1905

IOWA SEED COMPANY, DES MOINES, IOWA. 29.

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IOWA GOLD MINE The Deepest Grained, Purest Yellow Corn in Existence.

IOWA GOLD MINE CORN. BEST 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 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 the bushel. This is an 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 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 in 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. 50c, bu. $1.50, 2 bu. or more @ $1.35 per bu.; 10 bu. for $12.50. I received your sample package of Iowa Gold Mine Corn. I just had twenty-four stalks and there were sixty-four ears on them.--Oscar A. Adams, Fannin county, Texas. I sent to you last year for four bushels of Iowa Gold Mine Corn. It was first-class. My corn made a big crop and was all sound.--A. D. Mann, Kankakee county, Illinois. The Iowa Gold Mine Corn is a grand variety, and we were well pleased with it.--W. D. Ballantyne, Hamilton Co., Iowa.

[image] GRAINS OF GOLD We want to urge every farmer to send for a sample of our IOWA GOLD MINE CORN Just as soon as he receives this catalogue. Don't be satisfied with old, worn-out, mixed varieties. Compare these grains of gold with the corn you are growing, and if you find this better, order a supply early. ORDER EARLY.--Last year we had an immense supply of Iowa Gold Mine, but it was exhausted long before the season was over and we were compelled to refuse many orders for it.

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 not only is 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 the old established eastern seed dealers.

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, Illinois. 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 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 Co., Colo. The Iowa Gold Mine has done splendidly here in northwestern Iowa, and is now (Sept. 1) out of danger of frost. It is a yellow dent variety with large will [well] formed ears, much larger and finer than our native corn in this part of the state.--P. R. Bailey, O'Brien county, Iowa. The 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 expectation, the yield being decidedly larger than any other corn, and it is 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. It pays to buy seed corn from you as I have an excellent crop of both Iowa Silver Mine and Iowa Gold Mine.--Anton Karkosh, Tama county, Iowa. The Iowa Gold Mine Corn I purchased of you last spring is the best yielder I ever planted.--O. E. Hughes, Butler Co., 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, Ia. The Iowa Gold Mine Corn I got of you has done fine. Has been in ear two weeks ahead of other field corn.--H. G. Blackhall, Rice county, Kansas. I think Iowa Gold Mine Corn is the best of all, and am satisfied with it.--B. W. Fisher, Pike county, Mo.

30. SEED CATALOGUE AND GARDEN GUIDE.

FARMERS' RELIANCE CORN. A GRAND NOVELTY in field corn, introduced by the Iowa Seed Company, and it is by far the earliest dent corn in existence, and also the largest eared early corn. It is earlier than Pride of the North and a much better cropper. This new variety of corn is the result of a scientific hybridization made fifteen years ago by a practical seed corn grower, and this has been followed by careful selection each year since, the object being to obtain the earliest corn in the world. The corn is of a very strong, vigorous character, growing more rapidly than any other variety from the day it is planted. Its quick growth really surprises one with the speed with which it hurries on to make ears. The stalks usually have from nine to eleven blades, while most ordinary corn has thirteen blades. These leaves are quite broad, of a dark emerald green, healthy color. This corn has been planted as late as June 26th and yielded a splendid crop, earlier than Pride of the North, which was planted at the same time. We claim that it will mature any year in eighty to eighty-five days. The ears are much larger than Pride of the North, not as rough or hackled thus making it easier to handle, and the yield is 25 to 35 per cent more than Pride of the North under the same conditions. An average bushel of seventy pounds will make sixty pounds of shelled corn. It has for years been selected from stalks which set the ears three feet or less from the ground and this has a tendency to make it earlier. Fully 40 per cent of the stalks produce two good ears. It is the farmers' reliance every year. The originator has taken the first prize for early yellow corn at every fair at which it has been exhibited. Don't fail to plant at least a small quantity and thus obtain your seed for another season. Per lb. 25c, 3 lbs. 60c, postpaid; by freight or exp. pk. 50c, bu. $1.60, 2 bush. or more @ $1.50, 10 bush. @ $1.35.

Your Farmers' Reliance corn has proved very fine and I am much pleased with it.--W. A. Whitmer, Clinton County, Iowa.

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The Farmers' Reliance corn purchased from you has made a splendid yield.--Herman Hunt, Iowa.

Last year I purchased some of your Farmers' Reliance Corn and was very much pleased with the splendid crop, as it yielded 400 bushels of ears from three acres of ground. Your corn is all that you recommend it to be.--Mrs. Harriet Brown, Ashtabula County, Ohio.

Your Farmer's Reliance is the earliest corn I have ever seen or grown, maturing in 80 days, being ten days to two weeks earlier than Pride of the North and yields double as much per acre.--H. H. Connell, Poweshiek County, Iowa.

EARLY LONGFELLOW DENT. There is no telling when we will have a short season and early killing frost in the fall, and in such a case farmers who have their fields planted with an early maturing variety are truly fortunate. The trouble with most extra early sorts, however, is that they are too small and "nubbiny," but this new variety is of unusual length, our illustration showing an ear 15 inches long, but the average is about 12 inches. Its peculiar shape, which is different from any other sort, suggests the name. It matures fully as early as Pride of the North, is double the size and yields a far larger crop, which is ripe and hard before there is a thought of frost, thus making a variety that it will pay to "tie to." Stalks are of medium height, strong and not easily blown down. Grain is not as deep as some of our other varieties, but it is the corn of corns for selling on the market, as a wagon load of it is as pretty as a picture. We recommend it highly to customers in Northern Iowa, Minnesota, the Dakotas and other northern states, feeling sure that it will please everyone. Order early, as there is sure to be a great demand. Per pkt. 5c, lb. 25c, 3 lbs. 60c, postpaid. By freight, per pk. 60c, bu. $1.60; 2 bushels or more @ $1.50; 10 bushels or more @ $1.35.

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"I planted the Longfellow Dent Corn May 5th on good bottom land. I had a good stand and it was out of danger from frost Sept. 1st. I just now measured an ear 13½ inches long with sixteen rows. Many are 12 inches, few less than 11 inches long. A good business corn. As president of the first Corn Club organized in Iowa and a life-long corn grower, I venture the opinion that this long eared corn is for the farmer a better and more satisfactory type than any of the show corns."--W. P. Dawson, Cherokee county, Iowa.

HICKORY KING. A white field corn which has the largest grains with the smallest cob of any white corn ever introduced. So large are the grains and so extremely small is the cob that on an ear broken in half a single grain will almost cover the cob section completely. It is of strong, vigorous growth and yields splendid crops on light soil, and is a desirable variety where the season is long enough to mature it, but we do not recommend it north of Southern Iowa, although it produced a good crop last year forty miles north of Des Moines. This variety matures in about one hundred and thirty-five days. Per pkt. 5c, lb. 25c, 3 lbs. 60c, postpaid; by frt., pk. 65c, bu. $2.00, 2 bu. or more @ $1.85, 10 bu. @ $1.75.

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 ninety 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; 2 bu. or more @ $1.60; 10 bu. @ $1.50.

[image] HICKORY KING

[image] PRIDE OF THE NORTH.

The seed corn I bought of you last spring was the best investment I ever made. It produced fully double as much as that of my neighbors and it is of the finest quality.--W. C. McHenry, Crawford Co., Ia. I purchased from you 10 bushels of Pride of the North corn for planting and am very much pleased with the variety and its yield.--S. W. Callanan, Kossuth Co., Iowa.

POP CORN IS A VERY PROFITABLE CROP. BETTER PLANT A FEW ACRES THIS YEAR.

IOWA SEED COMPANY, DES MOINES, IOWA. 31.

IMPROVED WORLD'S FAIR CORN. An Improved Strain of Reid's Yellow Dent. We claim to be seed corn specialists and we annually supply more farmers with seed corn than any dealer in the world. Prominent farmers and agricultural writers have assured us that with the new varieties which we have introduced we are rapidly nearing perfection in the corn plant. We cannot wholly agree with them, and we do not intend to stop our efforts in this direction, but farmers will find the Improved World's Fair which we are offering this season to be a long step in advance towards the aim to which we are striving. It was bred by selection from Reid's Yellow Dent and is a great improvement over it. It is distinguished by the grain being deeper, rough on the surface and not so hard, the latter fact making it a more desirable variety for feeding purposes. It is a very strong growing variety, maturing a large handsome ear in 110 days. Few varieties have outyielded it in experiments. A heavy cropper and for uniformity of grain, the shape and filling out of butts and tips, and compactness, there is no other variety that is nearer perfection. No variety of yellow corn has been used so much for exhibition purposes, nor won more prizes. Any farmer who wishes to compete for premiums will find this a winner. It was the prize winner of both diploma and medal at the great World's Fair exhibition in Chicago, but since then has been greatly improved. It is of excellent quality, being solid, heavy and of very strong vitality. The grain is so tight on the cob that in the process of drying sometimes rows will be forced out. This cut of the World's Fair Corn represents about the standard ear, which is as follows;--shape of ear nearly cylindrical; length 10 inches; circumference 7¼ inches. The kernel is firm, upright, and medium yellow in color, long wedge shape and slightly rough, 18 to 22 rows which are in pairs. Butt deeply rounded, compressed, regular rows clear to tip, shank small, cob red and of medium size, 88 per cent of corn to cob. Every wide-awake intelligent farmer will want to test this grand new sort and can well afford to do so, as it cost only about thirty cents per acre for seed. Any one will be well paid for growing this variety of corn. The beauty and uniformity of the ears in shape, color and completeness, is sure to please all corn growers. It is well adapted to this latitude and ripens in about 110 days. Pkt. 5c, lb. 25c; 3 lbs. 60c, postpaid. By freight or express, pk. 60c, bu. $1.60, 2 bu. at $1.50, 10 bu. at $1.35. Dec. 2.--I have just finished gathering my World's Fair Corn and find it to be the most solid corn I ever raised in spite of the unfavorable season. The ears are exceptionally well filled out at both ends and it yielded a good crop.--W. J. Day, Dallas county, Iowa.

NEW CENTURY WONDER CORN. A most wonderful variety from South America different in many respects from other sorts. Instead of growing like ordinary corn, one stalk to each kernel planted, it stools like winter wheat, producing ten to twenty stalks from each seed. There are frequently three to seven ears to the stalk, being eight to ten inches long, and of the most clear, snow white color. It is of excellent quality when used on the table like sweet corn, yielding of course, a much larger crop, and when dry and ground makes the cleanest, finest, whitest meal you ever saw. It will rise like wheat flour and can be used in bread, pies, biscuit and cakes. It is an improvement on Brazilian flour corn, being acclimated by growing for eight or ten years in the north. Yields 100 to 150 bushels per acre. The Iowa State Register in its farm department says: "This wonderful corn, which was grown about four miles northwest of Des Moines, grows ten to twelve feet high, produces three to seven ears on a stalk and ten to twenty stalks to the hill from one seed planted. The ears are about 9 inches long and it yielded seventy-five bushels on half an acre. It makes the finest of stock food when cut for fodder and produces many times as much as ordinary corn." We believe it will prove of great value everywhere for use as sweet corn to grind into meal, to feed hogs, cattle and horses and as a fodder plant. Plant early as it requires the whole season to mature in this latitude. Don't fail to plant at least a small patch, and thus obtain plenty of seed of your own growing for another year. Pkt. 10c, ¼ lb. 15c, lb. 40c, 3 lbs. (will plant one acre) $1.00 postpaid by freight, ½ pk. 75c, pk. $1.25. I have transacted business with you to the extent of hundreds of dollars and I have found your business methods courteous and straightforward; careful in representations and honest in your dealings. Please send 4 bu. more of Golden West Seed Corn.--D. E. Schoonover, Montgomery county, Iowa.

[image] THE MOST PROFITABLE CORN FOR FARMERS TO GROW. SURE ROAD TO WEALTH.

PROFIT CORN. A most profitable corn for any farmer who has live stock to feed. We introduced 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 county, Iowa, which is the county that produced our world-famous Iowa Gold Mine. For nearly twenty years this corn has been bred up until now it is claimed to be the heaviest and most solid ear of any variety in existence, and of good size. It ain't a handsome corn, but it's got money in it. The color of the surface of the ear is variegated from light sulphur to reddish orange, being agreeably diversified, making it particularly striking in appearance. With some this might be an objection if they desire to sell it in the ear, but when shelled it looks quite uniform in color as the variation is simply in color of the cap or top of grain. The purpose 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 quality. 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. Order early as our stock is limited. Pkt. 5c, lb. 25c, 3 lbs. 60c, postpaid. By freight, pk. 65c, bu. $2.00, 2 bu. or more @ $1.85; 10 bu. @ $1.75. I was much pleased with your Profit Corn this season, as it gave an exceedingly large yield.--J. H. Luddington, Ashtabula county, Ohio. The Profit Corn I received of you last spring has the right name. It is the best corn for stock. It grows large and is solid and also contains a greater proportion of fat than any of our corn in this country. The Iowa Gold Mine Corn I received of you is beautiful in color, shape and size.--B. J. Clarida, Williamson county, Ills.

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32. SEED CATALOGUE AND GARDEN GUIDE.

LENOCHER'S HOMESTEAD. For those who desire a first class variety of red corn, this is the one we would recommend above all others. It is one of the best varieties for feeding purposes, not being hard enough to prevent stock from eating it easily and masticating it thoroughly. It is well known in Iowa for having won the Iowa Homestead prize of $100.00, yielding 345 bushels on three acres with ordinary culture. It was also awarded a diploma at the World's Fair. It originated with Mr. G. F. Lenocher, one of the most practical corn growers and stock feeders in the state, and was named and introduced by the Iowa Seed Company. Its color varies from light red to a very dark red, almost black, but most of the ears are dark red with light colored cap; grain deep and hackled; ear somewhat above the average, small cob which dries out rapidly so that it is not apt to be caught by frost. We believe it to be a safe corn to plant. It makes excellent corn for feeding although its color is sometimes objectionable for marketing. Our stock has been carefully selected for seed purposes. Packet 5c, pound 25c, three pounds 60c; by freight, peck 60c, bushel $1.75, two bushels or more @ $1.60, ten bushels for $15.00. Your Lenocher's Homestead Corn is out of sight. My neighbors bought all I could spare for seed purposes, and I had hard work to keep seed enough for my own use.--Frank Degnan, Seneca county, Illinois. Your Lenocher's Homestead Corn is the best hog corn I ever fed. It is the earliest variety in this part of the country.--John Absrle, Doniphan county, Kansas.

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LEGAL TENDER. This is now one of the most prominent late varieties of yellow dent corn in the country. It is the result of about ten years' selection by a seed corn specialist in Iowa, and has taken first premium at many state and county fairs. The corn is productive, and of uniform pure yellow color, ear very large and long and a deep grain on a small cob, while the stalk does not grow too large. The introducer says: "Our ideal ear is an ear two-thirds as large around as it is long, containing sixteen to twenty rows, and small shank. The kernels are deep, the cob is small at the butt and the ear holds its bigness toward the point until near tapering off. It should be capped over and the kernels should hold their bigness toward the point, and the butt run out straight and not crinkle." It matures in about 115 days, but we do not recommend it for the extreme northern portion of this state. Our stock of this is extra select, grown from the originator's stock seed, but improved in earliness by being grown in a more northern latitude. Pkt. 5c, lb. 25c, 3 lbs. 60c. By freight per peck 50c, bushel $1.50, 2 bushels or more @ $1.35, 10 bushels for $12.50. "Your Legal Tender Corn took first premium for the best yellow corn at the Cass county fair. It was very fine."--F. B. Van Orman, Cass county, Iowa.

[image] STAR LEAMING.

STAR LEAMING The Leaming corn, which originated with Mr. Leaming, of Ohio, was always a good variety, but it had some serious faults for culture in this state, and we refrained from giving it our endorsement. A few years ago we found an extra fine lot in the hands of an enterprising Iowa farmer, who had been selecting it for many years. We were greatly pleased with it, but we were not willing to offer it to our customers without still further selection. We now have a corn which is a great improvement on the Leaming, but it retains all the valuable characteristics of that variety, so that instead of giving it a new name we call it Star Leaming to distinguish it from other strains The ears are large and handsome, with deep large grain of rich deep orange color, on a medium to small cob. It grows to medium height, setting the ears about four feet from the ground, husks easily, and the corn is snug on the cob, thus making a very solid, heavy feeding ear. Surface is quite smooth for dent corn. It is very productive, and it is the ideal variety for selling in the ear. We sold many thousands of bushels of this variety last season, and expect to exceed the record this spring. Don't plant common corn when you can obtain this grand variety so cheap. Pkt. 5c, lb. 25c, 3 lbs. 60c, postpaid. By freight, peck 50c, bush. $1.50, 2 bushels or more @ $1.35, 10 bushels for $12.50.

[image] LEGAL TENDER.

The seed corn I bought of you last spring was the best investment I ever made. It produced fully double as much as that of my neighbors and it is of the finest quality.--W. C. McHenry, Crawford county, Iowa. The seventy acres of corn we planted with seed from your firm is the best field corn in this county. It runs from two to three ears on each stalk.--D. M. McKindley, Kane county, Illinois. The crop of Legal Tender Corn grown from seed received of you last spring is the best crop of corn I ever grew. It has matured well aud [and] I am very much pleased with it.--J. L. Walker, Polk county, Iowa.

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MINNESOTA KING. A very early, large grained variety which is in great favor with our customers in Minnesota, Wisconsin and the Dakotas, and it is considered there the most profitable and best yielding corn no matter whether the weather is favorable or not. It is a yellow half dent variety with broad, rich, golden-yellow kernels. Ear of fair size, with small cob and usually only eight rows. One Michigan farmer writes that the Minnesota King corn yielded about 100 bushels per acre, but this is more than the average yield, as it is not a large variety. On account of its healthy and vigorous growth in its early stage it can endure more drought, heat, and cold weather than most other corns, and being extremely early, it is soon out of danger of frost. The stalks grow to a medium height, are firm and well rooted so they will withstand the strongest winds. In appearance the Minnesota King corn is remarkably distinct. The kernels are very large, broad, and of a rich golden color, the ears of medium size and always well filled to the tip. Per pkt. 5c; lb. 25c; 3 lbs. 60c, postpaid; by freight, peck 60c; bu. $1.75; 2 bu. or more @ $1.60; 10 bushels for $15.00.

USE THE ROTARY HAND CORN PLANTER FOR SMALL FIELDS OR REPLANTING. PRICE $1.50.

IOWA SEED COMPANY, DES MOINES, IOWA. 33.

[image] IMPROVED EARLY MASTODON.

IMPROVED EARLY MASTODON. For about 15 years past Clark's Early Mastodon corn has been a prominent variety, owing to its productiveness and large sized ear. In the celebrated American Agriculturist's corn contest in 1889, Early Mastodon out yielded every other yellow corn in America, Mr. Alfred Rose, of New York state, raising 213 bushels of shelled corn to the acre. It was, however, rather late, and was frequently caught and greatly injured by early frost. For ten years past, however, one of our most careful, painstaking seed growers in central Iowa has been selecting it to obtain the earliest maturity possible and still retain its large sized ear and great productiveness. His success has been remarkable, and we now have an improved variety with mammoth ear, much smaller cob and deep grain. The butt of the ear is not so disproportionately large, it dries out quickly and ripens easily in 110 days, while it required 130 days for the old variety. Ears are quite even in size and four of them weighing 6¾ pounds took first prize at fair. Farmers who delight in a handsome, large eared variety, will be pleased with the Mastodon, and when crop is harvested no one can fail to be delighted with the yield. The corn has a strong, rapid, vigorous growth, and is also desirable for fodder purposes. Pkt. 5c; lb. 25c; 3 lbs. 60c, postpaid; by freight, pk. 60c; bu. $1.60; 2 bush. or more @ $1.50; 10 bush. for $14.00.

REID'S YELLOW DENT. A well known variety which is very popular in Illinois and has taken many prizes at various corn shows and fairs, it being grown quite largely for an exhibition corn. Until recently it has been but little known in Iowa, though during the past two or three years much has been said about it at corn shows and in agricultural papers. It has also been used as a standard at the corn judging school. This variety has been bred up by selection for more than fifty years by Robert Reid and his son, J. L. Reid, and its characteristics are fixed and quite constant. The ear is of excellent shape, nearly cylindrical, tapering slowly to tip; length about 9½ inches, kernels firm on cob, eighteen to twenty-four rows with narrow space between rows, color medium yellow with red cob. The ear is quite solid and rather smooth; matures in about 110 days and yields well although not equal in this respect to some other sorts. Grown quite largely by farmers who take pride in the quality of their corn, or desire it for exhibition. We procured stock seed from the originator three years ago and have grown it near Des Moines each year since and it is now well acclimated here. We can furnish strictly pure, carefully selected seed at the following prices: Pkt. 5c; lb. 25c; 3 lbs. 60c, postpaid; by freight, pk. 50c; bush. $1.50; to [two?] bush. or more @ $1.35; ten bush. for $12.50.

"I planted the Mastodon Corn received from you on May 26th, it grew 10 to 12 ft. high, biggest ears I ever saw.--I. C. Tapley, Floyd county, Iowa.

IMPROVED EARLY YELLOW FLINT. An eight rowed yellow flint variety with ears from 10 to 15 inches long, 1½ to 2½ inches in diameter, and are well filled out to the extreme end of cob. The cob is small and the kernel large and broad, ripens in 75 to 85 days. This corn is well adapted to the northwest and is said to produce 200 bushels of ears to the acre in Massachusetts. Has given excellent results in Minnesota and other northern states. Excellent for ensilage and is often used here for replanting. Pkt. 5c; lb. 25c; 3 lbs. 60c, postpaid. By freight, pk. 65c; bush. $2.00; 2 bush. or more @ $1.85; 10 bush. for $17.50.

[image] IMPROVED EARLY YELLOW FLINT.

IOWA YELLOW DENT. We always advise farmers to select the best named varieties in buying seed corn, and believe it pays them in the long run. This year, however, there are thousands of farmers in need of seed corn, and their main object is to secure at a low price a nice grade of good yellow corn which is well matured, thoroughly tested, of strong vitality, and will produce a good crop of sound corn. While this corn is not equal to our best named varieties, still we believe you will find it superior to nine-tenths of the corn in your neighborhood. At our price it will cost you only about 15 cents per acre to plant your fields with this variety and it will pay you well to order sufficient for your planting. Pk. 50c; bush. $1.25; 2 bush. or more @ $1.10; 10 bush. for $10.00.

[image] PRIMITIVE OR HUSK CORN.

PRIMITIVE OR HUSK CORN. It is from this wild variety that all of our cultivated sorts have sprung. The ears are of fair size and each individual kernel or grain is covered with a husk and all enclosed in an outer husk like common corn. In some of the wild and uncultivated parts of Mexico, the Primitive or natural corn can still be found growing wild. It is quite curious and valuable for exhibition purposes, and attracts great attention whereever [wherever] it is seen. Some stalks bear as many as 20 ears. Per pkt. 10c. Specimen ear for 40c, postpaid.

ST. CHARLES WHITE. This variety is quite popular with some of our customers in Missouri and makes a good crop in southern Iowa, though we do not recommend it north of central Iowa. It is a handsome pure white corn, set on a red cob, and the corn appears to be much clearer white than most of the white varieties. The ears are usually 8½ to 10 inches in length, 16 rowed, and the kernels are quite deep and broad. Stalk grows to medium height, but has quite broad succulent leaves and therefore desirable for fodder purposes; is also known as Giant Red Cob Ensilage. We believe that our customers throughout the south will be well pleased with this corn as a grain crop, and it is of superior value, everywhere, even in Manitoba and the far north, for fodder and ensilage. Pkt. 5c; lb. 25c; 3 lbs. 60c, postpaid. By freight, peck, 60c; bushel $1.75; 2 bush. or more @ $1.60; 10 bush. for $15.00.

SANFORD'S EARLY WHITE FLINT. This standard variety is considered the best flint corn on the market. The ears are of unusual length, 12 to 15 inches and of handsome shape, flinty white color. Plant is of sturdy, vigorous growth; the leaves are very broad and succulent, and it is therefore of great value for fodder and ensilage, as well as for a grain crop. The stalks usually bear 2 or 3 long ears. You will be pleased with it if you like flint corn. Pkt. 5c; lb. 25c; 3 lbs. 60c, postpaid. By freight, pk. 65c; bush. $2.00; 2 bush. or more @ $1.85; 10 bush. for $17.50.

[image] EARS 12 TO 15 INCHES" LONG. SANFORD'S WHITE FLINT.

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