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SUNFLOWER 
(8 Lbs. to the Acre.) 
Mammoth Russian — Single heads measure 15 to 22 inches 
in diamoter, and contain an immense amount of seed, 
which is highly valued by farmers and poultry breeders 
who have tried it as lan excellent and cheap food for 
fowls. It is the best egg producing food known for 
poultry. It can be raised cheaper than corn, and is des- 
limtd to be an article of great value. Simflower is being 
profitably grown as a fodder crop quite extensively in 
some parts of Montana. 
RAPE 
(Sow 2 to 3 Lbs. to the Acre in Drills; 5 Lbs. Broadcast.) 
Use of Dwarf Essex Rape — Dwarf Essex Rape thrives 
best on a igood soil, rich in vegetable matter. Slough lands 
are excellent. This plant may be grown successfully in 
the following ways, viz: 1. In the early spring, to provide 
pasture. 2. In June or July, on well prepared land to pro- 
vide pasture. 3. Along with grain using 2 lbs. of seed an 
acre, to provide pasture for sheep after harvest. 4. Along 
with peas, oats, clover seed, to provide pasture and to get 
a "catch" of clover. 5 As a cover in the orchard for winter 
protection to avoid root-killing. 6. In corn, sowing the 
seed with the last cultivation; the succulent feed pro- 
duced may save the loss of cattle by corn stalk disease. 
Prevention is better than medicine in regard to this fatal 
disease. 7. Along with rye, sown in August, in sheep pas- 
ture. 8. On early plowed fields to shade the land and so 
that the soil will not leach, wash or drift. 9. To plow 
under as a green crop, adding humus to the soil, an ele- 
ment needed in grain growing sections. When rape is 
sown broadcast, 5 lbs. of seed an acre will suffice. When 
sown in rows, say thirty inches apart and cultivated, from 
2 to 3 lbs. an acre will be enough. 
BUCKWHEAT 
(35 to -iO Lbs. to the Acre.) 
SILVER HULL BUCKWHEAT— This valuable variety orig- 
inated abroad and is a decided improvement on the old 
black or gray sort. It is early, remains longer in bloom 
than other sorts. A fine variety for honey bees. The 
grain is of a beautiful light gray color, and has a thin 
husk. Millers prefer Silver HuU, there being less waste 
and it makes whiter, better and more nutritious flour 
than other varieties. Silver Hull is more productive and 
the grain meets with a more ready sale, bringing higher 
prices than the Japanese. Under favorable conditions it 
will yield 40 to 50 bushels an acre. 
BIRD SEED 
BIRD SEED MIXED— (S. N. & S. Co.'s) Lb. (Postpaid), 25c: 
by Express or Freight, 10 Lbs $1.50 
Has become famous for its superior quality. We use 
nothing but the freshest high-grade seed free from 
mustiness and dust. These seeds are particularly rel- 
ished by cianary birds, etc. Put up in 1 pound litho- 
graphed cartons. 
BIRD— (Hemp)— Best grade, Lb., 20c; (Postpaid) 25c 
BIRD— (Canary)— Best Sicily, Lb., 20c; (Postpaid) 25c 
BIRD— (Rape)— For birds Lb., 20c; (Postpaid) 25c 
BIRD— (Millet)— Fancy, Lb., 12y2c; (Postpaid) 18%c 
BIRD— (Gravel)— Lb., 12y2c; (Postpaid) 18%c 
SEED GRAINS 
WHEAT 
(60 to 75 Lbs. to the Acre.) 
SPRING DURUM— Durum or Kubanka Macaroni— In the 
field this Wheat .grows very strong and with surprising 
rapidity, so rapidly as to get well ahead of the weeds. 
It does not shell or bleach and is also hail proof owing 
to the tightness of the hull. The straw is very strong. 
Marquis Wheat^The wheat you will eventually buy. Un- 
questionably the best wheat for the northwest. Matures 
a week to ten days earlier than Red Fife; yields 15 to 
20 bushels to an acre more than Red Fife, and for mill- 
ing purposes grades No. 1 hard. Kernel is hard and 
flinty, a little darker than Red Fife and more plump than 
that variety. It is beardless, having smooth yellow chaff, 
Marquis Wheat is the earliest, hardiest nnd heaviest 
yielding Spring Wheat adapted for northwestern condi- 
tions. 
Soft Spriiifl Club— An old favorite, grown especially for 
consumption at home for feeding purposes. 
BURBANK SUPER WHEAT— See Page 121. 
WINTER WHEAT— Kharkov or Improved Turkey Red— 
For delivery in July, write for Sample and price. The 
kernel is a iittle larger and berry a little lighter in color 
than the Turkey Red. of which this is an improvement. 
By vai'ious growers' reports the Kharkov is a better 
yielder by from 4 to 6 bushels per acre. 
WINTER WHEAT— Turkey Red— For delivery in July, 
write for Sample and Price. We offer a True Strain of 
the Old Reliable Turkey Red. The Farmers' and Millers' 
Friend. 
Winter Club — For delivery in July write for Sample and 
Price. This Wheat is grown very successfully in many 
parts of the state, its yields are usually better than 
Turkey Red, the grain being a semi-hard, it is used in 
preference to Hard Wheat for feeding purposes. 
OATS 
(50 to 60 Lbs. to the Acre.) 
Swedish Select— These originated in Sweden and they seem 
to be adapted to the growing conditions of the Great 
Northwest better than any other of the improved foreign 
Oats. They retain splendidly the vigor, hardiness and 
productivity that were bred into the original parents. 
These Oats ripen fairly early, the straw is of medium 
height, strong and stiff. The grain is white, thin hulled, 
and plump. Weight per measured bushel, 46 lbs. The 
spikelets are small and usually two-grained. The shoots 
are abundant and the development in the field is strik- 
ingly regular and ample. 
National — National Oiats are claimed to be the heaviest 
yielders of the family. Yields have been reported from 
60 to 150 bu. per acre. It stands drouth well, has a very 
strong stiff straw, with large long heads and kernels are 
largia full land while in color. 
CO Day Oats— The Dry Laud Farmers' Friend. This Oat is 
too well known in Montana to need any lengthy descrip- 
tion. It is one of the best yielders in dry seasons, and 
does not lodge to any serious extent on irrigated lands. 
FOR PRICES SEE RED INSERT— Page 96, 
