,R.B.BUCHANAN SEED CQ MEMPHIS,TENNESSEE, 
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BUCHANAN’S SEED CORN 
CORN 
Corn is king of all farm crops. 
Corn and alfalfa form a balanced 
ration that is hard to beat. 
Corn means a prosperous agricul¬ 
ture because it makes possible dairy 
cattle, beef cattle, hogs, sheep and 
poultry, and these are the profit 
makers, the mortgage lifters. They 
create cozy homes, happy families. 
They provide education for the 
children, home conveniences for 
mother, peace and contentment for 
father. They make farm life worth 
living. 
No other grain crop has so wide 
a range of possibilities as corn has. 
No other grain crop will pay so well 
for care and attention. No other 
grain crop has the capacity for re¬ 
sponding to fertility and cultiva¬ 
tion that corn has. 
While our average yield of corn 
may be only 30 bushels to the acre, 
with the necessary care and atten¬ 
tion it can be made to produce over 
100 bushels. 
When wheat or oats are ripe 
there is danger of losing them even 
to the last moment as the result of 
rust or blight or storm. But corn, 
once matured, will wait days or 
even months for harvest. 
Indian or Squaw Corn 
INDIAN OR SQUAW CORN 
The picture above is the corn cultivated by Indians, sometimes called 
Calico Corn. It is one of the parents of our Big Blue Grain Mexican 
June. See next page. 
1136— MOSBY’S PROLIFIC (120 Days)—The most prolific corn in 
existence; the stalks are tall, bearing 3 to 5 fine ears. The grains are 
long, set close to a small white cob, very uniform in shape, well filled. 
It has good roots and will withstand storms better than any other 
prolific sort. Price —Vi gal., 40c; 1 gal., 60c; peck, $1.00; Vi bu., $1.90 
1137— NORTH CAROLINA (120 Days)—Our grower of this variety of 
com lives in Shelby County, Tennessee; has grown no other com for 
years. He has bred this com to a medium stalk, producing 4 to 6 ears. 
This corn will stand in the field after maturing, through rain, storms 
and snow, and deteriorates less than any variety of com grown today. 
Price—V 2 gal., 45c; 1 gal., 70c; peck, $1.00; Vi bu., $2.00 
1144—BUCHANAN’S (JARVIS) GOLDEN PROLIFIC—A yellow pro¬ 
lific corn with husk covering the ears so completely and tightly that 
it is practically impossible for any bird or weevil to get to the com in 
the field. It is the hardest grained and makes the most solid ear of any 
yellow com that we know, with the exception of the Cuban Yellow 
Flint. It resists drouth remarkably well, produces two good medium- 
size ears to the stalk and is in great demand on the Memphis market for 
roasting ears. Price —Vi gal., 40c; 1 gal., 60c; peck, $1.00; Vi bu., $1.90 
1139—TENNESSEE YELLOW DENT (90 Days)—My most popular vari¬ 
ety of yellow field corn, produces a medium stalk with two good ears 
of uniform size and shape, 8 to 10 inches long, with 14 to 18 straight 
rows of yellow kernels on a medium-sized red cob, and ears are well 
filled out over tip. Tennessee Yellow Dent is often called drouth 
resister, as it will produce more com on our thin uplands during a 
drouth year than any other known corn. 
Price —Vi gal.. 40c; 1 gal., 60c; peck, $1.10; Vi bu., $2.00 
CALENDAR AND ALMANAC FOR 1938 
We have devoted our outside cover to a Calendar for 1938, also 
page 2 to an Almanac giving the important events, holidays and 
happenings of the past. Please read and write me what you 
think of this idea, that I may be guided for the following year. 
R. B. BUCHANAN. 
All Prices on This Page Post Paid 
Prices Not Prepaid—See Yellow Price List Enclosed 
All Corn Post Paid Through Third Zone 
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Buchanan’s Golden Prolific Corn 
New Improved Semesan Jr. increased the yield on the average 3.55 
bushels per acre. Only 4 ears, or 3 x /-> pounds of corn required to 
pay for this increase in yield when corn is selling at 64c a bushel. 
The most precious thing in the world is the labor of a 
human being. Yet by not testing our seed com we waste 
hours every day on worthless stalks. See Index. 
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