JOSEPH HARRIS CO., MORETON FARM. N. Y. 
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S FARM AND FIELD SEEDS. ^ 
Pays to Plant the Bost Varieties. I ho cost- is but slightly more* than for common mixed seed, and the 
lesults are always very much better. Take Corn, for instance. The difference in cost of seed between a good variety 
and common corn is not more than fifty cents an acre, yet we have often seen a difference in yield of twenty to twenty- 
five bushels of shelled corn per acre, in favor of the improved seed. 
We make a specialty of raising fine seeds of the best varieties of Corn, Oats, Bariev, etc., and sell them at low 
prices. We make no charge for bags, and deliver the seeds at express or freight depot, in Rochester withoutextra charge. 
Mammoih Yellov/ Flint Corn. 
Ears It Inches I.oiu.j. 
MAMMOTH EIGHT ROWED YELLOW 
FLINT CORN. 
What wo want in a corn for the north custom states is 
curliness combined with productiveness and vigor. This Is 
what wo have been aiming for in breeding up tills corn. It 
is not a new variety, but a well-bred strain of eight rowed 
yellow corn. In selecting and “ breeding” this corn wo have 
not only considered the size of the cars, but what is equally 
or more important tho 7ia/dt and productiveness of the stalk. 
Wo want the stalk to bo strong, with broad leaves and two or 
more good ears of corn. Tho usual practice of selecting tho 
best ears no matter from what kind of a stalk is not the way 
to obtain a first class corn. 
Our mammoth eight rowed corn shows the result of care¬ 
ful and scientific selection. The stalks grow very strong, not 
too tall.andeach produce two or more oars which aro long,sound 
and well filled out to the tip. This is, of course, on good land 
where the corn is not planted too thick. No corn can pro¬ 
duce perfect ears when crowded. Throe stalks in a hill Is all 
that should be allowed to grow, or if in drills tho stalks 
should bo afoot apart and tho rows 8 to 8% foot apart. This 
corn will mature ready to cut in IK) days from tho data of 
planting. Our crop in 1805 was in one Held of 5 acres, 000 
bushels of sound ears or ISO bushels per acre . At t his writing 
we cannot give the exact yield of this year’s crop, but it is a 
large one. Don’t think of planting ordinary corn whon you 
can got this Improved strain at tho following prices: Peck 
50c., bushel $1.60, 2 bushels $2.60. Kars, bushel $1.00, barrel 
(3 bu.) $2.76. By mall, postpaid, lb. 30c., 3 lbs. 76c. 
WHITE CAP YELLOW DENT CORN. 
This new early Dent Corn can be grown In tho northern 
states ns well ns Flint Corn. It is the earliest Dent Corn with 
good largo ears. Many who have wished to raise Dent Corn 
on account of its prollllcncss but have been deterred from 
doing so by the lateness of the older varieties will welcome 
this new early variety, which possesses the proliflcness of the 
Dent varieties and the earliness of tho Flint. Tho stalks 
grow 6 to 8 feet high and make first class fodder. Pk. 65c., 
bu. $1.76, 2 bu. $3.00. 
WHITECAP YELLOW DENT. 
EARLY GOLDEN PROLIFIC OATS. 
There is no grain of which there are so many so-called new varieties 
cons.antly being introduced as Oats, yet few of these varieties show any 
improvement over kinds in common use. But we think the Golden Pro¬ 
lific Is distinctand valuable. The headsare long and branching, the grain 
large and plump and the straw strong and st I IT. The Golden Prolific has 
yielded more for the last two years than any of the varieties grown on the 
farm, and we have tried all the most promising. The grain Is more yellow 
tLan some varieties./ui*' a r crp thin husk and weighs nearly 40 pounds to the 
measured bushel. There are a numberof varieties of oats that are heavier, 
among them White Plume (Killed by one seedsman “ Mortgage Lifter.”) 
Swedish Oats, Clydesdale, but then all have such thick hard husks that 
horses cannot masticate or digest them. The extra weight is almost en¬ 
tirely in the husk. Peck 40c.. bushel 31.00, bag, 2% bushels, $2.25,10 bushels 
or more at 80c. per bushel of 32 pounds. 
IMPROVED AMERICAN OATS. 
We have grown this variety for a numberof years, and still think it 
the best white oats in cultivation. With its plump, heavy grain, stiflTstraw 
and remarkable vigor and proliflcness, it is hard fo equal. Wo can furnish 
ehoice, heavy seed as follows: Peck 35c., bushel 90c. f 2% bushels $2.00, 
10 bushels or more at 75c. per bushel. 
BAXTER'S PROLIFIC BARLEY. 
This is an improved early six rowed Barley, that wo have found much 
superior to tho six rowed Barley commonly grown. The heads aro long 
and the grain plump and heavy. Tho straw Is stiff and holds up well even 
under a heavy crop and wot weather. From our trials we think it will 
yield at least one-third more than any other variety. Peck 40c., bushel $1.00, 
bag, W/t bushels, $2.30,10 bushels or more at 86c. per bushel 
DWARF ESSEX RAPE. 
For fall pasturage for sheep we have found nothing equal to Dwarf 
Essex Rape. Kown in July it makes an excellent growth by September I, 
when pastures are becoming short, and will furnish most excellent forage 
for sheep or cows all through the fall. Wc were much pleased with the 
results obtained with it the past season. Sow broadenstattherateofabout 
6 pounds per acre. Land adjoining a pasture Is best, so that the sheep can 
feed on both at the same time. Lb. postpaid 26c., by express or freight 16c. 
per lb., 10 lbs. or more 12c per lb. 
CANADA FIELD PEAS. 
These are the best Peas to sow with oats for fodder, which makes excel¬ 
lent food for cattle, sheep and hogs. Peck 60c., bushel $1.35, 2 bushels $2 40. 
Please write for prices on larger quantities. 
