brightest golden yellow grains,of remark= 
able size, and filled out completely 
i to the extreme end ofthecob. THE 
\ : sea COBS ARE UNUSUALLY SMALL; 
' IMPROVED GOLDEN 
Me BEAUTY.—The ears are of perfect shape, 
- with from ten to fourteen straight rows of 
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I) | when broken in half the grains will 
i always reach across. The illustration 
ia is an exact representation of half an ear. 
The richness of color and fine quality of 
grain make it very superior for grinding / 
into meal. The grains are not of a hard, 
flinty type, neither are they so soft as to be | 
greatly shriveled, as is the Golden Dent. 
The ears are easily shelled, although the 
kernels are firm on the ear, and in every ff 
respect presents as perfect a type as AAW@A AMA) gx 
could be desired. The stalk takes a DO#y yi Ziye 
strong holdin the gfound; grows vigorously \ Z S/ 
to a height of eight to ten feet. his year ¥ Z gy typ 
I offer seed growm for me by the \ "| YWYY 
originator of Golden Beauty. For 
the last nine years he has continued 
by careful selection to greatly im= 
fal prove this magnificent variety until 
y it is now far better than ever it was 
before, and my seed is certainly 
worthy the name Improved. Pkt., 
se JO 96st 10¥ enSopeyeD [enuuy—Os eg 
10c.; lb., 30¢.; 3 lbs., 75¢., by mail, postpaid. Seal \\W Zz ot 
Bia Rene Peck, 60 cents; bushel, $2; 10 bushels, $17.50. IMPROVED GOLDEN BEAUTY. 
HICKORY KING.—Hasthe smallest cob and largest grainsand ELOUR CORN.—This southern variety will produce from three to five 
is the most valuable and reliable White Corn in cultivation. It | times as much per acre as wheat (owing to climate and soil), makes Bread, 
will shell more and weigh more to a given measure, make more ears to a stalk | Cakes, Rolls, Biscuits, Wafiles, etc., as light and good as those made from the 
and bear planting closer than any other field variety of white corn in the world. | best wheat flour. It will yield twice as many bushels as common varieties of 
As the stalks are never barren, no matter how thin the soil, you are always sure | field corn, and four times as much fodder. Makes fine roasting ears, hominy, 
to get a crop of the Hickory King. Itripens in from 100 to 120 days from | and beautiful starch. Thesame process is used as in grinding and bolting wheat. 
lanting, shells and husks easily, and makes as much fodder to the acre as other | It should be planted same as other corn, 2 grains to the hill, and grows well on 4 
inds. It is unusually productive, nearly always 2 and very often 3 good ears to | any land where Indian Corn is grown. It must, however, to mature in this = 
astalk. The ears have a thin husk, uncommonly small cob. By breaking an | latitude, be planted by the 1st to the 20th of May, as it requires at the very least 4 
ear in half, one grain will cover the entire end of the cob. Both ends filled full | aslong a season as Chester County Mammoth to mature. The stalks stool ¢ 
out to the end of the cob. Pkt. 10 cts.; 1b., 30 cts.; 3 lbs., 75 cts., postpaid. By ex-| from the ground like sorghum, and grow 7 to 8 feet high, each grain pro- 
press or freight, peck, 60 cts.; bus., $2.00; 2 bus. sack, $3.75, ducing four to six stalks, as when it is 8 to 10 inches high it begins to tiller up Q 
CHAMPION WHITE PEARL.—Originated in Illinois and is enor- | like wheat, one hill making an armful of fodder. This one quality is sufficient G 
mously productive, a strong growers matures in about 100 days. The stalk is | to recommend it, for it makesit yield more and better fodder than any corn in B 
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stout and thick, and ears are set low. offer the direct headquarters stock. Pkt., | cultivation. It averages10 ears to the hi; ears from 5 to 7 inches in circum- 
10c.: 1b.. 30c.; 3 lbs., 75¢., postpaid ; by ex. or freight, pk., 60c.; bu., $2.25; 2 bu., $4. | ference, and from 8 to 12 inches long; grain very white. Stooling from the 
PRIDE OF THE NORTH,—One of . ground like sorghum, as stated above, suckers 
the earliest Dents in cultivation, and has should not be pulled off. Cultivate same as 
been grown farther North than any other Gol- other corn. Flour Corn is worthy ofa trial, at & 
den Dent I know of, and matured a crop. least, by every corn or wheat-grower who & 
Planted on the fourth day of July, it has fully reads this catalogue. There is not a county i=} 
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matured before frost, and it also has been in the same latitude as Philadelphia or sout: 
planted as a second crop after wheat harvest, f of it, where it should not be at least experi- i 
and yielded a full, well-ripened crop. It is very kor ES 5 3 mented with. Packet, 10 cts.; lb., 40. cts.; fa 
prolific, 100 bushels per acre having been : 10} nance ular oye 3 lbs., $1.00, postpaid. By ex., peck, $1.00. 
grown; will grow wonderfully well on poor syala\ceillatatatatcee NN yD ) LUO LEAMING.— Is in character somewhat @ 
soil, and makes no suckers. I can Safely } ofa Dent variety, nearly always two good ears ° 
recommend it as earlier than any other variety to the stalk. In good soil, well manured, 
excepting Huron. Mastodon is the earliest ; has produced by actual measurement ls 
of the large eared Dent varieties; but Pride of ; Za rie vA THE arr 134 bushels of shelled corn per acre. p 
the North, growing a smaller ear and stalk, is acta UML 1 (X}ZA | Stalks grow to a medium size, and produce @ 
even earlier. It is just the variety for all my f yf i EC OUGTOE if Saw but few suckers, ears large and handsome, ot 8 
Ce CHEAEKSUTO) Conte DORnUMeONCeN Ts: @ A Taree CCC sagt da MUieatedt es Gicaleks offer an dmproved Leaming, theLeam. & 
. ’ Sy , »¢ yt C q NGkC\e Alay 5 a U a 
ounds, 75 cents, postpaid. By express or i Q Rraravata hyn, Oty ing I offer needs no improvement, it is per= = 
‘freight, peck, 60 cents; bushel, $2.00; 2 fection itself. Pkt. 10 cts.; lb, 30 cts.;3 lbs., iS) 
bushels, $3.50. 75c., postpaid. Peck, 60c.; bus., $2; 2 bus. $3.50. 
CHESTER CO. MAMMOTH CORN.—There have been hundreds of ORN.—A pure white Corn, cropping § 
thousands of bushels of worthless stuff, Chester County Mammoth only in name, | as high as 45 toms peracre. In introducing this variety of Ensilage a 
distributed all over the country. If you want the genuine, send direct | Corn tomy customers, I consider I offer them the very best grown. It » 
to headquarters. The Chester County Mammoth Corn, wherever introduced, | is sweet, tender and juicy, furnishes more nourishment than any other ° 
has given universal satisfaction, both on account of its large yield, fime | variety, has short joints, abundance of leaves and grows to a great 
quality of grain and superb fodder. The strain of Chester County Mam-| height. It is adapted to every section of the country. Hundreds of 
moth Corn I offer for sale has been brought to its present perfection by umtiring | dairy farmers use it, and are never disappointed. Pkt., 10 cts.; lb., 30 cts.; a 
care and judicious skill of several of the most scientific corn growers | 3 lbs., 75 cts. postpaid. Peck, 50 cts.; bushel, $1.50; 10 bushels, $14.00. 
of Chester County, being strictly pure, and saved only from the finest ears SUGAR CORN FOR GREEN FODDER. — Profitable as green 
of the most productive fields. Packet, 10 cents; pound, 30 cents; 3 pounds, 75 | feed for milch cows. It is sweeter and more nutritious and eaten more & 
cents, postpaid. Peck, 60 cents; bushel, $2.00; 2 bushel sack, $3.50. readily than fodder from Field Corn. Peck, 75 cents; bushel, $1.75. 4 
{7 is with much pleasure that we take this opportunity and method ™ 
A Cw or bes Ry of greeting you, and to again say that, Providence permitting, we & 
will try to make the Dairy Department of The Practical Farmer 2 
acceptable to all, and in so far as it lies with us, to give thoughts, facts 
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from John Gould. and methods that will make the industry, as it relates to the indi- & 
vidual, more economical along certain lines, more methodical along z 
=_ Others, and in all respects progressive, as becomes America’s greatest © 
} productive industry. The last year has been fruitful in invention and # 
original research, and in condensed form it has been laid before The & 
Practical Farmer readers, and the year to come promises other de- 
; velopments not less interesting and instructive. The Practical & 
Farmer has no startling announcements to make for the future, but 5 
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ment one of wide interest and varied instruction. It thanks the thou- 2% 
# sands of readers who are in touch with its efforts to please and in- 
struct, and along with them hopes for yet thousands of other readers. 
For the many hopeful words that we are ever receiving, we return 
thanks, and in future hope to be the recipient of others, to tell us that 
i our work is appreciated and helpful, and yet back of all this lies an ob- 
} ligation to the man whose generosity and liberal spirit has made it 
possible for The Practical Farmer to weekly visit so many homes 
1 freighted with its columns of the best agricultural thought and expe- 
| rience, not to mention successful practice of thousands, which isina? 
great measure the true measure of worth of the farm paper, and in this 
| we think The Practical Farmer ranks with the few, if not a very < 
leader among the farm journals of the day. Yours truly, 
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