FREE SEED TREATMENT FOR OUR CUSTOMERS 
' Gardening success is known to be assured in large measure by 
earsper chemical treatment of seeds before planting, to destroy 
varieties known to respond favorably. This has proven of such 
value to our customers, as expressed in the many letters we have 
received, that the service has been-continued each year since that 
time, and despite the present high costs of suitable chemicals and 
the great amount of labor involved, we are giving this free serv- 
ice again this year as usual. 
germs borne upon the surface of seeds. ; 
These seed treatments are expensive and bothersome, particu- 
larly for beginning gardeners who lack knowledge of necessary 
treatments and how to employ them. 
As a service, without added cost to our customers, we com- 
meneed the treatment, several years ago, of vegetable and flower 
_ Remove the hazards so often found in gardening by planting 
‘‘Burgess’ Blizzard Belt’? scientifically-treated seeds. 

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ENORMOUS. 
YIELDS 
The Dryland GROWS 
Drought-Proof Proso Wonder Grain rene 
The Most Profitable Catch Crop. Matures in 60 Days. 
Can Be Planted Later and Will Stand More Dry Weather 
Than Any Other Grain — 
This white Proso was introduced from Siberia several years ago and 
after many tests has proven to be one of the most dependable and profit- 
able farm crops. It will grow almost anywhere, North, South, East or 
West, in wet or dry weather, and on all kinds of soil. In 1933, when 
thousands of acres of grain were burned up by the extreme drought, this strain of Proso 
saved the day. Many farmers would have grown no winter feed at all had it not been for 
this wonderful grain. Though it does best “when sown in June, it may be sown as late as 
July 15th and still mature a good crop. It produces as phigh as 70 bushels to the acre, of 
grain weighing 50 to 60 pounds per bushel. 
The Ideal Feed for Poultry, Hogs, Cattle and Sheep. 
May Be Fed Without Threshing 
Proso makes a splendid feed when fed whole or ground, 
for all kinds of live stock and poultry. Farmers claim it 
will fatten hogs or cattle better than corn and that chickens 
lay better when fed Proso, and prefer it to other grains 
or mash. Proso makes a splendid mash when ground alone. 
When fed to poultry with corn or oats the ratio should be 
four parts Proso to one part other grain. It may be fed 
without threshing as the kernels are readily removed by 
chickens and eaten with the hay by other stock, or it may 
be fed as clean grain from the thresher. Its forage in any 
stage of growth, or as hay, is not at any time injurious to which has had an early crop removed or ground that has 
live stock. Proso straw, which usually remains somewhat been drowned out and not in shape to work until late in 
green, even though the grain is ripe, makes a good hay for the season. 
winter feeding. Proso can be sown with a regular grain drill at the rate 
The seed of this Proso is round and larger than millet seed, Of 29 to 35 Ibs. per acre. 
growing in a sprangly head resembling oats. The inner PRICES Sample packet, 0c; 14 lb., 20c; lb., 50c; 
color of the grain is pure white and should not be con- 2 lbs., 80c; 5 lbs., $1.50; 10 Ibs., $2.50, 
fused with the colored Prosos or so-called hog-millets. This postpaid. By express or freight (state which), not prepaid, 
Proso has been selected for its white color, larger kernels 25 Ibs., $2.75; 50 Ibs., $4.50; 100 lbs., $8.00; 500 lbs., 
and greater productiveness, $38.75. : 


Proso is unlike any other 
grain because of its extreme 
drought resistance, together 
with the fact that it takes 
only 60 to 65 days to mature 
a crop of this variety, and 
needs only one good rain to 
produce a crop. It may be planted on high, dry soil that is 
not suitable for other grains.. It is especially valuable as a 
summer catch crop, something that may be planted on land 



A Bundle of Proso 
NOTICE: 
lf your freight or express address is different than your mail address, be sure to supply us with both, and state how you 
want shipment made. Express is quite expensive over long di'‘stances but is much faster. Freight is slow, so ample time 
ASPARAGUS 
A Good Source of Vitamin C 

Jerusalem Artichoke 
A DELICIOUS VEGETABLE 
AND VALUABLE FOR DIABETICS 
An ounce of seed will produce about 250 
plants; 2 Ibs. will produce enough roots tc 
set an acre. 
FOR THE TABLE “Soak 'a fair 
sized JERUSALEM ARTICHOKE 
bulb in cold water, then slice it as 
you would a cucumber, flavor with 
salt and pepper and pour vinegar 
over it, and you will have about as 
THE JERUSALEM ARTICHOKE 
IS: ONES OF. THE B-E-S T,.HOG 
FOODS KNOWN—An acre will 
keep 20 hogs from October to 
April. Tubers stand freezing and 
ean be left in the ground all win- 
MARY WASHINGTON (Giant Rust-Proof). 
This is the finest strain of Asparagus for 
Hogs root them out of the either the home garden or commercial 
you an (6) a d kde oe Fine for ground and save work of harvest- planting. A rapid growing sort, yielding 
salads and pickles, and very appe- ing. The tops make an excellent pais pil nate - : yh 
tizing when baked like potatoes or silage. Easily grown and will | - thick, Lag pelaieas stalks, and when over 
creamed like asparagus. Valuable thrive in any soil. Plant 3 feet grown is perfectly tender. Practically im- 
food for diabetics and those not apart each way. Cut tubers like ‘mune to “‘rust’’ and other Asparagus dis- 
permitted to eat starchy foods. potatoes. 300 lbs. plant an .acre. eases. Pkt., #0c; oz., 20c; %% lb., 70c; 
Ib., $2.20; 2 lbs., $4.20; .5 Ibs., $10.25; 
PRICES OF JERUSALEM ARTICHOKE TUBERS—Lb., 50c; 3 lbs., 
$4.50; 50 Ibs. (1-Bu.), $7.50. , 10 Ibs., $19.50, postpaid. 
tempting and delicious a dish as ter. 
$1.25; 10 lbs., $3.50, postpaid. By express, not prepaid, 25 lbs., 

ASPARAGUS PLANTS 
We supply choicé ‘one-year-old plants, 
which is the age we recommend, for in ad- 
dition to costing less than two-year-old 
plants, they come into bearing just as soon 
and are a more satisfactory size for trans- 
planting. Asparagus plants should be set 
18 inches apart. 
CHOICE MARY WASHINGTON PLANTS 
—25 for $1.25; 100 for $4.00; 250 for 
$7.50;.500 for $14.00; 1,000 for $25.00, 
delivered postpaid. 
Labadie Asparagus Knife 





PATENT APPLIED FOR 



Tifa y 
“positively: the best Asparagus Knife on the market. No other like it, and 
+l will want no other kind after you have once tried the Labadie Asparagus 
Knife. 
- GARBON STEEL BLADE. Lasts for years, and ‘good for a whole season 
, without sharpening. 
While this knife is made especially for cutting asparagus, M can also be 
“idea for eliminating dandelion, dock, etc., from the garden and lawn. Price 
$1.60, oe ete f c . 

Mary Washington (Giant Rust-Proof) 

Burgess Seed & Plant Co. 
GALESBURG, MICHIGAN 3 

