
cient Supply of G 
1593 Canada Field Peas 
(60 lbs. Bu. ) 
Every season we get hundreds. of 
letters from farmer friends asking 
that we suggest the best annual 
early hay crop. Well folks, there 
just isn’t anything that equals a 
mixture of Canadian Field Peas and 
Oats seeded in the early spring at 
the rate of one bushel of each per 
acre. This combination hay makes 
an average yield of 2-18/100 tons of 
excellent feed per acre. Almost 
hay. Relished by all classes of 
stock. Canadian Field Peas are very 
hardy; therefore may be seeded just 
as soon as it is safe to sow Oats. 
We prefer sowing with a grain 
drill although good results may be 
obtained by sowing broadcast. Post- 
paid, 1 1lb., 25 cts.; 3 lIbs., 60 cts.; 
5 lbs., 85 cts. Not Prepaid, ™% bu., 
$1.25; -% bu., $2.30; bu., $4.15; 2 to 
5 bu. @ $4.00; 5’ bu. and over @ 
$3.90 per bu. 

equal pound for pound with Clover. 
1640 Dwarf Essex Rape 
A Quick, Profitable Crop— 
Thrives Everywhere 
In the spring when you are 
sowing small grains, sow it 
at the rate of 4 pounds per 
acre with your grain. This 
will furnish valuable pasture 
after harvest. Plant it by it- 
self at the rate of 5 lbs. per 
acre and see the immense 
yield of forage it will pro- 
duce. After the last cultiva- 
tion of corn sow 3. lbs. per 
acre broadcast. This is un- 
doubtedly the most profitable 
place to sow rape seed. If 
you are hogging the corn 
down, the hogs will clean the 
rape as well as the corn. If 
you husk your corn and pas- 
ture the cornstalks, all kinds 
of stock eat it readily, 
this gives them green food 
and | 
R. H. Shumway-—"The Pioneer American Seedsman"—Established 1870 meek. | : 
Forage, Hay and Poultry Crops—All Annual Crops—They Will Assure You Suffi- 
ood Cattle and Poultry Feed at a Very Small Cost Per Acre. 
1613 Sudan Grass 
The Wonderful Hay Crop 
One of the best annual forage 
plants ever introduced, suitable for 
almost any locality. Sudan Grass 
thrives best on rich loam, but has 
been successfully grown on almost 
every kind of soil, from heavy clay 
to light sand. Cold, wet, boggy soils 
are not suited to Sudan Grass. - 
Sudan Grass is’a sorghum, and an 
annual, without underground root 
sprouts. It grows 4 to 5 feet high in 
drilled seedings, and 5 to 8 feet in 
cultivated rows. Do not sow Sudan 
Grass before corn planting time. 
Like corn, itis a warm weather crop. 
In favorable seasons, the growing 
period is long, and several cuttings 
can be obtained in one season. For 
hay it is ready to cut in 60 to 75 
days, when it is in full head. It con- 
tinues its growth, and in 40 to 45 
days it is ready for another cutting. 
Sudan Grass is an enormous 




















yielder, producing 3 or 4 tons of hay 
at the first cutting. The second cut- 
ting is lighter, and the-hay is much 
finer. Live stock of all kinds will eat 
the hay readily. 5 
. For hay, sow at’the rate of 20 to 30 
lbs. per acre, using a grain drill, and 
cover from one to one and one-half 
eae peer. he scene weiss ipa : 
ner quality hay. ostpaid, 19 25 
cts.; 3 Ibs., 60 cts.; 5 lbs., 90 cts. Not  _—sqx1613.: Sudan Grass 
Prepaid, 10 Ibs., 70-cts.;_ 25 Ibs., $1.45; 50 Ibs., $2.65; 100 Ibs, 
$4.95; 200 lbs. and over @ $4.85 per 100 Ibs, 
1627 Japanese Millet or Billion Dollar Grass 
(35 Ibs. Bu.) 
All things considered, we call this the most valuable thing in ou1 
whole list of forage plants. We recommend it for the following rea- 
sons: First, it makes more hay than German Millet or any other. 
Second, although it grows so large, sometimes seven or eight feet 
high, the hay is of the most excellent quality, superior to corn fodder. 









with the dry. Postpaid, lb., 35 
cts.; 3 lbs., 90 cts.; 5 
$1.40. Not Prepaid, 5 Ilbs., 
$2.30; 25. Ibs., 
$1.20; 10 Ibs., 
-50; 50 Ibs., $10.50; 100 Ibs., 
$5 
sieee’ 200 lbs. and over @ 
19.75 per 100 lbs. - 


















1593 Canada Field Peas 


Cow Peas (60 ibs. Bu.) 
1583 Improved Whippoorwill 
When danger of frost is over sow 
broadcast 1 Bu. per acre or 45 lbs. 
in drills 36 inches apart. Cowpeas 
produce one of the largest and the 
most nutritious forage crops grown. 
When turned under, they furnish 
nitrogen and generally enhance the 
fertility of the soil. They make a fine 
feed for work and beef-stock and for 
dairy herds, and are nearly equal in 
value to alfalfa and wheat-bran, Post- 




















When Corn fails you or when 
Season is too wet for Corn on low 
bottom ground here is the one 
crop you can sow as late as July 
and harvest a Big Crop of ex- 
cellent hay. 
16253German or Golden Millet 
L : Third, it is adapted to all sections and a great suce h tried 
paid, Ib., 25 cts.; 3 Ibs. 60 cts. (50 Ibs. Bu.) It d . gecisone seas That 
: ) . SD oes well on low ground. Fourth, two cr y 
prey Pe teearep es He iid ay Few other grasses or forage from it, or, if left to ripen, it will yield cheeut coe teaae oe Cs 
ote 2 4b Pataca Secor acl ant plants have been able to produce seed per acre as oats. Plant 20 to 25 pounds per acre. Postpaid, tb 
u., $2.45; u. and over @ $2. the enormous yields of this plant. 26 ete: ache 5 iq. “4 pre e 
H +, 65 cts.; 5 Ibs., 90 cts. Not Prepaid, %4 bu., 85 ets 
ber bu. It has produced four to five tons | 1% bu., $1.50; bu. $2.75; 2 to and-over @ $2.56 
of hay to the acre and from sev-" 5 bu. @ $2.65; 5 bu. and over @ $2.50 
enty to eighty bushels of seed. It 
may be sown on newly broken 
ground in the spring and as late 
as July. Leaves the ground in ex- 
cellent condition for the following 
crop. Plant 30 pounds to the acre. 
Postpaid, lb., 22 cts.; 3 Ibs., 55 
A per bu. 
"1658 > Sheltz, or Emmer lise Bue 
A valuable grain, closely related to wheat; the kernels, however, 
are tightly enclosed in the hulls or husk, and these adhere to the 
grain when it is threshed. It produces good crops even under adverse 
circumstances where other grain fails. It withstands more dry 
i) 
tha nee 
Sunflower 
1662 Mammoth Russian 
A small patch of/ cultivated sun- 
flowers will produce a great quantity cts.; 5 lbs., 75 cts. Not Prepaid, | weather than any other grain, and produces more food value per acre _ 
of the very Best poulebe tood for win- ¥% bu. 65 cets.; % bu, $1.20; bu., than any other cereal, while it is a most valuable feed for all kinds — 
A ter. Drill in rows, cut with a corn $2.25; 2 to 5 bu. @ $2.10; 5 bu. of stock. It can be fed to horses, the same as oats, with the hulls on. 
harvester, dry thoroughly and let the and over @ $2.00 per bu. Speltz can be grown on most any kind of soil, rich or poor, wet or 

dry, as it will not, lodge like other grain because of the — 
stiff and strong straw. Sow 80 lbs. per acre. Postpaid, — 
Ib., 22 cts.; 3 Ibs., 55. cts.; 5: Ibs., 70 cts. Not prepaid, — 
fowls do the threshing. If you can’t 
spare land for cultivating, plant them 
in waste corners. 10 Ibs. per acre. 
60 lbs. Bu. Sow 
90 lbs. per acre 

_ Spring Wheat 



1 45 20 cts.; Ib., 35. cts.5 : %4 bu., 50 cts.; 1% bu., 90 cts.; bu., $1.50; 2 to 5 bu. 
2 ieee! Gare ihe $1.25. Not Pre- = nee New Marquis Beardless ; $1.45; 5 bu. and over @ $1.40 per bu.” Fe) 
paid, 5 Ibs., 85 cts.; 10 Ibs., $1.45; j eaters) See DIET es Ses eke Ser eon OU ae, ho * 
3 ‘ 95- é wy - preme. It outyields anything and everything in beardless Ss i 
Tee $3.25; 50 Ibs., $6.25; 100 Ibs., 1662 Mammoth Russian wheat. By far the best variety for the corn belt, SEED OATS Ca Be) 
Shaoaty Sunflower This wheat has very stiff straw of medium height, - 



1635 Columbia ~ 
which does not lodge easily. The heads are bald and 





quite heavy having smooth yellow chaff. The kernels Missouri. State Experiment Station _ Development. 
Fora e Crops Every ne ou. row are flinty, more round than those of other spring Columbia is a strain of Fulghum, originated by the 
f wheats, thicker and more plump, and of dark pte Siaaeet Conte he are rece zs one 
i 1 i red color. Postpaid, Ib., 22 cts.; 3 Ibs., 55 cts.; 5 Ibs., i the hardiest and most productive o e early va- — 
One Acre Will Produce Tons o High Quality Feed 70 cts. Not prepaid, 14 bu., 60 cts.; %4 bu., $1.00; bu., | Tieties. The grain is brownish-gray color; panicle — 

open, straw short and stiff. Farmers report unusual 
success in getting good catches of Red Clover when 
seeded with Columbia Oats. 
1634 lowar 
Iowa State Experiment Station Development. A sin- — 
gle plant selection from Kherson (Sixty-Day) made by 
$1.85; 2 to 5 bu. $1.80; 5 bu. and over @ $1.75 
1623 Kafhr Corn aces @ 
Makes splendid feed for poultry, fed 
either in the grain or ground and cooked. 
Foliage and stalk make excellent forage. 
Cultivate the same as common corn. Re- 


1665 Progress Bearded 
This is an extremely hardy, bearded variety of won- 
derful productiveness, generally yielding at least 10 bu. 




uires 15 ounds. of seed er acre in more per acre than other kinds of Spring Wheat, i : * y 
drille LP dstheid: 1, Ib. 18: cto, bk Postpaid, Ib., 22 cts.; 3 Ibs., 55 cts.; 5 lbs., 70 cts. | the Iowa Station in 1910. First distributed in 1919. 
cts.; 3 Ibs., 60 cts.; 5 Ibs., 85 cts. Not | Not prepaid, %4 bu., 62 ets.; % bu., $1.05; bu., $1.95; | Slightly later than \Sixty-Day; grain white, small, usu- 
prepaid, 10 Ibs., 55 ets.; 25 Ibs., $1.25; 2 to 5 bu. @ $1.90; 5 bu. and over @ $1.85 per bu. | Jy awned; panicle open; straw, somewhat taller and 

stiffer than Sixty-Day. 
1637 Gopher Minnesota No. 674 
Minnesota State Experiment Station Development. 
Gopher is a white early maturing variety with straw 
so stiff and strong that it does not lodge even on well- 
manured farm land. It is also adapted for growing 
on peat land. It is without any question the best oats” 

50 Ibs., $2.25; 100 lbs., $3.95. 
1591 Feterita 
The great advantage Feterita has over 
Kaffir corn and all other plants of that 
class is its extreme earliness and great 
drought resisting qualities. Feterita is 
Barley (Bu. 48 Ibs.) 
1516 Wisconsin No. 38 Barbless 
Originated by the Wisconsin Experiment Station. Re- 
markably heavy yielder, producing over 70 bushels per 





from 20 to 30 days earlier than Kaffir acre. The very finest for malting purposes. Its smooth or the tich dairy farms of southern Minnesota, Iowa — 
one, ey excellent fodder ang Pra beards, resistance to hot weather and heavy yielding } 2” isconsin, ines 
uces a large grain crop. Plant 15 qualities make it the most outstanding variety. Post- * F 
Ibs. per acre in drills. Postpaid, % Ib., | paid, Ib., 22 cts.; 3 Ibs., 55 cts.; 5 Ibs., 70 cts. Not: _ 1636 Improved Swedish Select 
15 cts.; Ib., 25 cts.; 3 Ibs., 60 cts.; 5 prepaid, 4 bu., 45 cts.; % bu., 80 cts.; bu., $1.50; | Ween sie State Experiment Station Development. 
Ibs., 85 cts. Not prepaid, 10 Ibs., 55 2 to 5 bu. @ $1.45; 5 bu. and over @ $1.40 per bu. re pei Teta Te occas eit’, moat “valuable oats 
cts.; 25 Ibs., $1.25; 50 Ibs., $2.25; 100 CLC eo See Lo Ee ERR ee ile ee striking features, the grain 
Ibs., $3.95. 1s Short, plump, white, and very heavy, under favorable 
conditions averaging about 40 pounds to the measured 
bushel. Owing to its great root development it stands — 
were ee for Le drought posting qualities. Special 
ow Uniform Prices on the above f tstandi 
Varieties of Seed Oats. oa big ccgead 
Postpaid, Ib., 20 cts.; 3 Ibs., 50 cts.; 5 Ibs., 65 cts. _ 
Not prepaid, %4 bu., 30 cts.; % bu., 45 cts.; bu., 80 
cts.; 2 to 5 bu. @ 78 cts. bu.; 5 to 10 bu. @ 75 cts. 
bu.; 10 bu. and over @ 70 cts. per bu.. sae 
1638 New Vanguard __ 
_ This remarkable high yielding, rust resistant new Oat _ 
is a cross between Banner and Hajira and was origi- 
nated by the Canadian Rust Research Laboratory, Uni-'~ 
versity of Manitoba. In checking the results of Van- 
guard Oats sown in the Central States last year, we 
find that it was the highest yielding variety at the _ 
University of Illinois trial plots at DeKalb, Illinois, In ~ 
other plantings close to Rockford, it really stood at 
the top of the list in quality and yield. Some reports _ 
show yields from 75 to 160 bushels per acre but it is 
our judgment, based on experimental comparisons, that 
an average yield of 65 to 70 bushels per acre in this 
section of the country is about the top that you could— 
expect. Seed supply is limited with very active demand. 
| Postpaid, Ib., 30 cts.; 3 Ibs., 75 cts.; 5 Ibs., $1.00. _ 
Not prepaid, 1%4 bu., 60 cts.; % bu., 95 cts; bu. $1.753 
2 to 5 bu. @ $1.70 per bu.; 5 to 10 bu. @ $1.65 per 
1642 Rye—Mammoth Spring 
(56 lbs. Bu.) 
A Most Profitable Crop. Quite different from Winter 
Rye; highly valued as a catch crop. It is not only more 
productive, but the grain is of finer quality. Grows in 
any latitude. Straw is of special value as it stands 3% 
to 4 feet high, being better than that of Winter Rye and 
producing nearly four times as much straw as Oats. 
Produces 30 to 40 bushels of grain to the acre. As it 
does not stool like Winter Rye, not less than two bushels 
to the acre should be sown. Postpaid, lb., 22 cts.; 3 Ibs., 
55 cts.; 5 Ibs., 70 cts. Not prepaid, 4 bu., 60 cts.; % 
bu., $1.10; bu., $2.00; 2 to 5 bu. @ $1.95; 5 bu. and 

1592 Hegari 
This is a sweet sorghum somewhat sim- 
iliar to cane. Very nutritious. Valuable 
for grain, dry fodder, ensilage and pas- 
ture. Yields up to 5,000 Ibs. of grain per 
acre and up to 18 tons of ensilage. Live 
stock, especially cattle, are very fond of 
it due to its sweet taste. For grain pro- 
duction drill like Kaffir 6 to 8 lbs. per 
acre, For hay drill in close rows at 75 to 
90 Ibs. per acre. Postpaid, % lb., 15 cts.;- 
Ib., 25 cts.; 3 Ibs., 60 cts.; 5 Ibs., 85 cts. 
Not prepaid, 10 lbs., 55 cts.; 25 Ibs., 
$1.25 ; 50 Ibs., $2.25; 100 Ibs., $3.95. 
1594 Grohoma 
A Cross Between Cane and Kaffir. Great- 
est drought resister. Very heavy pro- 
ducer. abd like it. Wonderful feed, 
Grows strong and erect. Most popular 
forage of recent introduction, Excellent 
pasture. Drill in double rows using 18 
to. 20 lbs. per acre. Postpaid, % Ib., 15 
cts.; lb., 25 cts.; 3 Ibs., 60 cts.; 5 lbs., 
85 cts. Not prepaid, 10 Ibs., 55 cts.; 25. 
Ibs., $1.25; 50 Ibs., $2.25; 100 Ibs., $3.95. 




1631 Milo-Maize 
1631 Milo-Maize 
Forage Plant of Great Merit. 
Belongs to the Non-Saccharine 
Sorghums. It is pronounced the 
best and surest grain crop for 
dry countries and seasons, even , 
better than Kaffir corn. It grows 
several smaller heads on _ side 
shoots, often as many as eight 
heads on a stalk. Very valuable 
for feeding stock, also one of 
the best poultry foods. Plan 15 
pounds per acre in drills. Post- 
paid, % Ib., 15 cts.; lb., 25 cts.; 
3 lbs., 60 cts.; 5 lbs., 85 cts. Not 
Prepaid, 10 lbs., 55 cts.; 25 Ibs., 
et 60° Ibs., $2.25; 100. Ibs., 
8.95, 






over $1.85 per bu. 
Buckwheat (5° lbs. Bu.)’ 
Buckwheat can be easily grown wherever 
wheat will grow, producing a good yield on light 
or poor soils. Sow 36 pounds per acre in drills, 
50 pounds broadcast. f 
1523 Japanese Buckwheat 
The very finest Northern Grown High yielding 
Buckwheat. Postpaid, 1b., 22 cts.;.3 lbs., 55 cts.; 
5 lbs., 70 cts. Not Prepaid, % bu., 55 cts.; % bu. 
95 cts.; bu., $1.75; 2 to 5 bu. @ $1,70; 5 bu. an 
over @ $1.65 per bu. F eae: 






bu.; 10 bu. and over @ $1.60 per bu. 

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