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In the celebrated American Agriculturist corn contest, it far 
Alfred Rose, 
Yates County, N. Y., from seed purchased of me, raising on one 
BR acre 15,898 pounds of corn on the ear, which made 213 bushels of 
a shelledcorn. Another of my customers, George Cartner, Pawnee 
County, Neb., reported next best yield on one acre, 11,380 Ibs. on 
ear, or 171 bushels of shelledcorn. See full detailed reports in the 
March, 1890, issue of the American Agriculturist. 
Last year my entire supply, several thousand bushels, again sold out early in 
the season, and hundreds of dollars had to be returned to disappointed custom- 
ers. The demand for 1894 for Mastodon promises tg surpass all previous records. 
Be sure to purchase direct from headquarters, as thousands of bushels of corn— 
» Mastodon only in name—have been sold by unprincipled dealers. 
Early Mastodon will be found to combine large yield, large grains and extra 
earliness to a remarkable de 
ated with Mr. C. S. Clark, of Ohio, probably the largest grower of field and sweet 
, corn for seed purposes in America, as Mr. Clark ships annually seed corn by the 
p hundred car-loads. 
, to its present standard by careful selection. 
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( Mr. Clark grows every variety of corn known to the Ameri- 
can public, and in Mastodon he claims to have THE BEST OF ALL. In 
“agian Mastodon, I cannot do better than quote as follows from a letter from 
r. Clark: 
“The Early Mastodon Corn, named Mastodon because of its large ears, is a 
cross between the White Cap and the Early Roe Dent Corn, and has been brought 
field corn have for many years been anxiously inquiring for a large-eared, yet 
early Dent Corn, and to supply their wants I have for years been studying it up, 
«nd until I got up this corn was not fully satisfied. Many sorts have been tried 
and found wanting. In the Mastodon your customers will find a high-bred corn, 
of beautiful color, and one which will please them. I claim for this corn the 
largest number of rows on cob, and the deepest, longest grains of any corn ever 
It makes the finest appearing shelled corn I have ever seen, being a 
cast of two colors, and such corn as brings the highest price in market. It fully 
withstands the vigor of our Northern climate, and grows very rapid, strong and 
rank, at a medium height, and will out-yield any corn ever grown in this section. 
To convince your customers of its earliness, tell them it was grown and ripened 
in from 96 to 100 days within eight miles of Lake Erie. Fields planted June 1st 
were cut up September 15th. You cannot too highly recommend this corn to 
your customers. My reputation as the largest grower of seed corn in this country 
is at stake, when I say to you, as I have said before, that the Mastodon Corn is 
the earliest in the world, eter} its size and number of rows on 
the cob. I have grown thousands of bushels of Golden Beauty and now have 
many fields under contract; the Mastodon is from three weeks to one month 
earlier, Rove. side by side and planted the same week; and again Mastodon 
Corn is from one week to ten days earlier than the J. S. or any other Leaming 
Corn grown, and with us ripened up in some eases earlier than Pride of the 
North. How can it be otherwise, when it is crossed with two of the earliest corns 
ever grown in the North—the White Cap and Early Roe Dent? I love the seed 
trade as well as any man, and I expect to follow its calling as long as I live, and 
to do so successfully must recommend things just as they are. Now I want you 
to push this corn. Mr. Sibley said before he died: ‘I made a great mistake in 
not contracting for all of that corn.’ Seedsmen who have visited me this Sum- 
mer, one and all, congratulate you upon getting hold of this corn first, and I am 
afraid I will not have half enough to supply your trade,” 
The seed trade and large growers of | 

ee, better than any other variety. It origin- | 
| troduced. 

S See BRIAR 
As I was a contestant for the Agriculturzst Corn Prize in 1889, will say my 
yield was 213 bushels shelled corn, grown on one measured acre. of the Early 
Mastodon corn. I have grown nearly all of the improved high-class bred corn 
and find Early Mastodon is the most wonderfui of all Dent corn, and the hand- 
somest. It grows quick, strong and powerful, has broad heavy leaves, and large 


| ears, 20 to 36 rows on acob. Longer grains than any other variety. Ears gener- 
ally 9 to 11 inches long, with the stalks 15to17 feet high. For ensilage will grow 
more fodder than any other now known, many stalks bearing 3 to 5 large ears, 
some weighing 2 pounds each, and some with 1600 kernels on a cob. 
ALFRED ROSE, Penn Yan, N. Y. 
If you wish to be abreast of the times you must put ina few acres of 
Mastodon in 1894. Nota corn grower who reads this catalogue should miss 
this opportunity of planting the most improved Yellow Dent Corn in America 
—a corn sure to outclass any other variety at present grown. 

Prices of Early Mastodon for 1894: Packet roc.; Ib. 
30c.; 4 lbs. $1, by mail, postpaid. By express or freight, 
peck 6o0c.; bushel $2; 2 bushel $3.50; ro bushel, $15.00. 
Agcy Peron Deny (oxy 

AKLY 
For years past one of my growers of field corn has offered a 
large sum of money to any man who could produce and prove to 
him a Dent corn as early as Flint. Mr.-A. A. Chatfield, of Fulton 
county, Ohio, has won the money, and | now offer to my custo- 
mers the most perfect shape ear, economical grain and earliest 
Dent corn in the United States. This new Extra Early 
Huron Dent will ripen with my customers in many Northern States 
where heretofore they have only been able tu grow the flint varieties, 
and is really the most valuable extra early corn ever in- 
It is of a bright orange color, has good size stalk and 
ear, small red cob, long deep grain, is very rich in oil and starch, 
and is the only smooth, very early Dent corn | know of. 70 pounds 
of ears made 64%4 pounds of shelled corn, leaving only 6% pounds 
for the cobs ; from this all can readily judge of the unusually small 
size of the cobs. Out of 7 fields grown for me last year, not one 
was a failure, and all topped out the middle of July, while the 
Leaming, Pride of the North, and King of the Earlies showed hardly 
signs of it. Planted on trial grounds with King of the Earlies May 
4th, on account of cold nights did not come up until May 13th, and 
was cut down by heavy frost May 17th, which retarded growth and 
put it back, but July 2d it showed tassel and the 15th silked out. 
August Ist ears were fit for roasting ; lastof Augustripe and cut 
up. To sum up, would say that for good size ears, grained 
over both ends of the cob, quick rank, strong growth and wonder- 
ful productiveness, it heads the list of all other extra early 
varieties. My supply is genuine, strictly pure and carefully se- 
lected, and will be sure to please all who give Extra Early Huron a 
trial. From the fact that | had five fields of this variety planted 
last season, I will of course have a large quantity of the seed for 
sale, so that, although this is the 3rd year of its introduction, | 
take pleasure in offering Extra Early Huron Dent for the season of 
1894, at the following reasonable prices: packet, ro cts.; 
Ib. 30 cts.; 3 Ibs. 75 cts., by mail, postpaid. By express, 
or freight: peck, 6o cts. ; bushel, $2; ro bushels, $17.50. 
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