale to any one.”—R. L. 
Bradshaw, Lafayette County. 
ALABAMA—"I find it the greatest of corn.”—W. N. Barnett, Shelby Count.v. “Your 
Rockdale is the finest bottom land corn I’ve ever grown—75 bushels to the acre with 
disagreeable year.”—.Tim Coleman. Choctaw Count.v. 
TENNESSEE—“I find your Rockdale fine. I will make about 75 bushels per acre 
this year on upland.”—W. T. Cowin, Polk County, fi’enn. 
D#k««lrrlalA f'rkHn Packet, lO cents; pound, 25 cents; 2 lbs., 45 
n I4#C9 nv4el%IJCIIC ll cents; postpaid, 14 lbs. (peck), ,$1.10, by express 
or freight, not prepaid; 56 lbs. (bushel), $4.00. 
■ ■■ I mwm /■! If /in. Has the largest grains, with smallest cob. 
Hickory Kingr (wo. 14z) of, corn introduced. We have 
» « X / what IS known as tlie Broad Gram Hickory 
King, a single grain nearly covering a cross-section of the entire coh. It is a strong 
grower: the stalks take a firm hold on the ground and stand upright, resisting heavy 
wind storms without blowing down. In fairly good soil each stalk bears 2 and some¬ 
times 3 medium sized ears. It yields good crops on light soils and is one of the most 
productive and prolitalde white varieties for planting in the South. Ears fill out well 
and will make more shelled corn to bulk of ears than any other variety. It is good for 
roasting ears to follow Early White Dent: makes a splendid quality of corn meal, and 
is just the right sort for stock feeding, being almost all corn and very little cob. It 
matures fully in from 115 to 125 days. Packet, 10 cents; pound, 25 cents; 2 lbs., 45 
cents; postpaid. Not prepaid; 14 lbs. (peck), $1.15; 56 lbs. (bushel), $4.25. 
Improved Golden Dent (Georgia Grown) (No. 144) 
Practically all seed of Golden Dent Corn offered in the South either by seedsmen or 
local merchants is Northern grown and not acclimated, so seldom makes good in the 
crop. Ours is different. Our specially grown Georgia raised seed of Golden Dent will 
please you and make you a sure crop for early use. It h.as been the standard yellow 
variety for planting in the South in recent years: a splendid medium early yellow field 
corn. Large ears, with small red cob and large grains of deep yellow color. A strong 
grower, standing up against hot dry weatiier remarkaljl.v w’ell for a corn of its class. 
It matures hard corn for feeding in 110 to 115 days, the grain being rich in feeding 
value. Also good for roasting ears. The improved Golden Dent is a valuable yellow 
corn for early planting in the South and you cannot make a mistake in planting it. 
In the past our Southern farmers have preferred the white corns to plant and raise and 
white corn has been grown almost exclusively in the South. Many farmers know, how¬ 
ever, that all kinds of stock prefer the yellow corn and will leave the white for yellow 
because of its rich buttery flavor and perhaps because the yellow is easier digested. 
Agricultural chemists believe they have found a relation between the fat-soluble vi- 
tamine (for quick and easy digestion) and the yellow plant pigments, such as found in 
yellow corn and is not present in white corn. Whether this is true or not remains to be 
proven, but we know that stock prefers yellow corn in the South as well as North and 
we should grow some at least for the needs on our own farms. Improved Golden Dent 
being the very best Southern variety. Packet, 10 cents; pound, 25 cents; 2 lbs., 45 
cents; postpaid. Not prepaid: 14 lbs. (peck), $1.10; 66 lbs. (bushel), $4.00. 
Farll# WhStA flAnt^Nn Favorite white variety for early crop in the 
Caiiy WniK; Wni^iiOi south. First ready of those producing large 
ears. Two to 3 ears per stalk: fine for “roasting” ears. Packet, 10 cents; pound, 25 
cents; 2 lbs., 45c; postpaid. Not prepaid: 14 lbs. (peck), $1.15; 66 lbs. (bu.), $4.25. 
Make Cotton Profit by Planting Corn 
Corn and products of corn to feed the family and live stock are the largest items 
of expense in growing cotton or other cash crop. You can grow corn for one-third 
to one-half the merchant’s price. 
