jCONDON BROS. SEEDSMEN g 
ROCK RIVER VALLEV SEED FARM 
FtOCKPOftO, IX-l-IIMO 
SPECIAL HARDY GRASS DWARF-ESSEX RAPE 
or HAY CROPS 
Among the foremost pasture crops are included Tim- 
othy, Blue Grass, Red Top, Rye Grass, Orchard Grass, 
Meadow Fescue and Brome Grass or Bromus Inermis, 
as commonly known. A combination of Timothy and 
Alsike Clover makes the very finest hay crop and at 
the same time the Clover Improves the soil. A straight 
Blue Grass meadow is hard to heat for permanent pas- 
ture, and thrives on any ordinary clay soil. Orchard 
Grass is especially suited for sowing in the orchards, 
shady places or groves. Makes excellent hay and is 
adapted to almost any soil. Meadow Fescue makes 
equally as good hay as Orchard Grass and is especially 
suited to Dry, Sandy Soil, being a deep-rooted plant. 
Dromus Inermis, a valuable pasture grass, is similar 
in character to Meadow Fescue, being especially suited 
to dry climate where other grasses fail. Red Top is 
a liardy perennial plant producing good pasturage but 
gives better results when seeded with Blue Grass, Rye 
Grass, Fescue or Bromus. All the above grasses should 
be sown as .early in Spring as possible, or if in Autumn, 
not later than September. An inch of soil is suflicient 
covering for all except in very light, sandy soil. 
ANNUAL HAY CROPS 
No matter how many acres of permanent hay you 
have, you should also plant liberally of these great 
Annual Grasses, including German Millet. Hungarian, 
Japanese Millet, and Sudan Grass. All of these may 
be planted as late as July 15th and still make big- 
yields. They always come in just about the time per- 
manent pastures are dried up. So in order to have 
plenty of green feed all summer long, sow a few acres 
of at least one or more for your protection in case of 
dry weather. When early planted corn and such crops 
fail, the above make the only profitable crops to replant 
with. 
GREAT FORAGE AND 
FODDER CROPS 
Can be grown on every farm under almost every con- 
dition of soil and climate, and foremost among these is 
Sugrar Cane, which thrives everywhere from coast to 
coast and from Florida to Canada. Stands extreme 
drouths and severe nights of the north better than any 
other fodder plant. Don't fail to have at least a few 
acres of this Big Money-Maker. Jerusalem Corn, Kaffir 
Corn and Feterita are somewhat similar to Sugar Cane, 
only the stalks grow somewhat coarser and do not 
contain the high per cent of sugar found in the cane; 
therefore, their chief asset is their ability to produce 
a good grain crop in very hot, dry, semi-arid regions, 
and on account of the short time required for maturing 
all make excellent crops to plant when portions of your 
corn or other crops fail. As a feed for chickens, they 
are all worth trying. 
Is every farmei-'s friend. It produces by far the quick- 
est feed of all and its value is not appreciated half well 
enough. If you have never tried Rape, do so sure this 
year. It is in reality a Turnip without a bottom, pro- 
ducing large flat leaves that keep green all summer- 
may be eaten off four or five times and will continue 
to grow a new crop from the stem; never goes to seed 
^^^^P ^««<^ obtainable. An acre wili 
teed iz to 15 shoats all summer long. Be sure to sow a 
few acres and divide the piece so as to let the pigs 
feast on one portion while the other makes second 
growth, etc. We have a Big Car of Genuine Imported 
beed ttiat we had grown for us at a reasonable price sb 
am pricing it very reasonable. Sow 4 or 5 pounds in 
all small grain and when you cut the grain you will 
have an abundance of Rape feed until real cold weather. 
COMBINATION HAY CROPS 
AND SOIL BUILDERS 
Do you know fully one-half of our farmers do not 
realize the great benefits derived from growing crops 
of Soy Bean.5. Cow Peas and Canadian Peas? The first 
two are southern products originally and until recent 
years were not known in the north. We have worked 
with many varieties and now can offer you seed grown 
in the north on the most standard varieties and rec- 
ommend their use most extensively for pasture, forage 
hay or fertilizer crops. Cow Peas and Soy Beans must 
not be planted until all danger of frost is over just 
after you finish planting corn. Canadian Field Peas 
are truly a wild garden pea, perfectly smooth, nearly 
round and extremely hardy. May be drilled with oats 
or seeded alone as soon as you can work the ground. 
A combination of oats and Canadian Peas makes the 
finest hay obtainable for milk cows, and for forage crop 
for hogs and sheep add a few pounds of Rape to Oats 
and Peas and you'll surely make the hogs smile. Thev 
just love it. 
For another fine combination feed, sow three pecks 
of Cai.adian Peas and Barley. Barlev holds Peas off of 
ground, giving bumper crop. Let them mature, then 
thresh, and the combination feed, whole or ground is 
a most excellent ration. May be cut and fed greeii if 
des:red, but we prefer oats to barley if fed green. 
SEED OATS 
There is hardly a farm in the country where Oats 
are not grown, but we regret to say most of these 
farms are wasting about half the acreage by sowing 
worn-out varieties. There has been a tendency among 
farmers to trade stocks, thinking they were improving 
when in fact they were no better off than they would 
have been had they planted their own seed. Trading 
Oats taken from the same locality without any breed- 
ing is no better than using your own seed. Oat<! like 
any grain or cattle, must be bred to a high mark or 
your yield will be the same proportion as milk from a 
cull cow. When seeding your next field of Oats get 
Pedigreed Seed. We have it and would like to' sell 
you, but whatever you do, get Pedigreed Seed from 
someone, even if you do not favor us with your orders 
This same condition is likewise true on Corn Rve 
Wheat, Barley Speltz and all Grain. Being located 
in the heart ot the best grain section of the country 
farming our own farms, we are able to carrv on mofe 
extensive breeding of these important crops than almost 
Mv''.°/!^on*' "n""' J^^ '''^'■^ ""^^'e extensive trials of 
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