Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-10-16
SPURIOUS SEED.

Hendricks of bushels Of Canada, New Brups-
wick. Surprise, Poland, and numerous other
varieties OF oats were sold last year our seed.
Parties are again advertising and attempting to
deceive the farmers. One party has already for
warded several Thousand bushels of Canada
oats to the West, where he is selling them as
ourseed. w cautioned farmers last year against
| these frauds. But because they could buy at n
lower price, and the representations appeared
honest, they purchased elsewhere; and now
when they have learned by the result that they
were deceived, they are writing TO US to punish
the swindlers. To all such we beg to say thatwe
have enough to do to attend to our own BUSH
ness we renew our caution, and give notice
name oftheRAMSDELL NORWAY OATS. The
demand for this seed is sufficient to guarantee a
sale of every bushel in the country at our estab-
lished price; ana farmers who bought seed from
US are asking from 81 50 to SO, and one evidence
Of seed being spurious is the fact of its being
offered at less than the regularly established
prices. No man IS likely to go to the trouble
and expense of advertising and selling This seed
ut a less price than he knows he would pay for
it, if genuine. There is not seed enough tc suD-
ply the State of California alone, while others
are coming in from every State and Territorv
and many parts of Europe. There are upward
of fUe millions of farmers in the United States
yet to be supplied with this seed. and the whole
crop this year would not give each a pint
Where one farmer had the faith in our repre-.
sensations to buy last year. thousands are salts
fed and anxious to get it now. 0ne more word
on this subject of inferior seed. Many seed
they may honestly have believed TO be genuine
which was not and some farmers, we are
sorry to say it, who raised twenty-five bushels,
sold more than twice that quantity. The demand
which the great success of this grain the past
season has created will sweep off the entire
stock in a short time, and will offer unusual
advantage for bogus operators; and we are COM
PEELED, in justice 10 ourselves as we'll as for the
protection of the public, 10 publish the above
facts. The only safe way for the farmer is to
make up bis mind how much he wants, and if
neighbor whom he knows and can trust has
the seed of his own raising. buy of him;
if not, send at once to US. Our best and heay,
lest seed, Northern groton, under the personal
supervision of Mr.. Ramsdale, will be offered first
YIELD ANDQUALITY.
We claimed last year that the Norway Dat
would yield double that of any other kind
They have done better than that.
We claimed that they were 3 per cent.
heavier. They have exceeded that in weight.
We claimed that they were better in quality
Reliable farmers say they are worth 100 per
cent. more for home consumption, and will
make whittier and sWeeter flour than the best
wheat.
Farmers who can do so are invited TO visit
either of our stores, and examine the grain and
specimens of stalks, root, branch and head. We
have mammoth roots producing as many as 245
stalks from single kernel, which are visited By
hundreds daily, and considered, justly, as we
think, the wonder of the agricultural world /
We shall continue to furnish the genuine Rams
dell Norway Oats as a specially for two years to
come. The price next year will not be less than
ST. One farmer in every town can make small
fortune on the crop from few bushels
Price s. so per bushel; s. per half busheI;
81 50 per peck. Sold by the standard Of 50 ID 10
the bushel. Express charges to be paid BY
the purchaser. Bags free, Remit by draft, p
Q. money order. or registered letter. or send by
Express, prepaid. and the package will be de-
livered to the Company on receipt of the money.
address either Of our stores nearest ycur place.
Circulars free. -a- -s en-
D. w. RAMSDRLL - Go
REFERENCEs-Samuel Sinclair, of n. Y. Tri.
bune; g. Collamore & Co., NY; Harper i
Brother. n. Y; J. l.. PeaFee. Pres. Third Ma
tiOnal Bank, Chicago, Ill; II. N. r Lewis, Ed
itor Chicago Western Rural; Prairie Farmer
Co., Chicago, III. octl4 d&wlm