Image of an elevated landscape view of a farm with barn, house, livestock, and fields of crops flanked by dirt roads in an advertisement for Crosman Brothers of Rochester, New York; large sheaves of corn frame the view at left. Date supplied by cataloger based on printer history; Stecher operated under the name Stecher Lithographic Co. from 1887-1936. "Stecher Lith. Co. Rochester. N.Y."--text, bottom center margin. "This corn is especially adapted for the purpose of ensilaging and milk producing qualities. Yielding as high as forty tons per acres and cattle eat the stalks as well as the finer parts. This seed is carefully selected solely for the crop of green fodder. Grown expressly for our own trade. Put up in bags of 2 1/2 bushels each. 1 1/4 bushels per acre required for sowing. Crosman Bros' Rochester N.Y."--text, bottom center of image.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 60.64 x 43.02 cm (23 7/8 x 16 15/16 in.)
Advertising--Agriculture Advertising--Seeds Corn--Pictorial works Farms--Pictorial works Landscapes--Pictorial works Crosman Bros Lithographs--Color--1875-1900. (gmgpc)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection Horticulture Large Size The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
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