Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 April 1916 — Page 6 Advertisements Column 1 [ADVERTISEMENT]

imiinimmtiiniitimnitini Was 50'V of Your 1915 Corn Fit for Seed? Mr. Shenk Says: “Where I used Swift’s Fertilizer 50% of my corn made good seed while there was no seed corn in my unfertilized field. Swift’s Fertilizer increased my average yield 21 bushels per acre. My fertilized corn was mature and marketable, while very little of my unfertilized corn ripened.” You can profit by following Mr. Shenk’s example. Use Swift’s Fertilizer Over 300 % Profit on Fertilizer Investment ] Geo. W. De Hart, Acton, Ind., writes: SWIFTS “I used your fertilizer last spring on some for the best 10 ear 9of White Com grown in FERTILIZERS Johnson County White Corn. This corn made a Marion County in 1915. B* yield ° f 1° “ acre 10 ears exhibited pa^m^e/ than £yotW at the Southport Farmers Institute and Corn fertilizer I ever used. It made me 20 bushels Show on Feb. 2nd, 1916 won First Premium more per acre than where no fertilizer was used.” liTPAYsiousnHi\ You Can Add to Your Profits by Using Swift’s Fertilizer 1 Order Swift’s Fertilizer from your local dealer today. If unable to obtain it, write The Red steer on the us for prices, terms and literature. We want live agents in unoccupied territory. bag is your guarantee of r highest possible quality SWjft & COITIDanV F “ / U.S.Yards owm Of X-UllipcUiy Chicago, 111. K ““' s iimiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiifiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuumiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiunniiiiiiininniiiiiinimmiiniinfiiiisuwnniiiiiHmmiiiiHfiiiimin

A Personal Letter on the Question of Seed Corn By J. W. Ratekin TO MV FRIENDS, THE FARMERS: And when' I say "My Friends” 1 mean just that. I know there are a lot of seed men who tell you hou .much they think of you and • out t.imih and the children (whom they have never seen) on the one hand, while they are trying to'take ybur money away from you for low grade Seed Corn, on the other hand, and trying to make von feel good while they do it. I tan t hand you any of that b ink, because, for one thing, it isn't in my line, and lor another, | wouldn't insult your intelligence enough to 11 >to make you believe it — Hut 1 a n t»dl you some plain facts about, the Seed ( orn situation this year that will mean money in vour pQckets and that means more to your family titan a lot of hot air. Nor am 1 going to te.il you that I'm selling Seed Corn solely for your benefit. I hat S another.thing 1 believe you tire too intelligent to swallow HI T growing Shed Corn lias been my life's work -it's what I \e done all my life and what 1 expect to do for the res>t of my life. Our business lias grown steadily so • thirty-two years and there's a reason why. There always is. \\ e grow our own Seed Corn—— wp know what it is and the conditions under which it was raised, and there's one thing it’s a prettv good idea to keep in mind—GOOD SEED CORN IS SCARCE this year, and there are a lot of people -knowing that—who tiro figuring on a neat little profit by offering scoop shovel and elevator corn for seed, and much of it is 1014 corn too at a price way below what good Seed torn can possibly be furnished at. They don't care what results you get from it NEXT FALL as long as they get your money for it THIS Spring. They’ll be doing somebody else next year. We've been h re for thirty-two years and expect to be here as many more —we've got the goods and we’re here to face the music and back them up. We don't try to sell you cheap, low grade corn unfit for seed at a cheap price, but we do sell you the very highest grade of Seed Corn at a fair price. If you try to save 50c per bushf»l b> buying cheap, low grade See l Corn, and get 20 bushels less per acre > ield. I don t have to figure out for you how much you lose. -And one thing more—Von hoar a lot this year from men who have gotten themselves into the newspapers telling you that corn grown in Southwestern lowa will not mature in the Northern Counties of lowa. Illinois and Southern Minnesota, Wi .cousin and Michigan, hut once more farts are facts, and our Diamond Jo -' s Early White. Mammoth Early lowa A ellow Dent, and many other of pur varities have lieen maturing in eteij county in lowa, Southern Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan tor U.» years, hut you do not hear these men trying to explain that. Aon can explain a whole lot on theory, and it sounds good, hut when you have got the actual facts to hack you up, theory goes into the discard. . .. .And FACTS ARE FACTS and RE KELTS are the things that talk, flood seeds are hound to make satisfied customers. And Just rememberone thing—if you have got to have an operation, you don't go to the plumber, do you? You go to the best specialist in that line you can find. Why 1 ? Because it pays vOu. It's the same proposition with Seed Corn. Go to the man who makes Seed Corn growing a specialty, who knows what he is giving you for Seed t orn, and who will back it up in every way—let you test it, try it, anil if not. satisfied, return it and get your money back. You take no chances. Special Prices if you order from this advertisement before May Ist, -~ —— —:— tn ; Diamond Joe's Early White. $.3.00 Early lowa A'ellow Dent 3.00 Early lowa Silver Mine . . 2.50 Pride of Nlshna A'ellow Dent 2*50 l’eid’s A'ellow Rent. ........................... 2.50 lowa Gold Mine. 2.50 Silver King 3.00 Bride of North •. ’ Dakota Bloody Butcher 3.00 Sacks free, f. o. b. Shenandoah, lowa. Cut out this list and prices and enclose with your order and remittance, and same will go forward on first freight out of Shenandoah, subject to your approval upon arrival. ~ Write today! Address me personally. J. W. Ratekin • President Ratekins’ Seed House, - Shenandoah, lowa