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Ferguson’s Cotton Gumption

No. 242

Free to Cotton Growers March 1, 1930

PLAYING

THE

RACES

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 ,

I *'■ •

! 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

? Ti-xas A(n-icuUii-

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

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

•heapen YOUR labor

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

FORMATION

Ferguson’s Certificate of Master Seedsmanship

1 Chart of Average Yields of Lint Per Acre

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HIGHEST AVERAGE YIELDS

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COMPARED WITH OTHER VARIETIES

'ergusoii’s Bred-Up Seeds Win The Money

•FERGUSON’S CERTIFIED BRED-U

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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First Aid to Good Furmini^

Addilional Proof of Larger Profits From Ferguson s Seeds

Seven Best
Variettes

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Chart Record of Average Yields of Lint Per Acre

GAINS

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Ferguson Seed Farms

Incorporated

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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