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 sped stmuld aloe _„n 
so as to insure a good stand. First class, thoroughly recleaned seed, even though considerably more costtv 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 
IOWEALTH 
KING OF THE HYBRIDS 
There can be only fine BEST of anything. In hybrid corn, that BEST 
is Iowealth—as proven by Iowealth’s winning more yield and perform¬ 
ance awards, year after year. With that record goes assurance of 10 
to 20 bushels more per acre, stiffer stalks, easier husking, drouth 
resistance, and many other advantages. And Iowealth seed costs you 
less than $1 an acre. 
We will furnish HYBRID seed of proven adaptability to your section. 
Standard Edge Grades.$7.00 per bu. 
Special Plate Grades. 6.00 per bu. 
Large Round Grade.... 5.00 per bu. 
OPEN POLLINATED SEED CORN 
QUARTS POSTPAID. 
J /4 bu. and up not prepaid. 
Hand picked. Tipped, and Butted. 
Northern Grown. 
Alneer’s Golden Champion The £ reat ., prize-winning 
r corn. Now the most popular 
and most uniformly distinct type of Yellow Dent Corn. Fifty years 
of c&reful 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. 60c, V2 bu. $1.15, bu. $2.15. 
Reid’s Large Yellow Dent 
varieties known and a great yielder. 
60c, y 2 bu. $1.15, bu. $2.15. 
Grows to a good size, and is 
pronounced one of the best 
A fine sort. Qt. 45c, Vi bu. 
Silver King (Wisconsin No. 7) A wonderful producer ; has 
° v ' pure white kernels 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, Vi bu. 60c, 
y 2 bu. $1.15, bu. $2.15. 
Early Yellow Yankee Flint Corn Has long ears, with 
J a smooth yellow, 
hard grain; makes nice roasting ears. Is a fine milling sort. Qt. 
45c, y 4 bu. 60c, i/ 2 bu. $1.15, bu. $2.15. 
Red Cob Fodder or Ensilage Com 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 eweet, 
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. 55c, i/ 2 bu. $1.00, bu. $1.90. 
KAFFIR CORN 
Kaffir Corn One of the best forage plants. Makes splendid 
feed for poultry, fed either in the grain or ground 
and cooked. Foliage and stalk make excellent forage. Cultivate the 
same a6 common corn, requiring four or five pounds of seed per acre. 
By mail, prepaid, lb. 25c, 5 lbs. 70c, 10 lbs. 95c; by express or freight 
not prepaid 50 lbs. $1.75, 100 lbs. $3.00. 
BUCKWHEAT 
Buckwheat—New Japanese 
Should be sown the middle 
of June, using from one to 
three pecks of seed per acre. This new sort has proven to be much 
earlier and more productive than any other variety. Grains very large 
and of rich brown color. It excels all in yield and earliness. 1 lb. 25c, 
10 lbs. $1.00, by mail postpaid; by express or freight, not prepaid, 
y 2 bu. $1.75, bu. $2.25. 
Choice Seed Oats 
Change Your Seed Oats and Double Your Crop 
Regenerated Select Swedish Oats Wil1 yield from 80 
,, .... 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. 75c, 2 bu. $1.45, 
5 bu. $3.50, 10 bu. $6.95. 
White Kherson (Iowa 103)—A grand oat which has twice 
. . carried off sweepstakes at the Interna¬ 
tional Dry Farming Congress. An early variety; splendid nurse crop; 
permits early harvesting and late sowing of other crops. Kernels are 
slender, plump, white, and thin-hulled. Heavy yielder. Price bu. 75c, 
2 bu. $1.45, 5 bu. $3.50, 10 bu. $6.95. 
SORGHUM OR SUGAR CANE 
Improved Early Amber The ear 'iest variety almost in- 
J variably . ripens seed with us 
when planted early in May. The seed is excellent as a poultry food. 
Lb. 25c, 5 lbs. 75c, 10 lbs. $1.00, postpaid; by express or freight not 
prepaid 50 lbs. $1.80, 100 lbs. $3.50. 
BROOM CORN 
Broom Corn, Improved Evergreen This is the most 
, popular variety, 
the brush being firm and of good length and retaining the light green 
coloring when properly cured. Per lb. 40c, 10 lbs. $1.60, postpaid. By 
express or freight, not prepaid; 25 lbs. $2.60, 100 lbs. $9.00. 
SOY BEANS 
Manchu. A heavy hay producer ^bu^i bu ' 
Illlni, heavy yielder Not prepaid, y 2 bu. soc, bu. $1.50. 
White 
FIELD PEAS 
Canada Peas 
More used than any other. Not pre¬ 
paid. Per l/ 2 bu. $1.90, bu. $3.50. 
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 stock. 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. By mail 
postpaid lb. 25c, 5 lbs. 90c, 10 lbs. $1.65; by express or freight not 
prepaid 25 lbs. $2.35, 50 lbs. $4.60, 100 lbs. $9.00. 
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 V4 
bushels to the acre. Price, lb. 25c, 3 lbs. 60c, 10 lbs. $1.25 by mail 
postpaid; by express or freight not prepaid, bu. $1.50. 
Prize Mammoth Sunflower 
The Sunflower is now grown 
on the Prairie farms for 
feed. The seeds are nice for fattening poultry. Pkt. 5c, oz. 8c, 
Vi lb, 10c, lb. 25c, 5 lbs. $1.00. Postpaid. 
VETCHES 
Sand vetch (Winter Vetch.) Europe. The Sandvetch prospers 
““““ v 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 V4 to 5 feet, and must have a support. Sow 60 to 75 
pounds per acre- Lb. 35c, 5 lbs. $1.30, 10 lbs. $2.40 by mail postpaid; 
by express or freight not prepaid, 25 lbs. $3.25, 50 lbs. $6.25, 100 
lbs. $12.00. 
Note. At prices quoted on field and grass seeds, etc., by the 
V4 bu. and bushel, 25 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 charges. 
