The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-25
Seed Corn
state Of Iowa, Executive Department
A PROCLAMATION.

To the People OF Iowa:
BY virtue of authority In mo vested.
IL direct the attention Of all citizens Oh
Iowa to the crisis that confronts US
because Of the unprecedented short
age of seed corn In the state, and par
,ticularly call the attention OF those
who have corn At for seed, or are sell
| ing seed corn, to the great necessity
| OF disposing Of 1t at a fair and reas'
enable price.
The seed corn survey OF the state,
recently taken, has disclosed the rae.
that there is an alarming shortage OF
seed corn in practically every county
and thousands Of farmers will have 10
buy all or a great part OF their SEED.
This survey further disclosed the fact
that there is enough 1916 crib corn to
furnish good seed corn for the entire
state II it is carefully selected ana
each ear tested.
Attention is directed to the fact that
corn to be properly and legally calieo
"seed corn" must have certain ger
minating qualities. The statutes pro.
vide that if corn is sold Tor SEED ana
no guaranty as to its terminating
qualities is given, 1t is presumed II
will test ninety-four per cent.
! 1t is our plain patriotic duty 10 see
that so far as possible in every NIL oi
corn planted in Iowa seed be used tnat
will terminate. grow, and r1pen. we
owe this to our soldiers and sailors al
ready fighting and those on the way
In the spirit of real service we
ebo,,,d see to It that everyone who will
plant corn receives SEED therefor a'
| fair and reasonable price.
| ,,t~tYI n
me vested as governor of the state, l
hereby designate the following as fair
and reasonable prices for SEED corn
from and after this date:
Crib corn, carefully ear tested,
with good termination, should com
mand a good price, but should not De
sold at to exceed $1,000 per bushel.
| Corn selected from cribs, providing
n is OF high termination, and sold
without further attention to make II
At for seed purposes, should not eN-
coed $500 per bushel.
Corn taken from the CRIB and OF
lower termination should be sold ar
a correspondingly lower price than
$500 per bushel.
These prices to apply to all growers
dealers, and seed firms handling SEED
corn for the season 1918.
The selling OF seed corn at public
auction or specializing in 1t in any
way is against the best interests OF
our state and country and should not
be INDUCED in.
/ / further declare that any person
who refuses to sell his surplus seec
corn or any corn that he may have
that is available for seed purposes, ar
ter the need Of our state Is explained
to him. Is doing an act that is disloya
and unpatriotic and directly agains
the interests of this state and the mill
tary establishment OF the country.
call upon all citizens to help II
bringing about an equitable distribu
ton Of seed corn throughout the entire
state and to help test and make ready
for seed all available surplus In thu
state.
In testimony whereof. / have here
iunto set my hand and caused to be Al
fixed the Great Seal OF the state.
Done at Des Moines this fourteenth
dav OF March, 1918.
W. L. HARDING.
Governor
BY the Governor:
W. s Alien.
II Secretary Of State