“green pastures ... still waters’’ 
What a fortunate privilege . . . caring for a share of the Good Earth—here 
in America! With ample rainfall and moisture. And helps of so many sorts 
available—almost no limit! 
Benjamin Franklin, when a struggling printer centuries ago, once said: 
“Keep your shop and your shop will keep you.” How true today ... when 
applied to American farmers and their farms. 
Ways of farm success today are numberless. Methods are so different 
among folks of various areas. New practices are applied. New mechanical 
aids. Wouldn't it be hard for our great-grandfathers to believe what they 
would see, if permitted to return? 
Progress goes on... but certain basic facts remain. Soil fertility must 
be kept up. Things must be done on time. Good management is still of 
top importance. On the farm, it includes learning soil deficiencies and 
correcting them. Many other such vital points. The one this book dwells 
upon is the highly important matter of good seeds. 
This book is backed by a concern built upon Good Seeds, since 1899. 
Men who request your confidence, and ask for your farm-seed business. 
Folks who will strive to please you. Let your orders come along. And... 
THANK YOU indeed! 
A. H. HOFFMAN, INC., LANDISVILLE (Lancaster County), PENNA. 
