31

IOWA SEED COMPANY, DES MOINES, IOWA. 29

[Image entitled, "IOWA GOLD MINE
The Deepest Grained, Purest Yellow Corn in Existence.
NOTICE THE SMALL COB AND DEPTH OF GRAIN"

[Left Column]
IOWA GOLD MINE CORN.
MOST POPULAR VARIETY OF YELLOW CORN IN THE WORLD.
Everyone who has tried it is enthusiastic in the praise of this splendid variety which we introduced in 1892. Iowa is not called a gold mining state, but in this grand variety the 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 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. Seventy pounds of ear corn makes 62 to 63 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 64 pounds of shelled corn and only 6 pounds of cobs to to the bushel. This is an unparalled [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, even in southern Minnesota. We can most confidently recommend it as the acme of perfection, and stake out [our] reputation on its pleasing everyone who tries it. One carload lot of 400 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 on 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. Pkt. 5c, lb. 25c, 3 lbs. 60c, postpaid, by freight, pk. 60c, bu. $1.75, 2 bu. or more @ $1.60 per bu. Ask for prices in quantity.

FIRST AMONG 20 MILLIONS.
It amounts to something to stand at the head of one's profession in any city; it amounts to vastly more to stand at the head in the entire state; and it is, therefore, no wonder the people of Des Moines take pride in the
Iowa Seed Store, which is not only the largest in Iowa, but there is no seed store west of Iowa, way on to the Pacific coast which compares with it in size or volume of trade. The Iowa Seed Company may therefore be said to stand
First Among 20 Million People.--Their trade has extended to almost every postoffice in the country, and even in New England and the Atlantic coast states where competition is very strong from old established eastern seed dealers.

[Right Column]

WHAT PRACTICAL FARMERS SAY.
The Iowa Gold Mine Corn yielded three times as much as any other variety. Think it is the best corn I have ever seen.--C. H. Shearer, McHenry county, Illinois.
Have just harvested the Iowa Gold Mine and it is a grand corn. Our farmer is enthusiastic over it. The type and color are perfect.-- J. H. Beagley, Ford county, Ill.
The Iowa Gold Mine Corn is the very best I ever saw and it is well adapted to this climate.--S. F. Reynolds, Dane county, Wis.
I bought some Iowa Gold Mine Corn of you and it is the best corn I ever used in my life.--Ernest Bolko, Monroe county, N. Y.
I bought of you several bushels of Iowa Gold Mine Corn that have proven very satisfactory.--Harry D. Burress, Green [Greene] county, Ill.
I grew 480 bushels of your Iowa Gold Mine Corn on four acres last year. An average of 120 bushels to the acre.--W. W. Preston, Warren county, Iowa.
Your Iowa Gold Mine Corn was early, stood the drouth remarkably well and produced 500 bushels of good sound corn. My neighbors, with as good or better conditions, either failed entirely or had only soft corn. I never made a more profitable investment in my life.--F. H. Furneaux, Arapahoe county, Colo.
Ten bushels of Iowa Gold Mine Corn purchased from you made a good stand and vigorous growth and has matured two weeks ahead of any other. We are now husking it and it far exceeds our expectations, the yield being decidedly larger than any other corn and it the brightest yellow color I ever saw.--O. E. Shonneman, Montgomery county, Iowa.
I am glad I planted all my field with your seed corn this year. The Iowa Gold Mine surprises everyone here by its deep grain and small cob, and it shells out about six lbs. to the bushel more than other sorts.--John W. Ernst, Floyd county, Iowa.
The Iowa Gold Mine Corn proved very satisfactory. It eared better than any other variety I have ever seen. The ears are better filled with deep grains of golden yellow corn, and I can say that it is more than it is claimed to be.--D. A. Rose, Washington county, Iowa.

[Image]

PRIDE OF THE NORTH
This variety originated with A. L. Goddard, of Kossuth county, Iowa, about 20 years ago, and sprang at once into prominence as the earliest of all yellow dent corns. The ears are 7 to 8 inches long with small cob and kernel; seventy pounds of ears will make sixty pounds of shelled corn; color bright orange and very uniform. Will ripen in 90 days and matures in this latitude when planted in June. Good soil is capable of producing four or five good stalks to the hill and many stalks have two ears each. This will enable one to get as large a crop of corn as with a large eared variety and much more fodder. Pk. 60c, bu. $1.75; two bu. or more @ 1.60.

[Footer]
IF YOU NEED A LARGE AMOUNT OF SEED CORN BE SURE TO WRITE FOR SPECIAL QUOTATIONS.