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BUCKBEE'S FAMOUS DENT CORN 



In offering the following varieties of Field Corn I desire to say that they are the true Buckbee Brand and cein be relied on. 

 CAREFULLY HARVESTED, HAND-SORTED, FIRE-DRIED, PEDIGREE STOCK SEED. 



SOLD ON THE EAR OR SHELLED. 



Buckbee's Great Western 

 Yellow Dent 



Has Given Great Satisfaction to Every Grower 

 For Many Years 



.Stalks grow to a heislit of seven or eight feet, 

 and -set the ears alioui three and one-half to four 

 feet from the ground — just tlie riglit lieighl 

 for easy picking. A wonderful peculiarity of 

 this Corn is that it never produces a barren 

 stalk — every one has an ear, and generally two, 

 sometimes three. Tlie type is very even, ears 

 measuring ten to twelve inches in length, often 

 weighing one and one-half pounds or more. 

 Very uniform in size and shape, with sixteen 

 to eighteen rows of deep, pure golden yellow 

 kernels set on small-sized cob. which is well 

 filled out over the tip and butt. The grains 

 are of good size, long, tiat, and closely set to- 

 gether, deeply dented, and solidly fill the en- 

 tire surface of the ear. We call this a one- 

 hinidred-day Corn, but 



IT OFTEN RIPENS IN NINETY-FIVE DAYS 



of average Corn weather. In its jield 

 it will surpass all other yellow varie- 

 ties — seventy pounds in the ear will 

 make more than sixty pounds of shelled 

 Corn. Buckbee's Great Western Yellow 

 Dent is extremely hardy and a determined 

 drought resister. It is adapted to a wider 

 range of soil and variety of climate than 

 any yellow Corn ever offered. No yel- 

 low Corn outshells or outyields it. After 

 the Corn is husked the stalks generally 

 remain in fine growing condition and 

 make an exceptionally valuable forage 

 crop. 



Buckbee's Great Western 



White Dent 



Buckbee's 



White Dent 



A most marvelous variety of White 

 Corn which will, in yield and quality, 

 surprise everyone who plants it. Thous- 

 ands of my customers from every part 

 of the country are more than pleased 

 with the wonderful results obtained by 

 planting this grand, good, rehable White 

 Dent Corn. It is, indeed, a fitting com- 

 panion to Buckbee's Great Yellow Dent, 

 the one being all that a White Dent 

 ought to be, the other a Y'ellow Dent of 

 surpassing merit. The stalks generally 

 bear two good ears each, and frequently 

 three are found. It yields splendid crops 

 even on light soil. AJI ears are uniform and 

 well filled out, and will easily make sixty pounds 

 of shelled Corn to the bushel. So general has 

 the demand for this great Corn become that I 

 have found it impossible to supply all calls for 

 if the past two years. Jly crop the past season 

 was a splendid one; but, while I expect to fill 

 all orders, I cannot too strongly urge you to 

 place your orders early. 



Buckbee's Great Liberty 

 Field Corn 



This new variegated Corn combines more solid 

 merit than any Corn in cultivation more fine and 

 lasting points. Its great merit lies in the fact 

 that it is a natural yielder. Expert Corn growers 

 pronounce it a perfect Field Corn as to yield, 

 size of the ears, color, size of cobs, length of 

 grain, size of grain, size of fodder, size of growth 

 of fodder, and the extra fine quality of the fodder. 



Corn growers everywhere cannot help but be 

 pleased with Buckbee's Great Liberty Field Corn, 

 because — 



1st— It is a great natural yielder and grows 

 like a weed. 



2nd — It is the longest-grain early Com, ma- 

 turing generally in ninety days. 



.3rd — The fodder grows strong, seven to 

 twelve feet high, and stands up well. 



4th — The ears set in fine form 3i to 4 feet 

 from the ground. 



.5th — Our fields are yielding 100 bushels per 

 acre under average cultivation. 



6th — It will outyield Field Corn of any kind, 

 either Dent or Flint. 



7th — The ears are large — (eight to twelve 

 Inches long), cobs small and well filled. 



Buckbee's Great Liberty. 



8th — It has small cob, making it a wonderfu) 

 yielder. 



9th — It will outshcll and outyield the leadinj 

 110-day and later v arieties. 



10th — It is tlie best Corn to fatten stock od 

 In cultivation. 



nth — It stands the drouth better than anj 

 other Corn. 



12th — It husks and shells easily, 



13th — This Corn will make friends where 

 others fail. 



14th — It's the best Corn to cut with corn 

 harvesters in cultivation. 



15th — It will bring the highest market price 



16th — Will cure out in shock when later va- 

 rieties will mould and spoil. 



17th — Your crop is insured by planting Buck- 

 bee's Great Liberty. 



18th — It is truly a world beater in every way 



Buckbee's Improved 

 Pride of the North 



A wonderful improvement over the old re- 

 liable standby — Pride of the North, 

 This splendid pedigreed variety Is 

 unquestionably one of the very best 

 90-day Field Corns for Northern lati- 

 tudes. It will ripen in Northern 

 localities hitherto able to grow only the 

 Flint varieties, hence is of the greatest 

 value. On ordinary fair to good ground 

 it will yield from 50 to above 100 bush- 

 els per acre. Small cob, which dries 

 quickly, and leaves the corn sound and 

 sweet. Ears of excellent size; an abund- 

 ance of the finest fodder; stands drought 

 better than any other variety; husks and 

 shells easily; is the earliest Corn to mar- 

 ket. 



Clore's 

 Boone County Special 



Requires 125 to 128 days for full de^ 

 velopment. The ears are from 9 to 13 

 Inches long. Tips and butts are espec- 

 ially well filled. Kernels are creamy 

 white, moderately rough, very deep, 

 with fine large germ. It is <i great nat- 

 ural yielder and grows abundantly pro- 

 ducing an almost fabulous quantity of 

 fodder which grows strong, rank and 

 quick to a height of about ten feet and 

 stands up against storms to a remark- 

 able degree. The ears are usually set 

 about four feet from the ground which is a 

 very convenient height for picking. With- 

 out any exception it will outyield any variety 

 of White Corn which we have ever seen with 

 the exception of Buckbee's Illinois. The cob 

 is very small, though ears are large, often 

 twelve inches long making it a wonderful yield- 

 er and one which will out-shell and out-yield 

 all of the later varieties. This fine White 

 Dent Corn makes friends wherever <;rown, 

 husks and shells very easily and is the best 

 Insurance that you could possibly place on 

 your farm as you always have a good crop. 



Thoroughbred Learning 



Deep golden color; striking uniformity. The 

 ears range from 9 to 12 incheslong. Kernels 

 broad, thick, deep, rather rough, rounding wedge 

 shaped. Eed cob, medium iu size with medium 

 large shank. The stalks are from 9 to 12 feel 

 high. Matures in about 115 days. 



Reid's Yellow Dent 



The standard Yellow Dent Corn for North- 

 ern Central lUinois, Northern Iowa and like 

 climates in Indiana and Ohio. Brought to Illi- 

 nois in 1846 from Ohio. Fifty years of careful 

 selection has resulted in remarkable evenness 

 in appearance of ears. It is more accurately 

 described as follows: Ears 9 to 10 inches long, 

 very slowly tapering; about 7 inches around; 

 18 to 24 rows, with narrow space between; ker- 

 nels light yellow. Our strain is slightly rough, 

 tapering very slightly: cob medium Matures 

 under favorable conditions in 110 to 115 days 

 Much planted in Northern Illinois and Routhero 

 Wisconsin. 



