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SELECTED FARM SEEDS 



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New White Maine Oats. 



Our attention was first called to this new Oat by Mr. A. F. Dibble, one 

 of the most successful growers of seed oats and potatoes in the North. They 

 are not what we would class as a heavy oats, weighing from 35 to 38 pounds 

 to the bushel, but owing to their very thin liull we believe them the most 

 valuable oats for horse-feed that can be grown. Tlie straw is very sliort and 

 etitr, standing up on any soil. As to yield, Mr. Dibble says: "On my own 

 farm, a measured field of 13 acres yielded 9i% bushels of cleaned oats per 

 acre. The same season my brother-in-law raised 4 aci-es, of course on a pet 

 piece of land, that cleaned up 406 bushels, or 101 >^ bushels per acre for the 

 four acres." One striking peculiarity is that invariably there are two oats 

 in each hull or chftflf. In extensive trials this season the yield was 20 per 

 cent, greater than other varieties grown under same conditions. Large 

 pkt., lOc; lb., 30o.; 3 lbs., 75c., by mail, post-paid ; peck, 50c.; bush., $1.25; 

 bag of 2>^ bush., $3.00; 10 bush, and over, $1.15 per bush.; sacks free. 



The Lincoln Oats. 



This new oats was first introduced in 1893 and largelysold in all sections 

 of the country, giving wonderful results. The three largest yields reported, 

 which were grown in competition for the cash prizes offered, were 174, 168 

 and 123 bushels from a single bushel sown. It is therefore unquestionably 

 one of the most productive. It Is also very early and has so far proven 

 entirely rust^proof. Straw is stiff and strong, standing up. The grain is very 

 handsome and valuable for feeding, on account of its thin hull, heavy meat 

 and soft nib. If you want to double your crop sow The !Llncoln Oats. Pkt., 

 lOc; lb., 30c.; 3 lbs., 75c., post-paid; by freight or express, peck, 46c.; legal 

 bush, of 32 lbs., $1.U0; 10 bushels and over, 90c. per bush., bags included. 



Other Good Varieties of Seed Oats. 



MAMMOTH CLUSTER BRONZE, BALTIC WHITE, AMEKI- 

 CAN BEAUTY, WELCOME, CLVDESDALE, Wide Awake, 

 American Banner, Wliite Belgian, White Russian, and other well- 

 known and popular varieties of seed oats at bottom prices. Each, 30c. lb., or 

 3 lbs. , 7.5c. , post-paid ; by freight or express, bags included, per legal bush., 

 32 lbs., 90c.; 10 bush, and over, 85e. per bush., bags included. 



Peas and Oats for Fodder. 



Dairymen everywhere are rapidly catching on to Peas and Oats and 

 with the most profitable results. They make a fodder and hay which in 

 every case doubles the production of milk. The Canada Field Pea, which 

 we sell at $1.40 per bushel, is the best for this purpose. They should be 

 sown early in April, two bushels of Peas and two bushels of Oats to the 

 acre. The peas should be sown first and plowed under about four inches 

 deep : the oats then sowed and harrowed in. They will be ready for cutting 

 about July 1, when the oats are in milk and the pods formed on the peas. 



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Spring "Rye. 



Distinct from the winter rye, grain of finer quality and 

 more productive ;. can be successfully grown in any latitude, 

 and is now being largely sown in the Middle States in place 

 of oats, being a much more profitable crop, on account of the 

 production of nearly four times the straw, and also as a 

 "catch" crop where winter grain has failed. The straw is 

 equally as valuable as that of the fall or winter rye, standing 

 stiff 7 to 8 feet high, produces 30 to 40 bushels of grain per 

 acre; as it does not stool like winter rye, not less than 2 

 bushels to the acre should be sown. Lb., 35c.; 3 lbs., $1.00, 

 post-paid: peck, 50c.; bush., $1.35; 5 bushels and over, 

 $1.25 per bush. 



Spring Wheat. 



SASKACTHEWAN FIEE. This wheat is pronounced 

 by the great milling kings of the Northwest the best. Fifty 

 bushels to the acre is not an uncommon yield. It is ten days 

 earlier than the Common Fife, straw growing about a foot 

 taller, standing stiff and strong. Pkt., lOc; lb., 35c.; 3 lbs., 

 31.00, post-paid. Peck, 75c.; bush., $2.00. 



Seed 1Buck^A^heat. 



NEW JAPANESE. The kernels are nearly twice the 

 size of any other ; of a rich dark brown color and manufacture 

 a superior flour. Owing to its branching cliaiacter only one- 

 half as much seed is required per acre, while the straw is 

 much stiffer and stands up better. This new buckwheat has 

 rapidly displaced all others, and is now more largely planted^ 

 than any other variety, being about two weeks earlier than 

 other sorts. Pkt., lOc; lb., 30c. ; 3 lbs., 75o., post-paid; qt., 

 15c.; peck, 40c.; bush., $1.00; 5 bushels and over, <)uc. per 

 bush., sacks included. 



SILVER HULL. Sown at same time as common buck- 

 wheat, this variety continues in bloom longer, and yields 

 nearlydouble. Theflouris whiter and more nutritious. Lb., 

 post-paid, 25c.; qt., 15c.; peck, 40c.; bush.,$l.UU. 



Seed Barley. 



NEW MANSHURY. The earliest and most productive. 

 Qt., 15c.; peck, 50c.; bush., $l.i"). 



SPRING BARLEY. Qt., 15c.; peek, 50c.; bush., 48 lbs., 



$1.00. 



