This book is a 
Cogplete Guide 

To Better 
Gardens 
ann i 
Do you know exactly how much 


lettuce seed fo plant for the number 
of feet of row you want? 
- e e or what kind of soil you need 
for cucumbers? And how to get it? 
- - « or what are the reasons behind 
inter-cropping, catch-cropping, and 
succession cropping? 
- -. or the special fertilizer needs of 
dahlias? 
In this “Garden Annual" find the 
answers to hundreds of questions like these! 
you'll 
Unlike most seed catalogs, this book devotes 
nearly half its space to the ''How-when-where- 
" 
why"' of gardening. 
You see, we want your garden to be a rous- 
ing success! We want you to get the most 
results with the least effort. We want your 
gardening to be fun. 
So, in this book as in we do 
everything possible to help the gardeners we 
our store, 
serve. 
Our job as seedsmen, we believe, is to pro- 
vide know-how, as well as merchandise. We 
provide it through our Spring Garden An- 
nuals. We keep on providing it in our store, 
throughout the year! 
YEAR-ROUND! 
We offer a 
year-round, local 
service. 
We 
complete, 
garden 
offer only good, 
fresh seeds—packet or bulk. 
We offer a complete sup- 
ply service. 
We offer cheerful, expert 
garden counsel. 


Just between us home folks— 
As you've already noticed, this Garden Annual comes to you 
from a neighbor. Unlike most seed catalogs, it's a local affair. 
That's very important, we think. 
For one thing, it means that this book tells about farming here in 
South Dakota, right here in our area. It offers you seeds and farm 
materials suited to the soils and growing conditions right here in 
the Rapid City and Sturgis localities. It means also that you don't 
have to send a thousand miles away to get the seed you want for 
your farm. You can get the best right here, and they are Mc- 
Mahon’'s Registered Brands Seeds. 
The most important element in making a crop, and usually the 
least expensive, is the seed. If the seed fails, then the land, the 
fertilizer, and the labor are all wasted. Yes, it certainly doesn’t 
pay to save a few pennies by buying cheap seed when you may 
lose the whole crop by doing so. You can plant with confidence 
when you plant McMahon's double-sure Registered Brands Seeds. 
McMAHON COMPANY 
Incorporated 
RAPID CITY 
South Dakota 
STURGIS 
South Dakota 
