SLATE’S FIELD SEED 
Price List 
JANUARY 1, 1940 
Prices Change 
Write for a New List at Any Tinne 
TERMS.—Subject to being unsold, market changes, and 
our usual non-warranty, we offer the following seeds. Every 
lot of field seeds of ten pounds or more is tagged in accordance 
with the Agricultural Seed Laws of Virginia and North Carolina. 
Samples with Purity and Germination tests will be sent upon 
request. Prices on Field Seeds fiuctuate. This list is issued 
every week during the season and we shall be glad to send a 
revised copy to anyone upon request. 
CLOVERS 
Alfalfa . 
Alsike . 
Red (U. S. Verified Origin) 
Sapling . 
White, Dutch . 
White, Sweet, Scarified. . . . 
GRASSES 
Herds Grass . . . 
Italian Rye . . . . 
Perennial Rye . . 
Meadow Fescue 
Timothy . 
Orchard . 
Kentucky Blue . 
'Fall Meadow Oat 
Carpet Grass . . 
Sudan Grass . . . 
Bermuda Grass . 
MIXTURES 
Mixture No. 1, Pasture 
Mixture No. 2, Hay 
Mixture No. 3, Pasture 
Mixture No. 4, Hay. . . 
MILLET 
Golden or German 
MISCELLANEOUS SEEDS 
Dwarf Kssex Rape. 
Japanese Buckwheat .... 
White Kaffir Com. 
Evergreen Broom Com. . . 
Sunflower . 
SEED CORN 
Virginia White Dent 
Hickory King . 
Imp. Golden Dent. . 
Biggs Seven Ear. . . 
Early White Dent . 
Silver King. 
Latham Double .... 
Jarvis Prolific. 
Reids Yellow Dent. . 
PEANUTS 
Virginia .lumbo 
Virginia Bunch 
Spanish . 
Tenn. Red . . . 
SOUP BEANS 
White .V.Tvy . 
White Kidney. 
Reil Kidney . 
Postpaid 
Lb. 10 lbs. 
Exp. 
Bu. 
$ .40 
$ 3.50 
$18.00 
.35 
3.00 
16.00 
.35 
3.00 
15.00 
.35 
3.25 
15.50 
.75 
7.00 
40.00 
.30 
2.25 
10.00 
Postpaid 
Exp. 
Lb. 
10 lbs. 
100 lbs. 
$ .25 
$ 2.00 
$14.00 
.20 
1.70 
10.00 
.25 
2.00 
17.00 
.30 
2.50 
20.00 
.20 
1.60 
7.50 
.30 
2.50 
20.00 
.35 
3.00 
25.00 
.30 
2.50 
18.00 
.35 
3.00 
25.00 
.20 
1.25 
7.00 
.40 
3.60 
32.00 
Postpaid 
Exp. 
Lb. 
10 lbs. 
100 lbs. 
.$ .35 
$ 2.50 
$20.00 
.35 
2.40 
19.00 
.25 
2.00 
16.00 
.25 
2.00 
16.00 
Postpaid 
Exp. 
Lb. 
10 lbs. 
100 lbs. 
$ .20 
$ 1.50 
$ 7.50 
Postpaid Exp. 
Lb. 10 lbs. 100 lbs. 
$ .20 $ 1.50 $10.00 
.20 .90 5.00 
.20 1.25 6.00 
.20 1.25 10.00 
.20 1.25 8.00 
Postpaid Exp. 
Gal. l*k. Bu. 
$ .00 $ 1.10 $ 2.00 
.60 1.10 2.00 
.60 1.10 2.00 
.60 1.10 2.00 
.75 1.25 2.50 
.75 1.25 2.50 
.60 1.10 2.00 
.60 1.10 2.00 
.60 1.10 2.00 
Postpaid Exp. 
Lb. 5 lbs. 100 lbs. 
$ .20 $ .75 $10.00 
.20 .75 10.00 
.20 .75 10.00 
.20 .75 10.00 
Postpaid Exp. 
Lb. 5 lbs. 100 lbs. 
. . . . $ .20 $ .80 $10.00 
.25 1.00 15.00 
.25 1.00 15.00 
SHIPPING CHARGES.—When quotations have “Postpaid” 
above them, it means that we will deliver goods at these prices 
by parcel post without any extra charge of any kind. Freight 
or Express above a quotation means that customer is to pay 
delivery charges, but no charge for sacks. Those who wish may 
order by these prices and add the exact amount of postage 
necessary. 
SACKS FREE.—We make no extra charge for sacks of 
any kind. 
SEED OATS 
Virginia Gray Winter 
Appier . 
Fulghum . 
White Spring. 
Burt or 90-Day. 
By Frt. or Exp. 
Bu. 10 Bu. 
$ 1.05 $ 1.00 
.90 .85 
.90 .85 
.80 .75 
.80 .75 
EDIBLE COW PEAS 
Postpaid 
Lb. 5 lbs. 
Exp. 
100 lbs. 
Large Blackeyes . 
.80 
$ 7.50 
Sugar Crowder. 
.20 
.80 
10.00 
Browneye or Purple Hull. 
.20 
.80 
7.50 
SORGHUM 
Early Amber 
Sugar Drip. 
Dwarf Milo 
Postpaid 
Exp. 
3 . 
10 lbs. 
100 lbs. 
.15 
$ 1.00 
$ 3.50 
.20 
1.50 
7.50 
.20 
1.50 
8.00 
FIELD BEANS 
Mam. Yellow Soys... 
Wilson Black . 
Virginia Brown. 
Mammoth Brown . . . 
Laredos Soys . 
Tokio . I . 
Early Speckled Velvet 
By Frt. or Exp. 
Bu. 10 Bu. 
Write 
for 
Pi’ices 
COW PEAS 
Whippooi'wills .... 
Mixed Cow Peas . . . 
Peas and Soy Beans 
By Frt. or Exp. 
Bu. 10 Bu. 
Write 
for 
Prices 
SEED IRISH POTATOES 
Irish Cobbler. 
Early Rose. 
Red Bliss. 
SEED SWEET POTATOES 
Nancy Hall, Yellow.. 
Porto Rico, Red. 
Cunningham, White . 
By Frt. or Exp. 
Pk. Bu. Sk. 
Write 
for 
Prices 
Bv Frt. or Exp. 
Bu. 
.$ 1.40 
. 1.40 
. 1.40 
ONION SETS 
Qt. 
Postpaid 
Gal. 
Pk. 
Exp. 
Bu. 
1 lb. 
4 lb. 
8 11). 
32 lb. 
White Bottom . 
$ .50 
$ 1.00 
$ 2.50 
Yellow Bottom . 
90 
.50 
1 n n 
2.50 
2.50 
3.00 
Red Bottom . 
1.0 0 
1.00 
White Potato . 
.50 
.lapanese or Khenexer . . 
. . . 20 
.50 
.50 
1.00 
1.00 
2.50 
3.00 
Yellow Potato. 
LESPEDEZA Postpaid Exp. 
Korean . 
Lb. 
10 lbs. 
100 lbs. 
Kobe . 
J .()() 
•> (\f\ 
*> 10.00 
Tennessee 7 6 . 
2.00 
1 5.00 
(Common . 
• 
Serecia (Scarified) . 
3.50 
1 *>. u t» 
30.00 
