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Ferguson’s Cotton Gumption

No. 242

Free to Cotton Growers March 1, 1930

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M ould You Bet a Season’s Labor on a H'»rse Thai Had Won First and Second Money Fleven Times in Eleyeu Races

Your Cotton Field is a Race Track,

Where You are Betting.

Here is INFORMATION on the Seed You Are Betting On— And on the Winner

Send For Ferguson’s Illustrated

Catalog of Field Seeds; Free

TergusonSeedE^s

Sherman

Texas

Stalk Selection in the Field Adds Qnality and Size to the Crop

Yes, the ears from each of the stalks illustrated above looked equally good the crib.”

Hi^ ears, erect ears, grinning ears, ears from down stalks, and other defects are avoided in selecting seed for Ferguson’s Seed Com Breeding Blocks.

Even ‘‘Everlastingly Keeping At It” will not elimi¬ nate all the throw-backs, but repeated selecting, year- after year, so reduces the per cent that an extra value belongs to “FERGUSON’S CERTIFIED BRED-UP SEED CORN.”

You can have the advantage of this long continued work for only 15c to 30c an acre over the cost of the commonest mongrel seed com, in Ferguson’s latest Bred-Up strains of Sarerepper and Fergnaan’s Yellaw

(See Over)

Ferguson’s 30 Years of SEED SERVICE

rj;-. Southwestern Farmer;

I want you to get MY IDEA about Seeds and Seed- Service— “Bred-Up Seeds in sealed bags, direct from Breeder to Planter.”

Nearly 30 years ago I started out on this idea of Test¬ ing to find the Best Varieties, then Improving, or Breeding- Up better yielding Strains of these “Best Varieties” and tnen Growing them for Seed, as well, as Pr^^paring and Selling field seeds Direct to You, all under one manage¬ ment. This makes us wholly responsible for the charac¬ ter of the Seeds.

We ask to be judged by the character of our work. Wc have improved a few of the varieties which we found most worthy of general planting by Southwestern farmers.

The varieties which we have originated, and introduced are now the most widely used in the Southwest. AVe are still at it. It is our life woi’k.

We Test Out a great many varieties and strains of these v'arieties — often having under test one to five thousand varieties, strains and selections. AA"e expect to continue our wo ’k on this great problem of yours — the Seed prob¬ lems of Mr. Southwestern farmer.

It is strangely true, that in nothhig that you purchase are you so dependent on the intelligence, ability, relia¬ bility and straightforward every-day honesty of the seller, as when you buy Seeds.

Pardon us if we appear vain. We only intend to be frank, and urge caution: Not one farmer in a thousand is an intelligent, discriminating Seed Buyer.

Too often yon figure Price against Quality, seemingly forgetting that PRICE, is merely what you pay, when QUALITY" is what you really want. YL4LUE for the price you Pay is fotmd only in the unseen Qualities that are l^''erited in the CFlOPS, and cannot be seen, weighed or measured, in the mere maturity of the Seeds you see and held in your hands..

Here is where Fergmson Seed Farms have rend''red a useful service to all the Southwest. We. test out these unseen qualities that put value in the Seeds.

Nothing has so stimulated the intelligence, imagination and hope of our farmers to secure Better Bred Seeds than tbo work of intelligent, reliable Seed Breeders. And again nothing has so aroused your ire, distrust and disgust as the horde of bootleg Seed -Breeders that now abound.

If you want dependable, straight-forwa’-d Seed-S'^r*'- ice, our facilities are at your command. When we off''r you “Ferguson’s Certified. Pedigr^^ed Seeds,” you know that Ferguson’s reputation is back of them.

We ASK for your confidence.

AA"e strive to DESERY"E it. i

SOLO ONLY IH SEALED BAGS

Seed Service

Our Business Lives by Selling Seeds and Rendering a Service that is the Sum of Many Little Things Well Done.

It Requires 5 to 10 Years to Fill these Sacks— and SEAL and LABEL as

Facts, Fads, and Fancies

About Seed Certification

The Value of a “Certificate,” as a guide in seed buy¬ ing, may be gauged by the Reputation and Record of the Certifying authority” for ability, reliability, or general dependability for producing proven high yielding seeds. A mere certificate as to “a m-ethod” or “a set of records” of breeding is good “as far as it goes.”

“State” Certification is positively without reference to the goodness or yielding value of the variety. Poor va¬ rieties and good varieties get the same certificate. The tcSLS by the State Experiment Stations prove it.

The “Highest Yielding Seeds” (FERGUSON^S) in the “STATE” Expenment Station TESTS reproduced on op¬ posite side of this sheet, were not Certified by the “State” E -ai d of Plant Breeder Examiners. The other Varieties yielding 32 to 204 pounds “less per acre” than “Ferguson’s own “Certified Bred-Up Seeds”, were officially “State” Certified.

If some over “enthusiastic” booster or salesman for “State” Certified seeds attempts to “alarm’’ you about FEIRGUS0N'’S SEEES not being “State” Certified refer him to these charts, and the “State” Experiment Station bulletins from which these Records of “Highest Yields” were taken, and ask for an explanation of the difference 'Tri value between:

tl). A mere “State” Certificate of examination and inspection as to a method of seed breeding, without ref¬ erence to the goodnss of the variety or value of the breed¬ ing;, and

(2). A Record of “Superior Yields” of a good strain of a good variety, Proven Up in numerous “State’’ Experi¬ ment Station Tests, in all the Southwestern States such as is here shown for “FERGUSON’S” CERTIFIED BRED-UP SEEDS.

, One-Variety Community Standardization

One-Variety Community Standardization is an excel¬ lent idea, provided a high yielding variety is selected, and arrangements made for renewed supplies of BRED-UP STRAINS from j’-ear to year. Don’t agree to “standardize” to lose $10.00 to $40.00 an acre on low yields by using an unsuitable variety. Many communities have been influ¬ enced to “Standardize” on varieties that have proven to be consistent low yielders in many Experiment Station tests.

Look again at the charts on the opposite side. Note the comparative standing for high yields made by “Fer- puson’s Seeds-” Write us about standardizing YOUR farm, and YOUR community on one-good- variety.

The FERGUSON SEED INSTITUTE may be depended upon as a continuing source of renewed or BRED-UP STRAINS for years to come. See pages 3, 10, 11, and 23 of the catalog for additional information that will be val¬ uable to all cotton-minded folks.

Pla»t Brcd-Uji Pe^j’eed Seed Direct from the l^ginator ^

Ferguson’s Surcropper Corn

(Pronounced Sur’ Cropper, a - Contraction of Sure-Cropper)

i An All-Season Com ,

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! Plant Surcropper in early Spring for early main

{crop,

' Plant in Summer on stubble land for late ‘‘catch crop.”

Recognized Standard Variety for early Spring 'planting.

Proven best variety for late Spring and iv Summer planting.

‘ Quick maturing like Northern com.

■ Resists drouth and hot wirids,better than June corn.

Ferguson’s Original Pedigre"^ Surcropper is the i-best corn for late Spring planting, and a better variety [:than June corn for Summer planting, because:

— Matures 20 to 30 days quicker, and can therefore be planted later, within 90 to 110 days before a kill¬ ing frost and still mature a crop.

— Does not grow excessively tall like June corn. It makes more corn and less “stalk.”

— Has a better type and quality of ear and grain than June corn. J

— Most drouth-resisting of any corn known, yet makes largest yield under irrigatien. General experience, reputation and Experiment Station tests prove it. — It’s the recognized Standard Early Spring Sure-crop. quick-maturing corn for four Southwestern States, as well as the ‘Mjest Summer crop” corn.

- — It. is fast becoming the standard ensilage crop corn for many Central and Western States, Missouri, Kansas, Arizona and California.

Feraru»on’s Surcropper has “found a place” and wide, usefulnes ‘in South America, Turkey, Russia, Mexico, Egypt and other parts Of Africa.

It was originated or developed, and has merited this wide usefulness because of -25t. years of Pedigreed Breeding by A. M. Ferguson, Pioneer Seed Breder of tile Southwest.

All Government tests show that Ferguson’s freshly Bred-Up Pedigreed Seed yield' s to 9 bushels per acre rv) re' than country-run “crib-bred” seed.

Originator’s Pedigreed Seed, are Sold only in Branded Sealed Bags. Look for the Seals with Certificates on the Bags.

Feriitisoii s Colton (sumption No. 243

Read ThesG Figures Before You Plant Your Cotton Crop

FERGUSON’S BRED.UP COHON

rV^ain Made Largest Average Yields 1^ Goverment Tests

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Most Consistent High Yields Secured From Ferguson’s Bred-Up Seed

ton's Certified 8rod-l ,vorlh 16.00 to tI6.00 !i

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Superior Yields and Comparative Standing Made By Ferguson’s Bred-Up Cotton Seed.

In these tests of 227 varieties and strains for ik FERGUSON’S NEW BOYKIN (original selection a ,

3ST CONSISTENT and MOST

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Ferguson’s Certificate of Master Seedsmanship

1 Chart of Average Yields of Lint Per Acre
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Ferguson’s Certified Bred-Up CoHon

Makes Most Consistent Record For HIGHEST AVERAGE YIELDS

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COMPARED WITH OTHER VARIETIES

'ergusoii’s Bred-Up Seeds Win The Money

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Ferguson’s No. 406 Cotton

Strains of FEatOUSON’S No. 406 COTTON wet FIRST for highest yield and of course yielded betn

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Addilional Proof of Larger Profits From Ferguson s Seeds

Seven Best Variettes In Teat	Chart Record of Average Yields of Lint Per Acre	GAINS PER ACRE BT NBW BOYKIN
Farsuson's NEW BOYKIN	1		-546	P.’.ud.	Dal^ra
			.455	91 123 131 133 184 204	$ 18.20 24.80 26.20 26.80 36.80 40.80
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Ferguson Seed Farms

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SHERMAN, TEXAS

For Fortier Information See Local Sales Agent For.

One of the Seed Plants to Handle Seeds at Howe Breeding and Growing Station, Including 13 Buildings, Polishlnj Machinery for Preparing, Cleaning, Polishing, Grading and Treating Seed Corn, Small Grains,

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