LIST OF CHOICE FARM SEEDS FOR 1919. 43 



Owine to tbe MARKET PRICKS on all FIEILD SEEIDS being: subject to cbang-e, before planting time, we are not quottng 

 In this list, but Invite your reauest to write for same If In the market. WRITE FOR SPBCIAt. tlUOTATIONS. 



WHEAT 



SUPERIOR RE-CLEANED STOCK. 



MINNESOTA NO. 169 SPRING WHEAT 



The only Wheat awarded a "Grand Prize" (the highest possible award) at the W^orld's Fair, St. LkiuIs, 1904. In 1903 the 

 result of trials made by 89 farmers In Minnesota showed the average yield of Minnesota No. 169 Wheat to be 18 per cent, more 

 than any other variety of wheat. Developed from Haynes' Blue Stem and first sent out by the Minnesota Experiment Station 

 in 1902. In comparative trials Its average yield has been found to be 18 per cent, more than any other sort on the same soil. 

 Its milling and baking qualities have been thoroughly tested and found equal to the best of the older and well-known sorts 

 generally grown in the large wheat producing sections. 



MARQUIS WHEAT. DURUM OR MACARONI. 



The Wheat destined to "revolutionize wheat growing in The most valuable W^heat For Dry and Semi-Arid Sections, 



the Northwest." Originated at the Central Experiment Sta- Yielding Heavy Crops W^here Other Sorts Fail. It Is extreme- 



tion, Ottawa, Canada, by crossing Red Fife and Red Calcutta, ly resistant of drought, the attack of fungus pests, rust and 



a very early Wheat from India, the result being a Wheat com- smut, always furnishing an excellent hard grain. Enormous 



bining the extreme earliness of the one with the frost resist- yields of Durum Wheat are reported from Kansas, Dakota 



ing and heavy yielding qualities of the other. It is a week to Nebraska and the extreme Western States, in some instances 



10 days earlier than Red Fife or any other sort, and yields reaching 80 bushels per acre. It is a Wheat of the highest 



5 to 10 bushels more per acre, the grain being flinty, short, class, ranking with Hard Spring and Hard Winter Wheat in 



wide, plump and deep amber in color. The heads are very its milling and baking qualities. 



heavy, and the stalk stout and shorter than Red Fife. Beard- WINTER WHEAT — The leading varieties readv for de- 



less, except for a few short awns at the top. livery after harvest in summer. Prices on application. 



RAPE— DWARF ESSEX 



The easiest cultivated and most profitable plant for sheep, hog or cattle feed known. 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 Oats, Rye, or 

 Wheat stubble, or on any vacant land up to the first days of August, and will yield an immense crop of green fodder In 

 six to eight weeks from the time of sowing. As a fattener for sheep and hogs it is superior to clover. Should be sown 

 in drills at the rate of 3 lbs. per acre, or broadcast, using 4 to 6 lbs. per acre, all through the summer months, so as to 

 furnish a successive crop of sheep feed. One acre of Rape will pasture 36 slieep for two months. Per lb. 25c; (by mail 35c): 

 10 lbs. for $1.80; 100 lbs. $14.00. 



SUGAR CANE 



Sorghum. 



W^lsconsin Early Amber — The most widely used in the Northern States. Its distinctive features are earliness and great yield 

 of syrup. Sow when the ground is warm so as to insure a good germination. If wanted for fodder sow from 50 to 60 

 lbs. of Seed broadcast to the acre. For syrup 25 lbs. is sufficient. If drilled in continuous rows so as to cultivate one 

 way, 12 to 15 lbs. is required. Weight per bushel, 50 lbs. Per lb. 20c; (by mall 30c per lb.). 



Southern Amber Cane — Recommended for fodder only. Per lb. 15c; (by mall 25c). 



FIELD PEAS FOR FEEDING SOY BEAN 



« ^. ■,-,. ,^ ^ .. ^^1,1 1 Valuable in the north chiefly as a soil improver and 



Canadian Field Peas can be very profitably sown along wonderful forage crop, though the beans which are excellent 



with oats and either eaten ofiE the field by cattle or hogs, or both as human food and food for stock, will usually ripen In 



allowed to ripen, when they can be readily separated by any 'i'iT„l^%^}°Ih„t?°\'!^}l%^ ^^f F?r "A '|„'^*'"'" l« ^P/^S^'/l^^li" 



. , ,,, ' ^, , . 1. t tv, drills 30 Inches apart, using 15 to 20 pounds of Seed to the 



farm seed mill. In this way two crops can be grown at the ^cre for forage. If for Seed use 5 pounds more, 



one cultivation. Sow broadcast, If alone, 175 lbs. of Peas per it„ g^n (Early Yellow) — Dwarf growing, early, yielding a 

 • acre, or in combination 90 lbs. of Peas to 50 lbs. of Oats, large quantity of seed. 



mixed to the acre. We offer the following varieties. Mammoth Yellow — A popular variety, producing a large quan- 

 tity of fodder. 



Canadian TIHiltr "> Guelph (Medium Early Green) — The favorite variety In the 



Northern States, either for the production of seed or forage. 



Canadian Blue ... V 1 lb. SOc (by mail 30c). Black Beauty — Not so early as Ito San, but a heavier ylelder 



and better for forage. Plants stocky, of medium height. 



Scotch J All varieties, 1 lb. 15c, (by mail 25c). 



COW PEAS 



Highly valued as a forage crop, its feeding quaJities being very high. As a soil renovator and fertilizer Is quite equal 

 to clover. The dry peas ground make a rich feed for cattle. Sow either broadcast or In drills — covering the seed from 2 to 

 3 Inches — after the ground is warm, as the Peas rot very readily in cold, wet soil. When sown broadcast use from 50 to 90 

 pounds seed to the acre. If In drills, half the quantity is enough. 

 Michigan Favorite — ^Northern grown. 



WTilp-poor-wlll — Matures 12 to 15 days later than the above and used for the same purpose. 

 Price for either variety, 1 lb. 15c, (by mail 25c). 



SAND OR HAIRY VETCH 



Viola Villosa. W^lnter Vetch. Sandwlcken. 



One of the most valuable fodder plants for the West and Northwestern States, owing to its ability to withstand severe 

 drought, heat and cold. The vines are slender and thickly clad with leaves and side stems, which furnish nice, succulent 

 feed. Individual plants will make a 10 foot growth before going to seed. Sow at the rate of 80 to 120 pounds per acre for hay. 



As a Pasture Plant for Late Fall and Early Spring Sand Vetch is without an equal. From sowings made in August an 

 excellent late Fall pasturage for sheep or hogs can be had in 50 days, the plants being by that time two feet in height. After 

 close eating it can be left to prevent soil washing during Winter and Spring. It is one of the first plants to start into 

 growth in spring and will be again ready to pasture by May, or It can be allowed to mature for green cuttlngi or for a 

 Hay crop. Hogs, sheep and cattle eat It with great relish. 



The Washington Department of Agriculture estimates the value of a plowed-under crop as equivalent to $16 to $45 

 worth of commercial fertilizers per acre. Sow In either fall or spring, at the rate of GO lbs. per acre, broadcast, with the 

 addition of one-half bushel Rye or Oats to furnish support for the vines. On rich soil it yields enormous crops of green 

 fodder, from 10 to 15 tons to the acre; equal to 3 to 4 tons when cured as dried Hay. It is also a remarkable grower on 

 sandy and thin land. 60 lbs. to the bushel. Per lb. 30c, (by mall 40c); 10 lbs. $2.20; 25 lbs. $5.25; 100 lbs. $20.50. 



For bigger crops inoculate Seed of Vetch. Peas, Soy Beans and Cow Peas with "Nitragln." See page 44. 



Rape Seed Offered on This Page, Subject to Market Fluctuations. Two Bushel Seamless Bags, 60c each. 



