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Shumway’s World Famous Farm and Field Seeds 
GREATEST VALUES EVER OFFERED “All Excel Brand” 
Every variety I offer was carefully selected from clean fields, free from foul weeds. It has all been triple milled on my big Clipper Milling 
Machines and then slowly run through my Gravity Machines. This insures you big plump clean seed of the highest quality. 
All State Tested for Purity and Germination and Guaranteed Satisfactory or Money Back 
Alfalfa Should Be Grown on 
Every Farm 
This year my Alfalfa Seed crop turned out excellent 
Quality and a big yield. I am now offering Greater 
Values than ever before. Demand will no doubt be 
unusually heavy as every farmer will be reducing Corn 
acreage and increasing grass crops. It is my firm 
conviction you will see much higher prices later on 
my advice is to order early while these most wonderful 
values are obtainable. 
1500 Northwestern Grown Dry Land—“Excel Brand” 
While this strain of seed is not from a registered field; (there¬ 
fore termed Common), it has given universal satisfaction 
throughout the Nation. It is produced in the extreme Northwest 
on clean upland soil and by comparative test has stood the most 
severe winters yielding enormous tonnage of the finest quality 
of hay. i/ 2 lb., 25 cts.; lb., 45 cts.; 3 lbs., $1.20; 5 lbs., $1.80, 
postpaid. 
1508 Grimm Certified Blackfoot “Blue Tag” 
The Blackfoot Brand of Grimm Alfalfa is a specially choice and famous strain of 
Grimm grown by an association of Idaho farmers who have absolutely genuine seed 
and who have all their fields inspected and the seed certified and state sealed. These 
growers can all positively trace the origin of their seed back to the original Grimm 
stock of Carver County, Minnesota. 
“Blue Tag’’ Blackfoot Grimm, the highest grade of Grimm Alfalfa, must show a 
purity of not less than 99.5 per cent, must be entirely free of dodder and all other 
noxious weeds. V 2 lb., 30 cts.; lb., 55 cts.; 3 lbs., $1.50; 5 lbs., $2.25, postpaid. 
1506 Kansas Grown Alfalfa “Excel Brand” Certified Seed 
This seed is produced in the state of Kansas on clean upland soil and has given 
perfect satisfaction throughout the Nation. y 2 lb., 22 cts.; lb., 40 cts.; 3 lbs., $1.14; 
5 lbs., $1.75, postpaid. 
Photograph of 50 acre Alfalfa field grown from my Famous Northwestern Grown Dry Land Seed. 
Yields 5 Tons per Aere 
Two New Wonderful Clovers—Korean Lespedeza—Annual and 
Perennial—See Complete Description on Page 59 
1531 
Alsike, or Swedish Clover “Excel Brand” 
Sow in spring. S lbs. per acre 
Alsike seems to be especially adapted for the Northern States; it is a perennial 
clover and lives longer than Medium Red; it is also more hardy; in fact, it is the 
hardiest of all clovers; it does not heave out of the ground in Winter and the severest 
cold does not injure it and it resists the extremes of drought and wet. It is the only 
clover that will thrive on moist soil, but it will also grow fairly well in stiff clays. It 
is mostly grown in bottom lands and quite often mixed with Timothy; these varieties 
seem to be well adapted for this soil and ripen at the same time. y 2 lb., 2S ets.j 11>., 50 
cts.; 3 lbs., $1.35; 5 lbs., $2.10, postpaid. 
1551 White Dutch Clover “Excel Brand” 
A low. close-growing Clover; round, white heads; very fragrant; best adapted to 
moist soils, but does well on dry land; excellent as an addition to mixtures for perma¬ 
nent meadows and pastures. For lawns it is also splendidly adapted; indeed, no lawn 
is considered “quite right” unless it contains a good sprinkling of this sweet, pure, 
white-blooming, low growing “soft as velvet,” hardy White Dutch Clover. Va lb., 30 
cts.; lb., 50 cts.; 3 lbs., $1.35; 5 lbs., $2.00, postpaid. 
1533 Crimson Clover or Giant 
Incarnate “Excel Brand” 
Sow 15 ll>s. per aere in Spring or Fall 
South of the Ohio River this wonderful annual 
clover leads them all for hay, for pastures and 
fertilizer. In the North sow in April, ready to 
cut and pasture July 10th. Every farmer ought 
to sow at least one acre for his hogs. IT’S A 
BIG MONEY MAKER. % lb., 23 cts.; lb., 40 cts.; 
3 lbs., $1.00; 5 lbs., $1.50, postpaid. 
1531 Alsike Clover 
NOTICE—For Special Low Prices on Farm Seeds in Quantity 
See Wholesale List Enclosed 
Sweet Clover —Greatest Value for Least Money 
The first green feed in the spring. The last green feed in the fall. Will grow on 
almost all classes of soil. Greatest fertilizing plants in existence. As a ha Y and 
pasture crop it has no equal. Makes wonderful milk producer. Sow 15 lbs. per acre 
in spring with all small grain. When grain is cut, you have excellent pasture all 
during dry summer when most pastures are dried up. 
1545 Grundy County White Blossom “Excel Brand” 
The earliest white blossom variety in existence. Two weeks earlier than the Com¬ 
mon; thereby affording longer period of pasture besides being of finer texture for h_a,y 
and better feeding value. 14 lb., 17 els.; lb., 30 cts.; 3 lbs., 80 cts.; 5 lbs., $1.00, postpaid. 
1547 White Blossom Northern Grown “Excel Brand 
In habit of growth and appearance very similar to Grundy County described^above, 
producing taller and coarser hay, and two weeks later. ¥z lb., 15 cts.; lb., cts.; 
3 lbs., GO cts.; 5 lbs., 00 cts., postpaid. 
1543 Hubam Sweet Clover (Annual) “Excel Brand 9 
Hubam Sweet Clover looks like the biennial listed above, and grows very similar 
except that it grows four times as fast and when seeded in early spring attains a 
growth of 4 to 5 feet by September. y a lb., 20 cts.; lb., 35 cts.; 3 lbs., 0t> cts.; a lbs., 
$1.45, postpaid. 
1599 Reed Canary Grass 
Excellent for Pasture and grazing—makes 2 
cuttings a season—yielding 5 to 7 tons per acre. 
A very valuable new perennial hay and pasture 
crop especially desirable for low, marshy land. 
Nothing like It has been thus far produced as it 
puts land that is just a dead waste into produc¬ 
tion of valuable forage. Continues to grow with¬ 
out care or attention. Very highly recommended 
by the Wisconsin and Minnesota Experiment 
Stations. 
CULTURE. Sow in early spring, alone or 
with grain, 4 to 6 pounds of seed per acre broad¬ 
cast, or 2 to 3 pounds with drill. Late summer 
and late fall seeding are also recommended. It 
makes a permanent grass when once estab¬ 
lished. % lb.. 40 cts.; lb., 75 cts.; 3 lbs., $2.00; 
5 lbs., $3.00, postpaid. 
1541 Medium Red or June Clover “Excel Brand 
Sow in Spring 12 lbs, per Aere 
This is the most valuable clover in general use. Splendid for hay, 
or plowing under. Especially desirable for dairy cows on account of its high Percent 
aae of nitrogenous elements. It is the standard everywhere for hay and pastuie. 
Two cuttings may be made in a season. Northern Illinois growngrowtlAnd 
clover has become widely known for its purity, strong^vitality,. §> seed" Ve handle 
stooling qualities. The best is the cheapest when it comes to clovei seed. \v e nan^e 
“The Very Best Obtainahle.*’ ¥z lb., -*» cts.; lb., 40 cts., 3 lbs., $1. > * ** 
paid. 
1539 Mammoth Red or Sapling 
Sow in Spring 12 lbs. per Aere 
Mammoth Red Clover is quite distinct from 
Medium, being- larger, of coarser and more robust 
growth, and two to three weeks later. On rich, 
loamy soils it attains an immense growth, yielding 
much more bulk than medium clover, but makes 
only one crop, and pasture after that. It grows 
well on land too poor and on soil too low for 
Medium Red, and is, therefore, largely used to re¬ 
store fertility to worn-out soil. % lb., 23 cts.; lb., 
40 cts.; 3 lbs., $1.14; 5 lbs., $1.75, postpaid. 
1646 The Great Sand or Hairy Winter 
Vetch “Excel Brand” 
The Greatest Fertilizing Plant Known for Poor, 
Worn Out, Sandy Soil or Siek Closer Land 
For pasture and hay crop fully equal to Alfalfa. 
Does better on poor, worn out soils than any other 
forage or legume crop. Sow in spring or fall, 3 0 
pounds per acre, with half bushel Oats or Barley 
to hold vines off the ground. Highly relished by 
all classes of stock. % 20 cts.; lb., 35 cts.; 3 
lbs., $1.00; 5 lbs., $1.40, postpaid. 
1541 Med in hi Red Clover 
Greatest Money Making Crop 
Sow 15 Lbs. Per Acre Spring or Early Fall 
