228-230-232 East Fourth St., near Sycamore 
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SEED OATS 
SWEDISH TYPE WHITE AND FULOHUM 
Our Oats are carefully selected stock and well re¬ 
cleaned. Do not confuse them with ordinary peed Oats. 
WINTER TURF OATS 
For fall and spring sowing. 4 to 5 feet high; straw 
is very palatable for stock. 1 y 2 to 2 bu. per acre. 
Write for current prices and varieties. 
VETCH - Hairy or Sand - Cicia villosa 
Winter annual, especially adapted to sandy soil and 
will do much to build up any poor soil. Withstands 
cold weather. Should be sown from late August to 
middle of September. Can be sown with Rye. 
SPRING VETCH - Vicia Sativa 
Used with oats for producing spring hay. 
CANADA FIELD PEAS 
Grown with oats will make a fodder or hay which 
doubles the production of milk. 
Should be sown in March or early April, two bu. of 
peas and two bu. of oats to the acre.The peas should 
be sown first and plowed under about 4 inches deep; 
the oats then sowed and harrowed in. They will be 
ready for cutting about the end of June, when oats are 
in milk and the pods formed on peas. Write for prices. 
SOY BEANS 
Soy Beans do well on both light and heavy soils. 
They are valuable as a forage crop and improve the 
soil and increase following crop production. They are 
a valuable pasture crop for hogs as well as other 
stock, and can be sown by themselves for this pur¬ 
pose; or in the corn rows and the hogs turned in to 
feed on them after the corn is harvested. 
The value of Soy Beans as a grain crop makes it 
particularly adapted to systems of rotations. Like 
other legumes, Soy Beans are able to utilize the nitro¬ 
gen of the air, adding it to the soil. Soy Beans should 
therefore be inoculated. Actual experiments have 
shown that legumes not inoculated rob the soil; inocu¬ 
lated they feed the soil. Sow iy 2 to 2 bushels per acre 
broadcast, in drills 45 pounds, after danger of frost is 
past. Use “ACME” Inoculation for BEST results. 
We carry the following varieties in stock. Write 
for full description and current prices. 
Best for Hay Crop 
Wilson Black Ebony 
Laredo Virginia 
Other Varieties 
Manchu Midwest 
Hollybrook Illini 
Black Eyebrow Itosan 
Dunfield Mammoth Yellow 
Use Acme Inoculation 
SUNFLOWER, Mammoth Russian 
The best variety for the farmer. Drill in seed at 
about 8 to 10 lbs. to acre. It is much relished by 
poultry and horses. Current prices on request. 
BROOM CORN, Improved Evergreen 
Produces long, straight straw of greenish appear¬ 
ance after being cut. Commands the highest price. 
Sow 4 to 5 pounds in drills 3 ft. apart per acre, then 
thin out the stalks to about 70 to the rod. Cultivate 
same as corn. Cut when the seed is in the milk. 
Current prices on request. 
“ACME" BEST MILLET 
TRUE TENNESSEE CULTIVATED GERMAN 
(Round Seed.) This Millet withstands drought 
better than all other varieties. It is used as a sum¬ 
mer hay crop and particularly adapted to rich or bot¬ 
tom soils. It should be sown thickly and cut when the 
heads are in bio om, never allowing it to get old or 
seed to form as this causes a great drain on the soil 
besides materially injuring the quality of hay. Very 
useful for cleaning rich, foul lands of weeds as its 
quick, abundant, luxuriant growth smothers most 
weeds. Sow one bushel per acre in May, June or July. 
Two crops can be seeded on the same land in one sea¬ 
son, if desired. 
WHITE WONDER MILLET 
Produces a very large head similar to the Tennes¬ 
see Millet. Under certain growing conditions it is 
quite difficult to distinguish it from the cultivated 
millet. The heads will run from six to eight inches. A 
very desirable feature is its earliness; the foliage is 
also very heavy and the leaves broad, resembling 
Golden Millet. It produces an immense amount of ex¬ 
cellent fodder which cures very readily. 
HUNGARIAN 
Specially adapted to rich or alluvial soil. It makes a 
finer quality of hay than Millet on very rich soil as 
it does not grow so coarse. Cut at the right time, 
which is in bloom, and cured properly, it makes a nu¬ 
tritious hay; is especially popular with dairymen. 
Sow from % to 1 bushel per acre in May, June or 
July. Current prices on request. 
BUCKWHEAT 
A splendid crop for poor land. Largely used for bees. 
Culture —Sow in June, July or August at rate of % 
bu. to 1 bu. per acre broadcast, covering with a 
smoothing harrow. It does not mature grain until the 
cool nights—hence, too early sowing is not desirable. 
JAPANESE. This produces the largest yield of finest 
and largest kernel buckwheat. Superior to all other 
sorts. Current prices on request. 
SILVER HULL. Much improved over the common 
Buckwheat. Grains, however, smaller than Japanese 
but yielding abundantly. Current prices on request. 
KAFFIR CORN 
Foliage and stalks do not contain saccharine mat¬ 
ter, hence are not so valuable for feeding, but the 
enormous yield of grain makes it very profitable. The 
grain is very largely used for poultry and stock feed¬ 
ing, containing a high percentage of starch. Current 
prices on request. 
COW PEAS 
The Great Soil Improving Crop 
Grows best on light or sandy soils. Have a high 
feeding value. Belonging to the bean family, they are 
nitrogen gathering plants and if inoculated will im¬ 
prove the productiveness of the soil. 
We usually carry the following varieties: 
Whippoorwill New Eras Brabhams 
Early Blacks Mixed Varieties 
Sow IV 2 bushels per acre after danger of frost. 
Write for prices 
USE ACME INOCULATION 
RYE 
NORTHERN ROSEN - HOME GROWN 
Our Rye is carefully selected stock and well re¬ 
cleaned. Do not confuse it with ordinary milling Rye. 
BARLEY 
Barley needs a rich land and lighter than that 
adapted to wheat. It should be cut before fully ripe, 
if for hay, as it is then of better quality, and less 
liable tQ shell. Sow 1% to 2 bushels if drilled; 2 to 
2y 2 bushels broadcast. (48 lbs. per bushel.) 
Spring Barley, Beardless and Bearded. Current 
prices on request. 
VELVET OR BARBLESS BARLEY 
A Spring Bearded variety with smooth beards, there 
being no barbs. It is reported to us that the straw is 
suitable for feed and the crop handles as nicely as 
oats. Sow two bushels to the acre. 
We also carry in season Fall or Winter Barley of 
the bearded variety. 
DWARF ESSEX RAPE 
Rape makes excellent pasture for both sheep and 
hogs and is a fine conditioner for all live stock, except 
milk cows. Best results are obtained by planting in 
two separate fields; pasturing alternately 10 days 
each. Plant any time, early spring to midsummer. 
Sow 3 pounds per acre in drills; 6 pounds broadcast. 
SUDAN GRASS 
Sudan Grass produces an immense yield of nutri¬ 
tious hay. It can be cut twice in a season if planted 
early in the season but after frost danger. Grows 3 
to 5 feet high. It is adapted to growing in all kinds of 
soil but produces the largest yield in warm temper¬ 
ate latitude. After first cutting it stools enormously 
and then furnishes exceptionally fine pasture for all 
stock, except milk cows. It is killed by the first frost. 
8 to 12 pounds in drills 2y 2 to 3 ft. apart or broad¬ 
cast 20 to 30 pounds per acre. 
SORGHUM OR CANE 
EARLY AMBER - EARLY ORANGE 
These two varieties are favorites north of the Ohio 
river, growing 10 to 12 ft. high. It makes an excel¬ 
lent fodder and it is also fine for silage. 
“Crops that grow seed in pods should give two 
to five times the yield if inoculated with ‘Acme’ 
Inoculation.” See page 65. 
