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IOWA SEED COMPANY DES MOINES, lOWA. 71.

Perennial Rye Grass--A very valuable variety for permanent pasture, and makes a large return in hay; very nutritious. Succeeds best in moderately moist land, for which it is peculiarly adapted. Per lb. 40c; 3 lbs. $1; pk. 75c; bu. $2.25.
Crested Dogstail--One of the finest of lawn grasses; valuable on dry, hard soils and hills for pasturage; twenty pounds per acre; sixteen pounds per bushel; per. lb, 75c.
Sweet Vernal Grass--One of the earliest in spring, as well as the latest in autumn; mixed with other grasses it is valuable for lawns, exhaling a delightful fragrance when in bloom; per lb. 75c; 3 lbs. $1.50.
New Golden Wonder Millet--Heads eighteen inches in length, containing 18,000 seeds, are not at all rare. The yield is enormous. Stalks full of broad leaves, resembling those of corn, yielding from ten to twelve tons of fodder per acre, which is as easily cured as clover hay. "Golden Wonder Millet" can be grown and matured in high latitudes where corn will not ripen. To get the best results for seed purposes, it should be planted and cultivated like corn, in rows three feet apart, and from twenty inches to two feet apart in the rows, planting from five to seven seeds in the hill. If for fodder sow on rich ground, and cut before the seed is ripe; per pkt. 10c; lb. 60c.
Common Millet--Especially valuable for cattle; forty-eight pounds per bushel; one bushel per acre; per lb. 20c; pk. 50c; bu. $1.25.

German, or Golden Millet--For hay it should be cut as soon as well headed; forty-eight pounds per bushel; one bushel per acre; per lb. 25c; pk. 50c; bu. $1.50.
Hungarian Grass--Forty-eight pounds per bushel; one bushel per acre; per lb. 25c; pk. 50c; bu. $1.50.
Johnson Grass--A perennial grass belonging to the sorghum family; a rapid grower, very nutritious, both for hay and grazing, comes very early in the spring and will grow till cut down by frost. Two or three crops can be cut in a season. Sow one bushel per acre; per lb. 50c; 3 lbs. $1.25; pk. $1.50; bu. $5.
Teosinte--(Reana Luxurians)--A Central American forage plant; in leaf and stalk somewhat resembles corn, leaves longer and broader. It stools like oats, and is very sweet and nutritious; per pkt. 10c; oz. 25c; 1/4 lb. 75c; lb. $2.00.
Durra, or Sorghum Vulgare--It is a valuable forage plant, growing from eight to ten feet in height and yielding an abundance of grayish green foliage, greatly relished by stock. It is frequently grown for grain for poultry and yields largely; per lb. 25c.
Kaffir Corn--An excellent fodder plant, yielding two crops of fodder during a season. Grows four to five feet high, upright stalk, with numerous large leaves. Greatly relished by cattle and horses; per lb. 25c; by express or freight, per pk. $1.50; per bu. $5.

SEED CORN.
The value of the corn crop in Iowa alone would be increased two million dollars by an average increase of one bushel per acre, and it has been demonstrated that five to seven bushels can be added to the average crop by planting the improved kinds--while in many cases the crop can be nearly doubled. The necessity of planting the very best varieties is plain.
All seed corn is very carefully tested, and none sent out that we are not certain will grow well. Samples mailed when desired.

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THE PROFIT--This corn, which was first introduced by us, is the result of cross-fertilization and most careful culture in Iowa. In our experiments it has proved to give the largest yield of shelled corn (not cobs) of any kind we have tried. It matures very early and is of excellent quality. Extraordinarily deep grain and small cob. Eighteen to twenty-two rows. The color is variegated from light sulphur to bright orange, being agreeably diversified, making it particularly striking in appearance. Per lb. 30c; 3 lbs. 75c; pk. 50c; bu. $1.50; 2 bu. $2.75.
Pride of the North--This variety has been grown and improved in the extreme northern part of Iowa, and is the earliest yellow dent corn we know of. The ears are eight to ten inches long, with small cob and deep kernel; seventy pounds of ears will make sixty pounds of shelled corn; color bright orange and very uniform. Matures in this latitude when planted in June; per lb. 30c; 3 lbs. 75c; pk. 40c; bu. $1.00; 2 bu. $1.75.
Leaming--The Leaming in character is somewhat of a Dent variety; ears are of good size, set low down, and nearly always two good ears to each stalk. Small red cob, with a medium deep long grain, of a rich golden color. The Leaming has produced in this section some of the largest and handsomest crops we have ever seen; per lb. 30c; 3 lbs. 75c; pk. 40c; bu. $1.20; 2 bu. $2.00.
Iowa Yellow Dent--The standard. Per lb. 25c; pk. 35c; bu. 85c; 2 bu. $1.50.
Premium White Field--An extra good white corn which originated in Polk County; has taken the premium at our state fairs and is quite popular. Per lb. 30c; 3 lbs. 75c; pk. 50c; bu. $1.60.