BETTER BRED SEEDS 
Hybrid sweet corn, 
field corn, potato, oat, 
cabbage, field pea, 
barley, wheat, soy bean, 
rye, alfalfa, clover, grass, 
other forage crop seeds. 

FARM CHEMICALS 
Seed disinfectants, 
seed inoculants, 
fertilizers, sulphur, 
lime, weedicides, 
dusts and sprays. 
Also drain tile. 
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HONEOYE FALLS, N. Y. - MARCH 12, 1949 
Dear Friend :—A period of easy farm profits from soaring prices and lagging costs has ended. Costs have overtaken prices. 
And now, it seems, we have entered a period of falling prices for farm products and of costs that lag again. Farm profit 
margins have narrowed considerably and if history repeats, will become slimmer and slimmer. Excess production will be re- 
duced eventually by elimination of inefficient producers. 
On each farm the problem will be to reduce cost of production by greater efficiency and more careful spending. The logical 
starting point is with seeds. Returns from all other materials and labor used on crops depend on wise choice of varieties, 
strains and sources, the right choice usually netting 40% to 100% more. This humble circular will help in choosing, for 
described and priced herein are seeds of stocks proven superior in the North Eastern States. Quality and inherent values 
considered, these prices mean savings for you, too. 
Yours for better bred seeds, K. C. LIVERMORE 
Spring Oats, Barleys, Wheats 
DISEASE RESISTANT OATS - Today’s oats are products of 
intensive plant breeding work carried on cooperatively by federal and 
state scientists for more than forty years. At first, better yields and 
stiffer straws were attained. Then stem rust resistance had to be 
added. Later, crown rust threatened wide spread havoc and, just in 
time, Victoria Oat from South America supplied resistance to that 
disease. By crossing, it was combined with the yielding ability and 
stem rust resistance of the better oats of that period. These new 
hybrids in turn were laid low by helminthosporium blight in ’46 and 
747, But already the plant breeders had brought blight resistant Bond 
Oat from Australia. By crossing it with the best oats of that time, a 
dozen or more new oats were developed. They embody in varying 
degrees the accumulated achievements of scores of patient, hardwork- 
ing, devoted plant breeders. Every bowl of breakfast oatmeal bears 
testimony to the success of their labors. 
RECOMMENDED OATS - Of these most disease resistant oats, 
Advance, Mohawk and Clinton are recommended for New York and 
adjacent areas. All are about equally high yielding, somewhat re- 
sistant to smuts, quite resistant to all common races of stem and 
crown rusts and to helminthosporium blight. All are heavy, meaty, 
yellow kernelled, tree type oats. Mohawk and Clinton are early and 
have very stiff, medium length straw. Advance is later and has straw 
4” to 6” taller, not as stiff as Mohawk’s but stiffer than most others. 
By its taller straw, Advance produces 25% to 50% more harvested 
straw, an item of importance on many farms. Advance grows more 
uniformly and is more attractive. 
RACE 45 CROWN RUST - Unfortunately one strain of crown 
rust has appeared to which the Bond crossed oats are not resistant. 
This Race 45 has been practically unknown till very recently, Last 
year it appeared in several central west states and in 2 or 8 places in 
New York. It caused severe damage. Its further spread will depend 
on weather. Spores are air borne and not carried by seed. Seed treat- 
ing does not stop it. Vicland is resistant to Race 45 but susceptible to 
blight, so it seems safer to use Advance, Mohawk or Clinton this year. 
GOLDWIN OAT - When rusts were not present Golden has made 
higher yields than these new oats. Early plantings frequently escape 
rusts. A change in the weather cycle may eliminate oat rusts for 
some years and permit use of Goldwin. 
We offer Advance, Mohawk and Goldwin oat seed of high purity 
and germination, extra well graded. See prices, page 3. 
BETTER BARLEYS NEEDED In recent oat rust years, bar- 
ley yields were cut low, too, by various diseases, - stripe, spot blotch, 
scab, stem or leaf rusts. Both Alpha and Wisconsin 38 are susceptible 
to most of these diseases, and yields have been reduced. Of the 
several new barleys recently released, none is outstanding in disease 
resistance or yield. Bay, developed in Michigan does offer stiffer 
straw, better holding of heads after ripening, higher test weight and 
slightly better yield than Wis. 38 and equally good malting qualities. 
It should be better for combining. It is 6 rowed and smooth bearded. 
A new 6 rowed barley will be available from Wisconsin next year. It 
may prove to be better. No 2 rowed barley better than Alpha has 
been released yet. : ? 
We offer Bay and Alpha this year. Both are suitable for mixed 
sowing with Mohawk and Clinton oats. See prices, page 3. 
RUST RESISTANT. SPRING WHEATS - Diseases have pre- 
vented profitable growing of spring wheats in the East. Recently 
developed varieties with greater resistance to rusts and other wheat 
diseases seem to be changing the picture. Mida from North Dakota 
and Henry from Wisconsin have yielded very well in the last two 
seasons here in the East. Grown either for flour or feed, they could 
pay better than oats on many eastern farms. We recommend more 
plantings. : 
Both are bearded, stiff strawed. Mida has large, hard, dark red, 
high protein kernels suitable for bread flour or feeding. Henry has 
large, medium hard, light red, lower protein kernels recommended for 
feeding. 
Scrub Seeds Waste Money 

Foundation Seed Potatoes 
Virus X is a new problem for potato growers. Leaf roll, mosaic, 
yellow dwarf and other virus diseases generally produce recognizable 
symptoms which enable seed growers to eliminate them. But some 
strains of Virus X produce no symptoms detectable by appearance, yet 
cause yield reductions averaging 10% according to Cornell patholo- 
gists. A loss of 10% on today’s yields means 380 to 60 bushels, an 
item of some importance. 
The possible presence of “masked” or “invisible” viruses in seed 
potatoes greatly lessens the assurance of the word “certified” as now 
applied. It probably explains, at least in part, the usual yield differ- 
ence of 30 to 60, sometimes over 100 bushels per acre between Jeff 
Baldwin’s foundation seed and other certified seed. His methods un- 
doubtedly have kept Virus X down to a very low point, as well as the 
recognizable viruses. (For more details ask for copy of “Jeff Baldwin’s 
Better Foundation Seed Potatoes’’). 
It pays to use foundation seed for commercial as well as seed 
production - especially Jeff Baldwin’s. 
RED WARBA - 90 days, 10 earlier than Cobbler. Generally out- 
yields it. Quality very good. Resembles Cobbler, but has red skin, 
some white showing. Mosaic resistant; susceptible to scab, leaf roll, 
etc. Best early in our judgment, for home use and local marketing. 
Offer P. E.1. foundation A with clean reading in field. 
IRISH COBBLER - 100 days; the main early potato. Round, 
white, deep eyed tuber of excellent quality. Offer Jeff Baldwin’s Minn. 
foundation Cobblers, of a strain backed by continuous selection and 
clean readings since 1920. It has outyielded the best from Prince 
Edward Island in Minn. Offer also P. E.1I. foundation Cobblers. 
CHIPPEWA - 110 days. Beautiful appearance; cooks white but 
not mealy. Excellent for chipping. Wide adaptation. Good yields. 
Poor keeper. Very susceptible to leaf roll and scab. Offer seed of 
Jeff Baldwin’s special strain, Minn. foundation. One plant leaf roll in 
field inspection, clean reading in Fla. test. Chippewa growers should 
try this improved strain. 
ESSEX - 110 days. The highest yielder of Dr. Reddick’s blight re- 
sistant varieties. Has made phenominal yields and demonstrated high 
resistance to blight. Appearance excellent. Quality like Katahdin. If 
not too exacting as to climate, Essex may replace Katahdin. Offer 
N. Y. certified. Lot 1, trace leaf roll in field, clean in Fla. test. Lot 2, 
trace leaf roll in field, 9% in Fla. test. 
KATAHDIN - 120 days. Fine appearing, white-skinned, round, 
flattened potato. Quality good. Resistant to virus diseases; scab 
and blight susceptible. Sets lightly but develops nearly all No. 1 size 
potatoes. Sets shallow, needs more and later covering. Excellent 
keeper. Offer Jeff Baldwin’s Minn. foundation seed, no virus in field 
or Fla. test. Also N. Y. not cert. grown from foundation seed. 
SEBAGO - 180 days. Resistant to blight, yellow dwarf, mild mosaic 
and scab. Smooth, shallow eyed, white skinned, round to elongated, 
flattened tubers. Attractive. Excellent quality often brings premium. 
Bruises easily, sprouts early. Offer Jeff Baldwin’s, P.E.I. certified, 
no disease except black leg. Also N. Y. not cert. 2nd crop from 
P. E. I. foundation. 
PONTIAC - 180 days. Dark red, shallow-eyed, roundish. Very sus- 
ceptible to scab and hopper burn. Fair table and good keeping qualities. 
High yields. Limited market. Offer Jeff Baldwin’s Minn. foundation 
seed with clean field and Fla. readings. 
ONTARIO - 185 days. Wide adaptation. Tubers smooth, white, 
slightly elongated. Quality fair. Resistant to scab, late blight and “Z” 
disease. Excellent yield records. Probably will replace Sebago tho 
quality is poorer. Offer N. Y. certified. Sold out. 
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