1934 SPRING AND FALL ^ THE HOUSE OF GURNEY, INC. > YANKTON, SOUTH DAKOTA 
FLAX 
Bison Wilt Resistant—One of the most 
recent introductions of the North Dakota 
Experiment Station. It is famous for its almost 
complete resistance to wilt, and coupled with 
this is its vigor and heavy yield. Bison Wilt 
Resistant Flax is a large seeded variety, the 
seed being much larger than any other sort. 
It is very popular throughout North Dakota, 
South Dakota, Minnesota, and Wisconsin and 
is replacing other varieties now being grown. 
,% lbs., $2.75; 112 lbs., $5.40; 560 lbs., $27.00. 
50 bu., $132.50. 
Argentine Flax—This is an importation from 
Argentina, grown for the last several years in 
the Northwest where it is apparently making a 
very high yield of a very large flax berry; nearly 
a half larger than other varieties. According to 
reports from Commission Houses in Min¬ 
neapolis, this flax commands about five cents 
per bushel by crushers over other varieties. 56 
lbs., $2.75; 112 lbs., $5.40; 560 lbs., $27.00; 50 
bu., $132.50. 
Winona, Minn. No. 182—Wilt-resistant 
varieties are essential for successful flax produc¬ 
tion. If planted in late May or in June the 
crop may be damaged more or less by wilt dis¬ 
ease, therefore sowing in April or the first part of 
May is necessary for the best yields. 
Winona, Minn. No. 182, is widely distributed, 
especially in the southern part of the state, and 
certified seed is available in quantity. It was 
derived from an individual plant selected in 1916. 
56 lbs., $2.65; 112 lbs., $5.20; 560 lbs., $26.00; 
.50 bu., $127.50. 
SOY BEANS 
Soja beans are easy to grow and are especially 
valuable for soil too poor or acid for other 
legumes. They withstand both drought and 
rain well and are not easily damaged by moisture. 
They make a good emergency crop as they can 
be sown late after other crops fail or are washed 
out. They deposit large quantities of nitrogen 
in the soil, building up poor land on which clover 
or alfalfa cannot be grown. It is most important 
as a feed and ensilage crop. Soja beans, as a hay 
crop, are higher in protein content than alfalfa 
hay or field peas. For dairy cattle, the hay is 
equal to alfalfa hay. They make wonderful 
ensilage when grown with corn and are also used 
for hog pasture. They take the place of oil meal 
and are even more palatable and digestible. 
Manchu—1 Ib., 20c; 10 lbs., 75c; 25 lbs., 
$1.30; 50 lbs., $2.20; 100 lbs., $3.90; 500 lbs., 
$19.00. 
SAND VETCH 
(Vicl Villosa)—Sometimes called Hairy Vetch. 
Thrives surprisingly on poor, light land, and 
well withstands extremes of drought, heat and 
cold. It may be sown either in the spring or fall, 
usually with Rye. In the North, it remains all 
winter under the snow and it is invaluable for 
early pasturing or soiling. It is valuable as a 
fertilizer, being a great nitrogen gatherer. For 
hay, cut when commencing to pod. Fifty pounds 
seed per acre. 1 lb., 30c; 10 lbs., $1.55; 50 lbs., 
$6.55; 100 lbs., $12.20. 
Dear Sir: 
Every year we order our garden seed from 
Gurney’s. And are we satisfied ? Yes. And 
we also got our start of Cossack .Mfalfa in 
1920, which we have never regretted. 
Boosters for WNAX. 
Peder Mjolsness and Family, 
Langford, So. Dak. 
1819 Isabella St. 
Sioux City, Iowa 
May 19, 1933 
Dear Sirs: 
I want to write and tell you the fruit trees 
you sent me are growing fine and the Cherry 
trees have blossoms. Thank you, 
Mrs. Wm. Diggins. 
DWARF ESSEX RAPE 
This forage plant has rather forced its atten¬ 
tion on the grower of stock. A great many farm¬ 
ers have made use of it for a number of years, 
but the percentage of people planting it is small. 
I want to impress it on you, that the Dwarf 
Essex Rape will grow and thrive, and be pro¬ 
fitable in many places on your farm. In the 
spring when you are sowing small grains, sow 
it at the rate of 4 pounds per acre with your 
grain. This will furnish valuable pasture after 
harvest. Plant it with fall rye at the rate of 
about three pounds to the acre in the months 
of April or May, and it will make you a good 
pasture with the rye in summer. Plant it by it¬ 
self at the rate of 5 lbs. per acre and see the im¬ 
mense yield of forage it will produce. Sow it at 
the rate of 3 lbs. per acre with your cultivation of 
corn. This is undoubtedly the most profitable 
place to sow rape seed. If you are hogging the 
corn down, the hogs will clean the rape as well 
as the corn. Dwarf Essex Rape is the only va¬ 
riety that is valuable. 1 Ib., 20c; 5 lbs., 60c; 10 
lbs., 95c; 25 lbs., $1.85; 50 lbs., $3.30; 100 lbs., 
$6.00; 500 lbs., $29.25. 
SPELTZ, OR EMMER 
It makes a good crop with almost any con¬ 
dition 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 more 
profitable 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. It 
is a heavy yielder. Will grow well and produce 
enormous crops on land where wheat will not 
grow. .50 lbs., $1.10; 100 lbs., $1.90; 500 lbs., 
$9.00; 1000 lbs., $17.00. 
WINTER OR FALL RYE 
This valuable forage plant produces pasture 
from early in the spring until late in the fall if 
sown in the spring. It seldom produces any head 
and gives you good pasture all summer. It is 
also an excellent fertilizer, plowing it under in 
mid-summer. In sowing the same variety in 
September it produces a crop of seed for the 
ne.et year. 14 lbs,, 55c; 28 lbs., 80c; 56 lbs., 
$1.20; 112 lbs., $2.30; 560 lbs., $11.00. 
BUCKWHEAT 
Buckwheat can be easily grown wherever 
wheat will grow, producing a good yield on 
light or poor soils and under favorable con¬ 
ditions, it is very profitable, being in big de¬ 
mand for milling, also the best “Bee pasture.” 
Sow 36 pounds per acre in drills; 48 pounds 
broadcast. 
Silver Hulled—This is a later, heavier 
yielding variety, which is common in the East 
and which is used so extensively there as a 
late crop, and as a smothering crop for land 
badly infested with weeds. Buckwheat is an ex¬ 
cellent poultry feed, in fact, it is too little appre¬ 
ciated by most poultry raisers. We know of one 
case where one-quarter acre field furnished seed 
for over three hundred chickens for three months. 
They were allowed to harvest the crop them¬ 
selves. 1 lb., 20c; 5 lbs., 50c; 10 lbs., 75c; 
25 lbs., $1.05; 50 lbs., $1.75; 100 lbs., $2.90. 
CANADA FIELD PEAS 
I am of the opinion from experience and ob¬ 
servation that Canada Field Peas planted at the 
rate of 50 lbs. per acre, with 1 Vi bushels of oats, 
will produce tiie most valuable hog and other 
stock fodder for fall and winter feeding and for 
early summer pasture that you can possibly 
plant. Valuable, I will say, first on account of 
its earliness, maturing four to six weeks earlier 
than corn. Second, the immense yield of rich, 
diy fodder. We advise sowing with the peas, the 
Kherson or Iowa 10.J Oats, as they mature at 
about the same time. If you are going to plant 
the peas on high poor land, the Swedish Select 
or taller growing late oats would be better. 
Plant a field of these oats and peas near your 
home yards and at the right time turn the hogs 
in and let them do the harvest. They will pay 
you for it. If planted alone sow 90 lbs., per acre. 
1 lb., 25c; 5 lbs., 65c; 10 lbs., $1.00; 25 lbs., 
$1.90; 50 lbs., $3.25; 100 lbs., $5.90. 
MILLETS 
For Hay and Grain 
Professor Hansen’s Siberian 
Proso 
It will yield well on the driest upland in the 
driest years in all our western states. When it 
is hulled and cooked for the table the Russians 
call it Kasha, and it is very extensively used in 
European Russia, Siberia, Turkestan, Mongolia, 
and other parts of Asia, especially the driest 
regions. 
For feeding stock, poultry, and everything of 
that kind Proso is equal to or better than wheat. 
Proso is also specially valuable as a summer 
catch crop, something that can be planted very 
late. It can be planted as late as July 15th and 
still mature a crop of grain and hay. 
Sow 20 pounds per acre. 1 Ib., 20c; 10 lbs., 
60c; 25 lbs., $1.00; 50 lbs., $1.50; 100 lbs., 
$2.65; 500 lbs., $12.75. 
Hog Millet 
We have tried for several years to discontinue 
the use of the words “hog millet." The millet 
known as hog millet is also known as Broom 
Corn, Manitoba and Early Fortune Millet. It 
comes in several colors, the yellow, the red and 
the black. All of these millets yield immense 
quantities of seed which is exceptionally valua¬ 
ble for feeding purposes. These are all Prosos. 
These Prosos are not as desirable for hay as for 
grain and millions of pounds of this grain is 
used in the Siberian and Russian countries for 
human food; in fact, we have used it and found 
it extremely palatable. 1 lb., 20c; 50 lbs., $1.45; 
100 lbs., $2.55; 500 lbs., $12.40. 
Early Fortune 
This has come to be one of the most valuable 
crops that the farmer can raise, the seed being 
the richest and most valuable stock food that 
can be produced, while the hay is very valuable 
for stock. ' .4 very much prized peculiarity of 
this millet is that the seed ripens while the hay 
is yet green, when, if cut properly, can be thrashed 
for seed, while the hay makes excellent fodder 
after being threshed. 1 lb., 20c; 50 lbs., $1.45; 
100 lbs., $2.55; 500 lbs., $12.40. 
For Two-Thirds of a Century—Gurney Seed Has Satisfied 
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