Your cooperative is searching constantly for new and 
better varieties that measure up to the highest quality 
standards you desire. 
western states are relatively free of dis- 
ease. Then, too, production is more eco- 
nomical in those areas and western growers 
in up-to- 
experienced 
are more 
Careful harvesting is one important step in assuring 
good seed stock. This is a newly developed vine-cutter 
now being used by western growers in harvesting 
Southern States bean crops. 
date breeding and growing methods than 
eastern growers. 
Southern States vegetable seeds are true- 
to-type, high-yielding, adapted strains when 
they are produced for members. But South- 
ern States service does not end with the 
growing and selection of quality seed. Your 
cooperative also treats all vegetable seed 
against seed- and soil-borne diseases ac- 
cording to recommendations of the agricul- 
tural experiment stations in your area. This 
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treatment often means the difference be- 
tween a profitable crop and a failure. 
Southern States seedsmen traveled 25,000 
miles during the last three years to in- 
spect western vegetable seed trial and pro- 
duction fields. This inspection included a 
check on plant vigor, stand, yield, moisture 
content, plant size and the frequency of 
This field of Southern States vegetable seeds is being 
properly irrigated to insure high and cconomical pro- 
duction. 
“volunteer” plants among the crops. This 
last named check indicates how carefully 
growers prepare the seedbed and maintain 
their production fields during the season. 
Cooperative seedsmen search constantly 
for new and better varieties. This does not 
mean that present varieties shown in this 
A Southern States seedsman smiles happily as he in- 
spects this fine field of Fordhook 242 Bush Lima Beans. 
SOUTHERN STATES COOPERATIVE 
