handbook are not of top quality. They are. 
But your cooperative never stops looking 
for better ones. 
When a new seed variety, for instance 
is made available to growers by the U. S. 
Department of Agriculture Breeding Lab- 
oratory in Charleston, S. C., Southern 
States immediately obtains a quantity of 
these seeds and sends them to the West 
for testing. Tests are conducted for several 
years. At the same time, if the seed looks 
promising, the seed stock is built up so 
that when the new variety is finally proven 
and released by the government, Southern 
States has it ready for distribution to pa- 
trons. 
Richmond, Virginia 
Adapted Hybrid Sweet Corn seed for Southern States 
patrons has been bred from selected strains of known 
and superior parentage such as lochief. 
