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WEIGHT the 
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Straw strong, stiff and sturdy. 
Wonderful yielder. Five customers of 
ours in Vermont, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, 
Ohio and New York, retx>rt yields of 80, 
‘ 82, 87, 90 and 92 bushels per acre by 
measure weighing up to 46 lbs, per bushel. 
An Ohio Farmer and. one from Pennsylvania 
state — “ Yield more than twice ru much as 
common Oats. 
DIBBLE’S Twentieth Century Oats extra 
early with tall, stiff straw, grain weighing 34 to’36 lbs. 
and a splendid cropper. 
During the ten years we have been growing the 
Twentieth Century Oats on our Farms growing at 
least 150 acres annually, they have given us a yield of 
over twice the average for the United 
States for the same period, 
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on Alfalfa Culture and ^10 samples Farm 
Seeds FREE. Just say—“Send the books and 
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Edward F. Dibble Seedgrower 
Box B 
Honeoye Falls, N. Y. 
Headquarters for Seed Oats, Corn, Potatoes, Al¬ 
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39 Slone Street, Rochester, N. T. 
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Sweet Corn Growing in Maine 
You may be interested to know some¬ 
thing of the sweet corn conditions at Frye- 
burg, Me. The farmers here began plant¬ 
ing for the factory many years ago, be¬ 
fore the advent of any canning machinery. 
The husked corn was dumped on long 
tables, and men, women and children cut 
the corn from the cobs into large trays. 
We have seen the industry grow until 
every operation in the factory is con¬ 
ducted by machinery and the ears are not 
touched by the hands of the operators ex¬ 
cept when they are put into the auto¬ 
matic cutters. 
The method used for determining the 
price to pay for the corn is to weigh each 
load of ears as we would a load of pota¬ 
toes or hay. The corn is then dumped in 
the yard and a man takes an even sample 
of the load that weighs 50 pounds. This 
sample is cut on a hand cutter and 
weighed. This weight is called the “test.” 
This test will average to weigh IS pounds, 
or 30 pounds to the hundred of the un- 
luisked cars. The weight of the load is 
multiplied by this and its value is at once 
known. 
Last season the price paid farmers for 
this cut corn was $2.75 per hundred. 
This season we are to get $3 per hundred. 
As you will see, the average price last 
year was $19.80 per ton. This season it 
will be $21.60 per ton. 
We have three large canning factories 
in the limits of the town and the agent 
at Fryeburg Station informs me that al¬ 
ready 75 car loads of the 1916 pack have 
been shipped. So you see it is no mean 
industry for us. One Fryeburg sweet corn 
grower received a check for $1..340.60 for 
the corn grown on 11 acres, that is net 
from the factory with seed deducted. Wo 
had acres that yielded as high as that, 
but not an entire piece. I place the feed¬ 
ing value of an acre of sweet corn stover, 
fed from the silo, as fully equal to two 
tons of my best hay, so you see the crop 
is a cash crop and fodder crop combined. 
B. WALKER JIC KEE-X. 
D SEEDS 
GOOD AS CAN BE GROWN 
Prices Below All Others 
I will give a lot of new 
sorts free with every order 
I fill. Buy and test. Return 
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Over 700 Illustrations of vegre- 
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R. H. SHUMWAY, Rockford, lUL 
FS 
5000 Bushels extra 
selected and sure 
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quality. 20 loading 
varieties. Highest, 
yielders. Best shovr 
corn. Wonderful ensl- 
lagocorn. Also seed oats, 
barley, alfalfa, timothy. Samples on 
request. 1200 acres. Write for catalog. 
W, N. SCABFF & SONS, New Carlisle, 0. 
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samples and prices. We specialize on Guaranteed quality, 
tested Clover .Timothy, Alfalfa, Sweet Clover and Alsike; 
sold subject to your approval and government test. Write 
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American Mutual Seed Co., Dept, 160, Chicago, Illinois 
SEEDS 
Onr seeds are selected and cleaned to 
beW'EEDLESS and free from dead grains. 
They will go much farther than ordinary 
field seeds, nearly always adding enough to 
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Threo earliest vegetables in cultivation for 10c. One 
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Round Red Radish, Earliest t>ettuco. 10c to new 
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C. N. Robinson & Bro., Dept.Sl, Baltimore JMd* 
SWEET Clover for Soil Building 
Brices and Circular on request. 
E. IJarton, Box 29, Falmouth, Pendleton Co.. Ky. 
niTO SENSATION: I?ecord yielder. Extra fine seed. 
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OATS, BARLEY, WHEAT, POTATOES. 
All New Varieties. Large.! yielders known. 
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Vegetable Gardening, Watts .$1.75 
Productive Vegetable Growing, Lloyd 1.50 
Garden Farming, Corbett . 2.00 
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For sale by THE RURAL NEW- 
YOR'KER, 333 W. 30th St., New York. 
N. Y, State Vegetable Growers’Association 
This association was organized in 1911 
for furthering the best interests of the 
vegetable producers of the State. In' ad¬ 
dition to the annual meeting, three local 
sessions were held in 1916. One commit¬ 
tee is developing a plan for the standardi¬ 
zation of the crates in which celery, let¬ 
tuce and cauliflower are shipped* from 
New York ; another is w'orking for better 
crop and market reporting service; .a 
third is making a special study of the 
needs of the growers with reference to the 
po.ssibility of institutional aid. This com¬ 
mittee hopes to become ft clearing hoiiso 
through which the assistance of the col¬ 
leges, experiment stations, State Depart¬ 
ment of Agriculture, and schools may ho 
enlisted in the interests of the vegetable 
producers. 
The seed service offers a better list this 
year than ever before, and as the strains 
listed are used by members from yciir to 
year, confidence in their excellence in- 
crea.ses. Prices are favorable, although 
quality is not sacrificed for the purpose of 
cutting the cost. It has been found, how¬ 
ever, in a number of instances, that the 
highest quality and a moderate price go 
together. 
The annual meeting of the association 
is to be_held at Ithaca on February 13, 1-1 
and 15. in connection with iharmers’ 
Week of the New York State College of 
Agriculture. The program constitutes a 
part of the Farmers’ Week exercises. In¬ 
quiries regarding membership or the 
annual meeting should be addressed to the 
secretary, Paul Work, Department of 
1 egetable Gardening, Ithaca, New York. 
The vegetable growers’ program fol¬ 
lows : 
Tue.sday. February 13th.—9, “Muck 
I.and Fertility,” Prof. F. O. Fippin, Cor¬ 
nell University; 10. “Muck Land Let¬ 
tuce,” Henry Greffratli, South Lima, N. 
Y.; 11, “Insect Fnemies of Vegetables,” 
round table ; 12, “The Planning of Vege¬ 
table Farm Operations.” Paul Work, Cor¬ 
nell University; 2, “Vegetable Market¬ 
ing.” round table, C. It. White, Ionia, 
U ednesday, February 14th.—9, “Gro\ 
ing Crops for Canning,” E. L. Kirkpa 
rick. Cornell University ; 10, “Manure c 
the l^egetable Farm,” Prof. Geo, W. Ca 
anaugh. Cornell University; 11, “Aspa 
agus.” Prof. ,1. B. Norton, Washingto 
I). C.; 12, “Outdoor Cucumbers,” C. 1 
White, Ionia, N. Y.; 2, “Growing Ear' 
Plants,” II. F. Iluher, New Haven Expe 
iment Station; 3-5, New York State Ve 
enable Growers’ Association business se 
sion; 6:30, New York State Vegetab 
Growers’ Association banquet. 
Thursday, February 15th.—9, “La 
Cabbage,” A. E. Wilkinson, Cornell Un 
versity ; 10, “Market Garden Practices ( 
Connecticut,” 11. F. Huber, New Have 
Experiment Station, New Haven, Conn 
11, “New Crops for the Greenhouse,” I 
V. Schneck, Cornell University; 1' 
“Diseases of Vegetables,” round table, 
C. .Tagger, Cornell University; 2-4, Ne 
York State Vegetable Growers’ Associi 
tion business session. Committee on Set 
Service, Packages, Legislation and other 
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Clover Seeds 
Medium Red, Mam¬ 
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and Sweet varieties, f 
When you buy Clover ' 
Seed you want: 1st. t 
Highest purity with 
freedom from dan¬ 
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2d. Seed, nearly every f 
one of which will grow. 
3d. Plumpness and good 
color—the ri.ght signs of '> 
vigor and health. 
4th. Hardy _seed that will survive our 
winters—thrive in all climates. 
Hoffman’s Clovers meet above specifications. 
You can buy Hoffman’s Clovers, test their pu¬ 
rity and germination yourself. If the test does 
not please, return the seed—get your money back, 
with freight. You should buy early to insure 
completing your tests before seed time. 
Write today for Hoffman’s 1917 Farm Seed Cata¬ 
log. It offers every variety of gr.ass seed and 
seed grain. Seed Potatoes, Oats, Corn, Canada 
Peas, Soy Beans, Cow Peas, and tells how to 
grow them. Catalog with samples of Hoffman’s 
Clovers—free—if you mention tliis paper. 
A. H. HOFFMAN, Inc. 
Landisville, Lancaster County, Pa. 
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The national seed shortage 
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SIS Elm St., Marblehead, Mass. ■ 
ALFALFA 
AMERICAN NORTHERN GROWN 
For fifteen years our advice concerning the seeding 
and care of Alfalfa meadows, and our seed for sowing 
them, have been standard—the best that was to be 
had. The catalog tells how, and prices the seed, 
not Turkestan, “Dwarf Alfalfa,’’ which we refuse to 
handle, but the best of American grown seed, in- 
cludin/I usually Montana, Idaho, and the Ereat 
“Dakota 30,” which rivals the Grimm itself. 
RDIMM Al PAI PA Next to Hansen’s Siberian, 
Unlinni HLiHLiH the greatest variety grown 
in America. We have the genuine; also limited 
amounts of the Siberian. 
SOY BEANS 
Whether used for grain, 
hay, silage, or fertilizer, 
this crop pleases all who 
grow it, and is being more 
extensively grown each year. We have tested 
hundreds of varieties, besides breeding up some very 
remarkable sorts of our own, and offer only the best; 
standard or new ones that can be depended upon. 
WING’S GARDEN and FLOWER SEEDS 
are CTown for the most critical trade. Write for free 
catalog. Lists many new and rare specialties. 
Wing Seed Co., Box 323 Mechanicsburg, O, 
The House of Quality and Moderate Prices. 
Fords IdeaJ Beet 
Here is the one real beet for you 
to plant. Large, red, early, tender. 
We introduced Ideal and it is a 
notable addition to our list of 
Ford’s Sound Seeds 
Send for our catalogue of the best farm and garden 
seeds that grow. It tells all about Ford’s Old 
Virginia Corn; Ford's Bumper Crop Oats; Ford's 
Glory Cabbage; Ford's Erfurt Cauliflower and 
others. It also tells about the “Ford Plan,” by 
which we refund your money if the seeds don 't 
satisfy. Get a copy of this catalogue. Send now. 
Ford Seed Company. 
Box 24 
Ravenna, Ohio 
Clover Seed 
Our high grades of Grass seeds are tlie most care¬ 
fully selected and rec.leaned. Highest in Purity tiiid 
(iennination. We Pay the freight. Catalog and 
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“I Find You Have The Best 
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So says one of our customer*. Don’t you want one too? 
Harris’ catalogue is a real help to all who plant seeds. It gives 
true descriptions, pointing out the faults as well as the merits 
of the different varieties. A label on each lot of seeds tells 
what per cent will 
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Box SS Coldwater, N. V, 
urow 
According fo our tests 
98 percent 
of this seedgerminates 
