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PED1QREED SEEDS 
Hybrid sweet corn, 
field corn, potato, oat, 
cabbage, field pea, bean, 
barley, wheat, soy bean, 
rye, alfalfa, clover, grass, 
other forage crop seeds. 
HONEOYE FALLS, N. Y. 
Dear Friend: February 25, 1939 
In these troubled and trying times, when farmers are being crushed between low commodity prices and high fixed 
costs, when our government seems incapable of solving the economic and social problems that beset the nation, and when 
brutal despotism threatens the peace and security of all humanity, — the following verses soothe and reassure in words we 
farm folks understand. 
I stood at the window in glad amaze. It seemed to me, all lost in thought, All nature gives a message that's clear. 
With spirit uplifted, to gaze and gaze That the troubles of manldnd come to naught; “Keep up your courage; be of good cheer; 
At rich brown furrows of fresh-turned earth Even as Winter, woes pass away Brave through the Winter of your despair. 
And the brilliant greens of Spring’s new birth. And the Spring of hope comes back for a stay. And find Spring just ahead, soft, sunny and fair.” 
By a Friend. 
So let’s not worry so much about the greater problems before which we feel so helpless, but rather set ourselves to put 
into practice in our individual affairs those time proven virtues of industry and thrift, of fairness and tolerance, of friend¬ 
liness and helpfulness. Let the idea spread by example and suggestion to our neighbors, to other neighborhoods and on 
into local, national and international affairs. This is how we can help and how eventually our “woes” will pass away. 
Let’s keep up our courage, be glad we have productive work to do and put our best thought and effort into the job of 
producing profitably this year. Perhaps seeds or chemicals from Quaker Hill Farm can help you do this. I’ll be glad if 
they can. 
With every good wish, I am 
Sincerely, K. C. Livermore. 
I B R A. R Y 
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d disinfectants, 
seed inoculants, 
fertilizers, sulphur, 
gypsum, lime, 
(pray materials. 
Also drain tile. 
Oats, Barley, Peas and Mixtures Field Corn 
All the following are experiment station developed strains. They 
have proven their superiority in hundreds of tests in the Northeast. 
Our seed is thoroughly recleaned and well graded with modern 
equipment by experienced operators. It is free from weed seeds and 
does not need treating. Germination on all lots is 90% or better, on 
most of them over 95%. 
Cornell’s plant breeders set out to combine in a new oat 
the high yielding ability, high feeding value and good straw char¬ 
acteristics of Comellian with larger and whiter kernel characteristics 
from another oat. Comellian was crossed with other varieties and out 
of the various oats resulting, one combined all the desired character¬ 
istics. After more than 10 years of careful testing, not only at Ithaca, 
but in various parts of the State, the new oat was christened Lenroc 
and released for commercial production. 
Lenroc has regularly averaged a higher yield than Comellian and 
other improved oats used in New York State. Lenroc usually out- 
yields the Swedish type oat, of which scores of carloads are annually 
shipped into New York State for seeding purposes, by 10 to 15 bushels 
per acre. It usually outyields Upright by 5 to 10 bushels, Victory by 
3 to 8 bushels, Ithacan and Comellian by 1 to 3 bushels per acre. These 
extra bushels usually mean the difference between little or no profit 
and a satisfactory profit on the oat crop. 
Compared with using one’s own oats for seed, an extra investment 
of about seventy cents per acre in Lenroc oats will give a crop 
enough bigger and better to more than offset the taxes on the land 
not only the first year but for future years, too. 
It will pay the majority of oat growers in New York State very 
well to change to Lenroc oats, and the sooner the better. No better 
seed is available than that from Quaker Hill Farm. Don’t delay. 
Order today. See prices page 5. 
CORNELLIAN OAT - Second only to Lenroc in the Northeastern 
States. High feed value. Usually weighs 3 to 10 pounds more per 
bushel than other varieties. Slim, gray kernels. 
UPRIGHT OAT - Outstands all others. Safest on rich or low land. 
Ranks high in grain yield, highest in straw yield. Best oat for green 
feed or hay. Large white kernels. 
ALPHA BARLEY - Two row hybrid, wide adaption, excellent 
straw, one of the highest yielders in Northeastern States. Ripens with 
Comellian oats. Best for mixtures with oats. Best for milk pro¬ 
duction but not for beer. 
WISCONSIN 38 BARLEY - Smooth bearded, 6-rowed hybrid. 
Yields little more than Alpha. Straw weaker. Not so good for mixed 
sowing. Best for beer. 
WHITE CANADIAN FIELD PEAS - One of the best in yield 
of grain and vine growth. Grown in Idaho to escape blight infection. 
They are 100% disease free. Blight infected seed is unsafe. 
GRAIN MIXTURES - We offer Lenroc Oats and Alpha Bar¬ 
ley with or without field peas in proper proportions. These high 
yielders, ripening together, make the cheapest home grown feed. 
GREEN FEED OR HAY MIXTURES - Oats and peas make a 
very nutritious green feed or hay that cattle relish. A patch handy 
to the lane or pasture is worth a lot when pastures dry up. Our mix¬ 
ture of Upright Oats and disease free peas yields considerably more 
forage than other varieties. See prices page 5. 
The following best meet the needs of nearly all sections of the 
North Eastern States. In each case, we offer seed from specially 
bred strains backed by years of careful selection. Germination on all 
lots 90% or better and seed is extra well graded. See prices page 5. 
CORNELL 29-3 HYBRID - This new com is recommended for 
silage wherever West Branch Sweepstakes or com of similar maturity 
has been used and for grain wherever Cornell No. 11 matures, in 
other words a large part of the North Eastern States. Station and 
farm tests have proved its merits. 
Out of hundreds of inbred strains developed by Cornell plant 
breeders, certain pairs have been found which, when crossed produced 
hybrids of great vigor. After many trials it has been found that when 
certain of these better hybrids are crossed with each other, still more 
vigorous and still better yielding corn is secured. Using inbreds of 
Luce’s Favorite, Onondaga White, Cornell No. 11 and Bloody Butcher 
in this way, Cornell 29-3 double crossed hybrid is produced. 
It matures in 110 to 115 days, a little after Cornell No. 11. In 
silage tests at Ithaca and in other parts of the State, it has equalled 
Sweepstakes in green weight, exceeded it in dry weight by 15% to 
20% and in grain by 10% to 50%. In actual food value it generally 
yields 25% more than West Branch Sweepstakes, when grown for 
silage in New York. It grows more rapidly and more uniformly. It 
is leafy, ears heavily and matures just right for silage here in New 
York and parts of adjacent states. The risk of weather damage is 
less than with later varieties. 
It can be grown for grain wherever Cornell No. 11 succeeds and 
usually yields 15% to 30% more shelled com than Cornell No. 11, 
occasionally as much as 50% more. The ears show variations in the 
direction of all four parents, but mostly they are medium sized ears 
of dent or semi-flint type, reddish, yellowish or whitish in color. 
Compared with most of the corn varieties now in use in New 
York for silage or grain, Cornell 29-3 usually produces $10.00 to $15.00 
more value per acre. The extra cost of the seed is only fifty cents 
per acre. Using Cornell 29-3 means more profit. 
The 29-3 seed you buy may be either a red dent kernel or a light 
yellow semi-flint kernel, depending upon which of the two parent 
hybrids was used as seed parent. We have both kinds. They will 
produce alike. 
In all such hybrids, the superior qualities are found only in the 
first crop from the crossed seed. Later crops lose their uniformity 
and vigor soon. It does not pay to save seed from them. 
WEST BRANCH SWEEPSTAKES - The second best silage 
corn for most of this part of the country. Vigorous grower, leafy 
stalks, 9 to 11 feet. Big ears of various shades of red and variable 
type. Makes large tonnage of high feeding value. Matures 130 days. 
CORNELL No. 11 - Highest yielding 100 to 110 day yellow dent. 
Averaged nearly 70 bu. shelled in N. Y. tests. About 13T. easy to 
handle silage with 1-/4 T. grain per acre. Better than large corns 
where seasons are short. Our strain is medium early and a wonderful 
yielder of fine type yellow corn. 
YATES FLINT - A very early high yielding corn of hybrid origin, 
90 days here. Stalks 6 ft. to 7 ft. Ears large, yellow to red, mostly 
amber, 12-rowed. Kernels small. Ideal for feeding whole to poultry. 
SHEFFIELD - Eight row flint developed in Berkshire Mts. Very 
early. Good yielder. Ears medium size, dark yellow. Stalks medium. 
The flint corns are wilt susceptible and should not be used in 
wilt areas. See prices page 5. 
Ten Dollars Extra Value From Cornell 29-3 Corn For Fifty Cents Extra Seed Cost 
