Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 April 1916 — Page 6 Advertisements Column 4 [ADVERTISEMENT]

A Personal Letter on the Question of Seed Corn

By J. W. Ratekin

TO MY FRIENDS, THE FARMERS: And when I say “My Friends” I mean just that. I know there arc a lot of seed men who tell you how much thev think of vou and jour family and the children (whom thev have never seen) on’the one hand, while tney are trying to take your money away from you for low whVle Key do k.’ V °^ €r hand ’ trying to niake you feel good I can't hand you any of that bunk, because, for onfe thing it isn’t tA trv ? ine ’ t nd for a ”? ther > 1 wouldn’t insult your intelligence enough he qJh r y ? U b ? lieva .^— But I can tell you some plain facts about Ina 5 Orn s,tuatlon thls year tha t will mean money in your pockets and thet means more to your family than a lot of hot air. Xor am I going to tell you that I’m selling Seed Corn solelv for swaHo b w ne nrT S anot a thing 1 believe you are to ° intelligent to I’ve dnn“^ T g ™ wing Seed Corn has been my life’s work—it’s what tie done all my life and what I expect to do for the rest of mv life Reason 18 nv 8S mV gr °Y n steadily for thirty-two years, and there’s a reason why. 1 here always is. Me grow our own Seed Corn—we know what it is and the conditions under which it was raised, and there’s one thing it’s a pretty good idea to keep in mind—GOOD SEED CORN IS SCARCE this year and there are a lot of people—knowing that—who are figuring on a’ neat mucVo? it is y iqK ring S t C °° P ah ° Vel and elevator corn seed, and much of it is 1914 corn too—at a price way below what good Seed Corn can possibly be furnished at. „ c ?° n 1 care what results you get from it NEXT FALL as long hnu? m get y ? Ur lllone X for it THIS Spring.. They’ll be doing somebodj else next year. We’ve been here f6r 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 high±tT(L ° f Se V C ° rn at a fair price ' If you tr y to save 50c Jer bushel by buying cheap, low grade Seed Corn, and get 20 bushels less per acre yield, I don’t have to figure out for you how much you los? And one thing more—You hear a lot this year from men who have gotten themselves into the newspapers telling you that com grown in <)at 'western lowa will not mature in the Northern Counties of lowa, Illinois and Southern Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan, but once more ra< t s are tac ts, and our Diamond Joe’s Early White, Mammoth Early lowa Yellow Dent, and many other of our varities have been maturing in every county in lowa, Southern Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan tor years, but you do not hear these men trying to explain that. You can explain a whole lot on theory, and it sounds good, but when you have got the actual facts to back you up, theory goes into the discard. I A «<l FACTS ARE FACTS and RESIITS are the things that talk. <»ood seeds are bound to make satisfied customers And just remember one 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? Because it pays you 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 vou for Seed < orn, and who will back it up in every way—let you test it, try it, and if not satisfied, return it and get your money back. You take no chances. S|>ec ial Prices if you order from this advertisement before May Ist.

Diamond Joe’s Early White $3.00 Early lowa Yellow Dent . . . ■ ........ 300 Early lowa Silver Mine 2.50 Pride of Nishna Yellow Dent ’ ’* * Reid’s Yellow Dent. 2'50 lowa Gold Mine ... ’’so Silver King Z ?* * ?’ 3*oo Pride of North. 3.00 Dakota Bloody Butcher. . . . 3.00 Sacks free, f. 0. 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