ALNEER BROTHERS RELIABLE SEEDS, ROCKFORD, ILL. 
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RELIABLE FIELD AND FARM SEEDS 
Nothing is more important to the farmer than that the seed he bows is pure and clean. The seed should also be plump, and well ripened, 
so as to insure a good stand. First class, thoroughly recleaned seed, even though considerably more costly in the beginning, is really 
much cheaper in the end than the light chaffy grades generally sold at much lower prices, even if the latter is free from weed seeds. 
Prices subject to change without notice, owing to the fluctuations of the market. Write for prices on large quantities. 
Selected Field 
Corn 
Choice Seed Oats 
QUARTS POSTPAID. 
1/4 bu. and up not prepaid. 
Hand picked, Tipped, and Butted. 
Northern Grown. 
Change Your Seed Oats and Double Your Crop 
Regenerated Select Swedish Oats Will yield from so 
to 115 bushels to 
the acre; are not liable to rust. Straw stands up well. Large, long 
heads. Heavy plump meat of grain. Price bu. $1.25, 2 bu. $2.40, 
5 bu. $5.75, 10 bu. $11.25. 
Alneer’s Golden Champion 
The great prize-winning 
corn. Now the most popular 
and most uniformly distinct type of Yellow Dent Corn. Fifty years 
of careful selection has resulted in remarkable evenness in appear¬ 
ance of ears. It is more accurately described as follows: Ears 9 to 
10 inches long, 7 inches around, 18 to 24 rows with narrow space 
between rows; deep grains with small cob well filled at butt and tip. 
We offer a very choice selection of seed grown from pedigree 6eed 
selections for years. It has won first prizes in competition. Price 
shelled, qt. 45c, Vi bu., Vl bu., bu.. Market Price. 
New Golden Fleece This is a splendid new oats. The 
large grains are plump and hand¬ 
some. The straw is very strong and stands up well. The blade is 
nearly double the size of ordinary oats, which attests the vigor and 
productive capacity of the strain. Golden Fleece is remarkable for 
its great stooling capacity. The yield of Golden Fleece oats has 
reached as much as 145 bushels per acre. Price, bu. $1.25, 2 bu. 
$2.40, 5 bu. $5.75, 10 bu. $11.25. 
Pride of Illinois 
Ears are borne uniformly at about four feet 
from the ground, high enough to get the 
sun and air, low enough to be protected from windstorms. The ears 
are large, 10 to 12 inches long, nearly cylindrical, holding their size 
well to the end, are well rounded or capped over at both ends and 
have that well groomed appearance of thoroughbred corn. The fine 
shaped grains, which are set in straight rows, are quite deep and 
broad at the germ end, thus making a solid or heavy ear, and they are 
of such rich yellow color and uniform size that it is surely the 
handsomest corn we have ever seen. Qt. 45c, Vi bu., Vi bu., bu., 
Market Price. 
Reid’s Large Yellow Dent 
varieties known and a great yielder. 
$1.00, y% bu., bu., Market Price. 
Grows to a good size, and is 
pronounced one of the best 
A fine sort. Qt. 45c, V4 bu. 
SORGHUM OR SUGAR CANE 
Improved Early Amber The earliest variety almost in- 
J variably ripens seed with us 
when planted early in May. The seed is excellent as a poultry food. 
Lb. 35c, postpaid. By express or freight, not prepaid, Vi bu- 90c, 
1/2 bu. $1.60, bu. $3.00. 
BROOM CORN 
Broom Corn, Improved Evergreen This is the moat 
7 r ° popular variety, 
the brush being firm and of good length and retaining the light green 
coloring when properly cured. Per lb. 40c, postpaid. By express or 
freight, not prepaid; 10 lbs. $1.50, 25 lbs. $2.60, 100 lbs. $9.00. 
Early; ears of good size and symmetrical, 
color bright golden yellow, grain very deep; 
Seventy-two pounds ear corn makes sixty pounds shelled 
Qt. 45c, V4 bu., V2 bu., bu., Market Price. 
Iowa Gold Mine 
small cob. 
SOY BEANS 
Manchu. A heavy hay producerVi^ bu $ 2 5 i 5 
Iowa Silver Mine (White Dent) v^rpCrlwhit^kerneb 
and a very small white cob. Ears contain sixteen to twenty rows 
and stalks often bear two ears. Matures in about 100 days. Qt. 45c, 
y 4 bu., V2 bu., bu., Market Price. 
FIELD PEAS 
White Canada Peas M ?J e 
paid. 
bu. $3.50. 
used than any other. Not pre- 
Per Vi bu. $1.10, Vi bu. $1.90, 
Early Murdock Golden Dent l Is ° e ^ ed de ^ t iS varfi?y 
considerable prominence, individuality, immense productiveness, fine 
height, large superb ears, large kernels, small cob and attractive 
appearance. It is a splendid variety for both light and heavy soils. 
Has strong constitutional vigor. Matures in about 95 days. Qt. 45c, 
y 4 bu., V2 bu., bu., Market Price. 
Improved Learning 
Dent \4ariety. Ears of good size, set 
low down and always two ears to each 
stalk ; very small cob with deep grains of a rich golden color. Matures 
early; a good yielder. Qt. 45c, Vi bu., Vi bu., bu.. Market Price. 
Early Yellow Yankee Flint Corn ? as ? J^ th ear yXw b 
hard grain; makes nice roasting ears. Is a fine milling sort. Qt. 
50c, Vi bu., V2 bu., bu., Market Price. 
Red Cob Fodder or Ensilage Corn 
This variety is now 
grown in the large 
dairy regions so extensively as almost to exclude all of the other so- 
called Fodder Corns and the verdict is that it is the best. It is sweet, 
tender and juicy; has short joints, abundance of leaves, and grows 
to a great height, furnishing more than double the bulk and much 
more nourishment than ordinary field corn. Price not prepaid, 
Vi bu., Vi bu., 1 bu.. Market Price. 
DWARF ESSEX RAPE 
A forage plant of great value, which can be sown at any time in May, 
June, or July; requires about 5 or 6 lbs. of seed per acre. Makes a 
grand pasturage for sheep, as well as for other 6tock. It can be cut 
up and shocked for winter feeding if permitted to grow its full size. 
Is not injured by frost and will furnish feed until winter. 100 lbs. 
$7.50, 50 lbs. $3.85, 25 lbs. $2.00, 10 lbs. $1.10, not prepaid; by mail, 
per lb. 30c. 
SPELTZ OR EMMER 
It is a most wonderful new grain which we are sure will prove of 
great value. Speltz is good for pasture. Speltz fattens in the green 
state, is a green grass hay food. Speltz is also a hay. It will yield 
40 to 60 bushels of grain to the acre, equal to corn, or barley, oats, 
rye or wheat, of high feeding value, and tons of straw hay almost 
equal to timothy for feeding cattle. Sow it at the rate of 1 Vi 
bushels to the acre. Price, lb. 25c, 3 lbs. 60c, postpaid. By express 
or freight, not prepaid, V4 bu. 75c, bu. $2.25. 
Prize Mammoth Sunflower 
The Sunflower is now grown 
on the Prairie farms for 
feed. The seeds are nice for fattening poultry. Pkt. 4c, oz. 7c, 
1/4 lb. 10c, lb. 25c, 5 lbs. $1.00. 
KAFFIR CORN 
Kaffir Porn One of the best forage plants. Makes splendid 
A'k.cxiiii vui 11 feed for poultry, fed either in the grain or ground 
and cooked. Foliage and stalk make excellent forage. Cultivate the 
same as common corn, requiring four or five pounds of seed per acre. 
Not prepaid: V4 bu. 75c, % bu. $1.40, bu. $2.50. By mail, prepaid, 
lb. 35c. 
FETERITA 
FpfprifA A new non-saccharine sorghum, maturing its crop 20 
1 cicina t0 30 days ear ii er than Kaffir Corn, making it well 
adapted to sections with short seasons. Feterita grows about 5 feet 
high, branching freely from the roots and producing numerous large 
heads of white grain. The fodder is much finer than corn stalks, and 
is highly relished by all stock. For grain sow 5 pounds of seed per 
acre in hills, or drills. For fodder, sow 25 lbs. per acre, broadcast 
or in rows. Per lb. 35c, prepaid; not prepaid, 10 lbs. 90c, 25 lbs. 
$1.75, 50 lbs. $3.00. 
VETCHES 
SariflVl^trh (Winter Vetch.) Europe. The Sandvetch prospers 
in the most barren soils, on those too poor to grow 
the winter tare. Six tons per acre of green forage have been har¬ 
vested in one cut in poor silicious soils with second cut for seed in 
August, alone or with a cereal, rye preferred, as this Vetch reaches 
a height of 3% to 5 feet, and must have a support. Sow 60 to 75 
pounds per acre. Lb. postpaid, 35c, at buyers expense: 10 lbs. $1.90, 
25 lbs. $4.30. 50 lbs. $8.00. 
Note. At prices quoted on field and grass seeds, etc., by the 
Vt bu., % bu. and bushel, 10 pounds and up. not prepaid, we 
make no charge for bags and deliver free on board cars in this 
city. The buyer pays the express or freight cha-ges. 
