H. W. BUCKBEE, ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS. 



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PEDIGREE J» PEDIGREE 11™ J* PEDIGREE S§SS 



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CORN PRINCIPLES THAT ARE DEMONSTRATED 



■By THESE WO JVDEHFUL VA HIE TIES OF TEDICREE COHJV ■> TjHED FOH. HIGH 

 yiELT). HIGH OIL, HIGH P-ROTEIJV. HIGH 'PH.E'PO TEfJCy. 



1 "Like produces like." Offspring partakes of physical and chemical characteristics of BOTH parents. 

 

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Prepotency increased by breeding. 



Purity maintained by selecting for seed only ears which are true to type; and by isolation. 



Hleh Oil corn finishes beef and pork more rapidly and requires fewer bushels than ordinary corn. SEED: 

 oil Is the most valuable by product of the glucose factory. They will pay you a premium on high oil corn. . 

 Hlirh Protein makes corn a balanced ration for growing cattle. Ordinary corn contains 10 per cent protein; increase 18.80 per cent. 

 A corn hieh in both oil and protein Is the ideal feeding corn. Ordinary corn contains 4.25 per cent of oil ; increase 5.60 per cent. 

 The yield o« high bred corn is from 10 to 40 per cent greater than that of ordinary corn. In pedigree corn the per cent of barren 



stalks la reduced to the minimum, while the per cent of good ears Is raised to the maximum. 

 One hundred bushels and more of high bred:Corn have been produced where ordinary corn yielded sixty bushels. 



BOONE. COUNTY SPECIAL. 



Bred from the Boone County White. Retaining all the valua- 

 ble characteristics of the parent, with increased yield, size of ear, 

 depth of kernel and chemical contents. Contains a large per- 

 centage of oil. Requires 125 to 123 days for full development. The 

 ears are from 9 to 12 inches long, 7<A to 8 inches in circumference, 

 containing 18 to 20 rows and 50 to 58 kernels in a row. and weigh- 

 ing from 12 to 20 oz. Tips and butts are especially well filled. 

 Kernels are creamy white, moderately rough, very deep, with 

 fine large germ: they are V4 to =4. inch long, Ya inch wide, moder- 

 ately thick with little if any waste space between the rows. The 

 great depth of kernels insures a large percentage of shelled corn. 

 Boone County Special is a high grade milling and glucose corn. 

 THE corn for all kinds of soils and seasons in central and south- 

 ern Illinois, and like latitudes east and 

 west Stalk 9 to 13 feet high, exceedingly 

 thick up to the ear, moderately large 

 from ear to tassel, withstanding the de- 

 structive effect of high winds. The fol- 

 iage is abundant, leaves thick, broad 

 and succulent, making peerless fodder. 



GOLD STANDARD LEAMING. 



Bred from the original J. S, Learning Corn, with increased 

 size of ears, percentage of grain, depth and roughness of kernel, 

 and feeding value, by increasing the protein and oil Have also 

 changed it! type from a tapering to a cylindrical shape of ear 

 Deep golden color; striking uniformity. The ears range from 9 

 to 12 inches long, and from 1H. to 8tf inches in circumference, 

 weiehing from 10 to 12 oz each. 18 to 24 rows; no space between 

 the rows. Kernels broad, thick, deep rather rough, rounding 

 wedge shaped, from H to % inch long and % inch wide. Red cob. 

 medium in size with medium large shank. Per cent of grain 88 to 

 90 The stalks are from 9 to 12 feet high. Great abundance of 

 laree sized leaves, often twenty to a stalk. Gold Standard Learn- 

 ing is the ideal feeders' corn. HiEh in both oil and protein; 

 higher than any other variety grown. 

 Matures from southern Wisconsin to 

 southern Missouri. Matures in about 

 115 days. 



SILVER KING. 



Bred from Silver Mine. We have 

 lengthened the kernel, improved the 

 butt, closed up space between the rows, 

 and increased the oiland yield. Thisis 

 a pure white corn with white cob. The 

 kernel is especially broad and deep, 

 with well developed vigorous germ. 

 Shells 90 per cent grain. Kernels are 

 8-5 inch long and 2-5 inch wide, moder- 

 ately thick and square. The ears are 

 from 8 to 11 Inches long, 7 to 8 inches in 

 circumference with well-filled butts and 

 tips and small shank. Stalks from 8 to 

 11 feet. Ears have from 18 to 24 rows. 

 This corn will grow anywhere, matur- 

 ing in about m to 1 10 days. Is a favorite 

 with growers who cut and shock their 

 crop, or put it in the silo. The yield of 

 Silver King, yield test, was 212 bushels 

 to an acre. 



BUCKBEE'S EARLY GOLD MINE. 



Bred from special and improved stock of Genuine Pride of ■the 

 North A magnificent varitey of field corn the result of careful 

 investigation and experiments on our Rockford Seed Farms. It 

 has been "rown and selected with great care, and stands today 

 wUhout an equal anywhere I have given my stock the most care- 

 ful attentio^this year, and I know it to be better than anything 

 I have ever before been able to offer corn growers. This great 

 varietv will usually produce a crop in 90 days or less It can De 

 la^fefy planted up to the middle of June and stUl be depended upon 

 to ripen by the middle of September It produces a magnificent 

 yield, there generally being two good-s.zed ears totnestalk, with 

 Immense long oily kernels, closely set and the cob well filled to 

 the end. The corn is of a rich golden color. 



THE ILLINOIS IDEA 



Of Shipping Seed Corn. 



BUCKBEE'S IMPROVED 



PRIDE OF THE NORTH. 



A wonderful improvement over the 

 old reliable standby— Pride of the 

 North. This splendid pedigreed variety 

 Is unquestionably one of the very best 

 80-day Field Corns for Northern Lati 

 tides. 



It will ripen in Northern Localities 

 hitherto able to grow only the Flint 

 Varieties, and hence is of the greatest 

 value. . „ 



On ordinarily fair to good grond it 

 will yield from 50 to above 100 bushels 

 per acre. Produces a small cob, which dries quickly, and leaves 

 the corn sound and sweet. The ears are of excellent size, and an 

 abundance of the finest fodder is assured. It stands drought 

 better than any other variety; husks and shells easily; it is the 

 earliest corn to market, and will prove a veritaT le. money 

 producer. 



By 

 bu. 



SAMTLB BA-RS JEJV7* TOSTTAIH UTOJSf "RECEIPT OF 2Q CEJSITS EACH. 



The following varieties, which are too well known to need extended description, I will furnish to one and all as long: as 

 my choice stock seed lasts. Should my supply of one or all varieties become exhausted, I will return your money promptly. 



Hla Excellency New White Cap Yellow Dent 



Calico ClarR'a New Early Mastodon 



Golden fcagle BucRbee's Colossal 



The Great Iowa Silver Mine Western Yellow Dent 



Improved Pride of the North Western White Dont 



New Learning Riley's Favorite 



Price of each of the 23 varieties listed above (ON EAR); 

 • bu. Q4.76; 6 to 10 bu. lots or more, $2.25 per bu. 



Price of each of the above 5 varieties (ON 1JAR): 

 Express or Freight, at buyer's expense, 1 bu. CPj.bO; f 

 $4.75; 5 to 10 bu. lots or more. $2.26 per bu. 



The same varieties (SHELLED): Postpaid, M lb. 16c; lb. 

 25c. At buyer's expense, Ya bu. 30c; H bu, 50c ; % bu. 80c; bu, 

 $1.50; 2 bu. $2.90; 10 bu. lots or more, $1.40 per bu. 



Iewa Gold Mine 

 Hickory King 



Extra E.arly Huron Dent 



Chester County Mammoth 

 Boone County Prolific 



Champion White Pearl 



By Express or Freight, at buyer's expense, 1 bu. $2.60; 



To tho.e who wish to buy their seed in a (SHELLED) state, I will be pleased to furnish any of tic J«l*« efi '"f^A^* 

 BS the uniform price of: Postpaid, % lb. 15c; lb. 26c. By Express or Freight, at buyer's expense, Y bu. »Oc, H bu. 60c, 

 V- bu. 80c; bu. $1.50; 2 bu. $2.00; 10 bu. lots or more at $1.40 per bu. ^^^^ 



IT PAYS TO PLANT BUCKBEE'S PEDIGREE SEED CORN 



