MAY’S 1934 CATALOG OF SEEDS AND NURSERY STOCK 
SUED POTATOES Cont. Sec also page 69 
IRISH COBBLER. From the Red River Valley 
of Minnesota I secured for you the same fine 
quality in the Irish Cobbler variety. We have 
been selling' seed potatoes from the Red 
River Valley for the past three years, and 
have yet to receive a complaint on seed. 
Everyone is enthusiastic about the wonderful 
yield that they get from using my seed. 
Irish Cobbler is one of the finest potatoes 
in this territory. It is good for baking, cooks 
dry, and mealy, is a wonderful keeper, and a 
vigorous and thrifty grower. The Irish 
Cobbler is a large smooth potato, slightly 
oblong, but well filled out. Has white skin 
and white flesh. You will find prices on these 
potatoes on my price sheet enclosed in the 
catalog. Prices change from time to time, 
and I suggest that you write to us and tell 
us how much seed you want, either the certi¬ 
fied or U. S. No. 1 grade, because we are going 
to be in a position to save you money on 
your seed potato purchases. 
EARLY SIX WEEKS. We have been able to 
secure a small supply of Early Six Weeks 
Potatoes for those who want an early seed 
potato. These come from the Red River 
Valley of the north, just the same as our 
other seed stocks, and we will have these 
only at Shenandoah, so mail your orders in 
here for your requirements of this potato. 
Very similar to Early Ohio in color but ma¬ 
tures in about six weeks. So far as we know, 
this is the earliest potato that is raised to¬ 
day. We are offering these first come, first 
served. 
Tested and Selected SEED CORN 
Irish Cobbler 
I OWA is the greatest corn state in the 
world and Page County, where we 
are located, is the second largest corn 
producing county in the state of Iowa. 
This means we are ideally situated to 
serve you with selected tested seed corn. 
In times like these, you must have the 
finest seed corn that money can buy 
and good Seed Corn is so cheap there is 
no use fooling with any poor, unadapted 
seed. You can grow sixty to seventy 
bushels to the acre on the same ground 
with the same amount of labor where 
you are now getting forty bushels, sim¬ 
ply by using Seed Corn furnished by 
Earl May. 
Don’t take a chance on a poor stand 
of corn this year. Test your own seed 
and if the test is poor, write in for 
samples of some of mine. 
How We Prepare Our Corn 
My corn is selected from heavy pro¬ 
ducing straips that are true to type. 
After being selected in the field, it is 
brought in and dried, then carefully 
shelled, tipped and butted. All the small 
and weak kernels, if any, are taken out 
so that every kernel left has strong 
germination. Nothing but finest, first 
grade seed stock is offered you. We 
have seed corn suitable for northern 
Iowa, Minnesota and South Dakota, as 
well as Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska and 
Illinois and other states. 
My Mayworth Seed Corn is all guar¬ 
anteed to germinate 94%, most of it 
runs 95% to 98%. It is absolutely 
No. 1 quality stock, carefully graded, 
put up in bags furnished free of charge. 
Write for samples and prices. 
GUARANTEE 
I guarantee my seed corn to germi¬ 
nate. No. 1 quality seed, ear selected, 
stock butted and tipped, shelled and 
carefully graded. Test it yourself. You 
are the judge and if not entirely satis¬ 
fied send it back for full refund. 
Sacks free. P. O. B. Shenandoah. 
See pink price sheet for prices. 
Main Crop Varieties 
KRUG’S HIGH YIELDING DENT. 
Krug’s ranks right along with Yellow 
Rose but is a trifle earlier. Those 
who have planted Krug’s Dent know 
that it outyields most other varieties. 
The ears are somewhat smaller and 
smoother than ordinary Reid’s Yellow 
Dent and many of them are on each 
stalk. The ears are exceptionally firm 
and solid with a deep kernel. 
REID’S YELLOW DENT. The old stand¬ 
by throughout the Corn Belt. Our 
stock is carefully selected for uni¬ 
form, even maturity. Deep kernels, 
slightly rough. Matures in 110 days 
at Shenandoah. 
ST. CHARLES (Red Cob, White). Pure 
white deep kerneled corn with a small 
red cob. A vigorous grower. Good 
for both shucking out and ensilage. 
Our stock was grown near Shenan¬ 
doah so it will mature in southern 
Iowa very nicely. 
GOLD MINE. A popular corn with a 
deep yellow color. Small cob, matur¬ 
ing in 100 to 110 days. This variety 
is very popular in south-central Iowa. 
BOONE COUNTY WHITE. Also called 
Johnson County white. A large type 
white variety, ears 11 inches long, carry¬ 
ing eighteen to twenty-two rows of ker¬ 
nels. A big corn and a big yielder. 110- 
120 days. 
IOWA SILVER MINE. The most widely 
known white corn, popular in eastern Ne¬ 
braska, grows big and matures early 
on rich soil yet gives good results on 
thinner land. Matures in about 100 days. 
Giant Kernels of May’s Yellow Rose 
May’s Yellow Rose 
Those of you who have been follow¬ 
ing our Seed Corn efforts during the 
past ten years know that I have featured 
Yellow Rose. It has been selected and 
bred up for a good many years. The 
color is a beautiful golden, and the body 
of the kernel having a deeper rose yel¬ 
low color. Matures in about 11-0 days 
and like many varieties it dries out won¬ 
derfully with maturity. Has a very 
small cob so that even in wet years the 
corn matures and dries out perfectly 
here at Shenandoah. 
Here are its good points: high yields 
per acre, heavy percentage of shelled 
corn, beautiful golden yellow (as beau¬ 
tiful as the Yellow Rose) small cob so 
that the corn matures and dries out in 
bad seasons. I sincerely recommend 
this corn to you and I am confident if 
you want to try a new strain of heavy 
yielding corn, you will find May’s Yel¬ 
low Rose will give you improved qual¬ 
ity and yield. 
90 Day Corn 
BLOODY BUTCHER. This is a standard 
red 90 day corn; matures early; can be 
hogged off or fed before it gets hard or 
flinty. 
GOLDEN KING. Beautiful yellow golden 
variety, ripening in 90 to 100 days. While 
it is a very early corn, yet it is main 
crop and is adapted to northern Iowa, 
northern Nebraska and southern Min¬ 
nesota, also, other sections having sim¬ 
ilar growing seasons. The most remark¬ 
able yielder, being rather large for an 
early variety and from 15 to 20 rows on 
each ear. Kernels are good depth, stalks 
are medium height and well rooted. 
PRIDE OP THE NORTH. (90 day 
tsllow.) This well known variety is 
good for hogging down or for forage. 
It matures two weeks earlier than any 
of the other yellow dents except 
Golden King. 
SILVER KING. Or Wisconsin No. 7. 
Early white variety, good medium 
size, deep grained and an extremely 
heavy yielder. Silver King is the best 
early maturing white corn. 
Hybrid Corn 
The development of hybrid corn is 
one of the most important developments 
of better seeds for the farm that has 
occurred in many years. 
The Inbred or Hybrid method is used 
by the U. S. Department of Agriculture 
in the various state experiment stations. 
In this selection, we get two different 
types of seed that have proven to be 
very good varieties and have desirable 
characteristics. These two types are in- 
bi ed so that they are very pure and are 
crossed, giving a hybrid plant. The 
Hybrid is even better than either 
of the two original strains. By special 
work on this corn at the time it is pol- 
lenizing, by detasseling, the cross is 
controlled. This extra work is what 
assures you of getting the high yield 
that Hybrid gives. 
Hybrid is the only kind of seed corn 
on which you can plan for the future. 
It shows up even better in drouth years 
than in favorable seasons. Try at least 
one piece of Hybrid on your farm this 
year. 
Treat Your Corn With 
Semesan Junior 
Every modern farmer treats seed 
corn with this scientific dust treat¬ 
ment. It is insurance against loss 
caused by disease which is in the 
soil and also seed corn diseases. 
Prevents blight, root and stalk rots, 
increases germination, permits earlier 
planting and reduces seed decay. 
One pound of Semesan Junior treats 
six bushels and costs you only $1.75 
or five pounds for $ 8 . 00 . 
"Wonderful Korean Clover” 
“Dear Mr. May: I bought one 
bushel Korean Clover from you last 
year and I had fine luck with it and 
got a dandy stand. I want 100 pounds 
this year. Why don’t you talk about 
this wonderful Korean Clover more? 
It is much easier to get a stand here 
than Red or Sweet Clover and it 
grows well on our thin clay soil. It 
makes a wonderful lot of good pas¬ 
ture. I am sure sold on Korean Clover. 
John P. Zimmerman, Troy, Kansas.” 
“Dear Mr. May: Enclosed is my or¬ 
der for Clover Seed. I got $196.00 
worth of your seed 3 years ago and 
it was a lot better than what they 
ask a much higher price for. So here’s 
for Earl May for farm seed and bet¬ 
ter prices! I’ve sure been well pleased. 
R. J. Stanley, Davis City, Iowa." 
