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MANDSCHEURI BARLEY. 



The Heaviest 

 Cropper Knowui 



The E^arliest, 



Strongest 



Strawed and 



Plumpest 



Berried Sort 



Known. 



The Grandest 



and Best 



Yielding 



Barley Ever 



Introduced 



in the 



United States. 



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Mandscheuri — Is an early six-rowed variety, maturing in 80 to 90 days from time of sowing, very strong strawed and stools 

 well, bearing large, well-filled heads of beautiful plump-berried grain, possessing malting qualities of a high order, and adapting 

 itself readily to a wonderful variety of soils. 



Mandscheuri, in a comparative test of 37 varieties sown under the same conditions, and with no attempt made at getting above 

 an average crop, easily outdistanced the whole field by an average yield of 15 bushels more per acre. 



Prof. Henry, of the "Wisconsin Agricultural Experiment Station, is loud in its praises, and hopes that its cultivation will become 

 general throughout all our Barley-growing states. The introduction of the Manshury is reckoned as having been worth millions 

 of dollars to our farmers, and we are confident, from the Agricultural Station reports and from our own experience, that this new 

 Barley will eclipse Manshury in size of yield and value of product. 



We offer specially grown seed from the genuine imported stock, thoroughly cleaned: 



Per peck 50c; per bushel $1.25; 2%-bushel lots $3.00; 5-bushel lots $5.50. 



Success Beardless Barley — A very heavy cropper, and about ten days earlier than other sorts. It is easier handled than the 

 bearded varieties, and better for feeding. Per peck 50c; bushel $1.25; 2% bushels $3.00. 



White Hulless Barley — This Barley has the reputation of yielding heavier crops than any other, weighs more per bushel and 

 its feeding qualities superior in every respect. It makes better pork than corn, so that it is of inestimable value to farmers in 

 the far north, where corn cannot be grown profitably. The straw threshes clean, free from beards and makes good hay. Peck 

 75c; bushel $1.75; 2i^ bushels $3.50. 



RAPE-True Dwarf Essex. 



Beware of the Kind of Rape Seed you Sow 



— There is only one sort of any value in this 

 country for sheep feed, and that is the True 

 Dwarf Essex. Look with suspicion upon all 

 others, no matter under what name they ap- 

 pear. Some are worthless as fodder plants,- 

 while others are offered under new names 

 with glowing descriptions, for the purpose of 

 extorting a higher price from the buyer. We 

 import our Dwarf Essex Rape Seed every year 

 from headquarters in England, and know it 

 to be genuine and of the very best quality, 

 which alone is sufficient guarantee, worth 

 much more than the price of the seed. The 

 easiest cultivated and most profitable plant 

 for sheep, hog or cattle-feed known. The 

 cost per acre never exceeding 45c is so small 

 as to be scarcely worth taking into account. 

 It can be sown in early spring along with 

 Oats or Rye, and eaten off by sheep within a 

 week or so after harvest. It can also be 

 sown on Oat, Rye or Wheat stubble, or on 

 any vacant land up to the end of July, and 

 will yield an immense crop of green fodder 

 in six to eight weeks from the time of sow- 

 ing — nothing like it for sheep feed. The feed 

 furnished by Rape is unsurpassed as a fat- 



_ _ ._ tener for sheep and hogs, being superior to 



clover, and sheep pastured on it gain rapidly 

 in weight. A fair idea of the value of Rape can be had from the following: At the Michigan Experiment Station 128 Lambs were 

 pastured for 8 weeks on 5 acres of Rape and showed the magnificent total galu of 2,890 lbs., oi" almost 3 Ibs^^ per lamb tor eacn 





One Acre of 

 Will Pasture 36 

 Sheep for Two 

 Months. 



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crop of sheep feed. Owing to its being a great grower in cool weather, Rape can be sown up to the first days or Augusi. 



Per lb. 10c; by mail 20c per lb.; 12 lbs. for 75c; 25 lbs. for 1.35; 50 lbs. for $2.60; 100 lbs for $5 00. _ • „ „„ -, o +„ 19 ir,^i-,o= 



Thousand Headed Kale— Like Dwarf Essex Rape, this is a valuable forage crop. Sow the seed in spring in rows li to IS inches 

 apart, using about 1 lb. to the acre. Pkt. 5c; 14 lb. 10c; 1 lb., by mail, 30c; 6 lbs., by express, $1,00. 



