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SELECTED FARM SEEDS 



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Spring Wheat 



SASKATCHEWAN FIFE. This wlieat is pronounced 

 by the great milling: kings of tlie Northwest the best. Clias. 

 A. Pillsbmy, of Minneapolis, Minn, (whose mill has a 

 capacity of seventy-live hundred barrels per day) says : " No 

 such milling wheat ha-s been received at our mill since we 

 have been in the milling business." Fifty bushels to the 

 acre is not an iniconnnon yield. It is ten days earlier tlian 

 the Common Fife, straw growing about a foot taller, stand- 

 ing stiff and .strong. Pkt., lOc; lb., S5c.; 3 lbs., *1.00, post- 

 paid. Peck, 7oc.; bush.,S2.25; bagof 2 bush., J4.00. 



Seed BuckNvheat 



NEW J.\PANESE. 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 character, 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 jilanted 

 than any other, being about Iwo weeks earlier. Pkt., lOc; 

 lb., 25c.; 3 lbs., 60c., post-paid ; qt., 15c. ; peck, 40c.; bush., 

 $1.00; 5 bush, and over, 90e. i)er bush., sacks included. 



SILVER HUIjL. Sown at same time as common buck- 

 wheat, this variety continues in bloom longer, and yields 

 nearlv double. The flour is whiter and more nutritious. Lb., 

 25c.; 3 lbs., 60c., post-paid; qt., 15c.; peck, 40c.; bush., $1.10. 



Seed Barley 



NEW MANSHUKY. An improved variety; the earliest 

 and most productive. Qt., 15c.; peck, 50c.; bush., fl. 25. 



SPRING BARLEY. Largely grown in Northern 

 States and Canada. Qt., loc; peck, 50c.; bush., 48 lbs., $1.00. 



WEBER'S IMPKOATED EVERGREEN BROOM 

 CORN. This is the bestand purest in cultivation, originated 

 and selected by Mr. Geo. Weber, one of the largest growers of 

 Montgomery County, Pa., who has for many years had the 

 reputation of having the best in the State, having made his 

 stock famous by selection and improvement for length, 

 strength and straightness of brush. It is of a very bright 

 green color without the slightest reddish tinge. It makes by 

 far the best brooms of any corn grown ; height seven to eight 

 feet. Lb., 35c.; 3 lbs., 75c., post-paid; qt., 25c.; peck, 90c.: 

 bush., $2.50; 2 bush., S4..50. 



W^ILD RICE. (Zizanla Aqiiatica.) A native plant 

 furnishing food for wild fowl, ducks, geese, etc. This seed can 

 be sown on the borders of lakes, ponds, along small streams, 

 and grows very rapidly in one tofomfeetof water, attracting 

 all of these wild birds from September on. It also purifies the 

 water and aflfords a refuge for the small fry from the large 

 fish. Lb., 35c., post-paid; 5 lbs., $1.00 ; 10 lbs. and over, 18e. 

 per lb. 



SPRING VETCHES, or TARES. A species of pea, 

 grown e-Ttensively in England and Canada for stock, also 

 valuable for pigeon feed. Culture same as field peas. Lb., 

 25c., post-paid; qt., 2.5c.: peck,80e.; bush. ,$2.75; 2 bush., $5.00. 



OSAGE ORANGE. The popular hedge plant. Lb., 

 40c. (post-naid. ,5nc.); peck. $2.00; bush, of 33 lbs., $7.00. 



FLAX SEED. Qt., 15c.; bush., 56 lbs., about $1.50. 



Our attention was first called 

 to this new oat by Mr. A. F Dib- 

 ble, one of the most successful 

 growers of seed oats in the North. 

 The straw is very short and stiff, 

 standing up on any soil. As to 

 yield, Mr. Dibble says : " On my 

 own farm, a measured field of 13 

 acres yielded 91 J^ bushels of 

 cleaned oats per acre. The same 

 season my brother-in-law raised 

 4 acres on a pet piece of land, that 

 cleaned up 406 bushels, or lOlJ^ 

 bushels per acre for the four acres." 

 One striking peculiarity is, that 

 invariably there are two oats in 

 each hu'l or chaff. Owing to the 

 very thin hull they are one of the 

 best for horse feed ; they weigh 

 from 35 to 38 lbs. to the bushel. 

 Large pkt., lOc; lb., .?0c.; 3 lbs., 

 6.5c., by mail post-paid; peck, 

 40c.; bush., $1.00; 10 bush, and 

 over, 90c. per bush.; sacks free. 



■WHITE MAINE O.^TS. 



The Lincoln Oats 



This new oats, introduced in 1893, has given wonderful 

 results. Tile three largest yields reported, wiiich were grown 

 in competition for the cash prizes oftered, were 174, liiS and 

 123 bushels from a single bushel sown. It is very early and 

 entirely rustrproof. Straw is stifl' and strong. The grain is 

 very handsome and valuable for feeding, on account of its 

 thin hull, heavy meat and soft nib. Pkt., 10c. ; lb., 30c.; 3 lbs., 

 65c., post-paid; by freight or express, peck, 40c.; legal bush, 

 of 32 lbs., $1.00; 10 bush, and over, 90c. per bush., bags in- 

 cluded. 



OtherQood Varieties of 5eed Oats 



SWEDISH, SEIZURE, BALTIC, AMERICAN 

 BEAUTY, WELCOME, CLYDESDALE, Wide Awake, 

 American Banner, White Belgian, Wliite Russian, 

 Virginia W^inter Turf, and other well-known and jiopiilar 

 varieties of seed oats at bottom prices. Each, 30c. lb., or .3 ihs., 

 65c., post-paid ; by freight or express ; }>er legal bush., 31 lbs., 

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



Peas and Oats for Fodder 



They make a fodder and hay which in every case doubles 

 the production of milk. The Canada Field Pea, which we 

 sell at $1.25 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. 



A SEED HEAD OF MAMMOTH RUSSIAN SUNFLOWER, DIAMETER ONE FOOT. 



Mammoth Russian Sunflower 



THE GIANT OF ALL SUNFLOWERS. Growing 

 to double the s-i/.e of the common, and the yield of seed is 



twice as great. One bundled and 



twenty-five bushels to the acre have 

 been grown at a less expense than 

 corn. It is highly recommended for 

 poultry ; the best egg-producing food 

 known. The leaves make splendid 

 fodder, much relished by all kinds of 

 stock. The seed is good feed for horses, 

 and yields a fine quality of oil. The 

 strong, thick stalks are used for fuel. 

 Oz., 5c.; qt., 15c.; (qt., post-paid, 2.5c ;) 

 peck, 60c.; bush., $1.75; sack, 2 bush., 

 $3.00. 



