If your aler sells our seeds buy of him. If he will not supply you write us. 
We Appreciate Your Business 
1938 
five years we have sent out our message for good seeds and from a small room 
ch we cleaned and stored all our seeds we have grown until today we use a floor 
than 2V2 acres and a storage capacity of 197,000 bushels of seed, 
yant to thank you for your part in our growth and assure you, your business is 
liated. Our business has been built by your confidence in us which we will do 
er to merit a continuance. 
SEED OUT-LOOK FOR 1938 
kinds have been harvested this 
condition than for many years, in 
•season has been almost ideal for 
roducing of high grade seeds. 
abundance of high grade corn. 
x, to plant Hybrid corn for the first 
lers who have been growing Hy- 
small way are going to plant their 
Hybrid this year. 
n produced 50% of the entire soy 
:he United States and the quality 
Dod. Cow pea crop, of which many 
bushels are produced in Mason 
to twenty-five miles west of San 
'nd section, made good yields and 
ity. 
iere harvested, many without any 
pod heavy weight, from 30 to 40 
r shel, showing a very high germi- 
s one of the shortest crops we have 
especially in the corn belt where 
-ed clover seed is seeded there is 
thing. About the only place in the 
where there is real good red clover 
n Idaho, which state usually pro- 
ality of any section in the United 
iere most of the seedsmen had to 
ir supplies this year. Up to this 
er 9) we have received nine cars 
yhich has cost us more than $ 100 ,- 
000. Not only is the United States very short on 
red clover but Canada as well, having produced 
only about one-half of their requirements. 
European crop of red clover is much smaller 
than last year and quality not so good. Mam¬ 
moth and alsike also a short crop, but consider¬ 
ably more alsike than red in proportion, southern 
Michigan, Ohio and Indiana producing consider¬ 
able alsike. 
Alfalfa a very short crop, especially northern 
and northwestern seed which is usually by far 
the best to use. Southwestern Arizona, New 
Mexico, southern California and Texas produced 
quite a large crop. Oklahoma produced a fair 
crop of very high quality seed. Sweet clover also 
a very short crop but with a good crop produced 
in Canada prices are very reasonable, which is 
going to make a heavy demand for sweet clover 
and which no doubt will show considerable ad¬ 
vance later in the season. 
Lespedeza, a big crop, very fine quality and 
prices low. Timothy, a large crop, good quality, 
prices low. Blue grass, one of the largest crops 
for several years, very high quality and prices 
extremely low. Red top, rather short crop, prices 
reasonable. Sudan a very large crop but a large 
acreage was cashed in to the Government and 
plowed under, but even with the thousands of 
acres plowed under prices are going to be com¬ 
paratively low. Garden seeds, good crop in most 
all items and quality very high. 
Ind Why We Can Sell High Grade Seeds at Lower Prices 
|e seii you wholesale or retail the Where We Grow Our Field Seeds 
Jnanage our own business and have 
ed executives to pay. 
have several lines of business to 
fnses. If we were in the seed busi- 
re would have to charge enough 
[eed we sold to pay expenses through 
sales of 
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are sold in this 
not produced here. 
work is done at 
small town where operating expenses 
|ver than in a city. 
This map of Illinois will show where San Jose 
is located and where most of our field seeds are 
grown. It is 25 miles due south of Peoria, at 
corner of Mason, Logan and Tazewell Counties. 
About 40 miles north of the center of the State, 
where we have the best soil in the world for the 
growing and maturing of seed corn and other 
crops. 
INSTRUCTIONS FOR 
ORDERING—Be Sure to Read 
Terms Strictly Cash. Bank Draft, Certified 
Check, Money Order or Express Order Must Ac¬ 
company Order. If you live in Illinois be sure 
to include sales tax, also money for bags. 
Bags free with seed corn and alfalfa. 
Heavy cotton bags, holding 2 y 2 bushels, for 
small seeds charged at 25c each. Heavy one 
bushel bags charged at 10c each. Jute bags, 
holding 2y 2 bushels, for soy beans and cow peas, 
10c each. Jute bags, holding 4 bushels oats, at 
10 c each. 
Do not be afraid to send money in advance. 
We are responsible for any amount of money 
you send and if seeds are not satisfactory can 
be returned in five days after they are received 
and money will be refunded. 
All our seeds are tested for purity and germi¬ 
nation by our own state department, tag being 
attached to every bag giving you this informa¬ 
tion. 
As to our financial responsibility, we refer you 
to the First National Bank, Commercial Mer¬ 
chants National Bank and Trust Co., or the Cen¬ 
tral National Bank, all of Peoria, Ill. 
