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IOWA SEED COMPANY, DES MOINES, IOWA. 15

The Irish Victor Outyields Every Other Variety. Try It...

[image] IRISH VICTOR.

SEED OATS.
IRISH VICTOR.-Introduced by the Iowa Seed Company. A grand novelty and the most productive variety ever brought out. The Irish Victor, brought over from Ireland six years ago, has proved superior to all other sorts grown in the same section, in vigor of growth, stiffness of straw and productiveness. The straw is very stiff, holding the heavy head up well. It is fully as early as the Lincoln and yields more than that very productive variety. The grains are large, plump and heavy. Plant grows to medium height, of vigorous growth, stools out exceptionally well, is free from rust and yields an immense crop. By freight, peck, 45c; bushel, $1.10; 2 bushels or more at $1.00; 10 bushels or more at 85c.
"The Irish Victor is the best and most productive oats I have ever raised. They have stiff straw and stand up better than any other sort."-J. J. Doonon, Poweshiek county, Iowa.
"I have handled a great many car loads of oats both of my own growing and also as a shipper of grain to eastern markets, but I consider your Irish Victor Oats the the best ever shipped from this station. I saw the oats growing and the field was beautiful: it stood up straight, having a very stiff straw and sprangled head. They far surpass the Lincoln, Swiss, White Russian, Bonanza and all other varieties of oats which have been grown in this vicinity."-H. H. Connell, Poweshiek county, Iowa.
"Your Irish Victor oats made the heaviest crop that I ever saw, and they stood up the best of any oats in our neighborhood this year."- Wm. H. Swan, Mahaska county, Iowa.

LINCOLN.-When we introduced these oats to our customers in 1893, they had never been tested in this state, but had done so exceptionally well in Minnesota that we had much faith in them. Seven prizes, amounting to $500, were offered for the largest crops grown from one bushel of seed sown, and in our 1894 catalogue we published a list of the awards, the first prize going to a man who grew 174 bushels from one bushel of seed sown, and the average of seven successful competitors was 116 bushels each. On account of its soft nib, heavy meat and thin hull it is unsurpassed for feeding and for making into oatmeal. By freight, pk. 40c; bu. $1.00; 2 bu. or more @ 90c; 10 bu. or more @ 80c.
"I sowed ten bushels of Lincoln oats on six acres of ground, from which was threshed 498 bushels, or 83 bushels per acre. We had severe drouth this year and other oats yielded only 6 to 10 bushels per acre."-H. M. Dickinson, Douglas county, Neb.
"The Lincoln oats went about 25 per cent more to the acre than other white oats on the same kind of ground. I sowed them just as I did the others."-C. F. Herrick, Buchanan county, Iowa.

BLACK TARTARIAN.-An extra choice variety from England. The best black oats in existence. A very desirable sort. Per pk. 75c; bu. $2.25; 2 bu. @ $2.10; 10 bu. or more @ $2.00.

EARLY CHAMPION.-This grand new variety which was introduced in 1898, has given excellent satisfaction to our customers, and it gave the largest yield per acre of any variety in the test at the Iowa Agricultural College, and is highly recommended by them. Has comparatively short straw, matures a week to ten days earlier than other kinds, thus largely escaping the liability to rust. Per pk. 35c; bu. 90c; 2 bu. or more @ 80c; 10 bu. or more @ 70c.
Henry Wallace, editor Wallace's Farmer, says: "I would rather risk growing grass seed with Early Champion than any other variety I know of."

SILVER MINE.-A very popular variety. The grain is heavy, plump and has a thin hull. It is quite hardy and vigorous and will undoubtedly please you. Our seed is pure, grown from headquarter's stock, and we think it is unsurpassed. It is bright, nice and tests 98 per cent. Per peck, 35c; bushel, 90c; 2 bushels or more at 80c; 10 bushels or more at 70c.

GREAT NEW ZEALAND.-This grand new variety was first introduced by us in l895 and has given remarkable satisfaction, in one instance yielding 102 bushels per acre, while other varieties in the same vicinity yielded only 40 to 50 bushels. It averages a trifle higher than any other sort, has very stiff, strong straw, never known to lodge. They stool out remarkably well, and thus require less seed to the acre; are almost entirely free from rust on all kinds of soil. Peck, 40c; bushel, $1.00; 2 bushels or more @ 90c; 10 bushels or more @ 85c.
J. H. Shober, says: "The New Zealand oat is the best variety I ever saw, and you are safe in assuring your customers an average yield of 25 per cent more per acre than any of the common varieties, and also they will weigh more to the bushel. They are rust proof, are a surer crop and better adapted to this country than any other varieties."

EUROPEAN HULLESS.-The berry or grain, which is much larger than that of ordinary varieties, is loose in the hulls and easily threshed out as clean as wheat or rye. It should prove to be a desirable variety to make oatmeal from. Better try a little of it. Our stock is small and will doubtless be exhausted before the season is over. Pkt. 10c, lb. 35c, 3 lbs. for $1.00, postpaid.

WINTER TURF.-Highly valued in the south for fall sowing. Lb. 25c, 3 lbs. 60c; by freight, pk. 60c, bu. $1.75.

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 much larger crop than any other. It weighs 60 to 65 pounds to the measured bushel, while ordinary barley weighs only 48 pounds. The straw is very stiff and strong. It is the handsomest, most productive and the best variety we know of. The kernels shell out without the hulls, and are a very pretty white berry, plump and oval in shape. It is not a malting barley and can be used for feed only, but as a fat producer for hogs it has no equal; it makes sweeter meat and better lard than corn. It is a vigorous grower and can be sown after all the other grain and will mature before either wheat or oats. Price per packet, 5c, lb. 25c; 3 lbs. 60c. postpaid; by freight, peck, 60c, bushel (48 pounds), $2.00; 2 bushels or more at $1.85; 5 bushels or more at $1.75.

SUCCESS BEARDLESS BARLEY.-Earliest barley known. With good land and season it has produced 80 bushels per acre. Sow as early as you can; frost does not hurt it. This variety is beardless and as easy to grow and handle as oats. It is a heavy cropper, yielding from 50 to 75 bushels per acre. Good for malting and for feeding hogs and other stock. Stock is short this year. Order early. Per pkt. 5c; lb. 25c; 3 lbs. 60c; by freight, pk. 50c; bu. $1.50; 2 bu. or more @ $1.35; 10 bu. or more @ $1.25.

[image] Ideal White Hulless Barley.

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