Spring Rye 



Distinct from the Winter Rye, grain of finer quality and more productive; can he success, 

 fully grown in any latitude, and is now being largely sown in the Middle States in place of oats, 

 being a much more 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, standing stiff, 7 to 8 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. locts., lb. 35 cts., 3 lb. $1, postpaid; pk. 50 cts., bus. $1.60. Write for price in quan 

 tity lots. 



New Japemese 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 more 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. S1.50. 



SILVER HULL BUCKWHEAT. By express, qt. 15 cts., pk. 50 cts., bus. $1.50. 



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



The high prices whicli 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 commands the very highest prices. Cus- 

 tomers who have grown this corn report yields of over 1,000 lbs. of brush to the acre. Height, 

 7 to 8 feet. Lb. 35 cts., 3 lbs. 75 cts., postpaid ; qt. 25c., pk. 90c., bus. $3 ; sack of 2 bus. for $5.50. 



Evergreen Broom Corn 



The old standard variety, largely grown in nianj' sections of the West, but is not equal to or 

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



Wild Rice {Zizania aquatica) 



A native plant, furnishing food for wild fowl, ducks, geese, etc. ; also valuable as a forage 

 plant for swamps and inundated lands, as it grows rapidly, and all stock are fond of it when 

 green or cured for fodder. It attracts all wild birds from September on, and also purifies the 

 water and affords a refuge for the small fry from the large fish. To sow : " Put the seed in coarse 

 linen or cotton bags and sink in water for twenty-four hours. Sow in water which is from 6 

 inches to 5 feet deep, in soft mud-bottom, and in places where there are but few weeds. It is 

 useless sowing this seed except on a mud-bottom, or on low, marshy places which are covered 

 with water the year round. In running water sow as much out of the current as possible. Lb. 

 35 cts., 3 lbs. Si, postpaid; by express, lb. 25 cts. 



Seed Barley 



WHITE HULLESS. Grow 2K feet high. Two or three weeks earlier than the ordinary Barley. 

 The heads are well tilled 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. 



BEARDLESS. Yields as well as the ordinary Barley, but without beard, which is trouble- 

 some to stock when fed green. Pkt. 10 cts., bus. (48 lbs.) $i.'js. 

 MANSHURY. This is an earlv, six-rowed Barley; splendid yielder. Pk. 50 cts., bus. Si. 50. 



COMMON SIX-ROWED. Good clean seed. 



Pk. 50 cts., bus. $1.50. Write for prices in 

 quantity lots. 



Spring Rye, showing height and produc- 

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Beardless Barley 



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. 10 cts., lb. 

 35 cts., 3 lbs. $1, postpaid; by express or freight, pk. 65 cts., bus. $2.50; 5 bus. and over, 

 $2.25 per bus., bags included. 



MACARONI, or DURUM. This newly imported Wheat sent out by the Department of 

 .'Agriculture has taken a strong hold in the West, where Spring Wheats are in vogue, and 

 where it outyields by far any 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 wav at first. Lb. 30 cts., 4 lbs. $1, by mail, postpaid; by freight or express, qt. 25 cts., 

 pk. 85c., bus. I2.75. 



Speltz, or Emmer {Triticum spelta) 



This grain has been grown for centuries in Russia, near the Caspian Sea. It was originally 

 brought to this country by an emigrant, and has already attracted very wide attention on account 

 of its successful cultivation in the northwestern states. The grain is intermediate between wheat 

 and barley, and is readily eaten by all kinds of stock. It is adapted for milling, as well as for 

 feeding, making a grade of flour similar to rye. The straw resembles wheat straw. It grows- 

 large crops— 40 to 80 bushels per acre — on poor lands, stony ground and open prairies, and vvill 

 give double the crop of oats or barley. It resists drought successfully, and is adapted to droughty- 

 sections and northern latitudes. Drill at rate of three bushels per acre. Pkt. 5 cts., lb. 30 cts., 

 3 lbs. 75 cts., postpaid ; by freight or express, qt. 15 cts., pk. 60 cts., bus. $1.75. 



Mammoth Russian Sunflower (the giant of all sunflowers) 



The best viriety for the farmer. Grows to double the size of the common, and the yield of 

 seed is twice as great. One hundred and twenty-five bushels to the acre have been grown at a 

 less expense than corn. It is highlv recommended for poultry. Oz. 5 cts., qt. 15 cts. (qt. post- 

 paid, 25 cts.), pk. 50 cts., bus. $1.75, sack (2 bus.) fo-25 ; 5 bus. and over, $1.50 per bus. 



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