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GOOD SEED IS ALWAYS T'HE FGUNDATION FOR GOOD 
CROPS IN WARTIME OR PEACETIME. 
Presenting Our 1943 Manual 
REAT changes have taken place in our lives since the 1942 issue of the Rocky 
Ford Cantaloupe Seed Breeders’ “Manual on Cantaloupes” reached you. These 
changes will materially affect our own future production of seed and will alter your 
own plans for planting this season. 
It is our desire, as it is that of every true American, to do everything in our 
power to assist in this total war. We intend to put all our efforts into channels that 
will do the greatest good for our nation in these times. We hope that this Manual 
this season may be of some assistance. 
Any man worthy of this chosen profession always believes that the work he is 
doing is important and valuable. Naturally we feel that our work in seed produc- 
tion plays an important part in agriculture in the United States. In time of war, 
seed production is even more important because it is now necessary that there be 
no wasted effort or time in food production. The greatest possible yields must always 
be secured if the food supply is maintained. Seed is a fundamental factor in the 
production of the most food on the smallest acreage with the least effort. Now more 
than ever before you should carefully examine your source of supply for seed. 
Be sure that it is the best, and will give you seed that is unmixed and of high 
germination. Be sure that it is pure so that you will know that you will not waste 
effort in nurs:ng plants that will not produce what you want. Be sure that the 
seed has good breeding behind it that will produce high quality fruit with as little 
wastage as possible. It is the seedsman’s important function in this war to see that 
the gardener gets stocks that will produce the most possible food for the use of 
