The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1888-03-24
For the Democratic ADVOCATED
Roop g. lilies Enterprise.

One of the most enterprising firms in mids
Is that of Roop ~ Zile. No. IS Main street. wcstmin
Ster They began business August ISt. 1881, and
launched out as dealers in agricultural Implement,
aud farm machinery generally They applied
themselves yigorou sly to hui ding up a trade and
had the satisfaction of seeing it make u steady and
sure growth. They began To investigate the seed
business. and Improved every opportunity 10 lind
out how field seeds should be handled and The va.
rieties best adapted to this locality. Arcordiu gly
about February LIST. following, they added To their
then established business field and garden seeds
This was new thing here, and the farmers realized
the fact that an establishment of this kind was a
public convenience Thus their business was en-
eouraging from the start aud they found that they
could command good facilities for competing with
other seed growing districts. and catered for local
trade. In the summer of 1857 they issued 10000
seed wheat circulars, and return for their money
spent in advertising, they sold that season 24OO
bushels OF seed wheat They also handle Alsyke.
Lueerne and White Clover, Kentucky Blue Grass.
Lawn Grass. Orchard Grass. Millet Hungarian Tim
othy and other grasses. They found the demand to
increase for these seeds at about the same ratio they
increased their facilities for handling them and the
public also showed inclination to avail them
selves of this convenience and boughtaeeordingly
Their purchases and sales of clover seed were large
They dealt in choice domestic and good grade of
western. This, with timothy, was sold principally
to local trade They took the preeaution to fortify
themselves in business by building up good trade
at home. From quite small beginning they have
established what now be regarded as sa fe and
| very extensive business.
Their shipment of garden seeds is large and in
cludes almost every state in the Union-shippng
west as far as Colorado, east to New England States
south far Florida north to nearly all the North
ern States and quite lot to Canada They do not
raise their garden Seeds nor do they buy when they
have been thrown carelesslyupon the market They
buy wholly from specialists They buy their cab.
base seed only from men who grow cabbage and
no other vegetable. They buy onion seed from men
who give their whole attention to onion culture;
beet seed from those who make beets speciality
and thus with the Whole list of seeds they deal in
| In this way they get pure seed and true to name
They have large orders for peas, and have shipped
as much as lbs bushels in one order. They receive
their largest orders for these from Virginia They
are for canning purposes principally and are usually
of the Extra Early Kent" variety. Large shipments
OF beans. such as Lima, Large White and King of
the Garden are made, and several bushels of them
are sometimes shipped in one order.
Their shipments of sugar corn are large also
They have made some to Virginia of from 125 to $50
| bushels. Stowell's Evergreen seems TO be their
| favorite 1t is adapted to any good soil and does
well in almost any locality They have their seeds
in the hands of about 400 dealers who are selling
for them field as well as garden seeds They also
sell large quantities of oats among which are New
Welcome Wide Awake and Clydes,lale. They have
shipments of these TO different states of lots varying
from TO 10 bushels The New Welcome seems to
be the most popular variety known. They also have
about 200 acres of seed wheat growing in Carroll
county. Their best bearded varieties are Fucaster
| Hybrid Mediterranean, Reliable and Ontario Won
der the last is Canada Importation The smooth
varieties are Red Russian, Poole High Grade and
| New Monarch, the last imported by them from Can
! ada, and said to be very superior grain.
They also grow sweet potatoes and sell slips and
roots. They grow the New Jersey sweet potatoes
Extra Early Carolina and Early Nanscmond They
now growing all these varieties in hot beds and
will have the plants ready for an early market
They are about the finest favored known. OF Irish
potatoes they sell quite variety. One of their
earliest and best is the Early Ohio an elegant pota
to. and well adapted to this soil and climate They
also have the genuine Early Rose, Beauty of Heb
ron White Star, White Elephant Burbank's Seeding
and Empire State the last named being one of abont
the best potatoes grown.
They keep the best selection of bulbs tube rose
gladiolas lilies, hyacinths crocuses Ic and call
special attention to their Holland bulbs These al
ways make the best bloomers All kinds of fruit
trees and large and small fruits are sold by this firm
They keep every variety of flower seed grown and
buy them of wholesale dealers who purchase direct
from German importers. That is the plan for get
ting the best howerseedS.
MessFs, Roop & Zile have a stock and poultry farm
in connection with their already large business.
To this they solicit visit from all persons interested
in these matters, and will take great pleasure i'm
showing them through their stock anG poultry
yards, which are always open to visitors exeept on
Sunday. They have informed themselves relative
to breeding poultry, and have built their houses
upon the latest and most approved plans They
have been instructed in this by old liners in the
business and will sell pure strains and only those
healthy and sound eggs and chickens of the Ply
mouth Rock, Wyandotte, Buff Cochin, Bantams
White and Brown Leghorns and some other yarie-
ties are furnished demand They also breed
Bronze Turkeys aud Pekin Ducks, and will secure
Tor their customers any variety of poultry known or
sold in the United States. These breeds are well
cared for, and kept entirely separate from each
other Ihey also have some of the finest sheep bred
in America. They have the Lincoln sheep imported
direct from Canada, and are descendants of the |
Lincoln sheep that took the premium at the Centen
NAL in 1876. They clip an average about sixteen
pounds each. They are compact and REQUIRE but
little attention when yeaning and are good moth
ers They are worthy the attention OF the farmers
in this community Sheep raising is a branch Of |
could be made profitable if properly conducted,
They also have Southdowns which do not fleece as
heavily, but are an excellent sheep for mutton and
are probably better known than any ether breed !
Ihey also have Chester White, Poland China and |
Jersey Red pigs These all registered and their
records show them be from the very finest breeds
produced in this country. These are good thor |
onghbred stock and every farmer knows the value
oil such II he will but give it trial. and will soon
be convinced that it pays better to raise thorough
pred STOCK than scrubs that can be bought at low /
prices. Which pays a farmer the best to buy a pair
ofpigs for ST. and sell their progeny for 81 each or
to buy pair at so and sell their offspring at $40
each? In the one litter of Ten pigs will sell
for So In the other the ten would sell for $780, or
at s. EACH would sell $50. Which would pay the |
better, to buy pair of sheep to begin with at $50
and raise flock to shear 20 pounds of wool each at
DC or TO raise them to fleece seven pounds at pc?
In one your fleece is worth ;in the other 81 81
This is the way the farmer should look at these |
matters Raise good stock aud you will always find
a market for it. Get good wheat good rye goo d |
oats and buckwheat, and it will make market |
Plant the best corn, the best potatoes the best tur-
nips, the best rutabagas, and abandon forever the
plan of buying cheap goods low priced goods with.
out any merit. Encourage these men who are lead
ing of in this direction.
Roop & Zile are well known to our community as |
men of business habits and men of strict integrity of
character. They are natives of our county born and
reared on adjoining FARMS and are now using the |
same as seed and stock farms. They have both been
trained and educated to the wants of the farm and
the farmer, and as seed growers live stock and poul
try breeders as dealers in farm apd garden imple
menis, Us men laboring to establish a business that
will benefit this community and prove q blessing |
as well as convenience in our midst. they arc de-
serving of public patronage. This is growing in
dustry, and is in the hands of those who win con-
Time to make It grow.