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SEED CATALOGUE AND GARDEN GUIDE.

THE PROFIT.
A very profitable corn for any farmer
who has live stock to feed. We intro-
duced this grand new variety and it has
given excellent satisfaction everywhere.
It originated from a carefully prepared
cross of two well known sorts on the
farm of a seed grower in Madison Co.,
Iowa, which is the county that produced
our world-famous Iowa Gold Mine. For
nearly twenty years this corn has been
bred up untll now it is claimed to be the
heaviest and most solid ear of any vari-
ety in existence, and of large size. It
ain't a handsome corn, but it's got money
in it! The color of the surface of the ear
is not as uniform as our other varieties,
some of the grains having a lighter yel-
low cap; this does not, however, injure
its appearance when shelled. The pur-
pose 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 a reasonably short time, and of the best quallty. Ears
of large size, grain is very deep, cob small and dries out
rapidly, thus making it a sure cropper. The corn is so
solid on the 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. Pkt. 5c, lb. 25c,
3lbs. 60c, postpaid. By freight, pk. 65c, bu. $2.25, 2 bu. or
more at $2.10, 10 bu. or more at $2.00.

PROFIT CORN.

I was much pleased with your Profit Corn this season, as it gave an, ex-
ceedingly large yield.-J. H. Luddington, Ashtabula County, Ohio.
The Profit Corn I received of yon last spring has the right name. It is
the best corn tor stock. 1t grows large and is solid, and also contains a
greater proportion ot fat than any ot our corn in this country. Your Iowa
Gold Mine Corn is beautiful in color, shape and size. B. J, Clarida, Wil-
liamson County, Illinois.

SPECIMEN EAR OF THE NEW GOLDEN WEST.

GOLDEN WEST.
[left column]In 1903 we introduced this variety as being among yel
-low corns what Silver Mine is among white corns. It has
failed in but one particular: It will not adapt itself to
poor soil and poor treatment as Silver Mine does. It pro-
duced with one of our growers the heaviest, and with an-
other the lightest yield which came to our corn house last
season. If given proper soil and care it will yield with any
variety but it must have an abundance of plant-food. If[end left column]

[right column] you have good soil and will give it good care, plant Golden
West and you will have the best crop of corn you ever raised.
Golden West is one of the most vigorous growing varieties
that we know of. Stalk of medium height and very thick at
the ground, short jointed with broad leaves which help ma-
ture the large crop of corn it produces. It is deep rooted and
therefore not easily injured by hard windstorms. Ears have
usually eighteen to twenty rows. There are many which
measure 11 inches in length and weigh 1 1/2 lbs., containing
from 1,200 to 1,500 grains to the ear. Kernels are of such
shape that they wedge in tightly and make
a solid ear, not only at cap, but down near
point of germ end. Cob comparatively small
and of such nature that it dries out rapidly,
thus insuring a well maturcd cropl, even
during unfavorable seasons. Matures in
about 110 days, thus making it a safe corn
to plant, and we claim that it will yield a
larger crop than any other yellow corn in
existence. Pkt. 5c, lb. 25c; 3lbs. 60c; by frt.
per pk. 65c, bu. $2.00; 2 bu. or more at $1.90,
10 bu. or more at $1.75.[end right column]

LEGAL TENDER.

One of the most prominent late varieties
of yellow dent corn. The result of about ten
years' selection by a seed corn specialist in
Iowa, and has taken first premiums at many
state and county fairs. Productive and of
uniform pure yellow color, ear very large
and long and a deep grain on a small cob,
while stalk does not grow too large. The
introducer says: "Our ideal ear is two-
thirds as large around as it is long, contain-
ing 16 'to 20 rows, and small shank. Kernels
are deep, cob is small at butt and the ear
holds its bigness foward the point, until near
tapering off. Is capped over and the kernels
hold their bigness toward point, and the butt
runs out straight and not crinkled." Ma-
tures in about 115 days: not recommended
for northern portion of this state. Our stock
extra select, improved in hardiness. Pkt. 5c,
lb. 25c, 3lbs. 60c; by frt. , pk. ~5c, bu. $2.25 ,
2 bu. or more at $2.10, 10 bu. or more at $2.

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