The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-02-11
|SEhRlY,
EsEE:DMAN
IIt|ly and High Prices Rule
This Year.
MI VARIETIES COST MORE
Dad Weather and War Force
Up Prices,

Although gardening experts warn this
, . time not to be hasty about planting
. 1eedI&en say II is 4 time for the wise
nsdener and the thrifty gardener, to
, laying IN supplies Of seed.
Taking heed to this warning may
nve the planter money later on for it
ema nlnost inevitable that all kinds
y ssed must rise In price, The sup
~ Of some kinds Is small and will
bon be exhausted. says r. J. Hickey
the Pioneer Seed company, 10 West
California street
y Scramble for Seeds.
4 All over the southwest. in Texas par
olcularly, there Is a mad scramble for
oeed. says Mr.. Hickey. and hi. firm
ond probably every other seed firm in
Oklahoma City could sell on, its entire
ouppH OF seed al present
This is not done, however, because
Oklahoma City seed sellers are de-
sefmined to take care OF all their regu-
)as customers instead OF becoming seed
opcculstofs.
Many kinds Of seed this year are
higher in price than last year and there
bse not as many yarieties as would be
.kxpected Last year the prices were
hieh. Il Is expected all kinds Of peas
bnd beans will be high this year because
host OF the seed farms for these are in
Idaho AID Michigan. Idaho suffered
I'D weather conditions last season, 80
4ed that on many seed farms the peas
eould not be harvested In Michigan
Sosu almost ruined the bean crop.
n Potatoes No Higher.
q Il is for this reason that seed peas
'kill probably be 50 percent higher this
1ear and bean seed will be Is percent
higher Seed potatoes were very high
jlAst year and planters will be glad
- know this year that while the price
b still high it wiz probably not be any
higher than in 1917.
n As q general rule the city gardener
AIS year will not find his package Of
,beed costing him any more than for
Inerly but he will find his package does
b.. plant as much territory as had
sDre,iously been the case.
n The seedsmen are frank in saying that
instead of boosting the price for pack
ne seed, they musrrnt down the guam
ity in the packages on account OF the
tieh price.
The women who make pickles and the
,tsople who eat them win he glad to
know there is plenty OF CUCUMBER seed
b sight and the price OF this kind OF
oeed has been raised only little. The
0ame 10 true OF watermelon seed and in
}aet of all vine seed. The price oi
high grade cotton need and Of kafir
torn remains the same as last year.
s Sweet Corn Dear.
2 Seed for sweet corn will be dear be-
tahse the portions OF the middle west
SHhere seed corn is produced expert
eneed bad weather last year and there
serious scarcity.
Another thing the seedsmen has tc
g emistantiy uu VIC ioohUut ipls saw
Mr.. Hickey. "is, the possibility that al
my time, without notice. the United
States government through the seed bu.
Man OF the department OF agriculture
y'ill order all seed to be sold at a Ger.
hin price. This may be a price WHOLLY
Gsproportionate to what the seedsmar
K aid and q price, whether unjust ol
2ct, from which the scotsman canno
IKE IN appeal. The men who sell seed
Ave TO, meny times year, file an in
Sentory Of the seed they have on hanc
With the United States department o
6sricultwe.
THE war has much to do with higl
bglced seed. Many kinds of seed haC
0Ever been grown in this country be
muse foreign labor enabled growers il
ehrope to produce them cheaper than Il
his country.
with this source Of supply shut off
american seed growers filled the de
0and and of course the American seal
u wages had to be paid the men ant
!, Nomen EMPLOYED on the seed farms"
i Uncle Sam Is not too busy TO forge
bis coming manhood. He wants
d nOrc prosperous and independent peo