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Allen, Sterling & Lothrop, Portland, Maine 
FIELD CORN 
YELLOW SWEEPSTAKES — The Ideal Ensilage Corn For New England. A True 
Hybrid combining the Mammoth Growth of the Largest Southern Ensilage Variety 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. It has a strong germination, quick, vigorous growth and 
thick, stocky stalk, about 14 feet tall. Write for Price. 
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. 
Write for Price. 
Cornell Hybrid 29-3 (110 days). An excel- 
lent husking variety, stalks 9 to 10 ft. slender 
and leafy. Ears 9 to 10 inches long and slight- 
ly tapered. The dented kernels are yellow, 
tinged with red. Write for price. 
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. 
Write for Price. 
Maine Hybrid B. A development of the 
Maine Experiment Station. A very desirable 
variety for those desiring to raise their own 
grain. 
Write for Price. 
Sterling Quality GRAIN and FIELD SEEDS 
NEW GRASSES 
Becoming more commonly used. 
Brome Grass. 20 lbs. per acre. A hardy 
perennial of excellent feeding qualities. 
Very deep-rooted and well adapted to 
native soils and climate. 
Birdsfoot Trefoil. A low growing per- 
ennial legume for pastures. Starts slow- 
ly but has long season. Inoculated, it 
thrives on ground to poor for Alfalfa or 
Clover. It takes several years to estab- 
lish. 
Reed’s Canary. 12 lbs. per acre. A ver- 
satile type of perennial — producing 
heavy yields of highly palatable feed 
from high and lowland alike. Hardy and 
viborous. 
SOY 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 yiclding 10 to 15 tons per acre. Sow 20 
lbs. per acre broadcast, 15 lbs. in drills 18 
inches apart. 
SEED OATS 
Ajax Oats. <A splendid variety for all 
sections, and particularly so to our New 
England States. A very productive sort; the 
straw is heavy and stiff and the grains 
plump and attractive in appearance. 
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 June 
or July one bushel per acre broadcast. 
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 as 
a 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 lbs. per measured bushel. 
