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FOR YEARS PAST my principal business has con- 

 sisted in furnishing Maule's Seeds direct to market and pri- 

 vate gardeners, ; n quantities and at prices given in my annual 

 catalogues. In other words, by means of the United States mail, 

 I have been delivering Maule's Seeds at every man's door. 

 I have never thought that any one could do half a dozen things right 

 at the same time, sol have devoted my entire attetition to furnishing the 

 gardeners and farmers of America with my seeds direct, with the aim of 

 doing the largest mail-order business on the continent. Any one who desires to 

 plant Maule's Seeds the coming season, can only obtain them by sendingdirect 

 to Philadelphia, or joining a club made up by one of my customers. 



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GOLDEN GIANT SIDE OATS 



Were offered for the first time in this 

 country last season, and all reports so far 

 received have been of a most favorable 

 character. Coming originally from one of 

 the most celebrated French Agriculturists, 

 it has been demonstrated most conclusively 

 that the New Giant Side Oats are as equally 

 desirable for cultivation in this country as in 

 France. They grow 4 to 3 feet tall, with stiff 

 straw, always stool freely, and yield prolifi- 

 cly, heads measuring 16 to 18 inches in 

 length, and containing 150 to 200 grains being 

 of common occurrence. By actual count, 1642 

 grains have been produced from a single 

 grain, or in other words, a product of over 

 1600 fold. As indicated by the name, they are 

 a Side Oats. The illustration given herewith 

 being an excellent picture of the head of this 

 variety. Packet, 10 cents ; pound, 33 cents ; 3 

 pounds, 90 cents. By express or freight, peck, 

 81.00, bushel, 83.00: 10 bushels, $25.00. 



AMERICAN BANNER OATS Since this 



new oats was introduced, three years ago, the 

 claims made for it by the introducers have been 

 fully confirmed. Keports from all sections indi- 

 cate a satisfaction with the results that lias seldom, 

 if ever, been accorded to any new article of this class. An average of 80 

 pounds from a single pound of seed is the report of yields— 30 pounds in excess 

 of the claims made for it when first introduced. The American Banner Oat is 

 not an old variety renamed ; it has grown for three years before placing on the 

 market, and during that time showed no tendency to rust, and has invariably 

 yielded much large crops. The grain is white, large and plump, ripens early, 

 anil has stiff straw of good strength. It tillers freely, so it can be sown thinner 

 than is customary. Every customer who raises grain should try the American 

 Banner Oats. Large packet, lu cents; pound. 30 cents; 3 pounds 75 cents, 

 p isl p iid. By express or freight, peck, 50 cents ; bushel, $1.25 ; 10 bushels, $9.00. 



WIDE AWAKE OATS, (also called Clydesdale.)— Claimed by the 

 originator an improvement on most of the heavy sorts, superior in yielding 

 qualities, hardiness and vigor; the straw is very long ami stiff, attaining an 

 average growth of four to six feet, and is less liable to rust than any other 

 varieties ; has long branching heads, filled with good plump oats, weighing 

 38 lbs. per bushel. Large packet, 10 cents; pound, 30 cents; 3 pounds, 75 cents, 

 post-paid. By express or freight, peck, 50 cents ; bushel, $1.25 ; 10 bushels, $9.00. 



BADGER QUEEN OATS A Wisconsin variety of which the grower 



maKes the following claims : " A new and distinct variety, tested in all sections 

 ami offered to the public with the assurance that it will prove in all points as 

 represented. It is one of the earliest oats in cultivation, being in advance of 

 the Welcome. A rank grower, with stout stiff straw, not liable to lodge ; heads 

 long, thickly set, and filled with plump, heavy grain. Remarkably free 

 from rust and blight. At the Illinois State Fair, these oats were awarded a spe- 

 cial S75 prize in competition with nearly all known varieties over twenty-five 

 samples. This we believe is the largest premium ever awarded a bushel of 

 oats. At the Western Experimental Station, they led the Welcome by nearly 

 ten bushels." Large packet, 10 cents ; pound, 30 cents : 3 pounds, 75 cents, post- 

 paid. By express or freight, peck, 50 cents; bushel, $1.23 ; 10 bushels, $9.00. 



RACE HORSE OATS A handsome English oat, grown from stock 



imported direct. A heavy cropper, two weeks earlier than the common 

 varieties, with grains almost as plump as well-filled barley. At the Ohio State 

 Experimental Station, it excelled all other varieties in yield and weight of 

 Straw. Large packet, 10 cents; pound, 30 cents; 3 pounds, 75 cents, postpaid. 

 By express or freight, peck, 5;) cents ; bushel, $1.25. 



GOLDEN WONDER MILLET.- 



This is a hybrid Millet. The combination was 

 brought about by one of Minnesota's experimental 

 farmers. This is the fourth year of its growth, each 

 succeeding year showing marked improvements. 

 Heads eighteen inches in length, containing 18,LO0 

 seeds, are not at all rare. The average length of 

 heads is about 15 inches; height from ground to 

 top of head six feet. The vield is enormous. The 

 stalk at butt measures about one fourth of an inch, 

 full of broad leaves, resembling those of corn, yield- 

 ing from ten to twelve tons 

 of fodder per acre, which is 

 as easily cured as clover hay. 

 A splendid ensilage plant, the 

 same as other millets, the ad- 

 vantage being that it will yield, 

 \\\ WMILW A III/ under equal circumstances, three 

 times as much seed and twice as 

 much fodder per acre. *'Gol<len 

 Wonder Millet" can be grown 

 and matured in high latitudes, where 

 corn will not ripen. One of the best crops 

 known for cutting and feeding green and 

 for soiling purposes. Its yield is large, its 

 leaves juicy and tender, and much relished 

 by milch cows and other stock, making a 

 palatable change from hay. When labor 

 is more of a consideration than acreage, " Golden 

 Wonder Millet" is an especially economical crop. 

 Another good quality is. it leaves'the laud clean, it.- 

 vigorous growth crowding (ait the weeds. Pkt, 10 cts.; 

 % lb., 25 cts.; one lb., 50 cts.;3 lbs., $1.00. 



HIGHLAND CHIEF BARLEY.— This is an 

 entirely new and distinct two-rowed variety of Barley. 

 It is very robust, a vigorous grower, and the size of the 

 grain when compared with any other is immense. It 

 is less liable to be damaged by wet than other kinds, 

 inasmuch as it is more closely covered with broad awns 

 or spikelets, consequently it is less liable to lose color by 

 the wet weather. Has strong, upright straw, yields from 

 fifty to sixty bushels per acre, and usually weighs over 

 fifty pounds to the measured bushel. The stock we offer 

 this season, has been examined by eminent agriculturists 

 in bulk, and pronounced the finest quality of barley 

 they had ever seen. There arc few practical farmers in 

 this country who do not raise barley, and nearly all have 

 V^i4 \ WT 6 ^!/ // experimented with two, four and six-rowed varieties, 

 and experience teaches that the two-rowed for this 

 climate, is far preferable. It yields better, and can stand 

 longer after it is lit to be cut. Packet. 10 cents ; pound. 35 

 cents; 3 pounds. 90 cents. |>ostpaid. By express or freight, 

 peck, 75 cents ; bushel, $2.50 ; 10 bushels, i20.00. 



Highland Chiei 

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IF YOU WANT TO WIN 

 THE FREfilUn 4T YOUR 

 FAIR NEXT FALL, YOU 

 NEEbflflULE'S SEEbS 



C. E. Soustelle, Vesta, Dak.: "Golden Wonder Millet 

 w.l! surely be a good thing for Dakota it will produce three 

 i mim- as miicli seed as any other Millet, it also grows taller 

 than German Millet." 



!.. Lundahl, Sheldon, Dak.: " Golden Wonder Millet is 

 the besl forage plant I ever raised. It will vield at least 

 Ino per cent, move fodder than any other plant that will 

 ripen seed in our climate." 



rohn Crawford, Newton, Iowa: "I consider 'Golden 

 Wonder' the best Millet I ever raised— and I have tried 

 all I'iiids. I bad some nice heads VI to It inches lung." 



B. E. Graves, Frankfort. Dak.: "Golden Wonder 



Millet is a great vielder of both s land rudder. I planted 



in in drill. Have nut threshed it vet but expect two or 



three bushels. I think its broad leaves will keep the weeds 

 down and give the Millet the ground." 



Dana [titteiihnuse, Glassco k. North Dak.: " From the 

 two package's of Early Lackawanna Oats purchased of you 

 I raised a peek of extra line oats. We had a very dry 

 season this year, hut the Lackawanna Oats tilled ' well, 

 while other oats were onlv one-fourth a crop. I am great lv 

 pleased with your seeds, and predict a large sale for them 

 in the future." 



J. W. Johnson, Onago. Kans.: " In regard to Lacka- 

 wanna Oats, will say tliev -iiirpas. in growth unv I ever 

 saw; some of t lie beads measuring 2 feet in length, while 

 the straw is 4 feet in length to the head and stiff enough 

 o prevent its falling down." 



Left without a prem- 

 ium because I did not 

 buy Maule'sSecds- I'll 

 know better next year 



