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PRACTICALLY RUST AND SMUT PROOF 
This picture shows what this remarkable grain looks like. It is Peally_a type oT 
wheat. It is very nutritious. The shucks cling to the two grains each carries. Grain 
is a little softer than most wheat. Makes wonderful ground feed. It yields well and 
is a very profitable crop under dry conditions, The grain is highly resistant against 
most races of rust and practically immune to smut. 
Speltz is one of the oldest grains known to mankind. Apparently it was grown in 
prehistoric times. German-Russian immigrants introduced it into the United States. 
The Speltz we have is for spring seeding. It is grown from Canada to Texas. Iowa, 
Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan and states to the east are growing it as well as 
Western states where drought conditions are most apt to prevail. 




Speltz 1s valuable as a nurse crop as it has a very strong straw. It matures early. 
Sow 2% bu. per acre as early in the spring as possible. Cut before dead ripe. Thresh 
about like oats. See Item No. 202 on our Pink Price List. 
NEW SENSATIONAL 
The sensational new spring barley. High yielding, stiff straw and ai 
disease resistant variety of Hybrid origin. It has three parents. It will 
not run out. You can keep on replanting it year after year. It is a 
white, six row, smooth awned, spring barley. It has outstanding malt- 
ing qualities. The hulls are thinner and stick tighter than the Wis- 
consin Barbless. The awns which are rough at the top break off very 
easily during thrashing. The straw of Moore is thicker, it stands up 
better than the average variety. A 5 year test at Madison, Wisconsin, 
shows that it has outyielded the Wisconsin Barbless by_6%, Oder 
brucker by 12% and other tests show that it is 39% over Oderbrucker 
and 28% over Kindred. Yielded 57.2 bushels in Wisconsin. 
This Barley is recommended for soils of medium to better than 
average. On thin land the Wisconsin 38 would be better. Moore 
Barley. is adapted to a wide area. Iowa ranks it first in malting 
varieties as does Minnesota, Wisconsin, as explained above said it 
yielded more than 38 and lost less: In North Dakota it led all malt- 
ing varieties in a two year test, Illinois says it is one of the most 
promising varieties, Michigan says it is resistant to mildew and scab, 
New York says that Moore Barley gives excellent results. It 18 Te- 
sistant to stem rust, spot blotch, root rot and mildew. It is disease 
resistant and has wonderful malting qualities. It is one of the most 
outstanding Barleys that you can plant. See Item 192 on price list 
for quotations on Certified seed. 


This is also one of the newer Barleys and in some areas it may even out perform 
the new Moore Barley. This is a six row, smooth awned, spring Barley. The straw 
grows erect, it is fairly tall, the grain is of medium maturity. It ripens about two 
days ahead of the Wisconsin 38 and has about the same length straw. It has greater 
resistance to disease than most of the older varieties. It is this disease resistance 
in these new varieties that apparently is responsible for the increase in yields that 

See Item 190 on price list for quotations. 
are obtained. Montealm is an accepted malting variety of Barley. This Barley seems adapted over a wide area, even in Central and Southern Iowa it out- 
yielded those ereat varieties like the Wisconsin 38, Odessa, Mars, Kindred and Peatland. It also showed a two pound Hearing test raat yer bu, in this area. 
Two years ago this Barley was selling at $12.00 a bu. That in itself indicated the great value placed upon it by farmers who saw it eine It is just as 
fine today. In these days of lower prices increased production per acre is the only way to get better profits, Tt Plead etter Eccdite Late yo ai these greater 
yields. Our heavy recleaned Montcalm Barley will help you get that job done. You will find such seed a wise and sound investment ae cor pene low price. 
Good Seeds and Nursery Stock Two Generations Endorse Berry Seeds 
Gentlemen: Canon City, Colo, Dear Sir: Amoret, Mo 
I wish to state that Berry’s Seeds are very good, not to I have planted Berry's Seeds for several years and I 
mention your prompt shipping service. Also, your nursery have always been very pleased with the results. My 
gfsale ts the: back. I iawes eed father used your seeds when he was farming, and I know 

from experience that they are good. 
Very truly yours, Frank Dilley. Your customer, Walter K, Bwbank 
