ADVANCED GROWTH SYSTEMS 

Things just aren't the way they used to be back on the farm. And lots more changes are in sight!

At one time 98 percent of the population of North America were farmers. It took that many to feed us all. Today less than two percent of the population supplies all the food we need plus exporting huge quantities to other world markets.

Every home gardener is aware that seeds sprout faster and appear to be healthier if soaked first in water prior to planting. Up until now that just wasn't practical for farmers. One reason being that if you soaked the seeds and then couldn't plant - for whatever reason -- the seeds rapidly sprouted rendering them valueless. It was also time-consuming and labor intensive.

Today a new patented almost automatic process allows farmers to pre-soaked seeds 30 minutes prior to planting at the most reasonable cost of $1.50 per acre. There are additional values to this system that appear after planting, according to Professor J. Derek Bewley, of the Univ. of Guelph, Ontario. The seeds grow root structures more rapidly and energy previously wasted in breaking hard seed covers is now diverted to growth. The roots reach lower water levels well before the summer dry season appears. They get a jump over weed competitors and they survive better in the cold spring soils. They also are healthier and are harvestable up to two weeks earlier then normally planted seeds -- a big, big factor if there happens to be an early frost that year. The latter a real problem in much of this country's marginal growing areas. Growers have reported yield increases of 30 to 86 percent using this new process. More Information: J.H. Prefontaine, President, Advanced Growth Systems, Inc., Suite 13-1155 Melville St., Vancouver, BC V6E 4C4. Phone: (604) 685-1844

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