104 FIELD SEEDS— Continued. 
STATE NURSERY CO. 
SEED GRAINS 
(For Dry Farming). 
SPELTZ OR EMMER 
SPELTZ or EiVI.\IUR-Lb., postpaid, 15c; 100 lbs $3.75 
Speltz has now been grown in tlio Uniled Slates in a 
large way for several years and each succeeding season 
not only emphasizes its value, but sees its production in- 
creasing to an enormous extent. It is found to be adapted 
to a wide range of soil and climate, to resist extremes of 
weather, to be of excellent 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. Cultiva- 
tion—In methods of cultivation it is probably the least ex- 
acting of all cereals. It should be sown very early, and 
this can safely be done, as it is not easily harmed by, and 
resists early and severe frosts. It should be drilled in at 
the rate of two bushels to the acre; 40 lbs. per bushel. 
Facts About Spcltz.— It resists drouth; it thrives on 
poor lands in stony ground, in forest regions, on the 
prairies; it makes a crop with almost any condition of 
soil and climate; endures a great deal of frost; is not 
readily damaged by harvest rains; is not susceptible 
to rust or smut; yields more than oats; yields more 
than wheat; yields more than barley; makes better 
feed than barley; the straw is used for fattening stock: 
the stubble makes good fertilizer; stock eat both grain 
and straw; ripens very early. 
IMPROVED WHITE HULLESS BARLEY 
Its Valuable Properties.— It is hulless; it is beardless; 
it is very early; it weighs over 60 pounds to the measured 
bushel; it yields well on poor land; it yields enormously 
on good land; it makes better pork than corn; the straw 
makes good hay; it is of inestimable value to every one 
who feeds stock. 
No barley of which we have knowleuge has proved so 
valuable to the stock raiser as the Improved White Hull- 
less. It is not a malting variety, but for feeding purposes 
there is no barley raised which can compare with it in 
earliness, yield and quality. It has many very valuable 
properties. While it has sufficient hull to hold it in the 
head, these hulls are readily separated in threshing. The 
absence of beards makes it safe to feed to all kinds of 
stock. Its earliness is a characteristic which is especially 
desirable. It will mature in from 60 to 90 days, according 
to soil and locality. In Montana the farmers use it' very 
extensively as a catch crop. Those seasons in which 
wheat failed on account of drouth, insects or disease, 
White Hulless Barley sown in June has ample opportunity 
to mature, provided there is sufficient moisture in the 
ground to start germination. 
Its nutritive value is very great. It is fed to work- 
horses at the rate of 2 quarts where 4 quarts of oats would 
be required. The best way is to mix it with oats and grind 
the two together for horse feed. It is also very valuable 
for feeding poultry, hogs and all kinds of stock. As fatten- 
ing feed for hogs it has no equal. It makes sweeter rneat 
and nicer lard by far than corn. 
It is often grown for hay, coming very early and pro- 
viding rich food. It should be cut just before it becomes 
ripe and while the straw is green. In this condition it is 
relished by all kinds of stock. The straw is stiff and 
straight, and seldom if ever does it lodge. 
Use 50 lbs. of seed to the acre if sown on dry land for 
a grain crop. Write for price. 
WHEAT 
WHEAT — (Durum or Macaroni Spring Kubanka). Lb., 15c, 
postpaid; 10 lbs., 75c; 100 lbs $2.25 
It is not only that Macaroni Wheal can be grown in 
dry districts, but it must be grown there in order to 
produce the best quality of grain. Seeded April 26, it 
was ripe, cut, threshed and in the granary August 6. 
The shorter the period required for a wheat to grow, 
the more valuable it will be to a locality subject to 
summer drouths and hot winds. This wheat gives 
the best result on new land. ■ 
WINTER WHEAT— (Turkey Red). We have a stock of 
very fine Turkey Red of 1912 crop, absolutely free 
from any foul seed. Write for price. 
WINTER WHEAT— (Karkov). The improved Turkey Red' 
brought out by the Kansas Experiment Station. The 
berry is larger than Turkey Red and its yield greater, 
running aboul four bushels to the acre more. Write 
for price. 
FALL RYE— Write for sample and price. 
SPRING RYE— Write for sample and price. 
OATS — Write for sample and price. 
I SPRING WHEAT— Wriic for sample and price. 
