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She RURAL NEW-YORKER 
February 23, 1924 
Farmers Face $9O 9 0OO f OOO»OO Loss 
Thirty million pounds of foreign-grown clover seed (also alfalfa seed) is being imported to this 
country. Official tests have proven this seed will winter kill, is diseased, is practically worthless. 
These foreign-grown seeds are being imported to sell. Speculators in these seeds are going to 
get rid of them; they are not going to take a loss. Think of it! This seed will be sold and when 
this seed is planted, the crops from three million acres are doomed-lost! The only thir.fr that you as an individual 
farmer can do is make sure'your acreage is not included in this gigantic 3,000,000 acre loss. 
Get This Special Bulletin 
Giving Bald Facts 
You can be posted; you can get the facts; you 
can learn the truth; you can protect your own 
interests. We have prepared a special bulletin showing 
the menace to the American farmer in these foreign-grown 
seeds that are being imported and which authoritative tests 
show are practically worthless. You can get this special 
bulletin—it is FREE. It gives government statistics on 
imports—reports of agricultural colleges—warnings from 
farm papers—warnings from farming authorities—pic¬ 
tures showing fields proving absolute failures. 
The Domestic Crop is Short 
These unacclimated imported seeds, which 
exhaustive tests show conclusively winter kill 
badly, are weak, lack vitality, are diseased and cannot 
recover properly after the first cutting, will be sold, be¬ 
cause the crop of home grown clover is short 30,000,000 
pounds. Some will be mixed with a small proportion of 
domestic seed; all 
will be sold in bulk 
without anything 
to warn you of the 
loss you are risking. 
GUARANTY! 
Every ounce of Isbell's Clover 
is Michigan-Grown —is tested 
—is backed by 45 years of con- 
centratingon developing belter 
seed. 
All Isbell’s Alfalfa is Northern- 
Grown — Michigan, Dakota or 
Idaho seed as you prefer—all 
truthfully labeled. 
When the stock on hand is ex¬ 
hausted, we will Btop shipping— 
we will not hand leinferior seed. 
We are growers and ship only 
our own stock. 
To Protect Yourself, 
Get the Facts I 
Don’t buy unknown brands of seeds. 
Get proven seeds; sow only pedigreed 
seeds; plant only dependable and re¬ 
liable seeds. Don’t buy clover or al¬ 
falfa seed until you have read up on 
the subject and are thoroughly post¬ 
ed. Write for our bulletin and wait 
for it. Thousands of requests for this bulletin 
will come in—so get your request in early— 
Today. Fill in the coupon and mail it at once. 
Send the Coupon Now 
BEWARE! 
The significance of these 
large importations of 
clover and alfalfa seed, 
and the danger to farmers 
who purchase their seed 
on the open market with¬ 
out reference to its source, 
is indicated by the fact 
that experiments in our 
own state, and many other 
northern states, indicate 
that much of this seed is 
nearly worthless for seed¬ 
ing in our latitude. 
Editorial in Michigan 
Farmer, Feb. 5, 1924 
S. M. ISBELL & COMPANY 
157 Mechanic Street JACKSON, MICHIGAN 
Send me Special Bulletin giving facts and figures on clover situation; also information about Michigan- 
grown seed. 
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Seedlings Damping Off 
What ails my tomato, celery and aster 
plants? They have been up and growing 
fine, now, about two weeks; now they are 
wilting and the roots of the wilted plants 
are wasted and turning brown. Whai is 
the trouble, and the remedy? D. F. w. 
The seedlings are suffering from the 
disease called “damping off,” which is 
peculiar to seedlings or tender plants, and 
is prevalent in greenhouse, hotbed and 
cold frame, as well as out in the field. 
It is induced by the presence of parasitic 
fungi, which thrive best in overwatered 
soils, and where there is a comparatively 
high temperature with poor ventilation. 
The trouble is also favored by thick sow¬ 
ing and too much shade. The fungi are 
introduced in the soil. Soils which con¬ 
tain a high percentage of unrotted vege¬ 
table matter are conducive to damping 
off. After the trouble has appeared soil 
Some of us call ourselves American with¬ 
out knowing how much right we have to 
the title. By right of inheritance and the 
original possession, the Indians are the 
real Americans. There are still a few left 
who trace back to the times when the red 
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should be taken from another location 
for future seedlings. Sterilization of the 
soil by baking is a useful precaution when 
growing a few seedlings indoors. Abund- 
a.nt ventilation, keeping the temperature 
a little lower than generally required, 
very careful watering and thin sowing 
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the weather is dull and sunlight deficient 
too much water, especially if given late in 
the day, is very likely to cause damping 
off. 
Freezing of Chemical Closet; Flowering 
Quince 
1. The country church of which I am 
a trustee has in mind the installation of a 
chemical toilet in the car shed. Can you 
tell me whether it would be practical or 
not? If such a toilet would freeze in cold 
weather it would be impractical. 2. I 
have been informed that flowering quince 
is poisonous to other vegetable growth in 
its neighborhood. Is this true? G. b. m. 
1. Chemical closets will freeze in very 
cold weather, unless sufficiently protect¬ 
ed ; very likely, however, there would be 
no trouble from this source if the closet 
tank was placed a foot or two beneath 
the surface of the ground in a tight shed. 
2. Perhaps to some vegetable growths, 
but not to all. M. B. D. 
Gum on Peach and Plum Trees 
There are many questions during the 
season from people who find a thick gum 
oozing from the trunks of trees. V\ hat 
is it, and what does it mean? The Ohio 
Station answers these questions: 
The formation of gum in the bark of a 
cherry, peach or plum tree is not a dis¬ 
ease, but rather a symptom that some¬ 
thing is wrong with the tree. This gum 
formation, or gummosis, as it is called, 
is brought about by a partial dissolving 
of the cell walls of the bark and wood, 
and may follow an injury or unfavorable 
condition. Mechanical injuries or wounds 
of any kind, the attacks of insects or 
diseases, and injury to the tissues by 
frost are likely to give rise to gummosis. 
The treatment will depend upon the 
cause. If due to diseases or insects, 
proper measures for their control, includ¬ 
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recommended. Mechanical injuries and 
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branches are pruned out. In all cases of 
gummosis conditions favoring the health 
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Be Sure Your Clover is 
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