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American Agriculturist, March 3,1923 
Impr oved andPedigreed Seed 
PEDIGREED BARLEY, Cornell’s two favorites. 
PEATHEHSTON No. 7, six row. ALPHA, two 
row. For description see our advertisement lePru- 
ary 17th Issue or send for circular. Price, Feather- 
ston No. 7, $2.00: Alpha, $2.25. 
PEDIGREED SEED OATS, cleaned through 
thoroughly equipped warehouse a"? ‘rcated ^r 
Dreventioii of sniut. . \ {iri6ties CORNELLIAN* 
VICTORY, CROWN and GOLDEN RAIN. For 
description see our advertisement February 17th 
issue or write for circular. All varieties, $l.o0 per 
bushel. 
SEED CORN, New York State grown from se¬ 
lected ears in special fields. 
Pedigreed CORNELL ELEVEN and Improved 
OIL DENT. For description see our advertisement 
February 17th issue or send for circular. Screened, 
$3.00 per bushel. Tipped and butted for accurate 
planting, $5.00 per bushel. 
CERTIFIED SEED POTATOES, HIRUCO NUM¬ 
BER NINES for seed plots, $3.00 Per bugiel. 
GREEN MOUNT.AINS and IRISH 
treated seed, $3.00 per bushel. BLISS TRIUMPHS 
special stock treated, $3.50. In bushel boxes, $4 00 
For description see our advertisement February lab 
SOY BEANS, Black Eyebrow, an eai-ly sort. 
Bids fair to be most popular sort in New York and 
Pennsylvania. Price, $4.50 per bushel. 
HUBAM SWEET CLOVER, Scarified, high ger¬ 
mination and purity. Grown in New Y’ork. Price, 
small lots, 50 cents per pound, postpaid. Bushel 
lots or over, 40 cents per pound. 
All prices bags free, freight paid. All orders to 
be accompanied by 25% cash. 3% may be deducted 
if sending all cash with order. 
Investigation through Parra Bureau or Agricul¬ 
tural Colleges invited. 
HICKOX-RUMSEY CO., INC., Batavia, N. Y. 
ROHRER’S Sure pajj 
SEEDS 
Clover 
Alsike 
Timothy 
Field Pea5 
Potatoes 
Alfalfa 
Seed Oats 
Seed Com 
and Garden Seeds 
1923 Catalogue 
FREE 
Rohrer’s Guaranteed Seeds are 
the best obtainable—more pro¬ 
ductive and hardier. Specially 
selected for purity and high 
germination. 
Prices and samples sent 
on request. Send today 
for our big 1923 Book, 
P. L. ROHRER & BRO. 
Box 4, Smoketown, Lancaster Co., Penna. 
ODD SEEDS 
■ Qrown From Select Stock 
—None Better—53 years 
selling good seeds to satisfied 
customers. Prices below all 
others. Extra lot free in all 
orders I fill. Big free cats* 
logue has over 700 pictures of 
Veget ables and flowers. Send 
your and neighbors’ addresses. 
R. H. SHUMWAY. Rockford. UL 
The Seed Problem 
Buy Early, Carry Reserves, and Test 
By PAUL WORK 
C LEM GARDNER 
has learned that his 
best paying crop is early tomatoes for 
the nearby factory town of Hopsaddle. 
He has four acres of warm sandy loam 
on the southeast slope of the farm, just 
below the house. He has built up the 
fertility of the 
patch and he sets 
tomatoes on half 
each year. His 
little home-made 
greenhouse and 
coldframes, plus 
some skill and 
a great deal of 
care, give him 
plants that a r e 
ready to bloom 
when setting 
time comes. Clem 
has had his seed 
from a seedsman 
who grows his 
own of Earliana 
and a few other 
STRAWBERRY PLANTS 
Success, Big Joe, Kellogg’s Premier, 
Cambell’s Early Chesapeake 
We try them all and find these the best from 
early to late. Send for our price list to-day of 
all kinds of Vegetables, Plants, and Garden Seed. 
C. BOGGS & SON, Cheswold, Del. 
perfect trees 
GUARANTEED 
_ True to Name- 
Y’ou cun rely on our 45 .years’ reputation for 
square dealing. Kelly’s trees (all varieties) 
are sturdy and well-rooted, perfect specimens 
and guaranteed to satisfy. You take no risk. 
Send for 1923 Free Catalog. 
KELLY BROS. NURSERIES 
1130 Main St. Dansville, N. Y. 
I II^JU Iviaiii -ai- .,v, ..... > 
oo 
PE3< 
BU. 
PAUL WORK 
CU>VER 2 
lower in price today than we will ask later. Act quick- 
BuDDly limited-market advancing. Bay nowj..your grass aeed-- 
our prices subject to chMge. Have 
teed high grade tested Iowa wowm Ciovcr. Also Sweet Clo^r. 
■Kmothy. Alfalfa, Hubam and ail farm and garden SMds.Om 
prices lowest yet. Save money. Write today for FRBE 
special prices and 116-page catalog. 
A. A. Berry Seed Co., Box ns, Clarinda, Iowa 
CHOICE SEED CORN 
Field selected rack dried 98% germination Improved 
Champion Y'ellow Dent Seed ('orn at $2.50 per bushel on 
the ear. Hipens in atiout 125 da.vs and an enormous 
yielder. Has aveij^’ over 130 huslicis shelled com to the 
acre. W. W. P. 0. Box 469. Hummelstown, Pa. 
certified 
A. G. AlDRr 
t;S PUKK-iR ain nil\ND 
FISHERS, N. Y, 
items. He figures that good seed is one 
of the main reasons for his success. He 
had never had any difficulty getting 
this seed, and he was not in the habit 
of ordering any too soon. He was a bit 
upset a year ago February when his 
dealer reported that the crop last year 
had been a failure and that he was 
entirely sold out. Gardner had only 
an ounce left from the previous year, 
and he had to use what he could get for 
the rest of the planting. When picking 
time came, the acre set with plants 
from the old seed began to yield two 
weeks ahead of the new, and it yielded 
the bulk of the 
crop while 
prices were still 
high. The other 
three acres 
gave an abund¬ 
ance of crooked 
fruit, and he 
had trouble sell¬ 
ing at all. 
Clem Gardner 
w a s m a d , It 
galled him con¬ 
siderably to see 
Mike Quattri- 
ni, the little 
Italian up on 
the heavy soil 
above town, 
bringing in two 
bushels to his 
one during the 
first few weeks 
of July. He cut 
loose at the 
Grange that 
Saturday night 
with the idea that there ought to be 
laws to keep the seedsmen from selling 
any but good seed. He was in a mood 
to put some fire into his remarks, and 
before long a good, live discussion was 
going, mostly to the effect that the 
seedsmen have been cheating the farm¬ 
er right and left, and that they ought 
to be prosecuted. After a time, the 
Lecturer called for William Perrine, 
who was a little slow on the floor, but 
who got credit for as much horse sense 
as anyone else in the Grange. 
“I am sure we farmers have been 
letting some of the seedsmen, produce 
men, and a lot of others, get away with 
crimes just short of murder. I’m not 
sure, though, that the Legislature 
is the only place to look for help. Laws 
can help up to a certain point, but good 
laws can only be made when we can 
clearly state what is legal and what is 
not. You can' tell whether timothy seed 
is timothy seed or not, and how much 
chaff there is in it—or, at least, the 
experts can. A laboratory can tell how 
many seeds in a hundred will grow, 
though they tell me there are questions 
even there. Laws on purity and germi¬ 
nation have helped us a heap , in getting 
good field seeds. Even so, perhaps the 
greatest help has been in showing us the 
difference between good seed and bad. 
Must Test Seeds as We Do Cows 
It would not be easy to enforce a law 
requiring that no one sell for dairy 
purposes any but good cows. Who is 
going to say? What one calls a good 
cow, another calls a poor cow. Some 
narkets use a Crosby Egyptian beet, 
with distinct white 
rings. Others must 
have as nearly solid color as possible. 
We might make it a crime to sell chard 
for beets or to sell rape for rutabaga, 
but that seldom happens and our worst 
troubles concern less distinct differ¬ 
ences in type. 
“I have no defense for the seedsman 
that fails to give as good seed and serv¬ 
ice as we pay for. I have a notion, 
though, that the fault is partly ours. 
There are two sides to a good trade—• 
the buyer has a part as well as the 
seller. Have we not failed to do our 
part? 
“It is the buyer’s part to form an 
opinion as to the integrity of the seller. 
The seed business is a business of trust, 
and the integrity of the seedsman is 
fundamental. Now and then I 'get a. 
jolt, but not often. 
“It is'the buyer’s part to know just 
what he wants. I must decide just 
what suits my market or family, my 
climate and my land. If catalogue or 
salesman fails to tell me, I ask whether 
Gulf State is a red or pink tomato, 
whether Alpha is a six-row or two-row 
barley, whether Golden Acre cabbage 
is as early as Jersey Wakefield. I like 
to buy as near the source as I can. 
Less room for mistakes. Seldom does 
one house get my whole order, and I do 
not stop on price, provided I am satis¬ 
fied that I am getting my money’s 
worth in quality. 
“Then, when a big crop depends on 
a little seed, I buy a year in advance 
and try it the preceding season. I find 
now that a few seedsmen are making it 
possible by the 
use of stock- 
numbers or oth¬ 
er d e s i gnation 
for the market 
gardener to be 
sure of getting 
the same thing 
again if he 
wants it and it 
is available. If 
we will learn a 
fraction as 
much about seed 
buying as seeds¬ 
men know abou;t 
seed selling, we 
will be able to 
get much better 
than average 
seed service.” 
When the sea¬ 
son was over, 
Gardner sat 
down with his 
market book to 
tally up results. 
He had kept careful record of the acre 
planted to old seed and of one of 
the three acres planted to the new and 
untried seed. Here is the table he had 
when he was done: 
Careful selection of seed stock will in¬ 
crease the uniformity of the product 
which is a step toward easier and better 
marketing 
Week 
Averaga 
Price p. 
OLD 
SEED 
NEW 
SEED 
of 
Harvest 
basket 
(25 lbs.) 
Yield 
baskets 
Return 
Yield 
baskets 
Return 
1 st. 
$5.00 
15 
$75.00 
0 
$00.00 
2d. 
2.45 
52 
127.40 
12 
29.40 
3d & 4th 
1.60 
208 
832.80 
128 
204.80 
5th & 6th 
.90 
160 
144.00 
196 
176.40 
7th & 8th 
.50 
40 
20.00 
158 
79.00 
475 
Difference, $209.60. 
$699.20 
504 
$489.60 
MAULE 
SEED 
BOOK 
1923-&eAVt 
FREE 
CldLdbieAAPostaJl Tbdr^ 
Win.HemyMaule,^c.^ 
2154 Arch Street 
Philadelphia, Pa. 
Sow our North¬ 
ern-grown Amer- 
icanSeed. Plump, 
clean and hardy. 
Guaranteed. Write 
for free Samples, 
Prices and new Cat¬ 
alog of Farm Seeds. 
Mention this paper. 
A. H. Hoff man, Inc., landisville, Lane. Co., Pa. 
*‘Hore Potatoes’* 
Prom ground planted secured 
by use of The KEYSTONE 
POTATO PLANTER than 
by any other method of 
planting. Work perfectly ac- 
'curate, A simple, strong, 
durable machine. Write 
for CATAJjOG, price, etc. 
A. J. PLATT, MPR. 
BOX 37, STERLING, gjh 
THE BEAUTIFUL GLADIOLUS 
Send a dollar for 30 bulbs (will 
bloom this summer), including 
pink, white, scarlet, yellow, crim¬ 
son, orange, rare purple, etc., witli 
easy planting directions, postpaid. 
Send for free illustrated catalog of ewer 
one hundred magnificent varieties. 
HOWARD M. GILLET, Gladiolut Specialist 
Box 3 S 1 , New Lebanon, N. Y. 
Gam 
Crib and Silage 
Pure Seed, grown in fer¬ 
tile Lancaster Co., Pa. 
Hand-picked—specially 
dried; tested. Insures 
full even stands. Heavy- 
yielding varieties. Write 
for free Samples, Prices 
and new Catalog of Farm 
Seeds. Mention this paper. 
A. H. Hoffman. Inc., landisville. lane. 
ONION SEED-ONION SETS 
We are extensive growers and dealers. 
Both seed and set crop short this season. 
Write for prices 
SCHILDER BROS. 
CHILUCOTHE, - * - - - OHIO 
CLOVERt—i 
$ 
Blue Grass, _$4_;_ Bejl Top.^ 
The yields were nearly the same 
the late strain giving the heavier crop. 
Figures are gross and represent the 
results that a skilled grower might 
realize when trying at heavy expense 
for first early market. 
That was the last of September, and 
Clem Gardner decided to take no more 
unnecesary chances. He thought the 
necessary chances were great enough. 
When his State Vegetable Growers’ 
Association met at Summerville^ in No- 
vember, he made the trip with the 
specific idea of finding out more about 
good seed. He had never been to the 
meeting before, but be soon found a 
grower who said; “You want to see 
Art Freeman from Deerfield. He beats 
his neighbors by a week to ten days 
every year. Clem found Freeman, and 
the two were soon buried in the deep 
cushions of a settee in the lobby of the 
Old Windsor. The rest of the session 
brought out the same story—buy early, 
carry a reserve, test for the best 
varieties. 
I A OU Grass, $2; Alfalfa, $7: Red Cloven SU 
■ ■ Sweet Clover, $6.50; Sudan, $o^ Grimm 
Per Alfalfa, $20; Alsike. $10; Cane heed, 
Jk „ sacks free. Ship from several warehouses 
JBu. and save you freight. Satisfaction or 
money refunded. Order before “"otlier advance. «we 
for sampl es. MEIER SEED CO., SAUNA, KANS^ 
Genuine “Side” Oats 
—also “Sprangle 
types—7 kinds. "Shadfr 
land Climax” is a great 
favorite. Yields heavy. 
All seed bright— sound 
—heavy. Let us send 
samples. Also compkw 
Farm Seed Catalog. Bom 
FREE. Meution this paper. 
A. H. Hoffman, Inc., landisville, lane. Co., 
Earliest TomatoigSHr 
Nothing earlier to be had anyvvhere. As a oL, 
will send you a packet of this Tomato and packet of ^ 
Carrot, Cucumber, Lettuce, Onion, Radisb, 1 ■ r 
Supdtb Asters and Everlasting Flowers, all 10 1';“ 
10 cents. Wis. seeds are the best to be had. .Goj 
log contains a complete list at ‘o'v prices .ind ' ^ 
splendid sorts free with every order. bend foi this Ban; 
Catalog—it’s free. . , u u/is 
J. W. JUNG SEED CO., Farm A. Randolph, vuj- 
Oats 
PLANT KUDZU 
For hay and pasture. More nutritious than 
Alfalfa and yields more. Never has to 
replanted. Thrives on poor acid land v tin 
out lime or fertilizer. Write for information. 
CHEROKEE FARMS, Monticello, Florida 
CABBAGE SEED 
Tested seed. $1 per half, pound, postpaid. 
FARMERS’ SERVICE CO.. Inc. . 
150 North Street Middletown, Ne wJ^ 
tcuro P-ard Wood. Unleached. 
WO OD ASHES 
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