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Iowa Seed Company, Des Moines, Iowa. 5

Mangel & Sugar Beets for Stock

Extensively grown in all parts of the country for feeding stock. Sow in April or May in drills three feet
apart, and thin to ten inches in the row. If your soil is deep and mellow, try the long varieties; if shallow
the round kinds will do better. No crop pays the farmer and stockraiser better than mengels; 1,000 bushels to
the acre is an ordinary yield, while, with good culture, 2,339 bushels have been grown to this amount of ground.
It costs, counting labor, use of ground and everything, less than $50 to raise an acre of mangels and gather and
store them. This, for an ordinary yield, is a cost of only five cents per bushel. They make the cheapest of
foods for all kinds of live stock - horses, cattle, sheep, pigs, chickens, etc. Easily grown, and they help to
keep stock in good condition and free from disease. Dairymen claim that a bushel of mangels and a bushel of
corn are worth more than two bushels of corn. Full directions for culture and storing mangels, will be sent on
application. Use five pounds of seed to an acre.

[Image: Mammoth golden giant, Klein-Wanzleben sugar beet, Golden tankard, Champion yellow globe, Dignity;
A most valuable acquisition; A novelty of sterling merit]

Collection of Mangels.

Qne ounce each of
the nine varieties of
Mangels and Sugar
Beets for 40c. 1/4 lb.
of each $1.00, 1 lb. of
each $3.00, postpaid.
or $2.40 by express.

Mammoth Golden Giant. - An improvement on the long yellow
mangel, being of considerably greater size, more than half above ground
and of a more grayish or rather russet yellow color. Remarkably even in
shape, rather elongated, of vigorous growth; it has a fine neck and a very
smooth skin. Flesh white, firm and sweet; much liked by cattle. In short
a magnificent root, easily lifted from the ground, producing enormous
crops. Excellent keepers; yields 40 to 60 tons per acre. Per oz. 5c, 1/4 lb.
15c, lb. 45c. By express, 5 lbs. $1.35.

Champion Yellow Globe. - Finest type of Yellow Globe in cultivation.
Roots immense size, fine shape, small tap root, neat top. Flesh
being very firm and fine grained, renders it an excellent keeping variety.
Well adapted to shallow soils. Per oz. 5c, 1/4 lb. 15c, lb. 40c. By express,
not prepaid, 5 lbs. $1.25.

Red Globe. - Like the above except color. Per oz. 5c, 1/4 lb. 15c lb. 50c.
By express, 5 lbs. $1.50.

Golden Tankard. - Best for fairy farming. Considered indispensable
among English dairy farmers; it is stated by them they are able to
obtain a higher price for milk when feeding cows on Golden Tankard.
Sheep thrive on it. Other mangels cut white, circled with yellow, but
Golden Tankard is of a rich, deep yellow throughout. Early, hardy and
a heavy cropper, for on account of its shape the roots can be left standing
close in rows. Per oz. 5c, 1/4 lb 15c, lb. 45c. By express, 5 lbs. $1.25.

Danish Sugar Beet. - An improved strain of the White French
Red Top sugar beet which is wonderfully fine for feeding to milch cows
and will add greatly to the milk production as well as to its richness. It
will yield as much or more than any variety of mangels, and we consider
it superior to any variety of sugar beet or mangel for feeding. Pkt. 5c,
oz. 10c, 1/4 lb. 20c, lb. 60c. By express 5 lbs. $2.00.

Last year I grrew a Dignity Mangel which weighed 35 lbs., and they
were the finest I ever raised. -Mrs. A. Hickman, Mecca, Mo.

L.C. Johnson says that he grew only half an acre of mangels last year
and after selling $20.00 worth to a neighboring fairyman he had sufficient
left to feed four cows all winter.

Dignity Long Red. - An improvement on
the Mammoth Long Red by careful selection for a
number of years. It stands head and shoulders
above all other varieties of mangels; unequaled
for yielding and feeding qualities. Grows to a very
large size, weighing from 20 to 50 lbs., and will
yield 50 tons per acre with ordinary good cultivation.
Thousands of western farmers have grown our Dignity Mangel and call it
the most profitable farm crob they ever tried. If you want large crops of
large mangels of good quality, don't fail to try Dignity. It is very uniform,
smooth, and of good shape. Should be grown on deep, loose soil. Per oz.
5c, 1/4 lb. 15c, lb. 35c. By express, not prepaid, 5 lbs. $1.15.

Klein-Wanzleben. - Also caled Diamond Sugar Beet. This variety
is cultivated on a larger scale for the beet sugar factories than any other
as it usually yields 15 to 20 per cent of sugar. Root is of shape shown
in our illustration, straight, tapering evenly and somewhat screw shape.
Our seed is grown in Germany from beets which were tested as to per cent
of sugar before setting out. The heavy per cent of sugar makes it also of
great value for feeding. Per oz. 5c, 1/4 lb. 15c, lb. 35c. By express, 5 lbs. #1.15.

Giant Half Sugar Mangel. - This new hybrid betwewen the
Mammoth Red Mangel and Sugar Beet, is of superior merit. Described
with novelities. Per oz. 5c, 1/4 lb. 15c, lb. 45c. By express, 5lbs. $1.50.

Lane's Imperial Sugar Beet. - An improvement on the White
French Sugar Beet. Recommended as hardier, mor eproductive, yielding
35 to 40 tons to the acre. It is much larger than the above varieties and
will yield more, but it is not as sweet, containing only about 8 per cent of
sugar. Greatly liked for stock feeding, and preferred by some to mangels.
Per oz. 5c, 1/4 lb. 15 c, lb. 35c. By express, 5 lbs. $1.10.

$10.00 Prize

We will pay $10.00 cash for the heaviest Mangel or Sugar
Beet grown from our seed this year. Report to be
sent in by October 15th.

Sugar cane is one of the most profitable crops for winter forage.