Helena, Montana. 
FIELD SEEDS— (Continued.) 107 
THE NEW BURBANK WHEAT 
Luther Burbank. 
"It is with unusual satisfaction that I now offer, for the first time, a limited quan- 
tity of new wheat; the best result of ten years of most careful and expensive experi- 
ments. It has been tested alongside of sixty-eight of the best wheats of the world, and 
has excelled them all in yield, uniformity, and other desirable characteristics; the growth 
is strons;, four feet on good ordinary soil, tillers unusually well, and on ordinary valley 
soil, without special cultivation, care or fertilizing, this Summer, (1917) produced at the 
rate of forl^-mne and 88-100 bushels per acre, every plant and every kernel uniform, as 
this wheat was orisinally all grown from one single kernel. Even at present prices of ordi- 
nary wheat for milling purposes, it will be readily seen that the crop of each acre would 
purchase an acre of the best wheat land. 
The small field of this new Wheat has been the wonder and surprise of thousands 
who have seen it; nothing like it in uniformity and beauty ever having been seen before. 
The cut shows the exac^ appearance of the long smooth, white, well-filled heads. Every 
kernel is guaranteed uniform and correct to type. 
This, like all other wheat grown in California, is a Winter wheat and should prob- 
ably be generally treated as such, and will, no doubt, thrive better in new localities after 
it becomes acclimated by one or two season's growth. 
The quantity now on hand is extremely small compared with a most surprising and 
wholly unexpected demand for it; no large lot can he supplied to any one. 
For such valuable wheat, drilling in rows with hand drills and cultivating between 
the rows will of course be of great advantage, and it might be TPell to save part of \)our 
seed for spring sowing in Montana. 
This is a great stooling wheat, and it does not shell out easily in the field." 
As will be noted in the above description this new wheat is a California product, and 
while essentially a winter wheat, Mr. Burbank recognizes the fact ^hat it will be well to 
test it as a Spring Wheat in the cHmate of Montana, and we heartily endorse this view. 
Many of our customers are trying it out both as a Winter and also as a Spring wheat in 
this section, and we shall be very glad to receive full reports of the results obtained in 
different localities under varying conditions. 
We are offering for the first time, Montana Grown Stock of this Seed. The plot 
from which our supply came, produced 622 lbs. from a seeding of 6 lbs., or at the rate 
of OVER 100 BUSHELS TO THE ACRE, and weighing 63 lbs. to the bushel. 
PRICE OF THE NEW BURBANK WHEAT— Per lb. F.O.B. Helena $3.00 
Order early — as all orders will be filled in strict rotation in the order of their receipt, 
and when the limited supply we have been able to secure is exhausted, it will be impos- 
sible to secure any more this season. 
ATTENTION 
Don't fail to put in a few acres of corn this year for Fodder. At this writing the outlook for irrigating 
water is not the best ever. Use foresight and provide yourself with Fodder. Should there be a short hay 
crop you will never regret it. Any of the Corns listed on Pages 108-109 will answer although if for Silo 
or strictly fodder purposes, the Fodder Corn listed will be the proper kind to use. This crop will also put 
your land in excellent condition for permanent crops the following season. 
