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‘Section of 
a U. S. Highway from 
Canada to the Gulf of 
Mexico, through Har- 
risonburg. 
Some 40 years ago, 
when this was a narrow, 
winding ‘‘stone”’ 
our founder traveled it 
in his seed 
attending Court 
and County Fairs. 
present modern plant 
and service are the out- 
growth of that meager 
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FARMERS 
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by 
WETSEL 
SERVICE 


Route 11, 
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A typical scene of the Shenandoah Valley, looking east from the main buildin; 
Mennonite School at Harrisonburg. 





HE Wetsel Seed Co. is the outgrowth of ex- 
periments begun in 1902 by the late D. M. 
Wetsel, Sr., whose portrait is shown at upper left. 
The story of his early, meager beginning and 
expanding prominence as a breeder of corn and 
other crops has repeatedly been related here. 
In 1911 a small seed store was opened in 
Harrisonburg. From this small start, the enter- 
prise has become one of the leading seed houses 
of the East. Our steady and substantial growth 
through the years is largely due to the direct 
benefits which customers have received from 
dealing with us. 
Because of vast facilities—among them our 
modern main plant (upper right) and the network 
of modern highways (lower left)—-we have become 
the “‘seed center”’ for a large part of Virginia and 
West Virginia. 
Recently, we purchased the Union railroad 
passenger station (shown left), which is directly 
across the street from our main plant. This pro- 
vides additional storage and adequate parking space 
for our customers. Three other warehouses, not 
shown here, are currently being used for storage. 
























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