NORTHRUP, KING & CO.’S FARM SEEDS 
HOW FARM SEEDS ARE MADE 
SAFER AND MORE PROFIT¬ 
ABLE TO PLANT 
T he importance of the seed business lies in the fact 
that it is an essential cog in the process of agricul¬ 
tural production upon which man depends for his 
food supply. Furthermore, those who use our seeds depend 
to a large extent upon what they produce for their liveli¬ 
hood; and regardless of other conditions, it takes good seed 
to produce good crops. For these reasons our Company has 
always felt a very great responsibility in connection with 
the quality of the seed that we send out. 
A section of Northrup, King & Co.’s seed testing laboratory, 
equipped with the most modern devices for accurate seed an¬ 
alysis and testing. 
Insofar as farm seeds are concerned, we control quality 
at three points. The first is at the source through our 
buying organization. It is evident that if you want to sell 
good seed, the first thing to do is to buy good seed, and 
with that purpose in mind, it is our policy to secure our 
seeds direct from the producing sections through our own 
trained buyers. Buying carefully in this way and handling 
a large enough volume to enable us to select the best of 
each crop, it is possible, as in no other way, to keep our 
brands not only high in quality, but uniform in quality. 
A battery of air and screen seed purifying machines in North¬ 
rup, King & Co.’s cleaning plant. Here abio is complete equip¬ 
ment of gravity, disk, and cylinder machines. 
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