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ED-BELT NEWS 
Volume 17. 
BALTIMORE, MD., MARCH 3rd, 1934. No. 3 
Beltsville (Md.) Station to 
be made model for Country 
The experiment Station of the United 
States Dept, of Agriculture at Beltsville, 
Maryland, is to be a model for the entire 
country through the purchase of an 
additional 1000 acres of land and the 
construction of new buildings costing 
$1,750,000. 
The Animal Husbandry Laboratory will 
provide one million square feet of floor 
space for laboratories dealing with animal 
nutrition, genetics, meat and wool inves¬ 
tigations. The poultry nutrition labora¬ 
tory will provide facilities for killing and 
plucking poultry and quick freezing of 
poultry, also facilities for the study of 
cold storage of eggs. The new Dairy In¬ 
dustry building will permit the manufac¬ 
ture of dairy products and by-products on 
a factory scale. 
• • • 
On March the 9th there will be held in 
Washington the first hearing arranged in 
the Seed Industry to foster better and 
more profitable conditions. A hearing 
with reference to a proposed Marketing 
Agreement for Redtop under the provi¬ 
sions of the Agricultural Adjustment Act. 
If successful this agreement will undoubt¬ 
edly mean a sharp advance in the price 
of Redtop. 
Milk production in the United States 
on February 1st was more than 9% less 
than on February 1st last year. 
Around The Stove. 
The Virginia Dept, of Agriculture rec¬ 
ommends that potato growers not increase 
their acreage this year but rather their 
acre yield. 
1. Plant only such land as will pro¬ 
duce 50 barrels No. 1 potatoes 
per acre. 
2. Turn under green manure crop. 
3. Use certified seed. 
4. Lime - Soil reaction should be 
between p H 4.8 and 5.3 
5. Fertilize adequately. 
Bags not returnable. {F ,• 0. B. Baltimore ,J Freight Paid Prices Quoted on Request. 
We quote today’s values, Wholesale quantities Terms: Arrival Draft unless otherwise agreed 
♦DOMESTIC RED CLOVER 
Per Bushel 
□ Square.$ 9.00 
V Trinity 99.50.$ 9.60 
♦SAPLING or MAMMOTH 
□ Square....’.:,....$ 9.00 
V Trinity 99.5(U. 9.60 
♦ALSYKE 
-Q Square.$ 9.00 
V Trinity 99%.$ 9.90 
* TIMOTHY 
O Circle 98%.$3.85 
V Trinity 99.70%. 4.05 
♦U.S VERIFIED ORIGIN ALFALFA 
V Kansas Okla.12 
V Kansas.13 
V N.W. (Idaho, Utah, Mont.) .16 
V Grimm State sealed certified .22 
V Affidavit Grimm U. S. Ver. .1634 
V WHITE CLOVER** 98% .21 
V WHITE SWEET Clover* .0634 
V YELLOW SWEET*.06% 
V Japan Clover.**.10 
V Korean Lespedeza.07 
♦♦KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS 
Unmixed New Crop 
Per Pound 
□ Square 80/80 .13% 
V Trinity 85/85 .14 
- *REDTOP-HERDS GRASS 
□ Square 90%.09 
V Trinity 94%.0934 
Lot 1272 98% pure.11 
V Unhulled**.05 
V Chaff**.02 
♦♦FARM and TURF GRASSES 
V DOMESTIC RYEGRASS .06% 
V Paceys Ryegrass, Imported .12 
V Perennial Ryegrass, “ .... .12 
V Italian Ryegrass, “.12 
V Poa Trivialis.18 
V Chewings Fescue.18 
V Sheep Fescue.15 
V Red Fescue.15 
V Hard Fescue.15 
V Creeping Fescue.25 
V Wood Meadow Grass. 
V German Bentgrass.70 
V Colonial Bentgrass.70 
V R-1. Bentgrass.70 
V Maritime Bent Coos County .80 
V Meadow Fescue.09 
V Bermuda Grass 9934%* - *10 
V Weed Free Carpet Grass.. 
V Tall Oat Grass.10 
V Crested Dogstail.25 
**ORCHARD GRASS 
V Orchard 90/90.08J4 
Crimson Clover. 
Austrian Peas.05 
Hairy Vetch.09 
D. E. Rape.0434 
Sudan Grass.0634 
Cane Seed.03 
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Cowpeas. 
Soybeans. 
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SEED POTATOES Write for Prices 
Fulghum Oats.80 
Va. Grey Seed Oats.80 
Victory Seed Oats Certified.80 
Big Four Seed Oats.75 
Silvermine Seed Oats.75 
Spring Barley. 1.00 
Spring Wheat. 1.60 
VVest Branch Sweepstakes Corn..$l,50 
Eureka Eusilage Corn.. 1.60 
Lancaster Sure Crop. 1.50 
Reid’s Yellow Dent. 1.25 
**LAWN GRASSES 
Trinity 100 lb. bags.$ .22 
Trinity 100 lb. in 5 lb. bags.24 
Trinity 100 lb. in 1 lb. Cartons.25 
Evergreen 100 lb. bags.18 
Evergreen 100 lb. in 3 lb. bags.19 
Velvet Lawngrass 100 lb. bags.14 
V Shady Lawngrass 100 lb. bags.22 
V WHITE CLOVER 220 lb. bags.21 
SHEEP MANURE 100 lb. bags.. 1.75 
BONEMEAL 100 lb. bags. 1.75 
Fine Peat Moss per bale. 2.00 
_ . ( ‘Cotton Bags—35c—net weight 
PACKING ] **Burlap Sax - free-gross weight 
- ( ***Burlap Sax — 12c —net weight 
THE BELT SEED COMPANY 
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Selected - Recleaned - Tested Seeds 
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