Improved Learning Seed Corn. A favorite of mine 



Stokes' Specially Selected Seed Corn 



Proper selection of Seed Corn is a matter of working year after year, planting good seed in 

 the beginning, watching the particular stalks which grow best, and which set enough ears the 

 proper distances from the ground, and then cutting the tassels from all other stalks in the field. 

 The seed ears must be selected on the stalks, and ripened and dried under correct conditions. The 

 grains must be shelled and stored and graded so they will be even in size, and their vitality main- 

 tained unimpaired. Finally the seed must be tested for germination. 



All this is a lot of work, requiring much knowledge and time and trouble. It is a seedsman's 

 business — my business. I am equipped to give Seed Corn all the care it needs, from its great-grand- 

 parents down. I know how, and I do it. My seed is of high-bred strains which I have developed. 

 The extra yield you get by planting it will pay ten times over for the difference between my prices 

 and market prices for the poorest corn. 



HUNDRED-DAY BRISTOL. Regularly year by year this Corn has matured and ripened its 

 ears and fodder in a hundred days. When Bristol first came out it was hard to believe that such 

 a heavy growth of stalk and such magnificent ears could be produced in a hundred days; but the 

 experience of Corn-growers for several years has steadily added to Bristol's reputation. Grain 

 light yellow; cob small, easily husked; ear as hard as a pine knot. Lb. 30 cts., 3 lbs. 75 cts., 

 postpaid; by freight or express, sacks included, pk. 50 cts., bus. Si. 75; bags of 2 bus. S3. 25; in 

 lots of 10 bus. or over, Si. 60 per bus. 

 IMPROVED LEAMING. The ears of Learning Corn are of good size; grains fair sized and deep 

 orange; cob small and red; stalks uniformly medium sized, seldom large, but slender and leafy. 

 Both Corn and fodder mature and ripen in from 90 to 100 days in a favorable season. Learning 

 grows well on a greater variety of soils than most other kinds, and pro- 

 duces unusually well on light land. The strain I have is called Im- 

 proved Leaming, because it shows many advantages over most of the 

 other strains, and is the best type of Leaming that I can locate; also it 

 has been developed and improved in my hands. By freight or express, 

 sacks included, pk. 50 cts., bus. Sl.7S; bag of 2 bus. S3. 25; 10 bus. and 

 over. Si. 60 per bus. 

 AUSTIN'S COLOSSAL YELLOW DENT. Immense ears and stalks 

 and greatest yields. On strong, rich land no other Corn will outyield 

 it. Needs 110 to 120 days to ripen. By freight or express, pk. 70 cts., 

 bus. $2.25, 2 bus. $4. 

 GOLDEN BEAUTY. Has the largest and broadest grains of any variety, 

 and a very rich color when shelled. Makes superior meal. Stalks 8 to 

 10 feet high. Time of ripening, 115 days — a good late Corn. By 

 freight or express, pk. 60 cts., bus. S2, 2 bus. S3.75. 

 EARLY EIGHT-ROW YELLOW CANADA FLINT. Very hardy and 

 matures quickly. It is the kind for planting in northern or high localities, and for replanting Dent in other 

 sections. Lb. 25 cts., 3 lbs. 65 cts., postpaid; by freight or express, pk. 60 cts., bus. S2, 2 bus. $3.75. 

 IMPROVED SNOWFLAKE. A very large-eared white Corn; first class in every way. The ears usually have 

 eighteen rows of grains, moderate-sized cobs running up to 13 inches long, well filled at both tip and butt. The 

 cob is white. It is a tremendously vigorous grower. Stalks get 12 to 14 feet high, and have fifteen or sixteen 

 leaves. Medium early and nearly always matures. By freight or express, pk. 60 cts., bus. S2, 2 bus. S3. 75, 10 bus. 

 and over. Si. 75 per bus. 

 WHITE HICKORY KING. Pure white Dent; broad grains; small cob. 

 S3. 75. 10 bus. and over Si. 75 per bus. 



ENSILAGE AND FODDER CORN 



Corn for these purposes should make a i^ery neavy growth of slender, tall stalks, and should set many ears. It 

 is better to plant one or more of the following varieties when you know you want to grow ensilage and fodder: 

 STOKES' SPECIAL ENSILAGE. Grows a tremendously tall stalk on strong land, 



often 14 to 16 feet high, and produces more tons of fodder an acre than any other 



Corn I know of. I usually depend on getting sixty to seventy-five tons to the acre. The ears are white, and 



rather large and heavy if allowed to mature. Grains close-set and crowded right out to butt and tip. My best 



Ensilage Corn. Pk. 50 cts., bus. Si. 75, 10 bus. and over, $1.65 per bus. 

 RED-COB ENSILAGE. A western variety. White grains and red cob; grains sweet and juicy; stalks up to 14 feet 



high. Pk. 50 cts., bus. Si. 75, 10 bus. and over Si. 50 per bus. 

 SUGAR CORN FOR GREEN FODDER. Makes a very sweet ensilage, of high feeding value. Slim stalks, quick 



grower. Drill two bushels to an acre in rows 4 feet apart. Qt. 15 cts., 4 qts. 40 cts., pk. 60 cts., bus. $2.25. 



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lOO-Day Bristol Field Com 



Slow grower. Pk. 60 cts., bus. S2, 2 bus. 



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