SWEET SOIL 
PASTURE 
MIXTURES 
HIGH PURITY AND 
GERMINATION 
FULL VALUE GUARANTEED 
SUGGESTED FORMULA FOR 
PASTURE MIXTURES 
Prices on Other Side 
HOG PASTURE 
10% or 2.0 Lbs. Alfalfa 
6% or 1.4 Lbs. Sweet Clover 
12% or 2.4 Lbs. Red Clover 
}8% or 1.6 Lbs. Alsike 
30% or 6.0 Lbs. Timothy 
24 % or 4.8 Lbs. Rye Grass 
10% or 2.0 Lbs. Korean Lespedeza 
35% or 5.2 Lbs. Korean Lespedeza 
35% or 5.2 Lbs. Rye Grass 
30% or 4.5 Lbs. Rape 
Seed about 15 Lbs. per acre. 
For pasture for more than one season add Red 
Clover or Sweet Clover according to soil acidity. 
SOUR SOIL 
10% or 2.0 Lbs. Red Clover 
10% or 2.0 Lbs. Alsike 
35% or 7.0 Lbs. Timothy 
25% or 5.0 Lbs. Rye Grass 
10% or 2.0 Lbs. Lespedeza 
10% or 2.0 Lbs. Red Top 
Seed 15 to 20 lbs. per acre. The above mixtures 
should provide grazing for two seasons and the 
start of the third. If permanent pasture is de¬ 
sired add Kentucky Blue Grass, Red Top and 
White Dutch Clover—about two lbs. of each 
per acre. 
WET SOIL 
40% or 6.0 Lbs. Korean Lespedeza 
35% or 5.2 Lbs. Red Top 
15% or 2.3 Lbs. Alsike 
10% or 1.5 Lbs. Reed Canary Grass 
Seed about 15 Lbs. per acre. 
Reed Canary is a valuable addition to this mix¬ 
ture. It will survive and produce well on very 
wet land. 
' FUNKS BIG TEN PASTURE MIX 
14% or 2.8 Lbs. Red Clover 
7% or 1.4 Lbs. Alsike 
6% or 1.2 Lbs. Alfalfa 
13% or 2.6 Lbs. Sweet Clover 
10% or 2.0 Lbs. Korean Lespedeza 
12% or 2.4 Lbs. Timothy 
10% or 2.0 Lbs. Kentucky Blue Grass 
7% or 1.4 Lbs. Red Top 
12% or 2.4 Lbs. Rye Grass 
9% or 1.8 Lbs. Brome Grass 
Seed from 18 lbs. to 20 lbs. per acre. 
Ten different crops that should start a good 
permanent pasture. 
QUICK ACTION — LOW COST 
20% or 4.0 Lbs. Rye Grass 
40% or 8.0 Lbs. Lespedeza 
40% or 8.0 Lbs. Timothy 
Seed about 20 Lbs. per acre with oats or other 
grain in spring and keep well grazed so that 
grass and lespedeza will grow more rapidly. 
QUOTATIONS FOR SPECIAL MIXTURES ON REQUEST 
SEED 
TREATMENT 
Crop Yields are Reduced Millions of 
Bushels Each Year by Diseases carried 
on the Seed. SEED TREATMENT de¬ 
stroys these Costly Diseases and PRO¬ 
TECTS against Rotting in Soil. 
NEW IMPROVED 
CERESAN 
For OATS, WHEAT, 
BARLEY, RYE 
4 oz. Can . . $ .30 
Use 1 lb. Can. . .75 
V 2 Oz. 5 1b. Can.. 3.25 
Per Bu. 25 1b. Can.. 14.00 
NEW IMPROVED 
SEMESAN JR. 
For SEED CORN 
2 oz. Envelope $ .15 
Use 4 oz. Can.30 
2 Oz. 1 lb. Can.75 
Per Bu. 5 lb. Can. 3.00 
NEW IMPROVED 
SEMESAN BEL BARBAK C 
For POTATOES 
2 oz. Envelope $ .25 
4 Oz. 4 oz. Can.50 
Treats 1 lb. Can. 1.50 
15 Bu. 5 lb. Can. 6.50 
For SEED CORN 
Use 2 oz. Envelope$ 
2 Oz. 1 lb. Can ..... 
Per Bu. 5 lb. Can. 
.15 
.75 
3.00 
FUNK'S FIELD AND 
ROAD DRAIN 
DRAINS PONDS AND MUD 
HOLES—DIVERTS WATER 
DIRECTLY INTO TILE 
Special Literature on Request 
Inch—$16.50 8 Inch—$21.50 
10 Inch—$26.50 
Moist Humus Base 
LEGUME AID 
McQUEEN’S HUMUS 
INOCULATION 
State Kind of Seed You Wish to Inoculate 
ALWAYS SPECIFY NAME OF SEED 
Agar (Jelly) Base 
LEGUME CULTURE 
McQUEEN’S JELLY 
ALFALFA, All Clovers 
Size 
Vi bu. each. $ .25 
1 bu. each.40 
2 Vi bu. each.80 
VETCH, AUSTRIAN WINTER PEAS, 
FIELD AND GARDEN PEAS 
1 bu. each. $ .25 
2 bu. each.40 
5 bu. each.80 
SOY BEANS, COW PEAS, LESPEDEZA. GARDEN 
BEANS, PEANUTS, AND LIMA BEANS 
1 bu. each.$ .25 
2 bu. each.40 
5 bu. each.80 
10 bu. each. 1.25 
25 bu. each. 2.50 
Only Legume Aid and McQueen’s Humus Packed in[.10~and 
25 bu. sizes for Soybeans only. 
NOTE: The 25 Bushel Size Contains 5 Individual Inner Units of Five Bushels Each. 
FUNK BROS. SEED CO. 
BLOOMINGTON, ILLINOIS 
HANDY SEED TABLE 
Preserve for Reference 
FUNK FARMS BRAND SEED— Lbs. Rate 
EVERY KIND FOR THE FARM per to Sow 
Std. Lbs. per 
Bu. Acre 
Alfalfa—drilled. 60 12 to 16 
Barley, Spring. 48 96 to 110 
Blue Grass, Ky., for lawns. 14 100 to 125 
Brome Grass . 14 20 
Buckwheat. 52 50 to 60 
Clover, Alsike. 60 2 to 4 
Clover, Mammoth. 60 6 to 10 
Clover, Red. 60 6 to 10 
Clover, Sweet, white or yellow. 60 12 to 15 
Clover, Sweet, white (unhulled). 30 25 to 30 
Clover, White Dutch. 60 6 to 8 
Corn. 56 8 to 10 
Corn, Pop. 56 3 to 5 
Kaffir-Milo-Feterita-Grohoma-Atlas 
Sorgo-Hegari (drill). 56 10 to 15 
Kaffir-Milo-Feterita-Grohoma-Atlas 
Sorgo-Hegari (broadcast). 56 40 to 50 
Lawn Grass mixed. 100 to 125 
Lespedeza-Korean. 25 20 to 25 
Millets—for hay. 50 50 
Oats. 32 60 to 112 
Orchard Grass. 14 21 to 28 
Peas, Canada Field (broadcast). 60 120 to 150 
Peas, Cow, broadcast. 60 75 to 90 
Rape, broadcast. 50 5 to 8 
Red Top, Solid Seed. 14 6 to 8 
Rye. 56 84 to 112 
Rye Grass. 24 28 to 35 
Sorghum, broadcast. 50 40 to 50 
Sorghum, drilled. 50 8 to 10 
Soybeans, broadcast. 60 90 to 120 
Soybeans, drilled. 60 60 to 90 
Sudan Grass, broadcast. 40 20 to 30 
Timothy . 45 8 to 10 
Vetch, Winter or Hairy. 60 60 
Wheat, Winter. 60 75 to 96 
CYANOGAS 
Rats are instantly killed 
when a cloud of Cyano- 
gas is forced into their 
burrow. Cyanogas is 
automatic and complete 
in its effects—all rodents 
are killed, no matter in 
what far nook or cranny 
in the burrow they may 
be. 
Vi lb. Tin—$ .45 
1 lb. Tin—$ .75 
5 lb. Tin—$3.00 
BRASS FOOT PUMP—$7.00 Each 
HAND PUMP—$1.25 Each 
BIG BARGAIN BOX 
Funk's $1.00 Collection of GARDEN SEED 
$2.00-$2.50 Value If Purchased Separately 
21 Full Size Packets—21 Proven Varieties 
ALL VARIETIES APPROVED BY UNIVERSITY OF 
ILLINOIS 
IN ADDITION—ONE PACKET ZINNIA—GIANT 
DAHLIA FLOWERED MIXED 
AN AMAZING VALUE—A WELL-BALANCED 
GARDEN 
Crisp Fresh Vegetables for a Family of Five or Six. 
FIRST PLANTING— 
(About oats seeding time) 
Vi pound Peas—Little Marvel 
1 packet Radish—Early Scarlet Globe 
1 packet Onion—Yellow Globe Danvers 
1 packet Spinach—Bloomsdale Savoy 
1 packet Turnip—Purple Top Strap Leaf 
1 packet Lettuce^Black Seeded Simpson 
1 packet Sweet Peas—Spencars Hybrids Mixed 
SECOND PLANTING— 
(Between oats and corn seeding) 
Vi pound Peas—Dwarf Telephone 
1 packet Cabbage—Copenhagen Market 
1 packet Carrot—Chantenay 
1 packet Beet—Early Blood Turnip 
1 packet Parsnip—Hollow Crown 
1 packet Radish—White Icicle 
1 packet Nasturtium—Dwarf Fine Mixed 
THIRD PLANTING— 
(At corn planting) 
Vi pound Beans—Burpees Stringless Green Pod 
Vi pound Beans—Rust Proof 
V* pound Sweet Corn—Golden Cross Bantam—Hybrid 
Wilt-Resistant 
FOURTH PLANTING— 
(Hot weather—About May 20) 
1 packet Tomato—Marglobe 
1 packet Cucumber—Snows Early Pickle 
1 packet Watermelon—Keckleys Sweet 
1 packet Muskmelon—Hales best 
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CUT OUT THIS COUPON ON THE BLACK LINES 
Drop $1.00 Bill in an envelope with your name 
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and mail to FUNK BROS. SEED COMPANY, 
BLOOMINGTON, ILLINOIS, and we will send you 
promptly by mail this $2.00 complete Garden and 
Flower Seed Collection Postpaid. 
Name___ 
Street and No._ 
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THE GREATEST SEED VALUE ON EARTH 
FOR SO LITTLE MONEY 
All New Crop Seeds of High Germination Well 
Adapted To Your Locality. 
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