FOR THE FARM. 



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Field Corn, Grains, and Forage Plants. 



Our seed corn has been grown for us by careful specialists, and will be found of the highest grade as to quality and 



germinating power. Sow eight quarts to the acre, in early May. 

 YELLOW CORN. 



Early Yellow Canada. A ninety-day corn, used principally in 

 this latitude for replanting, then maturing with the crop ; good, for 

 northern latitudes. Qt. 15 cts.; peck, 50 cts.; bu. §1.50. 



Learning Gourd Seed. One of the best early and most productive 

 varieties, deep grains and small cob. A reliable sort, should be 

 planted largely. Qt. 15 cts.; peck, 50 cts.; bu. $1.40. 



Early Bristol. (100-day.) The earliest of the large yellow dent va- 

 rieties, grain golden yellow, large, broad and deep. Yields corn 

 and fodder in abundance. Qt. 15 cts.; peck, 50 cts.; bu. $1.50. 



Golden Beauty. Large, yellow grains. The ears are tilled out to 

 the extreme end ; the cob is small. Matures early, and its yield 

 is enormous. Qt. 15 cts.; peck, 50 cts.; bu. $1.35. 



Improved Golden Dent. Very large ears, yielding good crops 

 under high cultivation. Qt. 15 cts.; peck, 50 cts.; bu. §1.35. 



Early Mastodon Dent. An early strong growing corn, with ex- 

 ceedingly large ears and gram. Qt. 15 cts. ; peck 50 cts. ; bu. $1.40. 



Cloud's Yellow Dent. Strong and vigorous, growing from 8 to 12 

 feet high, producing large, handsome ears, with unusually deep 

 grains. Qt. 15 cts.; peck, 50 cts. ; bu. $1.50. 

 WHITE CORN. 



■Hickory King. A distinct white dent field corn. Bears two and 

 occasionally three ears ; the cob is remarkably small. Very pro- 

 ductive. _ Qt. 15 cts.; peck, 50 cts ; bu. $1.75. 



Large White Flint. The old hominy eight-rowed variety ; early, 

 productive and of good quality. Qt. 15 cts.; peck, 50 cts.; bu. $1.50. 



Tuscarora. Known as "flour corn," by reason of the snow-white 

 character of the interior of the grain ; also a good sugar corn. 

 Qt. 15 cts.; peck, 60 cts.; bu. $2.00. 



ENSILAGE CORN. 



Sow 1£ to 1£ bushels per acre. 

 Special prices to buyers of large quantities. ^§j 



Red Cob Ensilage. A pure white corn on a red cob. It is sweet, 



tender, juicy, has short joints and produces an abundance of foliage. 



it will produce 25 to 30 tons per acre. Peck, 40 cts.; bu. $1.25. 

 Southern Fodder. Another white variety that no silo owner or dairy farmer should overlook. It grows 12 to 16 



feet high ; has broad foliage and tender stalks. There is no better fodder to keep up the flow of milk during hot 



weather when the grass is burned up. It will yield 30 to 40 tons per acre. Peck, 40 cts.; bu. $1.25. 

 Blount's Prolific White. This variety bears 4 to 6 ears per stalk ; grain plump and white. It is very productive, 



and is considered one of the best varieties for making ensilage. Peck, 50 cts.; bu. $1.50. 

 Sweet Fodder Corn. For soiling or ensilage. Profitable as green fodder, cut when green, to feed cattle. 



cast 2 bushels ; in drills 3 feet apart 1 bushel per acre. Peck, 50 cts.; bu. $1.50. 



Every dairy farmer should grow this sort; 



Sow broad- 



POP CORN. On the ear only. 

 White Rice. Best white. Lb. 8 cts. ; 10 lbs. 60 cts. 

 White Pearl. Smooth grained ears.Lb. 6 cts.; 10 lbs. 50c. 



BARLEY. 



Sow 1 £ to 2 bushels if drilled ; 2 to 2 J bushels broadcast. 

 Manshurey. The most productive six-rowed variety. It 

 ripens early, with strong, stiff straw. Peck. 50c. ; bu. $1.25. 

 OATS. 

 Sow 3 bushels to acre. 

 Sold at standard weight of 32 lbs. to the bushel. Special prices to 



buyers of large quantities. 

 American Beauty. This excellent and popular variety is charac- 

 terized by great vigor of growth, earliness and remarkable cropping 

 qualities. The grain is large, long and tapering ; straw erect and 

 stout. Peck, 40 cts.; bu. $1.00; 5 bu. $4.50. 

 Clydesdale. An early and productive variety. Peck, 40 cts. ; bu. 



$1.00 ; 5 bu. $4.50. 

 Lincoln. This variety is unquestionably one of the most produc- 

 tive, is very early and has proven entirely rust proof, stiff straw, 

 heavy and handsome grain. Bu. $1.00; 5 bu. $4.50. 

 Welcome. An excellent variety, productive and heavy ; straw 

 stiff; grain plump. Averages 45 lbs. per measured bushel. The 

 very best for ordinary soils. Bu. 75 cts.; 10 bu. $6.00. 

 White Maine. This fine variety is grown with much favor in 

 Western New York, where it yields with ordinary cultivation from 

 70 to 90 bushels per acre. Peck, 40 cts.; bu. $1.00; 5 bu. $4.50. 



SPRING WHEAT. 



Sow 15 bushels to acre. 

 Saskatchewan Fife. This is known as the most 

 desirable variety of Spring Wheat in cultivation. 

 It is unequalled for productiveness, earliness 

 and vigor. Peck, 50 cts.; bu. $1.50. 



SPRING RYE. 



Sow 1} bushels to the acre. 

 Used as a catch crop to sow where winter grain 

 has failed. Straw stiffer than the Winter Rye; 

 gram of equal value. Peck, 40 cts.; bu. $1.25. 



BUCKWHEAT. 



Sow about the middle of June broadcast from 2 to 3 pecks per acre. 

 Japanese. This superior variety is earlier and more prolific and yields double the weight per acre of 



other sorts. Peck, 40 cts.; bu. (48 lbs.) $1.00. 

 Silver Hull. Flour whiter and more nutritious than the Japanese. Peck, 40 cts.; bu. §1.00. 



