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Ed. F. MaNGELSDORF BRO.,mc: 
WHOLESALE FIELD AND GRASS SEEDS 
11 We quote today s values for prompt shipment, F. O. B. ST. LOUIS BAGS NOT RETURN- 11 
I ABLE. ALL QUOTATIONS ARE SUBJECT TO MARKET CHANGES. PRICES QUOTED ARE FOR FULL BAGS I Vj 
I I WE MAKE AN EXTRA CHARGE OF 15C PER PACKAGE ON ALL ORDERS FOR ANY ITEMS OF 60 LBS. I I 
II OR LESS. Parcel POST ORDERS 25c EXTRA PLUS POSTAGE. WE SELL TO DEALERS ONLY. II 
500 So.MainfFirst)St. ST.LOUDSpM©. Telephi 
Missouri Seed Permit No. 12 
tones I 
List No. 498 
WE GIVE NO WARRANTY. EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. AS TO DESCRIPTION. DUALITY. PRODUCTIVENESS OR ANY OTHER MATTER OF ANY SEEDS WE SELL AND WILL NOT BE IN ANY WAY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CROP 
April 9, 1940 
ALFALFA Per 100 Lbs. 
U.S. Verified Origin—Sealed. 6 Bags Bag 
Seamless Bags Extra. or More Lots 
All new crop. True origin as stated. 
Kansas Alfalfa M Brand $23.00 $23.50 
“ “ Fancy 21.00 21.50 
Colorado-Kansas M Brand 22.50 23.00 
Oklahoma-Kansas “ 20.50 21.00 
Oklahoma “ 18.50 19.00 
Approved Oklahoma— M quality 19.00 19.50 
Eligible for AA.4 award payments Cent. States Region. 
NOTICE: Order as "Approved Oklahoma.” 
Kansas. M Brand, Pioneer 24.00 24.50 
Speciall.v-selected hardy strains from pio¬ 
neer fields started 20 to 40 years ago. 
Nebraska M Brand 23.50 24.00 
Texas “ 17-00 17.50 
Colorado “ 22.50 23.00 
NORTH-WESTERN & NORTHERN ORIGINS: 
Montana M Bn 
Idaho 
Wyoming ‘ 
Northwestern (Wyo-Colo.l ‘ 
26.00 
26.50 
26.00 
26.50 
25.00 
25.50 
24.00 
24.50 
27.50 
28.00 
Bushel 
1 Bags 
Per 100 Lbs. 
20.50 
21.00 
25.50 
26.00 
26.50 
27.00 
GRIMM, AFFIDAVIT; 
Okla. Grimm M Bra 
Kansas “ ' “ 
Northwestern Grimm" 
GRIMM—State-sealed, Certified: 
Idaho Red Tag $34.50 $35.00 
CANADIAN-GROWN, Hardy: 
Canadian Variegated, No. 1 Grade 28.00 28.50 
“ Grimm, Certified,No.i 30.00 30.50 
“ Grimm, Registered No. 1 32.00 32.50 
ARGENTINE Alfalfa M Brand 16.00 16.50 
Pur. 99.50%, Germ. 90%, Free of Noxious Weeds. 
Stained According U. S. Regulations. In Jute Bags. 
INCLUDE INOCULATION, Order Group 1. 
SWEET CLOVER pcr loo Lbs. 
Bags Extra. New Crop 
White Blossom, M Brand 
“ “ Fancy 
“ “ Choice 
Grundy County M Brand 
Yellow Blossom " 
Unhulled White Bios. M Brand 4.50 
» Yel. “ “ 4.50 
$6.50 $6.75 
5.75 6.00 
5.25 5.50 
7.00 7.25 
6.50 6.75 
4.75 
4.75 
Hubam, Annual, White Fancy 10.50 11.00 
j[^= INCLUDE INOCULATION, Order Group 1. 
RED CLOVER Per lOO Ibs. 
Bags extra. Domestic. New Crop. 
M Brand, Idaho, Bright $17.00 $17.50 
Pur. 99% or better, free of Noxious weeds. 
Lot "Ajax" Idaho Grown. Pur. 99.50% 16.00 16.50 
to 97% plus 2.50% crop seeds, free of nox. 
M Brand Mo. orlll.Grown 16.00 16.50 
Fancy, Cent. States Grown 15.00 15.50 
Choice, “ “ “ 14.00 14.50 
MAMMOTH Red Clover m Brand 17.00 17.50 
INCLUDE INOCULATION, Order Group 2. 
ALSIKE CLOVER per loo ibs. 
Bags Extra 
M Brand Pur. 97t4% or belter $ 22.50 $ 23.00 
Fancy, Pur. 9.5-97% _ _ _ 21.50 22.00 
jj^= INCLUDE INOCULATION, Order Group 2. 
LESPEDEZA Per lOO Lbs. 
Bags Inch 
Korean, MBrandPur.98%orbetter. $5.75 $6.00 
Korean, Fancy 5.00 5.25 
Dodder ou tag. 
Korean, Special Lot “Boom” 4.00 4.25 
Salable under state laws not limiting noxious. 
Korean, Hulled (Scarified) M Brand 6.50 6.75 
Clieaper per acre; goes third farther. Bags Extra. 
200 lbs. = 300 lbs. ordinary Korean in coverage. 
Kobe (Later, taller variety) M Brand 9,00 9 50 
SERICEA, Hulled M Brand 12.50 13.00 
" Unhulled " 10.00 10.60 
Sericea is perennial variety. Small amt. 2c Ib. higher. 
INCLUDE INOCULATION, Order 
Group 3 if M Brand—Group 5 if McQueens 
VETCHES—Austrian Peas 
Vetch fumigated, sealed 
Bags Incl., in 100 lb. bags. 
Hairy Winter Vetch, Michigan 
Austrian Winter Peas * 
Per 100 Lbs. 
Ask for Prices 
$ 4.75 $ 5.25 
TIMOTHY 
Bags Extra. New Crop. 
M Brand 
Fancy 
Choice 
Timothy-Alsike Mixed 20% Alsike 9.50 10.00 
RED TOP 
Per 100 Lbs. 
5 Bags Bag 
or More Lots 
$5.75 $6.00 
5.35 5.60 
4.90 5.15 
_ Per 100 Lbs. 
Bags Extra. New Crop, 
M Brand (Pur.92%or better) $10.50 $10.75 
Fancy " 85% " " 10.00 10.25 
Choice “ 80% " " 9.25 9.50 
Superfine “ 97% " " 11.50 11.75 
Unhulled Redtop 6.00 5.25 
KY. BLUE GRASS PeriooLbs 
Bags Included. New Crop. 
M Brand 21 lb. $19.50 $19.75 
Fancy 19 Ib. 18.75 19.00 
CANADA KY. BLUE GRASS (Mixed) 16.50 17.00 
Domestic Grown. Free of Canada TbtstU 
Attractive cloth bags 
printed in color 
100-lb. 6-lb. S-lb. 1-lb. 
Bags Bags Bags Bags 
LAWN GRASS 
MIXTURES 
Prices per Lb. 
For 100 Ibs. or more 
M Brand, Finest Quality 19c 21c 22c 23)^c 
Greenvue, Good Quality I7c I9c 20c 2l)^c 
Shady Spot 25c 27c 28c 29 
Bent Grass Mixture 33c to 38c lb. 
SUPER-M Lawn Grass $25.00 per 100 lbs. 
Finest quality, selected heavy high-germinatins 
seed, lowest weed>content, correct proportions. 
OTHER LAWN GRASSES 
Low prices apply full bags. Prices per lb. 
Bent Grass—State-sealed, Cert. 60-lb. bags. 
Coos or Seaside @ 56c to 59c 
Astoria, Blue Tag @ 50c to 53c 
Colonial or Olympic @ 46c to 49c 
Chewings Fescue @ 45c to 50c 
Poa Trivialis (For shade) @ 45c to 50c 
(Also called Rough Stalked Meadow Grass) 
RYE GRASS 
Per 100 Lbs. 
Bags Included. New Crop Domestic. 
Domestic—M Brand $ 6.25 $ 6.50 
Purity 99%, germ .90%, Noxious-free. 
Perennial, Domestic 11.50 11.75 
BERMUDA GRASS 
Bags Extra Per 100 Lbs. 
M Brand- P 98%, G 90% $21.50 $22.00 
MEADOW FESCUE PenooLbs. 
Special Lot, Pur. 90% $13.00 
ORCHARD GRASS Per lOO Lbs 
Bags Included. 
M Brand {] ^ig.OO $16.25 
Standard Fancy 15.00 15.25 
BROME GRASS (Bromus Inermis) 
Per 100 Lbs. 
Bags incl. 
M BRAND 
Fancy—85/85 
$16.00 $16.50 
14.50 15.00 
WHEAT GRASS 
Crested—Fairway Strain 
Sealed, Certified. 
OAT GRASS 
FODDER SEEDS-Millets, Sorghums 
New Crop—Recleaned Per 100 lbs. 
5 Bags Bag 
or more Lota 
Millet, German, Kansas m Brand $2.50 $2.75 
" “ Type Fancy 2.25 2,50 
" Japanese 5.50 5,75 
Sudan Grass, M Brand 3.50 3.75 
“ “ Fancy 3,15 3.40 
All Cane and Sorgos sold for fodder or hay, 
not for sorghum or syrup purposes. 
Fodder Cane, Mixed 2.50 2.65 
" " Black Amber 2.75 2.90 
" " Orange 2.75 2.90 
Milo Maize, Crook Neck 2.40 2.55 
“ “ Sooner or 60 Day 2.40 2.55 
Kaffir Corn, Sunrise 2.40 2.55 
Hegari, 2.50 2.65 
Grohoma, 2.75 2.90 
Atlas Sorgo, Certified (Germ 70%) 3.50 3.75 
" “ Affidavit 2.75 2.90 
Feterita, ^ 3.00 3.25 
Johnson Grass, Sold Out 
BROOME CORN, standard Evergreen 6.00 6.25 
BIRD SEEDS 
Bags Included. 
Canary, Recleaned 
Hemp, “ (Devitalized) 
Rape, Large Dwarf Essex 
“ Sweet Bird, Small 
Bird Seed, Ready Mixed 
Canada Field Peas 
Polly Sunflower, weevil-free. Superfine 
Millet, Large Red, Fancy 
“ “ Yellow, “ 
Wild Duck Millet 
Flax, Whole 
Bird Thistle 
Bird Lettuce 
Pepper Grass 
Plantain 
Per 100 Lbs. 
$ 4.60 
7.00 
7.50 
9.00 
6 50 
6.25 
6.50 
1.90 
2.15 
6.00 
5.50 
13.00 
13.00 
3.00 
2.00 
Recleaned for Feed Mixing. Per 100 Lbs. 
Early Fortune Red Millet 
Yellow Hog (Proso) " 
Mixed Feed Millet 
Kaffir Corn, Feed 
Milo Maize “ 
$1.70 to $1.80 
2.00 to 2.10 
1.60 to 1,70 
1.60 to 1.70 
1.70 to 1.80 
REED CANARY GRASS 
Per 100 Lbs. 
M Brand $16.50 $17.00 
Small Lota 18c Ib. 
SOYBEANS 
Bags Inch, Reel. New Crop. 
Virginia (Brown) 
Black Wilson 
Kingwa (Early Black) 
mini (Yellow) 
Mixed Yellow (Early) 
Laredo (Mo. Grown) 
COWPEAS 
Bags Inch, Reel. New Crop. 
Per Bushel 
$1.35 
$1.45 
1.35 
1.45 
1.35 
1.45 
1.45 
1.55 
1.40 
1.50 
2.50 
2.60 
Per Bushel 
Mixed 
$1.25 
$1.35 
New Era 
1.50 
1.60 
New Era—Mixed 
1.40 
1.50 
Whip—Mixed 
1.45 
1.55 
Whippoorwill 
1.65 
1.75 
Brabham 
1.50 
1.60 
SEED GRAINS 
Bags Inch, New Crop 
Columbia Seed Oats 
Mo. Grown. Growers’ Affidavit 
Spring Barley, Seed 
Wise. No. 38, Bearded. 
Buckwheat, Seed Quality 
RAPE SEED 
Bags Included. 
Dwarf Essex, recleaned 
Sweet Bird Rape 
Per Bu. 
$ 0.78 $ 0.83 
1.05 1.10 
Per 100 Lbs. 
2.25 2.50 
Per 100 Lbs 
$7.50 
9.00 
A HUMUS CULTURE 
Price per Can 
Dealer Retail 
Price Price 
$0.16 $0.30 
.25 .45 
.45 .75 
Group I —Alfalfa, Sweet Clover. 
” 2—Red and Alsike Clover. 
^-Bu. Can (Treats 30 lbs.) 
1 -Bu. •• 60 " 
2H-Bu. •• •• 150 •• 
Group 3—Lespedezas (all kinds). * 
" 5—Cowpeas. 
" 6—Soybeans. 
1'Bu. Can (Treats 60 Iba.) 
2-Bu. •• 120 '• 
5-Bu. •• ” 300 ” 
lO-Bu. " •• 600 •• 
25.Bu. •• • 1500 •• 
♦Group 3—5 Bu. Size is largest. 
.16 .30 
.25 .45 
.45 .75 
.75 1.15 
1.35 2.00 
HYBRID SEED CORN 
(Yellow) Per bu. 
In special colored 1-bu. Hybrid bags. Semesan treatment 
included free. 1939-crop. Our own production, carefully 
supervised. Sealed bags. All edgenlrop grade. 
XX-1—Mangelsdorf’s 
$4.25 
$4.50 
U. S. 13 (RiohSoU) 
4.25 
4.50 
Mo. No. 8 
4.25 
4.50 
Uh 960 
3.75 
4.00 
SEED CORN —Open-pollinated 
2J^-bu. Jute Bags inch 
Per bu. 
» r « r-.r- f"®™' better, 
COMMERCIAL GRADE machine graded. 
White Dent $ 1.35 $ 1.45 
Ypllnw “ 1 9% 1 
Red Cob St. Charles White 1.'35 L45 
M BRAND Germ. 90% or belter, butted & tipped 
Reid’s Yellow Dent 
1.60 
1.75 
Learning Yellow 
1.60 
1.75 
Midland " 
1.75 
1.90 
Silver Mine White 
1.75 
1.90 
White Dent 
1.75 
1.90 
Red Cob St. Charles White 
1.65 
1.80 
Hickory King White 
1.75 
1.85 
PEAT MOSS (Swedish) 
Prices per Bale. 
25 Biles 
or More 
10 Bales 
or More 
Bale 
Lots 
Horticultural 
$3.50 
$3.60 
$3.70 
Poultry Litter 
3.00 
3.20 
3.35 
" “ 25 lb. bags, .75 
.85 
.90 
SEAMLESS BAGS (New) 
Full 16 oz. 100 bags per bale. 
SUNFLOWER 
Per 100 Lbs 
Fulton “A” 
Bemis “A” 
New 
$27.50 to $28.75 
27.50 to 28.75 
Bags included. 
5 Bags 
or More 
Bag 
Lots 
Royal River 
ti 
26.00 to 
27.00 
E.xtra Fancy, Trace weevil 
5.25 
5.50 
Polly, Superfine; weevil-free, large grain 
6.25 
6.50 
BINDER 
TWINE 
25 
Bales 
Leas 
M BRAND INOCULATION 
SILVER CROWN 
MONDIAL 
$4.00 
4.00 
$4.15 
4.15 
New fresh stock. 
Per Bale 
POPCORN 
Per 100 lbs. 
Bags included. 100-lb. bags. 
SO. AMERICAN LARGE YELLOW 
EMBRO (Specially Selected, [ . .. 
Highest Popping Test)) 
Fancy(Good Standard Quality) 3.25 3.50 
Jap. Hull-less (White) 4.25 4.50 
Black Beauty 5.00 5.25 
Per 100 Lbs. 
Sold Out 
Per 100 Lbs. i® 
Tall Meadow Oat Grass $15.00 $16.00 
Pur. 83%, Germ. 90%, Some Noxious 
CRIMSON CLOVER 
Bags Extra. New Crop Per 100 Lbs. 
M Brand, Domestic $12.50 $13.00 
WHITE DUTCH CLOVER 
“Better Seeds 
Better Crops” 
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YOU MAY SHIP US VIA 
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REIQUIRES NO POSTAGE 
MBrand Seeds 
^re Selected for Quality 
THE FOLLOWING: 
QUANTITY 
KIND OF SEED 
GRADE OR QUALITY 
• 
Bags Extra* per 100 lbs. 
M Brand 
Fancy 
100 lbs. 26 lbs. 1 to 
or More or More 10 Ibe 
$63.00 $65.00 $68.00 
60.00 62.00 65.00 
TERMS CASH. NO DISCOUNT SUBJECT TO DEMAND DRAFT 
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