40 SEED CATALOGUE o/- L. L. 1VT A V ^ CO., ST. PAUL, MINN. 
'Northern Grown" Seeds Are Best 
Seedsmen, Florists, Nurserymen 
May's Famous, Hardy, Dependable Field Seeds 
PRICES QUOTED Oil farm seeds by the packet, ounce, H-pomvX and pound include the payment ofpostage. 
Larger quantities we do not deliver jree, but send by express or freight at purchaser's expense, making no 
cliarge for packing, cartage, bags or delivery to any railroad station or express office in St. Paul. 
MARKET CHANGES. Owing to the unsteady condition of the markets, prices are constantly changing 
The prices given -here are those ruling at the time when this catalogue was published, January ist 
Should our prices on any item seem high, we would consider it a favor if our customers, in making up theii 
order for Karm Seeds in large quantities, would write us, and we would be pleased to quote prices. 
May's Northern Grown Barley is Superior in all Respects 
MAY'S ODERBRUCKER BARLEY 
INTRODUCED BY tlie Wisconsin Agricultural Experiment Station in 1896 and claimed to be the heaviest 
yielding and plumpest 6-rowcd barley ever introduced, possessing high malting and feeding qualities. 
Pound 30c., postpaid; peck 50c., bushel $1.50. 
MAY'S New Barley, University No. 105 
THE MINXESOTA STATE EXPERIMENT STATION" has been breeding and testing many varieties of barley with a vie\v to 
producing a sort that would lead all other kinds in the matter of yield. This has been realized inthcnew6-rowed 
\ ariety here offered under the name of University No. 10$. It is earlv, uniform in maturing and pure. Pound 20c., 
postpaid; peck 60c., bushel $1.75. 
You CANNOT mai^ <2 mis- 
take by purchasing this 
great 
yilding 
variety. 
MAY'S Highland Chief Barley 
ANEW AND DISTINCT two rowed variety, very vigorous grower. 
Straw strong, upright. Yields 50 to 60 bushels per acre and 
weighs over 50 pounds to the measured bushel. Pound 20c., post- 
paid; peck 60c., bushel $1.70. 
MAY'S New Beardless barley 
EARLIEST BARLEY KNOWN, sown the 20th of March ripens about the 
2Sth of June. Has produced 80 bushels per acre. Sow early, 
frost will not hurt it. It is beardless and handles as easily as oats. 
Pound 20c., postpaid; peck 55c., bushel $1.70. 
A 
MAY'S White Hulless Barley 
BARLEY with a grain like wlicat. Weighs 60 pounds to the 
bushel. Pound 25c., postpaid; peck 65c., bushel $2 00. 
MAY'S Russian Flax ■ 
THE FAMOUS 
ODERBRUCKER BARLEY 
COMMON FLAX SEED hos "run out" and in raising this crop it will 
pay to go to some expense to procure improved and pure Rus- 
sian seed, which is a great improvement over the common American 
flax. The seed is more than double vhe size, and contains much more 
oil, and the fibre is also of superior quality. Besides, its fine appearance 
is sure to command a higher price in the market. The great bane of 
flax growers is the use of poor seed. By planting the Russian Flax, the 
average maximum yield in the west of eight bushels per acre could be 
increased in a few years to fourteen or more bushels. The price for the 
improved product could also be easily raised from the present value of 
common flax seed, and in many sections of the great west flax would 
become more profitable than wheat or corn. ' The seed we handle is 
carefullv cleaned from foul seeds. Pound 25c., postpaid; peck 7Sc., 
bushel $2.50. 
MAY'S SPELTZ or EMMER 
IT MAKES A GOOD CROP with almost any condition of soil and climate. 
It is neither wheat, rye nor barley, and yet it appears to be a combi- 
nation of these. It is more like wheat than any of the others mentioned. 
For fattening cattle, poultry, horses, sheep, pigs, etc., it is claimed to be 
ahead of other grains; in fact, all kinds of animals seem to thrive on it. 
Speltz is claimed to be ahead of corn, superior to oats and a heavier yielder 
than wheat. Excellent for pasture, and can be fed in the green state. 
As green grass hay food it often gives 100 leafy stalks from one seed, 
which shows its heavy stooling properties. The heads are somewhat 
similar to two rowed barley, the spikelets being separated from each 
other in such a manner that the crop is not easily injured by the weather. 
It is a heavy yielder. IVill grow well and produce enormous crops on 
land where wheat will not grout. Sow 75 to 100 pounds to the acre. 
50 pounds $1.25, 100 pounds $2.25. 
SPELTZ OR EMMER 
