L/IST OF CHOICE FARM SEEDS FOR 1917. 



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BARLEY 



Barley has long been one of Wisconsiu's leading crops, this state producing far more of that highly important cereal than any other 

 state in the Union. The two varieties or strains first named below are products of the same original stock develop.ed separately 

 during a series of years at the Wisconsin Experiment Station and disseminated through the Experiment Association. The stocks 

 we offer are straight, clean and pure. 



NEW WISCONSIN P 



This new Barley, disseminated first a few years ago, has de 

 varieties. Like Oderbrucker, it is derived from the Manshury. 

 and went through a breeding process requiring ten years of care 

 does not lodge easily, produces a very high yield, malts perfectly 

 practically all the members of the . AVisconsin Experiment Static 

 the high value placed upon this variety by the progressive farmers 

 ?2.20 per bushel. 



ODERBRUCKER BAKLE 



The Wisconsin Standard Barley Introduced by the Wisconsin 

 est Yielding: and Plumpest 6-Rowed Barley Ever Introduced in to 



Ontario Experiment Station, was one of the first of the new stra 

 nounced are its superior qualities, that it is now the standard Barle 

 more per acre than any of the old varieties, is unusually good for 

 ■ nearly double that of other varieties. It is an exceedingly fine 

 kernel, and the stiffness of its straw is unusual. Per peck 60e; b 



EDIGREE BARLEY. 



monstrated its marked superiority over all the commonly sown 

 received originally in 1899 from the Ontario Station at Guelph, 

 ful selection. It has the special merit of stiff straw so that it 



and has the advantage of being absolutely pure. The fact that 

 n Association now grow Pedigree Barley is a strong indication of 



of the state. Per peck, 60c; bushel $2.25; 5 bushels and over at 



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Agricultural Experiment Station in 1906, at the Time the Heavi- 



the United States. Oderbrucker, (wiginally secured from the 



ins developed at the Wisconsin Experiment Station, and so pro- 



y in this and neighboring states. It yields from 5 to 10 bushels 



malting purposes, and on account of its high protein content, 



feeding Barley. It is rust resistant, has a plump, very heavy 



ushel $2.25; 5 bushels and over at $2.20 per bushel. 



WHITE HULLESS BARLEY. 



It Has No Beards or Hulls. It is Early and Gives Enormous Yields. Nothing to Equal it as a Hogr Food. This remarkable 

 Barley Is more like a very plump, hard wheat, remarkably solid, weighing over 60 lbs. to the bushel. It is extremely early, and 

 on this account is invaluable in the northern tier of states, where corn does not ripen well. It is an enormous cropper, yielding 

 from 50 to 60 bushels per acre of grain, possessing feeding qualities superior to other Barley. The straw stools well and is 

 heavily leaved and makes an excellent hay. Sow 2 bushels per acre. Peck 65c; bushel of 48 lbs. $2.40; 5 to 10 bushels at $2.35. 



CHAMPION BEARDLESS BARLEY. 



A remarkably heavy cropping Barley. Equal in feeding quality to any of the bearded sorts. It is earlier than the bearded 

 sorts, better for feeding and easier to handle. Peck 75c; bushel $2.75; 5 to 10 bushels at $2.70. 



RYE. 



Rye Is a crop that should be more extensively grown by all our farmers. It is a paying crop, even on poor, sandy soils. It 

 i> also a very valuable crop with which to seed down grasses. 



Spring — This Rye is invaluable as a catch crop for sowing where winter wheat has failed. Peck 75c; bushel $2.75. 



Wisconsin Pedigree Rye — A strain of winter Rye secured after a dozen years of the most careful selective breeding at the Wis- 

 consin Experimental Station. The straw is very long, strong and stiff, not lodging readily even on rich soils, the kernel is uniformly 

 very large and plump, heads of unusual length. A year or two ago the average yield reported by the members of the Experiment 

 Station was 8.7 bushels per acre more than the average yield of common Winter Rye. Yields of 40 to 50 bushels per acre are very 

 common. Peck 65c; bushel $2.40. 



FLAX. 



When grown for Seed, sow from 2 to 3 pecks to the acre. If fine fibre is wanted, sow from 1% to 2 bushels to the acre, so 

 as to grow clean, straight, slender straw. 



Primost (Minn. No. 25) — An improved variety, considerably earlier than Common Flax; yields about a 25% larger crop and is 

 more wilt-resistant. 1 lb. 12c (by mail 20c); peck $1.15; bushel (56 lbs.) $4.35. 



Subject to Market Fluctuations. Two Bushel seamless Bags, 20c each. 



