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HICKORY KING. — Has tile smallest cob and largest grains and 

 Is tile most valuable and reliable White Corn in cultivation. It 



will shell more and weigh more to a given measure, make more ears to a stalk 

 and hear planting closer than any other field variety of white corn in the world. 

 As the stalks are never barren, no matter how thin the soil, you are always sure 

 to get a crop of the Hickory Kinc:. It ripens in from 100 to 120 days from 

 planting, shells and husks easily, ana makes as much fodder to the acre as other 

 kinds 



a stalk. The ears have'a thin husk, uncommonly small cob. By breaking an 

 ear in half, one grain will cover the entire end of the cob. Both ends filled full 

 out to the end of the cob. Pkt. 10 cts.; lb., 30 cts.: 3 lbs., 75 cts., postpaid. By ex- 

 press or freight, peck, 60 cts.; hus., S2.00; 2 bus. sack, S3.75. 



CHAMPION WHITE PEARL Originated in Illinois and is enor- 

 mously productive, a strong grower matures in about 100 days. The stalk is 

 stout and thick, and ears are set low. I offer the direct headquarters stock. Pkt., 

 10c; lb., 30c; 3 lbs., 75c, postpaid ; bv ex. or freight, pk., GOc; bu., $2.25 ; 2 bu., $4, 



PRIDE OF THE NORTH, — One of 

 the earliest Dents In cultivation, and has 

 been grown farther North than any other Gol- 

 den Dent I know of, and matured a crop. 

 Planted on tne fourth day of Julv, it has fully 

 matured before frost, and it also has been 

 planted as a second crop after wheat harvest, 

 and vielded a full, well-ripened crop. It is very 

 prolific, 100 bushels per acre having been 

 grown ; will grow wonderfully well on p"oor 

 soil, and makes no suckers. I can sately 

 recommend it as earlier than any other variely 

 excepting Huron. Mastodon is the earliest 

 of the large eared Dent varieties ; but Pride of 

 the North, growing a smaller ear and stalk, is 

 even earlier. It is just the variety for all my 

 customers to plant who desire a first-class extra 

 early. Packet, 10 cents ; pound, 30 cents ; 3 

 pounds, 75 cents, postpaid. By express or 

 freight, peck, 60 cents ; bushel, $2.00 ; 2 

 bushels, 33.50. 



CHESTER CO. MAMMOTH CORN There have been hundreds of 



thousands of bushels of worthless stuff, Chester County Mammoth only in name, 

 distributed all over the country. If you want the genuine, send direct 

 to headquarters. The Chester County Mammoth Corn, wherever introduced, 

 has given universal satisfaction, both on account of its large yield, line 

 quality of grain and superb fodder. The strain of Chester County Mam- 

 moth Corn I offer forsale has been brought to its present perfection by untiring 

 care and judicious skill of several of the most scientific corn growers 

 of Chester County, being strictly pure, and saved only from the tmest ears 

 of the most productive fields. Packet, 10 cents; pound, 30 cents; 3 pounds, 75 

 cents, nostpaid. Peck, 60 cents ; bushel, §2.00 ; 2 bushel sack, $3.50. 



M PROVED GOLDEN 

 BEAUTY.— The ears arc of perfect shape, 

 >m ten to fourteen straight rows of 

 lden yellow grains, < >f remark- 

 able size, and tilled out completely 

 to the extreme end of the cob. THE 

 COBS ARE UNUSUALLY SMALL; 

 when broken in half the grains will 

 always reach across. The illustration 



is an exact representation Of half an ear. 

 The richness of color and fine quality of 

 grain make it very superior lor grinding 

 m to meal. The grains are not of a hard, 

 flinty type, neither are they so soft as to be 

 greatly shriveled, as is the Golden Dent. \ 

 The ears are easily shelled, although the 

 Kernels are firm on the ear, and in every 

 respect presents as perfect a type as 

 could be desired. The stalk lakes a 

 strong hold in theground; grows vigorously 

 to a height of eight to ten feet. This year 

 S offer seed grown for me by the 

 originator of Golden Beauty. For 

 the last nine years he has continued 

 by careful selection to greatly im- 

 prove this magnificent variety until 

 it is now far better than ever it was 

 before, and my seed is certainly 

 worlhy the name Improved. Pkt., 

 10c; lb., 30c; 3 lbs., 75c, by mail, postpaid. 

 Peck, 60 cents; bushel, $2 ; 10 bushels, $17.50. 



FLOUR CORN. 



IMPROVED GOLI5EN BEAUTY. 1 



This southern variety will produce from three to five g 

 times as much per acre as wheal (owing to climate and soil , makes Bread, 3 

 Cakes, Rolls, Biscuits, Waffles, etc, as light and good as those made from the 7 

 best w : heat flour. It will yield twice as many bushels as common varieties of t* 

 field corn, and four times as much fodder. Makes tine roasting ears, hominy, 2 

 and beautiful starch. The same process is used as in grinding and bolting wheat, -v 

 It should be planted same as other corn, 2 grains to the hill, and grows well on o 

 It is unusually productive, nearly always 2 and very often 3 good ears to | any land where Indian Corn is grown. It must, however, to mature in this »• 



latitude, be planted by the 1st to the 20th of May, as it requires at the very least ° 

 as long a season as Chester County Mammoth to mature. The stalks stool J 

 from the ground like sorghum, and grow 7 to 8 feet high, each grain pro- 

 ducing four to six stalks, as when it is 8 to 10 inches high it begins to tiller up fl 

 like wheat, one hill making an armful of fodder. This one quality is sufficient Q 

 to recommend it, for it makes it yield more and better fodder than any corn in m 

 cultivation. It averages 10 ears to the hill; ears from 5 to 7 inches in circum- M 

 ference, and from 8 to 12 inches long; grain very white. Stooling from the 



ground like sorghum, as stated above, suckers 8 



vhr.lilH V\t» T-illllcH /iff f 11 1 1 i v,i cama aa H 



hould not be pulled off. Cultivate same as H 

 other corn. Flour Corn is worthy of a trial, at H 

 least, by every corn or wheat-grower who H 

 reads this catalogue. There is not a county {J 

 in the same latitude as Philadelphia or south w , 

 of it, w here it should not be at least experi- m< 

 mented with. Large packets 10 cts. each, m 

 pound, -10 cts.; 3 pounds, SI. 00, postpaid. £j. 



LKAMING.-Is in character somewhat ^j; 

 of a Dent variety, nearly always two good ears ' 

 to the stalk. In good soil, well manured, ^ 

 has produced by actual measurement 

 134 bushels of shcUcd com per acre. z. 

 Stalks grow to a medium size, and produce J 

 but few suckers, ears large and handsome, 'it m 

 a deep orange color and small rod cob. Some 

 dealers offer an Improved Learning, the Learn- - 

 ing I offer needs no improvement, it is per- 

 fection itself. Pkt. 10 cts.; lb, 30 cts.; 3 lbs., O'. 

 75c, postpaid. Peck, 60c.; bus., $2; 2 bus. $3.50. 3,[ 



RED COB ENSILAGE CORN A pure white Corn, cropping JJ 



as higli as 15 tons per acre. In introducing this variety of Ensilage 3 

 Corn to my customers, I consider I offer them the very best grown, it <*■ 

 is sweet, tender and juicy, furnishes more nourishment than any other 

 variety, has short joints, abundance of leaves and urows to a great <j 

 height. It is adapted to every section of the country. Hundreds of q 

 dairy farmers use it, and are never disappointed. Pkt., 10 cts.; lb., 30 cts.; 3 

 3 lbs., 75 cts. postpaid. Peck, 50 cts.; bushel, $1.50; 10 bushels, Sl-1.00. 



SUGAR CORN FOR GREEN FODDER. — Profitable as green X 

 feed for milch cows. It is sweeter and more nutritious and eaten more M 

 readily than fodder from Field Corn. Peck, 75 cents; bushel, $1.75. 2 



A Few Words 



from John Gould 



(Tis with much pleasure that we take this opportunity and method 

 of greeting you, and to again say that, Providence permitting, we 

 will try to make the Dairy Department of The Practical Farmer 

 acceptable to all, and in so far as it lies with us, to give thoughts, facts 

 and methods that will make the industry, as it relates to the indi- 

 vidual, more economical along certain lines, more methodical along 

 others, and in all respects progressive, as becomes America's greatest 

 productive industry. The last year has been fruitful in invention and 

 original research, and in condensed form it has been laid before The 

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JOHN GOULD, Editor of the Dairy Department. 



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