The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-01-04
CRIMSON CLOVER sRRD.

In The PROGRESSIVE FARMER several
weeks ago there appeared a communi
cation from Mr.. Carl B. Cline, of
Columbus, Ohio. In this letter Mr.
Cline offered to send a sample package
of crimson clover seed to all who would
send 10 cents to pay postage. Prof.
Frank e Emery, Agriculturist N. @.
Experiment Station, writes Of Mr..
Cline's promises, the way he fulf1lls
them, and incidentally of the value of
crimson clover in the November Bulle
tin.
Prof. Emery says:
Who has tried Mr.. Oline's offer Of
free crimson clover seeds for 10 cents,
to pay the postagel Don't all speak at
once, but some one tell us how many
ounces of seed he got for 10 cents
Remember, this is a farm crop, of
which hundreds of bushels of seed may
be grown on any large farm. and thou.
sands of bushels ought to be grown and
used for seed to improve "worn out"
soils. How much fertility for 10 cents
from Mr.. Clinei
ONE MAN HAS TRIED TT.
There came one day through the West
Raleigh postcffi 80 q little package to r.
e. L. Orenshaw. It was from Carl B.
Cline, Columbus, Ohio. 1t was Grim
son clover seed. It is in my Office.
where the editor can see it. There are
two little packets, such as the Della
ware farmers used to mail out sample
packages of seed, which they raise to
sell to their customers. If you write
one of these farmers for quotation OF
prices and for sample OF seed, he will
send you as large sample and expect
you to buy bushel or two; or, say 100
pounds, at about or possibly cents
per pound. Some even send you direc
tions for preparation of land, time to
SOW and what to do with the crop. or
nearly this amount of information with
the seed when you purchase it from
them. Not so Mr.. Cline. He is selling
a novelty for which he must have a
round price. The seed in the two
packets weighed 25 and 26 grams. 1t
takes 28 35 grams to make an ounce.
Suppose when freshly put up and rather
scantily weighed (4o the added paper
would bring the parcel under the
United States postal law at two ounces),
suppose, we say, it had been two ounces
of seed. Ten cents, less two cents for
postage, leaves eight cents for seed.
The difference in weight can well pay
for paper and clerk hire to put up and
lick on the stamps, and Mr.. Cline gets
eight cents for two ounces Of crimson
clover seedI
This is four cents an ounce, sixty four
cents pound, and $3S 40 per bushel.
Don'G it pay to advertise in the right
way9 Six centa pound seed raised to
sixEy-four cents And this for crop
which ought to be as commonly grown
as is corn and seed for home use and
for sale as common as it is in Delaware.
Several years ago some one Rdver-
tised new coffee berry for seed-could
be cultivated any where, made q good
substitute for coffee, yielded we'll, ETC.,
ETC., all of which was true of the sofa
or soy bean, the kind of seed which was
being advertised for sale under the
new name of coffee berry at twenty five
cents per pound. believe the adver
tiser requested money or stamps for
postage. He should have planted his
first few crops and come out after this
later illustrious scotsman has paved
the way for greater wealth under legiti
mate names.