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 28, 1955 
HEAR HANK 
Anent the farmers’ “price - cost squeeze”, Hank my hired hand says, “Course exporting surpluses wont work. Politicians 
in them other countries aint aimin’ to lose farm votes either. Increasing home consumption is a laugh too. I can’t drink more 
milk ’less I cut down orange juice; or eat more potatoes and just as much bread and other vegetables; or more eggs ’thout 
lessening meat and cheese. Bigger stomachs ain’t healthy or stylish. More stomachs will help but long before there’s 
enough, a lot of you farmers will be squeezed out. Can’t have high enough price supports without restricted acres and 
animals and cording to my ’rithmetic, 3x 2 and 2x8 give the same result. 
So, how you going to pay the whopping big school tax, reroof the barn, replace worn out machines? Everything’s 
costing more and more while your products bring less and less. You’ve got to have higher prices or soon go broke. 
Common sense thing to do is cut production till present markets will pay prices that’ll keep efficient farmers out of the 
red. But the way to do it, seems to me, is to reduce the number of farms,—not production per farm. 
Uncle Sam ought to rent producin’ land, get it seeded down with perennial or self-seeding plants and keep it out of 
production till needed again. Plenty of farmers are hankering to try factory work, or just ease up. "Iwouldn’t cost a 
tenth as much as present bungling. Higher prices would save thousands from bankruptcy and everybody’d benefit. . ..” 
Is Hank right? Let’s think about it. If he is right, let’s do something about it. 
Hybrid Field Corns 
Check Before You Choose 
In choosing hybrid field corns, experiment station test reports 
are safer guides than the blandishments of agents paid well to sell 
certain brands. Yield, root and stalk rot resistance (standability) 
and maturity period are the most important considerations. Others 
are picking and husking ease, blight and smut resistance, aphis and 
borer resistance. : 
Stalk rot is a disease now prevalent in the North Eastern 
States. It over winters in plant refuse and is spread from field to 
field by wind borne spores. Susceptible hybrids, when infected, 
break down badly with serious loss of crop. Risk of such loss can be 
avoided only by using hybrids resistant to the disease. 
The following figures give comparative yield and stalk rot re- 
sistance of hybrids in state tests for two years or more. (From 
“Cornell Recommendations for Field Crops, 1955” published last 
December by N. Y. State Col. of Agr.) The hybrids are listed in 
order of earliness. Highest yield and greatest rot resistance are indi- 
cated by 10 and lowest by 1, etc. It will pay you to study these figures. 
Compartive Yields and Stalk Rot Resistance 
(1 means poorest, 10 means best, etc.) 
Grain Stalk Rot Grain | Stalk Rot 
HYBRID Yield Resistance HYBRID Yield Resistance 
Michigan 250 8 ti DeKalb 65 8 5 
* Wisconsin 275 6 6 Funk G 10 9 w 
DeKalb 46 6 3 Funk G 18 8 6 
Kingscrost KE 4 4 Kingscrost KS 6 8 4 
Funk G 6 7 1 * Ohio M 15 8 5 
DeKalb 56 8 4 DeKalb 239 8 4 
Kingscrost KH 6 3 DeKalb 240 fi 5 
Robson 285 9 i Pioneer 373 8 4 
* Cornell M 1 8 a * Ohio K 62 9 8 
* Cornell M 4 9 9 * Ohio K 24 fi i) 
Wisconsin 335 {/ 6 Kingscrost KR 6 6 
Michigan 350 8 7 Penn. 602 « 7 
DeKalb 62 8 6 Funk G 12 6 — 
Cornell 29-3 6 1 DeKalb 410 6 4 
Robson’ 320 9 8 * Conn. 870 9 9 
Penn. 444 9 8 Unesi 43 fi 4 
Kingscrost D 4 7 4 Neen 9 8 
Kingscrost M 2 8 % 
Strongest Standing, Highest Yielders at Lower Prices 
Some of the highest yielders are the poorest risks because of low 
resistance to root rot. The starred hybrids are included in our 
offerings. Others on our list were tested by the Wisconsin Station. 
All can be relied upon for high yields of grain or grain rich silage in 
their respective seasons, for good to excellent resistance to root and 
stalk rot diseases, for good picking and husking qualities and for 
ripening as described. Choose from the list on page 3 the maturities 
that fit your locality, planting date and desired harvesting date. They 
will give surest harvest of maximum yields at lower seed cost. 
~ a See prices, page 3 
Alfalfa for Arthritis 
.- Use of a brew. made from alfalfa seed for relief of pain, swellings 
and stiffness of arthritis continues to increase. If interested for your- 
self or a friend, ask by postcard for “Alfalfa for Arthritis” circular. 
See prices, page 3 
Scrub Seeds Waste Money 
Sincerely, K. C. Livermore. 
Foundation and Certified Seed Potatoes 
The potato situation calls for reduced acreage, low bushel cost 
and elimination of varieties of poor cooking and eating qualities. 
Better seed is the first requisite for lower cost. Foundation seed has 
greater freedom from the “masked” strains of Virus X as well as 
from the observable viruses and has scientifically bred-in higher yield- 
ing ability and better type. It usually outyields ordinary certified seed 
by 40 to 60 bushels, sometimes 100 bushels per acre with pleasing 
cost-cutting effects. The extra cost of seed is repaid many fold. 
RED WARBA - 85 days. Earlier than Cobbler. Generally outyields 
it. Quality tops. Resembles Cobbler, but has red skin. Mosaic re- 
sistant; susceptible to scab, leaf roll, etc. Best early for home use and 
local marketing. Offer Minn. foundation seed of Jeff Baldwin’s deep 
red, high yielding strain. 
RED BLISS TRIUMPH - 90 days. Blocky, shallow eyed, early 
potato. Cooks white, mealy. Susceptible to scab and mosaic. Tender, 
requires careful handling. Offer Minn. “approved” stock (equivalent 
to foundation here) of a high yielding strain. 
IRISH COBBLER - 100 days. The main early potato. Round, 
white, deep eyed tuber of excellent quality. Offer best P.E.I. and 
Minn. foundation stock. 
CHEROKEE - 110 days. Earliest scab and blight resistant variety. 
Susceptible to other diseases. Tubers smooth skinned, glossy white, 
comparatively shallow eyed. Yields and table quality like Cobbler. 
Offer Me. and Wis. foundation stock. 
CHIPPEWA - 110 days. Fine appearance. Cooks white, not mealy. 
Poor keeper. Susceptible to leaf-roll and scab. Offer Me. foundation. 
KATAHDIN - 120 days. Fine appearing, white-skinned, round 
flattened potato. Quality fair. Resistant to virus diseases; scab and 
blight susceptible. Excellent keeper. Offer P.E.I. and Me. foundation. 
KENNEBEC - 120 days. Smooth, white oval to elongated. Light 
soil and close planting required for best shape and size. Blight re- 
sistant. Quite susceptible to leaf roll, spindle tuber and verticilium 
wilt. Very high yielding. Excellent table quality. Offer Me. foundation. 
RED PONTIAC - 120 days. Shallow eyed, round, dark red potato. 
Cooks white, fine eating quality. Cracks easily in digging. Very scab 
susceptible. Good keeper. Offer Minn. “approved” seed of Jeff Bald- 
win’s exceptionally high yielding and fine type strain. 
SEBAGO - 130 days. Resistant to blight, yellow dwarf, mild mo- 
saic and scab. Smooth, shallow eyed, white-skinned, round to elon- 
gated, flattened tubers. Cooks white, stays whole, smooth texture. 
Excellent for restaurant and consumer trade. Bruises easily, sprouts 
early. Offer P.E.I. foundation stock. 
OTHER VARIETIES - Usually we can supply varieties not listed, 
also the above in certified and not certified grades, if requested early 
enough. Let us know your wishes. 
Most of above varieties will be on hand April 1st and the others 
soon after. If you are coming for potatoes, better let us notify you 
when your order is ready. 
See prices, page 3 
Good Seeds Make Money 
