The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-02-05

pa " lilllt oltl "uSNh So . hS fioAN
ed his imported seed in large quantity,
and only one date, 1905, was since he
claims to have gotten his first ex-
perimental seed from Russian empire.
Mr.. Patterson in Aberdeen Daily
News, December oath, 1913, denies
that he or the association had any
thing to do with registration of seed
with county registers. What did he
mean by writing me on November 20,
1913, as follows: Our seed has been
recorded under the county and state
records which makes it doubly valu-
able" We wonder what ii would be
worth If he had registered it again.
II certainly was registered and | COM
menced my correspondence with C..
L. McIlvaine, of the State Bureau of
Information, at Huron.
Hansen has always claimed that
where our present alfalfa would grow
to let well enough alone, and has re-
commended South Dakota seed any
where as the best obtainable in guam
titles, and l agree with him on that, as
our seed is growing in the most rigor-
Gus climates in the United States, and
the only place that it will not grow
successfully is on the high, dry up
lands in the semi-arid districts. There
is a big demand for the Siberian seed
of Prof. Hansen's, and now, just when
the merit of this seed is being recog-
nized, Prof. Patterson and his col
leagues conceive the idea of unloading
in large quantities our common, or
Turkestan seed, conveying the mis-
leading idea by calling it Russian seed,
that they were supplying a different
variety, and one having all the char
acteristics of the new Siberian seed.
In order to do this, they elevate them
selves upon a philanthropic PEDESTAL,
take this same Bierwagen seed (Which
he has been advertising and selling
heretofore as Turkestan) and proceed
to fill the demand created in this par
ticular manner for this peculiar seed.
This seed has been foisted upon the
unsuspecting public because they
thought they were getting professional
advice, not knowing that the prime
motive was a scheme to sell seed.
The honest grower and scotsman
cannot compete with this peculiar seed
because his seed is evidently not the
variety recommended by these high
authorities; he cannot recommend it
as strongly as they can, cannot give it
the required age, etc. The only thing
his seed to Patterson at 13c per, let
him run it through the Better Farming
Association, via Allen and his other
advertising mediums, and it comes out
with so mucn better recommendations
than the grower put back Of it, that it
is worth zoe per pound and upwards.
But while in transit through this mys-
terious chain of magnanimous para
sites there Is an advance in price of
seven dollars per hundred and up
wards which the grower might have
secured had not these gentlemen u.s.
urped the handling of this seed.
But this expert handling is mighty
hard on the alfalfa itself, as one of
these fields referred to above, in pass
ing through this price evolution, is
proven to have aged 10 long years in a
single day. AS Patterson says about
the climate, Just think of it,"
The first days Of February, take no.
tice, there Is to be a farmers meeting
at Aberdeen, a genuine corn and alf-
alta love feast, ostensibly in the inter.
est of Better Farming, but primarily,
without doubt in my mind, to unload
a quantity of this common alfalfa
(Which l say is good seed) with an I'M
common name at an advanced price. l
wish to urge all my farmer friends
who have seed to sell, to take advan-
tage of this golden opportunity of be-
ing Better EARNED" rush at once to
Bierwagen, who is now writing offer
ing to help sell seed, or to Patterson,
and let them have your seed at 13c per
of once in order that thew NAV get il
properly aged, acclimated, and other
wise qualified for this meeting, with
out n~eglecting this correspondence.
Also ye prospective buyers, HE your
selves to this Aberdeen beneficiary
meeting, not forgetting your pocket
books. Make haste you before the
rush, and procure from this reliable
manufacturing concern, at least a little
of this Double Crowned" Double
Registered" Double Valuable" "At
Cost" alfalfa. Thereby you will be
Done Good" and attain the honor Of
having boosted the most distinguished
Double" crossing aggregation Of Bet
ter Farming farmers who ever perpe-
trated a philanthropic movement. I
repeat boys. be loyal. and buy the
home manufactured expert seed.
It is certainly a ~deplorable condition
when q body Of distinguished gentle
men. who are in a position to advance