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One of the Many Reasons Why and How We Can Sell Our Seeds So Cheap 
Actual Photoir'apli of Threshlngr Peas on tbe Woodbnm Baucli 
On this famous Woodburn Ranch we make a specialty of srowin? Peas, Beans, Corn, Pumpkins, Clover and 
Timothy. The photograph above shows you the operation of our pea threshing and the lower picture of cattle, 
which are a small part of the herd of 125 head. They are all Re,^'istered Pure Bred Aberdeen Angus, and are 
the best beef cattle grown today. The round barn which you will notice is the winter quarters and is 90 feet 
in diameter by 32 feet high at low side, with a 400-ton silo in the center 42 feet high. The loft of this barn holds 
135 tons of hay, and we figure this cattle breeding cuts down our growin.ir cost of seeds wonderfully. We feed all 
the by-product, such as Pumpkins after seeds are out, Pea and Bean vines, and in fact hundreds of tons of feed 
that are actually wasted in other seed-growing sections. We figure every bit of vines and all by-product, as we 
may term it, to take in everything we feed, at actual value, giving our seed crop proper credit and charge the 
value up to cattle feed. There are also a great many hogs and sheep fed on this ranch. It would be worth your 
time to call on us and see this ranch during harvest time, see the number of horses, men and tractors used. 
The barn yard manure which is produced on this ranch is one of the great advantages for seed growing. We 
cover every foot of land with manure, and you realize we have thousands of loads to handle. Good crops are 
produced from good seeds and plenty of fertilizer. We have them both. Seed growing is like breeding cattle — 
you must have good pure bred parent plants to start with, and then keep them true by culling out and breeding 
up just as you do with your live stock. It you are interested in the Best Beef Cattle Grown, as well as the Best 
Seeds Mother Earth affords at prices that are right, mail us your seed order and come and look the cattle over. 
We can please you and will, or your money back — that's our motto. Should you wi.sh any information regarding 
these Pure Bred Aberdeen Angus Cattle, which we consider the best breed grown for beef, write direct to the 
breeder, Mr. Harry Woodburn, of Byron, 111., R. F. D. No. 3. He will answer you direct and be in better position 
to give you any information desired, as he knows every one of them the same as we know our children. Growing 
cattle today is just as important as growing grain crops. You must have prize bred stock to start with. We 
believe there is no better herd grown today than these Pure Bred Aberdeen Angus, and we would be pleased to 
have you call and inspect them. This farm is situated 12 miles from Rockford and only three miles from Byron. 
Anyone stopping at Byron who will phone Mr. Woodburn will be taken out to the farm and back again to the 
train absolutely free. When visiting Rockford be sure to call at our Seed House, and if it is cattle, or seed 
farms, or trial grounds, you wish to see, we can show you something worth while and the pleasure will be ours. 
Yours truly, 
CONDON BROS., SEEDSMEN. 
Befflat«red Pure BreA Aberdeen Cattle — Partial View of 12S Head 
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