H. W. BUCKBEE, ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS. 



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THOROUGHBRED FIELD SEEDS. 



BROOM CORN. 



Buckbee's Improved 

 Superior Evergreen. — 

 The best variety for general 

 cultivation, on account of 

 color and quality of brush. 

 Kipens early, (jrows about 

 8 to 10 ft. high. Brush good 

 length, fine and straight. 

 Postpaid, H lb. 15c; lb. 

 25c. By express or freight 

 at purchaser's expense, lO 

 lbs. 60c.; 25 lbs. S1.25; 

 100 lbs. S3. 75. 



BEANS. BUCKBEE'S ELECTRIC TREE. 



A most valuable new variety, the moet productive and heavy-cropping Bean known, growing nearly 2 feet high, 

 branching out in all directions and bearing its pods so high that they 6eldom touch the ground, enabling it to 6tand a 

 wet spell without any injury. All who have raised Beans know that when the pods lie in contact with the ground after 

 ripening, a very little rain will ruin the crop, turning the pods and beans black. This is indeed a wonderful cropper, 

 yielding from 76 to 100 bushels per acre, average cultivation, while hundreds of my customers report yields of from 40 to 

 60 bushels per acre under average cultivation. Plant them feet apart, 18 inches in the row, 2 to 3 beans in a hill. 

 They are much easier cultivated than small-growing varieties, and much easier harvested. They mature reasonably early 

 and ripen very evenly. As a baking Bean Buckbee's Electric Tree is not equaled and will meet your most sanguine 

 expectations for market or family purposes. Postpaid, M pt. 12c; pt. 22c; qt. 35c (See wholesale prices in 

 quantity, page 78.) 



GIANT BEGGAR WEED. 



A wonderful new forage plant and restorer of land. It is more valuable for fertilizing than either 

 peas or clover, and equal to them for feeding. When once established it grows every year without further attention. 

 It will not interfere with other crops, can be kept under by cultivation, can be eradicated in two years of successive 

 pasturing. This is important, becausesome forage plants become pests when the land is needed for other crops. The 

 plant is a strong feeder with deep roots like alfalfa, bringing from the subsoil the dormant fertilizing elements, and 

 will enrich the land by its decaying foliage without the expense of plowing it under. Land planted with Beg- 

 gar Weed has improved 300 per cent, in six years. Hogs, horses, cows and mules eat it greedily. Can be 

 pasture landin summer and fall. Can be sown in the corn-field. Will thrive on much poorer land than most forage 

 crops. More fattening to stock thanall other knowu forage plants. Five pounds of seed for an acre. Drill or sow 

 broadcast in the spring after frost. Postpaid, oz. 10c; H lb. 25c; lb. 45c; 5 lbs* $1*75. 



It PAY5 on 

 ANY GROUND 



THE UNCROWNED KING OF THE DESERTS AND DRY, SANDY SOILS. 



The Department of Agriculture has been experimenting with this grass at its experiment- 

 al stations in the arid regions. The Experimental Grass Station at Garden City, Kan., 

 says: "We have grownBromus Inermis successfully, and we think it is the coming Grass 

 for the arid regions of the West. Itisgreea from the middle of March to about November. 



Prof. Shaw, of Minnesota, pertinently says: "This Grass cannot be obtained too soon by 

 the farmers of the Northwest." It is the Grass for hot, dry climes and soils. It will grow 



on all kinds of soil, even on yellow 

 sand, and is equally good for pastur- 

 ing, curing into hay, or cutting 

 green. All kinds of stock eat it 

 readily, and it is very rich in nutri. 



^ _ . . tive value. Perennial; 2 to 5 



jm gjt "M " f''"' flowering in June 



M MM fcr M M MM M C m w _ *n<i August. 



^ ^» M MM A y-—* ■ The Best New Grass for 



MnaMnamBraHKMn Pasture or Hay. 



The South Dakota Experiment Station, of Brookings, says 

 "This is the best Grass that has yet been tried at this station. When ^ 

 properly sown it catches well, giving a good 6od the firBt year; infavora- , 

 ble seasons a fair yield of huy may also be obtained. Up to the present *~ 

 the best results have been obtained by sowing plenty of seed on 

 well prepared ground as early as possible in the spring. From 

 2 to i% bushels 6hould be sown to the acre, depending some- ?/// 

 what upon the season and condition of soil. The forage, 

 though coarse, is of excellent quality, and, under ordinary 

 circumstances a large amount of early spring and fall feed 



may be obtained, in addition to a good yield of hay. Thus far the Grass has endured 

 drought perfectly, and has never winter-killed in the least. It does well sown with 

 clover or with clover and timothy. Use 20 pounds to the acre if alone; if with alfalfa, 

 15 pounds; they will grow well together. It maybe sown in the fall with winter 

 wheat, or in the spring. Cut when first coming 



into bloom. Choicest Northern-grown -v * 



stock seed. Postpaid: Hlb. 15c; 

 lb. 25c. At buyer's expense, 



10 lbs. $1 .40; 25 lbs. $3.40; 50 CS^Wi-J > — '"%c^Z-~cr±l-* ' ' 



lbs. $6.50; 100 lbs. $12.50. ,,„ 



YOU GET THE BEST SEEDS FROM BUCKBEE EVERY TIME. 



