20 A. H. Hoffman, Inc., Seedsmen, Landisville, Lancaster Co., Pa. 
" Johnson County White " Corn. This is a pure white 
variety — the only strictly white corn we offer. Growers of this 
variety win more prizes than those of any other corn. " Johnson 
County White " has taken the Grand Champion Prize in 
four successive National Corn Shows. The ears are almost 
perfect in their formation. This is not an early corn — re- 
quires the full season. Don't plant it in northern Pennsyl- 
vania, Northern Jersey, or sections of similar 
latitude. It will mature in southern counties of 
Pennsylvania as well as southern Ohio and Indiana 
and States to the South. 
DOES NOT REQUIRE RICH SOIL. 
May be planted in soils of just average 
fertility. Will produce larger crops than 
will large-eared yellow corns under such 
conditions. Some folks think that white 
corns are not nourishing as yellow corns — 
there is no difTerence in this respect — the 
greatest variation being less than 1%. 
"Johnson County White" will prove a 
profitable cropper where climate will per- 
mit, and it doesn't require the best kind 
of soil to do it. See Price List. 
Spring and Summer Grains 
Bearded Spring Barley. Barley will do well most anywhere, from the Canadian 
border to the States far South. In the Eastern and more Southern States it will dete- 
riorate unless seed is brought from the North. Barley will do well on land too poor for 
other grain crops. Two bushels is the amount usually seeded per acre. It will yield 
again as much as wheat and the grain is valuable for all kinds of stock. Barley should 
be sown as early as Oats if possible, for the best results, but barley will stand late plant- 
ing much better than oats. This year we have again secured North Dakota grown bar- 
ley for our trade. It is of the Manschury variety. This sort produced in this far 
Northern section has been doing well for the trade in the past. It is a bearded sort that 
leads other varieties in feeding value and yielding qualities. It is early, does not lodge. 
Try a few acres of Manschury Barley this year. See Price List. 
Beardless Spring Barley, as a grain crop, is not as valuable as the Bearded 
Barley — it does not yield as heavily. It is chiefly used as a nurse crop for Alfalfa, 
when the latter is started in the spring months. Sow about three-fourths of a bushel of 
Beardless Barley with each acre of Alfalfa, when this nurse crop is desired. By har- 
vest time, the barley will then yield about a half crop of grain. For a full crop of Bar- 
ley, sowing it alone, use two to two and one-half bushels of seed per acre. See Price List. 
Spring Wheat (" Marquis " Variety). This is the variety of Spring Wheat 
that is being grown most extensively in all spring wheat sections. Government author- 
ities recommend it as a very reliable sort, both for its yielding abilities, and its good 
flour-making qualities. We have been discouraging the growing of Spring Wheat, ex- 
cept in the higher portions of Pennsylvania and in the States to the North. We believe 
this Marquis variety will do further South. We can now say this after having had re- 
ports from user.s — and knowing that this variety has succeeded where other kinds of 
Spring Wheat have failed. Marquis spring wheat has done well for years among the 
winter wheat sections of Iowa and Kansas. One reason that Marquis does better than 
other Spring varieties is that it is earlier by ten days than the others and not nearly as 
subject to rust and disease. Marquis makes a beautiful grain — somewhat smaller than 
our ordinary winter wheats — and is productive. Our Marquis seed comes from northern 
Minnesota, which means that our seed, besides being pure and clean, has all the in- 
herited tendencies of the Northwest— earliness — hardiness and productiveness. See 
Price List. 
