[erican Agriculturist, January 19,1924 
The Careful Planter’s | 
First Choice 
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Green’s 1924 Specialties 
McIntosh Red Apple: beauti¬ 
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Dwarf Bartlett Pear: Big, lus¬ 
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; second year. Fits in any size 
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Bunch of good size and form. 
! Vigorous grower, prolific 
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Why I Prefer Improved 
Varieties 
J UST potatoes,” “just corn,” “just 
beans,” or “just anything” for seed 
is out of date, in the discard, as far as I 
am concerned. I am a convert, if you 
wish to think of it that way, but me for 
this better seed idea. There was a time 
when we used to change potato seed with 
“Tom Jones over on the other road.” 
The idea back of the practice was that 
potatoes “ran out” and changing was 
supposed to revive them. I believe that 
potatoes do “run out,” but the error came 
in exchanging with a fellow whose seed 
stock, on the average, was of unknown 
character and as a result we usually ex¬ 
changed potato diseases along with the 
seed. 
There was a wonderful neighborly spirit 
manifest in the exchange idea, a custom 
built on the belief in mutual benefit. It 
may even be construed to be a forerunner 
of the pooling idea. But the trouble with 
it was that diseases and weaknesses were 
pooled as well as the commodity in ques¬ 
tion. 
Now take potatoes, for example. There 
are enough diseases of that crop to make 
the best of spuds “run out,” trying to 
keep clear of them. There is scab, leaf 
roll, rhizoctonia, wilt, mosaic, blight, 
spindly sprout and a dozen other ail¬ 
ments that reduce the vitality and pro¬ 
ducing qualities and powers of the best of 
varieties. Several of these diseases are 
transmitted through the seed and their 
characteristics are so all-fired peculiar 
that it is well-nigh impossible to identify 
them in the tuber stage. The only time 
they are in evidence is during the growing 
period, and that’s when we want to see 
perfect potatoes growing and when it is 
too late to make a change. That is one 
of the things that makes farming so risky. 
When a crop once starts growing it has 
got to keep going, there is no stopping 
operations, as happens in manufacturing 
when a sudden change must be made due- 
to faulty materials. 
Undoubtedly by this time some one will 
put the question, “if good seed is subject 
to all these diseases, why buy improved 
seed by variety name?” Well, there are 
lots of reasons why we should. First, 
there is the argument of standardization. 
If you are selling to a definite market, 
that market has certain demands. It 
may demand white sprout varieties of 
certain size and shape. When you buy a 
definite, well-established variety, you can 
tell pretty well what you are going to get, 
providing, of course, you buy from a good 
reliable grower. Of course, these different 
varieties have certain soil requirements as 
well, so that with a heavy soil you could 
not expect satisfactory results from a 
variety adapted to light sandy soil. 
The disease question w ill take care of 
itself because the reliable seed-grower 
rouges his seed thoroughly. He employs 
plant pathologists, plant doctors, if you 
please, who thoroughly examine seed 
plants and rouge or pull out those plants 
that even look suspicious, to say nothing 
of those that actually show r symptoms of a 
disease. When the seed crop is harvested, 
therefore, only healthy stock remains. 
They do not stop there but make 
careful bin examinations to eliminate 
poorly shaped tubers and those that do 
not conform to the standard of good seed. 
The result is certified seed. It is just 
like buying live stock of a breed that suits 
your requirements. When you buy, you 
go to a breeder who has a herd of pro¬ 
ducers that have been thoroughly tested 
and culled, with the result that when you 
buy stock you know’ it is clean and pro¬ 
ductive. 
So much for spuds. The same holds 
true for oats, barley, corn, w’heat, beans, 
vegetables—any crop. The same prin¬ 
ciple holds true in buying young fruit 
trees. 
Now let’s take the case of corn varieties. 
Our colleges of agriculture, through the 
farm bureaus, have been conducting com 
variety tests to determine local adapta¬ 
tions and then, through the cooperation 
of growers, have set out to improve those 
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STRAWBERRIES FOR PROFIT 
No crop will give you more money per acre or per hour of labor, 
than Strawberries. A good profit is sure. A large profit is possible 
if you follow the right methods. 
Allen’s Book of Berries for 1924 gives simple understandable infor¬ 
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dependable true-to-name plants, at a reasonable price. 
Strawberries are grown chiefly because they yield such large and sure profits 
but they also are tne first crop to bring in money in the Spring. The big lus¬ 
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