Improved Seed Selection Makes Growers More Money 
The Kind With Barbless 
Beards 
This is one of the newer kinds of Barley. flBjB 
Not an experiment hut definitely proven as the BBafl 
best all around producer yet developed. It 
will outyield any variety we know of. It will 
stand up under any unfavorable weather with ^^^B 
the best of them. The straw is far superior ^ 
to the old kinds because there are no barbs on ^Hr 
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 the heaviest producing small 
grain crop in the northern part of the United States. It yields more pounds 
of grain per acre and it is valuable feed. 
Our Velvet 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. 
\ Improved Barbless Barley 
This is tm improved type 9 f 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 has 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 farmer 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 
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It yields more than any other cereal 
Pound for pound it is equal to corn in 
feeding 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- 
l daily well. Gives you greater returns per j 
acre. Taken all in all it is a most sat- J 
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I1V A CLASS BY ITSELF 
It Is Beardless and 
Hulless 
There 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 
is free from beards and is at times 
called Bald Barley. 
Straw is quite leafy. Makes 
heavy crop of fine hay if cut while 
grain is in the dough stage. Yields 
up to 40 to 75 bushels per acre. 
Not 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 
together. It’s a wonderful combina¬ 
tion. Or use it with corn and it 
will excel corn alone in results. 
Plant 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. 
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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. 
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