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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



Feb \5 



SEED CORN 153 BU. ACRE 



Diamond Joe's Big WllitO. — A strictly new variety. None like it. It is the Earliest and Best Big White Corn in the 

 Worfd — Because it was bred for most Big Bushels, not fancy show points; because grown from thoroughbred inherited stock; every 

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Address RATEKIN'S SEED HOUSE, SHENAODOAH, IOWA 



Which Spray Pump^ 



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and are made in 'Si styles for use in 

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Write for our 1909 catalog with ■« ^ 

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I give a lot of new sorts for 

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OUR 1909 EDITION Is tlie most practical text book 

 on Strawberry growing ever written. It's worth 

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S GRAPEVINES 



eaVarletl-s. Also Small Fruits. Trees. Ac Best Root- 

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Cherry Trees, two years old, 

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write for our catalog and special prices. 

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