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PERFECTION BRAND SEEDS 
Dwarf Essex Rape 
Sow 6 to 7 pounds per acre. As a healthy fattening food it has no 
equal. It stands without a rival in point of cheapness and feeding quali¬ 
ties. It is an annual, bearing a close resemblance in leaf and stalk to 
the rutabaga, but both leaves and stalks are more numerous in the rape 
plant and of a taller habit of growth. Dwarf Essex Rape thrives best 
on a good soil rich in vegetable matter. Slough lands are excellent. It 
is the simplest crop grown. It can be sown anywhere and everywhere 
and at all times after danger of frost has passed. 
It may be sown in early spring to provide summer pasture for 6tock. 
Plow the ground same as for turnips, and sow 5 pounds per acre broad¬ 
cast. 
Special prices on large quantities. Lb., 20c, postpaid. By freight or 
express, lb., 15c; 10 lbs., $1.25. 
SUNFLOWER 
MAMMOTH RUSSIAN—Produces very large heads, which are com¬ 
pletely filled with the striped grains. It succeeds everywhere, and requires 
very little rain to insure a good crop. It makes a good food for stock 
and cannot be equaled as a food for poultry. Plant when the ground 
has become warm at the rate of 22 pounds to the acre. Lb., 35c, post¬ 
paid; by freight or express, lb., 30c; 10 lbs., $2.00. 
Hogs in Field of Dwarf Essex Rape 
VETCHES 
SAND VETCH—(Also called Winter and Hairy Vetch)—This legume 
is the farmer’s ever-ready friend. Sand Vetch is a very popular forage 
plant, and is rapidly becoming popular as year after year farmers are 
learning more of its value. It is an annual, but re-sows itself, and 
will come up year after year on the same ground. Vetch is a legume, 
belonging to the pea family, but the vines are much longer and the 
foliage more abundant. It is noted for its extreme hardiness, wintering 
more certainly than wheat. It remains green all winter under the enow, 
and is ready for pasturing earlier than anything else. Drouth, heat and 
cold do not affect it. It is largely eaten by all kinds of stock. We 
earnestly recommend farmers to try it. Lb., 30c, postpaid; by freight or 
express, lb., 25c; 10 lbs., $1.85. 
WHAT ABOUT PRICES! 
The Farmer, Doctor, Working Man and even the Capitalist have suf¬ 
fered a reduction in income during the past year or two. This means 
that we must be thrifty and make our funds go as far as possible. 
Our prices here quoted are fair for the quantity listed, but we ear¬ 
nestly request truck gardeners’ associations, community garden clubs and 
others to write us for special prices when they are in the market for a 
large quantity of seeds. We sell a great many orders of this character 
through a season, and we are just as anxious to sell you. 
Remember PERFECTION BRAND SEEDS are of highest quality and 
will give you satisfaction. 
Mammoth Russian Sunflower 
PEANUTS 
Culture—Prepare the ground well, laying it off in rows, with a shovel-plow; the rows should be 3% feet apart, and 
put two kernels to the hill, which are about 1 foot apart. Cultivate thoroughly, and keep the land as level as possible. 
Three-fourths of a bushel of unshelled nuts will seed an acre. , 
MAMMOTH JUMBO—This variety grows to an astonish¬ 
ing size. The plants make compact bushes about 18 inches 
high, with heavy, erect stalks and large leaves. The giant 
nuts have thick, heavy-ribbed shells. Lb., 30c, postpaid. 
Write for prices in quantities. 
TENNESSEE RED—The finest variety grown. Especially 
adapted to the black waxy land, as well as the sandy soil. 
The nuts contain three large kernels in each pod, and are 
enormously productive. Lb., 25c, postpaid. 
SPANISH—In addition to their value for growing for 
nuts, these are very largely used in the South as a forage 
and fattening crop for hogs and other stock. They are 
early to mature, very productive, and in the far South, 
where they can be planted during March and April, two 
crops can be made in one year, the second crop being 
planted early in July, the tops making a hay crop and 
the nuts a grain crop. They grow more compact than 
the Virginia peanuts, making it possible to grow them 
closer, making cultivation easier also. This variety fre¬ 
quently yields 60 bushels of marketable peanuts and 2 tons 
of hay per acre. Lb., 20c, postpaid. 
POSSIBLE FAILURE OF 
SOIL INOCULATION 
Inoculation, while giving striking benefits, is by no 
means a cure-all for soil troubles. The bacteria concerned 
require satisfactory soil conditions if they are to flourish. 
In a very sour soil they do poorly and their growth can 
readily be improved by time. If a farmer is uncertain re¬ 
garding the acidity of his soil, it is well to have the soil 
tested before seeding leguminous crops. For legume, as for 
any other crop, the seed-bed should be well prepared, the 
soil well drained, and its acidity neutralized by the use of 
lime. 
KILLS ANTS AND GARDEN INSECTS 
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