The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-11-03
GAME OF FIEECING 'TfIF, FARMER.

mother had brought up her family and
ilad gone to her reward, has a mighty
piack spot in his record OF deeds done
ll1e seed firm which sold nv frten1
clark red top seed in which Kentucky
piue grass seed was mixed for a per.
iitah eht nay meadow far north, made
vel nigh worthless large areas OF
peaty land situated where 1t could not
De pastured but would have perma-
.r sii'iy produced fine crops OF timothy
Inc dealer was crimtnally Ignorant
because he was asked for seed for -
SPECIFIC purpose, and he put In the
piue grass, which grows too short to
NOV 1or nay, but crowds out the va
flety suited to cut for hay
Ihe man who sold Burbank nlums
IN region so cold that they could
NOT stand the severe winters is more
suilty than the man who steals your
purse. re gets paltry So each for
'reeS that would have been value blo
eiseWhere. but for this small consid. .
GRAFTON no robs the farmer of his time
nus land, of his opportunity to use
hardy plum trees, and even robs hin
an. ana ms neighbors Of their faith in
vac possibilities OF family plum lot.
our experiment station and depart
49, piant men arc rapidly learning
| ,''N piolt variety business
iHey are not only learnin. how n
create new values by breeding IN,
| lAe! are learning how to Distribute
iieW STOCKS of seeds and plants. Tb.y
eve organizing the testing of ynrieties
| ~ mat rev mistakes need be made
ii,es are coming TO insist for them
selves Tor the domestic scotsman ma
i,lulSefylnah and for the. foreign seed
$3.50 ~ the varieties must be
I n.lrt,
VI M..i iliuofse them. Seed vendors are
sraaually coming to see that thav
iilust get into line with the eft,cinn,
alld VIGOROUS public seed service ~ !,
MAI they must sell only seeds ,vhicb
WI produce wealth. A general Iahe,.
- 's NV Is being talked of and Ills
, "oula make 1t dangerous to sell two
out OF the same bin of seeds
4 as =, .iues under their wrong name
l would prevent the clothine
asaier from selling as all Won, c,a,,,7
ing tWo-thirds cotton ana ona-tb,r1
4 Wilather the claims of these s,vi,d-
are made personally or bv mai,
.I 80 :" some OF the most exaggerated
cataiosues the intent and tbe
II -ss''i'. ~ most cases Is the same. THE
,, ,saeaeiohs or tile ambitious and
\, go tessiNe farmer are raised to the
N'N'' . eNIdlioI. lie is con
Nihcea tlfat by planting or by sowine
we seed Offered by the fake concern
! ne VIII multiply his crop production
II that MS richest acres viii greatly in.
n crease their previous production am
+ THAT MS poorest land, with pedirren[
seed, will break the record OF III,
i choicest fields in corn, oats. barley
rye or cotton. and the forage crop,
i from his wet lands will give him TON,
o O.! nutritious fodder.
or course, seed which will perform
such miracles of production NATURAL,
? comes nigh In price--these swindler
= nre too shrewd to charge an ord lnnr,
price for seed carrying claims so higl
as theirs In some instances the prlc
:, Is double that which the farmer woul
: pay for bona-fide, puro-bred standnr
. varieties, the yield of which has bee
!, tested by experiment. stations, while Il
: other cases four. and even six time
the normal price Is charged.
Now as to the RESULTS: They ar
p, dlsappointing. Now and then the yiel
Is fair as from ordinary seed, but sci
V dom does it exceed that limit Nor
= frequently 1T falls below that STANDARD
y The reason for this has been discoy
y cred by few farmers. Who have ha
" enough OF the true spirit of progres
y 10 dig into the history of the seed
Y Tor which they paid so fancy u pric
" iiere IS what they found; The "grei