
Allen, Sterling & Lothrop, Portland, Maine 
FIELD CORN 
A. S. & L. SPECIAL ENSILAGE CORN. An early hybrid corn making large ears and 
an immense amount of foliage. 
This corn is grown especially for us by growers who have 
made an extensive study of ensilage corn so that we can highly recommend this variety, 
especially its milk producing qualities. 
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STERLING’S HYBRID SWEEPSTAKES—The Ideal Ensilage Corn For New England. 
A True Hybrid combining the Mammoth Growth of the Largest Southern Ensilage Va- 
riety with the Early Maturity and Large Grain Yield of the Best Northern Corn. 
It produces the maximum tonnage of ensilage possible in the short seasons of New 
England and mountain sections. 
thick, stocky stalk, about 14 feet tall. 
Early Eight-Rowed Yellow Flint (Maine 
Grown). The earliest yellow field corn, ma- 
turing in 90 days. Ears long, cob small 
filled to the tip with large broad kernels. 
Excellent for grain or ensilage. 
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Genuine Eureka Ensilage. This corn grows 
from 12 to 15 feet and makes a heavy thick 
growth of fodder. Try this variety if you 
want the maximum tonnage. 
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It has a strong germination, quick, vigorous growth and 
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Improved Leaming. A yellow Dent variety 
very valuable for ensilage. The plants are 
tall with a large amount of foliage. Each 
stalk usually produces two good long ears. 
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STANLEY’S CROW REPELLENT 
SMALL CAN, bushel size—60c 
LARGE CAN, two bushel size—$1.00 

Sterling Quality GRAIN and FIELD SEEDS 
The markets are so unsettled we ask that you kindly write us for 1m- 
mediate quotations. 
SOJA BEANS 
One of the most valuable and important 
forage and soil-improving crops. When cut 
together with Corn for the silo, they greatly 
improve the quality of the feed. 
Manchu. Matures early and is an excep- 
tional yielder. Very suitable for Northern 
New England. 
Wilson. A rank-growing variety, branch- 
ing high. Leaves large; both pods and 
leaves remain on vines after cutting. 
MILLETS 
Hungarian. A popular annual plant used 
for hay and forage, yielding two to three 
tons per acre. Sow 1 bushel to the acre. 
Weight 48 pounds per bushel. 
Japanese Millet. A forage plant of excel- 
lent quality, growing 6 to 8 feet in height, 
and yielding 10 to 15 tons per acre. Sow 20 
Ibs. per acre broadcast, 15 Ibs. in drills 18 
inches apart. 
SEED OATS 
Swedish Select. Native to northern 
Europe, this is a splendid variety for all sec- 
tions, and particularly so to our New Eng- 
land States. A very productive sort; the 
straw is heavy and stiff and the grains plump 
-and attractive in appearance. 
ALLEN, STERLING & LOTHROP. 
MISCELLANEOUS 
Barley (6 Rowed). Valuable for hay and 
for its grain. In drills, sow 1% to 2 bushels 
to an acre. 
Buckwheat (Japanese). A splendid crop 
to improve impoverished land. Excellent 
for bees and production of flour. Sow in 
une or July one bushel per acre broad- 
cast. 
Canada Field Peas. They are used largely 
with oats for the production of fodder and 
hay. Sow early in spring. Use 1% to 2 
bushels per acre to produce forage hay late 
in June. 
Winter Rye (Rosen). Rosen Rye produces 
a strong, vigorous straw and stools to a re- 
markable degree. The grain is large, plump, 
heavy and beautiful color. 
Vetch, Spring (Vicia sativa). Valuable asa 
green manure crop and also for spring hay 
when planted with oats. Sow 2-3 bushels 
broadcast or 1-2 bushels in drills per acre. 
Vetch, or Tares, Winter (Vicia villosa). 
Also called Sand Vetch, or Hairy Vetch. A 
great soil improver, and a nutritious green 
fodder or hay crop. For Fall sowing. Sow 
1 bushel per acre, with 1 bushel of rye. 
Spring Wheat, Marquis (Beardless). An 
early and productive variety. The kernel is 
flinty, darker red and more plump than Red 
Fife and matures a week to ten days earlier; 
weight 64 to 66 Ibs. per measured bushel. 
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