


ISBELL’S FARM SEEDS 


THE SENSATIONAL NEW 
MICHIGAN BAY 
BARLEY 
Improved Six-Row Type 
Michigan Bay is an outstanding new variety which 
is superior in several important characteristics to the 
older sorts. Last season it yielded 2 to 6 bushels more 
per acre and was 5 to 8 days earlier than Wisconsin 
No, 38 and similar types. Bay is a six-rowed malting 
type barley with stiff straw and smmooth, barbless 
beards. Another very desirab!e quality is that the heads 
crinkle very little and do not break over. The grain is 
exceptionally heavy in weight and is an ideal malting 
variety and a first rate feeding grain. 
Developed by the Michigan State Experiment Sta- 
tion, it represents the last word in barley improvement. 
This is the first year seed of this valuable new variety 
is available in sufficient quantities so that we can offer 
this to our customers. However, as the demand is tre- 
mendous, it will be impossible to supply all of the 
growers who want this seed so that we strongly advise 
ordering as early as possible. Our certified seed is an 
exceptionally nice bright lot of seed. 
Hog raisers find barley a very profitable grain to 
feed early, before corn is ready. It has a feeding value 
only slightly lower than corn and is a suitable substi- 
tute in mixed rations. A crop of barley is insurance 
against a possible corn crop failure. Every farmer who 
has suitable land should grow barley for economical 
feed production. 
ARCO ENSILAGE CORN 
Arco Ensilage Corn is an open-pollinated variety, 
developed by an experienced Pennsylvania Seed Corn 
Grower, which has given very satisfactory results in 
Michigan during the past two seasons. By crossing a 
tall growing early yellow dent variety with sweet corn, 
an ideal type for silage has been produced. Arco is dis- 
tinguished for its large, leafy stalks and long ears which 
mature normally in 110 days. The stalks grow 8 to 10 
feet high and are covered with broad dark green leaves 
from just above ground to the tassel. 
The ears grow 12 to 14 inches long and have wide, 
shallow, .yellow kernels. Arco planted in Central Mich- 
igan in 1945 and 1946, on good productive soil, pro- 
duced good crops of well dented corn at silo filling 
time. Because of its thrifty, leafy growth, Arco pro- 
duces a heavy tonnage of splendid silage, and it is early 
enough for safety in most corn growing sections of Mich- 
igan. The stalks, when green, have a sweeter taste than 
ordinary corn, which makes it highly palatable to dairy 
cOWS. 

Michigan Bay Barley 
ENSILAGE CORN 
Valuable Feed at Low Cost 
Thete is no longer any question as to the value of 
ensilage for winter feed on dairy and stock farms 
wherever corn can be grown successfully. It is the 
cheapest and easiest to produce of all feeds and is rec- 
ognized -as a “‘must’? on all modern dairy and many 
stock farms. Feeding authorities are now in general 
agreement that to provide the highest feeding value in 
corn silage it should contain a liberal amount of mature 
grain in addition to the leaves and stalks. 
Medium Early Sorts Best 
For best results, only varieties that mature early 
enough to produce corn that is dented before killing 
frosts should be used to grow high quality silage. For 
this reason, the Michigan Hybrid varieties that mature 
in 105 to 108 days make ideal silage corn. The Michigan 
system of grading hybrid seed corn makes available 
grades of small flat, medium and large round kernels, 
which may be purchased at a substantial discount from 
the price of the medium and large flat grades. 
Lower Priced Grades Suitable 
Experiment Station tests, over a period of years, 
have proved that the small flat and round kernels of 
hybrid corn produce crops identical with those grown 
from the higher priced flat kernels, since each kernel is 
a pure strain. For this reason we strongly recommend 
these lower cost grades for the silo crop. 
