CONDON BROS., SEEDSMEN, ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS 
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Barley, Wheat, Speltz and Rye 
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ODERBRUCKER 
BEARDED BARLEY 
First introduced into the 
United States twelve years ago 
•from the Agricultural Experi- 
ment Station at Guelph, On- 
tario. Canada. Bred and dis- 
seminated at the Wisconsm 
Agi-icultural College by Prof. 
R, A. Moore, who claims it Is 
the greatest barley m the 
country for feecTing and malt- 
ing purposes. It and Mand- 
scheuri have held the record 
for many years for the heav- 
iest yielding varieties. It is 
bearded, and 'in -manner of 
growth similar ^o the Mand- 
scheuri, but the straw is some- 
what stronger and stiffer. and 
will stand up on the richest 
ground. Will not rust, and is 
free from smut. Ys bushel, 25 
.cents; M bushel, 40 cents; yi 
/'bushel, 75 cents; bushel (48 
/' pounds), $1.40. 
MANDSCHEURI 
BEARDED BARLEY 
This splendid six-rowed bar- 
ley was first recommended to 
American farmers by Prof. W. 
' A. Henry, director of the Wis- 
consin Experiment Station. It 
soon became a gi-eat favorite, 
and is now the most reliable 
variety of barley grown in 
large quantities throughout 
the northwest. It is early, 
grows very vigorous and 
strong, bearing long, well- 
filled heads of plump grain. 
The strong root system and 
long stiff straw have always 
been characteristic of this bar- 
ley, and In yield it has been 
wonderfully satisfactory. As In 
the case of the Oderbrucker, 
the original seed of Mand- 
scheuri was obtained outside of 
the United States, the Mand- 
scheuri coming from Russia. 
For some years it outyielded, 
at the Wisconsin Station farm, 
37 other varieties, and in some 
cases doubled the yield of the 
common sort. Without ques- 
tion this barley has been worth 
millions of dollars to the farm- 
ers of the northwest.. This is 
a barley which will be found 
reHable In every respect. Its 
high feeding quality, com- 
bined witli its value as a malt- 
ing barley and its reliability as 
to yield, places it in the front 
rank, -/a bushel, 25 cents; % 
■bushel, 40 cents; J4 bushel, "iZS cents; bushel, (48 lbs,), $1.40. 
SPELTZ, OR EMMER 
Speltz has now been grown in the United States in a 
large way for several years, and each succeeding season 
not only emphasizes its value, but sees its production in- 
creasing to enormous extent. It is found to be adapted 
to a wide range of soil and climate, to resist extremes of 
weather, to be of superior feeding value, and to yield so 
much more heavily than oats and barley as to insure its 
increasing popularity and its eventual place among the 
leading and standard cereal crops of the world. Those 
who liave not grown Speltz shoufd not let another season 
go by without giving it a place, and an important place, 
too, on their fams. 
Cultivation.— In methods of cultivation this is probably 
the least exacting of all cereals. It should be sown very 
early, and this can safely be done, as it is not easily 
harmed by frost. % bushel, 25 cents; % bus'hel, 35 cents; 
% bushel, 65 cents; bushel (40 pounds), $1.25. 
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ODERBRUCKER 
BARLEY 
MINNESOTA NO. 169 BLUE STEM 
BEARDLESS SPRING WHEAT 
In this we offer the second new wheat originated at the 
experiment station. It is a progeny of Haynes' Blue 
Stem. Its average yield for four years, as compared with 
the parent variety, is given by the experiment station 
as follows: Haynes' Blue Stem, 22.5 bushels an acre. 
Minnesota No. 169, 28.3 bushels an acre. 
This is the best blue stem wheat of which we have 
knowledge. It has given an average yield for the last 
14 years through favorable and unfavorable seasons, of 
26.7 bushels an acre. No better wheat for Minnesota and 
the Dakotas is grown. In quality it proved in milling tests 
equal to the best. This variety has no beards. Va bushel, 
,30 cents; % bushel, 50 cents; K bu^el, 90 cents; bushel 
(60 pounds), $1.75. 
HARD WINTER WHEAT 
TURKEY RED 
This great standard winter variety, so generally recom- 
mended by all authorities, is grown successfully over a 
wider range of territory than any other. Produces fine 
crops everywhere. Ye bushel, 30 cents; % bushel, 45 cents; 
% bushel, 80 cents; bushel (60 pounds), $1.50. 
BARLEY 
Success Beardless 
Earliest Barley known. The 
straw is about the height of 
common Barley, but better 
and will stand up on any 
land. This is beardless and 
as easy to grow and handle 
as oats. Hulls like the 
Manshury; heavj' cropper; 
quality excellent. Yb bushel, 
30 cents; V4 bushel, 50 cents; 
H bushel, 90 cents; bushel 
(48 lbs.). $1.75. 
UASOIOTH SFBINQ BTE 
A Most Profitable Crop 
Quite different from Winter 
Rye; highly valued as a 
catch crop. It is not only 
more productive but the grain 
is of finer quality, grown in 
any latitude. Straw is of spe- 
cial value as it stands 6 or 
8 feet high, being better than 
that of Winter Rye and pro- 
ducing nearly four times as 
much straw at Oats. Pro- 
duces 30 to 40 bushels of 
grain to the acre. As it does 
not stool like Winter Rye, 
not less than two bushels to 
the acre should be sown. % 
bushel, 40 cents; Vt bushel, 
70 eents; H bushel, $1.30; bu. 
(56 lbs.), $2.25. 
WINTER RYE 
The value of winter rye is 
becoming more apparent every 
year. It is much hardier than 
wheat, and can be grown on a 
greater variety of soils, even 
on soils that would not produce 
a fair crop of wheat. It will 
thrive even in dry seasons and 
on light sandy ' loam. It is 
grown not only for grain, but 
for fodder and soiling purposes 
also. When sown in the au- 
tumn it starts up very early in 
the spring, and is ready to cut 
or pasture when about 6 inches 
high. It is often plowed under 
at this stage of its growth, as 
it is then in condition to add 
great fertility to the soil. Rye 
floes not exhaust the soil as do 
dther gi-ains, and can be culti- 
vated longer on the same land 
than any other crop on the 
farm. % bushel, 25 cents; Y« 
bushel, 40 cents; Yi bushel, 75 
cents; bushel (56 lbs.), $1.45. SPELTZ OR EMMEH 
