The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-09-19

er sections Of the South. it is a very
good thing to let alone.
Buy Only the Best Seeds.
A scotsman / once knew sold in
the front Of his store seed from Peter
Henderson & Coin their original
packages a
packets. II the rear he sold auc-
tiOn~seed. tW oepapr
ton seed. two papers for five cents,
and made 10 guarantee. He said that
he old the farmers That they had
better buy the Henderson seed at ten
cents a paper, but nine out OF ten
would buy the auction seeds. because
they could get two papers for five
cents.
This shows one Of the creates; or
rors that rmer make. They as
sumo that a low price for anything
they want means cheapness when, a..
a rule, it means Gearncss. The cos'
of a paper Of garden seed, even at
the highest price. is Very small in pro-
portion to the crop. The high-priced
seed can be depended upon to produce
what is wanted the cheap seed Will.
as a rule, make an inferior crop, an:
the buyer pays many times over the
difference ir the original purchase
/ have often. when asked where to
buy certain seeds, referred the in
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greatest confidence This firm recent
ly wrote to me thanking me for re
ferring people to them and saying:
We do not always make a sale be
| cause ---- and --- are al
| ways under US in price 1t IS the
/ same old idea Of getting something
| cheap and laying for gerting it. There
is an old Frenchman on Long slaDd
who frequently sends me seed for trlai,
aimin that he sells nothing but tbs
best. and always found his seed god
He boldly adyertises his place as The
dearest place in h United States.
| and SAYS that market gardeners who
know their business are ways ready
| to pav his prices. There is no greater
mistake made by armers than bunny
! inf seed for farm or garden because
they are offered at a low price. ana
we often hear OF great
ments and d general blame of seeds
men, when the trouble is from the
farmer trying to get sood seed LOT
less money than good seed can De
sold for. My rule is TO get all the
seed need from the most reliable
sourcves and pay the best price Tor
them. If [ pay SO cents tor an ounce
of lettuce seed, and get plants thae
viii come uniformly to type, as true
as one pea is like another, | nave
made a moreconomical purchase than
ii 1 bought tie SSeO tIdt
at 10 cents an ounce n got a STOCK
somhe Of whcih will head
some of which will not: in fact all
sorts of a mixture. In the first case,
IT have a crop every head OF when
can be used or sold, while with the
other a large part has to go into the
waste heap. and | have lost many
| times the price of the ounce OF seed
The same is rue of ali sorts OF SEED.
When was farming on a large
stock farm my clover seed We're q
matter of great importance, Tor
wanted clover and not FODDER nol
maintain seed. Hence. | always sem
to q numbe of dealers for samples
and examined them with a maSnltI-
ing glass TO be sure of what fet
contained. and there were ai"'$S
some firms who offered the seed TOT .
much lower price than others. pu'
found that their seed were really tie
most costly. not only because OF t''
smaller nurnbe of good SEED. out Dc
c,nse Of the decreased unDe beih=
aue TO foul weed seed in the sample
,na these would be worse than tl'
decreased number OF lover seed.
: .Iu.aps bought a clean sample ant
did not bother about the price. for IN
. fo;J seed would have been dear a.
!, nr.Sarf Then when the seed came
; r. they did no; come up to the sam
ME. they went back Su
, mis- seldom happened. for the ciea'
I saea always came from men OF fepu
! tati.n who carefully reciean tile.
seedS-
farm OF garden it IS always ecohofh