WM. HENRY MAULE, PHILADELPHIA, PA. 
AN IMPROVED MASTODON CORN 
FROM INDIA. 
I think the above heading will arrest the attention of a great many of my seed corn 
' customers, and in explanation I publish the following letter from one of my customers 
dn India, Mr. John Jauncey, Bega, Angledale, India: 
“T received by last American mail three packages of seed;potatoes and one of garden 
seeds which arrived in good condition. I send you by this mail a package of seed corn. 
It is from the Early Mastodon Corn I received from you 10 years ago, which I allowed to 
become inoculated with a Yellow Dent Corn that I had growing at the time, and a very 
good kind. I did so intentionally, considering a cross would be better than either kind 
alone. The result has been very satisfactory, but my corn is now three weeks later than 
the old Mastodon was. I may remark the rows on the old Mastodon were irregular, 
scarcely a straight row in a sackful; now the rows are as straight as any. 
\ “Trusting the seed will reach you safely and that you may be able to makesome use 
: of it, I remain, Yours faithfully, 
“JOHN JAUNCEY.” 
The corn duly reached me the latter part of March, and was such an excellent 
Sample I determined to raise a crop of it. It proved very distinct from Mastodon in 
many ways. In the first place it is the tallest growing corn I know of; many of the 
Stalks are 12 to 15 feet high; tnese stalks being very close jointed, make most excellent 
ensilage; in fact, I think it is going to prove the best ensilage corn on the market. Two 
large ears were to be found on every stalk, averaging in length from 10 to l3inches. It 
sets Its ears from 4% to 5 feet from the ground. I believe this corn can be made to yield 
with good cultivation, and without much trouble, 125 to 150 bushels per acre, besides 
making tons of the most desirable ensilage. The one great trouble is it takes 115 to 120 
days to mature. I consider this the greatest novelty in corn offered in many years. I 
have only a small quantity of seed to offer this year, as I am going to planta large 
acreage the coming season, and as long aS my supply holds out I offer India Improved 
Mastodon at the following prices: 
Packet, 15 cents; 144 pound, 60 cents; pound, $1.00; 3 pounds, $2.50, by mail, 
postpaid. By express or freight, not prepaid, pound, 90 cents; 3 pounds, $2.10. 
REID'S YELLOW DENT. _ 
The Most popular Yellow Dent Corn in the Great Central Corn Belt. Does Equally 
as well in Pennsylvania as it does in Illinois. 


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varieties of the Middle West, some people going so far as to say there is more of this corn 
planted than ofall other sorts combined. It is a true dent corn, color a beautful golden 
yellow, with one of the smallest cobs for size of ear of any yellow corn. Ears are 
frequently 10 to 11 inches long, and from 7 to 8 inches in diameter. It is easily shelled 
and matures its crop very early, frequently in 100 days or less. Itundoubtedly has taken 
more prizes at the Illinois State Fairs and other great corn shows than any other variety. 
The 10 ears that won the sweepstakes at the Great National Corn Exposition three years 
ago sold at auction for $200, or $20.00 a piece. I have an unusual crop of seed this season, 
grown in the Middle West, and will furnish it as long as the supply holds out, at the 
§ following prices: 
: Packet, 10 eents; pound, 40 cents; 3 pounds, $1.00; by mail, postpaid. 
By express or freight, not prepaid, peck, 75 cents; 
bushel, $2.50; 10 bushels, $22.50. 
A FINE YELLOW DENT CORN. 
DROUGH TPROOF. 
Resists Drought and Scorching Heat Better Than any Other Variety. 
{ For a number of years past Reid’s Yellow Dent has been one of the most popular 


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l Droughtproof originated in Erie County, Ohio, and came to me through Mr. C.S8. Clark, 
from whom I originally obtained the celebrated Early Mastodon that to-day is well and 
g favorably known in all sections of the country. Mr. Clark wrote me in 1901 that if 
| I wanted something distinctly better than anything on the market in the way of a bright 
yellow dent corn, he had it, and would give me the first chance atit. It took me buta 
| short time to place with Mr. Clark probably the largest order ever given for any variety of 
corn the first year; in fact, I took Mr. Clark’s entire crop. 
My own field notes in regard to Droughtproof were in substance as follows: 
The largest grain of any Yellow Dent Corn. The smallest cob of any Yellow Dent 
Corn. Brightest color of grain. Fully as early as Leaming. Yield not excelled by any 
other sort. Strong growth of stalk and handsome ear. Unusual yield of shelled corn in- 
sured by great depth of grain. 
Under date of November 6th, 1901, Mr. Clark wrote me as follows: 
“You are fortunate to have the new Droughtproof yellow dent corn to place before 
your customers. More corn fields have been ruined by the drought and hot sun killing 
the tassel and pollen this past season than the writer has ever known, and especially is 
this fact true in the great corn belt. This new corn (now named Droughtproof) went 
on through six weeks of growing weather without a drop of rain, and the heat the most 
severe ever known in this section, and it has made a crop where other sorts failed. All 
fields that leaned towards the hot sun burned up. The pollen on these fields was killed, 
therefore the silk was not fertilized; result, no grains on the cob. On the other hand, a 
large field of this wonderful strong-growing variety, which leaned toward the sun, kept 
green and yielded over 100 bushels per acre. I do not hesitate to say that, all points consid- 
ered—its beautiful color, small cob, long yellow grains, large ears—taking all points com- 
bined, it is the finest yellow corn ever introduced, and each customer who gives it a trial 
will be fully convinced that it is the best 90 to 100 day corn he ever planted.” 
Droughtproof Corn is phenomenally excellent, and must be tried by all farmers. It 
will yield big crops wherever corn can be grown. I advise all my friends to try it. 
Packet, 10 cents; pound, 40 cents; 3 pounds, $1.00, by mail, postpaid. 
By express or freight, not prepaid, peck, 85 cents: bushel. $3.00: 
( 2 bushels, $5.50; 10 bushels. $25.00. 
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NEW DROUGHTPROOF CORN. 
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