? Growing Seeds for Market
grown In this country for at least fifty
years. The amount raised, even at
the present time, 1» not sufficient to
meet the trade and the greater part of
the flower-seed sold Is Imported from
Europe.
Importance of Seed Testing.
water and a warm place In the
kitchen. A stitch In time often sates
nine, and a little trouble a month H-
fore planting time may -““A® !}®
farmer or tlie gardener «’“«“J*?“®
money and conduce greatly h>1 “
piness and good temper. Nothing
certainly more aggravating than to
plow, tine the ground well, plant i*n<l
then as the golden moments of spring
slip by wait in vain for the young
plants to appear, or secure only a half
stand. ,
NO OTHER
WAGONS
APPROAf
In Perfect Adaptability Under all Conditions to
Since the days of tradition a great
deal of attention has been paid to
seed
testing for quality of germlna-.
GUY ELLIOTT MITCHELL
tion. Seeds have been floated or have
One of the most thriving businesses seedman’s agent, is a text-book of hor been heated until they popped; they
«1 the United States today and which ticulture. Millions of these books find have been broken and the fracture
Seemingly carries on it* work regard- their way into rural homes and become noted; they have been cut and judged
777£ WOODMAX’S STRIDE.
leas of the fluctuations of stocks on the basis by which tlie amateur gard by the appearance of the Inside.
the great exchanges. Is the growing ener derives a knowledge of varieties Various experiment stations of the
»nd selling of seeds. From small be and even methods of growing plants United States have, for a long time, With a Long Swinging Step, He
ginnings in the colonial period this under varied conditions.
paid much attention to practical seed
Covers Much Ground and Pre-
business has grown so that now Its
testing. The Department of Agricul
serves a Perfect Balance.
Seed Growing a Big Industry.
value In measured by the tens of mil The seed trade has changed quite as ture for nearly eight years has con A woodman walks with a rolling
lions. The first beginning of the seed much as has the catalogue, first with ducted a trial ground in connection motion, his hips swaying an luck or
business commenced In small shops its woodcut engravings, to excellent with its seed laboratory where studies more to the stepping side, ami bis pine
where a few boxes of seed shared a
Is correspondingly long. His Inp a<--
corner with codfish or a shelf with
tion way be noticed to an exaggerated
calicoes or books. To-day It 1ms come
degree
in the stride of a professional
to claim for Itself Immense ware
pedestrian, but the latter walks ffitba
houses and business establishments,
heel-and-toe step, whereas an Indian s
having interests which extend to
or sailor’s step is more nearly Hotfooted.
every portion of the globe.
In the latter case the center of gravity
The Pilgrims probably were the first
is covered by the whole foot. 1 be po st
Introducers of seeds Into this country,
is as secure as that of a rope walker.
for they brought with them seeds of
The toes are pointed straight forward,
the plants cultivated by them in their
or even a trifle inward, so that the in
side of the heel, the outside of the ball
of the foot, and the smaller toes all do
their share of work and assist in bal
ancing. Walking in the woods in tills
manner, one is not so likely to trip over
projecting roots, stones and other traps
as he would be if the feet formed
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hooks by pointing outward. I he ad-
vantage is obvious in snowshoeing, n
LARGEST PRODUCERS OF FARM WAGONS IN THE WORLD
the Indian were turned to stone while
in the act of stepping, the statue would
probably stand balanced on one foot.
Ills gait gives the limbs great control
over his movements. He is always
poised. If a stick cracks under him it
is because of his weight, and not by
reason of the impact. He goes silently
on, and with great economy of force.
Ilis steady balance enables him to put
FIELD GROWN LILIES FOR BULBS.
of unfailing service
AMERiCAN CROWN
varieties are made. Samples are his foot down as gently as you would
HlH
half tones and color plates. The bar
of
planted of the vast quantities ol lay an egg on the table.
rel of peas first sold in Newport has also
grown to hundreds of bags, and tlie seed sent out for Congressional dis
American Cheese Production.
few thousand packets to hiilllona. Tlie tribution. The Department has in fact
BEATING OUT HEMP SEED IN KEN-
modern seed house lias every mechani (lone much to purge the country of
Twenty
years ago the cheese supply
TUCKY.
dishonest seed dealers, and a large
English and Dutch homes, These of cal contrivance to aid In making the force is constantly employed securing of Great Britain was largely furnished
business
economical
and
systematic.
by
the
United
but to-day Can
as
were
course were of such plants
seeds from dealers anil testing them, ada has taken States,
the load and far out Is a green soap, consistency of paste, a perfect
considered necessaries of life—corn From tlie cellar to the mailing room
everything
is
so
arranged
that
orders
stripped us as an exporter of this com cleanser for automobile machinery and aP
barley and peas, while fruit trees
may be filled with accuracy and dis
modity. Ju 1880 tlie United States vehicles; will not injure the most highly
were also set out.
patch.
During
the
late
summer
and
sent
131,208.776 pounds of cheese to
1763,
Early records show that In
surface. Made from pure vegetable
Great Britain, while in 1004 only polished
Nathaniel Bird, a book-dealer of New- early fall catalogues are prepared for
If your dealer does not carry American
mailing,
and
seeds
packed
in
reailine
25,180,960 pounds were shipped to that oils.
port, R. I., advertised garden seeds
country. Canada, on tile other hand, Crown Soap in stock, send us his name and
just arrived from London, The fol- for distribution. While one hundred
proves the
exported over 31,000,000 pounds twen address and we will see that your wants are
lowing year an announcement was letters a day was considered a large
25 and 50 lb pails.
ty-five years ago as against 212.862.322 supplied. Put up in
made by Gideon Welles that he had business thirty years ago, some bouses
ABSOLUTE RELIABILITY
pounds last year. Tills loss of trade,
some choice Connecticut onion seeds tow receive over six thousand daily
of the
! however, has not been injurious, but
for sale. In New York city hemp and during the busy season.
Of course to supply tills enormous
on the other hand, is caused through
flax seeds were advertised for sale as
an excess of consumption at home over
eul'Lv as 1765. Boston, however, be trade much attention must be paid to
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production, while reverse conditions
ing the commercial center In the early tlie growing of the seed. The present
day*, Was the chief city for tlie sale development of garden-seed growing
prevail witli our Canadian neighbor.
of garden seeds. In 1767 out of twen began when David Landreth i'st.-ili-
Canada was thus forced to seek the
British markets for her plethora and
ty- six Advertisers in tlie Boston Ga- lisbed a small seed farm at Philadel
'TV'PEW'RITE'R
rette, six were dealers in seeds. Dur- phia in 1784. During the Civil
to fill up the place left vacant in that
XVe have published some good ones spec
market by the withdrawal of the Unit
ially
suited
for
farmers.
Books
that
wfll
help
ed States therefrom.
WYCKOFF. SEAMANS & BENEDICT
While the United States. in every farmer to make more out of his farm
•«? BSOAOWAV. HKW IOS«
1900. manufactured nearly 282.000.000 Write for our catalogue.
pounds of cheese, the per capita fac
WEBB PUBLISHING CO.»
tory production was only 3.7 pounds,
whereas, on the other hand, in 1901,
St. Paul Minn.
Canada produced 224,000.000 pounds,
furnishing nearly 41.8 pounds for each
inhabitant. It is therefore shown, by
a report from Consul-General Hollo
A CLOVER SEED STORE-IIOUSE.
way, of Halifax, that the Canadian
SELF FEED FULL CIRCLE TWO HORSE
l)oth with regard to their germinative export trade to which every one of
quality and their trueness to name. our neighbors points with pride was
There Is great opportunity for adulter not gained at tlie expense of the Unit
ation. and many farmers are apt to ed States, for they must export their
Over 70 sizes and styles for drilling
consider they are saving money If they cheese or get "snowed under.” The either deep or shallow wells in any kind
can get seeds at a reduced rate, find United States can not keep up in pro of soil or rock. Mounted on wheels or
ing out when it is too late that they duction witli our increasing home con sills. With engines or horse powers.
have been swindled with false varie sumption.
Strong, simple and' durable. Any me
ties or that perhaps 50 per cent, of
chanic can operate them easily.
-—
The Baler for speed. Bales 12 to
their seeds fail utterly of germination.
Good Seeds Are Half the Battle
The Strong Old Hickory!
Kentucky Wagon Manufacturing Co
Kirk’
A Qvieurter ol
a- Centurj
SOAP
James S. Kirk& Company
BOOKS—BOOKS
Well Drilling
Machines
Harvesting
Sorghum
Seed In
Nebraska.
Personal Seed Tests.
Mulberry Fences.
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The average farmer, however, would
do well to carry on a little seed test
ing establishment of bis own each
year, and this course Is advocated by
the Department of Agriculture.
There are but few fences in Ja-
pan. The mulberry tree is planted in
stead, the leaves of which furnish food
for silk worms. Nearly 200,000 acres
are thus utilized.
WILLIAM BROS., Ithaca, N. Y.
Sandwic
HAY PRES
tons a day.
Has 40 inch feed be
Adapted to bank barn work. Stands
to its work—no digging holes for wh«
Self-feed Attachment increases c
acity, lessens labor, snakes better ba
and does not increase draft.
I
Repeaters
for Independence the nd-
tlilH commodity nppnr-
utiy ■sed. although it is hardly be-
i-yed tint Un to was not a time but
rhat one could pur. base s.-eds In any
t tha fcrge cities of that period.
A Pioneer Seedsman.
In 1784, David Landreth commenced
^KBEs in Philadelphia; Bernard
M'Muluin in that same city in 1800,
while in 1805, Grant Thorburn began
tn sell » eds in New York. By 1830
Elation had Increased from
■ reo million in 1790, to ten
|alf millions. To meet the
K demand for vegetables nnd
these ten and a half millions
.¿more than three nnd a half
tínica na nuiny seeds ns were used in
1711O. Dealers established themselves
|in the principal citiea and crossed the
mountains.
j
Along with the reaching out for
trade came the increasing size and
prominence of the catalogue. The ear
liest seed catalogues were mere lists
not Intended for general distribution.
Thorburn probably issued the first
catalogue ns early ns 1823.
e civil war the enta-
more prominent. Its
cd nnd a few lllustra-
Novelties were not ns
ty years ago ns they
are today; they were not given so
much attention either. Today there Is
not an important catalogue but gives
considerable
space
to novelties.
Seedsmen are on the alert for novel
ties; they are tlie money makers. The
modern catalogue, with its profusely
illustrated pages while In a sense the
ara the original solid
top and side ejectors.
This feature forms a
solid shield of metal
between the shooter’s
head and the cartridge
at all times, throws tne
empties away from him
instead of into his face,
prevents smoke and
gases from entering his
eyes and Jungs, and
keeps the line of sight
unobstructed. The
MARLIN action
works easily and
smoothly, making very
little noise. Our new
automatic recoil-oper
ating locking device
makes the Marlin the
safest breech-loading
gun ever built. 120-
rage catalogue, 300 il
lustrations, cover in
u ne colors, mailed for
three stamps.
tills country largely depended upon
foreign markets for seeds, but between
18QD and 1870 as many seed farms
were established as had been during
the thirty years before the conflict.
Growers also became expert and the
market gardener found lie could get
from the seedmen just ns good seed
as he could save himself and at less
cost. The business of seed-raising In
creased rapidly after tlie war, farms
being established In various parts of
the eastern United States. In 1875
seed growing commenced In Califor
nia, when R. W. Wilson planted 50
acre* to lieets. onions, lettuce and car
rots for seed purposes.
The Marlin Pire Aras Co.
New Haven, Conn.
Two Thousand Acre Seed Farm.
From this beginning the business Ims
grown to enormous proportions. Now
a single firm of growers devotes annu
ally some 2,000 acres to seed crops.
Onion and lettuce are staple seed
crops, while enrrot. celery, leek, en
dive, kale, kohl-raid, jnrsnips and
parsley are all grown by California
seed growers.
While the census of 1S9O showed
that there were In the United States
596 seed farms, containing 169,580
acres, the census of 1900. with Incom
plete returns, showed more than 2.500
seed farms. The Census Office made
an effort to collect statistics of seed
growing farms, but owing to the re
fusal of a number of the large tlnns
handling seed to furnish the names of
the farmers growing seed for them,
the Information secured was very in
complete.
Not a small part of seed-growing Is
devoted to the raising of flower seed.
Flower seeds have
regularly
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SANDWICH MFG. CO.
124 Mala Street,
Sandwich,
SILOS
Pine, Fir, Cypress and Yellow PÜÄ
Write for Catalogue.
A CALIFORNIA ONION PATCH.
fact, the Department will send any
CARRY A BIG STICK.
body n pamphlet describing simple
methods of testing seeds.
Firms with any reputation lielilnd Cane Preferred to Revolver by
them can not afford to work off poor
Detectives.
seeds, and If a lot of seed is tested
“President Roosevelt’s epigram—
nnd found to lie defective in germina-
tlve qualities, the seedsmen will prob ‘Speak Boftly nnd carry a big stick',
ably stand ready to supply a good arti has been quoted nil over tlie world”!
cle In its place. The fault.In fact, may »¡lid an expert fencing master, who
not be the seedman's. Although the has taught sword practice in a dozen
seed dealers attempt to convey tlie of the world’s capitals. “And it is
idea that they raise their own’seeds good advice literally as well as figu-
on their own farms, sncli a practice is ratlvely- Do not provoke quarrels;
manifestly Impossible where vast sup avoid them if you can. Rut be pre
plies of seeds are furnished. They pared for a tight corner. Jinny nlglit
raise some of the seeds, but large policemen and detectives carry stout
quantities are contracted for by them canes in preference to revolvers The
with other growers nnd farmers, and
,l1alwavs, rp!“V in aliwea-
there Is always a chance of the seeds ♦"T* The revolver must be car
men themselves being imposed upon. ried
In the pocket, nnd only an expert
Ro that it Is well for the Individual
grower to test each batch of farm or can flash It on the Instant. When
B,,n.n,lotl where yonr stick
garden seeds which fie expects to
needed do not figure on using It as
I’'!',!1*- ^'lp tpf,t which he can make a Is club.
An
agile man can dodgethe
will show him nothing regarding vari
eties; he may be getting a common vZr^rer1“*- ,nd knlfe T0U ,x‘forp
cabbage instead of some high-priced yon recover yonr guard. Carrv the
novelty, that can only be determined stick with the tip somewhat in ad
at the end of the year: but the gov rance, grasping It firmly six
ernment experiments along this line or more below the knob or handle
yon are confronted fry
n.»v '
are effectually holding the more Irre lr
h,m..a
"Zi
sponsible seedsmen In line, and the wi7h
farmer himself can check up with his 7 mn.r e T’" pn<1’ Th® »tomnch 1»
seedsmen on the question of germi
nation.
s
Chicago, Ill-
IF YOU WANT A JACK
Send for our Jack Catalogue. Saretoc<|
tain the description of exactly what yottwwl
Hydraulic Jacks our Specialty
Watson-Stillman Co.,
Most seed* will germinate In from
three to ten days. The apparatus re
quired 1* very simple—a pan, .some
cottvu flannel or cotton batting, a little
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Producers of Northern grown acclimated trees and the best
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Every Variety of Standard Fruit
Thoroughly tested Apples, Pears, Plums, Cherries and Trees
x Ornamental, Small Fruit Planta, Shrubs,
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Cut Flowers and Floral Designs. Also Vegetable Plant!
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Mail orders have prompt attention.
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