QUALITY SEEDS FOR PROFITABLE FARMING 
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HYBRID YELLOW DENT 
FIELD CORN 
RATE OF PLANTING: For ears, 1 pk. 
to the acre; for silage, 14 bushel to the 
acre; for fodder, 1 bushel to the acre. 
HYBRID VARIETIES 
The hybrids are more husky, more disease 
resistant and far heavier producers of 
grain or ensilage, or both. 
9504 Cornell 29-3 Hybrid Dent. Yel- 
low kernels with a slightly red tinge. Ex- 
cellent for ensilage in areas with a short 
growing season and for grain in other 
areas. 110 days. 
Qt. 75c, pk. $4.65, bu. (56 Ibs.) $14, 
10 bus. $130. 
9503 Hybrid Yellow Dent. Produces a 
high yield of very long, large, sound ears 
with deep kernels on strong, husky, 
medium-tall stalks. For ensilage and 
grain. 105 days. 
Qt. 70c, pk. $4.50, bu. (56 Ibs.) $13.50, 
10 bus. $125. 
OPEN-POLLINATED CORN 
9508 Golden Eureka (Dent). Grows 
12 feet high; ears average 12 to 15 inches 
long with 15 to 20 rows of yellow kernels 
on small cobs. Under favorable condi- 
tions, the yield may be 150 bushels of 
ears or 25 tons of silage per acre. 100 days. 
Qt. 60c, pk. $2.50, bu. (56 Ibs.) $7.50, 
10 bus. $70. 
9509 Cornell 11 (Dent). A yellow corn 
for silage as well as grain. Ears are 9 to 
10 inches long, with 14 to 18 rows of ker- 
nels on red cobs. Height 8 to 9 feet. 110 
to 115 days. 
Qt. 65c, pk. $2.65, bu. (56 Ibs.) $8, 
10 bus. $75. 
9510 Longfellow (Flint). Ears 12 inches 
long, with good-sized kernels and small 
cobs. Grown for ears as far north as 
Massachusetts. 90 days. 
Qt. 65c, pk. $2.65, bu. (65 Ibs.) $8, 
10 bus. $75. 
All prices F.O.B. our stores 
9511 Jumbo Silage (Fodder). Large 
plants 12 to 15 feet high. For low, rich 
lands. 
Qt. 60c, pk. $2.50, bu. (56 Ibs.) $7.50, 
10 bus. $70. 
9512 Evergreen (Fodder). A sweet corn 
valuable as silage or green fodder. 
Qt. 70c, pkt. $2.50, bu. (45 Ibs.) $8, 
10 bus. $75. 
POPCORN FOR POPPING 
9518 Giant Yellow. 
Lb. 20c, 5 Ibs. 90c. 
9519 White Hulless. 
Lb. 25c, 5 Ibs. $1.15. Y 
CEREALS 
SEED OATS. Superior varieties often 
weigh up to 40 pounds per measured bushel 
but are sold at the standard weight of 
32 pounds per bushel. For production of 
grain, sow 21% bushels per acre, for forage 
3 bushels. 
9522 Clinton. Early, high-yielding oats 
of straw-colored type. 
Pk. $1.50, bu. $4.25, 10 bus. $40. 
9524 Welcome. A _ heavy variety of 
Swedish type oats. Very productive. 
Qt. 35c, pk. $1.35, bu. (32 Ibs.) $3.75, 
10 bus. $35. 
9529 Spring Rye. A valuable crop to 
plow under, in combination with vetch, 
for soil improvement, using 1 bushel with 
50 pounds of vetch to the acre. When 
grown alone, it should be sown 2 bushels 
to the acre. 
Qt. 50c, pk. $2.35, bu. (56 Ibs.) $7, 
10 bus. $65. 
9531 Spring Wheat. Develops a heavy 
crop of hard, beardless wheat. 
Qt. 50c, pk. $2.50, bu. (60 lbs.) $7.50, 
10 bus. $70. 
SOYBEANS 
Seed should be sown 3 to 4 pecks to the 
acre in 24-inch rows, or 6 to 8 pecks if 
sown in drills or broadcast. When growing 
with corn, a peck each of corn and soy 
beans should be used for an acre. 
9537 Mammoth Yellow. Slow-growing, 
tall and bushy when mature. Too late 
for production of beans in northern Iati- 
tudes but excellent for silage, for hay or 
for a crop to turn under to improve the 
soil. Yellow seed. 
9538 Wilson. Somewhat smaller than 
Mammoth Yellow but similar in habit of 
growth and im its use. Black seed. 
9539 Earliana. A variety growing 
quickly enough to mature beans in the 
north. Yellow seed. 
Above varieties, qt. 50c, pk. $3, 
bu. (60 Ibs.) $7, 10 bus. $65. 
VETCH 
An excellent cattle feed for milk-produc- 
tion and for fattening stock, whether green 
or as silage or hay. Usually grown with 
oats, wheat or rye, to keep the climbing 
plants off the ground. A recommended 
crop for plowing under to improve the soil. 
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9543 Spring Vetch. Vicia sativa. Seed 
should be sown in spring, broadcast 150 
pounds to the acre or 100 pounds planted 
in drills. In combination, 1 bushel of 
cereal ts used with 50 pounds of vetch. 
Lb. 45c, 10 lbs. $4, 100 Ibs. $30. 
9544 Winter or Hairy Vetch. Vicia 
villosa. For spring and autumn seeding, 
broadcast 100 pounds to the acre or plant 
75 pounds in drills. In combination, 
1 bushel of a cereal is used with 50 pounds 
of vetch. 
Lb. 65c, 10 Ibs. $5.50, 100 Ibs. $45. 
OTHER FARM SEEDS 
9560 Mammoth Buckwheat. A _ su- 
perior buckwheat with grains twice the 
average size. Sow in June or July, broad- 
casting at the rate of 2 bushels to the acre. 
Qt. 35c, pk. $1.65, bu. (48 Ibs.) $4.50, 
10 bus. $40. 
9562 Dwarf Essex Rape. For sheep, 
hogs and cattle. Seed is sown in July or 
August, broadcasting 12 pounds to the 
acre or sowing in drills 5 pounds to the 
acre. 
Lb. 40c, 10 Ibs. $3.25, 100 Ibs. $27.50. 
MILLETS. Catch crops to replace corn, 
wheat or other crops that have failed. 
Fed green or as silage or hay. 
9554 Golden Millet. Sow 50 pounds to 
the acre. 
Lb. 25c, 10 Ibs. $2, 100 Ibs. $16. 
9556 Hungarian Millet. Sow 50 pounds 
to the acre. 
Lb. 25c, 10 Ibs. $1.90, 100 Ibs. $15. 
9558 Japanese Millet. Broadcast 25 
pounds to the acre. 
Lb. 25c, 10 lbs. $1.90, 100 Ibs. $15. 
9550 Sudan Grass. Use 30 pounds per 
acre. 
Lb. 30c, 10 Ibs. $2.50, 100 Ibs. $20. 
9564 Sunflower, Mammoth Russian. 
| Grown for poultry. Four pounds of seed 
| 1s sufficient for planting an acre. 
Lb. 60c, 10 Ibs. $4.50, 100 Ibs. $40. 
SUGAR BEET AND MANGEL 
Easily stored animal food, readily digested 
and nutritious. Roots are produced in 
large quantities and may be stored in a 
root cellar or outdoor pit. Seed is sown in 
drills 30 inches apart and thinned to 12 
inches. Use 6 to 8 pounds per acre for 
spring planting. 
232 Klein Wanzleben Sugar Beet. High 
sugar content. 
Oz. 25c, 14lb. 75c, lb. $2, 10 Ibs. $18.50. 
233 Mammoth Long Red Mangel. 
Roots are enormous, uniform in shape, 
smooth and clean, with small top growth. 
Y4lb. 60c, Ib. $1.75, 10 Ibs. $16. 
FIELD CARROTS. Especially valuable 
for horses. Seed is sown 4 pounds to the 
acre from May 15 to July 1. 
342 Mammoth White Belgium. 
Alb. 75c, lb. $2.25, 10 Ibs. $21. 
340 Danvers Cattle. 
341 Long Orange Cattle. 
Above 2, 14Ib. $1, lb. $2.75, 10 Ibs. $26. 
