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Improved Seed Selection Makes Growers More Money 
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The Kind With Barbless 
Beards 
This is one of the newer kinds of Barley. 
Not an experiment but definitely proven as the 
best all around producer yet developed. It 
will outyield any variety we know of. It will 
stand up under any unfavorable weather with 
the best of them. The straw is far superior 
to the old kinds because there are no barbs on 
the beards. 
The beards act as a protector to the grain under unfavorable conditions. 
They are as smooth as the straw itself and thus radically different from the 
old kinds which have the worst barbs imaginable. 
Increasing Barley Acreage 
Thousands of farmers are again turning to Barley growing since this 
variety has come on the market. Barley is tne heaviest producing small 
gram crop in the northern part of the United States. It yields more pounds 
of gram T per acre and it is valuable feed. 
. 9 u F ^ el vet Barley is being grown successfully over a large territory and 
is being used in sections where barley has not been generally grown. You'll 
be enthusiastic about it too after growing it. See page 32 for Sale Prices. 
,,,w ’ 38 TYPE 
- „ An old variety 
Sher h blrleys ° f n Quality oVl^n. 
yield per acre =hown a maikecl larger than 
aVmight resistanc& el |«/np a Jiej per bushel. t jn 
ge 6 df„TaS>f.« e ‘‘.Sremph^the Upportance 
Here again we YqU may _ be 
Improved Barbless Barley 
This is an improved type of the Velvet Barley. On 
a four year test it made an average yield of over 
50 bushels per acre; outyielded all well known varie¬ 
ties. It is a smooth awned, white six row barley. 
Has been introduced extensively the past two years 
in Illinois. In a few years it will be one of the 
most popular varieties grown. The barbs have been 
removed from the beards by a breeding process. No 
discomfort in harvesting and threshing this variety. 
The Best for Malting and Brewing 
A large brewing concern lias made several tests 
and found the Pedigree 38 Type exceedingly fine for 
both malting and brewing purposes. Other Maltsters 
have made tests and predict this variety will become 
the great malting and brewing barley of the country. 
It is to your advantage to buy this type of barley. 
It is practically free from disease. Yields from ten 
to forty percent more than other popular varieties. 
Every fanner should grow barley. During the past 
two years it has been the best paying grain crop on 
the farm. We have talked to a good many farmers 
in our office about barley. Most of them claim they 
could not farm without barley. This is a nice big 
plump barley. Buy this variety and obtain an extra 
yield that will more than repay you for the cost, of 
the seed. » 
of S p o d h seed- a n^e “variety 
growing the s gome 
on your farm Heav- 
of our selected ai it . 
ily cleaned seed along check 
Watch car ® fu v 1 ^ ld s carefully- 
results aad ^ on i S hed at the 
You’ll he asim be con _ 
vinced'that letter seed pays 
big returns. 
It yields more than any other cereal. 
Pound for pound it is equal to corn in 
reeding value. It matures early, escaping 
hot weather It is the best nurse crop for 
small grain. Barley does not lodge readily 
and withstands unfavorable conditions, espe¬ 
cially well. Gives you greater returns per 
acre. Taken all in all it is a most sat¬ 
isfactory small grain crop and a 
money maker. 
MANSHbRVWBSH 
intlj:L, r °] Ved variety originally lliUfflEUlHMl 
, introduced*"from n^ ty Anally 
reliable kind and ii, 3 ' An old 
grown in the United litZS* 0 * 1 ? 1 * 
sidered one of u . S f ates - Con- 
toys and a%, ‘ ' 0 b o e f' tar. 
of mSu^ h.o i Si ° ar 
berry than th* ; as a Pamper 
yield from 10 to ^^ Pe , and 
Per acre. Our seer) 1 ^ beIs “ore 
bright, clean heavy sep< j 
of seed is necessary fo?’th P S ind 
yields. You irp o, 1 e largest 
money wisely when von" 8 y ° ur 
such seed you Purchase 
TI 10 varieties we offer are the very best for 
malting and feeding purposes. it is Y important 
v™ 1 0W B00d - , cl , ean seed free from disease! 
A ou get larger yields and a higher grade of 
barley. Maltsters require clean undamaged grain 
of high quality. It has to be pure S 
We have discontinued handling the regular 
Beardless Barley We found it difficult to obtain 
high quality seed and it was not as satisfactory 
fSed m r n , g his PU pTg°e SeS 23 the Tari6ties - ba°- 
cere?? 1 'purposes!* 63 Iffie &°£ck£ 
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WHITE 
HULLESS 
IN A CLASS BY ITSELF 
It Is Beardless and 
Hulless 
,.,’yhere is no other variety quite 
liKe it. Looks more like wheat than 
like ordinary barley. Grain is about 
the size of wheat. Color white. It 
is sold on same bushel weight basis 
as barley (48 lbs.), but actually 
weighs out like wheat (60 lbs.). It 
l s a J T % e J 1 ?? „ beards and is at times 
called Bald Barley. 
Straw is quite leafy. Makes 
heavy crop of fine hay if cut while 
gram is in the dough stage. Yields 
HP. ’° 10 to 75 bushels per acre. 
ISot Quite so good for nurse crop as 
other barleys but in great demand 
because of its heavy production. 
Superior Feed Value 
This barley puts gains on livestock 
quickly and economically. Many 
feeders mix this with oats and grind 
ogether. It's a wonderful combina- 
tion. Or use it with corn and it 
\uil excel corn alone in results. 
1 lant some of this crop. Give your 
stock a change of feed and see how 
much better they will do. Our seed 
stock is first grade quality. 
Sheldon, Ill. 
Gentlemen: Wish to say that the hundred 
pounds of America’s Best Mixture I got of you 
last spring made one of the finest stands of grass. 
Any farmer that wants to build up his soil 
would do well to use it. 
(Signed) Edw. E. Miller. 
Bridgeport, Ind. 
Gentlemen: I have sown your seed for a few 
► years and have splendid results. I am always 
glad to recommend your company as I have always 
found your seed as represented. 
Yours truly, 
(Signed) John F. Mills. 
