OUR 22nd ANNUAL CATALOG 
Since the organization of The Marett Seed Farms, to do plant-breeding work in 
1918, we have watched our country pass through two great and important economic 
changes that have affected the lives of every citizen of America. We are now called 
upon to face the third change and just how long this adjustment will go on, we do 
not know. We are told that Government expenditures, for the next two or three years, 
are expected to bring about some degree of prosperity, certainly higher prices in some 
commodities. Much depends upon the outcome of the European war. 
Farm commodities, and the production of these commodities, which depend more 
or less on Providence, must be equally protected in our economical structure by the 
Government. Let me say here and now, that we, as a Government, shall not be guilty 
of encouraging idleness and putting a premium on indolence. No class, or group, of 
citizenry in this country has a warmer love and respect for our form of Government, or 
has a greater desire to share our responsibility to man-kind, than does the farming class 
of people. If love for country and work be our “first name,” then we must accept im- 
provements, readjustments,—better seeds for maximum production per unit of effort. 
PEDIGREED COTTON SEED AND CORN, PLUS LIVESTOCK 
The Plant-Breeders in field seeds have been able to give us cottons that grow more 
lint per acre, of the better grades and staples than the one-time short staple varieties. 
The proof of this is not in the fact that you get the highest turnout at the cotton gins, 
but, in many cases, has been proven to be varieties of a less percent lint. If we want to 
“stream line” our farming, then it is good practice to buy a few good seed every year 
or two, properly coupling this in with livestock production on the farm. Good type 
animals of the right kind, eat no more than the less productive animals. 
Keels W. Marett. 

KEELS W. MARETT W. T. McCLURE, Sr. J. E. MARETT 
Directing Plant Breeder Plant Breeder Gin Manager 
and Manager 
