Historic, Archive Document Do not assume content reflects current scientific knowledge, policies, or practices. Seed Quotations from H. C. KING & SONS, Inc. Seed Merchants Battle Creek, Michigan SEEDS ^ NOTICE — We give no warranty, expressed or implied, as to description, quality, productiveness, or any other matter of any seeds sold, and we will not be responsible for the crop. If purchaser does not accept the goods on these terms, he must notify us at once and we will give instructions for disposition of goods. Purity and germination tests are for your guidance only and without any guarantee whatsoever on our part. H. C. KING & SONS, Inc. All Quotations Subject to Market Changes. Terms, net cash, f. o. b. Battle Creek INNOCULATION Living Bacteria Best Seed Inoculation Cheapest and Easiest to Use TREATS Small Seed Varieties. Groups 1 and 2 (See Below) Large Seed Vaireties, groups 3, 7, 8, 9 You are not required to use all of can at one time. Cans open easily, without cut¬ ting; you may use part one day, replace lid, use remainder any time during guar¬ anty period stamped on can. ORDER BY NUMBER No. 1 is good for Red Mammoth, Alsike, Crimson, Egyptian, and White Clover. No. 2 — Alfalfa, White Sweet Clo¬ ver, Yellow Sweet Clover, Bur Clover, and Hubam Clover. No. 3 - All Vetches, Canada Field Peas, Broad Beans, Sweet Peas, Pe¬ rennial Peas, and Garden Peas. No. 8 - Garden Beans, Field Beans, Navy Beans, Kidney Beans, and Scar¬ let Runner Beans. No. 9 — Soy Beans, any variety. PRICES No. Size , Per Can No. 1 — One bushel size . . $ .35 No. 2 — One bushel size . . 35 No. 3 — Two bushel size . - . 35 No. 8 — Two bushel size . . 35 No. 9 — Two bushel size . 35 ORDER BY THE CASE Above prices apply to orders of two dozen or over. All come packed two dozen per case. Cans are all same size so we can furnish assorted case. Disinfectants Plant Disease Control SEMESAN JR. A Dust Disinfectant for Seed Corn Size of Retail Price Dealer Pkgs. Per Case Pkgs. Per Pkg. Price 4-oz. tin $ .50 $4 per doz. 3 doz. SEMESAN BEL An Instantaneous Dip Disinfectant for Seed Potatoes Size of Pkgs. Retail Price Per Pkg. Dealer Price Pkgs. Per Case 1-lb. tin $1.75 $14 per doz. 2 doz. CERESAN A Dust Disinfectant for Wheat, Oats, Barley and Other Cereals Size of Pkgs. Retail Price Per Pkg. Dealer Price Pkgs. Per Case 1-lb. tin 5-lb. tin $ .75 3.00 $6 per doz. $24 per doz. 2 doz. % doz. The U. S. Department of Agriculture has placed us on its list of dealers as handlers of Verified Origin Alfalfa. Known origin common alfalfa seed will bear the U. S. verification tag. Our Grimm is State Certified. (k) Ulakca Jhhup (how <=» ODORLESS PLANT FOOD For Lawns, Gar, dens. Shrubs, Flowers, Trees Attractive 3 -color dust-proof packages, complete directions, circulars and dis¬ play furnished. LAWN FERTILIZER PRACTICALLY ODORLESS 1-Ib. cans (24 per carton) . $3.60 5-Ib. pkgs. (16 per carton) . 5.12 10-lb. pkgs. (8 per carton) . 4.40 25-lb. pkgs. (3 per carton) . 3.36 50-lb. bags (per bag) . 2.00 100-lb. bags (per bag) . 3.50 Sacco” Freight Allowed to Your Station Important Notice We have established a LAWN SEED Department, fully equipped to mix grasses. Our machine is the best grass seed mixer obtainable, and insures a uniform blend and a much more even stand of grass. We will mix your fancy grasses for you according to your instructions. PRICES INSIDE February 12, 1929 PRICE LIST Telephone 8168 Today’s Prices at Battle Creek for Prompt Shipment, Subject Market Change NOTE — Origin Stated on Clover, Alfalfa and Seed Corn. Buy our Known Origin Seed. Seeds invoiced per hundred pounds. Bushel prices for guidance only. Order by the bag. CLOVERS MEDIUM MICHIGAN GROWN Per Bu. Per Cwt. K-BRAND, 99% pure . $19.80 $33.00 CROP BRAND, 98.50% pure . 19.20 32.00 MEDIUM IDAHO GROWN Per Bu. Per Cwt. K-BRAND, 98.75-99% pure . $19.80 $33.00 Buckhorn Free Fancy MAMMOTH CLOVER MICHIGAN GROWN Per Bu. Per Cwt. K-BRAND, 99% pure . $19.80 $33.00 ALSIKE CLOVER Per Bu. Per Cwt. K-BRAND CANADIAN . $20.40 $34.00 ALSIKE AND TIMOTHY MIXED, about 30% Alsike . 11.50 WHITE BLOSSOM SWEET CLOVER CANADIAN Scarified Per Bu. Per Cwt. K-BRAND, 99.50% pure . $5.10 $8.50 CROP BRAND, 99% pure . 4,80 8.00 SPECIAL LOT K-45, 98% pure . 3.90 6.50 YELLOW BLOSSOM, 99% pure . 5.40 9.00 GRUNDY, DWARF, 99% pure . 5.25 8,75 TIMOTHY Per Bu. Per Cwt. K-BRAND, 99.50% pure . $3.03 $6.85 SOY BEANS Per Bu. Per Cwt. ITO SAN . $2.40 $4.00 MANCHU . 2.25 3.75 Northern Indiana grown. MILLETS GERMAN, Fancy HUNGARIAN, Fancy SUDAN GRASS Per Cwt. K-BRAND Fancy . $6.00 ALFALFA Our Utah Common Alfalfa is tagged with United States Verifica¬ tion of origin tags. Use known ori¬ gin alfalfa. UTAH COMMON Per Bu. Per Cwt. K-HIGH ALTITUDE, 99.50% pure . $15.90 $26.50 CROP BRAND, 99.25% pure . 15.30 25.50 IDAHO COMMON Crop short. Cannot offer Idaho Common. GRIMM ALFALFA State Sealed and Certified Per Bu. Per Cwt. K-HIGH ALTITUDE GREMM . $25.50 $42.50 Grown in Utah. State sealed and certi¬ fied in hushel bags. Highly recom¬ mended. K-MONTANA RED TAG . 26.10 43.50 Montana grown. State sealed and cer¬ tified in bushel bags. RED TAG IDAHO GROWN, Lot 16 . 26.10 43.50 150-lb. bags. Idaho state sealed and certified; quantity limited. IDAHO AFFIDAVIT GRIMM .... 24.00 40.00 K-Brand quality 99.40% pure. Idaho grown. Limited quantity. Order early. BLACKFOOT GRIMM . $28.20 $47.00 INOCULATE ALFALFA Prices K-Brand Inoculation front side SUNDRY SEEDS Per Cwt. DWARF ESSEX RAPE . $ 7.25 CANADA FIELD PEAS . 5.25 ORCHARD GRASS . 18.50 WINTER VETCH Send us your samples of Vetch for our bid. SEED CORN BEST ENSILAGE VARIETIES Per Bu. KING’S IMPROVED RED COB . $2.50 White Corn Red Cob Missouri Grown. Carefully ear sorted, tipped and butted for seed. Finest Red Cob type obtainable. Strong, healthy germi¬ nation. Extremely well liked for heavy tonnage. KING’S IMPROVED LEAMING . 2.50 Yellow Corn. Often matures in Michigan. Grows large and leafy. Carefully ear sorted, tipped and butted for seed. Strong, healthy germination. KING’S GENUINE VIRGINIA EUREKA ... 2.75 White Corn. Virginia grown. Produces heaviest tonnage. This season Genuine Virginia Eureka is higher priced than usual, owing to the floods caus¬ ing great scarcity of good seed. FODDER CORN Not Butted and Tipped Per Bu. RED COB COMMON . $1.40 LEAMING COMMON . 1.40 IMPROVED LEAMING . . 1.65 MICHIGAN FIELD CORN Grown for Seed Purposes KING’S EARLY MURDOCK Grown in Michigan. Splendid yellow field corn. Yields well and matures in Michigan. Farmers should use Michigan Grown Seed Corn for filling their corn-cribs. KING’S WHITE CAP YELLOW DENT Grown in Michigan. Very popular early variety. KING’S FLINT CORN Grown in Michigan. Excellent for late planting. SEED BARLEY ODERBRUCKER SIX-ROW . Fancy, Wisconsin grown. MICHIGAN BLACK BARBLESS SPRING RYE GENUINE MICHIGAN GROWN . Per Bu. ..$1.15 GRASSES Per Bu. .$1.85 We have a modern Lawn Seed mixing plant that guar¬ antees a uniform mixture. We will make up any kind of a mixture according to buyer’s specifications. PACKAGE LAWN SEED K-BRAND LAWN SEED 1-lb. packages . $31.50 (24 packages per case) 25-lb. and 50-lb. bags _ $30.00 We will pack cases to contain part K-Brand Lawn Grass and part our Shady Lawn Seed. Prices quoted are for one case (24 packages) or more. Less than case lots, 10% more. K-BRAND SHADY LAWN SEED 1-Ib. packages . $34.00 (24 packages per case) 25-Ib. and 50-Ib. bags . $32.50 FANCY GRASSES For Lawns and Golf Courses Per Cwt. KY. BLUE GRASS, Fancy 21-Ib. . $31.00 KY. BLUE GRASS, Extra Fancy 24-lb . 34.00 RED TOP, Fancy, Lot T-10... . 16.50 RED TOP, Extra Fancy, Lot T-ll . 17.50 CREEPING BENT, Fancy German . 58.00 ROUGH STALKED MEADOW GRASS . 38.00 Poa Trivialis. N. Z. CHEWINGS FESCUE, Fancy . 29.00 RYE GRASS FOR LAWNS . 11.50 Less than 100 lbs. White Clover and Grasses, 10% more. WHITE CLOVER Per Cwt. EXTRA FANCY, Lot E-83 . $35.00 CHOICE, Lot E-84 . 32.50 LAWN GRADE, Lot “B” . 25.00 W. CLOVER AND ALSIKE, lot “Good” . 20.00 Excellent for lawn mixtures GRAIN BAGS CINCINNATI “A” 16-oz., full bale . ...$34.00 CINCINNATI “A” 16-oz., broken lots . 35.00 WEIGHTS AND QUANTITIES I Wgt. Pounds NAME OF SEED |per bu. | per acre ALFALFA — Common Variety 60 12-15 ALFALFA — Grimm . 60 8-10 BARLEY . . . . 48 96 BLUE GRASS— KENTUCKY 14 20-30 BUCKWHEAT 48 30-60 CLOVER, ALSIKE— Alone .... 60 6-8 CLOVER, ALSIKE — On grain 60 4-6 CLOVER, CRIMSON . 60 12-15 CLOVER, MEDIUM— Alone 60 8-12 CLOVER, MEDIUM— On 60 Small Grain . 60 7-10 CLOVER, SWEET— Hulled. .. 60 12-15 CLOVER, SWEET — Unhulled 33 20-30 CLOVER, WHITE . 60 6-8 CORN, FIELD— Alone . 53 6-12 CORN, FIELD — For Silage.... 53 14-28 FESCUE, MEADOW . 24 20-30 FLAX . 56 28-42 MILLET, GERMAN — Hay 50 40-50 MILLET, GERMAN— Seed 50 25-40 MILLET, HUNGARIAN— Hay 48 40-50 MILLET, HUNGARIAN, Seed 48 25-40 MILLET, JAPANESE . 35 15-20 OATS . 32 60-90 ORCHARD GRASS— For hay PEAS, CANADIAN FIELD— 14 20-30 Broadcast . 60 90-120 PEAS, COW— Broadcast . 60 60-75 RAPE — Broadcast . 60 6-7 RAPE — Drilled 60 4-6 RED TOP— Solid . . 14 10-12 RYE . 56 56-112 SOY BEANS — Broadcast . 60 60-90 SOY BEANS— Drilled . SOY BEANS— Drilled with 60 30-45 Corn . 60 15-25 SUDAN GRASS — Broadcast .. 40 15-25 TIMOTHY— Broadcast . VETCH, WINTER— 45 10-15 Broadcast . 60 50-60 VETCH, WINTER— Drilled ... 60 35-50 H. C. KING & SONS, Inc. Battle Creek, Michigan