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DESCRIPTION OF OUR CHOICE KAFFIR CORN. 
Yields heavily even on the poorest soils. This wonderful forage plant has become verv 
popular m all sections of America the past three years and is hiKhly recommended by tliV 
„n V'!? '''S™"!»^"™1 writers. It is a variety of non-saccharine sorghum and dis'tftiot" from 
all others of this class. It does not stool from the roots, but branches frorri the trtf) joints 
producing two three and four heads of grain from each stalk. The average height on good 
^„rt w,- ,H V ? ''"t the stalks are very strong and never known to blow down in ordi- 
nary wind storms. It has the valuable quality of resisting drouth, and if the growth 
checked for want of moisture, the plant waits for rain and then at once resumes its progress 
without any apparent detriment to its condition; indeed, reports show that it has never 
failed to produce a good crop in the most disastrous seasons. The whole stalk, as well as the 
"-'^'^ ^^^^^ aiid in all stages of its growth is available for green feed. 
Ail kinds of cattle are fond of it. Kaffir Corn may be planted verv earlv in the spring, and 
should be sown in rows about 3 feet apart, using about three or four pounds per acre. It 
can be grown as for north as Minnesota, and is therefore desirable forcultivation in all partf 
SO lb SzTo" Vio lb $3 "^'^ ''■ * ^^^^ by express or freight, lo lb. 65c, 
Great Brazilian Flour Corn. i one of the greatest novelties 
".•^.■■u.»m I ivful wvfi II. ever introduced. Or ginated in Brazil, where 
It constitutes the principaHood of the inhabitants. It Is truly a marvelous plant For more 
than 6 years our seed wa.s always exhausted before the season ended, so great was the demand. You 
ear,*"TtJ''^lonl*-„i? ^/"^^ ^ 'f* ^'kH. and from a kernel sends enoughrtools to ^Joduie.oS 
ears. Its strong points are: 1— Twenty-five barrels of flour can be grown from 1 .-icrc and 
this flour IS ot as fine a grade as is made of Dakota hard wheat, which is five times as much 
as wheat produces per acre. 2-The bread and biscuits baked therefrom are fuUv as p; lata 
Sw,it ror"n ' Vhi^r ^-■^il!'^'; 'i""'-''' ff«"state it has no superior among 
forn HnPn. • u- is thncc that of Sweet Corn. 4-M,Uures in all latitudes wherl- 
corn ripens, ."i— Cultivate as you would corn, allowing 2 kernels to a hill. 6— On our own 
fw^ie?''tV„V;r''^''''''"'l^';f'°^-'r '^"^ P^"- of Veen fodder, of the S^st delkious 
^'Weet, tender. luicy, nutritious food we have 
ever seen. Indeed, it seems as though this 
will soon rank as the greatest iodder- 
producing plant in the world. 7— It makes 
flour in quality equal to wheat. Of course it 
IS not so white, but oh, what delicious cakes 
and rolls and biscuits! 
ffiS^Can be ground on a Family Grist Mill. 
Price of Brazilian Flour Corn— (For flour. 
pl.ant 5 qts. per acre; for fodder, 10 qts.) 
Pkg. IOC, by mail; pt. 30c, qt. soc; by ex- 
press, 5 qts. $1.00, 16 qts. $2.00, bu. $i.7s. 
2 1-2 bu. $7.50. 
For years we 
have been oflTering 
i '>-,.- n-E7—^. «;t»^ - — fodder corn to 
*i„.M„,fi ^ BRAZILTSPTFLOUR corn. the farmers of 
the Northwest, but it took just such a season as that of 1900 to fully 
show them Its great value. When other crops had failed, and thev were 
wondenngwhat they should do for feed, many planted fodder corn, 
because it was to late to put in any thing else Now everv farmer 01^ 
SUGAR CORN FOR SWEET FODDER. 
Forcuttingiiithc green state for cattle or other live stock sweetcorn 
IS superior to any of the ordinary field com. Under this head we offer 
and dispose of unselcctcd stock wc may happen to have of early sweet 
varieties, such as Cory, Early Minnesota. Crosby's, etc. This makes fine 
v!/ / Y'V ■"•'t"';e ears in almost any part of the northwest. From 
iy2 to 2 bushels of fodder corn are retjuired to the acre, according to 
how the seed IS planted. It may be planted in hills the same as other 
neirt corn, drilled, or sown broadcast. The best fod.ler is that which 
makes the greatest amount of leaves and has the greatest amount of 
the one kind— the best. Pk. soc, bu. $i.so, bag, 2 1.2 bu. $3.50. 
