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The Seed Corn Situation 
SERIOUS 
7\70T since the season of 1917-18 when owing to 
* actual scarcity of Seed Corn of high germina¬ 
tion, prices toward planting time advanced to $6.00- 
$8.00-$10.00 and in some sections $12.00 per bushel, 
have the conditions regarding corn for seed purposes, 
been so bad as at the present time. Much of the corn 
produced in the great corn states of the Middle West 
was severely frozen in January before it was thoroughly 
dry, when the mercury went down during three succes¬ 
sive cold spells to 6-14 and even 22 degrees below zero. 
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It is estimated that 90% of the crop of the Corn Belt 
is unfit for seed purposes and that the growers will 
have to buy seed themselves from some other source. 
The severe cold weather coming early in the season re¬ 
duced the germination from above 90%, which is our 
standard, to 51%—40%—26% and in some cases, entire 
crops showed stone dead upon test. 
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Fortunately our Flints and Luce’s Favorite were dry 
f enough to be unharmed by the unusually cold weather 
and we have been able to procure limited stocks of the 
Dent varieties from small sections of the Corn Belt area 
that escaped the ravages of the freeze. At this time we 
feel safe in saying that we will have a stock to offer our 
customers of not over 25,000 bushels of all varieties that 
is northern grown and of high germination. Every lot 
has been tested in our own Laboratory both for germi¬ 
nation and moisture content with germination tests 
averaging 90% or better. Every bag has a tag showing 
germination and moisture content and it is sold direct 
to you under our famous 10-day-money-back-if-you- 
want-it guarantee, subject to any test you choose to 
make, j The varieties we offer are:— 
Mammoth Yellow Flint Gold Nugget Flint 
Luce’s Favorite Drought Proof Early Yellow Dent 
Improved Learning Mammoth White Dent 
and White Cap Yellow Dent 
We quote a few of these varieties a t the attractive price of 
$3.00 per bushel, freight paid your station. 
Beware of Cheap Seed Corn 
We have been offered Southern corn showing germination of as 
' high as 98% at as low as 90c per bushel in carlots but such corn, 
while it will grow, will not produce profitable and mature crops 
under ordinary conditions for Northern Farmers. 
This year, no matter where you buy your Seed Corn or from 
7 whom, demand germination and moisture tests and where the 
Seed Com offered you was grown. 
Write Today for 
Dibble’s Farm Seed Catalog, 10 samples of Dibble’s Farm 
r Seeds for testing and Special Price list quoting Freight Prepaid 
Prices, FREE. f 
ADDRESS 
EDWARD F. DIBBLE Seedgrower, 
Box A, Honeoye Falls, N. Y. 
HEADQUARTERS 
for Seed Corn, Oats, Barley, Alfalfa, Clover, Timothy, Seed Potatoes 
and a full line of Farm Seeds for Northern Farmers. 
The Difference Between 
Chilled and Steel Plows 
T HE time is fast approaching when the 
plow must be put in shape for spring 
and summer work. Frequent inquiries 
relative to the difference between steel 
and chilled plows prompts us to give the 
relative merits of both. 
In times like these when economy is 
being practiced quite a sum in the origi¬ 
nal cost and renewal of share can be made 
by using chilled shares. The cost of the 
new chilled share is approximately one- 
fifth that of a steel share to fit the same 
plow. 
Another economy is in the wear. 
Chilled plows are much better adapted 
to gritty and gravelly soils than steel. 
They wear fully three times longer under 
these conditions. Another factor very 
much in favor of chilled shares is the 
running of the plow after the new share 
is put on the plow. The share has the 
same bearing, point and wing that the 
plow has when new. Hence, the troubles 
of trying to adjust the plow to overcome 
wrongly shaped points and wings inci¬ 
dent to resharpened steel shares improp¬ 
erly shaped are lacking. The plow as 
a result runs easier and turns a better fur¬ 
row. A steel share used in gritty and 
gravelly soils is a much greater economic 
loss than the additional purchase price 
and faster wear. The poor plowing done 
by a plow equipped with a dull share or 
one improperly shaped when resharpened 
makes a poor seed bed at the best. In 
times like these when every acre must 
produce its utmost at the lowest possible 
cost, farmers who have plows on which 
chilled shares can be used will help to 
reduce their plowing cost by using them/ 
Chilled Plows Best in Hard Soil 
Another advantage of chilled shares 
over steel is distinctly noticeable when 
plowing any kind of hard soil. These 
shares on account of their wear resisting 
quality keep the plows penetrating full 
depth, a very necessary qualification for 
the best plowing. 
Now that summer plowing of meadows 
and stubble for eradication of insect 
pests is becoming more generally known, 
chilled shares will be more economical 
and at the same time enable the plowman 
to do the work when the summers are 
dry and the ground hard. 
Every summer the Hessian fly takes 
toll of approximately one hundred million 
dollars’ worth of fall wheat. It has been 
definitely determined that burying wheat 
stubble about six inches deep and post¬ 
poning the next seeding until after the 
fly free date puts the fly out of business. 
The ground is not always easy to plow 
when the job should be done. The chilled 
share fits in this job when the ground is 
hard and dry much better than the steel 
for the very obvious reason that it will 
hold its depth after a few hours’ wear while 
the steel does not. 
The steel share scours more easily than 
the chilled and should be used in difficult 
scouring conditions, where root cutting 
is hard, and in soils that do not rapidly 
wear the metal. For this reason some 
farms need the use of both chilled and 
steel shares. Plow manufacturers recog¬ 
nize this need and build plows that can 
be equipped with either kind. 
Any who understand the right use for 
both kinds of shares can save money and 
improve the plowing by equipping his 
plow with the proper share to fit the con¬ 
dition. 
Live Stock Sales Dates 
Holsteins 
April 2 —Liverpool, N. Y., R. E. Brown 
Holstein Dispersal. 
April 15 and 1G—Liverpool, N. Y., R. C. 
Melvin Holstein Sale. 
April 17—Syracuse, N. Y.—Harrington 
Farms Holstein Sale. Harrington Farms. 
Jerseys 
May 17—Bethlehem, Pa., Green Pond 
Farms. 
May 20—East Berkshire, Vt., Tiffany 
& Royee. 
American Agriculturist, March 29 ,1924 
Sow 
Have Something to Harvest 
When Harvest Time Comes 
by planting these hardy, dependable. Northern 
grown seeds. We offer every seed that’s need¬ 
ed. We have no specialties. ALL our seeds 
are Special. Always have—and we expect, 
always will—give satisfaction. 
$2.50 worth for $2.00 
4.00 “ “ 3.00 
7.00 “ “ 5.00 
1.25 “ “ 1.00 
for seeds in packets and ounces (not in bulk), 
selected from our illustrated Seed Catalog (No. 
224 ). Write for your FREE Copy today. 
KENDALL & WHITNEY 
Portland, Maine Est. 1858 
SPECIAL 
OFFERS 
Be Sure Your Clover Is 
American Grown 
Send 
/Afer, 
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"At 
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and cheek up on these Field Seed Prices. 
Red Clover—Metcalf’s recleaned, 
medium, guaranteed American grown- 
per bu. of 60 lb.—$16.50. 
Alsike—Metcalf’s recleaned: per bu 
of 60 lb.—S12. 
Sweet Clover—Metcalfs Scarified 
White Blossom: per bn of 601b.S12.00. 
Timothy—Metcalf's recleaned: per 
bu. of 45 lb. S4.70. 
OTHER METCALF SPECIALTIES 
Include Telephone, Alderman, and Thomas Laxton Peas, 
Alberta Cluster Oats and recieaned Timothy and Alsike' 
20% Alsike. 
Bags free—freight prepaid on 250 lbs. 
Write today for free catalog illustrating the value, 
quality and service offered you in field seeds and larin 
supplies by the mall order departmentsof theMetcalf stores. 
Your banker will gladly tell you about our responsibility. 
B F. METCALF & SON, 206-208 W. Genesee St., Syracuse, N. Y, 
West Branch 
Sweepstakes 
[Direct from growers 
[All our members get 
their seeds from plot 
grown under super¬ 
vision of Penn. State 
College. We can trace 
_ every bag of our seed 
to the grower. All seed thoroughly air- 
dried, graded and shipped in new bags. 
Trueness to type and 90 per cent, germ¬ 
ination guaranteed. Yields heavy crops 
of silage, rich ; n grain. Matures early. Ask 
your County wigent about our seed com. 
Write us for sample, prices and complete de¬ 
scription. Order direct from growers and be safe. 
WEST BRANCH CO-OPERATIVE SEED 
GROWERS’ ASSOCIATION, Inc. 
Box A Williamsport, Pa. 
Our"Lancaster County Sure Crop 
the best all-around Com—a great 
silage Com that also husks out 
well. Matures well to the North. 
Also ‘‘White Cap Yellow Dent ” and 
other splendid varieties. , 
Write today for free Samples 
and complete Catalog of all Farm ' 
Seeds. Hoffman’s Seeds Pay! 
A. H. HOFFMAN, Inc. 
Box 60-f. Landiiville, Lancaster Co., Pa. 
CABBAGE PLANTS 
Fulwood’s Frost Proof plants will produce headed cabbage 
three weeks before your home-grown plants and will stand 
a temperature of 20 degrees above zero without injury. 
I have twenty million now ready. Varieties; Jersey Wake¬ 
field Charleston Wakefield, Copenhagen Market, Suc¬ 
cession and Flat Dutch. Prices by express any quantity 
at 82.00 per 1000. By parcel post, postpaid, 200 for 
SI.00; 500 for Sl.75; 1000 for S3. First class plants and 
safe arrival guaranteed. 
P. D. FULWOOD 
TIFTON, GA. 
THERE’S BIG MONEY IN 
A The biggest profit crop you can raise. 
3 M A<o We have some of the finest strains of 
Wy JL-4 Telephone and Alderman. 
™ Per bushel of 56 lbs.ONLY $7.75 
Bags free and freight prepaid to your station on 3 bushels 
or over. Don’t buy cheap seed. We have the best stocks 
grown. Order now before stocks are exhausted. Also write 
for low prices on best grass-seeds. Ask for seed catalog. 
B. F. METCALF & SON, Inc. 
206-208 W. Genesee St. - Syracuse, N. Y. 
Peach Trees 20c, Apple Trees 25c Postpaid 
Send for 1924 Bargain Catalog of Fruit Trees, Berry 
Plants, Vines, S n ru «. Guaranteed to Grow Garden ana 
Flower Seeds. Special Prices to Large Planters. 
ALLEN’S NURSERY & SEED HOUSE, GENEVA, OHIO 
-SEED OATS- 
“BURT’S HEAVYWEIGHT” Tests 42 to 44 lbs. per 
bushel. Extra heavy yielders. Get our free sample ana 
low prices by return mail and save money. 
THEO. BURT & SONS, MELROSE, OHIO 
Homespun Tobacco: $3.00: smoklngffive pounds $1.25: 
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