. The Bulletin of the North Carolina Department of Agriculture. Agriculture -- North Carolina. 6 The Bulletin. acre, sowing at the rate of 15 pounds, would be $, using this quality of seed; while the cost of seeding an acre, using the better grade seed, would be $ This high price is a minor considera- tion when one realizes that more than 300,000,000 weed seeds would be sown per acre by planting the low-grade seed. This is a common means by which weeds are introduced on the farm, and often renders the land worthless for growing certain Fig. 1. Good-grade Red Clover Seed. The u
. The Bulletin of the North Carolina Department of Agriculture. Agriculture -- North Carolina. 6 The Bulletin. acre, sowing at the rate of 15 pounds, would be $, using this quality of seed; while the cost of seeding an acre, using the better grade seed, would be $ This high price is a minor considera- tion when one realizes that more than 300,000,000 weed seeds would be sown per acre by planting the low-grade seed. This is a common means by which weeds are introduced on the farm, and often renders the land worthless for growing certain Fig. 1. Good-grade Red Clover Seed. The undesirable conditions in the seed trade rest quite as much with the mass of farmers who demand low-priced seed as with the dealers who meet this demand. When the farmers realize that some other consideration, aside from merely the price, must be the guide in purchasing, and that low-priced seed is not the cheapest and not necessarily the highest-priced seed is the best, but that the best quality that can be bought is the cheapest seed; when they will have nothing but a good grade, the dealers will be compelled to meet this demand. A large part of the dealer's profit is derived from the sale of screenings and low-grade seed. For instance, when good seed is selling for 15 cents per pound and a farmer demands a cheaper grade, the dealer will mix screenings and low-grade seed worth 3 or 5 cents per pound with the better grade seed to make the various cheaper. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original North Carolina. Dept. of Agriculture. Raleigh : State Board of Agriculture
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