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Pine Gro-Coated Best Yet ‘ 
GS I think your Gro-Coated seed is 
‘Wee ) the best thing yet, I had a lot of 
"*\ Alfalfa and Clover in my Oats 
“P%eF straw this year, and I attribute 
‘oF the faster growth to the Gro- 
ee Coated seed. 
Clyde Beaulieu, Holcombe, Wisc. 
Gro-Coated Seed Is Stronger 
The crop from Gro-Coated seed grew 
more vigorously and didn’t die in hot 
weather. I think the treated seed is stronger 
seed. Ethel Carr, Greenfield, Iowa. 
First Good Seeding 
This is the first time I have ever had a 
good seeding in a heavy crop of Wheat. It 
made 42 bu. per acre. I believe the Gro- 
Coating of the seed caused the crop to come 
through. C. Woodward, Tecumseh, Mich. 
No Rain But Good Stand — 
We sowed Gro-Coated Alfalfa seed. <a 
It came and produced a very good 
stand, Alfalfa seed sowed under sim- » 
ilar conditions before made no stand. , 
M. D. Slaymaker, Warsaw, Ind. Xx 
Gro-Coated Seed More Vigorous 
Gro-Coated seed not only gets you a bet- 
ter stand, but grows faster and looks more 
vigorous and thrifty. 
J. O. Bartels, Blythedale, Mo. 
Gro-Coated Best Ever Had _ 
Gro-Coated Red Clover and Grass Mixture 
seed produced an excellent stand. The best 
I ever had. I sure want it again if I can 
get it. 
3ailey Farms, Marietta, New York. 
: Gro-Coated Amazes Neighbors 
xy My neighbors wanted to know 
‘ ’ what I did to get such a good 
so much thriftier than theirs. I 
S Paul Will, Murphysboro, Ills 
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told them that it was Gro-Coated. 
Gro-Coated Clover—First Stand in 4 Yrs. 
This was the first stand of Clover I got 4 
years in a row. Lots of people here never 
sot a stand of Clover this year, but mine 
rew vigorously. I will insist upon Gro- 
Coated seed in the future. 
Arthur B. Graham, Pawnee City, Nebr 
Gro-Coated Seed From Now On 
Last spring I sowed Gro-Coated seed and 
certainly have a wonderful stand. It has 
grown very rapidly. From now on I will 
sow nothing but Gro-Coated. seed. 
Fred Thompson, DeGraff, Ohio. 
Gro-Coated Is Insurance 
Your Gro-Coated cost very 
little. We think it is insurance 
in a farmer's seeding. Our Gro 
Coated Alfalfa grew much faster§ 
than non-Gro-Coated seed. The, 
plants have more pep and vigor. & 
8.C:&C.L. White, Bigelow. Mo. 
EXTRA ASSURANCE OF STANDS 
Gro-Coated seeds are chemically protected by not one, but by a 
special formula of various disinfectants. These kill diseases on 
the seed and when the seed is sown it also tends to disinfect the 
soil immediately around the seed. During cold, wet periods, the 
disease organisms are more active. They try to attack the seed 
while it is germinating. You may have the highest germinating 
seed obtainable and yet, if these disease organisms get at the 
heart while it is sprouting, that seed will die. Even after the — 
sprout is formed they will try to attack the tender shoot that is 
working upward through the soil and they will cause a condition 
known as “damping-off.”” Such plants will never live. Gro-Coated 
seeds do not suffer like non-Gro-Coated seeds because the disease 
organisms have been killed or weakened. That is why you get i 
WHY SEEDLINGS FAIL 
There are a number of reasons why you may fail to 
get a stand of grass or clover. Too loose a seed bed, 
too deep a covering, unfavorable weather, lack of time, 
or inoculation, poor diseased soils, etc., are some of the 
causes for failures. 
However, all of these conditions may be favorable; 
you may have the very finest of seed and yet it may 
fail to grow. As explained above, disease organisms 
can cause the seed to die while they are in the process 
of sprouting. The pictures here shown of eight different 
crops illustrate just what “Gro-Coating” does. Equal 
amounts of seed were sown in each row, part “Gro- 
Coated” and part not “Gro-Coated.” These lots were 
then put in a chiller and left there for a few days so as 
to duplicate as nearly as possible unfavorable weather 
in the spring. Then they were brought out in warmer 
weather. The pictures speak for themselves and the 
figures as to the increase in the amount of stands are 
accurate. See page 37 December Country Gentleman 
magazine and February Capper’s Farmer. 
PROTECT SMALL SEEDS 
Practically every Experiment Station in the United 
States from areas where corn is grown are 100% for 
treating seed corn with disinfectants. 
Corn is really a form of grass. If it is necessary to 
protect a large seeded variety of grass like corn, which 
is carefully planted and cultivated, it is all the more 
necessary to do it on these small seeded grasses like 
Clovers and Alfalfa, Timothy, Brome, ete. These 
Grasses are attacked by many of the same organisms 
that attack Corn. We put on so many Grass and Clover 
seeds per square foot with our normal rates of seeding 
that half of them may die and still have a good stand, 
but the disease may get so bad as to kill most all of 
them and then you have little or nothing. Heretofore 
the seed disinfectants available were injurious to the 
seed. The disinfectants that we use on Gro-Coated 
seed are very effective in killing the disease organism 
yet they may be applied without injuring the germina- 
tion in any way. Once you use “Gro-Coated” seed, you 
will demand it in the future. 
so much larger percentage of plants from Gro-Coated seeds. 
Not Gro-Coated » GRO-COATED 
50% More Plants 
SOY BEANS 
Not Gro-Coated * GRO-COATED 
85%, Increase in Stand 
SORGHUM 
Not Gro-Coated * GRO-COATED 
182% Increase in Stand 
ORCHARD GRASS 
Not Gro-Coated » GRO-COATED 
115% Increase in Stand 
BETTER STANDS COAKANTEED OR YOUR 
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It must be clear to every thinking farmer that he ean expect 
a much larger yield when he has many more plants per acre. 
When you can get.from half to two and a half times more 
plants per acre you are going to get a big increase in yield. 
Furthermore, these plants that you get from “Gro-Coated” 
seed are generally more vigorous anid larger than plants pro- 
; duced from non-‘‘Gro-Coated” seed. You therefore, have extra 
assurance of getting more plants and better plants and you might easily double your yield over 
non-“‘Gro-Coated” seed by insisting that every pound of your seed is ‘‘Gro-Coated.”’ 
