Speltz, or Emmer 



This grain has been grown for centuries in Russia near the Caspian 

 Sea. It is intermediate between wheat and barley, and it is one of the 

 greatest drought resisters known among grains. It does not rust, blight 

 or lodge; it makes the best of hay; when cut in the milk, the straw re- 

 sembling wheat straw. It frequently yields 50 to 80 bushels per acre and 

 on poor land, stony ground, and land that is undesirable for other 

 crops Speltz givesagood result. Thousands of bushels of Speltz are now 

 grown on our western prairies, as it is splendid food for cattle and swine. 



Culture. — Prepare your ground as you would for wheat or oats, 

 sow at the rate of two bushels per acre. It is extremely hardy and can 

 be sown earlier than spring wheat or oats, as light frost does not affect 

 it; it can be sown later, but early sowing is better. Per pkt. 5 cts., lb. 

 30 cts., by mail, postpaid ; qt. 20 cts., pk. 75 cts., bus. S2.50, 6 bus. lot' 

 and over $2.25 per bus., by freight or express. Write for quoialions in 

 larger lots. 



Spring Rye 



Distinct from the Winter Rye, grain of finer quality and more pro- 

 ductive ; can be successfully grown in any latitude, and is now being 

 largely grown in the Middle States in place of oats, being a much more Speltz or Emmer 



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, stand- 

 ing stiff, 7 to S feet high. Produces 30 to 40 bushels of grain per acre. As it does not stool like Winter Rye, not less than two bushels to the 

 acre should be sown. Pkt. 10 cts., lb. 35 cts., 3 lb. $1, postpaid ; pk. 50 cts., bus. Si.75 Write for price in quantity lots. 



New Japeuiese Buckwheat 



The kernels are nearly twice the size of any other, of a rich dark brown color, and manu- 

 facture a superior flour. It has rapidly displaced all others, and is now nore largely planted 

 than any other, being about two weeks earlier. Pkt. 10 cts., lb. 25 cts., 3 lbs. 60 cts., postpaid ; 

 by express, qt. 15 cts., pk. 50 cts., bus. S.1.75. 



SILVER HCLL BUCKWHEAT. By express, qt. 15 cts., pk. 50 cts., bus. Si.75- 



Weber's Improved Evergreen Broom Corn (the best in cultivation) 



The high prices which have prevailed the past few years for Broom Corn brush indicates 

 that the demand has overtaken the supply, and farmers, where possible, should add it to their 

 crops. Weber's Improved is of a very bright green color, without the slightest reddish tinge. 

 It makes by far the best brooms of any corn grown and conmiands the very highest prices. Cus- 

 tomers who have grown this corn report yields of over i,coo lbs. of brush to the acre. Height, 

 7 to 8 feet. Lb. 35 cts., 3 lbs. 75 cts., postpaid ; qt. 25 cts., pk. 90 cts., bus. $3 ; sack of 2 bus. for 



Evergreen Broom Com 



This is an old standard variety, largely grown in many sections of the West, but not equal, 

 to or as salable as the brush of the Weber's Improved. Qt. 20 cts., pk. 75 cts., bus. $2.50. 



Seed Barley 



Spring Rye, showing height and produc- 

 tiveness of straw 



STOKES* BEARDLESS BARLEY. Many farmers do not like to grow the bearded va- 

 rieties of barley on account of the disagreeableness of handling it, although it is a very profi- 

 table crop. This beardless barlej' is as easy to grow and handle as oats. It is the earliest known 

 variety to ripen ; grows medium height, very strong, stiff straw and will stand well up on any 

 kind of land. With good land and fair conditions yields 60 to 75 bushels per acre, and in many 

 instances has made the enormous yield of 100 to 120 bushels per acre. Look at our very low 

 prices, as compared with prices of other seedsmen. Pkt. 5 clb., pk. tx> cis.. bus. ii.75 5 bus., 

 lots at $1.60 per bus. 



WHITE HDLLESS. Grows 2H feet high. Two or three weeks earlier than the ordinary- 

 Barley. The heads are well filled with plump, heavy kernels, which are hulless like wheat, 

 when'threshed. Pkt. 10 cts., lb. 25 cts., 3 lbs. 65 cts., by mail, postpaid; by express, pk. 75 cts.., 

 bus. (48 lbs.) $2.50. 



MANSHDRY. This is an early, six-rowed Barley; splendid yielder. Pk. 50 cts., bus. fi.50. 

 COMMON SIX-ROWED. Good clean seed. Pk. 50 cts., bus. $1.50. Write for prices in. 

 quantity lots. 



Spring Wheat 



SASKATCHEWAN FIFE. This wheat is pronounced by the great milling kings of the 

 Northwest the best. Fifty bushels to the acre is not an uncommon yield. Pkt. loc, lb. isctf.., 

 3 lbs. $1, postpaid ; by express or freight, pkt. 65c., bus. $2.50 ; 5 bus. and over, $2.25 per bus., 

 bags included. 



MACARONI, or DURUM. This newlv imported Wheat sent out by the Department of Agri- 

 culture has taken a strong hold in the \\'est. where Spring Wheats are in vogue, and where it 

 outyields by far anv other variety. It makes an excellent quality of flour for bread; and it is 

 practically 'immune' from rust. I would advise my eastern growers to test it in a small way at 

 first. Lb. 30c., 4 lbs. $1, by mail, postpaid; by freight or express, qt. 25c., pk. 85c., bus. S2.75. 



Mammoth Russian Sunflower (the giant of all sunflowers) 



The best yariety for the farmer, (ir.ius to double the size of the common, and the yield of 

 seed is twice as great. One hundred and twenty- live l)ushels to the acre have been grown at a 

 less expense than corn. It is highly recoinmi iuied for poultry. Oz. s cts., qt. 15 cts. (qc. post- 

 paid, 25 CIS. ), pk. 50 cts., bus. Si. 75,' sack (2 bus.) $3 25 : 5 bus. and oyer, 51.50 per bus. 



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