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Vegetable Plants. Well grown and lightly packed to carry long distances. They can be shipped fresh, well packed at the beds, on a day's notice. Plants quoted "by mail" are sent at our expense; "by express" at the purchaser's. By our system of packing they are sure to arrive in good condition when shipped to any part of the United States. No charge for either packing or boxes. Plants from hotbed or cold frame are ready during April or May; outdoor grown during June and until the middle of July. We sell 500 at the 1,000 rate.

Cabbage Plants-Early Varieties-Ready April 10th. Extra Early Express, Jersey Wakefield, Washington Wakefield and Henderson's Summer. By mail, 100 75c; by express 100 50c; 1,000 $3.50.

Cabbage Plants-Late Varieties-Ready May 15th. Surehead, Premium Flat Dutch and Shortstem Drumhead. By mail 100 75c; by express 100 40c; 1,000 $2.00. Cauliflower Plants-Ready April 15th. Snowball and Erfurt. By mail doz. 25c; 100 $1.25; by express 100 $1.00; 1,000 $7.00. Celery Plants-Ready May 1st. Henderson's Half Dwarf, White Plume, Golden Self-Blanching and Pink Aromatic. By mail doz. 20c; 100 $1.00; by express 100 60c; 1,000 $4.00. After June 10th $3.00 per 1,000. Egg Plants-Ready May 1st. New York Improved. By mail, doz. 25c; 100 $1.25; by express 100 $1.00. Pepper Plants-Ready May 1st. Ruby King, Large Bell and Red Chili. By mail, doz. 25c; 100 $1.00; by express 100 75c. Tomato Plants-Ready May 1st, strong, transplanted plants, Dwarf Champion, Bond's Minnesota, Beauty and Matchless. By mail doz. 25c; 100 $1.00; by express 100 75c; 1,000 $5.00. Not transplanted, 50c per 100; $3.00 per 1,000. Sweet Potato Plants-Ready May 1st. Plants strong, vigorous, well rooted and hardy[.] We can furnish either the Yellow Nansemond or the Early Yellow Jersey. Write if you want a large lot. Prices vary. By mail 100 50c; by express 100 25c; 1,000 $2.00. New Vineless.--(See page 37.)-60c per 100 postpaid.

Horse Radish Sets. Plant at any time during spring in rows two feet apart and about eighteen inches apart in the rows. By mail, doz. 35c; by express, 100 75c.

Holt's Mammoth Sage. After having grown and thoroughly tested this valuable variety for several years, we can recommend it most highly. The illustration shows a leaf of average size. The plants are very strong-growing, the first season attaining one foot in height, and so spreading that a single plant covers a circular space 3 feet in diameter. The leaves are borne well above the soil, keeping them clean; very large and of unusual substance, strong in flavor, and of superior quality. A single plant of Holt's Mammoth will yield more than a dozen of the common sort. Perfectly hardy, and attains still greater growth the second season. It never runs to seed. The past three years we have not been able to supply the demand, but this year we grew a very large number and hope to have sufficient. Price: 3 plants 25c, or 75c per dozen postpaid.

[Image: Drawing of a cluster of garlic with stems twisted together.] Garlic. A species of onion propagated by offsets; used for flavoring soups, stews and other dishes. Divide a bulb into small parts and plant them in early spring in rows one foot apart, and from two to five inches between plants in the row. The crop matures in August, when [it] is harvested like onion. Garlic Sets.-Per pound 40c postpaid. By express per pound 30c Garden Plants: See page 16 for list of Hardy Garden Plants, and don't fail to order an assortment of them. [Image: Drawing/Illustration showing glass of onion bulbs, Caption-Bottom Onion Sets.] [Image: Drawing, basket of onion sets, Caption-Top Onion Sets.] [Image: Drawing, onion plant, Caption-Egyptian or Perennial Onion sets.] [Image: Drawing, pile of onions, Caption-Potato Onion Sets.]

[Right Column.] Chives. Perfectly hardy little perennial members of the onion tribe, and are grown entirely for their tops, which are used wherever the flavor of onion is required. Planted in small clumps in any common garden soil, they grow readily. The tops appear very early in the spring and can be shorn throughout the season. Every garden should contain a few clumps. Roots, per bunch 15c, 4 for 50c. [Image: Drawing of a clump of chives, Caption-Chives.]

Mushrooms. The ease and certainty with which a crop of mushrooms can be grown to perfection in an ordinary house cellar, woodshed or barn, and the astonishing success of so many who have taken up this new industry both for profit and their own use, induces us to call especial attention to the subject. The great luxury of mushrooms can be enjoyed by all at a trifling expenditure of money, time and labor. In market they are always wanted and sell readily at paying prices. There seems no limit to the demand, and an oversupply is seldom known. We recommend the English mushroom spawn as generally the better both for the market gardener and the private planter. Directions for culture sent on application. Per lb. 30c postpaid. 5 lbs. or more, not prepaid, @ 15c per lb.

Chufas, or Earth Almond. A nice little ground nut which is greatly liked by the children. In sweetness and flavor they resemble the cocoanut or almond and are considered very nice put on the table in a fruit dish with candies, as an after-dinner relish. Very prolific, a single one yielding from two to four hundred. The nuts grow under ground, very near the surface, easily reached by pigs and poultry and destroyed by them if they have free access. Plant in April, ten inches apart in two and one-half foot rows. Cover them lightly. If the seed is very dry, soak well before planting. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, 1/4 lb. 20c, lb. 50c.

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Aspara [Asparagus] It pays to have a small bed of asparagus [text missing because of hole cut in paper] your garden. When once set a bed with [missing text] The roots which we offer are strong, two-year-old roots of our own growing. Ask for circular giving directions for planting, etc.

Palmetto, or Conover's Colossal.-@ 35c per doz., $1.25 per 100 postpaid. Columbian Mammoth White.-(See description on page 1.) 40c per doz.; $1.50 per 100 postpaid. Ask for price per 1,000.

Rhubarb Roots. These may be planted early in spring or fall, setting the roots three feet apart each way. It requires but little labor to plant, and when once planted, in good rich soil, it will remain in bearing condition for many years. Victoria.- Each 15c, 4 for 50c, postpaid. Ideal Mammoth.-See description on page 31. Each 25c, 4 for 60 cents postpaid.

Onion Sets. Indispensable for early onions for bunching, as in a very few weeks they are ready for the table. Price by the pint and quart include prepayment of postage (deduct 15c per quart if by express.) Price by the peck and bushel is subject to market variation, and they are shipped at buyer's expense. If you want a large lot write for prices. White Bottom Sets.-The bottom onion sets grown from seed are the most popular of all and the finest and best for early use and large onions. Per pt. 20c, qt. 35c, pk. 85c; bu. $3.00. Yellow Bottom Sets.-Like above except the color. Per pt. 15c, qt. 30c, pk. 75c, bu. $2.25. Red Bottom Sets.-Per pt. 15c, qt. 30c, pk. 75c, bu. $2.50.

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Selected Farm Seeds. Our farm seeds are grown especially for seed, in the section best suited to their development and perfect maturity, are all carefully selected, thoroughly cleaned, of the best quality, and we sell at reasonable prices, which are subject to any important market changes. These prices are net and are not subject to premium or discount which is offered on garden seeds. Notice- While exercising the greatest care to have all seed pure and reliable, we do not give any warranty, expressed or implied. Shipping-In this department everything that is quoted by the packet or pound is sent by mail postpaid; all large quantities, unless noted, are sent by express or freight at expense of the purchaser. Prices named include bags, except on clover and grass seeds, and delivering to depot here.

[Left Column.] Seed Corn. It costs less than 25c an acre to use our carefully selected and tested seed corn. Do you deem it wise to risk doubtful corn when good seed is so cheap? The varieties of field corn we offer are the best now in use. They were grown especially for seed purposes, and well matured, cured, carefully sorted by our seed corn experts, and shelled with great care. 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 the crop can be fully doubled by planting some of our improved varieties. We are in the center of the best corn growing country of the world, where the soil and climate are peculiarly adapted to its culture, and now we can say without fear of contradiction, that for the season of 1899 we have the best supply of seed corn ever offered by any seed firm in the world.

The necessity or plaming the very best varieties is plain, and it will not pay you to experiment with the many sorts which we have tried and found worthless, nor to purchase from unscrupulous dealers. We claim to have supplied more farmers with seed corn last year than any other seed firm in the world ever did before. Some dealers, seeing the great success we had made in the seed corn trade, have purchased common crib corn and sold it out untested and under fictitious names, and it made their customers a great amount of trouble. All our seed corn is very carefully tested, and none sent out that we are not certain will grow well under proper conditions. We do not warrant it, but we will mail samples for testing to prospective customers. If a large quantity is wanted, ask for prices. No extra charge for bags. [Large piece of page has been cut away.]

Fill Your Corn Cribs With Profit Corn And fill your pocketbook with money. Make Your Live Stock Happy By feeding first-class corn. Be The First In your neighborhood to plant Profit Corn and then supply your neighbors the next year with seed.

There's Money In It.

Practical Farmers Say. An enterprising and prominent Polk county farmer says: "It has outyielded every other variety on my place. Ears are large, extremely solid and grain is deep, so that it shells out more than other sorts."

A Guthrie county farmer says: "I like it and shall plant entirely of it next season[.] It is solid and heavy and feels profitable while you are husking it. Matured better than any other corn there being less loose or chaffy ears than usual with other varieties this season[.]" A successful Madison county farmer who is satisfied only with the best of everything, says: "Your Profit Corn is by far the most satisfactory corn I have ever grown on account of its solid, uniform ears, deep grain, early and even maturity and freedom from light, loose or [rest of the page is missing...]

[Center Column.] [Image: Drawing, three ears of corn standing vertically on top of three ears or corn lying horizontally, Caption-Ears Of Profit Corn.] Notice depth of grain and how wonderfully well it is filled out over both tip [Rest of page is missing...]

[Right Column.] [Column separated into 3 text blocks separated by rules, rule above, rule below] We Claim The Banner! Joseph Leiter added $6,000,000.00 to value of the 1897 wheat crop while it was still in the farmers' hands by his manipulations on the Chicago Board of Trade. Which Is The Greater? Ours Goes On Forever And Increases Each Year.

The Iowa Seed Co. Has Added $2,000,000.00 Per Year to the yield, quality and value of the corn crop by the new varieties of corn which it has introduced during the past ten years.

Thoroughbred Seed Corn. We are proud to say that the Iowa Seed Store is now recognized as headquarters for thoroughbred seed corn, and the varieties which we have originated or introduced are now listed by almost all the prominent seedsmen in America, Europe and Australia who handle this grain, and are the best everywhere. Don't be satisfied with a second grade even if you can save five or ten cents per acre in cost of seed (one bushel plants 8 acres) but Send your order direct to headquarters and get the best.

Profit Corn. The Corn For 1899.

For several years we have been watching this most excellent variety which originated from a carefully prepared cross of two well known sorts on the farm of a seed grower in Madison county, Iowa, which is the county that produced our, now world famous Iowa Gold Mine. For nearly 20 years this corn has been bred up until now it is claimed to be The heaviest, most solid ear of any variety in existence. Ears are of good average size.

It ain't a Handsome Corn, but it's Got Money in it!!! The color of the surface of ear is variegated from light sulphur to bright orange being agreeably diversified, making it particularly striking in appearance. With some this might be an objection if they desire to sell it in the ear, but when shelled it looks quite uniform in color as the variation is simply in color of the cap or top of grain. The purpose of the originator was to fix a type of field corn For Profit, superior to any in cultivation, and profit in corn growing as we understand it means the largest crop of Shelled Corn (not cobs) maturing in reasonably short time and of the best quality. Ears of large size (not mammoth), grain is very deep, cob small and dries out rapidly, thus making it a sure cropper. The corn is so solid on cob that the kernels appear as if driven in and it shells out immensely[.] Will produce a larger crop on poor soil than any variety we know of and with good culture will astonish everybody. It is the corn to plant and we want all our customers to try it. You cannot get it elsewhere, as we are not wholesaling it this season. Order early as our stock is limited. Per pkt. 5c, lb. 35c, 3 lbs. 75c, 7 lbs. (sufficient for one acre) $1.25 by mail or express prepaid. By freight or express per 1/2 pk. 75c, pk $1.25, bu. $4.00.

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[Image: Drawing of a large ear of corn set diagonally across the top 2/3 of the page from top left to lower right, four rows of kernels removed from a small section in the middle of the ear. Caption-It Beats The World.]

[Top right text block runs along the corn image and is shaped like a triangle.] Iowa Silver Mine Corn. The Great $1,000.00 Corn-Yields 215 Bushels Per Acre. The most marvelous variety of corn ever offered and one which will surprise everyone who plants it. If the farmers take hold of this as they should it will revolutionize the corn growing of the country. Just think of this wonderful yield, 215 bushels per acre with ordinary culture. We don't blame some practical farmers for looking incredulous when this is mentioned; we did not believe it ourselves until we had measured the ground and proved conclusively that the report was correct. The seed corn trade is our great specialty, and we claim to be corn experts, and in the spring of 1895, when we first saw this corn, we purchased the entire stock for $1,000.00 cash. An offer of $10.00 per pound would not have induced us to sell all we had of it, as we wanted to save it for our customers. Our judgment was correct as proven by the past seasons crops which were the most marvelous ever grown. Just think of it! The average corn crop of the United States is only 28 bushels per acre, and there was more than seven times this amount of Iowa Silver Mine grown on one acre. Would you like to grow this kind of a crop? Plant Iowa Silver Mine corn--plant your whole farm to it. Adopt our new method of culture which will be sent free to everyone ordering this variety of seed corn from us. Description.-Stalk grows to a height of about seven or eight feet and sets the ears about three and one-half to four feet from the ground, just the right height for easy picking. One peculiarity we noticed in going over the field was that there were no barren stalks, every one had an ear, many stalks had two or three good ears, and the originator says that has been characteristic every year that he has grown it. The type is very even. Ears measuring from ten to twelve inches in length and weighing one and one-half pounds are not uncommon. The ears are very uniform in size and shape, with sixteen to twenty straight rows (usually eighteen rows) of deep, pure white kernels set on a small white cob, and the ears are well filled out over the tip. It is early, matured last year in less than ninety-five days, and has never been caught by the frost. The cob dries out rapidly, so that it is ready for market earlier than any white field corn in existence. In its yield it will surpass all other varieties of any color. Seventy pounds in the ear will make sixty-two pounds shelled. It is adapted to a wider range of soil and climate than any corn ever offered. From Minnesota to Florida, from Massachusetts to California, it will yield a paying crop where other varieties are grown at a loss. It is in every way a distinct type of corn and possesses many of the features which have made the Iowa Gold Mine so popular, while the ear is larger. It is hardy and a wonderful resister of drouth.

Its Prize Record. The Iowa Silver Mine corn was exhibited at one fair (Illinois) where in 1893 it took first prize as a white corn, and in 1894 ten of the largest ears took first prize, ten of the smaller ears took second prize. Afterwards the same ten large ears took sweepstakes over all other varieties both white and yellow making a total of $95.00 in prizes taken at one fair by twenty ears of the Iowa Silver Mine corn. It captured the big prize offered by us in 1896 for the largest crop against all other kinds of any color, yielding 215 bushels. It took first premium of $200.00, offered by the state of Illinois, for largest yield per acre (166 bushels) over all other varieties of any color, with keenest kind of competition. At lllinois State Fair in 1897, took first premium for best bushel of corn, any color or sort; first for best white corn in state, and grand sweepstakes for the best corn of any color, competition open to the world.

'Rah! Hurrah! For The Iowa Silver Mine!

Read The Wonderful Record.-It produced 215 bushels per acre in Scott county, Iowa; 211 bushels per acre in Indiana; 201 bushels per acre in Arkansas; 178 bushels per acre in Illinois; 145 bushels per acre in Nebraska; 144 bushels per acre in Ohio; 137 bushels per acre in Texas. Average of above is 176 bushels shelled corn per acre. Produced Immense Crops Everywhere. Our Customers all Rejoice with us.

Now For 1899! To every one who orders Iowa Silver Mine seed corn from us we will send free, full information as to how 215 bushels of corn were grown on one acre and instructions so that you can do as well. There is money in farming if you only know how. Don't be a snail; be progressive; adopt new methods and use good seed. Figure out what your profit would be if your crop were that large. It will pay you to plant your entire field with this variety. Get your neighbors to order with you[.] Warning! If you want pure Iowa Silver Mine corn it must be purchased direct from us. Cost of pure seed is almost nothing (only about 20c per acre). One bushel per acre added to your crop will pay for it, and you can't afford to use doubtful seed. Order Early--sure to be a great demand. Price Postpaid or by Express Prepaid: Per 2-oz. pkt. 5c, lb. 25c, 3 lbs. 60c, 7 lbs. (will plant an acre) $1.00. Specimen ears 25c each. By Freight or Express, Purchaser Paying Charges-Per pk. 50c, bushel $1.50; 2 bushels or more @ $1.40; 10 bushels $12.50.

[Lower third of page.] [Image: Drawing, corn kernels circles to form a frame containing a portrait, Caption_ An average in size, depth of grain and size of cob, also picture of prize winner, who grew 215 bushels of corn per acre.

A Wonderful Crop. A full statement of how the 215 bushels of corn were grown on one acre, and also of the two other largest crops ever grown in the world, will be sent free to everyone ordering Iowa Silver Mine Seed Corn from us. This information may be worth $100.00 to you.

[Left Column.] The 70 acres of corn we planted with seed from your firm, is the best field of corn in this county. It runs from two to five ears on each stalk.-D. M. McKindley, St. Charles, Illinois. I don't think a better quality of corn can be found than the Iowa Silver Mine, and it yielded 114 bushels per acre for me this year.--S. S. Troxel, Benton county, Iowa. The Iowa Silver Mine corn yielded 197 bushels of ear corn on one carefully measured acre. The yield was very nearly as large on my entire field of eight acres of this variety.-A. A. Gher, Boone county, Indiana. Your famous Iowa Silver Mine corn yielded a big crop this year.-Lewis Frater, Escambia county, Fla. Your Iowa Silver Mine is a wonderful corn and yields immensely.-L. Layton, Lavaca county, Texas. The Iowa Silver Mine is all you represent it to be. It ripened in 90 days and produced ears 10 inches long and 7 inches in circumference.-H. R. Burton, Butler county, Penna. The Iowa Silver Mine corn will do as well here as any variety. It was cut down twice by frost this year, but still it yielded 75 bushels per acre.-J. E. Olson, Nicollet county, Minn.

[Right Column.] Your Iowa Silver Mine corn grew splendidly and ripened sufficiently to make seed corn 100 miles north of St. Paul.-Francis Maddox, Crow Wing county, Minn. The seeds purchased from you produced the finest yields ever seen in our county. The Iowa Silver Mine corn yielded 188 bushels to the acre.-W. A. Johnson, Mississippi county, Ark. The Iowa Silver Mine is the finest corn ever raised. It is simply grand.-German Ziru, Elk county, Kansas. The best on a 22,000 acre farm: On this estate, comprising about 22,000 acres, there were grown this year nearly 10,000 acres of corn, including almost all known standard sorts suited to this latitude, and we consider that of the white varieties the Silver Mine is the purest and in all respects the most satisfactory of all.-W. A. Bicket, Manager, Ford county, Ill. My crop of Iowa Silver Mine corn was greatly injured by a storm in July, but still it yielded 108 bushels per acre, and 12 ears selected from it took three first prizes at state fairs. It is a world beater.-S. D. Maddock, Champagne county, Ill.

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Iowa Gold Mine Corn The Best Variety Of Yellow Corn In The World! Everyone who has tried it is enthusiastic in the praise of this splendid new variety which we introduced in 1892. Iowa is not called a gold mining state, but in this grand new variety farmers of this country will find a veritable mine of wealth. It has received the most cordial endorsement as the best and most profitable variety ever grown. It is early, ripening only a few days later than Pride of the North; ears are not large, but of good size and symmetrical; color a bright golden yellow, as handsome as a twenty dollar gold coin just from the mint; grain is very deep, cob small, and therefore dries out very quickly as soon as ripe. Seventy pounds of ear corn makes sixty to sixty-two pounds of shelled corn, and in hauling to market it weighs out five bushels more to the wagon load than common varieties in the same size wagon. We have shelled selected ears of this variety which produced sixty-four pounds of shelled corn and only six pounds of cobs to the bushel. This is an unparalleled record. It cannot be equaled by any other corn in the world. Thousands of our customers say that they consider it the ne plus ultra in corn; that it would be impossible to attain any nearer perfection. It matures perfectly up to the extreme northern tier of counties in Iowa. We can most confidently recommend it as the acme of perfection and stake our reputation on its pleasing everyone who tries it. One carload lot of four hundred bushels of Iowa Gold Mine corn was carefully weighed, and after shelling it was reweighed and there was just 456 bushels. Just think of it--a gain of 14 bushels to the 100! Remember, if you want pure Iowa Gold Mine corn you must purchase it direct from us. If you purchase from your local dealer, insist on seeing that our label is in every bag, plainly marked Iowa Seed Company. It will pay you to change your seed, and don't fail to at least see a sample of Iowa Gold Mine before buying elsewhere. Notice our low prices this year. Per large package, 5c, lb. 25c, 3 lbs. 60c, postpaid. By freight, pk. 60c, bu. $1.25, 2 bu. or more at $1.00 per bu. [Image: Drawing of two ears of corn, one propped against another, kernels broken away from several rows in one cob, Caption-Legal Tender.]

Riley's Favorite.-This variety which originated in Indiana, might almost be called a Mammoth Iowa Gold Mine, as it resembles that variety in general appearance and the ear is larger. It has with us proved to be about three weeks later in maturing, and while it ripens a crop here we could not recommend it for northern Iowa. Stalk is tall and ears set high. This corn is of bright yellow color has long ear, deep grain, small cob and shells out immensely. It captured the highest award for yellow corn at the World's Fair and at many other exhibitions. We recommend it for southern Iowa and Missouri, and believe that it will please our customers in that latitude. Per pk. 50c, bu. $1.50, 2 bu. or more @$1.25. Evergreen Fodder Sweet Corn.-This is one of the most valuable items on the list for stock farmers and one which they should devote more land to. The demand for it is constantly growing and it has everywhere proved highly satisfactory. Our corn will yield a large quantity of fodder which is rich and nutritious. Valuable for feeding hogs and milch cows. Dairy farmers will find that our Evergreen fodder corn is fully double the value of field corn for fodder purposes[.] It has a good stalk filled with large, succulent leaves, which are greatly relished by stock, and when fed with this kind of fodder they keep in fine condition and give an abundance of milk. It has the great merit of being so sweet and palatable that cattle eat every part of the stalks and leaves, and consequently none is wasted. Also excellent for soiling. Sow thickly in drills or broadcast, at the rate of two bushels per acre. Per pk. 50c, bu. $1.50. Ask for price on large lots. Early Fodder Sweet Corn. -Will make feed much earlier than the above and is very nice to feed when in roasting ear. Not as large a yielder. Per pk. 50c, bu. $1.50. Giant Mexican June Corn.-A giant among corn, growing from 16 to 20 feet in height, with ears 10 feet from the ground. A grand variety for grain in the south, for the silo in the north and a grand curiosity for every section. It is exceedingly leafy in its upper sections and this gives special value to it for the silo. A few stalks of this giant corn will make a grand sight in any garden. It is a white dent with a good sized ear. Pkt. 5c, 1/4 lb. 15c, lb. 50c, postpaid.

[Right Column.] [Image: Drawing of an ear of corn, with several rows in the middle broken out, sitting on two ears sideways, Caption- Iowa Gold Mine Corn. (From a photograph.) Legal Tender.-With the exception of our Iowa Gold Mine, we consider the Legal Tender the best variety of yellow dent corn for Iowa, Illinois, Nebraska and the south. It is the result of about ten years' selection by a seed corn specialist in Iowa, and has taken first premium at many state and county fairs. The corn is very productive, of uniform pure yellow color, ear very large and long and a deep grain on a small cob, while the stalk does not grow too large. The introducer says: "Our ideal ear is an ear two-thirds as large around as it is long, containing sixteen to twenty rows, and small shank. The kernels are deep, the cob is small at the butt and the ear holds its bigness toward the point until near tapering off. It should be capped over and the kernels should hold their bigness toward the point and the butt run out straight and not crinkle." It matures in about 115 days, but we do not recommend it for the extreme northern portion of this state. Per peck 50c, bushel $1.25; 2 bushels or more, @ $1.00. Star Leaming.-The Leaming corn, which originated with Mr. Leaming, of Ohio, was always a good variety, but it had some serious faults for culture in this state, and we have refrained from giving it our endorsement. A few years ago we found an extra nice lot in the hands of an enterprising Iowa farmer, who had been selecting it for many years. We were greatly pleased with it, but were not willing to offer it to our customers without still further selection. We now have a corn which is a great improvement on the Leaming, but it retains all the valuable characteristics of that variety, so that instead of giving it a new name, we call it Star Leaming to distinguish it from other strains. It will ripen in 100 days, has medium size ears, grains of good depth, and rich golden yellow color. It is very productive, and we are sure will please our customers. It can only be obtained by ordering direct from us. Peck 50c; bushel $1.25; 2 bushels or more @ $1.00. [Image: Drawing of a tall sweet corn plant, Caption-Evergreen Fodder Sweet Corn.]

[Text within bordered box.] Trial Packets Large Packages of Any Of The Varieties Of Field Corn At Five (5) Cents Each.

[Text within bordered box.] 2 Good Tools The Rotary Hand Corn Planter, price $1.50, described on p. 63, and The Handy Corn Sheller, price $1.50, described on page 62. Should Be On Every Farm.

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[Image: Drawing of an ear of corn, very rough and shaggy looking, Caption-An Ear Of Primitive Corn.]

[Left Column.] Pride Of The North.-(See cut No. 1.) This variety has been grown and improved in the extreme northern part of Iowa. The ears are 8 to 10 inches long with small cob and kernel; seventy pounds of ears wlll make sixty pounds of shelled corn; color bright orange, and very uniform. Will ripen in ninety days and matures in this latitude when planted in June. Per pk. 50c, bu. $1.40, 2 bu. or more @ $1.20. Longfellow Flint.--(See cut No. 2.) An eight-rowed yellow flint variety with ears from 10 to 15 inches long, 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 inches in diameter, and are well filled out to extreme end of cob. The cob is small and the kernel large and broad, ripens in 85 to 90 days. This corn is well adapted to the northwest, and is said to produce 200 bushels of ears to the acre in Massachusetts. In ordering, be sure and put in the word flint, to distinguish from our Longfellow Dent. Per pk. 75c, bu. $2.00, 2 bu. or more @ $1.75. Clark's Early Mastodon.-(See cut No. 3.) Very popular in some sections of the country owing to its large size and record of enormous yields. In the celebrated American Agriculturist's corn contest in 1889, the Early Mastodon outyielded every other yellow corn in America, Mr. Alfred Rose, of New York state, raising 213 bushels of shelled corn to the acre. It is hardy, of strong, rank growth, ears of good size. Matures in 120 days. Pk. 50c, bu. $1.50, 2 bu. or more @$1.25.

Lenocher's Homestead.-(See cut No. 4.) Well known in Iowa from its having won the Iowa Homestead prize of $100.00 as the largest producer in the state. In 1891 this variety yielded 345 bushels on three acres with ordinary culture. It was also awarded a diploma at the World's Fair. This variety originated with Mr. G. F. Lenocher, one of the most practical farmers and corn growers in the state. Color dark red with light colored cap; grain deep and hackled. Ear somewhat above the average size; cob small and dries out rapidly, so that it has never been caught by frost. We believe it to be a safe corn to plant in any part of Iowa. It shells readily and the grain is so soft that it makes an excellent corn for feeding, although its color is objectionable for marketing. Our seed has been carefully selected for seed purposes. Per pk. 50c, bu. $1.50, 2 bu. or more @ $1.25.

[Right column.] Early Longfellow Dent.-(See cut No. 5.) For several years one of our growers has been at work originating this new sort, the object being to obtain a variety fully as early as Pride of the North with much larger ear. He succeeded so well that we take pleasure in introducing it. The accompanying engraving was accurately made from an ear of the corn and well shows its shape, which is different from any other sort in existence and suggested its name. We recommend it highly to our many customers in northern Iowa and Minnesota as the best early corn offered. The grower who has had it for several years claims it yields as well as any of the large sorts. Stalks of medium height, strong and not easy blown down. Ears have 12 rows, and are 10 to 14 inches in length, kernel rather shallow. Per pk. 50c, bu. $1.50, 2 bu. or more @ $1.25. Primitive or Husk Corn.-It is from this wild variety that all of our cultivated kinds have sprung. The ears are of fair size and each individual kernel or grain is covered with a husk and all enclosed in an outer husk like common corn. In some of the wild and uncultivated parts of Mexico the Primitive or natural corn can still be found growing wild. It is quite curious and valuable for exhibition purposes and attracts great attention wherever seen. Some stalks bear as many as twenty ears. Large pkt. 5c, lb. 50c, postpaid. Hickory King.-A white field corn, which has the largest grains, with the smallest cob, of any white corn ever introduced. So large are the grains and so extremely small the cob that on an ear broken in half a single grain will almost completely cover the cob section. Of strong vigorous growth, and yields splendid crops on light soil, and is one of the most productive white field corns for the south. We do not, however, consider it a safe crop for this state. Per pk. 75c, bu. $2.00, 2 bu. or more @ $1.75. Iowa Yellow Dent.-We always advise farmers to buy the best named varieties in buying seed corn, and believe it pays them in the long run. This is a cheaper corn, however, and quite popular some years. Ask for special price in lots of 25 bushels or more. Per pk. 40c, bu. $1.00, 2 bu. or more @ 75c.

[Text within a bordered box.] Try Spiltz The New Grain It will be a great bonanza for Northern Farmers. See Page 32.

[Image: Drawing, a series of corn cobs, arranged from smaller to larger cobs, Captions- Pride of the North, Long Flint, Early Mastodon, Lenocher's Homesteaed, Early Longfellow Dent.