SOW “THE SEEDS OF SUCCESS.”

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 1729, 23 June 1917, Page 3

SOW “THE SEEDS OF SUCCESS.”

At the recent Winter Show held at Palmerston Nortb, the firm of F, COOPER, LTD., ,of Wellington, Blenheim, Christchurch, etc., had a magnificent display of the produce of “The Seeds of Success”-—Coop-er’s Seeds. A feature of the display is the wonderfully fine assortment of splendid specimens of practically all the principal vegetables, also turnips, swedes, mangels and other farm crops. IneludedJn the display there are some especially fine samples of Cooper’s Giant Yellow Champion Carrot, Matchless White Carrot and Improved Long Red Mangel. Cooper’s Mangel seeds last season, in the trials made by the Department of Agriculture at Moumahaki, had the distinction of showing the highest yield per acre. These trials included seeds sent from the principal seed firms in the world —English, Continental and colonial. The full report is given in the Journal of Agriculture, 21st August, I DIG. The crop from Cooper’s specially selected seed 71, tons per aero; the other competitors’ mangels cropped from 31 tons per acre' upwards. This firm are the largest growers and handlers of Peas, Vegetable Seeds and also Mangels, Carrots, Turnips, Swedes, Rape and general seeds, in the Southern Hemisphere. The extent of the business may be gauged by the fact that (bey require to sow each season in New Zealand over 3,000 acres of land exclusively for seed purposes. The quantities of Cooper’s Seeds sold each season ai’C sufficient to sow over a quarter of a million acres of land, and these quantities are increasing- steadily each season. One of the mottos of the firm is: “Once a buyer, always a buyer.’’ The officials of the Department of Agriculture are doing good work in drawing addition (o the necessity of farmers producing the utmost from (heir land, and in this connection that it is essential to sow only the best seeds of selected strains —that is, “quality” seeds, as distinct from so-called “cheap” seeds. Cooper’s seeds are grown from pedigree, stocks selected by years of patient work. Every field is inspected by themselves. Many of their special strains have been selected from a single plant which has proved by actual test to Ik; of hardier const it nl ion and superior in crop to the usual strains. Their seeds are thoroughly redressed and cleaned by special machinery. All Cooper’s seeds are tested for germination by special machinery. All Cooper’s Seeds arc tested for germination by the N.Z, Department of Agriculture, and also by their-own independent tests; and nothing is allowed to go out until those tests have proved satisfactory. Cooper’s Seeds arc stocked by the principal merchants in all parts of New Zealand, both in packets and in hulk, but it is necessary to he sure that yon really , gel Cooper’s Seed“The Seeds of Success.” G I