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Improved Seed Selection Makes Growers More Money 
r I*- yields more than any other cereal. 
Pound for pound it is equal to corn in 
reeding value, it matures early, escaping 
not weather. It is the best nurse crop fo 
small grain. Barley does not lodge readil 
and withstands unfavorable conditions, espe 
k ciaily well. Gives jou greater returns per 
||k acre. Taken all in all it is a most sat- , 
^^^isfactory small grain crop and 
money maker. 
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VED 
The Kind With Barbless 
Beards 
This is one of the newer kinds of Barley. 
Not an experiment but definitely proven as the 
best all around producer yet developed. It 
will outyield any variety we know of. It will 
Stand up under any unfavorable weather with 
the best of them. The straw is far superior 
to the old kinds becau^ there are no barbs on 
the beards. 
The beards act as a protector to the grain under unfavorable conditions. 
1 j ^ as smooth as the straw itself and thus radically different from the ' 
old kinds which have the worst barbs imaginable. 
Increasing Barley Acreage 
Thousands of farmers are again turning to Barley growing since this 
yariety has come on the market. Barley is the heaviest’ producing small I 
grain crop in the northern part of the United States. It yields more pounds 
of grain per acre and it is valuable feed. ' 
Our Velvet Barley is being grown successfully over a large territory and 
IS heit^ "used^ in sections where barley has not been generally gi'own. You'll 
he enthusiastic about it too after gi'owihg it. See page 32 for Sale Prices. 
An old variety 
in 
thariias b4en proven type it has 
Ither barleys of F® ality of “^Jeriority^ m 
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drought ^'^VfJher^protein tost. 
growing tn some 
pn yonr farm. heav- 
of our selectea ai 
\\y cleaned ^ ^and check 
Watch F^idrcarefully. 
results Monished at the 
You'll be con- 
I)ig returns. 
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Improved Barbless Barley 
This is an improved type of the Velvet Barley. On 
a four year test it made an average yield of over 
50 bushels per acre; outyielded all well known varie¬ 
ties. It is a smooth awned, white sis row barley. 
Has been introduced extensively the past two years 
in Illinois. In a few years it will be one of the 
most popular varieties grown. The barbs have been 
removed from the beards by a breeding process. No 
discomfort in harvesting and threshing this variety. 
The Best for Malting and Brewing 
A large brewing concern has made several tests 
and found the Pedigree 38 Type exceedingly fine for. 
both malting and brewing purposes. Other Maltsters 
have made tests and predict this variety will become 
the great malting and brewing barley of the country. 
it is to your advantage to buy this type of barley. 
It is practically free from disease. Yields from ten 
to forty percent more than other popular varieties. 
Every farmer should grow barley. During the past 
two years it has been the best paying grain crop on 
the farm. We have talked to a good many farmers 
in our office about barley. Most of them claim they 
could not farm without barley. This is a nice big 
plump barley. Buy this variety and obtain an extra 
yield that will more than repay you for the cost of 
the seed. 
erown in the United L ®5‘®“®^''ely 
sidered one of tho i,® Con¬ 
leys and a very f®eding bar- 
strain of MansLfy has^ a^ni"’ 
berry than the oJ^ t ^ Plumper 
Yield from lo '''H 
per acre. Our seer? of bushels more 
bright, clean heavv ®lump, 
yields. You are i, l^*’gest 
money wisely when^^”'^^”® Your 
such seed ^ ^ purchase 
The varieties we offer are the very best for 
[ malting and feeding purposes. It is important 
mat you sow good clean seed free from disease. 
1 on get larger yields and a higher grade of 
barley. Maltsters require clean undamaged grain 
ot high Qiiality. It has to be pure. 
We have discontinued handling the regular 
Beardless Barley. We found it difficult to obtain 
high quality seed and it was not as satisfactory 
lor malting purposes as the varieties we have 
J^ted on this page. 
The Velvet or Barbless Types are superior for 
malting and cereal purposes. The Oderbrucker 
and Manshury are old well known varieties used 
a good many years for malting and feeding. 
WHITE' 
HULLESS 
IN A CLASS BY ITSELF 
It Is Beardless and 
Hulless 
There Is no other variety quite 
like it. Looks more like wheat than 
like ordinary barley. Grain is about 
the size of wheat. Color white. It 
is sold on same bushel weight basis 
as barley (48 lbs.), but antually 
weighs out like wheat (60 lbs.). It 
Is free from beards and is at times 
called Bald Barley. 
Straw is quite leafy. Makes 
heavy crop of fine hay if cut while 
grain is in the dough stage. Yields 
up to 40 to 75 bushels per acre. 
Not qjilte so good for nurse crop as 
other barleys but in great demand 
because of its heavy production. 
Superior Feed Value 
This barley puts gains on livestock 
quickly and economically. Manv 
feeders mix this with oats and grind 
to.gether. It’s a wonderful combina¬ 
tion. Or use it with corn and it 
will excel corn alone in re.sults. 
Plant some of this crop. Give your 
stock a change of feed and see how 
much better they will do. Our seed 
stock is first grade Quality. 
, Sheldon, Hi. 
Genuemen: Wish to say that the hundred 
pounds of America’s Best Mixture I got of ybu' 
last spring made one of the finest stands of grass. 
Any farmer that wants to build up his soil 
would do well to use it. 
(Signed) Edw. E. Miller. 
Bridgeport, Ind. 
Gentlemen: I have sown your seed for a few 
years and have splendid results. I am always 
glad to recommend your company as I have always 
found your seed as represented. 
Yours truly. 
(Signed) John P. MiUs. 
