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ANNUAL  CATALOGUE  OF 

GOOD  FIEL 


CHANGE  YOUR  SEED 

Some  farmers  keep  sowing  old  run- 
out varieties,  because  they  have  the 
seed  handy.  They  do  not  figure  up 
their  loss  by  so  doing. 

WHEN  LETTERS  are  mailed  in  Ohio, 
Indiana,  Missouri,  and  Kansas,  to-day, 
fast  mail  generally  delivers  them  to  me 
on  to-morrow. 


HON.  ISAAC  I10RTON  said  "That 
the  product  of  one  quart  of  a  variety 
of  wheat  brought  from  North  Caro- 
lina in  1845.  had  in  nine  years  bene- 
fitted the  farmers  of  Preble  county,  O., 
alone,  more  than  $1CO.OOO.OO  by  the 
gain  over  what  they  would  have  had,  if 
they  had  continued  raising-the  old  va- 
rieties." 
Address 

J.  C.  Suffern 

SEED  GROWER 
VOORHIES  ILLINOIS. 


MY  RESPONSIBILITY. 

Confidence  is  the  foundation  of  all  business  transactions.  That  is  just  what  I  want, — your  confidence. 
My  previous  record  entitles  me  to  it.  I  ask  your  fullest  investigation  of  my  reputation  in  the  past,  my  finan- 
cial standing  at  the  present  time,  and  my  ability  to  perform  what  I  promise  in  the  future.  If  you  have 
never  yet  ordered  seeds  from  me,  then  you  naturally  desire  to  know  whether  it  is  safe  to  send  me  money.  And 
you  have  a  right  to  know.  I  refer  you  for  information  to  (in  making  inquiries,  always  enc  ose  stamped  en- 
velope addressed  to  yourself,  for  their  reply  to  your  inquiry):  First  National  Bank,  Bement,  Illinois.  Post- 
master, Voorhies,  111.    Pacific  Express  Agent,  Voorhies,  111. 


DIRECTIONS  FOR  ORDERING. 

HRHFR  PARI  V  And  then  you  will  be  sure  to  have  the  seed  just  when  you  want  it.  Send  your 
wr\w£rl  LHrVLT  •  order  to=day.  Before  you  lose  my  address.  Unless  my  trade  is  very  much 
larger  than  I  expect,  I  will  have  plenty  of  seed  of  the  varieties  herein  advertised  until  June  15th. 

yy  TFRMQ  are  str>ct'y  cash  with  the  Order.  Send  money  by  registered  letter,  money  order, 
If  I  I  I  UFA  If  I O  or  by  Chicago  or  New  York  draft.  At  my  risk.  Money  order  office,  Voorhies,  Illinois. 
No  seed  sent  C.  O.  D.  Personal  checks  on  country  banks  not  wanted,  as  it  costs  me  20  cents  each  to  collect 
them.    Express  money  orders  for  sale  at  all  express  offices,  are  cheap,  and  very  safe. 

Q  JJ  I  DDI  M  I  am  located  on  the  Wabash  and  I.  D.  &  W.  R'ys.     Midway  between  Chicago  and  St. 

wMlr  r  I  ll  w"#  Louis.  The  Wabash  R'y  reaches  Toledo,  Detroit,  Indianapolis,  Chicago,  St.  Louis, 
Kansas  City,  and  Omaha.  Be  sure  and  state  what  route  you  wish  seeds  sent  by.  When  no  instructions  are 
given,  I  shall  use  my  best  judgment  in  the  matter. 

TUIC  PRIPP  I  I^T  Do  you  wish  to  receive  it  regularly,  from  time  to  time,  as  it  comes 
■  illw  i  r\l  vL  LIO  I  •  forth?  If  so,  you  must  write  me  to  that  effect.  As  I  am  continually 
revising  my  list  of  addresses.  And  do  not  wish  to  mail  it  to  any  one  to  whom  it  is  of  no  use.  Please  show 
it  to  your  neighbors,  and  then  put  it  away  with  your  valuable  papers.  So  you  can  get  it  quickly,  when  you 
wish  to  order.  Tell  all  your  friends  about  my  seeds.  And  get  them  to  order  with  you.  If  this  price  list 
should  become  misplaced,  or  lost,  write  at  once,  for  another  copy,  which  will  be  sent  in  haste.  If  you  do 
not  receive  my  1899  Catalogue,  you  can  order  from  this  one,  as  prices  will  be  about  the  same. 

WAE?[?ANTII\ir  While  I  exercise  the  greatest  care  to  have  all  my  seeds  pure  and  reliable,  it  is 
WMI\I^MIl  I  Illw*  hereby  mutually  agreed  between  myself  and  the  purchaser,  that  I  do  not  war- 
rant any  of  my  seeds.  And  am  not  in  any  respect,  liable  or  responsible  for  the  seeds  sold  by  me.  Or  for 
any  failure  thereof  in  any  respect.  Of  course  I  sell  seeds  of  good  vitality.  And  as  pure  as  the  greatest 
care  can  keep  them.    See  page  7. 

CCAMI  CQQ  RAPQ  Send  15c  (worth  20c.)  extra  for  a  new  extra  heavy  seamless  bag,  in  which 
O  CMlTl  LLOO    DnuO*    to  ship  each  2  bushels  or  less,  of  seed  that  you  order. 

Express  or  Freight  Charges  always  to  be  paid  by  purchaser. 

For  Large  Quantities,  or  price  on  an  assortment,  write  for  special  prices. 

I  Guarantee  Safe  arrival  of  the  seed  at  your  station.    Do  not  forget  to  remit  for  sacks. 

DTni  IPPn  FBFIPUT  PH  ADPFQ  In  the  past  it  has  been  the  general  practice  of 
ULUUvLU  I  F\t  I  Vjn  I  UnMnUtO,  railroad  companies,  to  charge  about  twice  as 
much  for  hauling  seed  grain  as  for  market  grain  At  a  recent  meeting  of  the  General  Official  Classification 
Committee,  in  New  York  City,  of  all  railroads,  the  charges  on  seed  grain  were  lowered  all  over  the  country, 
to  that  of  ordinary  market  grain.  So  now  it  will  cost  about  one  half  as  much  as  heretofore  to  ship  seed 
corn,  wheat,  oats,  etc. 

I  advise  my  customers  to  have  their  seeds  sent  by  freight.  As  it  is  much  cheaper  than  by  express.  I 
can  generally  reach  most  points  in  Ohio,  Tennessee  and  Kansas,  in  three  to  eight  days,  and  in  Indiana,  Mis- 
souri and  Kentucky,  in  three  to  six  days,  By  freight  from  here.  I  cannot  send  to  a  station  which  lias  no 
freight  agent,  as  the  freight  charges  must  be  prepaid  to  such  stations.  In  such  cases  I  advise  you  to  order 
me  to  send  it  to  nearest  station  to  you  which  has  an  agent.  Please  give  me  the  name  of  your  nearest  Railroad. 
Also  how  far,  and  what  direction  you  are  from  the  nearest  of  the  cities  named  in  the  "  freight  rates."  I 
guarantee  safe  arrival  of  the  seeds  at  your  station. 

MV  QPI  PPTION  Many  of  my  customers  send  me  $5,  $10,  $20,  up  to $50,  and  request  me  to  send 
Iwl  I  wLLLv  I  I  wilt  them  the  worth  of  their  money  in  corn,  oats,  or  wheat,  best  suited  to  their 
soils,  or  to  their  localities.  My  knowledge  of  what  varieties  do  best  on  particular  soils  or  in  particular 
localities,  has  been  obtained  by  my  personal  visits  to  many  localities,  and  by  the  report  of  my  customers  in 
all  parts  of  the  country.  If  you  desire  that  I  make  selections  for  you,  then  please  state  in  your  order  the 
character  of  your  soil.  Whether  it  is  hard  pan,  sandy,  red  clay,  brown,  black,  limestone,  alkali,  red  shale, 
post  oak,  upland  or  lowland.  And  I  will  give  you  the  most  that  I  can  for  the  cash  you  send,  of  the  best 
varieties  for  your  soil. 

In  filling  orders  we  carefully  label  each  kind,  inside  of  the  bags,  so  you  will  know  them  when  you  get 
them. 

DA  Din  TDAAIQIT  1  nave  raPid  transit  arrangements  to  many  points.  And  with  my  system 
nMr  I  U     I  RMIlwl  I  •    of  tracing,  I  have  greatly  lessened  delays  in  the  transit  of  my  shipments. 

The  past  spring  I  succeeded  in  reaching  most  Texas  points  in  seven  to  twelve  days.  Most  Louisiana 
points  in  six  to  ten  days,  and  most  Georgia  points  in  seven  to  twelve  days.  It  is  always  important  to  you  to 
get  your  seed  through  quickly.  You  may  rest  assured  that  I  will  always  use  every  means  in  my  power  to 
hurry  your  seeds  through  with  the  least  possible  delay  in  transit.  I  now  put  2  or  3  Foster's  Commer- 
cial tracers  after  each  shipment.  Delays  are  thereby  quickly  discovered,  and  the  seeds  pushed  through 
with  the  least  possible  delay  in  transit.  A  well-known  Georgia  Seed  Co.,  recently  wrote  me  thus:  "Please 
ship  us  the  following  additional  order.    Tracing  in  your  usual  energetic  and  effective  manner." 

BUY  YOUR  SEEDS  OF  THE  GROWER. 


I  acknowledge  all  orders,  as  soon  as  received.   And  notify  my  customers  when  I  ship  their  seeds 


SUFFERNS' 


P3 


ORDER  SHEET 


Name  

P.O.,  

Co  

Freight  Station 

Railroad  

Send  Seeds  by  . 


State 


Amount  Enclosed 


Please  state  whether  in  Cash. 
Stamps,  Money  Order  or 
Draft. 


Date 


189. 


Plain  letter  paper 

can  be  used 

for  larger  orders. 


If  we  are  sold  out  of  any  of  the  articles  which  your  order  on  this  sheet, 
are  you  willing  for  us  to  substitute  anything  of  equal  value  and  habit? 
Yes,  or  No  

See  bottom  of  page  2,  and  center  of  page  5. 


IN  MAKING  YOUR  ORDERS,  PLEASE  STATE  THE  PRICE 


BUS. 

NAMES  OF  SEEDS  WANTED 

PRICE  TOTALS. 

CHAMPION  YELLOW  DENT  CORN 

DOLLARS. 

CENTS. 

CHAMPION  WHITE  PEARL  CORN 

IMPROVED  LEAMSNG  CORN 

1  If  1 1   iVvVLU   L. LrfS Evl  1  a  is  w  Willi  

DCn  RTAIITV  PAP  rHDN 
KLU  dLAU  i  Y  rUr  tUKN 

MONARCH  WHITE  RICE  POP  CORN 

G3€A3HOMf  Y 



CARRIED  FORWARD. 

OVER 

BUS. 

NAMES  OF 

SEEDS 

NTED                          CARRIED  FORWARD 

PRICE  TOTALS. 

DOLLS 

CENTS. 



0  ^ 

New 

Seamless  Bags  

 at  15  cents  each 

TEF 

[M5  51  Kill  LY  I* Aon 

Grand  Total 

NH  (innn^  QPNT  C  ft  n  Under  any  circumstances.  Please  don't  ask  it;  extra  work 
WU  I    1.  U.  U.    fof  us  an/needless  expense  to  our  patrons. 


PLEASE  WRITE  BELOW,  THE  NAMES  AND  POST  OFFICE  OFYOUR 


FRIENDS  WHOM  YOU  HAVE  KNOWN  TO  SEND  OFF  FOR  FIELD  SEEDS 

NAME 

post  office: 

STATE 

Extra  Order  Sheets  will  be  mailed  upon  application.    Buy  your  seeds  of  the  grower. 

I  Guarantee  Safe  arrival  of  the  seed  at  your  station.    Do  not  forget  to  remit  for  sacks,  15c  each. 

In  Your  Orders,  please  state  second  choice,  in  case  I  am  out  of  your  first  choice. 

A  YOUNG  MAN  is  full  of  life  and  vigor,  when  an  old  man  is  about  ready  to  go  to  that  bourne  from  which 
no  traveler  ever  returns.    So  also  of  old  and  new  varieties  of  wheat,  oats,  corn,  etc. 

Don't  forget  to  ask  your  neighbor  to  join  you  in  sending  for  some  of  our  good  varieties  of  seeds. 

MY  INCREASED  TRADE 

During  the  past  six  years,  my  trade  has  more  than  quadrupled  over  the  six  preceding  years. 

My  largest  order  came  from  a  club  of  farmers  in  Adams  County,  Ills.,  for  $276.30.  Next  largest  from 
Neosho  Co  ,  Kansas,  $117.50.  Next  largest  from  Smith  Co.,  Tenn.,  for  $105.45.  Next  largest  from  Posey 
Co..  Ind.,  for  $78.47.  Next  largest  from  Hickory  County  Mo.,  for  $74.35.  Next  largest  from  Tippecanoe  Co., 
for$65.88.  Next  largest  from  Brown  Co.,  Ills.,  for  $64.61.  Next  largest  from  Adams  Co.,  111.,  for  $62.00. 
Next  largest  from  Bedford  Co.,  Tenn.,  for  $56.00.  Next  largest  from  St.  Charles  Co.,  Mo.,  for  $od.OO. 
Next  largest  from  Grant  Co.,  Ky„  for  $54.00.  Next  largest  from  Hancock  Co.,  Ills.,  for  $53.75,  and  so  on.  I 
am  firHy  prepared  this  spring,  for  a  much  larger  trade  than  I  expect.  Help  form  a  club  in  your  locality,  and 
send  me  a  large  order,  and  make  the  price  of  seed  10  times  over,  in  your  largely  increased  yield.  Don't  put 
it  off  until  next  spring,  order  now. 


P5 


SHALL  I  INTRODUCE  MYSELF? 


To  my  old  customers  that  is  unnecessary.  They  have  tried  my 
seeds.  And  well  know  their  value.  To  you,  I  would  say,  with  your 
permission,  I  desire  a  good,  plain,  common-sense  talk  with  you, 
about  seed  grain.  New  varieties.  Changing  your  seed.  etc.  It  is 
not  my  purpose  to  bore  you  with  a  long-winded  argument.  But  con- 
dense what  I  have  to  say,  in  the  fewest  words  possible.  And  so  ask 
your  careful  perusal  of  the  following  pages. 

Many  and  varied  are  the  claims  to  put  forth  for  patronage.  My 
'  \s  \W-:-^E   -     hobby,  as  you  know,  is  good  seeds  (not  low  prices).     Good  in  every 

51  sense'of  the  word.  Grown  from  stock  seed,  which  has  been  selected 
to  a  high  standard.  True  to  name  and  type.  Pure  and  uniform.  Not 
only  good  in  form  and  appearance,  but  possessing  inherent  and  invis- 
ible merit,  that  becomes  distinctly  visible  in  the  product. 

As  you  doubtless  well  know,  to  be  permanently  successful,  it  is 
necessary  to  use  good  seeds.  What  a  world  of  meaning  in  .these  two 
words.  What  loads  of  disappointment  implied  by  two  words  which 
express  the  reverse.  What  a  delight  to  me  after  my  customers  have 
harvested  their  crops,  to  learn  that  my  seeds  in  their  hands  have  been 
moneymakers  instead  of  money  losers. 

Some  seedsmen  yearly  make  a  practice  of  introducing  a  host  of 
so-called  wonderful  novelties.  It  is  very  amusing  to  note  the  laugha- 
ble antics  of  certain  seedsmen  in  indeavoring  to  create  impressions  that  they  have  valuable  seed  novelties 
to  otter.  When  as  a  matter  of  fact,  they  are  recognized  as  cheats,  introducing  old  varieties  under  new 
names,  or  so-called  varieties  produced  in  a  year  or  two,  in  some  wonderful  manner.  That  a  seedsman  puts 
forward  such  unblushing  lies  about  his  novelties,  is  enough  to  condemn  all  his  seeds. 

But  notwithstanding  all  this,  every  year  is  adding  some  valuable  new  varieties  to  the  standard  list.  I 
am  at  work,  breeding  up  a  score  of  new  varieties  of  field  seeds.  By  a  careful,  systematic  selection.  Aided 
by  nature,  this  selection,  extending  through  a  series  of  years,  keeping  in  view  the  ever-increasing  ideal  of 
excellence,  is  the  only  true  way  of  the  improvement  of  our  seeds  and  plants. 

I  shall  not  introduce  a  new  variety  until  it  is  worthy  of  introduction — in  fact,  until  it  is  an  Actual  and 
Practical  Improvement  upon  the  standard  varieties. 

I  have  tried  to  give  as  near  a  perfect  and  an  impartial  description  of  my  seeds  as  it  is  in  my 
power  to  do. 

To  all  would-be  customers,  I  ask  a  trial  order.  I  shall  try  hard  to  make  your  investments  in  my 
seeds  pay  you  the  largest  possible  returns.  It  has  ever  been  my  constant  aim  to  supply  brother 
farmers  with  new  *' tried  and  true  "  superior  varieties  of  seeds,  that  will  give  satisfaction  to  the 
buyer.    An  abundant  patronage  has  rewarded  my  years  of  hard  labor. 

If  you  desire  further  information  than  I  have  given  herein,  do  not  hesitate  to  write  me,  for  fear 
of  troubling  me.  It  will  not  trouble  me.  It  is  my  business,  and  a  pleasure,  to  answer  all  letters 
sent  me.  In  conclusion  I  beg  my  readers  to  call  my  attention  to  any  points  in  which  I  may  have 
failed  to  satisfy  them.  And  can  assure  them  that  any  suggestions  made  by  them,  any  views  pre- 
sented by  them,  any  questions  asked  by  them  will  be  gratefully  considered.  Trusting  to  be  favored 
with  your  correspondence,  and  early  orders,  t  am, 

Yours  anxious  to  please, 


Telegraph  Office,  Bement,  III. 
Jan.  20,  1898. 
Established  1882. 


J.  C.  SUFFERINi, 

VOORHIES,  ILLINOIS. 


YOUR  SECOND  ANDTHIRD  CHOICER 


During  the  course  of  a  large  trade,  it  sometimes  happens  that  the  demand  for  some  particular  variety, 
or  varieties,  is  unexpectedly  large,  and  soon  exhausts  my  stock  of  it.  While  I  will  continue  to  have  a  good 
supply  of  other  varieties  until  close  of  season.  If  it  happens  that  I  am  sold  out  of  part  or  all  of  what  you 
order,  it  will  be  a  great  ttme  saver  to  us  both,  and  will  prevent  delay  and  disappointment  if  you  will  state  in 
your  order,  (or  make  your  next  choice.)  if  I  may  send  a  variety  which  I  may  consider  as  good,  or  about  as 
good,  or  better,  for  your  soil,  (state  what  kind  of  soil  you  have),  than  what  you  order.  And  if  the  variety 
which  I  may  send  you,  is  lower  priced  than  what  you  order,  I  will  refund  difference.  If  it  is  higher  priced, 
will  put  it  to  you  at  the  same  price  per  bu.  as  the  one  you  ordered.  Or  if  you  do  not  wish  any  but  the  kind 
you  order,  please  state  if  I  may  order  some  good  reliable  Seed  Co.,  to  fill  your  order,  with  the  same  variety, 
at  no  extra  cost  to  you.  Or  if  you  wish  your  money  returned,  I  will  do  so.  Be  sure  to  instruct  me  in  re= 
gard  to  the  above. 


SUFFERN'S  SEEDS  ARE  GROWN  BY  SUFFERN. 

FREIGHT  RATES.— For  the  benefit  of  my  customers,  to  save  them  time  in  writing  ahout  how  much 
freight  charges  will  be  on  a  certain  quantity  of  seed,  I  here  quote  you  rates  to  28  large  cities.  From  the  rate 
named  to  the  city  nearest  you,  you  can  draw  an  idea  of  about  what  the  charges  will  be  before  you  order.  At 
distant  points-  500  to  800  miles,  the  charges  will  be  at  least  50c  on  quantities  of  seed  grain  to  amount  of 
100  lbs.  or  less.    See  bottom  of  page  2. 


Rates  on  seed  grain  in  bags,  per  100  lbs.,  at  this  date,  from  Voorhies,  Ills.,  to- 


Atchison,  Kan  32c 

Atlanta,  Ga.   42c 

Bowling  Green,  Ky__.3'2c 

Buffalo.  N.  Y  20c 

Chicago,  111  l?c 

Cincinnati,  Ohio  15c 

Council  Bluffs,  la  32c 


Cedar  Rapids,  la  24c 

Detroit,  Mich  12c 

East  St.  Louis.  Ills. ..17c 

Evansville,  ind  15c 

Indianapolis,  Ind  .11c 

Kansas  City,  Mo  3  c 

Lincoln,  Neb..  36c 


Louisville,  Ky  19c 

Milwaukee,  W  s  __^6c 

Memphis,  Tenn  3('c 

Mobile,  Ala   37c 

Macon,  Ga   44c 

Nashville,  Tenn  37c 

New  Orleans,  La  '^2c 


Richmond,  Va  33c 

Rockford,  Ills  17c 

St.  Paul.  Minn  28c 

Sioux  City,  la...  28c 

Terre  Haute,  Ind  10c 

Toronto,  Canada  20c 

Vicksburg,  Miss  23c 


P6 


BIG  CROPS,  AND  HOW  TO  PRODUCE  THEM 


In  the  European  countries,  intensive  cultivation  is  pursued  far  more  intensely  than  in  America.  Here 
the  system  of  farming  (if  system  it  can  be  called,)  is  cften  conducted  on  happy-go-lucky  methods.  Conse- 
quently our  cultivated  lands  as  a  whole,  rarely  produce  scarcely  half  as  much  as  they  might.  In  the  grain 
producing  industry  of  this  great  country,  the  question  constantly  crowding  upon  the  attention  of  all  enter- 
prising up  to  date  farmers  and  land  owners  is:  "How  can  I  secure  the  largest  yield."  Every  farmer  quickly 
admits  that  a  big  yield  on  a  small  acreage,  is  always  more  profitable,  than  a  large  acreage  with  only  a  mod- 
erate yield.  It  stands  to  reason  that  he  is  most  prosperous  who  gets  most  from  a  given  area.  Then  expenses 
do  not  increase  in  proportion  to  the  yield.  The  added  outlay  comes  when  we  go  to  increasing  the  area  to 
get  the  increased  yield  desired.  The  bottom's  out  of  farming  in  the  old  ways.  Low  prices  can't  be  met  by 
harder  work, — you've  got  to  change  your  methods.  Raise  double  the  crops  on  the  same  land,  with  less  work. 
Can't  be  done?  itz'sdone! 

The  low  prices  warn  us  that  we  must  raise  larger  crops  on  the  same  ground  and  with  the  same  labor  or 
our  farming  will  not  Pay.  Nothing  assists  so  much  in  growing  the  largest  crops  as  to  sow  or  plant  the  best 
seed.  If  35  bushels  of  corn  per  acre  will  pay  expenses  of  growing  ;  if  you  can  get  50  bushels  per  acre  you  will 
have  15  bushels  per  acre  for  profit,  while  if  you  only  get  35  bushels  you  have  no  profit. 

Progress  is  the  leading  characteristic  of  this  age.  The  old  is  rapidly  being  replaced  by  the  new  and  im- 
proved. It  is  truly  wonderful  to  witness  the  progress  that  has  been  made  in  the  way  of  increased  yields  in 
cereals,  corn,  and  potatoes  the  past  twenty  years.  It  has  become  a  well  known  fact  to  all  good  farmers,  that 
our  older  varieties  of  cereals  are  continually  running  out.  And  that  a  change  of  seed  is  very  important,  in 
order  to  secure  good  crops.  Those  varieties  known  100  years  ago  are  forgotten.  And  those  grown  25  years 
ago,  are  now  nearly  entirely  out  of  cultivation.  Whoever  may  have  noticed,  when  the  Fultz,  Lancaster,  Red 
Mediterranean,  and  Clauson  Wheats  were  first  introduced  in  the  West,  from  the  Eastern  States,  have  seen, 
that  in  many  instances  their  yields  were  almost  double  those  of  the  older  varieties  then  grown.  After  hav- 
ing produced  several  good  crops,  they  too,  have  almost  run  out.  And  are  fast  going  the  same  road  that  all 
the  old  varieties  go,  so  it  is  with  other  grain. 

In  this  age  of  new  inventions,  old  machines,  cereals,  etc.,  are  continually  giving  way  to  new  and  im- 
proved ones.  In  one  short  life,  we  can  see  the  practical  developments  of  human  ingenuity.  And  become 
convinced,  that  we  are  not  only  subject  to  laws  of  gradual  advancement,  but  that  our  forward  strides  in  the 
Sciences,  Agriculture,  and  Mechanics,  have  been  great  indeed.  In  this  age  of  keen  competition,  the  farmer 
who  wishes  to  prosper,  needs  and  gets  the  most  improved  farming  implements;  and  by  reading  the  best 
agricultural  literature,  he  keeps  in  touch  with  the  spirit  of  progress  that  pervades  our  farming  communities. 
He  is  particular,  also,  in  regard  to  the  kind  of  seed  he  plants  and  the  manner  of  planting  it. 

Indeed,  the  profit  of  grain  production  depends,  to  a  great  extent,  on  growing  the  right  varieties,  there  be- 
ing thousands  of  instances  where  eighty  to  one  hundred  bushels  of  the  best  quality  of  corn  per  acre  might 
just  as  well  be  grown  as  thirty  to  forty  bushels  of  a  poorer  quality  if  only  the  right  varieties  were  grown.  The 
old,  run-out  sorts  which  you  have  been  growing,  perhaps,  for  many  years,  should  be  dropped,  and  a 
stock  of  vigorous,  new,  thoroughbred  varieties  obtained.  After  you  have  tried  them,  you  will  see  plainly 
that  they  are  as  much  superior  in  every  way  to  the  old  run  out  sorts  as  are  thoroughbred  cattle  to  scrubs. 

Thoroughbred  cereals,  especially  the  most  highly  bred  of  these,  whose  organic  relations  are  so  harmon- 
ious and  plastic,  and  whose  flexibility  of  organization  has  been  so  highly  developed  through  the  intervention 
of  skillful  breeders,  are  being  continually  transported  from  one  part  of  the  world  to  another,  with  the 
greatest  success.  Breeders  have  "  moulded,"  by  systematic  mating  and  selection,  an  extraordinary  inherent 
flexible  and  prepotent  constitution  which  yields  gracefully  to  changed  conditions  of  life-soil,  climate,  alti- 
tude, etc.  And  changed  conditions  of  life  seem  to  be  of  the  highest  importance  in  favorably  affecting  the 
productive  powers,  by  directly  acting  on  this  flexible  organization.  The  greater  or  less  force  of  organic  flexi- 
bility determines  how  productive  or  profitable  a  plant  will  be  under  changed  conditions  of  soil  and  climate. 
If  it  is  the  possessor  of  a  low  organization,  in  which  atavism-  or  reversion  is  annually  out-cropping,  it  will 
more  or  less  suffer  under  changed  conditions,  as  regards  its  productive  capacity,  owing  to  action  of  new 
chemical  soil  properties,  proximity  to  bodies  of  water,  mountain  ranges,  new  insect  depredators,  etc. 

Farmers  desirous  of  changiug  their  seed  should  exercise  the  utmost  care  to  procure  only  thoroughbred 
seed,  to  insuresafe  and  sure  increases  in  yields.  The  seedisparent  of  theplant,  and  bounds  its  possibilities. 
So  critical  an  observer  as  the  noted  Dr.  E.  Lewis  Sturtevent  has  given  facts  on  which  he  rests  a  belief  that 
the  kind  of  seed  used  is  capable  of  making  as  wide  a  difference  in  the  crop  as  manured  against  unmanured 
land.  And  experienced  farmers,  who  judiciously  change  their  seed,  have  often  noticed  the  same  fact.  To 
secure  the  best  seed  is  of  more  importance  to  the  farmer,  and  to  the  country  generally,  than  it  is  to  secure 
the  best  live  stock.  The  plant  precedes  the  animal,  and  its  cost  modifies  the  cost  of  animal  products.  It  is 
an  undisputed  fact  that  the  laws  governing  breeding  are  as  potent  in  plant  as  in  animal  life,  and  respond  as 
fully  to  the  breeder's  art.  The  successful  plant  breeder  is  never  satisfied  with  what  he  has  already  attained. 
But,  like  the  expert  inventor  of  mechanical  devices,  he  is  continually  striving  for  something  better. 

Hon.  Isaac  Morton  said  that  "the  product  of  one  quart  of  a  variety  of  wheat  brought  from  North  Caro- 
lina, in  1845,  has  benefitted  the  farmers  of  Preble  county,  Ohio,  alone,  more  than  $1000,000  by  the  gain  over 
what  they  would  have  had  if  they  had  continued  to  raise  the  old,  run-out  varieties." 

A  young  man  is  full  of  life  and  vigor  when  an  old  man  is  about  ready  to  go  to  that  bourne  from  which  no 
traveller  ever  returns.  So  also  of  old  and  new  varieties  of  wheat,  oats,  corn,  etc.  Every  old  farmer  can  re- 
call varieties  that  yielded  abundantly  in  his  younger  days,  but  are  out  of  cultivation  now  and  their  names 
almost  forgotten.  Of  several  varieties  of  corn  that  may  be  tried  on  any  particular  soil,  one  will  yield  almost 
double  what  some  other  will.  The  same  is  true  of  hardiness  and  other  qualities.  It  pays  big  to  get  fresh 
seed  from  a  different  locality  and  soil  (it  seems  almost  a  new  being  coming  forth  from  the  corpse  of  an  old 
one),  even  if  it  be  only  the  same  old  variety  which  you  have  been  growing.  A  vigorous,  hardy  new  variety 
will  produce  a  good  crop,  in  an  unfavorable  year,  while  a  run-out  tender  variety  seldom  produces  a  satis- 
factory crop  under  most  favorable  conditions. 

It  will  cost  you  only  about  twenty-five  cents  per  acre  to  plant  your  whole  crop  with  the  vigorous,  large- 
yielding  new  sorts  of  corn.  And  I  can  safely  say  that  if  you  get  the  right  sorts,  your  yield  will  be  greatly  in- 
creased and  in  many  instances  doubled.  This  has  been  the  experience  of  the  writer  during  many  years  of 
active  farming.  Let  each  farmer  consider  what  an  increased  yield  of  one,  two,  five  or  ten  bushels  per  acre 
on  each  acre  of  corn,  wheat  or  oats  he  grows,  will  amount  to  and  then  hoiv  much  money  and  time  he  can 
afford  to  spend  to  obtain  these  results.  Owing  to  the  superior  yield  that  Will  be  realized  with  my  varieties  of 
wheat,  corn,  oats,  etc.,  it  will  pay  to  plant  largely  of  them,  to  raise  for  the  general  market  even  at  the  price 
given. 

In  a  letter  just  received  from  a  gentleman  in  Central  Missouri,  he  says:  "I  am  satisfied  that  my  yield 
has  been  increased  at  least  one-third  by  changing  my  seed  corn."  Ask  a  German  farmer  what  he  thinks 
about  changing  seed,  and  he  will  almost  invariably  tell  you  that  he  believes  in  it,  and  believes  in  it  strongly. 
At  least,  he  was  so  brought  up  in  Germany,  in  which  country  it  is  practised  to  a  greater  .extent  than  any 
other  country  in  the  world. 

J.  C.  SUFFERIM. 


Voorhies,  Illinois. 


CHOICE  FIELD  CORN. 

It  has  ever  been  my  aim  to  raise  and  sell  only  the  "tried  and  true"  superior  high  bred  kinds  of  field 
seeds  Which  are  great  practical  improvements  over  the  old  run  out  kinds.  Being  as  much  superior  to 
them  as  thoroughbred  cattle  is  to  scrubs.  And  which  yield  much  larger  quantities  of  much  better  quality 
than  old  kinds.  Thus  producing  large  actual  gains,  in  dollars  and  cents,  to  those  who  raise  them.  I  raise 
no  corn  that  has  an  ear  at  every  joint,  and  a  quart  of  shelled  corn  in  the  tassel.  No  potatoes  that  cover  the 
ground  when  dug.  No  overbearing  watermelon — gooseberries,  etc.  Many  of  the  so-called  "Wonderful" 
new  kinds  of  corn,  I  have  found  to  be  merely  old  well  known  kinds,  introduced  under  new  names,  and  sold 
under  inflated  extravagant  claims.  I  have  one  such  in  mind,  that  was  so  introduced.  And  instead  of  being 
a  benefit  to  purchasers,  it  has  been  really  a  damage  to  thousands  of  farmers,  in  all  parts  of  the  country.  I 
do  not  catalogue  it.  As  I  want  nothing  to  do  with  such  sorts.  The  kinds  I  offer  for  sale,  must  first  have 
been  tried  in  all  parts  of  the  country,  before  I  will  think  of  offering  them  for  sale.  It  has  also  been  my 
greatest  care  to  accurately  describe  all  the  seeds  I  offer  for  sale.  Just  as  I  know  them,  from  having  raised 
them  on  my  own  seed  farm. 

I  make  a  SPECIALTY  of  SEED  CORN.  Having  spent  many  years  in  improving  and  perfecting  the 
corn  plant.  (I  am  still  at  it.)  During  these  years,  I  have  originated  a  number  of  new  varieties  of  Corn. 
Every  one  of  which  have  stood  the  fest  of  time  and  proven  a  great  success  in  most  parts  of  the  country, 
have  become  recognized  staples  of  the  seed  trade.  One  variety  of  which,  particularly — Champion  White 
Pearl,  (to  my  positive  knowledge  there  are  several  other  kinds  offered  under  its  name.)  I  will  venture  to  say. 
has  benefitted  the  farmers  of  the  United  States,  to  the  extent  of  over  ]00  millions  of  dollars,  in  increased 
yields,  and  fine  quality,  over  what  they  would  have  realized  with  old  kinds.  (See  testimonials  on  last  page 
of  cover.)  As  there  are  few  townships  in  which  it  has  not  been  raised,  during  the  fourteen  years  since  I  intro- 
duced it.  For  my  Champion  Yellow  Dent  Corn,  I  predict  as  great  a  success  all  over  the  U.  S.,  as  my  C.  W. 
Pearl  Corn  has  achieved,  I  can  say  truly,  that  I  have  never  raised  or  seen  any  other  kind  of  yellow  corn 
that  combines  so  many  good  points  as  the  Champion  Yellow  Dent  does. 

I  have  this  year,  as  I  always  do,  given  all  my  varieties  of  Corn  very  careful  sprouting  tests.  And  find 
that  there  are  VERY  FEW  grains  that  do  not  show  a  strong  healthy  sprout.  The  State  Experiment  Sta- 
tion at  Urbana,  111.,  has  tested  my  Corn.  Write  them  about  anything  you  wish  to  know.  They  will  answer 
you  promptly. 

I  will  further  say:  that  I  have  much  the  largest,  soundest,  heaviest  stock  of  Seed  Corn  to  offer  this  year, 
that  I  have  ever  had. 

It  is  pure  and  true  to  name,  and  nicely  prepared  for  my  customers.  I  send  it  shelled  mostly.  As  nearly 
all  of  my  customers  want  it  shelled.  As  they  have  less  freight  charges  to  pay.  Still  I  have  some  customers 
who  want  theirs  in  the  ear.  And  I  am  always  glad  to  send  it  in  the  ear  if  wanted  so.  But  we  do  not  shell 
nubbins,  rotten  ears,  tips  and  all,  as  I  regret  to  say,  some  has  been,  which  I  have  at  times  received  Irom  cer- 
tain seed  firms.  I  only  use  about  half  (the  best  half)  of  the  total  product  of  an  acre  for  seed.  The  other 
half  I  sell  to  grain  merchants.  Truly  I  find  my  best  advertisements  in  my  customers  fields.  I  have  plenty 
of  almost  every  kind  I  offer,  to  fill  all  the  orders  which  I  may  receive  this  year. 

Below  I  quote  the  language  of  a  large  practical  Missouri  farmer:  "Although  I  plant  generally,  a  num- 
ber of  varieties  of  corn,  in  order  to  test  their  value,  I  select  for  my  main  crop,  two  kinds.  First  a  large  late 
kind  for  my  early  planting  (if  it  does  not  rain  so  that  I  cannot  plant  early),  and  an  85  or  90  day  corn  for  my 
late  spring  planting  or  to  plant  late  on  overflowed  land,  or  to  plant  my  whole  crop  with,  in  a  spring  like 
the  present  one.  Generally  this  early  corn  does  not  yield  as  well  as  the  large  kinds,  but  if  we  have  a  severe 
July  and  August  drouth,  as  we  often  do,  the  early  corn  will  not  grow  to  stalk  so  much,  ear  better,  and  out- 
strip  the  large  late  corn  in  yield.  I  always  keep  an  early  corn  on  my  farm  for  replanting  or  late  planting." 
Sensible  is  he,  say  I.  I  have  planted  90  day  corn  on  wheat  stubble,  on  July  the  5th,  and  raised  a  good  crop- 
about  45  bushels  per  acre.  I  always  plant  it  twice  as  thick  as  large  corn.  As  the  stalks  do  not  grow  so 
large,  but  make  their  average  sized  ear. 

TWO  NEW  CORNS. — I  have  2  very  valuable  new  varieties  of  corn,  which  after  extensive  tests  in  all 
parts  of  the  country  have  proven  to  be  real  and  valuable  improvements  over  old  varieties  I  have  none  of 
these  two  kinds  for  sale  this  spring.  But  expect  to  grow  them  in  sufficiently  large  quantities  the  following 
year,  to  be  able  to  supply  a  large  demand  for  them. 

To  every  person  sending  me  an  order  for  seed  corn,  accompanied  by  the  cash,  prior  to  March  20th,  I 
will  send  a  large  package  of  either  of  these  corns  free,  provided  they  request  it  when  sending  their  order. 

'SAMPLES  OF  CORN.  To  intending  purchasers,  who  will  agree  in  their  applications  to  show  my  sam- 
ples, and  this  catalogue  to  their  neighbors  who  want  seed  corn,  and  send  me  their  addresses,  I  will  gladly 
mail  small  samples  of  2  to  6  kinds  of  seed  corn,  free. 

MY  PRICES.  The  seed  dealer  who  imagines  that  prices  alone,  govern  trade,  is  laboring  under  a  great 
mistake.  Prices  alone,  do  govern  trade  with  a  certain  class.  A  class  who  want  everything  at  panic 
prices.    And  whom  no  amount  of  cutting  in  the  world  will  satisfy. 

I  do  not  attempt  to  compete  in  price  with  growers  who  pay  little  or  no  attention  to  the  quality  and  excel- 
lence of  their  stock  seed.  The  roguing  of  their  growing  crops  or  the  good  preparation  of  seeds  for  their 
trade.  My  aim  is  not  so  much  to  offer  "  cut  to  the  bone  "  prices,  as  to  offer  best  stock  for  the  money. 
In  fixing  my  prices  for  the  coming  season,  I  have  carefully  considered  everything  relating  thereto.  And 
have  placed  my  prices  as  low  as  high  class  seeds  can  be  grown  and  sold  at  a  profit.  And  low  enough  so  corn 
growers  everywhere  can  afford  to  order  at  least  10  bushels  or  more  of  seed.  Especially  when  they  consider 
a  profit  of  $7  to  $12  per  acre  in  the  increased  yields  and  quality  to  be  obtained  by  a  judicious  change  of  seed,, 
in  addition  to  selling  seed  to  neighbors,  at  good  prices.  Figure  on  it  for  yourselves.  My  profit  per  bushel 
is  not  large,  but  my  profit  is  in  the  large  number  of  bushels  sold.  I  have  made  my  prices  on  a  basis  of  the 
market  price  of  No.  2  corn,  No.  2  wheat,  etc.  in  Chicago,  and  St.  Louis,  on  Jan.  20, '98.  Whether  the 
markets  decline,  or  advance,  after  this  date,  I  will  in  either  case  send  you  your  money's  worth. 

If  other  reliable  dealers  quote  any  of  the  same  varieties  of  seed  lower  than  I  do,  then  clip  their  prices 
from  their  catalogue  (and  give  me  their  name)  and  mail  with  your  order.  Upon  receipt  of  which,  and  the 
cash,  I  will  fill  your  order.  But  otherwise,  any  correspondence  looking  to  a  reduction  of  my  prices,  will 
prove  futile.    But  lower  prices  will  be  allowed  on  laiger  quantities  than  10  bushels. 


Local  dealers  and  others  interested  in  having 
you  buy  at  home  constantly  exaggerate  the  cost  of 
shipping,  to  both  your  and  our  disadvantage.  We 
will  gladly  quote  both  freight  and  express  rates  to 
your  town  upon  request.  Freight  and  express 
rates  have  been  much  reduced. 


"  When  a  variety  of  seed  is  in  the  path  of  de- 
generacy, the  best  soil  in  the  country,  the  most  favor- 
able season  and  the  most  thorough  cultivation  will 
fail  to  produce  a  satisfactory  crop. ' ' 

Edward  Todd. 


"champion  yellow  dent  corn. 


A  grand  new  Thoroughbred  Corn.  Tested  and  Proved.   All  and  rT77TT~!    J  INTRODUCED 
more  than  claimed  for  it  I    ae   _  g   1-    I       IN  1894. 

Much  encouraged  by  the  success  which  the  famous  Champion  White  Pearl  Corn  (of  which  I  am  ori- 
ginator,) has  achieved  throughout  the  land,  I  have,  during  the  past  10  years,  been  breeding  up  towards  s, 
high  ideal,  a  main  crop  superior  yellow  dent  corn,  suitable  for  general  and  extensive  culture  in  the  corn 

states. 

First  by  a  combination  of  crosses  of  several  leading  standard  yellow  sorts. 

Subsequently  by  a  continuous  systematic  selection,  grasping,  accumulating,  and  perpetuating,  the  supe- 
rior merits  of  its  parents,  and  the  good  points  which  nature  continually  evolves.  Constantly  roguing  out 
the  undesirable  points. 

After  the  12th  generation,  its  type  and  characteristics  are  thoroughly  fixed.  And  I  now  believe  my  former 
ideal  almost  fully  realized.  For  in  all  my  extensive  experience  as  a  corn  grower,  I  have  never  seen  a  variety 
that  combined  so  many  superior  points  necessary  to  the  making  up  of  a  first-class  main  crop  yellow  dent 
corn.  In  fact  it  is  what  they  call  an  "all  rounder."  Superior  in  every  point.  It  now  stands  alone  in  my 
estimation,  as  the  fittest  and  most  superior  general  crop  yellow  dent  corn  for  extensive  field  culture  in  all 
localities  south  of  the  latitude  of  the  northern  boundary  of  Illinois. 

It  will  undoubtedly  become  a  very  popular  early  yellow  "crop  corn"  throughout  the  Cotton  States. 
Where  it  fully  makes  its  ear  in  July,  before  the  usual  August  drouths  begin.  Making  good  yields  when  the 
late  native  sorts  make  almost  nothing.  A  letter  now  before  me,  just  received  from  a  gentleman  in  Central 
Texas,  who  made  a  test  of  it  there,  last  year,  fully  demonstrates  this.  See  what  he  says  under  heading  of 
testimonials,  on  4th  cover  page.  While  critical  tests  throughout  the  corn  states,  prove  that  it  is  all,  and 
more,  than  I  claim  for  it.  In  my  own  locality,  where  it  is  the  crowned  King  of  yellow  corn,  it  is  grown 
almost  to  the  exclusion  of  all  other  yellow  sorts,  for  miles  in  every  direction,  And  anything  to  find  such 
general  favor  at  home,  must  possess  great  merit.  I  do  not  claim  for  it,  magical  wonderful  yields.  But  I  do 
claim  it  to  be  a  remarkably  uniform  large  yielding  sure  crop  sort.  Eighty  to  100  bushels  per  acre  over 
large  fields,  with  only  ordinary  cultivation  is  a  common  occurrence.  And  high  average  yields  for  a  series  of 
years,  are  what  fatten  the  farmers  "pocket  books. "  Then  it  rarely  fails  to  produce  paying  crops  even  in  the 
most  unfavorable  seasons.  Very  diligent  selection  has  produced  a  profuse  growth  of  pollen  in  the  tassel,  and 
an  abundance  of  silk  on  the  ear.  And  the  simultaneous  appearance  of  these  on  the  same  stalk,  and  on  all 
the  individual  stalks,  combine  to  produce  a  very  perfect  fertilization.  To  this  fact  alone  do  I  attribute  its 
high  average  yields,  and  uniformly  superior  quality  of  grain. 

As  the  originator  of  this  corn,  I  desire  that  it  make  its  way  into  general  public  favor  solely  by  a  reasona- 
ble extolling  of  its  merits.    And  not  meteoric  like,  to  be  sold  under  inflated  extravagant  claims. 

It  can  be  depended  upon,  when  planted  by  June  15th,  to  make  good  corn  by  Sept.  15th.  When  planted 
early,  matures  in  100  days.  The  grain,  owing  to  an  unusually  large  solid  oily  germ,  has  peculiarly  high 
germinating  powers,  seldom  germinating  less  than  100  per  cent.    Truly  a  most  valuable  feature. 

It  makes  a  rapid  strong  healthy  spring  growth.  A  short  thick  strong  jointed  stalk,  with  a  profuse 
growth  of  air  roots  which  hold  it  firm  against  storms.  It  has  very  long  tap  roots,  which  reach  deep  down 
after  moisture  during  dry  weather.  A  very  profuse  growth  of  pollen  and  silk,  producing  very  long 
heavy  well  filled  ears,  which  grow  upon  very  short  small  shanks,  close  to  and  low  upon  the  stalk,  and  con- 
tains 16  very  straight  compact  rows  of  rich  golden  colored  starchy  oily  grain  of  a  uniformly  high  grade,  and 
which  makes  a  No.  1  feeding  and  milling  corn.  It  has  a  very  small  red  cob.  Get  a  start  of  it  now.  It  will 
make  extra  dollars  for  you  in  future  years. 

MY  PRICES.— By  Freight  or  Express. — Peck  A  sample  ear  put  in  each  bushel  of  shelled 

60c,  y2  bus.  $1.00,  one  bus.  $1.75,  2  bus.  $3.25,  5  bus.  corn.  I  recommend  C.  Y.  Dent  for  all  points 
$7.75,  10  bus.  $15.50.  Postpaid  prices— lib  40c,  31bs  $1.00.      south  of  Northern  Ohio,  South  Central  Mich., 

Northern  Ills.,  North  Central  Iowa,  and  North 
Central  Neb. 
I  have  plenty  of  it  to  fill  all  orders. 

SEE  ILLUSTRATION  of  C.  Y.  Dent  on  outside 
page  of  cover.  It  is  an  exact  representation  of  an 
ear  which  I  husked  on  Sept.  14,  1894. 

Champion  WhitePearl. 

The  popular  Dent  Corn,  which  stands  to-day  with- 
out a  peer.  The  most  complete  success  of  the 
age.  Confirmations  crowd  in  from  the  east,  the 
west,  the  north,  the  south.  The  handsomest 
white  dent  corn  ever  seen.  Very  productive, 
ripens  in  90  to  100  days.  Brought  to  its  present 
high  standard  by  21  years  of  continuous,  syste- 
matic selection. 

In  the  introduction  and  dissemination  of  this 
corn,  my  former  claims  (14  years  ago),  have  been 
abundantly  borne  out.  Instead  of  sinking  into 
oblivion  in  two  or  three  years,  as  do  many  high 
blown  sorts,  it  has  solely  on  its  own  merits,  grown 
into  such  general  public  favcr,  that  to-day  it  is 
recognized  and  catalogued  as  the  leading  stan- 
dard variety  of  thoroughbred  pure  white  medium 
sized  early  white  dent-corn.  It  did  not  sprout  up 
in  a  year  or  two,  but  I  have  brought  it  to  its  pres- 
ent high  standard  by  21  years  continuous  accumu- 
lative selection.  Each  year  placing  it  on  a  still 
higher  plane  of  purity,  vigor  and  perfection.  So 
that  to-day  it  is  far  ahead  of  14  years  ago.  It 
scored  the  highest  average  yield  at  the  Illinois 
Agricultural  Experiment  Station,  Urbana,  111.. 
during  an  extensive  variety  test,  covering  a  period 
of  6  years,  1888  to  1893  inclusive.  See  bulletin  31,  March,  1894.  In  1893  it  was  far  ahead  of  a  number  of 
varieties,  at  the  Oklahoma  Experiment  Station,  Stillwater,  Okla.  See  bulletin  10,  for  1893.  In  1890  and 
again  in  in  1892,  it  took  first  premium  at  the  Iowa  State  Fair,  and  went  to  Columbian  Exposition  as  the  best 
corn  from  Iowa.    It  has  won  first  premium  at  Nebraska  state  fair  for  the  period  of  6  years.    Indeed,  its 


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superiority  is  so  well  known,  and  so  widespread,  that  nothing  further  need  be  said  in  its  favor  here.  I 
recommend  it  for  all  localities  south  of  Detroit,  Mich.,  Southern  Wisconsin,  Northern  Iowa,  and  Northern 
Nebraska. 

True  merit  alone,  has  won  bright  laurels  for  this  corn.  It  being  now  recognized  as  the  leading  standard 
sort  of  pure  white,  very  long  grained  very  starchy  floury  best  milling  early  general  crop  corn  of  the  highest 
possible  quality.  Very  small  white  cob.  Short  thick  robust  deeply  rooting  stalk,  with  ear  very  low  upon 
it.  Thus  standing  severe  storms  and  droughts  well,  Very  uniform  in  fertilization  and  maturity.  Maturing 
in  100  days.  An  immensely  high  average  yielder  all  over  the  corn  belt,  and  in  the  Cotton  States.  A 
utau^  *  ^ad.iia  &>>&r$  v£3jXiwC  <*  t*rst-class  white  sure  cropping  corn. 

At  my  prices  it  will  cost  you  only  about  25c.  per  acre  to  plant  your  whole  crop  with  the  C.  W.  Pearl 
Corn.  And  which  is  only  about  half  of  what  oats  seeding  costs.  Then  why  plant  poor  run  out  corn.  (In  a 
letter  just  received  from  an  old  customer  of  mine— Mr.  J.  B.  Piersol,  of  Rockwell  P.  O.  in  Northern  Iowa, 
he  says — "The  corn  I  got  from  you  last  spring,  yielded  me  62  bushels  of  corn  per  acre.  Which  was  better 
than  our  corn  from  other  seed— see  testimonials —  I  attribute  the  extra  yield  to  the  change  of  seed.  Which  I 
have  found  to  be  of  great  advantage.")  I  can  assure  you  that  one  acre  of  it  will  vield  more  than  enough 
extra  for  you,  to  pay  for  3  to  5  bags  of  my  seed. 

flY  PRICES— By  mail  postpaid,  fb.  30c.  3  lbs.  75c.  By  express  or  freight,  Peck  45c.  H  bus.  75c.  One 
bus.  $1.40.  2  bus.  $2.55  5  bus.  $6.00.  10  bus.  $11.50.  New  extra  heavy  seamless  bags  in  which  to  ship 
each  2  bus.  or  less  of  seed  corn  you  order,  I  charge  15c.  extra  for.  Do  not  fail  to  send  their  cost  when  you 
order.  Write  for  my  special  prices  on  larger  quantities  than  10  bus.  I  ship  by  freight  mostly,  and  trace 
well  to  hurry  seed  through. 

SEE  I  LLUSTRATION  of  C.  Y.  Dent  on  outside  page  of  cover.  It  is  an  exact  representation  of  an  ear 
which  I  husked  on  September  14,  1894.    Being  made  by  an  engraver  -Mr.  A.  Blanc,  314  N.  11th  st. 

IMPROVED  LEAMING  CORN  a32i M.w  D«.t.> 

This  popular  and  distinct  variety  of  yellow  dent  corn,  certainly  has  beyond  question,  reached  the  grand- 
est success  of  any  yellow  dent  corn  that  has  ever  been  brought  befoie  the  farming  public.  It  was  brought  to 
its  present  high  state  of  perfection  by  30  years  continuous  systematic  selection.  By  its  originator— J.  S. 
Learning,  of  Clinton  Co.,  Ohio.  This  noted  and  much  praised  corn,  was  first  brought  to  popular  public 
notice  at  the  World's  Exposition,  Paris,  France,  in  1873,  where  it  received  the  highest  award  for  a  yellow 
field  corn.  Since  then  it  has  been  tested  all  over  the  United  States  and  has  given  fine  satisfaction.  This  is 
a  medium-sized,  golden  yellow  corn.  The  stalks  grow  to  a  medium  height,  not  large,  but  thick,  has  but  few 
suckers,  and  often  produce  two  fine  ears,  which  in  the  true  Learning,  are  low  upon  the  stalk.  The  grain  is 
long,  narrow,  and  thick,  and  sets  very  close  together  in  the  rows.  The  cob  is  medium-sized  and  very  red. 
This  corn  husks  and  shells  very  easily,  and  weighs  60  to  62  pounds  per  measured  bushel,  and  matures  in  90 
to  100  days.  Don't  fail  to  try  this  Grand  Corn.  My  seed  was  grown  from  seed  obtained  direct  from  the 
originator,  and  is  pure.  I  recommend  this  corn  tor  all  localities  South  of  Chicago,  111.,  Toledo,  Ohio,  and 
Omaha,  Neb.  Prices:  By  mail  postpaid,  Lb.  25c.  3  lbs.  70c.  By  express  or  freight,  Peck  40c.  V2  bus.  70c. 
One  bus.  $1.35.  2  bus.  $2.45.  5  bus.  $5.75.  10  bus.  $11.00.  Write  for  my  special  prices  on  larger  quantities 
than  10  bus.    See  freight  rates,  on  page  5. 


HICKORY  KING  CORN  <n-.-wMtoo-fc, 


This  new  white  field  corn  has  the  largest  grains,  with  the  smallest  cob  of  any  white  corn  ever  introduced. 
So  large  are  the  grains,  and  so  extremely  small  the  cob  that  on  an  ear  broken  in  half  a  single  grain  will 
almost  completely  cover  the  cob.  No  other  variety  of  field  corn  that  I  have  ever  seen  will  do  this.  Of  strong, 
vigorous  growth,  the  stalks  take  a  firm  hold  in  the  ground  and  stand  upright,  resisting  the  severest  storms, 
the  stalks  generally  bear  two  ears,  and  occasionally  three.  It  yields  splendid  crops  on  light  soil,  and  is  un- 
doubtedly a  more  productive  white  corn  to  bulk  of  ears  than  any  other  variety.  It  makes  a  splendid  quality 
of  corn  meal  and  is  "  just  the  thing  "  for  cattle  feeding.  As  it  is  almost  all  corn,  with  but  very  little  cob.  I 
recommend  it  for  all  localities  soufch  of  Central  Ohio,  Central  Illinois,  and  Northern  Kansas.  It  matures 
in  115  to  125  days.    PRICES  :    Same  as  for  Improved  Learning  Corn. 

DUNGAN'S  WHITE  PROLIFIC  CORN <A  Wlte 

.  This  large  white  dent  corn  was  introduced  by  Mr.  S.  W.  Dungan,  of  Indiana.  It  has  a  large  amount  of 
foliage,  and  stands  drouth  better  than  some  kinds.  It  is  much  like  my  C.  W.  Pearl  Corn,  and  much  the  same 
description  will  r.nswer  for  it,  except  that  it  is  not  so  early.  My  stock  was  grown  from  seed  grown  from 
headquarters  stock.  And  is  pure  and  true.  I  recommend  it  for  about  same  latitude  north  as  Golden 
Beauty.    PRICES:    Same  as  for  Improved  Learning  Corn. 

BLOUNT'S  WHITE  PROLIFIC  CORN  °b„W 

This  excellent  variety  of  fodder  corn,  was  originated  by  O.  E.  Blount,  now  of  Colorado  Agric,  Experi- 
ment Station.  It  has  produced  over  40  tons  of  green  fodder  per  acre.  And  in  1889,  on  my  seed  farm.it 
produced  118  bushels  of  grain  per  acre.  The  ears  are  long,  slender,  and  average  2  per  stalk.  I  have  seen 
8  ears  of  it  on  one  stalk.  It  matures  in  about  125  days.  I  recommend  it  for  all  localities  south  of  Central 
Ohio,  Central  Illinois,  and  Nortnern  Kansas,  for  grain  and  north  indefinitely  for  fonder. 

CUBAN  GIANT  CORN  (0r White Cob Ensi,a**-> 

This  is  much  similar  to  the  well  known  St.  Charles  White.  But  has  a  white  cob,  longer  and  slimmer 
ear,  and  matures  about  15  days  earlier.  It  is  a  large  fodder  yielder,  and  a  very  heavy  grain  yielder.  In  fact 
an  all  round  good  white  dent  corn,  and  does  extra  well  in  the  Cotton  states.  PRICES:  Same  as  for  Im- 
proved Learning  Corn. 

ST.  CHARLES  WHITE  CORN  <A  W,te 

A  large  growing  red  cobbed  white  dent  corn,  witn  a  profuse  growth  of  foliage.  Originated  and  much 
esteemed  in  the  vicinity  of  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  as  a  general  crop  sort.  And  quite  popular  in  the  north  as  an 
Ensilage  corn.  I  have  nice  pure  seed.  It  will  mature  wherever  Golden  Beauty  Corn  will.  PRICES: 
Same  as  for  Improved  Learning  Corn. 


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GOLDEN  BEAUTY  CORN  A 


I  have  never  seen  a  more  handsome  yellow  dent  corn  than  this.  It  has  nicely  shaped  ears, 
well  filled  out.  and  containing  about  16  rows  of  golden  yellow-colored,  long,  broad  grains.  It  is  a 
very  heavy  yielder.  And  the  fact  that  it  has  a  medium  soft  grain,  makes  it  valuable  for  stock 
feeding.  I  hishly  recommend  this  corn,  for  all  points  south  of  Columbus,  O.,  Springfield,  111.,  or 
Atchison,  Kan.  The  stalk  is  strong,  and  medium  tall.  It  matures  in  110  days.  PRICES:  Same 
as  for  Improved  Learning. 

EARLY  BUTLER  CORN  90  W,ow 

This  new  Early  Dent  Corn  was  first  sent  out  three  years  ago  and  has  grown  in  popularity 
very  fast.  It  has  the  largest  ear  of  any  of  the  first  very  early  dent  corns.  Also  the  deepest 
grain  and  the  most  rows  on  the  cob.  It  grows  strong,  rank  and  quick,  and  will  out  sell  any  early 
variety  in  cultivation.  On  trial  one  bushel  ~f  seventy  pounds  shelled  sixty-four  and  one-half 
pounds,  leavine  only  five  and  one-half  pounds  of  cobs.  Every  farmer  should  give  this  fine  yellow 
corn  a  trial.  PRICES:  Same  as  for  Champion  White  Pearl  Corn.  It  will  do  well  wherever  the 
Pride  of  the  North  will,  but  is  a  larger  corn.  ■ 

Don't  forget  to  ask  your  neighbor  to  join  you  in  sending  for  some  of  our  good  varieties  of  corn. 

WHITE  CAP  YELLOW  DENT  CORN 

This  corn  comes  from  a  large  grower  of  all  kinds  of  seed  corn,  and  is  a  corn  of  great  merit.  It 
grows  large  ears  and  matures  early.  The  ear  grows  almost  as  large  as  Learning  and  is  from  seven 
to  ten  days  earlier,  and  on  poor,  thin  soil  will  yield  thirty  per  cent  more  corn.  It  grows  strong, 
rank  and  quick,  and,  it  is  claimed,  will  produce  more  corn  on  poor,  thin  soils  than  any  other 
kind  now  in  cultivation.  It  will  be  appreciated  by  those  living  in  droughty  sections  and  by  those 
farmers  who  have  poor,  thin  soil,  while  on  strong,  rich  soil  it  has  no  superior.  The  tip  end  of  the 
grains  are  white,  the  inside  yellow,  making  it  a  beautiful  color.  Large  growers  in  the  corn  belt, 
as  well  as  those  out  of  it,  will  be  pleased  with  this  corn.  Price:  Same  as  for  Champion  White 
Pearl  Corn. 

PRIDE  OF  THE  NORTH  CORN. 

This  is  one  of  the  earliest  dent  corns  in  cultivation.  When  planted  in  Illinois,  on  the  4th  of 
July,  it  has  fully  matured  before  frost ;  it  can  be  planted  twice  as  thick  in  the  hill  as  large  corn, 
and  at  the  same  time  bear  a  full  sized  ear  ;  this  is  a  small  sized  dent  corn  and  matures  in  87  days. 
The  stalk  is  short  and  thick,  and  stands  storms  well.  Ear  is  from  7  to  10  inches  in  length,  and  1% 
inches  in  diameter  ;  the  grain  is  of  a  deep  yellow  color,  is  long,  thick  and  narrow,  and  of  a  very 
oily  nature  ;  the  cob  is  very  small  "and  red.  I  highly  recommend  it  for  all  localities  south  of  Cen- 
tral Mich.,  Central  Minn.,  and  Central  Dak.  See  testimonials  on  page  16.  PRICES:  Same  as  for 
Champion  White  Pearl  Corn. 

SILVER  WHITE  LINT  CORN  Hominy  Corn  ) 

This  popular  thorough-bred  large  white  flint  corn,  originated  in  New  York.  Its  ears  often 
grow  15  inches  long,  and  produce  50  to  60  bushels  per  acre.  It  is  a  very  fine  hominy  corn.  It  is 
also  fine  for  early  fall  hog  feed.  It  matures  in  about  85  days.  Pfices:  Same  as  for  C.  W.  Pearl 
Corn. 

I  Guarantee  Safe  arrival  of  the  seed  at  your  station.   Do  not  fail  to  remit  for  sacks,  15c  each. 
In  your  orders  please  state  2d  choice,  in  case  I  am  out  of  your  1st  choice. 

IOWA  GOLD  MINE  CORN(An  Wllow 

A  very  popular  yellow  dent  corn  originated  in  Central  Iowa.  It  has  a  very  long  yellow  grain, 
and  very  small  red  cob.  By  a  careful  test,  400  measured  bushels  of  its  ears  shelled  out  456  bus.  It 
matures  in  about  95  days.  And  gives  good  satisfaction  as  far  north  as  northern  Iowa.  My  seed 
was  grown  from  direct  headquarters  stock.   Price:   Same  as  for  Champion  White  Pearl  Corn. 

IOWA  SILVER  MINE  CORN. 

A  new  early  white  dent  corn  introduced  from  Iowa  last  spring.   It  is  a  95  day  good  yielding, 

Sure  white  corn.  From  records  in  various  parts  of  the  corn  belt,  it  has  given  good  satisfaction, 
[y  stock  seed  was  purchased  from  the  introducers. 

PRICES:   Same  as  for  Champion  White  Pearl. 

I  desire  all  my  readers  to  write  me  their  experience— their  opinions  on  novelties.  How  they 
manage.  What  new  ideas  they  have.  What  fine  varieties  of  wheat,  oats,  corn,  or  potatoes  have 
you  this  year?   Which  kinds  have  done  the  best  for  you?   Where  did  you  get  your  start  of  them. 

Mr.  Henry  Brown,  Crab  Orchard,  P.  O.  in  N.  W,  Missouri,  says:  "The  C.  W.  Pearl  corn  I  got 
from  you,  I  planted  last  and  gathered  first.  It  yielded  60  bushels  per  acre.  It  is  the  purest, 
whitest  and  best  bread  corn  I  ever  saw  ;  neighbors  think  very  highly  of  it. 

Mr.  J.  A.  Titus,  Lawn  Ridge,  Marshall  Co.,  111.,  says  :  "  I  had  good  success  with  the  seed  oats 
which  1  bought  from  you.  They  yielded  16  bushels  per  acre  more  than  other  oats  I  raised  on  same 
kind  of  ground  and  same  kind  of  cultivation. 


CHOICE  SWEET  CORN. 

Stowell's  Evergreen.  A  late  variety  of  excellent  quality, 
remaining  longer  in  green  state  than  any  other  kinds. 

Gold  Coin.  "This  is  10  days  earlier  than  Stowell's  Evergreen, 
similar  in  appearance  except  kernels  are  yellow;  very  produc- 
tive, two  or  three  ears  on  a  stalk;  very  sweet. 

Egyptian.  Ears  large.  Ripening  late.  Sweet;  prolific;  de- 
mands a  high  price  in  market- 
Country  Gentleman.  This  distinct,  medium-late,  popular 
varietv,  has  the  smallest  cob,  and  deepest  grain  of  any  known 
variety.  The  kernel  is  white,  tender  and  juicy.  It  is  very  pro- 
ductive. 

None  Such.  A  new  second  early  sort,  of  great  merit.  Ihe 
originator  lin  northern  Ohio)  offers  $100,  for  its  equal  in  quality. 
It  has  a  pink  cob  and  white  grain.  Good  sized  ears,  and  is  a 
big  yielder.   I  have  the  genuine  seed. 

"  PRICES:  Postpaid,  packet  5c.  qt.  30c  By  Express  or  fast 
freight  Peck  $1.00.  Bush.  $3.00,  for  all  of  above  kinds  of  sweet 
corn. 


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MY  POP  CORN  SEED. 

The  growing  of  pop  corn,  the  last  few  years  has  be- 
come quite  an  industry    And  the  country  lias  been 
greatly  in  need  of  pure  uniform  varieties.  As  you  wi 
note  below,  1  offer  seed  of  popular  varieties     I  take 
extra  care  to  grow  very  pure  seed,  and  to  prepare  it 
nicely-shelled  and  re-cleaned.    I  can  also  furnish  se- 
lf.-led  eats  at  same  prices  as  the  shelled  corn.  The  past  w 
year  my  trade  on  pop  corn  seed,  more  than  quadrupled  ■£ 
over  the  previous  year. 

NEW  RED  BEAUTY.  SI 

This  valuable  new  rice  pop  corn  was  originated  by 
an  expert  pop  corn  grower  of  Illinois,  who  while  rogue 
ing  a  field  of  Snow  Ball  pop  corn,  in  the  summer  of  1888, 
discovered  a  sport  of  a   remarkably   peculiar  style. 
Since,  by  isolation  and  careful  accumulative  selection 
he  has  secured  a  variety,  which  for  rare  beauty,  ex-  «  ji  +» 
treme  earliness,  great  productiveness,  crispness,  ten- 
derness,  great  depth  of  grain,  and  srnallness  of  cob  can-  "J 
not  be  equaled.   50  bushels  per  acre  being  a  common  yj 
yield,    it  pops  splendidly  4  months  from  time  it  is  p 
planted.    In  every  respect  a  first-class  family  pop  corn.  K 

PRICES  for  Red  Beauty;  postpaid,  packet,  10c:  one  w 
S>  40c.    Bv  express  or  freignt,  Peck  $2.00.    One  bushel  (60  >  . 
lbs.  shelled)  $7.00.  g  J»,_ 

MONARCH  WHITE  RICE.  >  0  w  X'/^ 

After  10  years  very  careful  systematic  selection  I  2  £  z  ^^/a 
have  succeeded  in  breeding  up  a  variety  of  pop  corn  <  ts  O 
which  combines  the  most  desirable  qualities,  viz:  great  a  1 
productiveness,  early  maturity,  tenderness,  sweetness,  beautiful  snow  white  color,  greatest  bulk 
after  being  parched,  uniformity  of  type,  and  the  fact  that  its  thorn  at  outer  end  of  grain,  turns 
toward  the  cob,  forming  a  hook,  which  does  not  prick  the  hands  while  husking.  Thus  avoiding 
the  common  objection  to  growing  rice  popcorn.  This  variety  parches  well  by  December  1st,  of 
the  year  in  which  it  is  grown.  And  in  time  for  the  holiday  trade.  Whereas  most  varieties  must 
be  carried  over  into  the  next  summer,  before  they  are  suitable  to  the  parching  trade.  To  which 
the  Monarch  vv  hite  Rice  sells  for  a  higher  price  than  any  other  sort.  It  bears  from  2  to  6  ears 
per  stalk,  weighs  36  fts.  per  bushel  of  ears  when  dry,  and  produces  1500  to  2000  fts.  per  acre.  Like 
C.  W.  P.  Corn,  this  practical,  early  pop  corn  is  steadily  growin 
to  stay."   If  you  miss  it,  you  will  miss  a  good  thing. 

PRICES:   Postpaid,  packet  10c    Lb.  35c.    3  5>s.  90c 
One  bus.  (60  B>s.  shelled)  $6.00. 

['Silver  Lace   

Queens  Golden   naflkpt  1<v 

Prices,  post  paid    J  Mapledale  Prolific.  L^^i 

for  these  8  sorts.. 1  ills.  Snow  Ball   [V^a-* 

Mammoth  Rice  . ....  \6  fts-  6oc 

UNew  Red  Rice  J 

Page's  Striped  Rice. 
Tattooed  Yankee. 


into  general  favor,  it  has  "come 
By  Express  or  fast  freight,  Peck  $1.75 


By  Express 
or  freight 


Peck,  shelled,  $1.60 

1  bushel.  (60  ft  shelled-..  5.25 


CHICE  SEED  OATS. 

White  Bonanza  Oats.— This  is  the  variety 
that  was  awarded  the  American  Agricul- 
turists' special  $500  prize,  for  a  yield  in  Orleans 
Co.,  New  York,  of  over  133  bus.  per  acre,  in  1889. 
It  is  an  extra  nice,  heavy  white  oats.  I  highly 
recommend  it. 

Clydesdale  or  Race  Horse  Oats  — A  very  early 
variety,  weighing  45  lbs.  and  over  per  measured 
bushel.  Well-cleaned  samples  have  weighed 
over  50  fts  The  straw  is  straight  and  stiff, 
holding  up  well  its  immense  branching  heads, 
20  inches  in  length,  with  rather  short  plump 
grains.  It  is  reported  as  having  yielded  from 
90  to  100  bushels  per  acre. 

LINCOLN  OATS.— This  valuable  new  white 
oats,  first  introduced  in  1893,  has  been  largely 
sold  in  all  sections  of  the  country,  and  has 


given  fine  satisfaction.  My  seed  was  grown 
from  stock  obtained  direct  from  the  intro- 
ducers last  spring. 

HEXICAN  GRAY  OATS.— A  new  extra  early 
gray  oats,  particularly  suited  to  the  south  and 
west.  As  it  is  so  early  that  it  matures  its  grain 
before  hot  winds  or  rust  set  in.  Straw  short 
and  thick.    A  big  yielder  everywhere  almost. 

TEXAS  RED  RUST  PROOF  OATS.— At  the 
Illinois  Experiment  Station,  Urhana,  Ills.,  this 
new  red  oats  has  proved  to  be  the  largest 
yielder  of  many  varieties  there.  It  does  well 
on  black  soils  throughont  the  north.  It  is  very 
early. 

My  Prices.— For  any  of  the  above  named  kinds 
of  oats  are  as  follows:  Postpaid,  1-lb.  25c  3-lbs  60c. 
By  express  or  fast  freight,  Peck  30c.  %-bus.  50c. 
One  bus.  85c.  2  bus.  $1.60.  5  bus.  $3.50.  10  bus. 
$6.50. 


P  12 

CHOICE  SEED  POTATOES. 


Potatoes  will  be  shipped  in  favorable  weather 
only.  We  commence  shipping  Potatoes  about  the 
first  week  in  March.  Jf  you  want  your  Potatoes 
shipped  before  March,  please  state  so  in  your  order. 
But  we  will  not  be  responsible  for  damage  they  may 
sustain  during  transit  from  either  cold  or  heat. 

EARLY  VARIETIES. 

Early  Six  Weeks  flarket.— Ready  for  market 
in  6  weeks,  matures  in  75  days.  It  grows  me- 
dium to  large.  Light  flesh  colored.  Smooth. 
Eyes  even  with  surface.  They  are  so  early  that  po- 
tato bugs  have  but  little  chance  at  them.  They  are 
solid  and  mealy,  and  are  not  excelled  as  a  table 
potato. 

The  Crown  Jewel.— New;  a  self-seedling  of  the 
Early  Ohio;  is  about  a  week  earlier  than  the  Early 
Rose  or  Early  Ohio,  and  will  yield  nearly  double  of 
either;  quality  the  best.  The  Crown  Jewel  is  a 
strikingly  beautiful  potato;  shape  oblong,  size  large, 
skin  white  and  smooth,  flesh  pure  white  and  floury, 
in  keeping  qualities  is  equal  to  the  best. 

Early  Beauty  of  Hebron.— Extra  Early.  Re- 
sembles Early  Rose,  but  matures  a  week  earlier; 
grows  very  rapidly,  which  helps  it  withstand  the  at- 
tacks of  insects.  Skin  smooth,  white,  sometimes 
pinkish  tinted,  but  becomes  white  in  Winter;  tubers 
of  good  size,  round,  flat  oblong  in  form;  flesh  white, 
solid  and  of  delicate  flavor. 

LATE  POTATOES. 

Burpee's  Superior.— Long,  round  or  slightly 
flattened,  skin  pure  white,  netted;  eyes  plenty,  rather 


small  and  even  with  the  surface,  giving  it  a  very 
smooth,  handsome  appearance,  size  medium  to  large, 
vines  large  and  vigorous,  This  is  far  ahead  of  Star 
and  Burbank  in  all  desirable  qualities. 

Rural  New  Yorker  No.  2.— This  new  potato,  in- 
troduced in  1889,  is  proving  to  be  one  of  superior  ex- 
cellence. Oblong,  round  or  oval;  skin  pure  white, 
netted;  eyes  few  and  even  with  the  surface;  size 
large  to  very  large,  vines  thrifty  and  strong.  In  pro- 
ductiveness and  quality  it  is  scarcely  equaled.  Re- 
markably vigorous,  very  productive. 

EARLY  PURITAN.  This  variety  was  origin- 
ated by  Mr.  Coy  of  New  York  state,  who  originated 
the  Beauty  of  Hebron  and  over  a  dozen  other  varie- 
ties. The  skin  and  flesh  are  very  white.  It  cooks 
dry  and  floury.  Its  greatest  value  is  in  productive- 
ness. It  yields  nearly  double  that  of  the  Early  Rose; 
is  early  as  Early  Rose,  and  wonderfully  dry  when 
but  half  grown.  The  vines  are  vigorous  and  upright. 

NEW  QUEEN.  Whether  on  poor  thin  soil  or 
rich  bottom  land  this  potato  has  done  surprisingly 
well.  Very  early,  extra  quality,  wonderfully  pro- 
ductive, size  large,  color  white,  shape  long,  smooth 
and  clean.    A  fancy  market  variety. 

PRICES  for  all  above  named  varieties  of  po- 
tatoes, are  as  follows — By  Express  or  Fast  Freight, 
One  bushel,  $1.50.  One  barrel  2%.  bushels 
$3.75.    Prices  subject  to  Changes  ot  the  flarket. 


ARTICHOKE  SPECIAL. 

Hitherto,  in  the  United  States,  the  growing  of  the    domesticated  sorts  of  this 
tuberous-rooted  perennial  has  been  almost  wholly  neglected  and  greatly  misunder- 
stood.   As  many  well  informed  men  know,  there  are  Artichokes,  and  Artichokes. 
In  many  localities  in  North  Ameriea  the  wild  Artichoke  is  a  native.    It  is  merely  a 
bad  weed,  which  produces  very  few  and  inferior  tubers — a  pest,  difficult  of  exter- 
mination.   Many  farmers  who  have  seen  it  growing,  fully  understand  that.  But 
many  of  the  same  farmers  do  not  understand  that  there  is  a  difference,  a  vast  differ- 
ence, in  the  wild  and  domesticated  (tame)  sorts.    While,  as  a  fact,  they  are  as  dif- 
ferent as  is  wild  and  "tame"  rye.    The  great  value  of  the  domesticated  sorts  as  a 
cheap  and  healthy  stock  food,  has  been  so  thoroughly  aired  in  the  press,  during  the 
past  two  years, that  an  immense  demand  has  been  created, in  many  instances  far  exceed- 
ing the  supply.  The  productiveness  of  the  domesticated  sorts  being  simply  marvellous. 
1500  bushels  having  been  dug  from  one  acre.     They  are  sometimes  used  as  a 
table  vegetable  when  pickled,  but  their  greatest  value  is  for  feeding  stock. 
They  arejremarkable  for  their  fattening  properties,  great  productiveness  and  ease 
with  which  they  can  be  grown.     They  need  not  be  dug;  the  hogs  should  be 
turned  in  on  them,  and  they  will  help  themselves  by  rooting.   One  acre  will  keep 
from  twenty  to  thirty  hogs  in  fine  condtiion  from  October  until  April,  except 
when  the  ground  is  frozen  too  hard  for  them  to  root.    They  are  also  said  to  be  a 
preventive  of  cholera  and  other  hog  diseases;  and  they  are  also  highly  recom- 
mended for  milch  cows,  increasing  the  yield  of  milk  and  at  the 
same  time  improving  their  condition.    5  bushels  of  seed  for  one 
acre.    They  should  be  cut  the  same  as  potatoes,  one  eye  to  a  cut 
being  sufficient,  planted  in  April  or  May,  in  rows  three  feet  apart 
and  two  feet  in  the  rows,  and  covered  about  two  inches  deep.  The 
land  can  be  easily  cleaned  of  them  by  plowing  under  when  tops 
are  1  foot  high.    I  feed  my  horses  and  cows  on  them  every  spring 
and  fall.    They  always  eat  the  tubers  in  preference  to  oats.  They 
are  as  good,  or  better  for  horses,  than  is  condition  powders. 
Making  them  shed  nicely,  and  look  sleek  and  fat.     I  would  not 
think  of  farming  without  them. 

MAJIMOTH  WHITE  FRENCH.  This  fine  variety  was  re 
cently  brought  from  France.  Where  it  is  largely  used  for  human 
food,  as  well  as  for  stock  feed.  It  grows  larger  and  nearer  the  surface,  and  is  better  for  pickling  than  other 
sorts. 

WHITE  JERUSALEM.  The  peculiarity  of  this  sort  is  its  predominance  of  pinkish  eyes.  It  also  grows 
more  in  clusters  than  other  sorts.  It  makes  enormous  yields.  One  acre  being  worth  about  10  acres  of  corn, 
for  hogs. 

RED  JERUSALEfl.  This  is  a  sport  from  the  White  Jerusalem,  very  similar  except  in  color,  which  is 
bright  red.    But  it  is  more  dwarf,  and  its  tubers  grow  larger.    Hogs  root  out  and  devour  it  greedily. 

RRICES:  For  any  of  these  three  kinds  of  artichokes  are:  Postpaid,  Lb.  25c.  By  express  or  fast  freight, 
Peck  40c.    V2-h\i.  75c.    One  bus.  $1.00.    5-bus.  $4.25.    I  ship  in  sacks. 

When  Letters  are  mailed  in  Ohio,  Ind.,  Mo.  and  Kansas,  to-day,  fast  mail  generally  deliver  them  to 
me  on  to-morrow,    Get  your  neighbors  to  order  with  you. 

I  desire  all  my  readers  to  write  me  their  experience— their  opinions  on  novelties.  How  they  manage. 
What  new  ideas  they  have.  What  fine  varieties  of  wheat,  oats,  corn,  or  potatoes  have  you  this  year?  Which 
kinds  have  done  the  best  for  you?    Where  did  you  get  your  start  of  them? 


White  Beauty  Sunflower. 

For  eight  years  I  have  been  breeding  towards  a 
pure  white  Mammoth  Sunflower.  A  very  difficult, 
patient  undertaking  it  has  been.  But  now  I  can  ex- 
claim: EUREKA!  I  have  it  at  last.  A  sun= 
flower  with  Snow  White  Seeds.  It's  a  novelty 
indeed.  A  novelty  in  1,000.  And  is  sure  to  meet 
with  a  large  and  enduring  sale. 

After  years  of  careful  selection  I  am  rewarded 
with  a  purely  bred  Mammoth  Single-head  Sunflower 
with  pure  snow  white  seeds,  which  on  account  of 
the  deficiency  of  strong  coloring  matter  in  the  outer 
covering  of  their  kernels,  are  much  superior  to  the 
darker  sorts  for  stock  and  poultry  food.  It  also  pro- 
duces a  much  milder,  better  flavored  oil. 

This  strikingly  distinct  new  sort,  is  not  only  the 
most  beautiful,  the  most  vigorous,  the  most  valua- 
ble for  stock  and  poultry  feeding,  and  for  oil  pro- 
duction, but  owing  to  the  fact  that  all  its  powers  are 
expended  in  producing  one  mammoth  head,  it  is 
simply  a  marvel  for  productiveness.  Out-yielding 
the  old  sorts  almost  two  to  one.  3000  lbs.  per  acre 
being  no  unusual  yield.  I  feel  much  gratified  in 
being  able  to  offer  it  to  the  trade.  Being  confident 
that  it  will  take  the  lead  in  Sunflower  production. 

Price.— Packet  10  cts.,  y2-lb.  35  cts.;  lb  65  cts.;  2 
lbs.  $1.00,  postpaid. 

Money  Insured.— I  guarantee  to  hold  myself  re- 
sponsible for  the  safe  arrival  of  all  remittances, 
when  sent  according  lO  my  instructions. 


Mammoth  Russian  Sunflower.— A  standard 
well  known  gray  seeded  variety.  Large  packet 
10  c;  1  lb.  25c  postpaid. 


New  customers  are  requested  to  investigate  my 
stasding. 

Errors  will  occur  in  spite  of  us— no  one  is  infal- 
lible. You  will  find  me  ready  to  do  the  right  thing 
in  case  of  an  error. 

Freight  Rates  are  as  low,  and  in  many  cases 
lower,  to  points  in  Ohio,  Tenn..  and  distant  states, 
than  to  points  in  Illinois.  See  table  of  rates  on 
page  5. 


MY  1899  CATALOGUE  3 

will  be  ready  about  Feb.  1,  1899.  If  from  any  cause 
you  fail  to  receive  a  copy  of  it  before  March  1,  1899, 
you  can  order  from  this  catalogue.  As  prices  will 
be  about  the  same.  In  every  case,  we  will  send 
your  money's  worth,  or  abide  by  instructions  you 
give  when  you  send  your  order.  It  is  always  my 
aim  to  make  your  dealings  with  me,  pay  you.  For 
only  by  so  doing  can  I  expect  your  continued  patron- 
age, and  that  of  your  friends. 


SWEET  POTATO  PUMPKIN.-This  is  the  best 
variety  for  making  pies  and  custards,  that  I  ever 
saw.  When  baked  it  is  much  superior  to  sweet  po- 
tatoes. Flesh  creamy  white,  very  fine  grained,  dry 
and  brittle.  It  grows  to  medium  size,  is  very  pro- 
lific, and  keeps  well  until  late  in  the  spring. 
PRICES— Large  packet  10c.  &-fl>.  45c.  Lb.  $1.40 
postpaid. 


WEED  SEEDS. — In  nothing  about  my  business 
am  I  more  careful,  than  in  keeping  all  dangerous 
weed  seeds,  such  as  Canada  thistle,  wheat  thief, 
cockle,  etc.,  out  of  my  seed  grain.  I  have  at  times 
received  from  eastern  seedsmen,  seed  grain  that 
was  full  of  these  noxious  weed  seeds.  Seeds  which 
I  each  year  plant  on  my  own  farm,  from  which  I 
grow  my  large  seed  crops,  are  grown  from  very 
carefully  hand-picked  seed.  All  noxious  weeds, 
impure  grain,  etc.,  being  picked  out.  I  let  no  seed 
grain  leave  my  establishment  which  contain  these 
foul  weed  seeds,  if  I  know  it.  Be  careful  of  whom 
you  purchase. 


SUBSTITUTING.— Orders  received  before  Mch. 
20,  will  be  filled  without  substituting,  unless  per- 
mission is  given  to  substitute.  After  March  20,  as 
there  will  be  no  time  for  correspondence,  we  re- 
serve the  right  to  fill  any  order,  if  necessary,  with 
other  varieties  equally  good  and  of  the  same  season, 
unless  the  order  distinctly  states  "No  Substitution 
Allowed," 


MISCELLANEOUS  FARM  SEEDS. 

fA"l>A>Jl?*:tf  -£3-     Japanese  Buckwheat. 

\y¥\i  A  i    i  '  -Cm  al  4i  mr  This  extremely  valuable  variety,  was  imported 

i  from  Japan  in  1883.    It  is  a  novelty  out  of  1,000,  that 

3LjP  is  up  to.  and  ahead  of  all  that  is  claimed  for  it.  The 
. .  old  varieties  now,  may  well  be  laid  in  the  shade. 
J  Especially  the  old  black  kind,  which  on  account  of  its 
being  blasted  by  the  hot  August  sun,  seldom  produces 
a  good  crop,  and  generally  barely  returns  its  seed. 
This  fine  new  Japanese  variety  from  the  fact  that  its 
large  blossoms  form  in  corymbs  above  the  berries, 
keeping  them  from  being  blasted  by  the  hot  sun,  will 
produce  a  good  crop  where  the  old  varieties  will 
produce  scarcely  anything.  This  can  be  sown  on 
oats  stubble  ground,  from  the  15th  to  20th  of  July, 
with  good  success.  As  it  is  12  days  earlier  than  the 
common  sorts.  On  the  24th  day  of  July  last  (very 
late)  I  furnished  one  peck  of  the  Japanese  to  a  neigh- 
bor, who  sowed  that  day,  and  on  September  14th 
harvested  over  14  bushels  of  nice  plump  seed.  The 
grain  is  of  rich  brown  color,  fully  twice  as  large  as 
the  old  black  kind,  and  makes  good  flour.  I  recom- 
mend it  very  highly.  Prices:  Lb.,  postpaid,  30c. 
Peck,  50.  H-bus.  80c.  One  bus.,  $1.30.  2  bus.,  $2.50 
Sow,  %-bus.  per  acre. 

FIELD  PEAS. 

CANADIAN  FIELD  PEAS.  Valuable  for  North- 
ern climates  for  cattle  feeding.  Used  as  feed  for 
pigeons,  etc.,  and  for  green  soiling.  Pk.,  50c;  bu., 
$1.75. 

CLAY  COLORED.    Pk.,  50c;  bu.,  $1.75. 
SOUTHERN  BLACK=EYE  COW.  Also  known  as 
Sand  Pea,  a  small  white  variety  with  black  eye.  Sow 
two  bushels  to  the  acre.    Pk.  60c;  bu.;  $2.00. 


WHIP-POOR=WILL.    Pk.,  60c.  bu.,  $2.00. 


SPRING  TETCHES,  or  TARES.    Pk.,  $1.50;  bu,  (60  t>s.),  $4.50. 


P14 

DWARF  ESSEX  RAPE. 

There  are  millions  of  acres  of  good  !and  that  lie 
idle  part  or  all  of  the  year  to  ruu  to  weeds,  that 
can  he  sowed  to  this  rape  and  produce  the  finest 
feed  imaginable  and  at  the  same  time  improve  in 
fertility.  It  can  he  sown  from  May  to  September 
in  this  latitude.  It  can  follow  any  other  crop  and 
furnishes  most  nutritious  pasture,  when  oftentime 
cattle  are  roaming  the  fields  in  search  of  a  scanty 
living.  It  is  particularly  valuable  for  sheep,  being 
twice  as  nutritious  as  red  clover.  In  fact,  sheep 
soon  "  weigh  like  lead  "  when  pastured  on  it.  It  is 
hardy  in  winter,  resists  severe  droughts;  in  fact, 
of  untold  value,  and  its  cultivation  is  just  begin- 
ning. Sow  5  lbs.  per  acre  broadcast;  3  lbs.  per 
acre  if  drilled.  By  mail,  pkt.  ioc,  lb.  35c,  3  lbs. 
$1.   By  frt.  or  ex.,  per  lb.  15c,  100  lbs.  $9.00. 

CHUFAS. 

A  species  of  "  grass  nut "  used  to  fatten  hogs. 
It  is  not  to  be  confounded  with  the  Cocoa,  or 
Nut  Grass,  for  though  it  belongs  to  the  same  class, 
the  Chufa  is  eradicated  with  great  ease,  and  is 
never  a  pest.  The  nuts  grow  under  the  ground, 
very  near  to  the  surface,  easily  reached  by  pigs  or 
poultry,  and  destroyed  by  them  if  they  have  free 
access.  Plant  in  April  in  rows  3  feet  apart  and  8 
to  10  inches  apart  in  the  row.  If  seed  is  dry  soak 
before  planting.   One  peck  of  seed  per  acre. 

Pkt.  ioc;  quart,  35c,  postpaid.  By  express, 
quart  30c;  peck,  $1.50. 

LUPINS. 

Yellow.  An  excellent  forage  plant  much  rel- 
ished by  cattle,  also  valuable  for  enriching  poor, 
sandy  soil.  10  lbs.  90c,  100  lbs.  $8.00.  By  ex= 
press  or  freight. 

SPURRY. 

Grows  well  on  dry,  poor,  sandy  soil.  Excel- 
lent for  sheep  and  cattle.  Sow  from  12  to  16  lbs. 
on  an  acre.  Lb.  35c,  postpaid,  10  lbs.  $1.20,  100 
lbs.  $10.00.   By  express  or  freight. 

Lathyrus  Sylvestris  or  Flat  Pea. 

.  This  wonderful  plant  we  believe  to  be  one  of 
the  most  valuable  additions  to  the  fodder  and  fer- 
tilizer plants  introduced  in  recent  years,  which 
will  grow  and  thrive  in  poor  sandy  soils  and 
drought-stricken  districts,  which  but  a  few  years 
ago  were  considered  barren  wastes.  Analyses,  of 
which  a  number  have  been  made,  show  the  hay  to 
be  exceedingly  nutritious,  containing  nearly 
double  the  flesh-forming  ingredients  in  clover  hay, 
richer  than  the  balanced  rations  generally  used 
for  fattening  cattle,  and  rich  enough  to 'fatten 
either  hogs  or  sheep  without  the  addition  of  grain. 
Being  thoroughly  permanent,  when  once  estab- 
lished it  will  last  50  YEARS,  and  yield  enormous 

Crops  Of  hay.  4  tons  per^  acre  have  been  cut  in  the 
United  States  at  one  mowing  and  7nay  be  mowed  2  or 

3  times  in  a  summer.    Sow  in  drills  21i  ft.  apart  by 

4  to  6  in.  apart  and 3  in.  deep.  The  seed  is  slow  to 
germinate  and  plants  grow  slowlv  the  first  season, 
hence  must  be  carefully  cultivated  and  weeds  kept 
down.  By  sowing  a  few  turnip  seeds  to  mark  the 
row.  weeding  can  be  done  to  better  advantage. 
Roots  go  10  feet  into  the  soil.  By  mail,  oz.  20c, 
34  lb.  50c,  lb.  $1.75. 

BROMUS  INERMIS. 

A  grass  of  enormous  value,  particularly  for 
the  dry  sections  of  theV  West  and  South.  It  en- 
dures extremes  of  temperature  and  resists  pro- 
tracted drought,  succeeding  where  Alfalfa  fails. 
Poor  lands  are  no  discouragement.  It  grows  best 
in  light,  sandy  loam,  but  its  roots  will  penetrate 
the  stiffest  clays.  It  is  equallv  good  for  cutting 
green,  pasturing  or  curing  into  hay,  and  the 
dense  tough  sod  it  forms  is  most  valuable  for  hold- 
ing the  banks  of  ditches  and  strengthening  the 
turf  of  sandy  soil.  Dr.  Seweli,  of  the  U.  S.  Grass 
Experiment  Station,  Garden  City,  Kan.,  says  it  is 
equal  to  Timothy  lor  cattle  and  horses,  and  makes 
as  fine  a  pasture  as  Blue  Grass.  From  the  same 
station  comes  the  report  that  this  grass  is  posi- 
tively the  best  out  of  over  600  kinds  tested.  In 
our  country  it  has  done  equally  well  in  Canada, 
Mississippi,  Kansas,  Colorado,  Wyoming  and 
California.  Use  25  lbs  to  the  acre.  It  may  be 
sown  in  the  fall  with  winter  wheat,  or  in  the 


spring.   Cut  when  first  coming  into  bloom.  By 
mall,  lb.  40c.    By  freight,  bu.  of  14  lbs.  $3.50. 

TEOSINTE. 

(Reana  Luxurians.)  This  gigantic  fodder 
plant  from  Central  America  somewhat  resembles 
Indian  Corn.  It  produces  a  great  number  of 
shoots,  growing  12  feet  high,  thickly  covered  with 
leaves,  and  yielding  an  abundance  of  forage.  As 
a  soiling  or  fodder  plant  in  the  South  and  South- 
west it  surpasses  either  corn  or  sorghum,  and  in 
the  extreme  South  is  a  perennial;  suited  also  for 
growing  in  the  middle  latitude.  When  cut  off 
will  grow  up  again,  and  stools  wonderfully.  The 
leaves  are  long  and  broad  and  the  stocks  full  of 
sweet  sap.  Plant  same  time  as  corn.  3  lbs.  will 
plant  an  acre.  Sow  in  drills  3VZ  to  4  ft.  apart.  By 
mail.  oz.  20c,  lb.  $1.50. 

Soja  Bean  or  Coffee  Bean. 

The  plant  grows  erect,  £%  feet  high,  with 
numerous  branches  covered  with  heavy  foliage. 
The  branches  and  stem  are  thickly  set  with  clus- 
ters of  pods,  2  beans  in  a  pod.  The  growth  is  very 
vigorous  throughout  the  season.  This  seed  has 
beon  sold  under  the  name  German  Coffee  Berry  at 
extravagant  prices.  When  roasted,  ground  and 
used  as  coffee  it  resembles  the  genuine  article 
quite  closely.  When  mixed  half  with  coffee  it  is 
claimed  by  some  to  make  a  better  drink  than 
pure  coffee.  Its  value  to  farmers  is  in  the  ground 
beans,  which  make  a  very  rich  feed  for  milcb  cat- 
tle and  also  for  other  stock;  also  valuable  as  a 
fertilizer.  Sow  %  bu.  per  acre  broadcast  or  in 
drills  3  ft.  apart;  12  in.  between  plants.  By  mail, 
pkt.  ioc,  pt.  20c,  qt.  35c.  By  freight  or  ex= 
press,  ^4  bu.  $1.00.,  bu.  $3.50. 

SUGARCANE. 

Early  Amber  Cane.— This  popular  and  well 
known  variety  is  the  earliest,  and  makes  the  finest 
quality  of  amber  syrup  and  good  sugar.  Succeeds 
well  from  Texas  to  Minnesota. 

Early  Orange  Cane.— This  is  the  favorite  va- 
riety for  molasses,  from  about  the  38th  degree  of 
latitude,  on  south.  It  is  about  12  days  later  than 
the  Early  Amber. 

PRICES.— Postpaid  of  both  kinds  cane  seed 
Lb.  25c.  3  fbs.  60c.  By  express  or  fast  freight, 
Peck  60c.    J4-bu.  $1.15.    One  bu.  $2.25. 

Improved  Evergreen  Broom  Corn 

This  variety  of  Imp.  evergreen  broom  corn 
grows  8  to  10  feet  high,  stands  up  well,  and  is  very 
free  from  crooked  and  red  brush.  The  brush  is 
long  and  fine,  and  always  commands  the  highest 
price.  I  highly  recommend  this  variety.  PRICES 
—Lb.,  postpaid.  30c.  By  express  or  fast  freight, 
neck  50c.    One  bus.  $1  65.    5  bus.  $7.50. 

MILLET  SEED. 

Prices  subject  to  change  of  the  market.  We 
will  send  your  money's  worth. 

TENNESSEE  GERMAN.  Seed  of  this  well- 
known  sort  makes  much  more  hay  in  the  north 
when  the  seed  is  grown  in  the  south.    Per  bus.  $1.50. 

LARGE  AFRICAN  MILLET.  A  variety  of 
sorghum,  non-saccharine,  growing  stalks  eight  to 
ten  feet  high,  and  yielding  heads  of  grain  ten  to 
15  inches  long,  weighing  six  ounces  to  a  half  pound 
when  fully  ripe.  The  foliage  corresponds  to  the 
foliage  of  Amber  cane.  It  bears  dry  weather  and 
makes  its  crops  where  corn  would  wholly  fail. 
Plant  in  early  April,  in  three  foot  rows,  leaving  one  , 
or  two  plants  every  twelve  inches  in  the  row  and 
cultivate  as  corn.  Three  to  five  pounds  per  acre. 
This  variety  makes  the  most  forage,  besides  a  large 
quantity  of  seed  per  acre.  Not  prepaid:  5  fbs.  35c; 
10  fbs.,  65c;  50  lbs.  $2.50. 

HOG  MILLET.  Known  also  as  Broom  Corn 
Millet.  Quite  unlike  the  German  and  Common 
Millet  in  habit  and  growth  as  well  as  the  appear- 
ance of  the  seed,  which  is  much  larger.  The  name 
Hog  Millet  has  been  applied  to  emphasize  the  use 
to  which  it  is  now  being  put  as  an  economical  and 
valuable  food  for  hogs,  while  it  is  also  one  of  the 
best  varieties  tor  use  for  bird  seed  and  all  like  com- 
mercial purposes  for  which  Millet  is  grown.  It  is  a 
valu?ble  help  in  the  profitable  raising  of  swine  even 
in  the  best  corn  belts  and  of  much  greater  value  in 
all  northern  localities  where  corn  is  not  so  impor- 
tant a  crop.  Not  prepaid  5  lbs.,  30c;  10  lbs.,  50c; 
100  lbs.,  $3.50. 


LATEST  AND  BEST 

SEED  WHEAT 


EARLY  RED  CLAUSON  WHEAT. 

The  champion  for  black  soil. 

This  productive  and  desirable  brown  chaff 
beardless,  club-headed  sort  is  destined  to  be- 
come a  general  favorite  with  all  growers,  as 
soon  as  known.  Originated  in  that  famous 
wheat  district  Genesee  county,  N.  Y.,  where 
the  great  bulk  of  American  wheat  was  grown 
before  the  west  was  opened  up  for  cultivation. 
This  originated  from  the  popular  Golden  Cross 
the  compact  head,  dark  red  grain,  extreme 
hardness,  rapid  growth,  and  strong  straw;  and 
from  the  Clauson,  baldness  and  red  chaff,  with 
very  large  kernels.  It  is  the  earliest  variety  of 
winter  wheat  in  existence.  Why  run  the  risk  of 
storms,  excessive  heat,  insects  and  rust  that 
are  so  apt  to  injure  or  destroy  your  wheat  crop 
.iust  as  you  feel  that  it  is  secure?  The  Early 
Red  Clauson  reduces  the  chances  by  coming  in 
a  week  ahead  of  any  other  sort. 

After  4  years  rigid  testing  in  all  parts  of  the 
country,  I  highly  recommend  this  valuable 
new  wheat  for  all  black  or  rich  lands,  where 
wheat  is  liable  to  lodge.  It  produced,  the  past 
season,  on  many  large  fields,  on  nearly  all  va- 
rieties of  soil,  from  40 to  50  bushels  to  the  acre, 
and  on  some  small  fields  more  than  this.  Sow 
one  bu.  per  acre.  Prices:  1  bu.  $1.85;  1  bag, 
2H  bu.  $4.25;  5  bus.  $8.25;  10  bus.  $16.  Write  for 
prices  on  larger  quantities. 

These  wheat  prices  are  based  on  the  present 
market  price  of  wheat,  $1  per  bushel  in  Chicago. 
They  are  subject  to  changes  of  the  market. 
NIGGER  WHEAT. 

This  is  one  of  the  best  bearded,  stiff  strawed, 
No.  1  milling  wheats  for  black  and  brown  soils, 
I  have  ever  seen.  Grains  very  long,  dark  and 
hard.  A  very  hardy  sure-crop  wheat.  I  par- 
ticularly recommend  this  wheat  for  Southern 
Irid.,  Ky.  and  Tenn.,  where  it  has  made  very 
large  yields.  Sow  \\i  bus.  per  acre.  Price:  1  bu. 
81.75;  2Vt  bus.  $4.00;  5  bus.  $7.75;  10  bus.  $15.00. 


Tried  and  True,  Hardy,  Prolific  Varieties. 

As  every  farmer  knows,  we  have  been 
much  in  need  of  SureCrop,  Stiff  Strawed, 
Firm  Chaff,  Good  Milling,  Early  Hardy 
Varieties  of  Wheat.  That  would  lo 
through  repeated  freezing  and  thaw- 
ing unhurt,  yield  full  crops  of  extra 
quality,  and  sell  at  top  prices.  It 
is  largely  to  your  interest  to  grow  the 
hardy,  prolific,  good  milling  wheats.  How 
many  farmers  in  your  locality  grow 
such  wheat?  Are  they  not  in  the  habit 
of  clinging  to  the  old  run  out,  unpro- 
ductive sorts?  You  perhaps  know  of 
farmers  who  are  an  exception  to  this. 
They  have  been  changing  their  seed. 
And  are  perhaps  ready  to  do  so  again. 
Who  if  you  will  call  their  attention  to 
it,  will  be  anxious  to  help  form  a  club 
for  new  seed  wheat,  this  fall.  I  received 
one  such  club  ofder  for  $276.00.  See  next 
page. 

Mr.  C.  A.  Pillsbury,  of  Minneapolis, 
Minn.,  the  most  extensive  miller  in  the 
world,  recently  said:  "I  do  not  think 
the  wheat  situation  warrants  any  fore- 
boding of  evil.  In  this  country,  con 
sumption  of  wheat  is  increasing  about  8 
million  to  10  million  bushe's  annually 
against  a  decreasing  supply.  In  the 
next  5  years  the  great  mills  in  Minne- 
apolis, will  grind  more  wheat  at  over  $1 
per  bushel,  than  under  that  price. 

According  to  a  table  published  by  the 
Chicago  Board  of  Trade,  the  average 
price  of  wheat  for  the  past  32  years,  lias 
been  over  $1.10  per  bushel.  And  for  past 
6  years,  82%c  per  bu.  It  pays  big  to  get 
your  seed  from  a  distant  locality.  Even 
if  it  is  but  the  same  variety  you  have 
been  raising. 

EARLY  RIPE  WHEAT. 

This  is  a  smooth  wheat,  red  chaff.  The  straw 
is  short  and  strong,  stands  up  well  on  rich  land. 
It  is  a  very  early  wheat,  and  is  not  liable  to 
rust  or  scab.  The  grain  is  round,  plump  and 
heavy  and  makes  a  first-class  milling  wheat. 
PRICES:  One  bu.  $1.80;  2y2  bus.  $4.10;  5  bus. 
$8.00:  10  bus,  $15.50. 

HARVEST  KING  WHEAT. 

This  is  a  smooth  red  chaffed  wheat,  very  simi- 
lar to  the  Pool.  It  has  a  very  stiff  straw  and 
is  well  adapted  10  strong,  rich  land.  It  is  ex- 
tremely hardy,  in  fact,  I  regard  it  as  one  of 
the  hardiest  and  best  wheats  in  the  country. 
During  the  past  three  years  we  have  had  al- 
most a  failure  of  winter  wheat  in  many  locali- 
ties, but  the  Harvest  King  has  stood  the  test 
better  than  any  other  variety,  and  given  in 
almost  every  case  a  fair  average  yield.  Our 
seed  is  free  from  rye,  cockle  or  chess.  Prices: 
Same  as  for  Early  Ripe. 

JONES'  WINTER  FIFE.-(Smooth.) 

Chaff  white,  with  a  velvet-like  glisten  in  the 
sun.  Kernels  very  hard,  dark  and  transparent 
presenting  the  same  dark  look  when  cut.  From 
the  dense  nature  of  the  grain  it  will  weigh 
from  4  to  6  pounds  more  to  the  measured  bushel 
than  common  sorts.  It  is  especially  desirable 
for  rich,  strons  soils,  producing  an  abundant 
yield  of  heavy,  plump  grain,  requiring  to 
be  left  until  fully  ripe  before  harvesting,  as  it 
does  not  easily  shell  in  the  field,  and  the  seed 
improves  in  color. 

Prices:   Same  as  for  Early  Ripe. 

Bags:  Remit  15c  for  a  new  seamless  bag,  in 
which  to  ship  each  two  bushels  or  less,  that 
you  order. 


HOW  THEY  LIKE  MY  SEEDS. 

I  earnestly  request  vou  to  write  these  parties,  enclosing  stamped  envelope  to  insure  their 
rep'y.  If  good  reference  he  given  me  for  their  safe  and  hasty  return,  I  will  send  original  testi- 
monials of  any  here  printed,  in  their  officially  dated  and  post  marked  envelopes,  to  any  who  de- 
sire to  see  them.   A  pleased  and  satisfied  customer  is  my  best  advertisement. 


Mr.  Geo.  Berry,  Dawson,  Sangamon  county, 
111.,  writes:  "  The  corn  I  got  from  you  was 
the  best  investment  I  ever  saw  on  the  farm. 
If  you  can  beat  it,  you  will  have  a  dandy, 
sure  " 

Mr.  Henry  Roselius,  Corning,  Holt  Co.,  Mo., 
writes:  "  Your  yellow  and  white  corn  made 
65  and  70  bus.  per  acre  respectively,  for  me  this 
year.  Myself  and  neighbors  think  it  the  best 
corn  we  ever  saw  Have  sold  all  I  have  to 
spare." 

Hr.  L.  Stowe,  Spirit  Lake,  Dickinson  Co.,  Ia., 
writes:  "  Your  corn  is  the  finest  I  ever  saw. 
Much  pleased  with  it,  and  with  your  way  of 
doing  business." 

Hr.  G.  P.  Orendorff,  Lacon,  Morgan  Co.,  Ala., 
writes:  "Your  corn  made  an  excellent  yield 
for  me  this  year,  considering  our  great  drouth. 
I  like  your  style  of  doing  business." 

Hr.  J.  Baxter  Allen,  Anniston,  Ala.,  writes: 
"  I  like  your  Hickory  King  Corn.  It  is  early, 
prolific,  and  almost  weavil  proof .  It  made  a 
fine  yielfl  for  me." 

Mr.  Robert  F.  Fisher,  Epperson,  McCracken 
Co.,  Ky.,  writes:  "  Your  corn  yielded  as  much 
on  our  poorest  ground  this  year,  as  our  native 
corn  did  on  our  very  best  land.  Myself  and 
neighbors  like  it  very  much,  because  it  ma- 
tures ahead  of  early  drouth." 

Mr.  C.  B.  Cheatham,  Murphy,  Collin  Co.,  Tex., 
writes:  "  Your  Champion  Yellow  Dent  Corn 
made  37  bus.  of  nice  corn  per  acre,  in  95  days 
from  planting,  or  just  30  days  before  the  drouth 
struck  my  native  corn.  My  native  corn  being 
so  much  later,  the  severe  drouth  caught  it 
while  in  the  milky  stage,  and  reduced  its  yield 
to  22  bus.  of  smutty  corn  per  acre.  I  have 
made  $26.00  clear  on  the  half  bushel  of  your 
corn,  this  year,  over  what  I  would  have  made 
had  I  planted  all  native  corn.  I  have  none  for 
sale." 

Hr.  A.  Elder,  Princeton,  Franklin  Co.,  Kan., 
writes:     "Your  Champion  Yellow  Dent  Corn 

is  two  weeks  earlier  than,  and  will  make  10 
bus.  per  acre  more  than  our  native  corn  along- 
side.   I  will  plant  all  of  this  kind  next  spring." 

Mr.  Wm.  Roe,  Vinland,  Douglass  Co.,  Kan., 
writes:  "The  3  lbs.  of  your  Champion  Yellow 
Dent  Corn  matured  its  large,  even,  deep- 
grained,  small  cobbed  ears,  in  95  days  from 
planting,  and  promises  a  large  yield.  Myself 
and  neighbors  are  well  pleased  with  it." 

Mr.  J.  W.  Ford,  Huntington,  Ind.,  writes :  "  I 
planted  your  extra  early  yellow  corn  on  June 
4th.  It  fully  matured  in  90  days.  Iam  much 
pleased  with  it." 

Mr.  John  J.  Page,  Sparks'  Hill,  Hardin  Co  , 
111.,  writes:  "  Your  corn  far  surpassed  in  yield 
my  best  native  corn.  I  believe  it  is  a  very 
valuable  corn  for  all  localities  subject  to 
chintz  bugs.  As  it  matures  before  they  begin 
damaging  our  native  corn." 

Mr.  D.  T.  Elston,  Crandall,  Coffee  Co.,  Kan., 
writes:  "  Y our  Champion  Yellow  Dent  Corn 
was  the  best  corn  in  this  country  (hot  winds 
streak),  this  year,  yielding  25  bus.  per  acre. 
"While  my  native  corn  yielded  but  18  bus.  per 
acre— same  kind  of  ground,  same  care  and  cul- 
tivation. I  want  more  seed  from  you  next 
spring." 

Mr.  E.  D.  Sappington,  Nelson,  Saline  Co.,  Mo., 
says :    "  I  take  pleasure  in  informing  you  that 


I  am  satisfied  that  my  yield  per  acre  has  been 
increased  at  least  H  by  raising  your  C.  W. 
Pearl  corn.  I  fully  endorse  your  way  of  doing 
business." 

Hr.  W.  H.  Allan,  Craig,  Holt  Co.,  Mo.,  says: 
"The  Golden  Beauty  corn  I  bought  of  you, 
was  planted  May  21st.  Ripened  in  good  order 
and  yielded  63  bus.  per  acre.  It  is  liked  on  ac- 
count of  its  large  smooth  ears,  and  its  being 
free  from  suckers.  I  sold  nearly  all  of  it  that 
1  raised,  to  my  neighbors,  for  seed." 

Mr.  F.  H.  Mueller,  Linn's  Mills,  Lincoln  Co., 
Mo.,  says:  "I  have  had  fine  success  with  all 
of  your  seeds.  Monarch  Rice  pop  corn  is  fine, 
and  of  excellent  flavor.  You  have  a  first-class 
way  of  doing  business." 

fir.  Homer  Triboulet,  Nauvoo,  Hancock  Co., 
Ills.,  says:  "  Your  seed  corn  was  the  finest  I 
have  ever  received  from  any  seed  house.  Your 
Blount's  Prolific  is  a  splendid  fodder  corn,  and 
its  ears  matured  all  right.  Iam  well  pleased 
with  the  way  you  do  business/' 

Mr.  Milton  T.  Ashley,  Hopeville,  Clarke  Co., 
Iowa,  says:  I  planted  your  Champion  Yellow 
Dent  Corn  May  17th.  It  is  now  ripening.  I  con- 
sider it  a  big  yielder.  And  think  you  are  an 
honorable  dealer." 

Mr.  J.  W.  Potter,  North  Buena  Vista,  la.,  (80 
miles  further  north  than  Des  Moines),  writes: 
"iam  well  pleased  with  your  Champion  Y. 
Dent  Corn.  It  will  make  about  75  bus.  per  acre, 
of  good  sound  corn,  for  me  this  year." 

Hr.  J.  B.  Piersol,  Rockwell  P.  O.,  in  Northern 
Iowa,  says:  "The  Improved  Learning  corn 
that  I  purchased  from  you  last  spring,  made 
me  62  bus.  per  acre.  Which  was  better  than 
any  of  our  corn  from  other  seed.  It  is  early, 
good  sized  ears,  kernels  very  compact  on  the 
cob,  strong,  sweet,  and  very  oily.  Stalks  are 
very  strong,  and  stood  well.  I  attribute  the 
extra  yield,  to  the  change  of  seed  which  I  have 
always  found  to  be  of  great  advantage.  I  have 
no  seed  to  spare." 

Mr.  Lewis  S.Walworth, Jerome,  Hillsdale  Co., 
Mich.,  says:  "  The  Champion  White  Pearl 
corn  that  I  got  of  you  last  year,  did  splendidly 
for  me.  I  measured  off  2%  acres  and  paid  for 
husking  372  bus.  of  it.  Or  a  little  over  118  bus. 
per  acre." 

Mr.  J.  M.  ricCrary,  Comanche,  Comanche  Co., 
Tex.,  says:    "The  Champion  Yellow  Dent  Corn 

you  sent  me  last  spring,  did  well  for  me.  It 
made  good  corn  alongside  of  our  native  corn 
that  made  scarcely  anything,  on  account  of 
our  early  and  severe  drouth." 

Whs.  n.  Lockhart,  Sr.,  Henderson,  Ky.,  says: 
"  I  like  your  Champion  Yellow  Dent  Corn  very 
much.  Fine  large  ears,  which  will  make  all  of 
80  bus.  per  acre,  on  ordinary  land." 

Henry  Hendricks,  Chambersburg,  Pike  Co., 
Til.,  says:  "My  Fultz  wheat  yielded  10  bus. 
per  acre.  My  swamp  wheat  16  bus.  while  the 
wheat  which  I  bought  of  you,  yielded  30  bus. 
per  acre.  I  have  sold  all  I  have  to  spare,  to  my 
neighbors,  for  seed.  Could  have  sold  1,000 
bushels  of  it. 

So  Bushels  per  Acre.  Mr.  Solomon  Shattel, 
Rossville,  Vermilion  Co,  111.,  says:  "The 
wheat  I  bought  of  you,  made  50  bus  good  wheat 
per  acre  for  me,  by  machine  measure.  My 
neighbors  like  the  wheat,  but  I  have  none  to 
sell  at  any  price." 


It  is  with  renewed  confidence  in  the  superiority  of  my  seeds,  and  greater  assurance  of  my 
ability  to  render  your  investments  in  my  seeds,  as  profitable  and  satisfactory  to  you,  as  theirs 
have  been  to  them,  that  I  again  solicit  your  patronage,  Believing  that  now  is  the  time  when 
they  should  have  your  careful  attention.  Yours  very  truly,  J.  C.  SUFFERN. 

BUY  YOUR  SEEDS  OF  THE  GROWER. 

THE  REVIEW  PRESS,  DECATUR,  ILLS.