I offer you No. 1 quality seed, hand 
selected, butted and tipped, shelled and 
graded corn. Test it yourself. You 
are the judge as to its germination. If 
not all I say it is and you are not 
entirely satisfied, send it back for a full 
refund. 
I do not and cannot guarantee the 
crop as it is affected by too many things 
beyond my control. 
I am confident all 
of you know just how critical the seed corn 
situation is. Two years of extreme drouth and another 
year of early freezes means that good seed corn is extremely scarce. 
Lots of so-called seed corn was saved from fields that only yielded from 5 to 10 bushels per 
acre; naturally most of this is what good farmers would call nubbins. 
Now, I am not saying that nubbins won’t grow but you would never select nubbins from 
these fields for your seed corn unless you were forced to. This year you are not forced to 
because the seed corn I have for you is well matured, the ears good and dry in spite of the 
terrific heat. Our seed corn has made splendid yields per acre; many of the fields from 
which this corn is taken have gone 40, 45 and 50 bushels to the acre. 
Madison County, Iowa 
A few days ago a farmer who lives about half way between 
here and Des Moines was talking with me. Last spring he bought 
his seed from me and got May’s Yellow Rose. One of his neigh¬ 
bors^ took his corn from another neighbor. They both planted 
their corn at the same time in adjoining fields; there was only a 
fence between them. The land was the same kind and everyr 
thing else the same except the seed. The man who planted Yellow 
Rose is husking 45 bushels to the acre of good sound solid ripe 
mature seed. His neighbor, who planted his seed at the same 
time on the same kind of land with only a fence between them, 
is only getting 5 bushels per acre. They each have 120 acres. 
The man who planted my seed has gained 40 bushels to the acre 
or 4800 bushels. He is $4800.00 ahead because he had con¬ 
fidence- in my seed and knew that it was going to show up in 
the crop which it did. He also knew that farmers who were 
relying upon just ordinary seed without good breeding behind it 
would not get these results. 
Fremont County, Iowa 
This man’s name is Andy. He tells me the same story. He is 
getting 35 bushels to the acre this year from seed he got from 
me while his neighbors had to cut their corn for silage and 
fodder. 
The Same Old Story 
Friends, I could show you hundreds, yes, even thousands of 
examples of this same kind of a situation this year. You know 
it and I know it. 
Those of you 
who have been following 
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WARNING 
This is the year for you to be sure to get corn that is 
adapted for your territory and be sure and test your seed 
corn as usual too. 
You will remember I told you in July what was happen¬ 
ing and that much of the corn that would be produced 
would be fit only for feed and with extremely low yields 
per acre. I kept track of many of our seed corn purchas¬ 
ers and I am able to offer you corn knowing what it is 
and what it will do. We have seed corn adapted to your 
territory wherever you may live in the Farm Belt that 
will mature and yield heavily for you. The farmer who 
depends on his neighbor’s seed, unless it is seed of this 
character, makes a grave mistake to plant such seed 
even if it were given to him without charge. 
Costs Only 40c an Acre for Good Seed Corn 
Let’s take a real example and plant an acre of corn. A 
bushel of corn plants about 8 acres. A gain of less than a 
half bushel per acre at the present market price of corn 
pays for new seed. Don’t forget our friend up there be¬ 
tween Shenandoah and Des Moines who gained 40 bushels 
per acre over his neighbor. That pays for the cost of the 
seed 100 times over. 
Renew Your Seed Strains This Year 
1937 is the year for you to get back into heavy corn 
production by planting some of our high yielding strains. 
You can help save the effort that has been put back of 
seed corn planting and seed corn development by getting 
and planting this corn this year. It is up to you to do 
your part to increase your corn yield. 
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d Yellow Rose. Jt has been se- 
i und bred up for a good many years, 
he color is a beautiful golden, the body 
».vS out wonderfully with maturity. Mas 
a very small cob so that even in wet years 
the corn matures and dries out perfectly 
here at Shenandoah. 
Here are its good points; High yields 
■ er acre; heavy percentage of shelled corn; 
eautiful golden yellow (as beautiful as 
tho Yellow- Rose) small cob so that the 
tures and dries out. even in bad 
t Sincerely recommend this corn 
I am confident if you want to 
ed quality and yield. Only 
