R. & J. FARQUHAR & CO., BOSTON. FIELD CORN. 



FARQUHAR'S 



CHOICE FIELD CORN. 



Selected Hand-picked Quality. 



FOR FODDER AND ENSILAGE 



AU our Field Corn is "Tipped" and "Butted" and selected 

 on ttie ear before being slielled. 



Plant in hills, 8 to 12 quarts per acre. For 

 Fodder or Ensilage in drills 1 to IJ bushels per acre 

 and for soiling, 3 to 4 bushels per acre; broadcast. 



Quart of any variety, except where other- 

 wise priced, .15; by mail, .30. When ordering 

 to go hy express or freight please add for 2 bus. 

 cotton bags, .25 each; no charge for smaller 

 bags. 



PRICES SUBJECT TO MARKET 

 FLUCTUATION. 



The seeds vre offer of the following three varieties are raised 

 from pedigree stocks and areallA'ew England Grown. They are 

 better adapted for our Northern chmate than the Western grown 

 sorts which in some sections fails to ripen before frost. 



Farquhar's Pedigree Early Dent. The ears are 



of inmiense size with uniform rows and large kernels well de- 

 veloped over tip and butt. 



Farquhar's Pedigree Flint, a very eariy mnt 



variety with rich golden yellow kernels and long, well filled 

 ears; very prolific. 



Farquhar's Abundance Pedigree, a selection 



of the weU known Early Sanford, producing medium sized 

 ears with very large kernels of silvery-white An excellent 

 sort for fodder or ensUage. 



Each of •'he above 3 varieties, Quart, .20; § peck, ..50; peck, 

 .85; bush., 3.00; 10 bush., 27.50. 



Early Mastodon. The earliest large-eared dent corn, has been 

 known to ripen in 96 to 100 days. Heavy yielder, large grained 

 and of extra quaUty Hardy, height medium, but a strong, 

 rapid rank grower. Peck, .75; bushel, 2.25; 10 bushels, 20.00. 



Early Yellow Dent, op Ppide of the Nopth. Remarkably 



early, maturing in 90 to 100 days, ripening where nearly every 

 other variety failed on account of bad season. Can be suc- 

 cessfully grown further north than any other dent sort. Ears 

 are of good size, with 12 to 16 rows of long kernels of a deep 

 yellow color. Peck. .75; bushel, 2.25; 10 bushels, 20.00 



Imppoved Learning. An early, very heayv-, long-eared corn, 

 maturing in 100 to 120 days. Stock grows medium tall, with 

 large amount of fohage. A good ensilage corn, very much 

 rehshed by stock. Cob small and red, with a deep, large 

 grain of bright yellow. 



Peck, .75; bushel, 2.00; 10 bushels, 18.50 



FARQUHAR'S 



PEDIGREE EARLY 



DENT CORN. 



EaPly Sanford. A well estabhshed variety, and uniformly 

 adapted to New England. Medium size ear, averaging about 

 10 inches long; 8-rowed; kernels large and broad, and of a 

 silverv-white flint color. An excellent fodder and ensilage 

 sort. ' Peck, .75; bushel, 2.00; 10 bushels, 18.50 



Longfellow. An 8-rowed j'eUow flint sort; ears average 10 to 15 

 inches long; cob small, kernels large and broad. Heavy 

 yielder, and particularly adapted to Xew England. An ex- 

 traordinary heav\' vielder in Massachusetts. 



Peck, .75; bushel, 2.25; 10 bushels, 20.00 



Imppoved Eaply Yellow Canada. An early 8-rowed flint 



variety, with a deep grain and very small cob. Where a 



flint corn is desirable for earliness or other reasons, this is 



one of the best sorts to plant, seldom faihng to produce a crop. 



Peck, .75; bushel, 2.25: 10 bushels, 20.00 



Angel of Midnight. An early 8-rowed, flint corn of the Canada 

 tvpe. Ears long, kernels long and deep, color a rich, glossv 

 yellow. Peck, .75; bushel, 2.25; 10 bushels, 20.0ib 



Blount's White Ppolifle, op Mammoth Ensilage. A well- 

 known popular variety of half dent ensilage corn, producing 

 a very large amount of foUage and a good yield of grain. 

 One of the best ensilage varieties for our cold northea:?t 

 climate. Peck, .75; bushel, 2.00; 10 bushels, 18.50 



Red Cob Ensilage. A red-cobbed white dent corn, large grow- 

 ing, very popular in northern dairy districts. Fodder sweet, 

 tender and juicy. Heavy vielder. 



Peck,' .75; bushel, 2.00; 10 bushels, 18.50 



Stowell's Evepgpeen Sweet. The standard main crop variety, 

 excelling all other late sorts in sweetness and productive- 

 ness. Oiu- seed is of strictly first quaUty. 



Peck, 1.00; measured bushel, 3.00; 10 bushels, 28.00 



Sweet FoddeP. Succulent and nutritious as a green fodder. 

 Useful for soihng or ensilage. 



Peck, .75; bushel, 2.75; 10 bushels, 25.00 



Silos, Ensilage and Silage. M. Miles. 



BOOKS ON THE SILO. 



50c. postpaid. Soiling Crops and the Silo. 



Thomas Shaw. Si. 50 postpaid 



MRS. GARDINER C. SIMS, WARWICK, R. I., Sept. 20th, writes: "It is a pleasure to tell you how e.vceedingly fine all 

 of the seeds you sent me last Spring developed, in spite of an unusually dry, difficult season." 



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