1900

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DWARF ESSEX RAPE.

FARMERS RELIANCE A NEW 80 DAY VARIETY

PROFIT BEST YELLOW CORN IN THE WORLD THE MONEY MAKER FOR CORN GROWERS

IRISH VICTOR OATS THE GREAT $1.00 OAT $1.00 PER BUSH. 100 BUSH. $100.00.

THAT CROP BEATS THE COUNTY AND ALL THE COUNTRY 'ROUND.

IOWA SEED COMPANY, DES MOINES, IOWA. 35.

[image] VELVET CHAFF.

[image] TURKISH RED.

VELVET CHAFF or BLUE STEM WHEAT.--Does the best of any sort throughout Iowa. It is a remarkable, semi-hard spring wheat, yielding large crops free from rust. The millers here pay more for it than any other sort. It is fully equal to the old Fife wheat and yields a very much larger crop. It is now the main crop in the northwestern states and the great milling kings use it for their highest grade flour, and it has been the most reliable variety year after year, yielding a good crop where other kinds fail. All stocks of this variety show some mixture, but our seed is nice this year and we are sure will please our customers. Per lb. 20c, 3 lbs. 50c. By freight, peck 35c, bu. $1.25, 2 bu. or more @ $1.15, 10 bu. or more @ $1.00. TURKISH RED WINTER WHEAT.--The hardiest variety of winter wheat in existence, and may be considered STRICKLY IRONCLAD, as it has proved invincible here in the most exposed places every winter for 17 years past with only one exception. In growth it resembles rye, stooling out greatly and yielding an immense crop, it having a record of 44 bushels per acre under ordinary circumstances. While it is a winter wheat still it will pay you to buy now, or order now for shipment as soon as new crop is harvested. Prices subject to change of market. Per lb. 20c, 3 lbs. 50c. By freight, per pk. 40c, bu. $1.25, 2 bu. or more @ $1.10, 10 bu. or more @ $1.00. HARVEST KING.--A popular new variety of winter wheat. Per peck 50c, bu. $1.50. IDEAL WHITE HULLESS BARLEY.--And it is an ideal that pleases all who try it. The heads are large and well filled with big, plump kernels, which are hulless and of great value for feeding. Those who have grown it say that it produces a very much larger crop than any other variety. It weighs 60 to 65 lbs. to the measured bushel, while ordinary barley weighs only 48 lbs. The straw is very stiff and strong. It is the handsomest, most productive and the best variety we know of. Per pkt. 5c, lb. 30c, 3 lbs. 75c, postpaid. By freight, per peck 75c, bu. (48 lbs.) $2.00, 2 bu. or more @ $1.80, 10 bu. or more @ $1.70.

[image] IDEAL BARLEY.

SUCCESS BEARDLESS BARLEY.--The earliest barley known. The straw is about the height of the common barley, but better and will stand up on any land; with good land and season has produced 80 bushels per acre. Sow as early as you can; frost does not hurt it. Many farmers will not grow barley, on account of the long harsh beards which are so disagreeable in threshing, although it is a profitable crop. This is beardless and as easy to grow and handle as oats. It has hulls like the Manshury or any other old variety, and is a heavy cropper, yielding 50 to 75 bushels per acre, and the quality is excellent both for malting and for feeding hogs and other stock. Per lb. 20c, 3 lbs. 50c. By freight, per peck 40c, bu. $1.00, 2 bu. or more @ 90c, 10 bu. or more @ 85c. JAPANESE BUCKWHEAT.--About a week earlier than Silver Hull, and yields almost as much again. The flour made from it is equal in quality to any other buckwheat, while it is much more productive than any other, and succeeds well far north. As the straw is heavier and it branches more, it does not need to be sown as thickly as the other kinds. Per lb. 25c, 3 lbs. 60c. By freight, per peck 40c, bu. (52 lbs.) $1.35, 2 bu. or more @ $1.25, 10 bu. or more @ $1.20. SILVER HULL BUCKWHEAT.--A very good and popular variety. Grain is of a light gray color, is rounder than the common variety, has a much thinner husk, earlier, and yields more. Per lb. 25c, 3 lbs. 60c. By freight, per peck 40c, bu. $1.35, 2 bu. or more @ $1.25, 10 bu. or more @ $1.15.

[image] IMPROVED PROLIFIC TREE BEANS.

[image] JAPANESE BUCKWHEAT NATURAL SIZE

SPILTZ.---A most wonderful new grain which was introduced by us and we are sure will prove of great value. For centuries past it has been grown in a limited way in eastern Russia near the Caspian Sea, its value not being known to the civilized world. Nine years ago an emigrant from there brought some to this country, and it yielded more than either barley or oats. It is of high value for feeding and will make a fair grade of flour somewhat similar to rye. Our illustration which represents one head, shows somewhat the shape of the grain which is intermediate between wheat and barley, the spikelets being separated from each other in such a manner that the crop is not easily injured by the weather. Will grow well and produce immense crops on poor soil and dry weather appears to have no effect on it. Botanically it is known as Triticum Spelta and is supposed to be the grain grown in Egypt in the time of Moses. It has given splended satisfaction to our customers and every farmer should try it. Per large pkt. 5c, lb. 30c, 3 lbs. 75c, by mail, postpaid. By freight, per peck 75c, bu. $2.25, 2 bu. or more @ $2.00.

S. TRUMPY, of South Dakota, says: "The Spiltz did remarkably well. It is a wonderful stooler and robust grower, yielding near 60 bushels per acre." Sept. 12, 1899.--I am well pleased with the Spiltz purchased from you and all my neighbors want seed of it.--C. A. Pownder, Havelock, Ont.

IMPROVED PROLIFIC TREE BEANS.--Also called California Wonder. Undoubtedly the most prolific bean grown, and it will yield a larger crop under ordinary circumstances than any variety that we have ever seen. On our own farm with conditions not usually considered favorable, it yielded a crop of 41 bushels per acre. The beans are pure white, of small size, greatly resembling the "Navy" and command the highest market price. Plant grows upright about 20 inches high, with stiff stem and branches held well up from the ground on good bean soil, though if the ground is very rich they do not stand up so well. Unusually free from rust and mildew. Will make about as profitable crop as you can put in. Per pkt. 5c, 1/2 pt. 12c, qt. 35c. By freight, per peck $1.00, bu. $3.75.

[image] SPILTZ

36. SEED CATALOGUE AND GARDEN GUIDE.

[image] IDAHO COFFEE PEA

WONDERFUL SAND VETCH. (Ger. Sandwicken.)--A comparatively new forage plant in this country, which has proved of highest value and is highly recommended by the U. S. Agricultural Department also of great value as a fertilizer, estimating the value of a crop of it plowed under as being equal to $18.00 to $45.00 worth of commercial fertilizers. It succeeds on all soils and withstands extremes of drouth, heat, and cold. Makes good pasture all winter in the south and is more hardy than clover in the north. Sow one-half bushel per acre. Per pkt. 5c, lb. 25c, 3 lbs. 60c. By freight, peck, $1.75, bushel (60 lbs.) $6.00. IDAHO COFFEE PEA. (Cicer Arietinum.)--A great novelty in farm seeds. The seed is very peculiar, unlike anything you ever saw, not at all resembling the Coffee Berry listed on this page. It is a native of Idaho and has been grown in many of the western states. It also grows in some parts of Mexico, thus showing its adaptability to a variety of climates. In Colorado it is grown largely as a substitute for coffee, producing an immense crop at a low cost. It is easily culivated and one plant produces sometimes as high as 1,000 pods. When roasted and ground it makes an excellent substitute for coffee, having a good flavor, and it will make a profitable crop as soon as the seed becomes cheap enough so that it can be planted largely. Can be cooked like ordinary garden peas and tastes equally good. Also makes a very delicious soup. If cut green it makes an excellent fodder plant which is nourishing and fattening and it yields an immense fodder crop. Don't fail to try it this year even if you purchase only a small quantity. Per pkt. 5c, 1/4 lb. 15c, lb. 50c, 3 lb. $1.20, postpaid.

[image] SAND VETCH

AUSTRALIAN BROOM-CORN.--Makes the most even and perfect shaped and colored hurl brush of any variety that we have ever seen, almost every pound of it being straight, of light green color and suitable for the best parlor brooms. It is much more productive than most other kinds, the brush is much longer and is sure to bring a higher price. Per lb. 30c, 3 lbs. 75c. By freight, 10 lbs. $1.20, 25 lbs. $2.50, 100 lbs. $8.00. IMPROVED EVERGREEN BROOM-CORN.--More largely grown in the western states than any other. The brush is noted for its fine quality, good length and handsome appearance; cut before the seed is ripe, it is a beautiful pea green color. It ripens early and yields heavy crops. Per lb. 25c, 3 lbs. 65c. By freight, 10 lbs. 65c, 25 lbs. $1.40, 100 lbs. $4.50. DWARF BROOM-CORN.--Popular in some sections. Per lb. 25c, 3 lbs. 65c. By freight, 10 lbs. 75c, 25 lbs. $1.50, 100 lbs. $5.00.

[image] COFFEE FOR ONE CENT PER LB. SOJA BEANS, OR COFEE BERRY

EARLY SOJA BEANS. (Coffee Berry.)--During recent years this has been largely sold under the name of German Coffee Berry at extremely high prices, but we prefer to offer it under its correct name. The berries ripen in about three or four months from the time of planting and produce a crop of twenty to forty bushels to the acre and are as easily grown as other beans. When roasted and ground it closely resembles coffee and tastes quite similar. Some mix half and half with coffee when using and claim it is superior. Its great value to the farmer lies in the fact that when ground it makes one of the most valuable crops for feeding stock and adds greatly to the milk production. Claimed also to be much superior to clover for fertilizing the soil and for pasturing, or feeding the green fodder, of which it frequently yields from eight to twelve tons per acre. Plant in drills two or three feet apart and one foot between plants. Per pkt. 6c, 1/4 lb. 15c, lb. 40c, 3 lbs. $1.00, postpaid. Pk. $1.50, bu. $5.00.

[image] EVERGREEN BROOM-CORN.

SPRING RYE.--The straw is shorter and stiffer than the winter variety and is always easily secured, while the grain is of equal value. Per lb. 25c, 3 lbs. 60c, pk. 50c, bu. $1.50, 2 bus. or more @ $1.25. WINTER RYE.--Per peck 40c, bu. 75c, 2 bu. or more @ 60c. SEED FLAX.--Prices subject to change during the season; present price per pk. 60c, bu. $1.75. Ask for price in quantity.

I have tried your seeds now for two years and I find them not only the cheapest but the best I have ever had, and I much prefer them to those of other companies.--J. S. Leamert, Polo, Mo.

WILD RICE.--The only one of our native plants furnishing food for wild fowl, ducks, geese, etc., which has been made an article of commerce. This seed can be sown on the borders of lakes, ponds, and along small streams to great advantage, attracting all of these wild birds from September on. It purifies the water and affords refuge to the small fry from the large fish. It makes a good hay, and all cattle are fond of it. Sow in water having a mud bottom. Per pkt. 5c, lb. 30c, 3 lbs. 75c. SERADELLA.--A valuable forage plant, admitting of one and sometimes two cuttings in one season. It succeeds well in a dry sandy soil, and furnishes a good pasture for sheep. It may also be cured for hay. Can be sown with rye. Per pkt. 5c, lb. 35c, 3 lbs. 90c. By freight, 10 lbs. or more @ 15c. per lb. MAMMOTH RUSSIAN SUNFLOWER.--The largest of all sunflowers. This is without doubt one of the best paying crops that can be raised. The seeds make the best of food for poultry and can be raised at a very trifling cost (about one-third the cost of corn), and the stalks, which grow very large, make excellent firewood. It is also said to afford protection against malaria. Large pkt. 5c, lb. 25c, 3 lbs. 60c. By freight, 10 lbs. 70c, bushel of 25 lbs. $1.50. WHITE BEAUTY SUNFLOWER--A mammoth single-flowering variety with pure white seed, which is the result of eight years' careful selection. Desirable for the flower garden and also excellent for poultry, outyielding the old sorts almost two to one in quantity of seeds produced to the acre. Large pkt. 5c, lb. 35c. By freight, 5 lbs. or more @ 20c. BLACK GIANT SUNFLOWER.--A monster among sunflowers; seeds black. Quite attractive. Per pkt. 5c, 1/4 lb. 15c, lb. 50c.

[image] SUNFLOWER

IOWA SEED COMPANY, DES MOINES, IOWA. 37.

[image] IOWA GROWN RED CLOVER SEED.

CLOVER SEED. For many years we have made this a specialty, and we now have our electrical machinery for cleaning so perfected that we claim that our grades average better than those of most other markets, and believe that they cannot fail to please the most particular. Other seed dealers who have happened to be in our warehouse when we were cleaning clover, have often remarked that the seed looked so extra nice they should not reclean it. From these same lots of seed we were cleaning out three to five pounds per bushel of trash, sand and shrunken clover seed. This makes quite a difference in real value, and our seed is really worth 50 cents to $1.00 per bushel more than that obtained from most dealers. PRICES--on clover and grass seeds are changing almost daily, so that we are unable to quote prices which will be invariable. Don't fail to write for prices before buying. We issue a price list each week from January until June. If you are in a hurry for the seed you can order it and we will send seed to full value of money sent on day order is received. The following are the prices we are selling at on the date this catalogue goes to press (Dec. 20, 1899.) We prepay postage at the 1 and 3 pound rate; larger quantities shipped at purchaser's expense. Trial packets of any variety at 5c each. MEDIUM RED CLOVER.--This is the most important of all clovers and the standard everywhere for hay and pasture. It is also known as Common Red or June Clover in many sections. Our Iowa grown clover seed has become widely known for its purity, strong vitality, hardiness, vigorous and healthy growth, and stooling qualities, so that now we receive many orders annually from the most distant parts of the U. S. and also from foreign countries. It has been tested by the Agricultural Experiment Stations in various parts of the country and ranks among the highest everywhere. We claim that it will produce as much if not more hay per acre and that of better quality than seed from any other section and well posted farmers are beginning to appreciate the difference between it and ordinary stock. We have many customers in Pennsylvania, New York and other parts of the east who purchase from us annually, although our seed costs them more, freight considered, than the eastern grown. Perhaps you can buy seed a trifle cheaper per bushel from some other dealer, but if you really desire to save money you will find that it does not pay to buy the inferior seed containing a mixture of weed seeds, dirt, sand, shrunken clover, etc. It pays to have the best. Sow 15 lbs. per acre. Per lb. 25c., 3 lbs. 65c, postpaid. Per peck $1.40, bushel $5.40. Bags extra 15c each.

[image] ALSIKE CLOVER.

MEDIUM RED CLOVER; Second Grade.--Useful for thickening pastures, etc. We list this for our customers who want a cheaper grade, and while we do not claim that it is equal to our best, it is as good as much of the seed furnished by other dealers. Country merchants frequently buy this grade because they can make a larger profit on it. Per bushel $4.75. SAINFOIN CLOVER.--Also called Esparcette Clover.--An excellent but comparatively little known variety of special value for growing on light dry, sandy or limestone soils. It is very deep rooted and therefore withstands drouths. It is a good fodder plant and when made into hay is claimed to be of special value for milch cows. Seed is very large. Usually sown with oats or barley using 30 to 40 lbs. of seed per acre. Per lb. 25c, 3 lbs. 60c. Peck $1.25, bushel $4.50. COLLECTION OF CLOVERS. One packet each of the above 8 kinds of clover for 30c, postpaid. One pound each of the eight kinds by express $1.20, purchaser to pay the charges.

MAMMOTH RED CLOVER--Also called Sapling or Pea Vine Clover. This greatly resembles the Medium Red, but is of much taller and more vigorous growth. The stems are so large and coarse that it is not valued for hay, but nothing equals it for hog pasture, as it will produce an enormous yield and is of the highest feeding quality. It gives very quick results, making an unequaled crop and is usually considered a permanent pasture grass. If your soil is poor and needs enriching there is no fertilizer as cheap and good as sowing Mammoth Clover and plowing the crop under. It is the clover for poor soils. Sow 15 lbs. per acre. Per lb. 25c, 3 lbs. 65c postpaid. Per peck $1.50, bush. $5.75.

[image] ALFALFA CLOVER.

ALSIKE CLOVER.--Unexcelled for hay and we cannot too strongly recommend it to our customers. It is a true perennial, producing a good crop the first year and every year thereafter and the field really keeps improving each season. Highly valued also as a permanent pasture. It is hardy even in northern Minnesota and is the only variety which will produce a good crop and not kill out in low wet ground. It also adapts itself to high, upland soils and resists the drouth well. The hay is finer and better than any other, and alsike is, therefore of special value for sowing with timothy. Height 18 to 24 inches, and has round pink or flesh color heads. Seed is small and it therefore requires only 8 lbs. per acre or half that quantity if sown with timothy. Per lb. 35c, 3 lbs. 90c. Per peck $2.15, bushel $8.00. ALFALFA, or LUCERNE CLOVER.--Very popular in many portions of the country. Under proper management it will yield ten to twelve tons to the acre. All classes of stock are exceedingly fond of it. The roots are so long and grow so deep, frost cannot heave or throw them out in winter. One sowing will stand for twenty years, and, instead of impoverishing the soil, enriches it. Grows on the thinnest sandy soil and thrives in greatest drouth. Sow broadcast about 25 lbs. to the acre. Comes up very spindling and slowly and it is necessary to mow the weeds to give it light, but when once established the weeds will be smothered. Postpaid, per lb. 30c, 3 lbs. 75c. Per peck $1.85, bushel $7.20. WHITE DUTCH CLOVER.--Desirable in pasture mixtures. Also used largely for lawns. Lb. 40c, 3 lbs. $1.00. Per peck $2.25, bush. $8.25. SWEET CLOVER.--Also called Honey Clover.--Greatly liked by bees. Fragrant. Per pkt. 10c, lb. 50c, postpaid; by freight 5 lbs. or more, @ 35c. CRIMSON CLOVER.--Also called Giant Incarnate.--This is an annual variety in common use in the east and south for feeding green. The yield in fodder is immense, and after cutting, it at once commences to grow again, and continues until severe cold, freezing weather. It grows about one foot high, roots nearly black, leaves long, blossoms long, pointed, and of a very deep red or carmine color. Makes good hay. Sow in April or May twenty pounds of seed per acre or it may be sown in the corn at the time of last cultivation in July and will produce an excellent pasture for fall or it can be plowed under and will add greatly to the fertility of the soil. The only objection to it is that it winter-kills in this latitude. It may be sown every year in corn, wheat, oats or potatoes, and two crops obtained. Per lb. 25c, 3 lbs. 65c. Per peck $1.50, bush. $5.75.

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38. SEED CATALOGUE AND GARDEN GUIDE.

[image] MEADOW FESCUE.

GRASS SEEDS. We are the largest dealers in this line in central Iowa, and our trade has been built up by handling only the best grades of new recleaned seed. We have pleased thousands of others and can please you with our choice Iowa grown seed. PRICES Grass seeds are sold on a very close margin of profit and prices are constantly changing with the market. Should you desire a quantity of anything in this line be sure to write us for special prices, naming the amount needed. Most kinds of grass seeds are somewhat higher in prices this year, but please remember that our quotations are for our best grades of recleaned seed, and we know that price is as low as such grades can be bought for anywhere. At the pound rate we prepay postage. Grain bags to hold seed 15 cts. each.

[image] KY. BLUE GRASS

MEADOW FESCUE OR ENGLISH BLUE GRASS.--Succeeds well in almost all soils, from high dry land to moist, standing the dry summer heat excellently. It is valuable as pasturage grass, being one of the earliest in the spring and the latest in the fall. It is very nutritious and greedily eaten by all kinds of stock, and very fattening. It is hardy, never grows in tufts, and being tender and succulent, makes excellent hay. Is a perennial, two to three feet high, flowering in June and July. Pound 30c, 3 lbs. 75c, postpaid. By freight, bu. of 14 lbs. $1.40, 100 lbs. for $9.25.

[image] TIMOTHY.

TIMOTHY.--More used than any other variety of tame grass. We are located in the best section of the country for growing timothy seed, and more of it is grown in Iowa than any part of the world. Our seed is extra nice. Per lb. 20c, 3 lbs. 50c, bu. (45 lbs.) $1.25, bag of 2 1/2 bus. $3.00. PERENNIAL RYE GRASS.--(Or English Rye Grass).--A nutritious permanent grass for meadows and pasture, or for mixing with other grasses for lawns. Does well on sloping banks, as its roots are fibrous and mat-like. Is specially adapted for pastures, as it will endure close cropping and is of strong, quick and successive after growth. Does well on almost any land, but prefers rich or moist soil, such as will produce a good corn crop. Sow 20 lbs. per acre. Per lb. 20c, 3 lbs. 50c, per bu. (14 lbs.) $1.90, 100 lbs. $6.00. ITALIAN RYE GRASS.--An annual variety of above, which can be depended on to give a large crop the first year. Valuable for sowing with crimson clover as a catch crop on red clover fields where clover has winter killed. Does well on any good clover land. Sow 20 lbs. per acre. Per lb. 20c, 3 lbs. 50c, per bu. (14 lbs.) $1.20, 100 lbs. $7.50. CRESTED DOGSTAIL.--For permanent pastures on high land and dry, hard soils it is invaluable. Makes a close thick sod, and is valuable for lawns. Sow 15 lbs. per acre. Lb. 40c, 3 lbs. $1.00, bu. (14 lbs.) $3.75. TALL MEADOW OAT GRASS.--For either hay or permanent pasture. Does well on any soil, but of special value on clay land. Grows tall and therefore desirable for meadow. Does not winter kill. Seldom sown alone, but should be inculded [included] in all mixtures. Per lb. 25c, 3 lbs. 65c, bu. (14 lbs.) $2.10.

[image] PERENNIAL RYE GRASS.

KENTUCKY BLUE GRASS.--Very valuable and exccedingly [exceedingly] popular in some sections of the country as a pasture grass. It is productive and unusually early in spring, furnishing delicious food for all kinds of stock. It is not easily affected by drouth or frost, is suited to a great variety of soils, succeeding best on a moist, rich meadow. For permanent pastures it is particularly valuable, being of dwarf growth, therefore not so well suited for meadows. Unexcelled for lawns. Our seed is all new crop, and the best grade, "Fancy Cleaned." Sow 14 lbs. per acre for pasture, or 60 to 100 lbs. for lawns. Per lb. 30c, 3 lbs. 80c, bu. (14 lbs.) $1.50. Sack of 8 bus. $11.25. MEADOW FOXTAIL.--A fine grass for permanent pastures, and should be sown in place of timothy in mixtures with clover and other grasses. Of special value for low wet ground, and has stood well even when overflowed for three weeks. Its growth resembles timothy. Sow 14 lbs. per acre. Per lb. 45c, 3 lbs. $1.10, bushel (14 lbs.) $4.00. CREEPING BENT GRASS.--Special value for pasture and low ground. Starts early, deep-rooted and a valued sort for holding sloping ground or terraces together, as its roots form a compact mass. Sow 15 lbs. per acre. Lb. 30c, 3 lbs. 80c, bu. 14 lbs. $2.25. RED TOP.--Sown largely in marshy land and sloughs in the west. In the east it is one of their principal sorts, but is not so highly valued here. It makes a fine, close turf and fair quality when not allowed to go to seed. Solid or Fancy clean seed. Per lb. 25c, 3 lbs. 60c. Per bushel (14 lbs.) $1.50, 100 lbs. $9.50. Prime Red Top.--Not cleaned from chaff. Per bu. 85c; 100 lbs. $5.00. SWEET VERNAL.--Although this variety does not rank as high as some others for nutrititive [nutritive] qualities, yet it is very valuable on account of its delicious perfume, when included in hay its aroma is imparted to other grasses, enhancing the value of the hay and making it relished by the stock. It should be included in the meadow mixtures. Per lb. 30c, 3 lbs. 75c, per bush. (14 lbs.) $2.25. WOOD MEADOW GRASS.--This grass is invaluable for wood pasture or shaded ground, and should be included in all mixtures for permanent pastures, especially in shady places. It is relished by all kinds of stock, showing a succulent and very nutritive herbage. For lawns overshadowed by trees it is particularly valuable, and it produces a very thick growth and a nice even sod. Sow 20 lbs. per acre. Lb. 50c, 3 lbs. $1.25. Per bu. (14 lbs.) $1.25.

[image] ORCHARD GRASS.

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GERMAN MILLET.--Much better than the common millet, as it will produce double the crop. Our seed is the best southern grown, more productive than northern. Lb. 20c, 3 lbs. 50c, bu. (48 lb.) $1.00, bag of 2 1/2 bus. $2.25. Second grade, bu. 75c, bag of 2 1/2 bus. $1.75. COMMON MILLET.--Best, per bu. (48 lbs.) 75c, bag of 2 1/2 bus. $1.75. HUNGARIAN.--Per bu. (48 lbs.) 85c, bag of 2 1/2 bu. $2.00. NEW SIBERIAN MILLET.--A distinct new variety, having bright red seed. Produces a fine crop of hay about two weeks earlier than the German millet, is very leafy and of excellent quality. Sow 25 lbs. per acre. Lb. 20c, 3 lbs. 50c, bu. (48 lbs.) $1.50. Bag of 1/2 bus. $3.50. MANITOBA MILLET.--Also called Hog or Broom Corn millet. Has proved to be the best millet for withstanding drouth. Ripens about 2 weeks earlier than German millet. Per lb. 20c, 3 lbs. 50c, bu. (48 lbs.) $1.20. Bag of 2 1/2 bu. $2.75. ORCHARD GRASS.--One of the most valuable of all pasture grasses, coming earlier in spring and remaining later in autumn than any other. It grows about 2 1/2 feet high, producing an immense quantity of leaves. It grows in tufts, and is therefore not adapted for growing alone , bnt [but] should be sown with Red Clover. Tall Meadow Oat Grass or Rye Grass. Sow 14 lbs. per acre. Per lb. 30c, 3 lbs. 75c. Bushel (14 lbs.) $1.75, 100 lbs. $1.00. SHEEP'S FESCUE.--This variety prefers to grow on light, sandy soil and dry uplands or hillsides. It is deep rooted and is not affected by extreme drouth. Sheep are very fond of it, and it is highly nutritious. Should be included in all mixtures for uplands and dry sandy soils. Hardy perennial. Sow 14 lbs. per acre. Lb. 30c, 3 lbs. 75c. Bu. (14 lbs.) $2.50.

[image] SHEEPS' FESCUE.