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Condon Bros., Seedsmen, Rock River Valley Seed Farm, Rockford, Illinois. 
Farm Seeds That Increase Farm Profits 
SUNFLOWER 
750 Mammoth Russian 
A small jiatcli of cultivated sun- 
flowers will produce a great quan- 
tity of the very best poultry feed 
for winter. Drill in rows, cut with 
a corn harvester, dry thoroughly 
and let the fowls do the threshing. 
If you can't spare land for culti- 
vating, plant them in waste cor- 
ners. Yz pound, 12 cts.; pound, 20 
cts.; 3 pounds, 55 cts., postpaid. 
BUCKWHEAT 
689 Giant Japanese 
T5U Itluiiiinotli IliisMian 
Suufloirer 
BUCKWHEAT 
6S9 Giniit 
Japuu«^Ne 
Entirely distinct from all other varieties, and is the best, most 
nroductive and decidedly the must proliHc vari'jty in cultivation. 
Produces the finest fiour and is unsurpassed as a catch crop when 
a late season has changed nlantin-.;- Dlaiis. Seed sown late in .July 
has made a crop of over 40 bushels per acre. Color of grain is rich 
dark brown, almost black. '/.; II).. I« <-tN.: ll>., 24 c-ts.; » lbs., «o ots^ 
po.stp>lilI. 
690 Improved Silver Hull 
Another pood variety, bis yielder. Grain some smaller than 
Japanese and gray in color, r^lour is pure white and very nutri- 
tions. '/:; !!>.. l:{ eVs.! Ih., 24 vts.: :5 \hs^ «5 cts., |io.st|>ul<1. 
SUGAR C ANE-Make Your Own Syrup-Saves Sugar 
Most farme-s are getting well posted on the value and uses 
of cane. Her?, in condensed form, are the points regarding 
cane: produces from three to eight tons (cured) per acre of val- 
uabl« feed for horses and cattle; may be grown anywhere even 
with' drouth and unfavorable conditions that vVould kill most 
fodder crops; principally .grown for winter supply of forage, 
but may be used green for ensilage or for feeding as green 
feed. In this way it can be made the chief food for horses and 
cattle from August to IVfay. The seed is excellent for poultry 
and 'will increase egg production; dairymen will find it of ex- 
ceptional value as feed for milk cows, as it will grow thrifty 
and green in weather so dry that it would ruin corn or ordinary 
crops. Cane can be cut two or three times in the summer if cut 
before it gets headed out; and in that form makes tine hay. The 
variety used for fodder is slightly different from the varieties 
used for syrup. Only difference being in how purf the seeds 
have been grown. Most all growers like ourselves take pride 
in keeping one variety true for syrup purposes and we have 
spent our time on Condon's Sugar King, and believe there is 
no better variety offered. We have tried them all. 
749 Condon's Sugar King Sorghum 
The Sweetest, Karliest, -Juiciest of all the varieties we have 
ever seen. Makes syrup equal to that good old maple syrup 
that Mother used to make. Sow 6 to 8 pounds per acre. One 
acre will produce 250 gallons of syrup under favorable condi- 
tions. You can sell it anywhere on earth from $1.00 to %\M) 
per gallon. Sow in running rows 3'/; feet apart after danger 
of frost is over, cultivate like corn. When the seed is per- 
fectly hard the sugar content is at its highest per cent., but 
the danger of frost in northern states is too great to wait so 
late, so we recommend cutting when the seed is in tlie late 
milk stage to be perfectly safe. Eeniove all leaves and about 
one foot of the top stalk, running balance of stalk through 
press to squeeze out the juice and boil to desired thickness. 
For complete information write to the U. S. Dept. of Agricul- 
ture, Btn'eau of Cliemi.strv, for a free copy of farmer's bulletin 
No. 477. This is a MON'KV MAKINt; CROP, so by all means 
try it. Vz pound, 18 cts.; pound, 30 cts.; 3 pounds, 85 cts.; 5 
pounds, $1.30, postpaid. 
748 Condon's Improved Early Amber 
Successfully grown everywhere and used extensively over 
the corn belt for silage purposes and hay crop. Makes high 
grade Sj'rup although not as productive as Condon's Sugar 
King. Used more for fodder and not kept as pure and bred to 
high sugar contents. Yz pound, 12 Cts.; pound, 20 cts.; 3 pounds, 
55 cts., postpaid. 749 Conaon's Sug-ur King 
For Low Prices on farm seeds in quantities see Special Red List. 
