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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST, 
[ February, 
The Premium Sanford Corn. 
Farmers, procure your seed from “ Headquarters.” Get the genuine. Large quantities are being offered which are 
impure. Beware of the spurious. The Sanford Corn lias been tested the past season in nearly every State and Territory, 
and the claims made in favor of it are sustained by the most convincing and disinterested testimony (neither “ Bogus” nor 
“ Bought,”) establishing the fact that it is not a “ Humbug and confirming all previous evidences of its superiority. It 
lias the reputation in this (Suffolk County) of being the best field corn, and as such lias taken the highest premium for 
five successive years. In many States it has ripened from two to four weeks earlier, and produced from one-third to double 
the quantity of other corn. These./Vrc(5 will warrant every Farmer in giving it a trial. 
HEAD THE TESTIMONY. 
Pleasant P.idge Stock Farm, 
Pittsfield, Mass., Dec. 118, 1SI0. 
S. B. Fanning— Dear Sir:—The Sanford Corn grew rapid¬ 
ly with immense foliage, the leaves being very long and 
wide. Many of the stalks produced four large ears, two- 
thirds had three ears on them. There was but little unsound 
corn, and most of the ears were filled out to the top. It lias 
been seen by many who have been here from the West, and 
all have said that it was the finest corn they ever saw. The 
small cob and large proportion of grain attracted their at¬ 
tention. We have not shelled all of it, but it is safe in say¬ 
ing that there are 110 bushels (shelled corn) per acre; and we 
have made up our minds that it is easier and cheaper to 
raise 100 bushels of “Sanford Corn," than 40 of the “ Tillot- 
ron,” or any other variety grown here. 
It has been the admiration of all, and we have often been 
offered 50 cts. an ear for seed. J. H. Crook & Son. 
P.ichview, 111., Aug. 28,1870. 
The Sanford Corn is early , having become seared ; while 
my Dent Corn planted the same day Is scarcely silked out. 
Wm. E. Thomas. 
Office of T. A. Thompson, Co. School Sup’t, 
Plainview, Wabashaw Co., Minn. 
S. B. Fanning.— I am sure that all that has been claimed 
for the Sanford Corn is true concerning it. I believe, all who 
engage in its culture will fully realize their expectations. I 
have tried feeding it in connection with the Yellow Dent, 
and my hogs would select and eat it ail and leave the Dent. 
1 can recommend it to all. T. A. Thompson. 
Ypsilanti, Mich., Jan. 7, 1871. 
S. B. Fanning.— Thinking you might be interested, 1 give 
you the result with the Sanford Corn I planted the 26tli of 
May, while my neighbors were cultivating theirs. Planted 
on clover sod—no manure and only ordinary cultivation—I 
have harvested from the first acre measured, 155 bushels; 
the second, 144 bushels. I cut the stalks the 10th of Sept, 
fully ripe. The best acre of my common corn planted in the 
same field witli same culture, yielded but 110 bushels. I 
have 75 bushels more shelled corn than if I had planted the 
White Dent, Eiglit-rowcd Yellow, or Red Blaze. From three 
bushels of ears 1 get two bushels of shelled corn. Have done 
tins three or four times in shelling that amount. When 
weighed at the mill, I had 120 lbs. of nice corn from three 
bushels of ears. Ifanyonecan beat this 1 will make another 
trial next year, if I live. It is universally liked in this vi¬ 
cinity. The seed delivered cost me $8.70. If I had paid $25 
fot it, it would be the cheapest seed I ever planted. Some 
of my neighbors think I have “Corn on the Brain,” and it 
is partly true, and I have it in the crib. John Howland. 
Fortville, Ind. 
S. B. Fanning— Sir—The Corn I purchased from you was 
planted on the 23d of May, two grains in a hill. Plowed it 
twice before and once after harvest. Did not see it after¬ 
wards until it had eared, and was surprised to find from three 
to eight stalks in a hill, and most of them with two and some 
with three ears on a stalk. It yielded at the rate of 120 bush¬ 
els per acre, which was just twice the yield of our common 
corn. 1 intend to plant largely of it the next season, and 
think all farmers will find.it to their advantage to give it a 
trial. Frank K. Boole. 
Minnequa, Pa. 
Mr. Fanning.—T he Corn you sent me last spring surpass¬ 
ed any thing I ever saw in the corn line. I planted on the 
22d of May one-eighth of an acre—gave it the same cultiva¬ 
tion as my other corn. It grew more rapidly, came up more 
evenl)-, produced as much again and better fodder, proved 
earlier, and yielded twenty-five, bushels of corn in the ear 
from the one-eighth of an acre. I shelled three bushels of ears 
and got two of shelled corn, which I sold readily at the rate 
of $16 per bushel. All who saw the the corn while growing, 
and after harvested or cut up, (which was in August 25tli), 
spoke for seed. Several stalks had on four good ears. lean 
highly recommend it to all corn-growers. 
Tnos. E. De Riese 
Bamberg, S. C. 
S. B. Fanning—D ear Sir: —I planted the Sanford Corn 
you sent me on light, sandy soil. It grows the fastest of 
any corn I ever saw. Each stalk produced from three to 
four cars. I believe it will make three or four times 
as much as any other corn I ever saw. It is from three to 
four weeks earlier than any corn I ever saw. 
Wm. S. Bamberg. 
Janesville, Wis. 
S. F. Fanning.—T he Quart of Sanford Corn was planted 
on tlie 14th of May. It was over a week in coming up on 
account of the drouth. It grew very rapidly, and on the first 
of September was fully matured. I find it very productive. 
Ears from 12 to 14 inches in length, and filled to the top of 
the cob. Many of the stalks producing two and three large 
ears. 
Dr. S. N. Smith. 
BloohsbuRg, N. Y. 
S. B. Fanning,—D ear Sir:—I planted the Sanford Corn 
on tlie 5th of June. The dry weather kept it back, and it 
was more than a week before it sprouted. It commenced 
to set ears about the 19th of July, and it beat all corn I ever 
saw for sets. Some stalks had five, some four, and none less 
than three. About this time the drouth commenced and 
dried up many of them, but it yielded 75 bushels per acre, 
and notlving but tlie dry weather kept it from yielding 
double that amount. I consider the stalks very valuable 
for fodder. 
A. B. Crane. 
Auburn, Ohio, Nov. 14, 1S70. 
S. B. Fanning.—I take pleasure in reporting result of 
my experiments with tlie Sanford Corn. Late in May I 
planted two Quarts on old ground, ordinarily manured. 
There was a fine growth of stalks and a large yield of splen¬ 
did looking corn. From the two quarts planted on a quar¬ 
ter of an acre of ground, I obtained 85 bushels—at the rate 
of one hundred and forty bushels per acre. Tlie large, well 
filled ears are admired by all who see them. A gentleman 
of this place raised 33 bushels from two quarts seed. I am 
satisfied that the Sanford Corn is not excelled by any variety, 
but believe it superior to all. 
Geo. IVm. Wilson. 
Mt. Eaton, Ohio. 
Dear Sir:—I planted the Sanford Corn on the 16th of May, 
it was ripe two weeks earlier than my other corn. I plant¬ 
ed my common corn in the same field. It took 12 rows to 
make 45 bushels of ears. Of the Sanford Corn it took only 
eight rows to make the same number of bushels. It will 
yield with me one-third more than the common corn. 
E. D. Pinkerton. 
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