FAMOUS ROCK RIVER VALLEY SEED FARMS 
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Home Grown Champion High Bred SEED CORN 
All our Seed 
Corn^except- 
ing Ensilage 
and Flints, 
are grown 
within ten 
miles of 
Rockford. 
That's some- 
thing no other 
dealer can say 
and substantiate 
This is how we air dry our Seed Corn. Call and see for Yourself 
t,„.o Li?^r,= °" Catalogue Mailing Bag shows you exactly how we pkk our Seed Corn. The above plc- 
;hnw,w th/ V Y ^^''^ ' • , "^^'^'^ another word these two photographs taken from actual scenes, 
wh,T vnn n./n ^M^^Pu^ ^° *°^L" securing the Best, ought to convince you that we have just 
vy^hat you need when It comes to Northern Grown Champion High Bred Seed Corn. 
ti,« '*bLA'^%> ^H.^'' sell; excepting Flint and Ensilage is grown within 10 miles of Rockford. It is grown from 
the Best Pedigreed selected Strains of seed, most of which has cost us $10 per bushel to produce. 
picking of our corn for seed, we personally go through the fields with eigiit or ten men. taking two 
rows at a time, examining very carefully those ears most matured, seeing to it tiiat tiie stalk on which it ctows 
is a hardy, vigorous p ant, fully developed. Then the husk is drawn back and the ears carefully examined We 
MirX'^ 12 ^^""^ fully matured, well rounded out on each end, with regular straight rows, uniform- 
ily on the cob. With our personal aid and instructions to our pickers they iiave become expert judges 'as to our 
type of seed corn, consequently we offer but the Cream of the Crop. j^^Bca lu um 
t^,,!??*? *;°T,''" if?'T" *^,}^^ ^'^f^ Planting Stocks such as we use. picked and dried by natural air as illus 
tratert m the Photograph will germinate 99 per cent good and yield 20 per cent more bushels than seed picked In 
the ordinary way. 
•,..,„ V,^^^ '® '^f^^v.'^'s'^ ^''^'^ S**'' Strong vigorous germination that will start to grow the minute 
>ou put It in the gi-ound. The average seed offered, which is generally nothing more than a good crib of shelled 
= fl,"^, o'lii'Sr" '^'}h n' ^"""l conditions sprout satisfactory in the house, but when planted it comes up 
sick and spindly with a yellow color that makes you sick all summer. 
tho ?.^„'^^I"PY'f°o"»**?n '''',1''^ o""" w^^' planted same day, same field, would be out of 
xne -nay ot frost B to 10 days ahead of tlie same variety saved at husking time, besides yielding 8 to 10 bushels more 
rf^ t^lf'ifZlT? '! 2 reason. Our Method retains all tiie Life and Vigor of the Stock, while ti>e old way does not. 
,1^^°'^'' 1*° take chances? After curing, all Corn is Hand Tipped and carefully examined for vitality, it is 
then Shelled and graded rea.ly for the planter. Read carefully descriptions of the varieties we grow, pages 58 and 
o9. See which ones are best suited to your needs. Then send your orders at once. 
,r>o. ^"j;,?'"*'^®?! '^'"f honestly put up High Yielding Champion Seed of this kind for. and in offer- 
in^-fi? „ trade wo appeal only to the planter who wants the best.. Its by far cheaper In the long run. Only 
50 cents per acre tor Champion Bred. High Yielding Seed Corn. -a ^ j 
need toSncreLeToifil'-proms^"'^^^"**^ *° please you or refund your money. Your the Judge. We have the seed you 
