Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-03-21
A PROCLAMATION

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To the People Of J Jowt:
By virtue of fGtHpriiy in me
vested, direct tiB Attention of all
citizens of Iowa ~ the crisis that4
confronts us be ,sifss of 1.-THE un-
precedented sho taese OF seed. in
the state, and II u ticularly call
the attention of HI Sc who have
corn fit for seed 4 aref selling
seed corn, TO the grt at necessity
OF disposing of at asfair and
reasonable price. 5.
The Seed Corn 4zaf of the.
state, recently tax nd aas disclo-
sed the fact that is1 ~ an al
farming shortage O III tta corn III
practically every "a a,tts and. !.
Thousands of farme s ;ill IlIave to
buy all or a great i I oil atheir
seed. This survey ID fhes dis !.
closed the fact IL ID the is
enough 1915 crib CO ia q ftfniih-
good seed corn for q mt e.,
state if it is carefully selected
and each ear tested
Attention is directe / tols he rts
that corn to be properly ans ! leg
ally called seed corn mus has
certain terminating qlaIihI
The statutes provide that if eo al
lis sold for seed, and no guar III w
as to its terminating qualities is
given, it is presumed it will aest V.
nincty-fOur per cent.
1t is our plain patriotic dbs. aos
see that so far as possible FAesla.
ery hill of corn planted inA5Ma.
seed be used that will germinate,
grow. and ripcn. We owe this to-
our soldiers and sailors already
lighting and those on the way.
In The spirit of real service. we
should see to it that every one
who will plant corn receive seed
therefor at a fair and reasonable
price. s.. =.
Therefore, by virtue of author
Iity i'm me vested as Gov of s;the 7
state, I hereby designate the fol-.
Lowing as fair and reasonable ).
prices for seed corn from and af-
ter this date:
hsoe lar cell ytrsriW ie,enltepv
Crib corn, carefully ear tested,
with good termination, should
command good price, but it
should not be sold at an excess of
$40 per bushel.
Corn selected from cribs. pro-
viding it is of high termination,
and sold without further atten-
ton to make it fit for seed pur-
poses, should not exceedS4.OO per
bushel.
Corn taken from the crib and OF
lower termination should be. sold
at 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
of 1918.
The selling of seed corn at pub
lie auction or specializing in it in
any way is against the best in
terests of our state and country
and should not be indulged in.
further declare that any per-.
son who refuses to sell his sur
| plus seed corn or any corn that
he may have that is available for
seed purposes, after the need Of
our state is explained to him, is q
doing an act that is disloyal and
unpatriotic and directly against
the interests of this state and the
military establishment Of the
country.
1 call upon all citizens to help
| in bringing about an equitable
distribution of seed corn through
out the entire state and to help to
test and make ready for seed all
available surplus in the state.
| In Testimony Whereof, | have
hereunto set my hand and caused
Ito be affixed the Great Seal of
the State.
| Done at Des Moines, this four
tenth day of March, 1913. 4
w. L. HARDING; Govcfncr
BY the Governors:
w. S. Allen, Sec. Of State.