HOW THE SEEDS OF SUCCESS

Taihape Daily Times, Issue 220, 22 June 1917, Page 5

HOW THE SEEDS OF SUCCESS

At the recent Winter Show held at Palmerston North the firm of F. Cooper Ltd., of Wellington, Blenheim, Ghristchurch, etc., had a magnificent display of the produce of "The Seeds of Success" —Cooper'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, una other farm crops. Included in, 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, 1916. The crop from Cooper's specially selected seed 71 tons per acre; 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 they require to sow each season in New Zealand over 3000 acres of land exclusively for seed purposes. The quantities of Cooper's seeds sold each season are sufficient to sow over a quarter of a million acres of land, and these quantites are increasing steadily each season. One of the mottos of the firm is: "Onc% a buyer, always a buyer." The officials of the Department of Agriculture are doing good work in drawing attention to the necessity of farmers producing the utmost from their 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 be of hardier constitution and superior in crop to the usual strains. Their seeds are thoroughly re-dressed and cleaned by special machinery. All Cooper's Seeds are tested for germination by the N.Z. Department of Agriculture, and also by their own independent tests; and nothing is allowed to g r out until these tests have proved satisfactory. Cooper's seeds are stocked by the principal merchants in all parts of New Zealand both in packets and in bulk, but it is necessary to be sure that you really get Cooper's Seeds —"The Seeds of Success." —G*.