Mortgage Lifter Yellow Dent Corn 
SEED CORN - 
This year, for the first time, we offer two grades of Seed Com, in order to meet the requirements of 
our customers in different sections of the country. These two grades are known as “Commercial” 
and Extra Selected Hand Picked.” 4 
Extra Selected Hand Picked:—For Farmers who make a specialty of growing Field Corn and 
who may desire to change, add to or renew their planting seed stock, we recommend our “'Extra SeJ- 
ected Hand Picked” quality, thoroughly re-screened, "tipped” and "butted,” and thoroughly hand 
picked, for doing this we charge a little more simply to cover cost. This makes the best grade of 
Seed Corn obtainable at any price. 
Commercial Grade:— For Ensilage, Green or Dry Fodder purposes and for Farmer’s Trade 
who do not want to pay for the best grade of Seed Corn we olTer our "Commercial Grade ” thoro¬ 
ughly re-screened, removing the small tip and large butt grains in so far as possible, making 'the ker¬ 
nels of the same size, so as.to attain when planted with a corn planter a crop of uniformly even stand 
Great improvements are now being made in our Seed Corn Department and in our 1909 Catalogue 
we expect to surprise our customers. With our Mammoth Western Branch House at AA’asli- 
inglon, Iowa, located right in the Corn Belt, we can supply the best Seed Corn at the lowest prices 
We would like to cori'espond with 
Farmers who thoroughly understand 
gro wing high grade Seed Corn , telling us 
the varieties most, planted in their section 
and their price for growing seed for tis. 
MORTGAGE LIFTER 
YELLOW DENT CORN 
We introduced this new and distinct 
Yellow Dent Field Corn several years ago 
and it has given our customers great sat¬ 
isfaction wherever grown. 
A large Corn grower of Lorain Co., O., 
while visiting at the World’s Fair, pro¬ 
cured a few grainsfrom an ear which was 
a sport found in a field in Iowa, and pro¬ 
nounced the most beautiful ear of Corn 
at the fair. That is how this splendid 
variety found it's way into the east and 
from these fetv grains we have bred out a 
Yellow Field Corn, which we do not think 
can be sui passed. The grains are the 
lai gest of any large ear vai iety in culti¬ 
vation. The stalk grows very quick, mnk 
and green and will stand storms to a re¬ 
markable degree. Those who have grown 
the Mastodon, Chester County Mammoth, 
Klondike, Learning, Iowa Gold Mine, 
Champion White Pearl, Mills' Golden 
Superior, Golden Beauty, White Cap Yel¬ 
low Dent and Early Butler say that this 
Corn will out yield any of them. We have 
records of fieldsproducing 107 bushelsand 
118 bushels of Corn per acre. The lar- 
of Seed Corn in America says 
in from 85 to 95 days and 
14 to 24 rows on a coband the longest 
largest of any Early Corn in cultiva¬ 
tion. Describing it he says, “Mortgage 
is the most beautiful Yellow Dent 
ever seen. It will mature in 
and it has the largest grains of any 
Yellow Dent Corn in cultivation. It 
grows from 7 to 11 feet high, strong, rank 
quick, and standsstorms remarkably, 
ears are of a very large size and will 
yield any other Corn grown. It husks 
shells easily, brings the highest mar¬ 
ket price as it will sell for seed on sight. 
It will cure out in the shock where large 
cob varieties will mold and spoil.” 
The above is what the originator said 
this variety and while we have sold 
of bushels of this sort for seed, 
we are pleased to say that our customers 
much pleased with it and we believe 
is a hard variety to surpass. We have a 
fine stock of extra choice seed which 
can supply our customers this year. 
We offer two grades as follows: Exl 
Selected hand picked, pkt., Gc. : 
15c.; 1 lb., JJ5c.; 3 lbs., (50c., 
By express or freight, not 
Pk., 60c.; Yj bu., $1.1 5, bu. 
Commercial Grade,—pk., 
40c.; Yj bu., 75c., bu., $1.40. 
REID’S YELLOW DEXT 
This is a very popular variety in many 
places throughout the Corn belt and has 
won more prizes at Corn shows than all 
other Corn put together, it being especial¬ 
ly a great show and exhibition Corn. 
It is a light golden color, the ears run¬ 
ning from 9 to ] 1 inches long, 7 to 8 inches 
in cireumferance, 18 to 24 l ows of kernals. 
The ears are of symmetrical shape the 
entire length and the cob carries a large 
amount of Corn, shelling at least 85 per 
cent grain. The ears arc always well 
filled from butt to tips. It is a vigorous 
grower, stalks from 8 to 12 feet high, 
producing an abundance of foliage which 
makes it heavy in tonnage to the acre. 
We have taken particular pains in se¬ 
lecting our seed stock and believe we 
have the very best strain to be found. 
We are well pleased with the variety 
and if you want something to win prizes 
with, get seme of our seed stock. We 
can_ offer this in two grades at the fol¬ 
lowing prices: Extra Selected Hand 
Picked, pkt., 6c.; 3 pkts., I 5c.; 1 Hi.. 
35c.: 3 lbs.. 60c., postpaid. By ex¬ 
press or freight,. not prepaid, pk.. 60c.: 
ISbu., $1.15,bu. $2.00. Commercial 
Grade, — By express or freight, not pre¬ 
paid, pk., 40c.: % bu.. 73c., bu., $1 40. Reid’s Yellow Dent Corn 
