Vaughan's seed store . rowing inparticular, it is well to ask, where are the profits? Land is worthso many dollars per acre per year, the time and labor spent in pre-paring the land, and later cultivating, is an additional investment—and seed, the least item of expense of all—and the one item on whichprofits depend—some short sighted farmers seek to economize. Poorseed corn often means low germination and at the start the farmerhandicaps himself with 10% to 25%, more than a business profit ofa maximum stand. Poor seed corn means a poorly bred variety withnon-fertile stalks; small, poor yieldin
Vaughan's seed store . rowing inparticular, it is well to ask, where are the profits? Land is worthso many dollars per acre per year, the time and labor spent in pre-paring the land, and later cultivating, is an additional investment—and seed, the least item of expense of all—and the one item on whichprofits depend—some short sighted farmers seek to economize. Poorseed corn often means low germination and at the start the farmerhandicaps himself with 10% to 25%, more than a business profit ofa maximum stand. Poor seed corn means a poorly bred variety withnon-fertile stalks; small, poor yielding corn means corn with a largecob which sheilsout very little of the marketable product; sometimesit means corn which does not ripen; leaves the farmer at the end ofthe season with a worthless lot of soft, flabby ears. Wherever youget your seed corn, know what you are buying; know that it grows;know that it is a profitable variety for your conditions and locality;make sure you have a chance for a profitable A Crate of Vaughans Selected Ear Corn When ready to buy write forlatest Corn List. SILVER KINGor WISCONSIN No. 7 weather. MINNESOTA No. 13 This is known also as Wisconsin No. 8, and is a heavy yielding,very early Yellow Dent corn; matures in 90 days of corn-growingThis variety grows to a height of 8 feet on good soil andfurnishes a great amount of fodder 16 rows of kernels and taper to tip; the kernels show a good Denttype and are of fair depth. Although not yet as well bred as MadisonDent, it is about 10 days earlier. Our Minnesota grown crop is afailure. We have a little 1916 corn, Nebraska-grown from Minnesotaseed. Price, shelled, Y2 pk., $; pk., $; bu., $ New crop, Illinois-grown, %pk., $; pk., $; bu., $
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