An Unfortunate Mistake 
A Frank Confession 
A Humble Apology 
There were, of course, extenuating circut^stllnc^ 
but I will not try to excuse myself by telling all ori^jmem 
to you. I must make a very humble apology because 
my mistake will cost my loyal customers some extra 
money in paying an advanced price for the seed this 
year. Of course, I am very, very sorry. 
Two other circumstances contributed to the small 
size of my stock of seed: First, I have only about half 
the usual amount of seed carried over from! the former 
year’s crop. Second, my planting last year suffered more 
than ever from the ravages of the corn earworm. 
But my message has a far more cheerful ending 
than was the beginning. Listen to this: Van Wert 
County produces a great quantity of hybrid field corn 
seed and all of it must be dried to a moisture content 
of 14 per cent or less. This requires modern equipment 
and I have been fortunate indeed to get access to a 
strictly up-to-date drier of a type which has been 
approved and recommended by the Agricultural En¬ 
gineering Department of the Ohio State University. 
This good fortune will reduce the time necessary to 
ripen and dry seed of AUNT MARY’S Sweet Com from 
the four, five, and sometimes even six weeks which I 
have been expending upon it, to less than two weeks. 
This is my foundation for believing that next year I 
can reduce the price of AUNT MARY’S Sweet Corn 
Seed to a lower price even than I sold it at last year. 
LEE R. BONNEWITZ, Owner 
AUNT MARY’S SWEET CORN FARM 
VAN WERT, OHIO 
