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Our KMA Pancake Jubilees here at Shenandoah have grown to be- 
come a great annual event for fun and merriment. T hey come at the 
time ‘of year when all of us have a little spare time in which to cele- 
brate after a hard summer’s work. Last year we all celebrated my 15th 
Annual Jubilee. Many of you told me you had the best time you'd 
ever had at any one of my Jubilees and I appreciate that fine complhi- 
ment because that’s exactly what I want you to do. ‘ : 
Last year we entertained one of the largest crowds in our Jubilee 














jf my own experimental farm at 
tas Shenandoah where I am growing 
a potatoes from Certified seed 
oe stocks, 
Earl May’s 
CERTIFIED 
BLUE TAG 
SEED POTATOES 
Potatoes and bread are the staff of life. Potatoes fried 
with eggs, potatoes hash-brown with steak, potatoes baked, 
potatoes. boiled, potatoes mashed, potatoes and cabbage, 
potatoes and pork. My, doesn’t that sound good! Plant 
Certified Red River Valley grown seed potatoes. Get these 
seed potatoes from Earl May. Cut them right and plant 
them properly. Seed certification requirements are very 
strict and should be. . 
IRISH COBBLER 
GENUINE RED RIVER VALLEY STRAIN, 
CERTIFIED 
Here’s a great potato. It’s an enormous yielder. Nicely 
shaped. Superior flavor. Skin and flesh clean and white. 
Cooks dry and mealy. Especially attractive for the market. 
Only about 4 to 6 days later in maturing than Ohios. 
RED RIVER VALLEY OHIOS 
Still the best known, most dependable popular early po- 
tato. One of the earliest of the market potatoes. Goo 
keeper. Smooth. Extremely early maturity. Highly pro- 
ductive. It has shallow eyes, pink skin, no waste in peeling, 
makes it popular with good, thrifty housewives. White, firm 
mellow flesh. A sturdy, upright habit of growth. Easy to 
dig and one of the best for home use. Get the genuine 
certified Blue Tag seed potatoes from Earl May. 
RED TRIUMPH 
One of the outstanding varieties of potatoes that can be 
grown over a wide territory here in the Central West. The 
nice thing about this variety is its extreme earliness. Often 
makes potatoes large enough to dig in 8 to 9 weeks. Red 
Triumph is. very hardy and-is-a heavy~yielder, too. ~ Will 
often yield as much as even the later types of potatoes. 
This is really something for a variety that is normally 


Your Choice of the 4 Certified Blue Tag Seed 
Potatoes Listed Above for Only...........0.005 
THE HOME BERRY COLLECTION 
I want you to plant this Home Berry Collection this spring. Take my word for it, this is truly a 
great combination of varieties. All big, strong, healthy plants that will produce worlds of sweet, 
delicious berries. 
ORDER NO. SN451 
8 BOYSENBERRIES ; 
8 BLACK RASPBERRIES | 
(Cumberland) All 
8 RED RASPBERRIES ( 
(Latham) 
TRIAL GARDEN BEAN SPECIAL 
Here's a real bargain in garden beans. Three of the finest varieties for only 49¢ gut 
I will also include enough garden Nitragin Inoculation for all the beans. 
Postpaid. 
Order Now! 
ORDER NO. SN65 
V2 Ib. New Tendergreen 
Y2 lb. Giant Stringless Green Pod.......... 
V2 Ib. Wonder Wax ..... 
Garden Nitragin 
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“them and have a sure crop and a big crop. Plant 
EXTRA SELECT 
history. We served stacks of pancakes and had many more entertain- 
ment events than ever before. One of the outstanding features of my 
big KMA Jubilee is the great Horticultural Show (pictured above) in 
which, last year, we gave away over $400 worth of prizes. It was the 
finest exhibit that I have had and received high praise from many out- 
standing horticulturists. 
This year our aim is for still a bigger and better 16th Annual Jubilee 
than ever before. So remember, this fall when the weather gets snappy 
and it’s time to gét out the pancake griddles again, I’ll be looking for 
you to come to my 16th Annual Pancake Jubilee. 
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early. They're round, reddish-pink in color and have shal- 
low eyes. They’re fine-grained and cook up very ‘Mealy. A 
lot of the merchants in the towns throughout the Central 
West really prefer these because of their fines appearance. 
WARBA 
THE BEST EXTRA-EARLY 
Opinions differ on this potato. Some like it, some don’t. Frankly, it's 
not intended to take the place of the Ohio or Cobbler. It’s extra-early. 
It’s a heavy yielder. It will be ready for use about one and one-half weeks 
ahead of Ohio. It has creamy white skin, fine flavor, uniformly round and 
blocky in form with shallow pink eyes. I would say, “Use these for your 
extra-early potatoes, but don’t rely upon them for your winter keepers. “ 
Rely on Ohio, Cobbler, and Triumph for that.’’ Many of our customers 
are strong boosters for Warbas. 
You Can't Afford To Plant Back Your Own Potatoes 
They go down in yield and you get too many runts. Plant blocky seed pieces as 
these are preferred to the wedge shaped pieces. Each seed piece should contain one 
or more healthy eyes. Plant 31% to 4 in. in depth. Light sandy loam soils warm up 
quicker, and you can plant deeper than in heavy-type soil. The rows should be 
about 32 to 40 in. apart and pieces from 15 to 18 in. apart in the row. Folks— 
everybody who has a lot or a back yard not in use, and every farm should have a 
big potato patch. You'll need those potatoes the coming year. Plant only Certified 
Blue Tag Seed purchased from Earl May, and get a bumper crop. 
LOOK! The University of Missouri reports that on a 6 yr. trial on certified 
¢* Cobblers against local common stock, certified Cobblers produced 23.8 
bushels more to the acre. Also there were far less culls in the potatoes grown from 
certified seed. Professor Fitch of Ames, says, “‘Potatoes planted back the second year, 
and grown the third time in Iowa will go down 50% in yield.” 
I think everybody agrees that certified seed potatoes are more productive. Plant 

nothing but Blue-Tagged, Certified Seed stork 
from the Red River Valley. And get them from 
Earl May, either by mail or at Earl May’s 
Nursery and Seed Stores. FF 
2.29 
PER 100 LBs. 
F.O.B. Shenandoah 
PLANTS 
Only 
1 POSTPAID 
ALL FOR ONLY § 

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ORDER NO. SN155 
In this offer you will find a perfect blend of 6 of the best golden hybrids that are ready for the 
Hybrids, you know, are bred to certain fixed maturing days. A lot of you an 
table at different times. 
people, including myself, like to pick corn throughout the entire season. 
mixed yellow hybrids is going to give you just what you've been looking for. 
sugary, tasty sweet corn, ready to pick in 65 days, and running past 90 days, giving you 3 to 4 full 
Big 3 oz. Pkt. 
weeks of the freshest, sweetest sweet corn you ever ate. 
2 Ibs. 55c; and these are postpaid prices. 

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last September. We made 
him from pumpkins, 
squashes and a few other 
garden vegetables. Even if 
he wasn't real, he put on 
awfully 60d _ front, 
didn't he? 

ORDER NO. SN74 
Three of the Leading Varieties 
1 oz. King of the Mammoth Pumpkin 
1 oz. Cushaw Squash 



1 oz. Sugar Pie Pumpkin 
{Regular Catalog Value 35c)} 
Postpaid, for only......... 
That's why this blend of 
It will supply you with 


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