Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-04-14
ADAMS SEED COMPANY
BUY J.J. MARSH BUILDING
Zeal Closed Saturday and the Con-
sideratiOn was $500 for
Handsome Building and
Two Lots.
RAPIDLY GROWING BUSINESS
NECESSITATED MORE ROOM
building Will be RemOdeled Into
Thoroughly Efficient and Mod
ern Cleaning Plant.

On Saturday, April 10th, The
Adams Seed Company purchased of
j. j. Marsh his two story and base
ment brick building, corner of West
Water and Mechanic ST. at a consid-
GRAFTON of $500. The purchase al
so includes the two vacant lots east
of the building. The Marsh building
| is 44X100 in size and with the two
floors and basement will afford much
needed room for the Company. The
Adams Seed Company started bust
ness in October 1906 consisting of
B. H. Adams and w. c. Adams. In
1909, Mr.. Warner bought an inter-
est in the business. In the past three
years The Adams Seed Company has
experienced quite a remarkable
growth particularly in the car load
seed business, and they now num-
Der among their customers many of
the best known seedmen throughout
the East and Canada. In order to
succeed in this business it is neces-
sary to thoroughly understand the
handling of Timothy which has been
the main commodity dealt in. To
realize some of the difficulties that
have to be overcome is only neces-
sary to say that the company buys
mainly from dealers, pays the freight
to DEBORAH, and after REMINDING the
seed must be able to sell it again in
competition with Chicago, Milwau-
kee and other markets at a price
which will show a profit. In order
to do this they have been for sever
al years establishing a reputation
for carefully cleaned pure seed, par
ticularly Timothy, of the best quail
ties which now command a premium
over seed handled in the ordinary
way. In the past two years the
company has been receiving ship
ments from Missouri and from points
all over Iowa as we'll as Dakotas,
Minnesota and elsewhere. In addi-
ton to the car load seed business in
Timothy and Glover it enjoys a
large farmers and dealers trade in
nearly so different varieties of Field
Seeds, Grass Seeds and Seed Grains
such as Blue Grass, Red Top, Alfal-
ia, etc. The company attributes its
success mainly to it's careful and
scientific cleaning methods and to
the further fact that all seeds are
tested both for purity and germina-
ton and such tests accompany both
SAMPLES and shipments. The in
creased space which the Marsh build
ing affords will allow mucn bet
ter organization, quicker, handling
of orders, but mainly much larger
cleaning capacity. The necessity for
this will be appreciated when it is
stated that they have received orders
for nearly four times the number
of car loads of timothy they have
been able to furnish this year. In
the near future contract will be let
for remodeling the new property in
to thoroughly efficient and modern
up to-the- minute cleaning plant
where a large volume of business
may be handled economically and eff
fciently.
We congratulate the Adams Seed
Company on the purchase of this fine
building. The firm has gained an
enviable reputation all over the
country as a concern which handles
only the best in their line. The firm
has been growing each year and the
Adams brothers are recognized as
two of the leading seedsmen of the
country.