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RETURN ENVELOPE ENCLOSED. We will be glad
to furnish more of each when wanted.

Binding-Stevens Seed Co.

TULSA AND MUSKOGEE, OKLA.

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you, and each and every time do not fail to write youfi Name and Post Office plainly^

QUANTITY

NAMES OF SEEDS WANTED PRICE

Bus.

Qts. Lbs.

Ozs. I Pks.

(OVER)

Bus.

QUANT

Qts. Lbs.

Ozs.

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We are anxious to obtain the names and addresses of a number of your acqua
ances who are farmers and gardeners, who you think would be interested in recei^v
our Catalogue. Kindly fill out the blank below and we will be glad to include 5 p^
ages of our Selected Vegetable Seeds with your order.

NAMES

POST OFFICE R. F. D.

STA

WE HANDLE ONLY TOP-GRADE SEEDS

HOME CONSERVATION.

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Every One is Interested.

Home Canning.

graduate of any technical school to get perfect
results.

A stock of canned goods is a necessity in every
well-regulated household (a necessity is that
which contributes to both health and happiness),
and Home Canning Outfits are a necessity for
every family, large or small, every trucker, every
gardener.

There’s no home in the land that does not ap-
preciate the value of canned fruit and vegeta-
bles. Especially is this true when the fruit may
be freshly canned, either in the kitchen or out-
doors, at times most convenient to the house-
wife, and in such quantities as she may be able
to can without interference with other household
duties. Neither is it necessary that she be a

El-Flo No. 14 Kitchen Cannery Outfit.

Get an Outfit of some size to-day. Get start-
[|( ed — ^that’s the point. If your supply of fruit
li' or vegetables is limited or small, get this Outfit
, and enjoy the most delicious canned goods
you’ve ever tasted. You will use it every day.
j You are able to can in either glass or tin with it.

I Sets on your oil, gas, or cook stove, and requires
' little fuel, either for canning, cooking, or wash-
I ing purposes. Preserves the flavor, texture,
color, and juices of fruit.

The No. 14 holds 14 No. 3 cans or 7 quart jars
at each filling, having a daily capacity from 40
( to 100 quarts of average fruits and vegetables.

The boiler is 14 inches wide and 12 inches high,
with oval shape, close-fitting cover and combina-
tion tray. This outfit may be sent by parcel
post if desired. Packed for shipment, weighs
15 pounds.

EL-FLO No. 14, fully complete, except

capping steel $4.75

Or postpaid to first and second zones. . . 4.95
EL-FLO is the only Canning Outfit in the
world that has a fire-box and return flue wholly
surrounded by water, thus producing the maxi-
mum degree of heat from a minimum amount
of fuel.

The Utility Outfit.

! The UTILITY OUTFIT possesses such ad-
vantages as will make it useful throughout the
year. Therefore it is not only an investment
for canning, but is adaptable to doing service
and making luxuries out of many every-day
j home drudgeries. Particularly is it of great
value on wash-day, making the laundry work
easy and free from soot or rust. In cooking
stock food or heating water, the service is in-
estimable.

The fire-box in the UTILITY OUTFIT is
surrounded by a thiin wall of water, thus making
the water boil quickly and insuring that import-
ant part of the boiler from rusting or burning
out.

UTILITY OUTFIT No. 57, complete,

weight 60 pounds $15.00

UTILITY OUTFIT No. 24, complete,
weight 35 pounds 10.00

Write for descriptive Catalogue of our entire line of Cannery.

To Our Friends and Customers.

IN preparing this Catalogue, it has been our aim to give reli-
able and comprehensive information both as to varieties
of seeds, bulbs, etc., and we hope it will be of use to our
customers.

We have not listed a lot of new and untried novelties in
this Catalogue; all are of known and tried merit, and can be
relied upon to give satisfaction.

Our Garden Seeds are grown on contract especially for us
by competent and reliable growers in various sections best
suited to their production.

We take this opportunity of thanking our many friends
and customers for their liberal patronage in the past and beg
to solicit a continuance.

Yours very truly,

BINDING-STEVENS SEED COMPANY,

Tulsa and Muskogee, Okla.

Alyssum

PAGE

. . . .45

Animal Re^la-tor

Armour’s Fertilizers . . .

.... 56

....61

Asparagus

.... 5

Asparagus Roots

. .5, 29

Asters

. . . .45

Balsam

....45

Beans — Bush

.... 7

Dwarf Lima. .

.... 8

Pole Lima. . . .

.... 8

Garden

.... 5

Ornamental . .

....45

Pole

....7

Velvet

. . . .36

Soy

. . . .35

Wax-Podded Bush. 7

Bee Supplies

....49

Beets

Sugar

. . . .44

Bird Manna

. . . .48

Bird Supplies

....49

Bird Cages

....49

Black Leaf

Blatchford’s Products . .

. . . .62

. . . .64

Borecole (Kale)

....14

Brooder Hover

....55

Brooder Stoves

. . . .60

Broom Corn

....43

Brussels Sprouts

....10

Buckwheat

....34

Bulbs

....48

Cabbage

. . . .11

Campanula

....46

Canary Birds

....49

Candytuft

....46

Cane

....43

Cantaloupes

. . . .17

Caponizing Sets

....52

Carbola (Disinfectant)

....61

Carnations

....45

Carrots

....10

Cauliflower

....13

Celery

. ... 10

Chrysanthemum

....46

Climbers

. . ..48

-Clovers

....38

CoUard

....13

Conkey’s Poultry Remedies 54

Conkey’s Starting Food

....55

Corn — Broom

....43

Pop

. . . .34

Seed

....32

Sweet

. . . .13

Kaffir

....43

Corn Salad

. . . .14

Cosmos

. . . .46

Coxcomb

....46

Cream Separators. . :3d Cover

Cress ^ ,

. . . .14

Cucumbers

....15

Dahha

...46

Digester Tankage

....58

Drinking Fountains . . . .

52, 59

Dwarf Essex Rape

,...34

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INDEX

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PAGE

Egg Boxes 52

Egg Plant 14, 29

Egg Testers 52

Endive 14

Farm Seeds 32

Feterita 43

Field or Cow Peas 36

Flower Pots 49

Flower Seeds 45

Forget-me-not 46

Fountains 52, 59

Garden Beans 5

Gaiden Implements 63

Garden Peas 22

Garden Seeds 5

Garlic 14

Geranium 46

Golden MiUet 43

Gold Fish 49^

Grass Seeds 41

Gumbo (Okra) 19

HoUj'^hock 46

Home Conservation 1

Horseradish 14, 29

Incubators 57, 58

Incubator Supplies 57

Insecticides 11, 31

Irish Potatoes 30

Kaffir Corn 43

Kale, or Borecole 14

Kohl Rabi 15

Lantana. 46.

Larkspur 46

Lawn Grass Seed 42

Leek 15

Lettuce 16

Lima Beans 8

Marigold 46

Marvel of Peru 46

Mignonette 46

MiUet 43

Mustard 19

Nasturtiums 47

Nest Eggs 52

Nitragin 62

Oats 34

Okra, or Gumbo 19

Onions 20

Onion Sets 21

Ornamental Beans 45

Pansy 47

Parcel Post Boxes 52

Parcel Post Rates 4

Parsley 22

Parsnips 22

Pearl Grit 52

Peas 22

Field 36

PAGE

Peanuts

Pepper 23, 29

Pe-Tsai (Chinese “Celery

Cabbage) 12

Petunia 47

Phlox 47

Pie Plant, or Rhubarb 25

Plant Food 48

Pole or Running Beans .... 7

Pop Com 34

Poppy 47

Portidaca 47

Potatoes 30

Poultry Foods 53, 56

Poultry Supplies. 51

Poultry Remedies 54, 56

Pumpkins 24

Radishes 24

Rape 34

Rat Annihilator 60

Rat Corn 60

Rhubarb, or Pie Plant. .25, 29
Root Crops for Stock Graz-
ing 44

Rye, Seed 34

Salsify 25

Salvia 47

Saucers 49

Seed Corn 32

Seed, Cotton 34

Seed, Flower 45

Seed Rye 34

Seeds, Garden 5

Seeds, Grass 41

Seeders 51, 53, 63

Sets, Onion 21

Snapdragon 46

Soy Beans 35

Spinach 25

Sprayers 50, 5 1

Squash 26

Sudan Grass 42

Sugar Beets 44

Suggestions for Ordering ... 4

Sunflower 38

Sweet Corn 13

Sweet, Medicinal, and Pot

Herbs 31

Sweet Peas. 47

Sweet Potatoes 26

Sweet Williams 48

Swiss Chard 9

Tobacco 31

Tomatoes .27, 29

Turnips ,.29

Vegetable Plants and Roots . 29

Velvet Bean 36

Verbenas 48

Vetches 35

Vinca 48

Watermelons 18

Wax-Podded Bush Beans. . 7

Wheat, Buck 34

Zinnias 48

SUGGESTIONS IN ORDERING.

A reading of the following will'prove an aid to you and to us:

Our Prices — Including bags, boxes, and free cartage to the depot.

The prices quoted in this Catalogue include free delivery on packets, ounces, ^ pounds, pounds
(except where otherwise stated). By “Freight or Express” means that transportation charges
are paid by the customer.

(J-i* EarJy Orders — Our rush season comes on the months of March and April. Orders sent at
once secure prompt shipment from our full stock.

How to Order — ^Write your name, postoffice, State, and express office plainly with black ink
on every order and every time you write us. Give plain express, mail, or freight directions. Where
none are given, we route same at buyer’s risk.

Market Gardeners and others who buy vegetable seeds in bulk to the amount of $10.00 or
more are requested to send their list of seeds wanted to us and let us make special quotations.

Plant Orders — Orders for plants will be fill^ as early in the spring as we consider it safe to
send them. If ordered for immediate shipment in severe weather, they will be sent at purchaser’s
risk.

Use Order Sheets — The use of the order sheets enclosed in this Catalogue is a great help to u s
in facilitating filing and shipment of orders. More will be sent on receipt of postal asking for same .

About Warranting Seeds — ^We buy and sell the best seeds that grow, but it is impracticable
to guarantee seeds, as the best seeds will fail under improper treatment. Some may be grown in
too dry grouna or too wet, too deep or too shallow. Some hardy seeds will stand cold weather and
will grow where the soil is too cold for others and would cause them to decay. Insects may attack
and destroy them. For these reasons we do not give warranty in any respect.

PARCEL POST RATES.

Packages up to 8 ounces in weight are carried
at the rate of ^ cent an ounce, regardless of
distance. Packages over 8 ounces are charged
for by the pound. The rate per pound varies
according to the distance, which is measured by
the Government zone system, each zone covering
a certain number of miles from point of shipment.
Distances and rates are shown in the table here-
with. Packages are carried by parcel post and
are handled just like any other mail matter.
They are delivered to your box by your rural
mail-carrier if you live on a rural route or de-
livered to your door if you live in a city where
there is a carrier service, or delivered to your
local postoffice if you live where there is no
carrier service.

PARCELS WEIGHING MORE THAN 20
POUNDS ARE MAILABLE ONLY IN FIRST
AND SECOND ZONES.

First Zone, Local Rate — This rate applies
on parcels mailed at postoffices for delivery on
rural or city carriers’ routes from such offices.
It also applies on parcels mailed on one part of
such route to be deliverd on other routes from
same office. It also applies on parcels mailed
on one part of such route to be delivered on
other routes from same office.

Second Zone — ^Any other pustoffice up to
150 miles.

Third Zone~150 to 300 miles.

Seeds by Parcel Post — ^Your postmaster will
teU you the parcel post zone in which your post-
office is locnted. In most instances, parcel post
shipments are more desirable, even if the cost is
slightly higher, than express shipments, because
the package is usually delivered to your box,
whereas it is sometimes necessary to drive sev-
eral miles to^the town to get the express package.

First Zone.

Zones.

Wt.,

Zone

3d |4th

5th

6th

7th

8th

Lbs.

Local

Rate.

150

300 600

1000

1400

1800

Rate

^ Rate.

SOM.

M. M.

Over

1800

$0.05

.05

.06

.07

.08

.09

.11

.12

.06

.08

.11

.14

.17

.21

.24

.06

.07

.10

.15

.20

.25

.31

.36

.07

.08

.12

.19

.26

.41

.48

.07

.09

.14

.23

.32

.41

.51

.60

.08

.10

.16

.27

.38

.49

.61

.72

.08

.11

.18

.31

.44

.57

.71

.84

.09

.12

.20

.35

.50

.65

.81

.96

.09

.13

.22

.39

.36

.73

.91

1.08

.10

.14

.24

.43

.62

.81

.01

1.20

.10

.15

.26

.47

.68

.89

.11

1.32

.11

.16

.28

.51

.74

.971

.21

1.44

.11

.17

.30

.55

.801

.053

.31

1.56

.12

.18

.32

.59

.86

.131

.41

1.68

.12

.19

.34

.63

.921

.211

.51

1.80

.13

.20

.36

.67

.981

.291

.61

1 92

.13

.21

.38

.711

.041

.371

.71

2.06

.14

.22

.40

.751

.101

.451

.81

2.14

.14

.23

.42

.791

.161

.531'

'.91

2.28

.15

.24

,24

.44

.831

.2211

.612 .01

2.40

.15

.25

.16

.26

.16

.27

.17

.28

.17

.29

Parcel post also

the

.18

.30

following points, considered

.18

.31

of the 8th zone:

.19

.32

.19

.33

.20

.34

'.34

Alaska,

.20

.35

Cuba,

.21

.36

Canada,

.21

.37

Guam.

.22

.38

Canal Zone,

.22

.39

Hawaiian Islands,

.23

.40

Mexico.

.23

.41

Philippine Islands,

.24

.42

Republic of Panama,

.24

.43

Samoa:

.25

.44

Pago-Pago,

.25

.45

Tutuila Island ,

.26

.46

Tau.

.26

.47

Manua Island,

.27

.48

S. Postal Agency,

.27

.49

Shanghai, China.

.28

,60

.50

.28

.61

.59

.62

.52

.29

.53

.30

.64

WE DO A VOLUME BUSINESS AND SELL AT LOW PRICES

Garden

GARDEN

Seeds.

ASPARAGUS.

Asparagus is one of the first vegetables
in spring, as well as one of the best
grown in the garden. It is perfectly hardy,
grows year after year from the same roots, and
never fails to produce a crop. Asparagus does
well on any well-drained soil, but the best results
are obtained from rich, deep, loamy soil.

ASPARAGUS ROOTS.

Our strong two-year-old roots will give the
best results in the shortest time possible.

Columbian Mammoth White — ^Two-year-
old roots. Per dozen, 30c, ostpaid; by express,
$1.00 per 100.

BEANS.

WHEN all danger of the spring frost is over is the time to plant beans, as they thrive little, if
any, when the soil, the days and nights are cold. Given moisture, this crop can be plant-
ed in the South in succession until the middle of August. A good, sandy loam is the best
soil for beans, but they will grow well in any soil of average richness.

The bush varieties should be planted 1 inches deep in drills 18 inches or 2 feet apart, 2 inches
apart in the drill. The pole varieties should be planted two or three beans in a hill, 2 feet apart
each way. When the plants are well up, thin gradually to 6 or 8 inches from each other, leaving
the strongest plants as much as possible. Give them clean cultivation, mellowing the soil about
them, but not going too deep, hilling broad and flat about the time they are to bear. Do not hoe
them when wet from dew or rain, as this induces rust of leaves or pods.

A quart will plant 100 feet of drill; 2 bushels to the acre in drills.

Beans are a very short crop. Order early.

WE HANDLE ONLY TOP-GRADE SEEDS

GARDEN BEANS— Continued.

Tennessee Greenpod — This dwarf, early,
intermediate snap bean is very popular in some
sections of the South, and wherever known in
other parts of the country is spoken of in terms
of highest praise. The vines are large, some-
what spreading, and prolific. The foliage is

dark green, with leaves large and crumpled.
The pods are very long — ve^ often 6 to 7 inches
— flat, irregular in shape, bright, but rather dark
^een, and of excellent quality; seed of medium
size, oval, flat, yellowish brown in color. Pkt.,
10c; lb., 40c, postpaid.

Long yellow six weeks

—A remarkable early and exceed-
ingly pjolific variety of beans.

The plants are of robust, comp act
habit, bearing a profusion of round,
straight, fleshy pods, averaging
2^ inches long. The pods are re-
markably tender and brittle, with-
out a trace of tough interlining.

They are stringless in all stages
growth, except when quite old. In
cooking they retain their delicious
green color, making them very at-
&active when served. The flavor
is fidelicious, pleasing to the most
critical. Although of recent intro-
duction, this variety has attracted
considerable attention, and we do
not hesitate to proclaim it an ideal
snap bean. P%., 10c; lb., 40c,
postpaid; by express or freight,

35fe per lb.

Giant String less Green Pod
Bean — This is a great improvement
on the old-time popular favorite
Valentine Bean. The ppds are
fully one-third longer, averaging 5
and 6 inches in length; absolutely
strinj^ess, very crisp, round, full
and fleshy. It is enormously produc-
tive, its handsome pods being ready
for market a few days earlier than
the old Valentine. We confidently recommend it, either for the home garden or as a profitable
variety to grow for market. Pkg., 10c; lb., 40c, postpaid; by freight or explress, 350 p er lb.

Round Pod Red Valentine — The full meaty pods are of rich color, unsurpassed in tender-
ness. The plants are healthy, vigorous, and unusually hardy, withstanding slight frosts, which
invariably kill other varieties. It permits, therefore, an early planting. It develops quickly, pro-
ducing handsome, long, fleshy po(fe of extra fine quality. We recommend this variety highly to
market gardeners, although it is as desirable for the home garden. A thorough trial will convince
our customers of the excellence of this new sort. Pkg., 10c; lb., 40c, postpaid; by freight or express,
lb., 36c; 10 lbs., $3.00.

Red Valentine.

Dear Sirs, — I bought $1.00 worth of melon
seed from you this spring — three varieties: Tom
Watson, Kleckley’s Sweet, and Halbert’s Honey.
Prom this amount of seed I realized $233 for
melons sold, and did not use a pound of fertil-
izer. Every variety was true to name, and I
am well pleased with results.

This was my first experience with your house,
but you may count on my future business.

Yours respectfully, J. I. C.,

Sept. 16, 1916. Ft. Smith, Ark.

You Run No Risk in Sending Cash with
Order — Our reputation as honest and experi-
enced seedsmen is well known, while our financial
responsibility can be learned from any bank,
trust company, or merchant who subscribes to
either of the Commercial Agency reports.

SiLOAM Springs, Ark., Sept. 21, 1916.

Dear Sirs, — Received seeds to-day. Thanks
for prompt shipment and good seeds.

As a favor, will you kindly send itemized bill
for seeds and oblige?

Yours very truly, A. L. S.

If you want one peck or more Beans, write for prices.

WE DO A VOLUME BUSINESS AND SELL AT LOW PRICES

GARDEN BEANS— Continued.

White Navy Beans — ^Planted in June or July, these usually make a profitable crop to grow
as shelled white beans for the market. Plant in rows 3 feet apart, dropping two or three beans to-
gether 1 foot apart in the rows. Cultivate early, as they grow rapidly, but do not work them while
the dew is on the loliage, and care should be used not to cultivate them aeeply after 2 or 3 inches
high. Do not cultivate after they begin to blossom. Carefully grown, these will p^ove a very
profitable ana successful crop. It requires about a peck to the acre. Pkg., 10c; lb., 35c, postpaid;
by freight or express, lb., 35c; 10 lbs., $2.50.

WAX-PODDED BUSH BEANS.

Warden’s Kidney— Very prolific early sort, with long, flat, brittle pods of golden yellow color’
Pkg., 10c; lb., 40c, postpaid.

Improved Golden (Rustproof) — Very valu-
able rustproof strain of the Golden Wax, which
stands drouth remarkably well; pods rather flat,
nearly stright, fleshy, and of highest quality.
Pkg., 10c; lb., 40c, postpaid.

Currie’s Rustproof Wax — Is the earliest

to mature of either the green or wax beans. It
is ready for the market in twenty-five days from
date of planting. Its beautiful, pure golden,
long, flat pods of extra fine quality are borne in
abundance and attract the admiration of both
the planter and the consumer. Being the first
in the market, it always commands most profita-
ble prices. Entirely free from rust and blight.
Pkg., 10c; lb., 40c, postpaid; by freight or ex-
press, 35c per pound.

POLE OR RUNNING BEANS.

Kentucky Wonder Wax — This remarkably
vigorous-growing, wax-podded pole bean is very
similar to the green-podded Kentucky Wonder,
but the very long pods are a little broader, very
fleshy, and quite stringless as snaps. The pods
are attractive light yellow and when mature are
often 8 to 9 inches in length. Seed medium size,
oval flattened, very irregular, dark brown. Its
earliness and hardiness commend it as a pole
bean, well adapted for northern latitudes.
Pkt., 10c; lb., 40c,''postpaid; by freight or ex-
press, 35c per lb.

Lazy Wife — Prolific sort, with handsome,
entirely stringless pods. They measure from
43^2 to 6 inches in length, are thick and fleshy,
and retain their rich, tender, and luscious quality
until nearly ripe. The white, dry seeds make
excellent winter shelled beans, and extend the
season considerably. Pkg., 10c; lb., 40c, post-
paid; by freight or express, 35c per lb.

Cut Short or Cornfield — Green beans; re-
semble those of the Bush Valentine; dry beans,
red speckled. Pkg., 10c; lb., ^ 40c, postpaid; by
freight or express, 35c per lb.

Dutch Caseknife — One of the earliest of the
pole varieties; white seeds used for snaps;
goodjgreen or dry; a good winter sort, produc-
tive,*^ and a good bean for planting among com.
Pkg.,’ 10c; lb^.,^40c, postpaid.

Crowder, Okla., February 2, 1917.

Dear Sirs, — ^After trying some of your seeds,
and was well pleased with them, I ordered 60
pounds of red clover seed in November through
Fred Brown’s store and sowed them and they
came up nicely; but I am afraid that the wind

and cold weather will freeze them out. I have
had no experience with red clover, but yohr
seed did fine. So please send me your gardeh
book. I am going to gardeh some this spring,
and am ready 1 o order now.

Yours truly John F. Stewart.

If you want one peck or more Beans, write for prices,

WE HANDLE ONLY TOP-GRADE SEEDS

GARDEN BEANS— Cntinued.

speckled beans, which cook quickly and
are of superior flavor. A variety that
will please everyone. Pkg., 10c; lb., 40c,
postpaid; not prepaid, lb., 35c; 10 lbs.,
S3.00.

Carolina or Sieva (Small White Lima)
— Vigorous variety; very early and pro-
ductive. Pods are short, flat and curved ;
beans white, small, and kidney - shaped .
Pkg., 10c; lb., 40c, pustpaid; by freight
or express, 35c per lb.

Henderson’s Dwarf — Particularly
adapted for the South. Compact bush;
produces large crops until frost. Pkg.,
10c; lb., 40c, postpaid; by freight or ex-
press, 30c per lb.

Burpee’s Bush Lima — The stout,
erect bushes grow from 18 to 20 inches
high and 2 to 3 feet in diameter. They
are laden with large, luscious beans.
Pkg., 10c; lb., 40c, postpaid; by freight or
express, 35c per lb.

POLE LIMA BEANS.

King of the Garden (Large White
Lima) — An improved strain of the large
white, of more prolific character, and with
larger pods and beans. Large early crop
that bears until frost. Only two plants
should be allowed to one hill. Pkg., 10c;
lb., 40c, postpaid; by freight or express,
25c per lb.

Currie’s Rustproof Wax.

Kentucky Wonder Bean-

Brittle, stringless, meaty, deli-
cious flavor. The plants are
vigorous climbers;^ pods are
borne profusely in clusters;
they average from 7 to 9 inches
long; are of atrac'tive green
color; round and very brittle
when young. If the beans are
picked as they mature the vines
will keep on bearing until killed
by frost. Pkg., 10c; lb., 40c,
postpaid; by freight or express,

35c per lb.; 10 lbs., $2.80.

October or Horticultural — A popular
ana proauctive variety for use as snaps or
as shell beans. It is especially adapted
for mountainous districts or where the
season is short. Per lb., 35c, postpaid;
by freight or express, 30c per lb.

White Creaseback — Large, long pods,
growing in clusters of from 6 to 12 of a
silvery green, of the best quality of snaps.
A good com-hiU bean. Pkg., 10c; lb.,
40c, postpaid.

DWARF LIMA BEANS.

Jackson Wonder Bush Lima — This is
the most productive and earliest of the
Bush Limas. It is of true bush form,
about 2 feet high, bearing greatest pro-
fusion of broad, flat pods, each having
from 3 to 5 medium-sized flat, handsomely

Henderson’s Bush Lima.

If you want one peck or more Beans, write for prices.

WE DO A VOLUME BUSINESS JAND SELL AT LOW PRICES

BEETS.

Beets grow in moderately light, sandy soil. For very early crops, sow Crosby’s or Eclipse in hot-
beds and transplant the seedlings as soon as the weather is warm enough into open ground;
for regular crop, plant outside as soon as the ground is in good condition; plant in drills 12 to
15 inches apart and cover over about 1 inch deep. When the seedlings are 4 to 5 inches high, thin
them out to stand 4 to 5 inches apartin the row. For winter crops, sow the improved Long Dark
Blood in June. An ounce of seed will sow 50 feet of drill; 5 to 6 pounds to the acre.

Crimson Globe — Extreme-
ly handsome; early normal crop
variety of medium size. The
roots are almost globe - shaped
and free from rootlets, leaving
the sl^ entirely smooth. The
flesh is of the finest quality — a
rich blood red, slightly zoned,
and always sweet and tender.

Unequaled for table use and
market. Pkg., 5c; oz., 10c; 34
lb., 10c; lb., $1.10, postpaid; by
freight or express, SI. 00 per lb.

Detroit Dark Red — Very
popular sort; used extensively
by market gardeners as well as
private planters. It matures
early, and the roots are of splen-
did shape and good color. The
tops are small and upright-
growing, which makes possible
close planting. The roots are
globular and smooth, the skin is
dark blood red, the flesh red*
with lighter zones. The beets are very tender,
firm, and crisp and remain so for a long time.
Pkg., 5c; oz., 10c; 34 lb., 30c; lb., $1.10,'post-
paid; by freight or express, $1.00 per lb.

Eclipse — Globe-shaped, deep red roots,”with
sweet, fine-grained flesh; fit for use a long time.
Pkg., 5c; oz., 10c; lb-, 30c; lb., $1.10, post-
paid; by freight or express, $1.00 per lb.

Improved Long Dark Blood — ^Excellent for
winter use, as it is a good keeper; flesh firm,
juicy, and tender. Pkg., 5c; oz., 10c; 34 lb.,
30c; lb., $1.10, postpaid; by freight or express,
$1.00 per lb.

Crosby’s Egyptian — The market gardeners’
favorite. Fine, globe-shaped roots. Pkg., 5c;
oz.^ 10c; 34 lb., 30c; lb., $1.10, postpaid; by
freight or express, $1.10 per lb.

Early Blood Turnip — Corniug in at the same
time as the small, flat Egyptian, it is much larger
and almost globe-shaped — a much better beet tor
every purpose. It is fine-grained, very tender,
and ot good, sweet flavor. The color ot the fles.
is a rich r^, tinged with dark crimson. The
roots remain in fine condition a long time after
maturing. We highly recommend this as the
best extra quality table beet. Pkg., 5c; oz., 10c;
34 lb.,3 Oc; lb., $1.10, postpaid; by freight or ex-
press, $1.00 per lb.

Swiss Chard, or Spanish Beet — This deli-
cious and useful vegetable should be in every
garden and on every market staU. It is really
two distinct vegetables. First, the leafy part
of the foliage is cooked and served the same as
spinach, while the stalks are cooked and served
with drawn butter, like tender asparagus. It
grows about 2^ feet high. The stalks are thick

and broad, fil^e rhubarb; the leaves are much
larger than the regular Swiss chard; they are
very heavily crumpled, like Savoy spinach .
Crisp and tender, pleasing flavor. Pkg., 5c;
oz., 10c; 34 lb., 30c; lb., $1.00, postpaid; by
freight or express, 90c per lb.

Mangel Wurzel and Sugar Beets — (Listed
under “Farm Seeds.”)

Gentlemen, — In your new Seed Catalogue I
notice your recommendation of Essex rape for
early ;^asturage. I have a' farm in Benton
County that 1 am just having stocked and
started, and I am inquiring about seed for that
place. I am inclined to try the rape pasturage
for my hogs. Please send me prices per pound
in quantity sufi&cient for two or three acres to
try out, also sugar beets, sand vetch, soy beans,
and the speckled velvet bean.

I am asking you to send one of your new Cat-
alogues to the man on my farm — M. L. Maledon,
Bentonville, Ark., Route 2.

Now I know I am asking you a lot of your
time; but after dealing with last year, I have
turned down all other seed houses. Your seeds
grew fine and produced strong plants.

Some of the Mexican June corn I raised went
to Illinois for seed. While that is a banner
corn State, my relatives from there this fall
pronounced your Mexican corn superior to their
crop in every way this especial year.

Thanking you for all favors, I am.

Very truly, Mrs. Dora S. Woodruff,
Nashville, Ark.

WE HANDLE ONLY TOP-GRADE SEED

BRUSSELS SPROUTS.

Brussels sprouts are a very delicate vegetable,
and deserve a more general cultivation than
they receive. The plant belongslto the cabbage
family and should be grown and cultivated like
cabbage. The sprouts, which grow around the
strong, upright stem of the plant, look like mini-
ature cabbages. Very hardy; improved by frost.
An ounce wUl produce 2,000 plants.

Dwarf Mm proved — ^Bearing a small crop of
small, solid, and tender heads. Pkg., 5c; oz.,
15c, postpaid.

CELERY.

Seed should be sown in February in hot-beds
or in flat boxes filled with clean, mellow loam,
with about iiich of fine soil or sand, pressing
it down firmly. Keep the soil moist constantly.
When plants are fairly out of the seed leaf, trans-
plant into another box or bed, or thin out to 2
or 3 inches apart. Plant into the open ground
by the last of May or the beginning of June.
One ounce will sow 300 feet of drill.

White Plume — The earliest and most easily
blanched sort. While the inner stalks and heart
are of pure white color without being blanched,
yet the outer stalks should be tied up and the
soil (Kawm around them, so as to produce at-
tractive bunches. Fine for family use and the
local markets. Pkg., 10c.

Golden Self-Blanching — The plants are of
compact, semi-dwarf habit and form numerous
staU^. They are heavy ribbed, of golden yel-
low color, very crisp and tender. Pkg., 10c;
oz., 25c.

Celeriac, or Turnip-Rooted Celery — Pkg.,
15c.

Market gardeners give our seed the pre-
ference. In buying get the best, even at
higher prices. You get results.

CARROTS.

CARROTS grow best in rich, deep, sandy loam, well pulverizea and deeply cultivated. Sow in
March or April, in drills 15 to 18 inches apart and about 3^ inch deep, thinning out the seed-
lings to 4 inches in the row. One ounce will sow 100 feet of row; 3 or 4 pounds to the acre.

About Carrot Seed— -Since evenness in shape,
size, and uniformity of color are necessary to
make ^carrots attractive tor bimchimg, garden-
ers should see that the carrot seed they buy
is of such quality that the carrots produced wdll
come up to the above requirements. Our stocks
are selected with extraordinary care as to true-
ness of type, and will please the most critical
trade.

Danvers Half Long — ^An excellent market
variety of medium size. The roots are of a rich
orange red color, smooth, and very handsome.
Produces a very large crop. Pkg., 5c; oz., 20c;
\i lb., 40c.

Long Orange — ^The best late variety for gen-
eral field culture. It keeps very well, and is
therefore excellently adapted for winter use.
Pkg., 5c; oz., 20c; ^ lb., 40c.

Oxheart, or Guerande— Of fine table quali-
ties. It is the most desirable sort for growing
in soils too hard and stiff for the longer varieties,
as it does not grow over 6 inches long, and is
easily pulled by hand. Pkg., 5c; oz., 20c; K

u* * * right and

came up fine; the garden seed also.” — J. O.
Edmund, Mountainburg, Ark.

“The onion seed I got of you this spring are
planted and are all up fine. We think seed
from your house is all O. K., and want a few
more.” — Mrs. Jennie M. Grice, Vici, Okla.

I received the seed I ordered in due time,
and am sending a small order again. I bought
my seed from you last year and they were good —
had the best garden I ever did have. I sure
won’t ever buy any more seed out of those boxes
at the stores put up in packages. I get more
seed and better ones from your house.

Respectfully, Mrs. J. T. Brawley.

Springdale, Ark.

Dear Sirs, — ^Enclosed find check, for which
send me the following seeds. And I wish to
thank you for the nice way in which you have
treated me in the past.

bu. dwarf Mexican June com $1.50

34 lb. Red Top White Globe turnip seed . . .35

$1.85

Ship by express to W. T. Girdnbr,

Bunch, Okla.

WE DO A VOLUME BUSINESS AND SELL AT LOW EKWES

CABBAGE.

A HARDY PLANT, easy to grow,
and will do well in any soil that is
rich, well drained, and capable
of holding a rensonable amount of
moisture. For the early crop, plant
the seeds five or six weeks before the
plants are needed for planting in hot-
beds or even in a shallow box in the
house. Plant the seed in rows % inch
apart; put 3 or 5 seeds to the inch,
cover 34 inch deep, and press soil down
firmly. As soon as the frost is out of
the ground in the spring and the weath-
er is settled, the young plants should
be hardened by exposing them to an
outdoor position, later transplant in
the fields in rows 30 inches apart, with
the plants 24 inches in the lows. Later
crops are obtained by planting the
later or medium varieties late in the
season. The seed for the later crop is
started in the seed-bed out of doors.
Sometimes the seeds are started in the
hills whre the crop is to stand, planting
2 or 3 seeds to the hill and pulling out
all but the stronger ones after they
are two or three weeks old.

Our cabbage seed is of the best Long
Island grown stocks, and is giving ex-
cellent results. A little higher than
the imported, but worth it.

Extra Early Varieties.

True Early Jersey Wakefield — Small, cone-
shaped head; matures in from 90 to 100 days
alter planting. Pkg., 10c; oz., 70c; 34 lb-»

$2.50, postpaid.

The Charleston, or Large Wakefield — The

b est large early cabbage. This cabbage has
cr eated a sensation with the cabbage-growers
all over the country on account of the decided
advantage it has over all other sorts. It can be
the first variety sent to market, and on account
of its handsome appearance will invariably
bring the tip-top prices. If, however, the early
market prices are low, it can be safely left
standing in the field to mature into an ex-
tra large, compact, sohd, magnificent cabbage,
which has never failed to attract the admira-
tion of the most skilled gardeners, and always
' brings better prices than any other sort har-
vested at the same time. Our stock is thor-
oughly reliable- Pkg., 10c; oz., 20c; 34 lb., $2.50.

Second Early Sorts.

All head Early — An early flat variety, with
remarkably solid heads, which have few out-
side leaves. It is practically aU head. While

HAMMOND’S SLUG SHOT
Kills Insects. Saves Foliage.

SLUG SHOT kills cabbage worms, also
( cucumber, melon, squash, and potato bugs.

I Contains nothing in the least injurious.

' 5-lb. package, not prepaid, 50c.

The Charleston, or Large Wakefield.

it is really a typical summer cabbage, it is fully
as good for winter use, being a good keeper.
The heads are of uniform size, uniform in color
and size, and of excellent flavor. Pkg., 10c;
oz., 70c; M lb., $2.50, postpaid.

Early Flat Dutch — A selected strain; form-
ing large, flat heads, weighing at times 10 to 12
pounds. It is a sure header and well adapted
for forcing. We consider it the best cabbage
for planting in the South. Pkg., lOc; oz., 70c;
34 lb., $2.50, postpaid.

All Seasons — One of the best of its class.
Ready for the market only a few da3rs later
than the Early Summer and is much larger.
The heads are firm, solid, and of good flavor.
Pkg., 10c; oz., 70c; J4 lb., $2.50, postpaid.

Brill’s Nonesuch Cabbage is a cross of
Early Flat Dutch and Excelsior Late Flat
Dutch. In some respects similar to Hender-
son’s Succession. It is rather more full at the
top and foliage not quite so abimdant and
more compact. It is not liable to run to seed
when fall planted, and hence is very popular
in the South. Wlaile it is one of the second
early varieties, it is suitable also for early fall
and winter use. Pkt., 10c; oz., 80c; M lb.,
$3.00.

Dear Sras, — I want to thank you for the
choice seeds you sent me last week, also for the
sample packages.

WE HANDLE ONLY TOP-GRADE SEEDS

CABBAGE — Continued.

Hollander, or Danish Bailhead.

Early Dwarf Flat Dutch.

American Perfection Drumhead Savoy —

Too little attentioii is paid to the Savoy Cab-
bage in this locality, as for home gardens it is
imquestionably the most desirable of aU cab-
bages. It is used almost entirely for late plant-
ing and attains its greatest perfection in flavor
after frost, when it becomes as tender and even
more delicious than cauliflower. The heads are
of medium size, borne on short stems and not
as large as the ordinaiy late cabbage, hence it
will stand closer planting. Our stock of this is
American grown and wUl produce uniformly
large heads for this variety. We strongly rec-
ommend it to be more extensively grown, both
for home use and market. Pkt., 10c; oz., 70c;
U lb., $2.00.

Hollander, or Danish Bailhead — Of vigor-
ous, compact growth, with stem rather longer.
Pkt., 10c; oz., 80c; ^ lb., $3.00.

Surehead — Strain of flat Dutch; remarkable
for its heading qualities; keeps well and is
good for shipping. The heads are of uniform
size, firm, solid, and of good color. Pkt., 10c;
oz., 70c; 34 lb., $2.50, postpaid.

Premium Late Flat Dutch — Of good flavor
and veryt ender; among the earliest of the

Keep a Copy of Your Order — Check goods
received with this copy. Sometimes items are
sold out or will follow later, in which case a slip
is inclosed with the goods sent, or notice mailed.
Notice will be mailed advising date of shipment
on all goods which go forward by freight or
express.

winter cabbages. Pkg., 10c; oz., 70c; 34 lb->
$2.50, postpaid.

Premium Late Drumhead — Standard late
variety, with uniform heads of excellent flavor.
Splendid market sort and a good keeper. Pkg.,
10c; oz., 70c; 34 lb., $2.50, postpaid.

PE-TSAI, CHINESE OR “CELERY”
CABBAGE.

The Chinese or “celery” cabbage has at-
tained great popularity in the last two years.
Pe-Tsai proauces beautiful, crisp, celery-like
heaas that blanch easily and resemble a giant
Cos lettuce. As a salad, it rivals the finest
lettuce, while cooked like cabbage or spinach
it makes delightful “greens.” Early sowing
is not recommended, as during hot weather it
has a tendency to run to seed without heading.
Sow seed in any good, soil the first of August,
making rows 24 to 36 inches apart and thinning
to 15 inches apart in the row. Pe-Tsai will not
standffrost, so that heads intended for winter
use should be stored in a cool frost-proof cellar.
Pkt., 10c; oz., 50c; M lb., $1.75.

“ * * * The twenty bushels ot Winter

Turf Oats I got from you in September are
doing nicely, even in the cold weather, and are
the genuine Turf Oats. I think they are turfing
nicely.” — Chas. Thompson, Pottsville, Ark.

We will be glad to supply samples and
special quotations of any seed wanted in
quantity.

WE DO A VOLUME BUSINESS AND SELL AT LOW PRICE

SWEET CORN.

* A* W# JlVAtWJl

Golden Bantam.

DO not plant sweet corn until the ground
becomes warm. A prolonged cold, rainy
spell will cause it to rot in the ground.
Cultivation is the same as for field com, with
the exception that it may be planted a Uttle
closer. Plant at frequent intervals, so as to
always have a supply at this stage of growth .
One quart will make 200 plants, 8 quarts will
plant one acre.

Golden Bantam — A new early sweet corn,
considered by many people the richest and
sweetest of all corns. Some of our customers
who prefer this sort to all other kinds are plant-
ing it at regular intervals all during the season,
so they may have a continued supply for their
table. In season it is medium early — about a
week later than Corey — and is the best jdelder
of the earty varieties. The stalks are of medium
size, with heavy foliage, of value for forage. It
may be planted thickly and as late as July 20th
in the iMiddle States, The ears are borne two
to a stalk, and about 6 inches in length and are
eight-rowed. The kernels are of golden j-el-
low color, which at first gives the impression of
field corn. However, as soon as tast^ there is
immediatly a caU for more. Our seed has been
especially selected for table use. Pkg., 10c; lb.,
35c, postpaid.

Early Minnesota — -The- earliest sort on our
list. Of dw^arf habit, but very productive;
small ears, with eight rows of very sweet and
tender kernels. P%., 10c; lb., 30c, postpaid.

Country Gentleman — The most delicious
of the late sorts. For family use it is unequaled.
The medium-size ears are covered with irregu-
larly arranged deep sweet kernels. Ver^^ pro-
hfic, and well liked in some locahties, where it
is sold on the market as the “Shoe Peg.” Pkg.,
10c; lb., 35c, postpaid; by freight or express,
lb., 30c; 10 lbs., S2.40.

StowelTs Evergreen — The ears are large;
have fifteen or more rows of deep, luscious
kernels, and remain tender and fit for use longer
than any other sort. Pkg., 10c; lb., 35c, post-
paid; by freight or express, lb., 30c; 10 lbs., S2.50.

Adams’ Eirtra Early — A great favorite with
those who wish the fet corn of the season.
Produces short ears, filled with tender, white
kernels of fine flavor. Pkg., 10c; lb., 30c, post-
paid; by freight or express, gal., S1.25; pk.,
$2.00.

Adams’ Early — Has larger ears than the
preceding; very popular in the South. Pkg.,
10c; lb., 30c, postpaid; by freight or expres^
gal , 30c; pk , .$2.00.

White Mexican — This is a new variety of
recent introduction; early; the sweetest of all
sweet corns, it is a grand acquisition for the
market gardener as well as for family use. Fkg^
10c; lb., 35c, postpaid.

CAULIFLOWER,

It requires a cool, moist season for its ^best
growth, a constant supply of soil-moisture, ana
rich, loamy land, well fertilized. Cultivation

is the same as for cabbage. One ounce will pro-
duce from 800 to 1,000 plants.

Early Snowball — ^Under favorable condi-
tions, every plant produces a magnificent white
head of fine quality. Pkg., 10c.

COL LARD.

A kind of cabbage, growing 2 to 3 feet high,
which does not make a hard head. The cen-
tral leaves often form a loose rosette, which is
used for greens, like spinach or mustard. Col-
lard seed is started imder glass in the open.

Our Motto: Not how cheap, but how'good.

WE HANDLE ONLY TOP-GRADE SEEDS

Plants should be handled and cultivated like
. cabbage, witli the exception that the sedd can
be planted somewhat closer.

Improved Georgia — Plants may be planted
at almost any time of the year, and is much
hardier than cabbage. The plants may staild
as close to each other in ti e field as 8 inches.
Pkg., 5c; oz., 15c; 3^ lb., 30c, postpaid.

EGG PLANT.

Seed should be started in Fel)ruary, in boxes
in the house. Always keep the ground warm
and moist, and protect the young plants. Trans-
plant into a rich, loamy soil when all danger of
frost is past. One ounce will produce about
1,000 plants.

New York improved Purple — One of the

best and largest varieties in cultivation. Our
strain of this variety is especially fine. The
plant is robust, low-growing, branching freely,
and bears long, oblong-shaped fruits. There
are many varieties of egg plant offered, but we
think this kind better than any other. Pkg.,
10c; oz., 50c, postpaid.

Black Beauty — Ten days or two weeks ear-
lier than the preceding, with fruits ust as large,
olg a (uniform and rich, lustrous black color.
Fruit develops very quickly, and planters will
be pleased with it. Pkg., 10c; oz., 50c, postpaid.

CORN SALAD.

(Fetticus, or Lamb’s Lettuce.)

A small, quick-growing salad plant for late
fall, winter, and spring use. The leaves are used
as a substitute for lettuce and spinach. During
August and September sow the seed in shallow
drills about 1 foot apart, covering with about
34 inch of fine soil, firmly pressed down. On
the approach of severe cold weather, cover with
straw or coarse litter. The plants will also do
well if the seed is sown very early in the spring,
and, like most salad plants, are greatly improved
if sown on very rich, soil; indeed, the ground can
scarcely be made too rich for them. The seed
we offer is extra cleaned — quite different from
much that appears on the market. Pkg., 5c;
oz., 10c; 2 oz., 15c; 34 lb > 20c; lb., 60c.
CRESS.

Sow curled or pepper grass thickly in shallow
drills every two weeks. It should be cut often,
and will continue to grow It is useful for salad
and for garnishing One ounce of seed will sow
200 feet of drill of the pepper prass; 1 ounce of
seed of the water cress will sow 15 square feet.

Extra Curled or Pepper Grass — Quick
growing and crisp, pungent flavor. Does well
in dry soil. Pkg., 5c; oz., 20c.

ENDIVE.

Endive is an excellent autumn and winter
salad. Sow seed late in the spring or even as
late as July in shallow drill 15 inches apart, and
when plants are strong thin out to about 1 foot
apart. To blanch, gather up the outer leaves
over the center of the plant and tie them to-
gether at the tips. One ounce will sow 100
feet of drill.

New York Improved Purple.

Improved Green Curled — Finely fringed
leaves of bright green color; tender and crisp
when properly blanched. Pkg., 5c; oz., 15c;
34 lb., 40c, postpaid.

White Curled — The thick center leaves are
naturally a pale yellow color, while the finely
cut and cmled outside leaves are pure white.
It does not need blanching; is of large size, and
is always tender and crisp. Pkg., 5c; oz., 15c;
34 lb., 40c, postpaid.

GARLIC.

Used for flavoring soups, sausage, etc. It
is propagated by division of the roots into
small parts. The bulbs are gathered in August
in the same manner as onions. 34 lb., 15c; lb.,
25c, pustpaid.

HORSERADISH.

Grown for its roots, which hav§. a pungent,
mustard-like flavor. Small pieces of roots, 4
to 5 inches long, are planted for propagation.
Plant in rich ground — the richer the better.
20c per doz., $1.00 per hundred.

KALE, OR BORECOLE.

Louse, curly-leaved type of the cabbage fam-
ily; particularly noted for its hardiness. It
makes excellent tender greens for winter use.
In the South the most hardy variety remains in
the open ground all winter. Cultivated the
same as cabbage. One ounce of seed is suffi-
cient for 200 feet of drilL

WE DO A VOLUME BUSINESS AND SELL AT LOW PRICES

Early Curled Siberian — One of the most
popular varieties for home use and home market.
The p)lant is dwart, spreading, and yery hardy,
standing the winter without protection. The
leaves are green, slightly tinted with purple, and
of superior quality. Oz,, 15c; 34 lb., 35c; lb.,
S1.25, postpaid; by express, SI. 10 per lb.

KOHL RABI.

Grown for its thick, bulb-shaped stalks, which,
while young, are prepared in the same manner
as turnips, and which furnish a most desirable
vegetable. One ounce of seed will drill 200
feet.

Early White Vienna — Equally good for
forcing or cultivation in the open ground; has
verj' short tops; flesh is whit^, tender, and of
excellent table qualities. Pkg., 5c; oz., 15c,
postpaid.

Eariy Purple Vienna — Similar to the pre-
ceding sort, except in color, which is a bluish
purple. Pkg., 5c*, oz., 15c, postpaid.

LEEK.

A ver\* delicately flavored member of the
onion family. The leafy portion of the plant is
used for flavoring soups or boiling with meats,
while the white, fleshy stems are boiled and
either served with cream dressing or as a salad
with \dnegar and salad oil. Leefe prefer a rich,
light soil. Cultivate the same as onions. FiU-
ing up will blanch the stalks and improve their
qualitv. One ounce will sow about 100 feet of
driU.

London Flag — A strong-growing sort; hardy
and excellent for winter use. Pkg., 5c; oz., 15c,
postpaid.

CUCUMBERS.

PLANT as soon as the weather has become settled and warm in hills 4 feet each way. Cucumbers
succeed best in warm, moist, rich, loamy soil. Prepare the hiUs by mixing a shoveKul of well-
rotted manure with the soil; plant the seeds about 34 bich deep. 'U'hen all aanger of insect
attack is_ over, thin to about three or four of the strongest plants to the hill. Do not allow any
fruit to ripen on the vines, as this will cause them to stop bearing.

Early Fortune Cucumber.

This splendid new cucumber was discovered
on a Michigan seed farm in 1906, occurring as
a sport in a field of a later variety, and immedi-
ately attracted attention on account of the uni-
formity of its fruit, its rich, dark green color,
its earhness, and its distinctiveness from any
other sort known.

A rigia selection has been maae over a number
of years until now we find it growing with such
uniformity that each fruit in a large planting
will scarcely differ from its neighbor.

The plant is exceedingly productive and is
distinguished by its tygorous growth and by
having leaves which are a little larger than is
found in the ordinary varieties, and with a thick
leaf texture which renders it less susceptible to
plant diseases. In season it will compare very*

“Some time ago I ordered some red top and
timothy seed of you, also a seeder. I sowed it
on blank land. I have a good stand, and it
sure looks good to me. I wiU sow ten acres
more this fall. ♦ * * ” — John Gibbon, Box 52,
Bigelow, Ark.

favorably with any of the early varieties of
^^^lite Spine, while in ever}' other character it
surpasses them all.

The fruits, when matured to the slicing stage,
are uniformly 734 to 8 inehes in length, slightly
tapering toward each ena and in outline an al-
rnost perfect circle, showing none of the depres-
sions so characteristic of other t}-pes and which
mean bitterness. A cross-section will show a
very' thick flesh, which is firm and crisp, and
with an exceedingly small seed carity. In color
it is a ver}’ rich dark green (as dark as the dark-
est t^-pe of Da\ds Perfect or Klondike), and this
color does not fade to a light washy green, as
do so many other varieties when shipped a long
dritance. The Early Fortune is beyond ques-
tion the best market and shipping cucumber in
existence to-day.

“Please send me one of your Seed Cata-
logues, as I am contemplating ordering seed
from you on advice of a brother in Oklahoma.’^
— J. E Carter, Alvord, Texas, R, 4, Box 19.

WE HANDLE ONLY TOP-GRADE SEEDS

CUCUMBERS— Continued.

As a pickling variety, the Early Fortune is
one of the very best. It is not only most pro-
ductive, but the stock has been bred to such
unilormity ot type that even the small pickling
sizes show this uniformity. Oz., 20c; 34 Ib-j
40c; lb., $1.25, postpaid.

Early Cluster — Extra prolific sort; setting
its fruit in clusters of two or tlyee. The fruit
is a dark green, short, and particularly suitable
for pickles. Pkg., 5c; oz., 15c; lb-, 30c,
postpaid.

Chicago Pickle — Largely used by j)ickle
manufacturers. Prolific, short, with fruit of
medium size, dark green in color, and with
prominent spine. Pkg., 5c; oz., 15c; 34 lb.,
30c, postpaid.

Japanese Climbing — The strong vines,
throwing out numerous tendrils, can be trained
upon a trellis or poles, which will insure earlier
ripening and a straight, handsome form in the
large fruits. The cucumbers are from 12 to 16
inches in length . Skin smooth, dark green, turn-
ing to brown and netted when ripe. The flesh is
pure white, crisp, and of mild flavor. Pkg., 5e
oz., 20c; 34 lb., 50c, postpaid.

West Indian Gherkin — A very prolific
small-fruited variety, used exclusively for pick-
ling. It is not properly a cucumber, and is of

no value for slicing. The fruits are 2 to 3 inches
in length, thick and rounded, closely covered
with spines; vines rather slender, with small
foliage, but of strong growth. Pkg., 5c; oz.,
15c; ^ lb., 40c; lb., $1.50, postpaid.

Improved Long Green — -Most widely culti-
vated sort; unsurpassed for general use. The
cucumbers average 10 inches long when fully
developed, and are fine for slicing. The smaller
fruits make excellent pickles. Pkg., 5c; oz.,
15c; 34 lb., 40c, postpaid.

^ Everbearing — If the fruit is gathered, the
vine will continue bearing throughout the sea-
son. Excellent for producing large quantities
of small pickles. Pkg., 5c; oz., 15c; 34 lb., 40c,
postpaid.

Davis’ Perfect — This is the famous new cu-
cumber, which producers cucumbers outdoors
that are equal to hot-house cucumbers, and so
bring extra prices. Pkg., 5c; oz., 15c; 34 lb.,
40c, postpaid.

Improved Arlington White Spine — The

vines are very vigorous and productive; the
fruit is of an attractive deep glossy green color,
with light spines running from blossom end.
Most desirable for the market use. Pkg., 5c;
02., 15c; 34 lb., 40c, postpaid.

LETTUCE.

This is a salad plant of first rank. It is extensively forced in green-houses and in hot-beds in
the winter and early spring and in cold-frames and out of doors later . Out of doors it is planted
in succession from spring until faU. It grows better in clay-loamy soil made rich with barn-
yard manure. The plants should be started 12 inches apart each way. Frequently it is grown
between rows of other plants like cabbage, and is matured and removed long before the other plants
need the space. One ounce will plant 150 feet of drill.

pounds. They are of light green color outside
and white within — tender, crisp, and of fine
flavor. Pkg., 5c; oz., 20c; 34 lb., 35c, post-
paid.

Big Boston — Very distinct variety; grown
largely in the South as a winter lettuce. When
grown in cold-frames or houses it forms large,
solid heads, with broad, comparatively smooth
and thin leaves. They are of light green color
and quite tender when well grown. Outside it
is a less distinctive heading sort, the plants bear-
ing vigorously, growing to a good size and form-
ing loose heads. Pkg., 5c; oz., 20c; 34 lb., 35c,
postpaid.

Prize Head — Forms large, loose heads,
which will not stand shipment to distant mar-
kets. The outer leaves are bright and green,
shaded with brownish red. They are large and
thin, attractively curled, and very tender.
Pkg., 5c; oz., 20c; 34 lb., 25c, postpaid.

Early Curled Simpson.

Improved Hanson — One of the best for
growing during the hot summer months, as it
wiU stand heat and dry weather to perfection.
The large, sohd heads weigh sometimes 2 or 3

CoALGATE, Okla., March 18, 1918.
Your goods received in good shape. I am
sending check for same.

Respectfully, D. B. Hughes.

16 '

I WE DO A VOLUME BUSINESS AND SELL AT LOW PRICES

I LETTUCE — Continued.

I Paris White Cos — The Cos lettuce differs
ij entirely in shape from the other varieties, the
i head being elongated and of a conical form, 8
I to 9 inches in height and 5 to 6 inches in diam-

Ieter. The outer coloring of this variety is a
yellowish green. To be had in perfection, it
requires to be tied up, so that the center leaves
I may be blanched. Pkg., 5c; oz., 20c; ^ lb.,
35c, postpaid.

Denver Market — This is a fine, crisp,
crimp-head variety. It has a slight tinge
of red at the edge of the leaves. The ribs
are a waxy white, being tender and free
from bitterness. Pkg., 5c; oz., 20c; 34 lb.,

35c, postpaid.

Black - Seeded Si mpson — Makes large
bunches of curly, crisp leaves. Pkg., 5c; oz.,
20c; 34 lb., 35c, postpaid.

Grand Rapids — The well-known forcing
variety for the Middle West, where the butter-
heads or cabbage vni'ieties do not grow very
well under glass. It is a loose-branching va-
riety, forming no definite head; is extremely
curly, and its light preen color makes it very
attractive. Pkg., 5c; oz., 20c; 34 lb., 25c.
postpaid.

Early Curled Simpson — Forms close, com-
pact bunches of effectively curled leaves. Pkg.,
5c; oz., 20c; 34 lb., 35c, postpaid.

CANTALOUPES AND MUSKMELONS.

A WARM, sandy loam is best for raising melons. Plant early in the spring, when the soil has
become warm, in hills 6 feet apart each way, planting ten to fifteen seeds in each hill. After
F'.ey are well started, thin out to about three strong plants in each hill. An ounce will plant
60 hills; 2 or 3 pounds to the acre. We strive to supply melon. seed of the highest quality. We
have them grown where they reach the highest point of perfection by the most reliable growers, and
are in a position to offer strains far superior to the commonly sold commercial grades, hlany
testimonials from thoroughly pleased customers show that our efforts to supply the best only are
appreciated.

Netted Gem — Extra early; fruit light
green, thick and luscious. Pkg., 5c; oz., 10c;
34 lb., 20c; lb., 65c, postpaid.

Honey Dew Melon — The original seed of
this new melon was secured from a melon
shipped from Africa to New A^ork city. This
. seed was planted at Rocky Ford, Colo., and
I crossed with the genuine original Rocky Ford
. canteloupe by pollenization. The following
I season this hybrid seed was again crossed with
; the Improved Hybrid Cassaba. It is sweet as
honey and has the mingling of several flavors —
pineapple, banana, and vanilla predominating.

■ The average size of the melon is 6 inches in di-

■ ameter and from 7 to 8 inches in length; weighs
' 5 to 7 pounds. The skin is smooth with occa-
sional net, is creamy yellow when ripe. The

I flesh is an emerald green, very thick, melting, and
.very fine-grained— can be eaten to the extreme
rind. The seed cavity is very small, the rind
I impervious to water. The melon does not
, shrink in weight, is not easily bruised, and is a
I splendid shipper. It matm-es ten days later
■j than the Rocky Ford strains, and is very pro-
I lific. The melon slips from the vine when ripe
and will keep for several weeks ; the late matur-
ing ones may be kept until Christmas. Pkt.,
10c; oz., 20c; 34 lb., 50c; 34 lb-, 95c; 1 lb.,
$1 25.

I Thoroughbred Rocky Ford — ithin the
’ last two years our sales on this grade of seed

Rocky Ford.

have doubled, and many of our customers have
told us that our seed was fully as good, if not
better, than that offered by others at §1.25 to
SI. 50 per pound. This seed is grown for us at

Gentlemen, — ^Please find enclosed express M .
O. for S2.00, for which send me one sack of
our Perfection Chick Food (100 pounds). I
ave been using this chick feed and find none
better. Please rush this shipment.

Yours truly, M. B. Laisure,

Agent M. V. Ry. Co., Hackett, Ark.
April 14, 1916.

Stigler, Okla., August 28, 1916.

Dear Sirs,— I am in the market for some seed
rye and burr clover. Please send me Catalogue
of fall seeds.

I planted some of your .seed last spring, and
all did well.

Respectfully, D. S.

WE HANDLE ONLY TOP-GRADE SEEDS

CANTALOUPES AND MUSKMELONS— Continued.

Rocky Ford, Colo., and the growing jBelds and
harvesting are inspected by our representative
every season, so that we know that we are offer-
ing the very best seed obtainable at any price.
For this grade we use the very choicest ot mel-
ons.^ If you plant several pounds, write us for
special prices. All the good points of the
Rocky Ford are to be found in an intensified
degree in this ‘‘thoroughbred” strain. The
strongest points of superiority are presented by
the following characteristics: Uniform size and

weight, close netting, well-defined space be-
tween ribs, fine-grained, firm flesh, small seed
cavity, and deep meat. These melons are prize-

takers in their class and first class in every re-
spect. Pkg., 5c; oz., 15c; 34 lb., 30c; lb.

$1.00, postpaid.

Improved Banana — Produces fruit of the*
finest quality, 134 to 2^ feet long; rind thin
and comparatively tough; flesh of a beautiful
reddish sahnon color, of excellent flavor; with-
stands the heat to jjerfection; fine for family
use; will ship well if gather^ at the proper
stage. Pkg., 5c; oz., 10c; 34 lb., 25c, postpaid

Extra Early Hackensack — A selection ol.
the preceding; ready for use a week or ten days
earher. Pkg., 5c; oz., 10c; 34 lb., 25c, post-
paid.

WATERMELONS.

OUR watermelon seed is grown especially for us in the South and selected from the very best
melons. Southern-grown waternielon seed is always the highest and the best, as has been
proved. Our sales on watermelon seed have shown a good increase every year, and we now
supply several melon-growers’ associations that buy in 100-pound lots or more. A trial order will
convince that our seed is first-class in every respect.

Plant watermelons

Tom Watson.

unm out to two strong

soil beneath ear>h ^/,'^?n..seeds in a hill about 1 inch deep. After they are well startec

eacn mil will greatly incre«.Twg shovelfuls of rich manure thoroughly worked into th

New Angel Kiss— Thl^ • + • • of the melons.

of*?. Favorite— This is claimed to be

dium to very lare:e in siVp me- long shapT^T^r^^^ Rattlesnake. It is of o

60 pounds M^o sriictrinheSr V,'’ ff- 6^ iSK
color .s a silver gray, deliciously sweet: 9™P ?’

Ti w 7 ^ 1 ® is really m'own

mehn *han any^tther

r ' ^ splondid sort for hoiuG usp PVo*

lOc; M lb., 30c; lb., #lTo

ple^iTSTfT^ ■'T and am

pleased With the result. I got more seeds— VP9

samI ^ '>“*'**■ places fOT

^ were all good

y u were prompt in filling my order, so i

deliciously sweet* very crisp ai

one of the earliest and creamy^white cole

10c; ^ lb 25m ir g^own. O;

Geomia ’ postpaid.

the rind isheSrk?bV?UnT&h

orfer from you again, and tTTy'T^JiTT^

respect, R t r>

Feb. 22, 1916. r» * h

’ * Davidson, Ark.

WE DO A VOLUME BUSINESS AND SELL AT LOW PRICES

WATERMELONS— Continued.

Georgia, or Kleckley’s Sweet — One of the

best and sweetest-flavor^ melons in cultivation .
On account of its thin rind, it will not stand
shipment to distant markets, but it is the best
that can be grown for the home and near-by
markets. The skin is dark green. It is of sym-
metrical oblong shape, weU roimded on both
ends. The flesh is scarlet, firm, solid, and of
delightful flavor. Fancy selected Southern-
grown seeds. Pkg., 5c; oz., 10c; 1 lb., 90c; 10
lbs., $7.00, postpaid.

Sweetheart — A shipping melon of large and
5ne qualities. The’ vines are very productive
and vigorous, bearing fruit very early. The
melons are uniform in size, oval-shaf)ed, and very
heavy. The rind is light green, thin, and firm;
flesh bright crimson, tender, and sweet. Par-
ticularly fine for shipping market of main crop,
Deing of such fine appearance that they sell
'eadily. Pkg., 5c; oz., 10c; lb., 20c; lb.,
)5c, postpaid.

Black Diamond Melons — Melons of this sort
veighing from 75 to 90 pounds are frequent.
Tich dark green, almost black, quite lustrous,
uniformly symmetrical, roundish to blunt oval.
Productive; one of the best shipping melons
prown;"' flesh red and of the finest quahty. Fan-
5y selected Southern seed. ^ Pkg., 5c; oz., 10c;

lb., 20c; lb., 65c, postpaid.

Alabama Sweet — This is a large oblong mel-
>n; color dark green, with faint lighter stripes,
lemg of good size, though not ungainly, it is
irst class for shipping purposes. Its flavor is
imply delicious; it is entirely stringless, and its
utside appearance is very attractive. Its size
nd shape are such as to make it one of the best
larket melons, and we cannot recommend it
00 strongly. Fancy selected Southern-grown
eed. Pkg., 5c; oz., 10c; lb., 30c; lb.,' 80c,

Triumph — Fruits large, nearly round; skin
dark green, sometimes indistinctly striped and
a lighter shade. The rind is thin, but firm,
making it an excellent shipper; flesh bright red
and of finest quality. ^ IMelons often weigh over
100 pounds. Our strain is pure. Pkg., 5c; oz.,
10c; ^ lb., 25c; lb., 75c, postpaid.

Halbert’s Honey — A Texas melon, which
closely resembles Kleckley’s Sweet, but is of a
darker color ana more even and regular in shape.
Cannot be shipped .a great distance, as the rind
is very brittle, but it is unsurpassed for home
market and family use. It grows from 15 to
30 inches long, is dark green, slightly ridged,
and blunt at the blossom end. The meat is
sweet as honey, melting, and leaves no trace of
pulp. Always brings mgher price than any
other melon on the market. Pkg., 5c; oz., 10c;
lb., 30c; lb., 90c; 10 lbs., $8.00, postpaid.

Tom Watson — The most popular shipping
melon grown. The melons are large, long, and
aark green, like Kleckley’s Sweet, but with a
tougher rind, giving it excellent shipping quali-
ties. The flesh is a rich red, solid, sweet, and
luscious, and ripens up close to the rind. Al-
though a shipping melon, its fine qualities com-
mend it to the private growers. Pkg., 5c; oz.,
10c; M lb., 30c; lb., 90c; 10-lb. lots, $8.00,
postpaid.

OUR SPECIAL WATERMELON
COLLECTION.

Six packages mailed postpaid for 25o:

Alabama Sweet. Kleckley’s Sweet .

Angel Kiss. Tom Watso^j^^jg

Florida Favorite. _ RattlesT'-’^'

Write for special prices if yoi^J

,K GUMBO, -sUh

MUSTARD.

Mustard is grown for greens and requires a
I )amy, rich soil, preferably a sandy loam. It i^
I Dwn either broadcast or in drills: if it jquired
‘I road cast, ^ about 8 quarts of seeicte.

variety

Ostrich Plum^- ^ leaves are bern^e

WSd eSed and c^e

raceful ostrich pl^s. They^^^t^
dapted for garmsh^S-

outh, and stan^*, attractive

but easily

•unning

5c;

regarded ^af(6rlli- ®®^^tied, » *'^^i^tand
bu*;,»her has become *‘®^Gathe^ tire

J Meefapart’i^ the

bhe thev MO young, aathei “ ounce
^u OTW 100 feet of di*- .podded

Perkins- ^coverS

Pods shoot whole

;‘«rto irinehes 'on

by cannerb^_^^y!_. — — those grown

.grown Melon Se^^hern-grown seeds

Ire an
long, very

IS much sought
Klb.,20c_

WE HANDLE ONLY TOP-GRADE SEEDS

Dwarf Green — Bears pods ready for use ten
days or two weeks earlier than the tall sorts.
The plants are of dwarf, stocky growth and are
very prolific. Bkg., 5c; oz., 10c; 34 lb., 20c,
postpaid.

White Velvet— Tall-growing sort, with at-
tractive long white pods, which are round and
of velvety smoothness. Pkg., 5c; oz., 10c; 34
lb., 20c, postpaid.

Be Sure

To get our Fall 1919 Catalogue. Our Fall Cat-
alogue gives a more detailed and lengthy ac-
count than does the Spring Catalogue in the
matter of fall grains, fall grasses, fall clovers,
vetch, and cover crops, and also fall garaen
seed and fall bulbs.

I wish you would quote me prices on the fol-
lowing seeds for delivery about the 22d.

Yours truly, P. G.,

April 17, 1916. Pettigrew, Ark.

ONIONS.

of the parent' liejs grown chiefly from seed. The crop is also grown from onion sets, which a
while the main crob^ from tops, which are small bulbs produced on the fops of
will sow an acre. Wp" ^irPol tip liers or potato onions, which are bulblets formed by the dm
are now supplying som? fops, and multipliers are of special value in growing early on

onions can be produe?^ from the seed. One ounce will sow 100 feet of drill, 4 poui

Culture — Sow from tinselling the very best onion seed that can be produced, a.

12 inches apart, and io mi>3wers in the country. By sowing our seed

a. vorir . ^^ver ^ inr-h Tf

12 inches apart, a^d^cover ®P^iog, in mwers in t...

many' maTkeTgardeners with'** msuit. ^^Manure'highTv™ weather will nermit, in i

rate of 400 to 800 SdT 5 ““ i‘ mXle is®noY ).i ^ inct apart. or <

after the second inSori- will give goor? t. P^entilur,'>t5wis to the acre being used

mented. and shoveled oreATfealtTwS H
onion. k^aJmSfSng ‘’IrrelVl Kt^eh de^T^kt

have the facilities tor hai..flf“| v2sfT*‘**‘^ sometimes y°or g(

tention, regardless ol wiJ^ amount of business, an”yo7r S wilhkeivf our ® t

WE DO A VOLUME BUSINESS AND SELL AT LOW PRICES

ONIONS — Continued.

Giant Yellow Prizetaker — The American-
grown Giant Yellow Prizetaker is far the hand-
somest, most productive, most popular, and
best of the yellow-skin onions. It grows in reg-
ular form, approaching the globe shape, has a
very small neck, and ripens firm and hard. The
flesh is pure white, film, fine-grained, and mild
in flavor. It is of immense size, measuring from
12 to 18 inches in circumference. Specimens
have grown under special conditions weighing
from 4 to 53^ pounds. It has proven to be of
great value to farmers and gardeners, never fail-
ing to attract attention in the market, and is
acknowleaged to be the largest, finest-flavored,
and most superior YeUow Globe onion under
cultivation. There promises to be a large acre-
age of this onion planted this season. Pkg.,
10c; oz., 25c; M lb., 90c; lb., $2.75.

Southport Large Red Globe — This hand-
some and most red-colored of all red sorts is
becoming more popular every season. It is of
a rich, glossy dark red, and makes a very at-
tractive appearance. The bulbs are remarkably
uniform in size and are splendid keepers. Pkg.,
10c; oz., 20c; 34 lb., 75c; lb., $2.50, postpaid.

Australian Brown — Of Australian origin,
this splendid deep brown variety has proven a
success where many other sorts have failed.
It is adapted to a great variety of soils, and is
not easily affected by climatic conditions. The
bulbs somewhat resemble the Danvers in size.
It is extremely earty, maturing six weeks before
the Red Wethersfield. The flesh is firm and of
mild flavor, and the ripe bulbs will keep in good
condition for nearly a year after they have been
harvested. Pkg., 5c; oz., 20c; 341b., 50c.

White Globe. — The bulbs grow to good size,
somethnes measuring 5 to 7 inches across and
weighing from 2 to 3 pounds. They are flat-
shaped, but thick through, very handsome, and
of extremely mild flavor; of quick growth and

early maturing. Pkg., 5c; oz., 20c; 34 lb., 75c;

1 lb., $2.75.

Large Red Wethersfield — The most widely
cultivated of the red variety; the standard win-
ter onion in many Northern States. The bulbs
are well flattened, thick through, and grow to a
good size. The skin is a rich glossy color, while
the flesh is white, tinged with red; a most ex-
cellent keeper. Pkg., 5c; oz., 20c; 3^ lb., 70c;
lb., $2.00, postpaid.

White Portugal, or Silverskin — An early-

ripening, good-sized sort, of clear, silver3"-white
color, 01 ver}" mild flavor, and extensively grown
for pickling. Pkg., 10c; oz., 30c; 34 lb., $1.00.

Early White Queen — The earhest-ripening
onion in cultivation, producing handsome silver-
skinned bulbs of beautiiul appearance early in
the summer. Largely used for small pickles, as
it is of fine, mild flavor. Pkg., 10c; oz., 20c; 34
lb., 75c.

Yellow Globe Danvers — ^Handsome, nearly
globe-shaped bulbs of pale yeUow color; crisp,
pure white flesh of mild flavor. Pkg., 10c; oz. ,
25c; 34 lb., 75c; lb., $2.50, postpaid.

ONION SETS.

Dark Red — Lb., 15c, postpaid; by freight or
express, not prepaid, 10c lb.; 20 lbs., $1.90.

Yellow — Lb., 15c, postpaid; by freight or
express, not prepaid, lb., 10c; 20 lbs., $1.90.

White Silverskin — Lb., 25c, postpaid; by
ireight or express, not prepaid, lb., 20c; 20 lbs.,
$2.50.

White Multiplier Sets — They are of a pure
silverj^-white color, enormously productive, fre-
quently producing as many as twenty shoots
for bunching from one bulb planted; of excel-
lent quality and size lor bimching. Lb., 30c,
postpaid; by freight or express, 25c per lb

A trial order will convince you of the superiority of our “Seeds that Succeed,” which
is our motto; and we are endeavoring to establish a reputation of handiing only the best .

WE HANDLE ONLY TOP-GRADE SEEDS

PARSNIPS.

This is a hardy vegetable, used for food for both humans and stock. It is grown similar to the
carrot, and requires a rich, loamy soil.

Improved Hollow Crown — A great cropper and considered the best for cultivation. The
roots are long, smooth, tender, and very sugary. Pkg., 5e; oz., 20c; lb., 40c.

PARSLEY.

The leaves of this plant are used for gar-
nishing meats, fish, and other dishes and as a
fiavoring for soups and stews. It giows in any
kind of garden soil. The seed is of very slow
germination and should be planted very early
in the spring in rows 10 inches apart and the
plants thiim^ to 3 or 4 inches apart in the row.
A very few plants will supply a family.

Moss Curled — ^Leaves are very ornamental,
curled and crimped; also excellent for [seasoning,
Pkg., 5c; oz., 10c; M lb., 25c.

Send us your order this year and let us
show the quality of seed and the kind of
service we give our customers.

GARDEN PEAS.

PEAS require a good, well-worked garden soil. Well-rotted manure and wood ashes are the most
suitable fertilizers. Plant as early in the spring as the ground can be worked; for the dwarf
varieties, in rows about 8 to 10 inches apart and 13^ inches deep. The large varieties are
sown in rows about 3 to 33^ inches apart. One quart of seed is required for 100 feet of drill and 13^
bushels to the acre.

Alaska.

Alaska — Our stock of this pea is grown es-
pecially for us in Michigan. We have an enor-
mous demand for this variety, and our sales have
more than doubled within the past two years.
A number of our customers plant 5 to 10 bushels
of this pea. The earhest smooth pea in exist-
ence. The pods are medium in size, well filled,
and mature practically all at one time. Our
strain is extra selected. Pkg., 10c; lb., 30c,
postpaid; by freight or express, lb., 25c; 10 lbs.,
$2.00.

First and Best — (Extra early.) The vines
average 18 to 24 inches in height, setting a good
number of choice pods filled with choice peas of

excellent flavor, Pkg., 10c; lb., 30c, postpaid;
by freight or express, lb., 25c; 10 lbs., $2.00.

American Wonder — The plants grow only 10
inches high and produce an abundance of me-
dium-sized pods, which are fiUed with] large sweet
peas of luscious quality. Pkg., 10c; lb., 30c,
postpaid.

Nott’s Excelsior — Of compact growth, with
many handsome, good-sized pods, which are
closely packed with large peas of unusually
sweet flavor. Matures almost as early as the
American Wonder and the pods are larger.
Pkg., 10c; lb., 30c, postpaid.

Small Orders — We like them. Thousands of seed-planters think that a 10 to 50-cent seed
order is too small to send; it is not. We are glad to have your orders; no matter how small,^ and
the better results in your garden make it worth while for you to send to us. Remember, there is no
onier, small or large, that is not welcome.

JVE DO A VOLUME BUSINESS AND SELL AT LOW PRICES

GARDEN PEAS— Continued,

Telephone — A large sort, with tall-growing
vines. The pods are ver>' large, with large peas
of dehcious flavor. Pkg., 10c; lb., 30c, post-
paid.

Grad us, or Prosperity — ^^The earhest-pod-
ded pea in cultivation; the immense pods are as
large as those of the Telephone, uniform and
well shaped, fiUed with large, handsome peas'.
The vines have hea\w stems, with large, dark-
green leaves, growing 3 feet in height. Pkg.,
10c; lb., 30c, postpaid.

Champion of England — For main crop or
summer use, this is the standard variety. Very
prolific. Pkg., 10c; lb., 30c, postpaid.

Large White Marrowfat — Avery late sort,
that bears large quantities of well-filled pods.
Pkg., 10c; lb., 25c, postpaid.

Melting Sugar— (Edible pod.) In this va-
riety, which is the best of its class, the entire pod
is cooked the same way as stringed beans. The
pods are large, ^.flat, very brittle and tender, and
fine-flavored when cooked. The vines attain a
height of 4 foet and are very attractive. Pkg.,
10c; lb., 30c, postpaid.

Dear Sirs, — Please send me your Catalogue
at once, as it will soon be time to plant a garden,
and I want to order some good, fresh seeds.

Ateurs veiy- truly, E. H. T.,

Bodcaw, Ark.

PEPPER.]]

The young plants are raised hke tomatoes^ or egg plant. They should be setjout after |all]dange r
of frost is over and the ground is warm. 4Set the plants about 2 feet apart in rows 3 feet wide.
One ounce of seed will produce about 1,5'>D plants.

New Pimento Peppers — This is a new pep-
per that is_ largely grown in California and is
fast becoming popular in the South, where it
will eventually be grown largely for canning
purposes. It is fine for the home garden, both
green and ripe. It is so smooth and uniform in
shape that the skin can be easily shpped off after
burning over a hot fire a few seconds or by boil-
ing a few minute^ in hot water. It can also be
pared like an apple by using a sharp knife. The
green peppers can be pared best in this way In
quahty it is veiw’ sweet and delicious and en-
tirely free from pungency; in color, when ripe,
it is a beautiful green. It is very productive,
>*ielding heavj^ crops until cut off by frosts. It
is much sought and ^owm by canners for pickles
and pulp. _ Illustrations are from photographs
and show its shape and appearance, also thick-
ness of flesh, etc. Plant an ounce or so of this
variety this spring. Pkg., 10c; oz., 40c; 2 ozs.,
75c.

Ruby Giant — A beautiful pepper, being a
cross between the Chinese Giant and Ruby Kmg.
It combing the larger size and productiveness
of the Chinese Giant and the attractive shape
and color of the Ruby King. The flesh is mild
and sweet and can be sliced and served with
tomatoes. The fruits when ripe are a bright,
glossy’, ruby red color. Pkt., 10c; oz., 50c;
lb., S1.75.

Chinese Giant — This is the largest mild red
pepper in existence. The strong, stocky plants
are of bushy, perfect ^owth. The peppers are
of enormous size, specimens weighing 18 ounces
are foimd quite frequently. They are of square
block form ; the flesh is veiw thick and extremelv
mild. Pkg., 10c; oz., 70c; H lb., §2.00, post-
paid.

Large Bell, or Improved Bullnose — A large

Chinese Giant.

early sort, with thick rmld flesh. Pkg., lOnj^'loz.
40c; 34 lb., §1.50, postpaid.

Ruby King — K very prolific popular sort,
bearing splendid crops of splendid large, thick
peppers; of good quahty for mangoes. Pkg.,
10c; oz., 40c; 34 ik., §1.2.5, postpaid.

Large Red Cayenne — Bright rea fruits, 3
to 4 inches long; very hot. Pkg., 5c; oz., ^c;
34 lb., §1.25.

Small Chilli — ^Small conical pods, growing
only 2 inches long; the most fiery sort on our
list. Used for seasoning and sausage. Pkg.,
10c; oz., 40c; 34 lb., §1.00, postpaia.

WE HANDLE ONLY TOP-GRADE SEEDS

PUMPKINS.

Avoid planting pumpkins in the garden, as they will mix with cucumbers, melons, and other
vines. Usually they are planted in the corn-field, dropping three or four seeds every fourth
hill, but they do better planted by themselves. Plant about 8 or 10 feet apart each way. Put
some well-rotted manure beneath each hill, thoroughly mixing it with the soil.

Large Sweet Cheese, or Kentucky Field —

A popular and very productive variety. The
ripe fruits are flat, of a rich creamy yellow color,
and measure about 2 feet in diameter; the flesh is
tender and of excellent flavor. Pkg., 5c; oz.,
10c; Y2 lb., 25c; lb., 60c, postpaid; by freight
or express, lb., 55c.

Improved Green - Striped Cashaw —

A crook-necked variety, with green and white
striped skin. The flesh is of a rich yellow color,
solid, fine grained, very thick and sweet. Pkg.,
5c; oz., 10c; 34 lb-? 35c; lb., ^1.25, postpaid.

Small Sugar — ^Handsome and prolific, of
small size, averaging about 10 inches in diam-
eter; skin is a deep rich orange yellow, fine-
grained, sweet, dry, and an excellent keeper; a
nice table variety. Pkg., 5c; oz., 10c; 34 lb->
25c; lb., 85c, postpaid.

Tennessee Sweet Potato — A good variety
for making pies and for other cooking purposes.
It is of medium size and a white, creamy color,
with excellent flavor. This is a good keeper.
Pkg., 5c; oz., 15c; 34 lb., 35c.

Kentucky Field.

Japanese Pie — Similar in shape and size to
the well-known Cashaw, but the skin is.^a deep
green, with dark stripes running to a rich golden
yellow. Fruits mature early; the large neck is
solidly meaty, and the seeds are marked with
curious indentations, resembling the characters
of the Chinese alphabet; flesh deep yellow, of
fine quality. Pkg., 5c; oz,, 15c; 34 lb., 35c.

RADISHES.

OUR stock of radish seed is grown for us in Michigan. Great care is used in selecting this seed,
and the quahty is of the best. A trial will convince. Radishes are among the most valued
of the early vegetables, and a hberal supply should be grown in the home garden throughout
the spring and summer. They develop best and quickest in light, rich, sandy soil. Well-rotted
manure should be used, and constant cultivation is necessary to insure good radishes of good quality.
One ounce will sow 75 feet of drill; 8 to 10 pounds per acie.

RICE’S SAXA RADISH.

The Earliest Radish for Forcing or Culture.

In repeated trials, which have been made
both under glass and outside, we have invariably
found the Saxa to reach the marketable size
three days earlier than any other forcing va-
riety. The radish at maturity is about three-
foiuths the size of Vick’s Scarlet Globe and five
days earlier. The roots are round or ball-
shaped rather than turnip-shaped, ^ with the
thinnest possible tail. The color is bright, aeep,
fiery scarlet with no hint of purple in it. The
roots often reach a marketable size with only
two true leaves. Because of its small top, quick
maturity, and hanasome color, we consider this
the best forcing radish and can recommend it
equally well for outdoor culture. Pkt., 10c; oz.,
25c; 14 lb., $1.75.

Early Scarlet Globe — This is a splendid
variety for hot-bed or green-house culture.
We consider it the best of the round scarlet
forcing sorts. The radishes mature quickly,
producing small growth of tops, and are solid
and crisp; very uniform in shape. The color is
a hanasome bright scarlet. Pkt., 5c; oz., 15c;
34 lb., 35c; lb., $1.25, postpaid; by freight or
express, 1 lb., $1.10; 5 lbs., $5.25.

White-Tipped Early Scarlet Turnip — For

outdoor sowing this is the most important sor^
in the market, thousands of pounds being an-
nually used. Our stock of this is the best.
Handsome bright scarlet color, with white tip,
Its fine appearance attracts customers and its
quality always pleases. Pkg., 5c; oz., 15c; 34
lb., 40c; lb., $1.00, postpaid; by freight or ex-
press, 1 lb., 95c; 5 lbs., $4,50.

Early French Breakfast — A beautiful olive-
shaped sort of bright scarlet color, with well-
defined white tip; a rapid grower; very mild
and tender. Pkg., 5c; oz., 15c; 34 lb., 35c; lb.,
$1.00, postpaid; by freight or express, lb., 95c;

5 lbs., $4.50.

Early Scarlet Turnip — One of the earliest
varieties, with a very small top; brightly colored
skin, and fresh, crisp, and tender. Pkg., 5c;
oz., 15c; 34 lb., 30c; lb., 90c, postpaid.

Long Scarlet Short Top — Roots grow 5 or

6 inches long and are very attractive; crisp,
brittle, and very choice. Pkg., 5c; oz., 15c; 34
lb., 40c, postpaid.

Long White Vienna, or Lady Finger — An

excellent variety of the summer raaishes; long,
pure white; and of mild flavor. Pkg., 5c; oz.,
15c; M lb., 30c; lb., $1.10, postpaid.

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RAD ISH ES — Contin ued.

Chartier — In shape it resembles the Long
Scarlet, but it grows to much larger size and
keeps in good condition longer than most other
varieties. Pkg., 5c; oz., 15c; 34 lb-> 30c; lb.,
SI. 00, postpaid.

Icicle — The finest eating white radish; has
long, slender, pure white roots, which remain
fresh and crisp until they grow ot large size; tops
are quite short, making it early and allowing
close planting. Pkg., 5c; oz., 20c; 34 1^., 50c;
lb., SI. 50, postpaid.

Crimson Giant — An entirely new variety and
differs radically from all others, inasmuch as
the roots attain more than double the size of
the other forcing varieties without getting pithy
or hoUow. It is very early, notwithstanding its
size. Color, crimson; meat, pure white and of
the best quafity. The seed should be sown
very thinly to permit the development of the
roots. Pkg., 5c; oz., 15c; 34 ’b., 25c; lb., 90c,
postpaid.

White Strasburg — This variety is one of the
most popular summer kinds. Both flesh and
skin are pure white; remains tender longer than
any other variety. Pkg., 5c; oz., 15c; 34 lb.,
25c; lb., 90c, postpaid.

Winter Varieties of Radishes.

The winter varieties are sown during the
months of September and October a:nd will ma-
ture before frost, so they can be stored away in
the cellar or buried in the earth, where they will
keep aU winter.

China Rose Winter — Of bright deep rose
color; flesh firm and excellent for keeping.
Pkg., 5c; oz., 15c; 34 lb., 25c; lb., 90c, post-
paid.

California Mammoth White — Roots white
and when fuUy matured 9 to 12 inches long by
2 to 4 in diameter just below the shoulder, ta-
pering regularly do the tip. Flesh firm, crisp,
well flavored, and will keep weU through the
winter. Pkg., 5c; oz., 15c; M lb., 25c.

Long Black Spanish — With black skin and
white flesh; wiU keep until spring. Pkg., 5c;
oz., 15c.

RHUBARB, OR PIE PLANT.

This is of hardy grovdh everyvLere, and one
of the first sauce and pie plants of spring. It is
grown either from seed or by propagation of the
roots. The soil for rhubarb shoifid be made
extremely rich, using manure every other sea-
son. The seed should be sown early in the
spring in rows 12 inches apart and 1 inch deep.
Thin the plants out to stand 6 inches apart, and
cultivate throughout the summer. In this sec-
tion of the Southwest the plants get large enough
to use in the fall from seed sown the previous
spring, if the season has been favorable. The
roots should be planted 3 feet apart in the row
and vdth the crown about 4 inches under the
soil. One ounce of seed will sow 100 feet of
drill.

Victoria Giant — This is a very large and
late variety, with round stalks of great length
and thickness; produces a succession of stalks
the whole season; held high in the esteem of
market gardeners. Pkg., 5c; oz., 20c; 34 lb.,
50c, postpaid.

SALSIFY, OR OYSTER PLANT.

So called because of its resemblance in flavor
to the oyster when cooked. The tap root is
long ana resembles that of a parsnip ana is about
one-half the size of an ordinary parsnip. Salsify
requires a deep, rich soil and the whole season
to mature in. Plant the seed about 1 inch deep
in drills 12 inches apart; later thin out the young
plants to 4 or 5 inches. From 8 to 10 poimds
of seed is required to the acre; 1 ounce will
plant 70 feet of drill. The roote may be dug
and stored in the fall or left in the ground over
winter.

Mammoth Sandwich Island — Grows very
large; well flavored and mild. Pkg., 5c; oz.,
25c, postpaid.

SPINACH.

A spring plant used for ^eens. It is very
hardy and most in demand in the early spring
and late faU. The leaves are rather large, rich,
and tender. ^ It is of very easy culture, and
grows best in cool weather. Rapid growth is
very desirable for this plant that the leaves may
be strong and tender. The soil should be rich
and given good cultivation. The seed may be
sown in hot-beds or in cold-frames and trans-
planted out of doors as early in the spring as
the ground can be worked. If the seed are sown
out of doors, they should be planted as soon as
the ground is in good condition. For fall use,
the seed may be sown about the middle of Sep-
tember. One ounce will sow about 100 feet
of drill.

Bloomsdale — This is the most popular va-
riety. The fleshy leaves are of true Savoy ap-
pearance; very hard. Pkg., 5c; oz., 15c; lb.,
95c, postpaid; by freight or express, lb., 90c.

WE EAEBLE ONLY TOP-GRADE SEEDS

Hubbard

Squashes, like cucumbers and melons, require
a warm, fertile soil of sandy nature for their
best growth. The summer squashes grow most-
ly in compact bush iorm; the hills for these
should be about 4 feet apart; for the long, trail-
ing fall and winter varieties the hills should be
8 to 12 feet apart each way. If the'^ground is
not very rich, two or three shovelfuls of well-
rotted manure should be worked into each hill.
Put 8 to 19 seeds in each hill, about 1 inch deep.
When all danger from bugs is over, then thin
from three to four of the strongest plants.

White Bush.

Light White Bush, op Patty Pan— The best

early variety. The plants are of true bush

Squash.

form and produce fruii^ very early in the season .
Largely grown in th® South for shipment to
Northern markets. Pkg., 5c; oz., 15c; ^ lb.,
35c, postpaid.

Mammoth White Bush — Not quite as early
as the preceding, but is very much larger. It
makes a strong, bushy growth, and bears fruit
frequently 12 to 14 inches in diameter. The
squashes are thick, with scalloped edges. Pkg.,
5c; oz., 15c; Ib j 35c.

Yellow Summer Crookneck— The plants
are very productive and early-bearing; skin of
fruits very thickly warted and of orange-yellow
color. Pkg., 5c; oz., 15c; 34 lb., 35e.

Mammoth Golden Bush — ^Like the Mam-
moth White Bush. However, the fruits are a
little largej* and have a pale yellow skin, with
creamy yellow flesh. Pkg., 5c; oz., 15c; 34 lb.
35c

Hubbard — The most popular table variety.
Fruits are of oblong shape, with attractive olive
skin, which is warted. Pkg., 5c; oz., 15c; 34
lb., 35c.

SWEET POTATOES.

We can furnish in season Yellow Yams, Nancy
Halls, Southern Queen, Yellow Jersey, Yellow
Nansemond, Pumpkin Yams, and Red Ber-
mudas at market prices. We also handle sweet
potato plants. Write us for quotations.

Meet “Good Garden Luck” half way. Why not? Most “bad luck” in gardening comes
from planting doubtful seed from boxes in the stores. Meet garden luck half way by ordering your
seeds from us. You^won’t be disappointed in them.

SQUASH.

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TOMATOES.

This vegetable, under proper cultivation, is wonderfully productive, both as to quantity and
quality. In this section of the country it is more largely used in canning than any other vege-
table, and should have a place in every garden. One ounce of seed will produce 1,000 plants.
For early use, sow in February or March in hot-beds or boxes, which should be placed near a window.
When the seedlings are 2 or 3 inches high, transplant into 2 or 3-inch pots or in rows 4 or 5 inches
apart, keeping the temperature about 60 degrees. Subsequent transplanting will make the plants
strong and hardy. Do not set them in the open ground until all danger of frost is over.

Dwarf Champion — The most popular
dwarf variety in cultivation. The sturdy,
stocky plants are of upright growth, re-
quiring no support. The handsome pur-
plish red fruits begin to ripen early and
are produced throughout the season.

This plant yields an enormous crop. Pkg ,

5c; oz., 25c; lb., 75c; lb., $2.50,5post-
paid.

Beauty — Large and glossy crimson
fruits, smooth and never cracking; holds
its size until late in the season; one of the
best. Pkg., 5c; oz., 20c; lb , 75c; 1
lb., $2.50, postpaid.

Acme — The standard bright pink to-
mato; very popular and the best for fam-
ily use. The fruits are round, very solid,
uniform in size, and ripen early. Pkg.,

5c| oz., 20c; 341b., 75c; 1 lb., $2.50, post-
paid.

Ponderosa — Largest-fruited tomato in culti-
vation, single fruits otten weighing from 2 to 4
pounds and measuring 18 inches in circumfer-
ence. It is solid and meaty to the heart and
! has small seed cavities. For this reason selected
1 seed for this variety will always be scarce.

! Fine for slicing and of excellent flavor. Pkg.,

I 10c; oz., 35c; M lb., $1.25; 1 lb., $4 00.

June Pink — The earliest tomato in existence .
In habit and growth it is similar to Earhana.
I The plant is neat and compact, branching freely,

I with fruits ranging in clusters of 6 to 10. The
! fruits are of medium size and uniform, smooth,
and of attractive shape, without cracks or any
green core. This is an excellent shipping to-
fl mato, as the skin is very tough. It will con-
i tinue to bear until frost. Pkg., 5c;* oz., 25c;

^ lb., 90c; 1 lb., $3.00.

Red Cherry — Good for preserving and pick-
,1 ling. Pkg., 5c; oz., 20c.

Sparks’ Earliana — Originated a few years
ago by one of the most successful trucksters
of New Jersey, it has proven to be the best and

brightest red tomato. Coming into the marke t
before any other sort, it commanos top prices.
The fruits are solid, uniform in shape, ana of a
rich bright-red color. The tomatoes are pro-
duced in clusters, and generally can all be gath-
ered in about three weeks from the time the
flrst fruits ripen. They are of good flavor and
contain few seeds. Pkg., 5c; oz., 25c; 34 lb.,
90c; 1 lb., $3.00, postpaid.

New Stone — Immensely popular with can-
ners. Southern shippers, and market gardeners.
It is a remarkable yielder, very firm, and of a
handsome bright red color. We beheve this is
the most widely known variety of to-day. It
is of excellent shape, with very smooth skin,
never cracking, and tree trom green core. Ripe
fruits wiU keep in good marketable condition
nearly two weeks after being picked. Pkg., 5c;
oz., 20c; 34 lb., 60c; 1 lb., $1.75, postpaid.

New Red Rock Tomato — This is one of the

finest large red tomatoes ever introduced. It
ranks among the later varieties, requiring about
110 days from seed-sowing to ripe fruit. It is

We suggest that, if convenient, you make up your orders as soon after the receipt of this Cata-
logue as possible. It will help us to ship promptly and it will help you by giving you your goods
when you want them. Placing your orders late sometimes makes delays unavoidable. But we
have the facilities for handling a vast amount of business, and your orders wiU receive our best
attention, regardless of when they come.

WE HANDLE ONLY TOP-GRADE SEEDS

TOMATOES — Continued.

Beauty.

very solid and free from excess water; smooth,
and of a very fine red color. Superior in texture
and flavor. It is an extraordinary heavy pro-
ducer and excellent shipper. Twenty-five tons
of fruit have been grown to the acre. It is es-
pecially recommended to truckers and growers
for the canning factories, as it is very showy and
productive. It has a strong, vigorous vine,
protecting the fruits from sun-scald. Pkg., 10c;
oz., 25c; M lb., 75c; 1 lb., $2.50.

Kansas Standard — It is a potato-leaved to-
mato, and proauces its fruit in clusters. It is
of vigorous growth, strong, heavy stalks, which
stana up well unless pulled down by abundant
fruit. Vines grow 3 feet high, but begin setting
fruit when on.y 6 inches. Fruit is a bright
glossy red, round, even size, and with very few
seeds. It is an extra good keeper, and because
of its thick skin is an excellent shipper. Pkg.,
5c; oz., 25c; M lb., 75c; 1 lb., $2.50.

Early Detroit — This splendid variety is the
largest and best of the early purplish pink to-
matoes. The vines are vigorous and produc-
tive; the fruits are very smooth, uniform in
size, nearly globe-shaped, firm, and of excellent
quality; one of the most valuable shipping to-
matoes yet produced. Pkg., 5c; oz., 30c;
lb., 90c.

Golden Queen, or Golden Trophy — It is

large in size, round, firm, smooth, and yellow
in color, with a reddish touch at the blossom end.

The fruits are of splendid quality, not exceeded !
by any other in cultivation. Pkg., 5c; oz., 30c
M lb., 75c.

Matchless — A standard, large-fruited, main-
crop sort; bright red color; uniiorm in shape
meaty; very handsome in appearance, and o;
superior flavor. Pkg., 5c; oz., 20c; ^ lb., 50c i
1 lb., $1.80. :

Chalk’s Early Jewel — One of the best early
tomatoes yet introduced. Vine vigorous anc
very productive. . Fruits deep scarlet red, nearhj
round or somewhat flattened, smooth, of larg(j
size, and most excellent quality. They ripei!
very early, and the pickings continue througl
a long season. Unsurpassed for a home garden |
Pkg,, 5c; oz., 25c; 34 lb., 90c.

Earliana. j ^

VEGETABLE SEEDS IN QUANTITY.

Market gardeners and public Institutions buying vegetable seeds In large quantitl
are requested to send us a list of their requirements, and we will take pleasure In quc
ing special prices. In writing us, be sure to state quantity wanted.

WE DO A VOLUME BUSINESS AND SELL AT LOW PRICES

TURNIPS.

The turnip is not injured by frost, and makes its growth in cool, moist weather. For spring
sowing, plant as early as the groimd can be worked and for fall sowing plant from August to
October 1st in this latitude. One ounce will sow 200 feet of drill. Turnips prefer a light sandy
loam. Sow in rows 12 to 18 inches apart and V2 inch deep. Thin out so the plants stand 4 inches
apart.

Purple Top Strap Leaf.

Early Red or Purple Top Strap Leaf — ^Th

standard early variety; quick-growing; flesh
fine-grained and sweet, Pkg., 5c; oz., 10c; 34
lb., 30c; lb., $1.10, postpaid; by freight or ex-
press, lb., $1.00; 5 Ife., $4.75.

Extra Early Purple Top Milan — Flat bulbs)
develop vep^ early in the season. They are
moderate size, quite smooth, and of excellent
table qualities. Pkg., 5c; oz., 25c; 34 lb., 75c;
lb., $2.50, postpaid.

Early White Milan — The earliest of all. On
adcount of its beautiful shape and extreme earli-
ness, this takes the front place among turnips.
It is so smooth and neat in appearance that it
gives the impression that it has been polished
by hand. The foliage is scant and short. Buth
skin and flesh are sno\yy white. We have select
seed of this fine variety, Pkg., 5c; oz., 25c; 34
lb., 75o; lb., $2.50, postpaia.

Red Top White Globe — Forms large globe
shaped roots very rapidly. The upper half i
of a purplish color, while the lower half is of a
pure white; the flesh is pure white, crisp, and
of ex:cellent table dualities. It is rnther late,
grows to a large size, and may be used profitably
for stock. Pkg., 5c; oz., 20c; 34 lb.,

$1,05, postpaid; by freight or express, lb., $1.75;
5 lbs., $8.00.

White Egg — Of handsome oval form, with
perfectly thin white skin. It grows very quick-
ly, and the flesh is very firm, sweet, and mild.
Pkg., 5c; oz., 15c; 34 lb., 50c, postpaid.

Early White Flat Dutch Strap Leaf — Ma-
tures only a week after the earliest Milan, but
keeps in good condition much longer. The skin

is pure white, the flesh is mild, ,'uicy, and of
good table qualities. Pkg., 5c; oz., 10c; 34 lb.,
25c; lb., $1.00, postpaid.

Long White, or Cowhorn — Roots grow half
above the ground; pure white, except the top.
Pkg., 5c; oz., 10c; 34 lb., 35c; lb., $1.25, post-
paid.

Large Yellow or Amber Globe — Grows to a
large size, and is chiefly used for stock-feeding,
flesh yellow, firm, and of good keeping quali-
ties. Pkg., 5c; oz., 15c; 34 lb., 40c; lb., $1.25;
postpaid.

Southern Prize, or Dixie — Makes large,
round, white turnips in addition to an abund-
ance of salad, and needs no protection. The
most popular winter and spring salad turnip,
grown. Pkg., 5c; oz., 10c; lb., 95c, postpaid.

Seven Top — Does not produce a good root,
but is extensively grown in the South for the
leaves, which are used for greens; very hardy,
and will grow all winter. Pkg., 5c; oz., 10c; ^
lb., 25c; 34 lb., 25c; lb., 90c, postpaid.

Improved Purple Top Ruta Baga — Re-
quires a longer season in which to grow than tur-
nips, but the flesh is of superior quality and
keeps better. Pkg., 5c; oz., 10c; 34 lb., 30c;
lb., $1.35, postpaid.

VEGETABLE PLANTS AND ROOTS.

Asparagus Roots.

Columbian Mammoth — Two - year - old
roots. Doz., 30c, postpaid; by express, 100,
$1.00.

Cabbage Plants — Ready after March 1st.
Doz., 10c; 100, 40c, postpaid; by express, 1,000,
$3.25. \\'rite us and we will give you the low-
est prices on large quantities.

Eggplant — (New York Improved Large Pur
pie) — Ready in April. Doz., 25c, postpaid; by
express, 100, $2.25.

Horseradish Sets — Doz., 25c; 100, $1.50,
postpaid.

Pepper Plants (Large Sweet Bell) — Ready
jn April. Doz., 35c, postpaid.

Rhubarb Roots — Strong roots, each, 15c;
doz., $1.70. Small roots, each, 10c; do?., 75c.
By express,

Tomato Plants — Transplanted, Ready in
April. Doz., 30c, postpaia; by express, lOO,
$1.50. .

Sweet Potato Slips — Write for prices.

The great reputation that our Garden Seeds have attained has been from the great
care annually taken in their selection, growth, and cultivation. They will always be not
only reliable, but of the very finest quality.

WE HANDLE ONLY TOP-GRADE SEEDS

IRISH POTATOES.

Irish Cobbler.

CULTURE — To secure best results in growing potatoes it is necessary to plant as early as the
ground can be made ready. Use a rich soil, and plant in rows 3 feet apart and the sets a foot
apart in the rows. A complete potato fertilizer sown into the rows will aid in harvesting the
crop at an earlier date and usually shows an increased yield. Some growers who wish to harvest
a very early crop sprout the potatoes before planting by cutting the potatoes into pieces of desirable
size and placing them in a warm, light room for three or four weeks before planting in the open ground.
If weather is favorable, the shoots will start out strong and vigorous, and as soon as the plants have
sent out roots they grow more rapidly than freshly-cut potatoes. Most growers use from 8 to 9
bushels of potatoes to the acre when planting in 3-foot rows.

On account of market fluctuations, we are imable to name exact prices. We will be pleased
to have you write during the month of January or later and we will then quote prices for prompt or
future shipment.

Triumph — Very early. Tubers are of medium size, round and uniform’in shape, with but few
small ones; eyds slightly depressed; color, a beautifoil light red. Its beauty, productiveness, and
fine quality make it one of the best extra early market varieties, especially for the South.

Early Ohio — Our stock of this variety is grown in the Red River Valley of the North. The
best variety for the Western States, and its superior has not been introduced to date. It is fit for
table use before fuUy ripe, and can be shipped earlier than any other white potato.

Irish Cobbler — A variety which in recent years has attained popularity. In manj soils is
as early or within a few days as early as Early Ohio and the 3deld is superior. Added to this last,
the potato is..Ghunlcy, white in color, and of large medium size, making it the most attractive variety
by far on the early market.

“One of your customers has highly recommended you to me, and as I will want more seed this
spring and summer, I would like one of your Catalogues, Have you pure Silver Drip Sorghum Cane
seed? What kind of peanuts would be best to plant on river bottom, quite sandy? Let me hear
from you?” — ^Art D. Dickson, Rock House, Ark.

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INSECTICIDES.

Slug Shot — Slug Shot, used from ocean to
ocean. A light composite, fine powder, easily
distributed either by duster, bellows, or in water
by spraying. Thoroughly reliable in killmg
currant worms, chicken lice, slugs, sow bugs^
bugs on cantaloupes, cucumbers, etc., and it is
strongly impregnated with fungicides. Packed
in cartons of 1 pound each, with perforated top
to dust out, 15c each; 5-lb., pkg., 50c, 10-lb.
pkg., 95c.

Grape Dust — A readily diffusible, light-
weight powder fungicide; very efficient in de-
stroying mildews and in preventing blights in
green-houses or in the open; also destroying the
aphis and black fly. 1-lb. carton, 25c; 5-lb. bag,
70c.

Bordeaux Mixture in Pulp — To be diluted
, 25 to 50 times with water and sprayed. Works
I freely without clogging in any spraying machine.

; For blight, mildew, and all fungus diseases. 1-
qt. cans, 50c each; 1-gal. cans, |l.50 each.

Tobacco Dust — For green and black aphis,
fl fleas, beetles, etc. Splendia fertihzer and pre-
yventive for insects in the ground and around
jr roots. For insects on plants, apply with pow-
(1 der-duster or bellows; for worms or grubs in the
Lsoil, apply liberally to the surface and rake in
p or strew thickly in drills before planting. 1 lb.,
5c; 100 lbs., $4.25.

Lime-Sulphur Solution — It is used as an in-
[secticide to control San Jose scale, oyster-shell
I scale, and all sucking or scale insects. For this
“ purpose it is used as a dilution of 1 gallon to 9
to 11 gallons of water, ana applied during the
^ dormant season — either after the leaves drop
i in the fall or before the buds open in the spring.
The spring application, ust before the buds
open, will control leaf-blister mite, plant lice,
J and peach curl, in addition to the scale insects.
Lime-sulphur is also used as a summer spray
! to control scab, leaf spot, and similar fungous
■I diseases on apples and pears; also to control
;j scab and brown rot on peaches, plums, and cher-
= ries. On apple and pear foliage it should not
'I be used stronger than 1]/^ gallons to 50 gallons
J of water. On plum and cherry foliage it should

I not be used stronger than 3 quarts to 50 gallons
,i of water, and on peaches 34 gallon to 50 gallons

II of water. Write for prices.

1!‘ Cutworm Food — The one best food for the
I destruction of cutworms. It is simple and easy
■; to use. It consists of a material that is mor

delicious and is much more preferred by the
cutworm than the plants themselves. It is
spiinkled on the grouna arouna the plant just
as it is founa in the package. For plants started,
from seed, it is applied as soon as the first plants
break ground; for plants started in a seed-bed,
it is applied just after setting, such as tomato,
cabbage, egg plant, cauliflower, tobacco, and
flowers. The one-pound package is a very con-
venient size to use for small garaens ana flower-
beds. Directions how to use on each package.
1-lb. pkg., 30c.

We also carry in stock Paris Green and Ar-
senate of Lead. If interested, write for prices.

TOBACCO.

CULTURE — The seed should be sown as
early as possible after all aanger ot irost is
over. A good plan is to burn a quantity
of rubbish and brush in the spring on the ground
where the crop is to be, then dig and thoroughly
pulverize the earth and mix with the ashes,
after which the seed may be sown and covered
very lightly. When the plants are about 6
inches high, transplant into rows 4 or 5 feet apart
each way; cultivate thoroughly with plow and
hoe.

Connecticut Seed Leaf — An old, well-known
variety. Pkg., 5c; oz., 25c.

Havana — Grown from imported seed from
Vuelta de Abajo. Pkg., 5c; oz., 25c.

SWEET, MEDICINAL, AND POT HERBS.

Herbs, in general, delight in a rich, mellow
soil. Those marked with an asterisk are per-
ennial, and when once established in the garden
may be preserved for years with very little at-
tention. Cut the leaves when tender and dry
them in the shade.

Anise — For garnishing and flavoring Pkg.,
oc.

Basil, Sweet — ^Used for soups, stews, and
sauces. Pkg., 5c.

Caraway — For confectionery, medicine, and
flavoring, Pkg., 5c.

Coriander — Grown for its seeds and for gar-
nishing. Pkg., 5c,

Dill — Leaves are used tor soup, sauces, and
pickles; seed is used lor flavoring. Pkg., 5c.

Majoram, Sweet American — Home-grown
seed is the best lor winter use, as it makes more
bulk. Pkg., 5c.

Rosemary — Pkg., 5c.

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^ I We are large dealers in Cow Peas and are in position to quote you attractive prices in
ii I lots of one bushel to a car load. Write us. If you have Peas to sell, send us sample,
stating quantity you have to offer.

WE HANDLE ONLY TOP-GRADE SEEDS

Farm Seeds.

OWING to the dry seasons in the Southwest during the past few years, more attention is now
being given to what is known as the “drouth-resisting crops.” It has been proven that Kaffir
corn, Milo maize, cane, cow peas, Spanish peanuts, feterita, and soy beans are absolutely sure
producers under the most extreme dry weather conditions known to this section. As the same
conditions as to weather may occur another year, every farmer should plant of the above crops
enough to insure feed for his stock. The .arger per cent of the above crops planted the better.
An exiamination of the crop reports will show that the farmer having a large acreage of dry-weather
crops has been prospering and also has been banking a hansdome surplus every season. The above
crops, planted properly at the right time and given proper cultivation, will make these “off years’'
in the Southwest a thing of the past. Our facilities for handling the above varieties of seed are not
excelled by any firm in the country.

Prices sub ect to fluctuation. Market prices on application. As the prices on all farm seeds
vary, if you want a quantity, you had better ask for prices, giving the kind and quantity wanted ;
we will then give you as low a price as the market affords. Remember that good seeds alone will
not produce good crops, but in addition you must give your land the proper cultivation, and your
success is almost assured. We buy only the best seed and have the machinery to thoroughly clean
it, consequently we offer onl}'- the highest grade. Samples mailed on request. Freight or express
charges to be paid by purchaser.

SELECTED GRADE SEED CORN.

Golden Beauty — Our strain of Golden Beau-
ty is unsurpassed by any yellow corn. It pro-
duces larger and heavier ears, and is but a few
days later than the old early strain. If you
want to grow big corn — ears that run from 14
to 15 inches in length and filled to the very tip
with big, soh'd grains — our Golden Beauty is
just what you want. The seed we offer is pure-
bred, grown especially for seed, and carefully
selected. Peck, $1.25.

Reid’s Yellow Dent — A very popular early |
corn. Ears 8 to 11 inches and filled to the tip
with compact grains of clean color; not a large |
grain, but deep, and is a fine producer. We have ;
an excellent stock of this corn at the right price . ,
Peck, $1.25. I

Bloody Butcher — Peck, $1.25. Write for |
quantity prices. I

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SEED CORN — Continued.

Boone County White — This is the best
AMiite Dent com. This corn has been bred
ior very large ears for many years and conse-
quently matures very slowly — about 120 days
■of good weather. The ears taper slowly; length,
about 10 inches; circiunference, inches; 16
to 22 rows, medium space between; the kernels
are rough and rather broad; the cob is white
nnd medium in size. Peck, SI. 25.

Iowa Gold Mine — (Ninety days.) Golden
yellow grain, very deep; small cob. Will make
an excellent early crop or will mature if planted
after the wheat is cut or early potatoes dug.
Peck, $1.25.

Hickory King — This is an entirely distinct
variety among the white corns, combining the
largest grains with the smallest cob. A single
grain wiU cover the cob of an ear broken in half.
It is a great juelder, giving more shelled corn
to the bushel than any other shelled variety. It
is satisfied with any kind of soil ana will pro-
duce good, strong stalks, bearing two and oc-
casionally three ears. We recommend it very
highly. Peck, $1.25; 34 bu., $2.25; bu., $4.00.

Squaw Corn — This is the original Indian
corn. It is very prolific, often ha\dng two or
three stalks from one grain with two or three
ears to the stalk. It can be planted both spring
and summer. Some people prefer it to the
Mexican June corn for late planting, ana it
makes _ a fine roasting-ear. The grains are
mixea in color — ^blue-speckled and white. Peck,
$1.50.

White Dent.

Johnson County White Dent (105 days) —
The shape of the ears is cylindrical to within 2
inches of the tip, then slightly tapering; about
10 inches in length; circumference, 7)4 to 8
inches; very little space between rows, and

makes a very high per cent of shelled com.
Pkg., $1.25.

St. Charles White — A splendid variety. A
pure white corn, with red cob. It is the large
main-crop sort, requiring the full season to ma-
tirre in. The ears are 16-rowed, 9 to 12 inches
in length, big, and of handsome shape; the
cob IS of meaium size, well fiUea with large,
solia kernels; the stalks are of meaium height,
with ver\" broaa leaves, yielding an excellent
supply of fodder. A record-breaking yielder,
especially in rich black soil or new lana. Peck,
$1.25

Iowa Silver Mine — One of the best-yielding
Dent corns. Creamy white in color; 18 to 20
rows; length, 9 inches; circumference, 7)4 inch-
es; kernels rough and deep variety; in good corn
weather, ripens in 110 days. Peck, $1.25.

Champion White Pearl — A veiy handsome
varietj', producing large, uni orm, well-filled ears,
with large, pure white grains. A verj' fine field
sort and raised extensively for market. Our stock
is far superior to the ordinary" commercial grade
sold by many seedmen. Planted largely for
market by the local garaeners. Peck, $1.25.

Improved Calico — This is a good feeders’
corn. The ears are good sized, usually 9 inches
in length; the color of the corn varies a great
deal — from dapple yellow to deep red; the ears
taper slowly, 7 to 7)4 inches around; about 10
rows, medium space; cob fair size and. red.
Peck, $1.25.

Our Guarantee — The corn we offer was
grown especially for seed. It is selectea with
the greatest of care, hand-sorted and tipped,
then graded to uniform size with the latest im-
provea machinery'. If, upon arrival, you do
not find it exactly as described, send it back and
get your money.

Our Dwarf Mexican June Corn (Native
grown) — Mexican June corn is absolutely the
best sort for late ciop. Plant during May, June,
and July. If your spring crop has not been a
success, due to unfavorable weather conaitions,
you can plant Mexican June corn as late as July
15th and make a good yield.

After your spring crop has been harvested
you can plant ^lexican June com and make a
good crop. No other variety of corn has the
drouth-resisting features of our DWARF MEX-
ICAN JUNE CORN. The stalks, under favor-
able conditions, grow 6 to 8 feet high, and the
yields average 30 to 60 bushels per acre. Of a
strong growth, it sends its roots deep into the
soil, enabling it to resist drouth and hot sum-
mer winds better than any other sort. Qt., 30c,
postpaid; by freight or express, qt., 20c; peck,
$1.25; Yz bu., $2.25; bu., $4.00. If you buy
several bushels, write us for prices, as we carry
large stocks of this corn and can make attractive
prices.

WE HANDLE ONLY TOP-GRADE SEEDS

OATS.

Write for Quantity Prices.

Burt, or Early White May— We have found
that Burt oats is one of the very best oats
for spring sowing. It is one of the earliest,
if not the very earliest, of the spring oats.
This gives it a long seeding season, as it may
be sown anywhere from the first of March or
April 15th. Our sales of this oat have increased
largely during the last few years.^ Our cus-
tomers are very enthusiastic in their praise of
this. The prices of the oat vary. Write us,
for prices when you are ready to sow. Bu.
$1.25.

Red Rustproof — Very early; is rustproof;
does well on thin ground and does not lodge;
wiU bear neglect or a bad season and still make
a good crop. We offer only the genuine Texas
Red Rustproof. Bu., $1.25. Write us for
prices on large quantities.

COTTON SEED.

Mebane’s Triumph — It is a cross between
the Long Lint and the Texas Stormproof; has
large boU^ five locks; short-pointed; very pro-
lific, and IS well adapted to black waxy prairie
land of any character; but, like the Rowden, is
easily picked. Bu., $2.50.

Rowden Early — A very early big-boll, five-
lock cotton. Bu., $2.50.

POP CORN.

Queen’s Golden — A fine yeUow sort; pops
perfectly white and very large; immensely pro-
ductive; shelled. By mail, lb., 35c; by freight
or express, lb., 30c; 10 lbs., $2.75.

White Rice — The most popular sort and the
best. By mail, lb., 35c; by freight or express ,
lb., 30c; 10 lbs., $2.75.

BUCKWHEAT.

Buckwheat is used mostly for filling fields
unplanted after the first of June. The blos-
soins furnish a large amount of honey for bees.
It is well to remember that on worn-out soils a
plowed-under buckwheat field is a great fertil-
izer and improver. Sow 25 pounds to an acre.

Japanese — A popular and standard sort.
Very large grains of dark brown color; early and
heavy-yielding. Choice re-cleaned seed. Pk.,
$1.00.

Silver Hull — A very prolific and early sort.
Grain light gray in color. A favorite with millers
on account of the white flour it produces. Pk.,
$1.00.

SEED RYE.

No rthern -Grown — ^Rye does best on rich,
sandy soil; almost a sure crop every year.
Should be sown in August or September; 13^
bushels per acre. Write for prices.

Abruzzi Rye — ^Abruzzi rye has again proved
its superiority for growing all through the
South. First introduced in the United States
from Italy, from the start it proved itself so
much superior that the seed has been in big de-
mand each season. It is fully a week to ten
days earlier in maturity than the oi dinary rye.
It makes a quick vigorous growth, and matures
its grain decidedly in advance of other kinds.
It is only necessary for farmers to plant a field
of Abruzzi by the side of a native variety to
have a demonstration of the superiority of
Abruzzi in yield and plant-growth.

The quaUty of Abruzzi rye is among the high-
est of all feeding crops — not as a hay crop, but
as a grazing crop. Its grows upright, stools
heavily, and does not lie flat on the ground, all
of which makes it easy for the animals to graze.
Cattle flelish this gi’een winter crop.

DWARF ESSEX RAPE.

Sow 3 to 5 pounds per acre.

With the exception of alfalfa, Dwarf Essex
rape is the most valuable torage plant that has
ever been introduced in the United States.
One acre of Dwarf Essex rape will pasture more
hogs, cattle, and sheep than six acres of clover
or grass. As a healthy fattening food it has no
equal. It stands without a rival in point ot
cheapness and feeding qualities. It is an an-
nual, bearing a close resemblance in leaf and

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stalk to the rutabaga, but both leaves and stalks
are more numerous in the rape plant and of a
taller habit oi growth. It is a pasture plant,
reswiily eaten by aU kinds of live stock, especially
suitable tor pasture for sheep, cattle, and hogs.
A good crop will produce at least twelve tons
ot gr^n food to the acre, and its nutritive value
is twice that of clover. One acre of well-grown
rape will supply pasture for 10 to 20 head of
sheep for two months and in that time will fat-
ten them in good shape for market. Dwarf
Essex rape thrives best on a good soil rich in
vegetable matter. Slough lands are excellent.
It is the simplest crop grown. It can be sown
anywhere and everywhere and at aU times after
danger of frost has passed. Rape is an excellent
catch crop. It may be sown in early spring to
provide summer pasture for stock. Plow the
ground same as for turnips, and sow 5 pounds
per acre broadcast; when sown in rows, say 30
inches apart and cultivated, 2 pounds per acre
will be enough. It can be sown with corn at
the last plowing and make good summer pas-
ture after com is cut. There is no crop so easily
and profitably grown, with practically no ex-
pense. Every farmer should sow enough for
summer pasture and save his grass pasture for
fall and winter. Sow rape. It will prove a
profitable crop for you. Special prices on large
quantities.

A Word About Rape Seed and the Price
We Ask for It.

Some firms ask less for their rape seed than
we do. We pay a premium for our seed in or-
der to get the purest, cleanest, and best, and it
has_ always given the greatest satisfaction. A
saving of a cent or two a pound means from 3
to 10 cents an acre. We do not feel that for
this difference between the price of known and
unknown seed — seed that has proven good and
seed that may or may not be good — that w^e
are justified in taking this risk or expect our
customers to do so. Lb., 25c, postpaid; by
freight, lb., 20c; 10 lbs., §1.50.

VETCHES.

Sand Vetch (also called Winter and Hauy
Vetch) — ^This legume is the tanners’ ever-ready
triend. Sand vetch is a very valuable forage
plant, and is rapidly becoming extremely pop-
ular as year after year farmers are learning
more of its tme value. It is an annual, but re-
sows itself, and wiU come up year after year on
the same ground. Vetch is a legume, belonging
to the pea family, but the vines are much longer
and the foliage more abundant. It is noted for
its extreme hardiness, wintering more certainly
than wheat. It remains green aU winter under
the snow, and is ready for pasturing earher than
anything else. Drouth, heat, and cold do not
affect it. It is largely eaten by all kinds of stock.
We earnestly recommend farmers to try it.
Write us freely for any information you may
require. Lb., 35c, postpaid; by freight or ex-
press, lb., 30c.

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Vetch for Hay and Pasture — It yields a
surprising amount of feed. Ten tons per acre
are not unusual, as it makes an enormous growth .
For cutting, it should be sown with oats in the
spring or with rye in the faU._ Vetch is quite
spreading, and the prain furnishes support so
it can be mowed readily. Like clover, cow peas,
and alfalfa, it is very rich fodder, especially
suited to milk production, as well as for growdng
stock. One especially good point is that it is
ready ior pasture extremely early in the spring.
It grows rapidly, and is particularly valuable
in fields where clover does not thrive. When
sown in April or May, it can be cut m July tor
hay, and the second growth will provide abund-
ant pasture during the summer. For hay, it
should be cut promptly when the first setting
of pods has filled.

Vetch as a Cover Crop — Very valuable as a
winter cover crop to prevent bleaching, and
nothing equals it for orchards.

SOY BEANS.

Soy Beans — ^They are very erect, growing
wdth from one to six stems or more, branching
out Irom near the roots, and reaching a height
of 13^ to 3H feet; seldom falling down, except
in very rich, loose soil. Soy beans are a remark-
able drouth-resister, and will do comparatively
well on thin land; however, they respond very
readily to moisture and rich land. Planting
should not be done until the weather is warm
and after the corn-planting. Soy beans as feed
will take the place of oil or gluten meal. Fee-
ing them to cows or hogs will bring astonishing
results. If broadcast, ^ to 1 bushel per acre.
Lb., 20c, postpaid; by freight or express, lb.,
10c; pk,, $1.25.

WE HANDLE ONLY TOP-GRADE SEEDS

THE SPECKLED VELVET BEAN.

The new 100-day speckled bean originated
in south Alabama. It is a hybrid. The Flor-
ida velvet bealn and the Yokohama being the
parent plants. It combines the most important
essentials of both the above; the hardiness of the
former and the earliness and productiven^s of
the latter making it by far the most desirable
bean in existence. The pods closely resemble
the Florida bean in size, color, and shape. The
seeds are a of somewhat lighter color, being a
dark speckled (hence the name. Speckled Velvet
bean). The foliage is less dense, but otherwise
almost identical with the Florida bean. It is
exceedingly hardy, which is a most desirable
feature in the early-maturing soils, the pods
staying in the fields in good condition all winter,
where they are used as pasturage for cattle and
hogs. The bean can be grown over the entire
South, and is one of the most profitable as weU
as less expensive crops ever produced by the
Southern farmer.

It can be planted in rows with com without
injury to the latter, putting 5 or 6 feet in drill.
When planted this way, it invariably produces
twice as much grain per acre as corn— of a higher
analysis, to say nothing of the fertility it adds
to the soil. This one feature alone will more
than recompense the grower for producing the
crop. It can also be planted every secona or
third row with peanuts, putting the beans 2 or
3 feet apart in the drill; the intermediate rows
being planted in corn. When planted this way,
they injure the peanuts very little, if any, and
can be produced without extra expense, as the
cultivation required for the peanut is in every
way ample for the beans. Velvet beans are
considered by many as one of the best legumes.
They may be successfully grown on almost any

soil. Land that has been run down or worn
out from growing cotton tor a number of years
may be readily restored to its original fertifity
by growing this legume. They are an important
factor in diversified farming, forced upon large
sections of the South by the boll weevil, which
has made impossible the profitable production
of cotton. They are among the best feeds
known for cattle and hogs and one of the most
profitable grown for this purpose. Cattle will
gather and get fat on it and still leave prac-
tically all of the crop in the field in the best
form of fertilizer. One of the principal factors
in soil life is humus, which abundantly supplied
by this legume. Humus in soil keeps it iii con-
dition to let in the rains more readily; helps to
absorb and hold it; lessens baking and packing;
prevents washing and bleaching; making plant-
food in soil available; and is very necessary in
the development of nitrogen-gathering bacteria.
It also adds to the soil phosphorus, potash, and
nitrogen. Nitrogen costs us, when bought, 15
or 20 cents per pound. It is estimated at
about four-fifths, or about that proportion, of
the air. Is this expensive? The nitrogen held
in suspension over one acre of land is enough to
grow 100 bushels of corn per year for 500,000
years, if it could be transmitted to the soil in
proper quantities. It is possible to get it from
the air and store into the soil in several ways.
By far the most important method is the grow-
ing of legumes and by the help of bacteria
that work upon the roots of these plants.
These are Nature’s main sources of maintaining
the nitrogen supply in the soil. Therefore, the
importance of growing legumes should not be
overlooked by the farmer. Lb., 20c, postpaid;
by freight or express, 1 lb., 15c; pk., $1.00.
Write for quantity prices.

FIELD OR COW PEAS.

The great soil-improver — -Makes poor land rich; makes good land more productive;
also makes a splendid and nutritious green forage or hay crop, enriching the soil even when th(
crop IS cu't.off. Cow p'eas make one of the largest yielding and most nutritious crops grown
There is also no surer or cheaper means of improving and increasing the productiveness of bur soih
than by sowing cow peas. It is not necessary to turn under the crop of vines to improve the soil
and it is really considered more economical and the best way to cut off the crop of vines ana curt
them as a forage or hay crop and then turn under the stubble ana roots. Even when the crop if
cut off, the land is leftin very much better mechanical condition and the productiveness very mud
increased over what it was before the crop was grown. The cow peas, to a greater extent than anj
other leguminous crop; have the piower to extract nitrogen and ammonia from the atmosphere anc
to store same in the vines and roots, so that, even if the crop is cut off, the land is enriched and it
condi tion improved. From 10,000 to 18,000 p ounds of green fodder per acre have been produced b]
cow peas.

Owing to the unsettled conditions of the Grass Seed market at the time of going t<
press, wecannot make firm prices on Clover, Timothy, etc., but purchasers will receive a
much as the money sent will pay for; but when a quantity is wanted, it is well to ask fo
prices In advance.

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FIELD OR COW PEAS— Continued.

To Grow for Hay they are most valuable, as they yield an immense quantity of feed of the
bes t quality and produce the crop in so short a time . The bacon made from hogs fed on the dried peas
is much sweeter and more solia and the fat will no t run out in cooking nearly so much as if fed on
com.

For ensilage they are u^mpassed, being more nutritious than green corn and other crops
used for this purpose. Where it is desired to turn the whole crop under as a soil-improver, it is better
to do so after t he vines are partly deaa . A good picking of the dried peas can be made before plowing
under, if desired.

Fertilizing Cow Peas —Acid phosphate or bone ana potash are usually consiaered the best
iertilizers to use on cow peas, and it is not, as a rule, considered desirable to use fertilizer contfeining
nitrogen or ammonia. Our experience proves, however, that fertilizer containing nitrogen or am-
monia is sometimes quite useful on poor lanas or lana that is aeficient in humus or vegetable mat ter,
and that the crop'of cow peas will be improved matprially on this class of soils by i ts use.

Sowing Cow Peas with Soja Beans, Kaffir Corn, Etc. — Cow peas are quite frequently
sown with Kaffir corn," sorghum, soja beans, or corn, in order to furnish some support and to enable
tihe vilies to be cut a;nd harvested to better advantage. The experience of our customers has con-
clusively proved that the best crop to sow with cow peas is soja beans and they should be sown at
therate of about 3^ bushel of soja beans to 1 bushel of cow peas. Both make a nutritious feed
and the so "a beans seem to hold up the vines and harvest better with cow peas than any other
crop. When Kaffir corn or sorghum is sown with cow peas, it should be sown at the rate of 1
peck of corn or sorghum with 1 bushel of cow peas to the acre.

Some of our customers sow millet with cow peas lor a hay crop with very satisiactory results.
Where millet is sown with cow peas, it will of course be desirable to sow some quick-growing variety
of cow peas, such as the New Era or the Whippoorwill. Three pecks of Golden millet and the
same qjiantity of cow peas should give a liberal seeding.

Cow peas can be sown in May, June or July at the rate of from 1 to 1 3^ bushels per acre.

t is too early to make prices on cow peas. Write for prices when in the market.

New Era — A new variety; probably the best
sort for the West and North; can be sown after
the wheat is taken off the ground and still pro-
duce a good crop of forage or peas, besides in-
creasing the fertility of the soil for the succeed-
ing crop, and leaving the ground mellow and
free from weeds.

Whippoorwill Peas — A favorite in Oklahoma,
Texas, and in the South generally. A vigorous,
healthy grower, yieldmg an abundant crop of
forage and gram. Write for prices.

Canada Field Peas — These field peas are
entirely different from cow peas, requiring to
be sown early in the spring ana making the
crop in May or June. They are increasing in
popularity every yfear, making a most satisfac-
tory and early-yielding forage crop. They can
be sown in open weather in December, January,
February, and March, and make large yields of
nutritious food, which can be used either green
or be cured lor hay. It also makes a good green
manuring crop to turn under, but is not equal
in this respect to cow peas. They can be sown
at the rate of 13^ to 2 bushels to an acre; but a
light seeding of rye, oats, or barley will increase
th^e yield and help support the pea vines when
the crop comes to maturity.

Black-Eyed Peas — A very fine table pea,
much in demand by market gardeners. Pods
are of good size and the peas are crowded in
the pod.

Make up and send us your order early.

Cow Peas.

WE HANDLE ONLY TOP-GRADE SEEDS

SUNFLOWER.

Mammoth Russian — Produces very large
he^, which are completely filled with the
striped grains. It succeeds everywhere, and
requires very little rain to insure a good crop.
It makes a large yield. It makes a good food

for stock and cannot be equaled as a food for
poultry. Plant when the CTound has become
warm at the rate of 22 pounds to the acre. Lb.,
25c. postpaid; by freight or express, lb., 20c;
10 lbs., $1.50.

PEANUTS.

CULTURE— Prepare the ground well, laying it off in rows with a shovel-plow; the rows should
be 314 leet apart, and put two kernels to the hill, which are about 1 foot apart. Cultivate
thoroughly, and keep the land as level as possible. Three-fourths of a bushel of unshelled nuts
will seea an acre.

Mammoth Jumbo — ^This variety grows to
an astonishing size. The plants make compact
bushes about 18 inches high, with heavy, erect
stalks and large leaves. The giant nuts have
thick, heavy-ribbed shells. Lb., 30c, postpaid.
Write for prices in quantities.

Tennessee Red — The finest variety grown.
Especially adapted to the black waxy land at
weU as the sandy soil. The nuts contain three
large kernels in each, and are enormously pro-
ductive. Lb., 30c, postpaid.

Spanish — In addition to their value for grow-
ing for nuts, these are very largely used in the
South as a forage and fattening crop for hogs
and other stock. They are early to mature,
very productive, and in the far South, where
they can be planted during March and April,
two crops can be made in one year, the secona
crop being planted early in July, the tops making
a hay crop and the nuts a grain crop. They
grow more compact than the Virginia peanuts,
making it possible to grow them closer, making
the cultivation easier also. This variety fre-
quently yields 60 bushels of marketable peanuts
and 2 tons of hay per acre. Lb., 20c, postpaid.

Spanish Peanut.

CLOVERS.

Alfalfa — The habits ana character of this plant are favorable to the entire South ana West,
ana experiments in the Eastern ana Northern States have shown that alfalfa can be grown
il the farmer will study the conditions of the vicinity. Alfalfa likes best a loamy soil ana
plenty of warmth; it then extenas its roots to underground water supply, and is not aependent on
the surface rains. Alfalfa sold for hay ana leea will return a greater cash income^ year by year,
than any other forage crop. Alfalfa will produce 1,600 pounds of pork per acre, if you p asture
your hogs; in addition to this production you can cut at least one crop oi hay from the same crop
the same season. In this section growers secure four and frequently five cuttings from the same
crop in one season, if they do no t save a seed crop. The ground on which alfalfa is to be sown should
be plowed ana cultivated thoroughly some two months beiore the seed is sown, and ax ter each rain
harrow again to store the moisture; just before sowing the seed harrow again, if the seed is sown
broadcast. A light harrow or drag should be used to cover the seed. Care must be used not to
cover the seed more than 1 inch. If you sow in the spring, get the seed in the ground beiore ypu
plant com. August ana September give the best results for fall sowing. Lb., 35c^ postpaia; by
freight or express, lb., 30c. We offer seea testing 99 per cent or better pure. Write for prices on
quantities.

Owing to the unsettled conditions of the Grass Seed market at the time of going to
press, we cannot make firm prices on Clover, Timothy, ^tc., but purchasers will receive
as much as the money sent will pay for; but when a quantity is wanted, it is well to ask
for prices in advance.

WE DO A VOLUME BUSINESS AND SELL AT LOW PRICES

Mammoth or Sapling Clover (also called
Pea Vine or English Glover) — Similar to crim-
son clover, but of ranker growth and blossoms
three weeks later. It wiU grow on many soils
where the small red would prove a failure. It
will grow on poor clay soils, on sandy soils, in
the stony woods, and will grow farther South
than the June or common red clover. WTiere
clover is to be sown for tiirnmg under for soil
imjDrovement, the Mammoth is by far the best
variety, as it not only roots much deeper, mak-
ing a wonderful rooi^evelopment, but its tap-
root acts as a sub-soiler, thus putting more or-
ganic matter in the soil than can be had from
the June or many other clovers. Lb., 60c, post-
paid; by freight or express, lb., 55c.

Alfalfa.

Red Clover — The most important and best-
mown of aU clovers, being used for pasture,
lay, and enriching the land. For the latter pur-
iose„ it is considered the cheapest fertilizer
mown. Lb., 60c, postpaid; by freight or ex-
press, lb., 55c.

Crirnson Clover — This is a variety of clo-
?^er that has attracted a great deal of attention
n the cotton region for the past few years, but
-he position which it wiU finally hold is still un-
«^in._ It does remarkably well in Louisiana,
Mississippi, and other Southern States. It is
m annual, which beg^ its growth wdth the
lutumn rains, often giving good grazing from
'November to April,! when it matures its seed
mdldies.l^On favorable soils it seeds itself.

>ntinued.

even though the ground be plowed and used
for shorter summer crops like millet. Every
farmer ought to plant a few acres in crimson
clover. Its value is tremendous, being the best
early forage and soil-improving crop we know
of. Plant during August, September, October,
and November at the rate of 15 to 20 pounds
to the acre. It is verj’ desirable to plant it
either . ust before or after a good rain, as other-
wdse a poor patch often results. It thrives best
on loose, sandy sods, and does not make a sat-
isfactory growth on stiff or wet or poorly drained
clays. It does well on poor lands and in this

Crimson Clover.

respect is better than red clover, adding more
fertility to the sod than any other clover. It
is very valuable to grow with other crops, and
is often combined with rye, oats, and other grains
and planted in the fall by our planters. Sowing
may be made in both com and cotton-fields.
It is not hardy for more than one season, and
must be sown every year. Inoculation is of
high impoitance, and many fadm-es are doubt-
less to be attributed to a lack of the proper bac-
teria. Lb., 35c, postpaid; by freight or express ,
lb., 30c; 10 lbs., $2.40.

Alsike, or Swedish Clover — The heads are
globular, very sweet and fragrant, and much
hked by bees, which obtain a great amount of
honey from them. It produces a great amount
of herbage during the season; the stalks are
very fine; it makes a valuable hay crop where
other clovers fad. Sow from 4 to 6 pounds per
acre. Lb., 40c, postpaid; by freight or express,
lb., 35c.

WE HANDLE ONLY TOP-GRADE SEEDS

CLOVERS — Continued.

White Clover — For lawn purposes this is
very desirable on account of its creeping stems.
It spreads rapidly and acts as a binder; very
hardy; in permanent pastures is of considerable
value. Lb., 60c, postpaid; by freight or express ,
lb., 50c.

Burr Clover — A clover that has won itself
favor with the leading farmers in the South-
It is an annual, producing a plant of rather
creeping instead of upright growth. It makes
both hay and pasture, and its greatest value is
as a winter and early spring pasture. Its growth
is very good, feven on the poorest kind of land.
It can be planted with perfect safety, as it can
be easily eradicated. It is a leguminous crop,
gathering nitrogen from the air, and, after fur-
nishing winter grazing, leaves the soil in better
condition for succeeding crops. Sow in the fall
or spring. It is a good plan to sow it on Ber-
muda sod in Septeruber and October, just when
the Bermuda is giving out or becoming woody.
The clover will grow right with the Bermuda,
so that the combination will furnish excellent
pasture both winter and summer — the clover
in the winter and the Bermuda in the summer.
Once established, it seeds itself, and improves
in growth and appearance each succeeding year.
Lb., 25c, postpaid; by freight or express, lb.,
20c; 10 lbs., $1.50.

You Run No Risk in Sending Cash with
Order — Our reputation as honest and expe-
rienced seedmen is well known, while our finan-
cial responsibihty can be learned from any bank,
trust company, or merchant who subscribes to
either of the Commercial Agency reports.

Burr Clover.

Japanese Clover, or Lespedeza — Lespedeza
is a summer annual that begins its growth in
the middle of spring, but does not reach ma-
turity until September or October. It grows
successfully over the whole area from centra

New Jersey westward to central Kansas and
southward to the Gulf.

When once established, it re-seeds itself from
year to year. Sow in spring after ground warms
up by scarifying surface with a disc harrow.
Sow not less than one bushel of lespedeza per
acre of the very best recleaned seed obtainable;
roll the field or cover seed lightly. Lespedeza
and Bermuda grass mixed with Burr clover
make a most excellent summer pasture. On
good level land, no better hay than Bermuda
can be grown. Sow the lespedeza seed on the
Bermuda sod in March or April and thoroughly
harrow the sod.

No farmer can afford to do without such
pasture; or you can sow lespedeza on the oats
or other winter grain this spring. When the
grain is ready, cut for hay or grain; let the les-
pedeza grow and make a good crop of fine hay
this fall, then as the lespedeza reseeds itself you
have a permanent pasture.

Lespedeza is a legume, especially adapted
to old, worn-out pastures and neglected fields —
builds them up and makes them profitable.
Can be sown with profit on the hillsides and
stop that washing . All stock rehsh it.

Lespedeza in some soil grows 20 to 30 inches;
will yield two or three tons per acre. Of course,
if lands are very poor, whefn sowed to lespedeza
you cannot expect such large yields as above,
but lespedeza will enrich that poor land and
will make it valuable — make it especially adapt-
ed to future cotton or corn crops. Lb., 40c.
postpaid. Write for prices on quantities.

White Blossom Sweet Clover — Sweet clo-
ver is one of the oldest of knowm plants, and
until recent years has been thought of in this
State as a noxious weed. During the past few
years it has gained much favor, and is now con- ,
sidered as the most valuable of the clovers.

There are several varieties of sweet clover, •
although only one, the White Blossom (Melilotus
Alba), has grown to any extent. This species
is a biennial, and produces a larger and more
erect plant than any of the other varieties. It
wall grow 'and thrive on a great variety of soils,
although all the experiments that have been f
carried on have shown that it will not grow
successfully on soils that are not well supplied
with lime. It will grow vigorously on gravel or
clay soils and has proven very valuable on the
light, sandy lands that have not given satisfac-
tory returns from other crops. For the best '
results, sweet clover shdjuld be sown on a very ;
firm seed-bed, with only endugh loose dirt on ||
top to cover the seed. A very satisfactory n
method is to follow a cultivated crop, working |
the ground lightly with a disk or harrow. If it I
is necessary to plough, it should be done several
weeks before sowing, dragging or disking the ^
ground occasionally to keep out the weeds and
grass and to hold the moisture.^ Sweet clover i
seed has a very hard seed coat — in other words, '|
the outer coat on a large portion of the seed
(sometimes as high as 70 to 80 per cent) is so :
hard that moisture cannot penetrate it readily, '
40

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CLOVERS — Contin ued .

and the seed may remain in the ground a year
or more before growing. We have a method of
treating this seed so that 90 to 95 per cent of it
germinate in 3 to 5 days. This treatment does
not in any way injure the seed, but insures a
uniform stand, as it will all germinate at the
same time. We have always recommended
sowing about 20 pounds of seed to the acre, but
with the treated seed this amount is unnecessary,
and we would advise not more than 10 to 15
pounds to the acre. It may be sown any time
during the spring or summer months. Sweet
clover has more uses than perhaps any other
clover grown. As food for bees we doubt if
it can be equaled. It has been grown for this
purpose for a great many years, particularly in
the Southern States, and is highly recommended
by bee-keepers.

As a pasture for horses, cattle, sheep, hogs,
or poultry it has many advantages, being more
hardy, productive, and drouth-resisting than
any other clovers. Although stock may not like
sweet clover at first, it having a slightly bitter
taste, if starved to it for a few days, they will
acquire a taste and do well upon it. When
us^ for pasture, the stock should be turned in
upon it early in the season, and the plants kept
well eaten down throughout the season. If the
plants get too high, it is well to clip with a
mower several inches above the ground. There
is no danger from pasturing sweet clover, as
stock have never been known to bloat on it as
on other clovers.

It is very valuable as a soil-improving or green
manure crop. It is a legume and adds a large
amount of nitrogen to the soil, and will inocu-
late for alfalfa. It has a very deep root sj-stem,
and as it is biennial, the plant dies at the end
of the second year, its roots decay and add a

GRASS SEEDS.

Timothy — The most popular, nutritious, and
salable hay grass. There are better grasses for
pasture, but none lor hay. Grazing close does
not injure the second year’s crop. Write for
prices, stating quantity. Lb., 25c, postpaid;
by freight or express, lb., 20c; 10 lbs., $1.50.

Kentucky Blue Grass — An excellent pas"
ture and lawn grass, succeeding best on lime"
stone land, but does well on stiff or clay soils-
It is rather sensitive to heat, but not to cold
weather, and on this account does best in the
spring, fall, or winter. It does spendidly at
first — forms a compact turf, making a fine pas-
ture when once established. It is best, how-
ever, to combine other grasses with it for either
lawn or pasture. Sow in the fall or spring at
the rate of 2 or 3 bushels to an acre. Lb., 40c,
postpaid; by freight or express, lb., 35c.

Meadow Fescue, op English Blue Grass —

We regard this as one of the most valuable
passes, as it adapts itself to different condi-
tions of soil and climate. Especially suited for
permanent pasture; also fine for hay. It gives

large amount of humus to the soil. It is also
used to good advantage on hillsides and clay
embankments. Besides furnishing a perman-
ent pasture in such places, it prevents washing
and gullying.

Sweet clover produces a large amount of hay.
The stalks do not become coarse and woody
the first season, and if seeded in the spring one
crop of hay may be taken when it has attained
its maximum growth. Two crops of hay or
one crop of hay and a crop of seed may be taken
the second year, although a greater quantity of
seed may be secured if cut only once the second
year. If cut for hay the second season, it should
be done before the blossom buds appear, as the
stalk becomes coarse and wooay after blossom-
ing. Care should be taken in curing the hay. If
allowed to become too dry, the leaves shatter,
and the best part of it is lost. It is of about
the same texture as alfalfa, and should be cut
and handled in the same manner. It contains
a large amount of protein; some analyses show-
ing it to contain even more than alfalfa or red
clover.

Sweet clover produces more seed than other
clovers and is a profitable seed crop for the
South at the present time, owing to the increas-
ing demand for seed. When cut for seed, it
should be done before the seeds have hardened
and when damp from dew or rain, and handled
very carefully, as the seed shatters easily. The
seed may be threshed with a common grain
thresher, but should be run through a clover
huller to separate the seed from the hulls. The
straw may be used for rough feed for stock dur-
ing the winter months. Lb., postpaid, 40c; by
freight or express, lb., 35c. Write for quantity
prices.

Red Top.

WE HANDLE ONLY TOP-GRADE SEEDS

GRASS SEEDS — Continued.

a large amount of early and late pasture, and
when cut for hay yields from 2 to 4 tons of fine
quality and verj^ nutritious feed. It is a per-
sistent grower; its roots penetrate deeply; it
does well on wet or dry bottoms, hillsides, grav-
elly, clay, and loamy lands. It never freezes
out or winter-kills, and is not easily affected by
drouth. Sow 15 to 25 pounds per acre. Lb.,
30c, postpaid; by freight or express, lb., 25c.

Red Top — Grows well in all soils, whether
sandy, thin, dry lands or rich, wet soils. It is
one of the most satisfactory grasses tha't can
be sown; a fine pasture grass and is well suited
for meadows. It sends out shoots at the base
that take root at every joint, forming a dense,
thick sod. Red top is of great value for sowing
in gullies or i(n soils that are inclined to wash
from heavy rains. Sow 10 pounds to the acre.
Lb., 30c, postpaid; by freight or express, lb.,
25c; 10 lbs., $1.75.

English Rye — ^This is a very valuable va-
riety for permanent pasture, also for lawn pur-
poses. It succeeds well on many soils and is
well adapted to the various soils and condi-
tions of the South. It is worthy of all the
praise given. It will cover the ground sooner
and make a better sward in a few weeks after
planting than most other grasses, and with-
stands drouth to a remarkable degree. It is
used extensively for lawns. The Bermuda,
being easily affected by frost, becomes red ana
rusty-looking, while the English rye auring the
winter presents a beautiful appearance, being
a vivid green, and as the Bermuda rye during
April and May makes its appearance it over-
grows the English rye, causing the latter to de-
cay and act as a fertilizer to the existing grass.
It should be sown from September to March at
the rate of 3 bushels to the acre. Our new crop

is carelully recleaned and may be depended up-
on, Lb., 20c, postpaid; by freight or express,
lb., 15c.

Bermuda Grass — Bermuda is a Southern
grass. It delights in sunshine and warmth .
It is extensively cultivated in this section of
the country for lawns It is a small, creeping,
hardy perennial, which thrives on nearly all
our soils, even growing on many of our poorer,
thin, sandy soils, though, like other grasses, it
gives better results on richer soils The upright
flower stems vary in height from a few inches to
2 feet — according to the richness of the soil
The leaves, which are short and numerous ,
grow near tne base of the plant. Bermuda grass
IS very valuable for pasture as well as for hay
crops. It grows vigorously durmg the hot
summer months when other grasses are parched
ana dead. On good soil, it will make splendid
hay, furnishing two or more cuttings, and fre-
quently yielding four tons to the acre. It is
very difficult to eradicate when once estab-
lished. One of the chief reasons why this grass
has not been more extensively introduced is the
fact that it has been the practice to propagate
it from the roots, as it does not mature from
seed in this country. However, it is ust as
easy to get a good stand by growing the seed.
The seed should be planted in the spring. Seed
requires 60 to 90 days to germinate. The
ground should be well prepared with a good,
firm, seed-bed, as the seed is small and is seeded
broadcast at the rate of 10 pounds per acre.
Do not cover more than half an inch. The
seeding should not be done too early, as the
seed wili not germinate if sown before the weath-
er and ground have become warm. Lb., 65c,
postpaid; by freight or express, lb., 50c; 10 lbs.
$4.50; 50 lbs., $20.00.

SUDAN GRASS.

The heaviestyielding, most drouth-resisting hay grass ever introduced. Sudan grass combines
all the good features of Johnson grass and has none of the obj ections. Sudan grass is sown
in the spring as soon as danger of ffist frost is past, either broadcast or in hills so that it can be
cultivated. If in rows 23^ inches apart, about 3 3^ pounds of seed to the acre will be required; if
sown broadcast, about 6 pounas. It stools reaaily, and often from 20 to 100 plants may^ be found
coming from one seed. As a drouth-resister, it has no equal, and may be depended upon when all
other grasses succumb to dry weather. It may be mowed or cut with a binder; the latter method
is preferred, as Sudan Grass cures admirably well in shocks. Lb., 5bc, postpaid. Write .for prices
in larger quantities.

Orchard Grass — ^This is oene of the most
valuable and widely-known of all pajsturage
grasses, coming in earlier in the spring and re-
maining green later in the fall than any other.
It grows about 2^ feet high, producing an im-
mense quantity of leaves and forage; bloohas like
red clover, making it a most valuable hay.
Sow 13^ bushels to an acre, either spring or fall.
Lb., 40c, postpaid; by freight or express, lb., 35c.

LAWN GRASS SEED.

Perfection Mixed Lawn Grass Seed — The
best lawn grass for the South. It makes a beau
tiful velvety green lawn^that, with proper care
and attention, will last fbr years. Lb., 35c,
postpaid.

Special Directions About Sowing — Nearly
all grass seeds are very small and will not come
up sati^actorily unless put in properly, and
again, most planters will not use enough seed t(
the acre. The soil should be thoroughly pre
pared by deep breaking and thorough harrowing
until a smooth bed is made, and the grouni
should be settled thoroughly before sowing
After sowing the seed, very little covering shouk
be givhn with a brush or harrow that will cove
it lightly. If the weather is likely to be dry
the grbund should be pressed over the seed, s<
as to bring the seed in close contact with th<
soil to hold the moisture until the seed gets 1
good start.

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FETERITA.

^ This wonderful new non-saccharine sorghifm
IS some^what similar to KaflSr com, with the ex-
ception that the grains are somewhat larger and
softer than Kaffir com and it is preferred by
many on this account for feed in the head. It
IS about three or four weeks earlier than Kaffir
made good- crops this season be-
side t^ same fields planted with Kaffir corn,
while Kaffir^ com proddcted very little, if any-
thing. It IS undoubtedly the most drouth-
resKtmg of any df the sorghum f amily, also the
earhest, and will undoubtedly become the most
popular d^-weather crop of fts class. Our sup-
ply of seed is the very best obt^ainable, and every
farmer should have a few actes of this crop.
Ask us for prices. Lb., 15c, postpaid.

KAFFIR CORN.

For grain, the seed should be planted in rows
and cultivated like com. This will require
about 5 pounds per acre. For fodder, H to 2
bushels should be sown broadcast, and the corn
cut for hay when the seed is in dough.

White— Lb., 15c, postpaid: by freight or
express, lb., 10c; bu., 50 lbs., $3.00.

R^— Grows taller than the white; stalks
slender, juicy, and very leafy. The seed is red
and smaller than the white and yields much
heavier. Lb., 15c, postpaid.

. Maize — A sure dry-weather crop; has

gelded ^ high as 75 bushels per acre; stalks
^ 1 1 with many juicy leavesjand

splendid heads. May be cut with a binder, like
wheat. Requires shallow planting'^and shallow
cultivation. Lb.,'_15c, postpaid. ^

Kaffir Corn.

CANE.

Honey Drip, or Japanese Variety — Our

gl-ower describes this cane as follows: “This
vanety of cane is without doubt the best all-
round cane for the Southern farmers. It is
the very best syrup^producer of all of the va-
rieties and is also a splendid forage crop for
^een feedmg, making excellent hay if sown in
very thick, and may be planted any time
between April an,d August. It grows 10 to 12
f^t high and is very prolific, sometimes pro-
ducing 5 to 7 stalks from one seed. Matures
about the middle of August to October — owing
to time of planting — ^but will keep gieen and
stand, if desired, until killed by frost, allowing
the farmer to take his own time to harvest fbr
syrup. As a syrup-producer, it has no equal,
bemg exceedingly ’uicy and sweet, making
from 200 to 400 gallons per acre, highly fla-
vored. As a feed crop, it k the best the farmer
can grow, on account of its immense amount
of sugar, producing from two to three crops
per season. _ One ^eat advantage over some
other varieties is, if the season is too dry for
more than one crop to be raised, this first
growth will not mature and fall down, but
will stand until frost, retaining its soft, nutri-
tious qualities. It has a large, open head,
with bright red seed, and if allowed to stand
until late fall, each stalk will produce 7 to 8
heads, free from srhut.” For syrup, .sow 10
pounds per acre. Lb., 25c, postpaid; by freight
or express, lb., 20c; 20 lbs., $3.00.

^ ^^Hy Amber — Farmers and stockmen say
that the Early Amber cane is the most valuable
fodder plant in existence. It is profitably grown
from IManitoba to Mexico on any good corn
ground, and is but little affected by drouth.

Orange— A variety well adapted for
the South. It is from eight to ten days later
than the Early Amber. Write for prices, stating
the amount needed.

BROOM CORN.

Broom corn will succeed in any good corn
soil and will njake a good crop with but little
ram. Besides the brush, it will make a large
yield of grain, equal in feeding value to oats.

T required to an acre when

drilled in rows 3 feet apart.

Evergreen— A favorite in Kansas, Missouri,
and Oklahoma. Grows to good length, and if
cut at the proper time, retains a good color.
Lb., 15c, ^stpaid; by freight or express, lb.,
10c.

Dwarf Broorn Corn— This variety grows
only 3 to 4 feet high, and is much easier handled
than the tall-growing sort. Lb., 15c, postpaid:
by freight or express, per lb., 10c. Ask for
prices on larger quantities.

TENNESSEE-COLDEN MILLET.

A SPLENDID, quick-growing summer hay
crop.jfc Golden millet makes a large-yielding
and most nutritious hay crop,J^quick-grow-

WE HANDLE ONLY TOP-GRADE SEEDS

MILLET — Continued.

ing, and easily cured. It requires, however, to
be sdeded thickly — not less than 1 bushel per
acre — and the crop should always be cut while
in bloom, before the seed hardens in the head.
If the seed is allowed to form, the stalks get
hard, and it does not make nearly as good qual-
ity hay, and at the same time it is more exhaus-
tive to the land. It can be sown at any time
from May fi ’st until the end of July. It ma-
tures its crop in from six to eight weeks after
seeding. Sowing Golden millet with cow peas
for a hay crop seems to be increasing. Sown in
this way, it should be sown with some quick-
maturing variety of cow peas, such as Whippoor-
will or New Era, and it should be sown nt the
rate of % bushel of millet and 1 bushel of peas
to the acre. It is necessary, when these crops
are sown together, to cut the crop at the time
that the millet is ready to cut, regardless ot the
maturity of the cow peas; sown together this
way, they make a much larger yi.eld than either
crop alone, and cure up and make splenaia, nu-
tritkus feed. Our Tennessee-Golden millet is
the best obtainable. Grows 4 to 5 feet tall,
with heaas 5 to 7 inches long Write for prices,
stating quantity.

Golaen Millet is not quite as large as the
Tennessee millet. Write for prices

White Wonder Millet — The seed of this
wonaerful millet was brought to this country
from China by a Russian soldier, who served
in the Japan-Russian War. He recognized the
many desirable qualities of this millet, and
brought a little of the seed to this country. It
has been raised in western Kansas for several
years, but this is the first year that it has been
produced in sufficient quantities to justify our
offering it to our customeis. The most striking
feature of White Wonder millet is the size of
the heads. The heads of this variety will run
from 8 up to 18 inches, and a single head will
have as many as 15,000 seeds. The yield of
White Wonder millet is very heavy, and this
variety will yield fully half as much again as
Golden millet, and some growers state that it
will outyield other millets 3 to 1. Another very
desirable feature is its earliness. White Wonder
millet is much earlier than Golden millet and is
almost as early as Siberian millet. The foliage
is very heavy and the leaves broad, resembling
those of corn. It produces an immense amount
of excellent fodder, which cures very readily.
On account of its earliness, the immense yield of
both grain and fodder, and the very vigorous
growth, which leaves the ground clean, White
Wonder millet will be in big demand, and we
urge you to make a liberal planting this year,
and get in on the ground floor. Lb., 20c, post-
paid; by freight or express, lb., 15c; 10 lbs.,
$1.00.

ROOT CROPS FOR STOCK-GRAZING.

Mangel Wurzels — The value of root crops
for stock-feeding during the winter months is
being more recognized. Foremost among these
are the mangel wuizels and the sugar beets, of
which an enormous crop may be raised at a

trifling cost per acre. The roots, if fed to the
cows, will greatly increase the flow of milk; they
will improve the general condition and health
of all animals to which they are fed, besides
saving hay. They should be planted in rows
3 feet apart in very rich soil; 5 or 6 pounds of
seed will plant an acre. Lb., 90c, postpaid;
by freight or express, lb., 85c; 10 lbs., $7.50.

Mammoth Long Red — The roots of this
variety grow to a larger size than those of the
other sorts. They are well formed, with flesh
of a blood-red color. Very nutritious.

SUGAR BEETS

Vilmorin’s Improved — The richest sort in
cultivation, containing, under favorable condi-
tions, as high as 18 per cent of sugar. The
roots grow below the surface of the ground,
are small to medium size, and yield several
tons per acre. Fed to cows, they will im-
prove the quantity of milk wonderfully. Lb.,
$1.00, postpaid; by freight or express, lb., 95c;
10 lbs., $9.00.

Dear Sirs, — ^Please send me your Seed Cat- J
alogue. |j;

What is the lowest price you can furnish ger- h'
anium cuttings this spring? I want a cheap 11^

box to make border for flower-beds. jj^

I planted some of your nasturtium seeds last
spring and I think every seed grew or came up .

Truly yours. Mrs. L. O. D., J

Black Fork, Ark. ilti

WE DO A VOLUME BUSINESS AND SELL AT LOW PRICES

ALYSSUM.

Fine for borders and edges and for cutting.
5ow thickly, so as to fonn masses, early in the
spring. Cut after first flowers come and others
yill bloom.

Sweet White — Fragrant white flowers all
summer. 34 oz., 5c; 34 oz., 10c; 1 oz., 20c,
jostpaid.

ASTERS.

The aster is hardy and easily grown, growing

into ^eater favor each year. Plants from seed
sown in open ground in May bloom in August,
September, and October. For early flowers,
sow in March and April in cold-frames, pots, or
boxes in the house. Cover the seed about 34
inch deep with rich, light soil, and when the
plants have three or four leaves, transplant about
18 inches apart each way into Avell-prepared beds.
Small quantities of unslacked lime or fresh wood
ashes stirred into the surface of the beds helps
to keep disease and insects trom the roots.

Queen of the Market — The

)est early aster. 34 oz., 15c; 34
iz., 30c.

Comet — Very artistic; the outer
tetals wavy, inner petals curled and
wisted; flowers of extraordinary
ize and beauty. Pkg., 10c; 34 oz.,
5c; 34 oz., 50c.

Branching — Broad, handsome
ushes; long-stemmed, large, and
)ng-petaled flowers; mixed colors,
'kg-, 5c; 34 oz., 10c; 34 oz., 35c.

BALSAM.

Double Finest Mixed — 34 oz.,
. )c; 34 oz., 20c.

^ Single Finest Mixed — 34 oz.,

)c; Y2 oz., 20c.

ORNAMENTAL BEANS.

Scarlet Runner Bean — Orna-
1 ental and useful. , This vine is
graceful, flowers are of a
iUiant scarlet, and the beans are
1 excellent quality, either when
ielled or in the dry state. Pkg.,

1 ; oz., 10c.

Giant Zanzibar Castor Bean — From 12 to
feet. The enormous leaves, beautifully
)ed, 234 to nearly 4 feet across. Each plant
ikes a pyramid of foliage, thickly set from top
) bottom. Pkg., 5c; oz., 15c; 2 ozs., 25c.

CARNATIONS,
vj! They are equally well adapted to garden
ture or to growing in pots in the house .

Giant Comet Aster.

Highly esteemed favorites. Flowers of deli-
cate fragrance and colors.

Finest German Mixed — Saved from extra
fine double mixed flowers. Pkg., 25c.

Marguerite — Produces its beautiful flower
four months after sowing the seed. It blooms
profusely in many colors. Flowers very frg,-
grant. Pkg., 10c.

WE KA'NELE ONLY TOP-GRADE SEEDS

ANTIRRHINUM, OR SNAPDRAGON.

Giant flowering tall. Mixed. Pkg., 10c; oz.,
40c.

GERANIUM.

Finest mixed. Pkg., 25c.

HOLLYHOCK.

CAMPANULA.

Canterbury Bells — Pkg., 10c; oz., 60c.

CANDYTUFT.

Among the most useful oi perfectly hardy an-
nuals. Plants bear neat clusters of flowers very
freely. Mixed. Pkg., 5c; oz., 30c.

CELOSIA, OR COXCOMB.

Free-flowering, graceful plants. Some pro-
duce long flower racemes and grow from 2 to 4
feet tall, while others grow quite dwarf and
produce massive, heavy flower-head of the
shape of coxcomb. In every case the flowers
are of a brilliant, shining color. The dwarf
plants make excellent pot-plants, while the tall
sort furnish the material for bouquets. Half-
hardy annual.

Tall Mixed — Combs of all colors. Pkg., 10c.

Express — ^Rich, velvety, crimson combs of
large size. Pkg., 10c.

CHRYSANTHEMUM.

Mixed. Pkg., 10c; oz., 30c.

COSMOS.

A strong, tall-gromng annual. Its bold flow-
ers have an exquisite daintiness and airiness,
heightened in effect by their foiliage of feathery
green. If topped when half grown, the plants
will bloom much earlier.

Fine Mixed — 34 oz., 10c; 34 oz., 15c; oz.,
25c.

DAHLIA.

From seed.

Cactus — Mixed. Pkg., 10c; oz., 50c.

FORGET-ME-NOT.

An old favorite, with pretty star-like flowers-
It flourishes in moist shady places, and will
bloom the first year from seed if planted early.
Half-hardy perennials.

Palustris (True March Forget-Me-Not) —
The flowers are blue and white, with yellow eyes .
Pkg., 10c. ..

Fine Double Mixed — ^Packet, 5c.

LARKSPUR.

Quick-Lowing, free-flowering annuals, pro-
ducing stiffly erect spikes of beautiful flowers in
profusion. Seed should be sown thinly in shal-
low drills early in spring when the trees are
starting out in leaf. When young plants are
well started to grow, thin out or transplant to
stand 12 inches apart.

Tall Double Hyacinth — Mixed. Pkg., 10c;

oz., 40c.

LANTANA.

Well-known shrubby plants, with clusters
of verbena-like flowers; make splendid display
the first season. The plant ^ flowers ^ freely
throughout entire summer. Height, 18 inches.

Hi’ine mixed. Pkg., 10c; oz., 40c.

MARIGOLD.

These flowers are valuable because they light
the garden with a grand glitter of yellow far into
the frosts of autumn. Hardy annuals; average
height, 134 to 2 leet.

African Double — Fine mixed. Oz., 20c; 34
oz., 10c; pkg., 5c.

MARVEL OF PERU.

Four o’clock — Mixed. Pkg., 5c; oz., 25c.

MIGNONETTE.

The seed can be grown at any time, and, if
successive sowings are made, its fragrant, mod-
est-colored flowers may be gathered outdoors
until November. Sow in pots and boxes under
glass in February and March and thin or pot-off
the seedlings to make good plants for bedding
about April 1st. Sow outdoors in rows about
April 1st and again at intervals of about three
weeks until August, a row or two at a time, for
succession.

Machet — A spleiidid sort of bushy, vigorous
growth; bears massive spikes of very fragrant
red flowers. Pkg., 5c; oz., 30c.

Golden Queen — Golden yeUow; deliciously
fragrant. Pkg., 5c; oz., 30c. Mix^, pkg., 5c;
oz., 20c.

WE DO A VOLUME BUSINESS AND SELL AT LOW PRICES

NASTURTIUMS.

Mixed Tall — Of many bright colors; very
effective when planted in low rows or masses.
Pkg., 5c; oz., 15c; M Ib-i 35c; lb., SI. 00, post-
paid.

Dwarf Mixed — Pkg., 5c; oz., 15c; 3^ lb., 35c;
lb., SI. 00, postpaid.

PANSY.

Choice Mixed — Fine for bedding. Pkg.,~10c;
34 oz., 20c; Y2 oz., 35c; oz., 65c.

Giant Trimardeau Mixed — Pkg., 20c; oz.,

si.oo.

PETUNIA.

Effective and easily grovm annuals, which
bloom throughout the summer.

Single Mixed — The best large - flowering .
Pkg., 10c; 34 oz., 50c; oz., 80c.

PHLOX DRUMMONDI.

The annual phloxes are dazzling in effect,
particularly so when sovti in masses or beds of
different colors. Few flowers are so easy to
ginw from seed, so pretty and compact in habit,
so quick to bloom, or give such a brilhant dis-
play of color for so little cost and care. If
given good soil and plenty of water, they fur-
nish a long supply of flowers for cutting. The
first sowing should be made as soon as the frost

is out of the ground in the spring; later ones in
May, either where the plants are to bloom or
in s€^-beds, as the phlox transplants readily.
Average hei^t, 1 toot.

Grandifiora (Mixed) — This variety has beau-
tiful round-petaled flowers, larger than the older
sorts; showy and constant. Pkg., 10c; 34 oz.,
25c; Y2 oz., 40c.

SHIRLEY POPPY.

Remarkably brilliant and free-flowering; range
from pale rose to deep crimson; delicately edged
and fringed. If cut when young, will last sev-
eral days. Mixed colors. Pkg., 5c; oz., 30c.

PORTULACA.

Single Mixed — ^Pkg., 15c; 34 oz., 50c.

SALVIA.

Splendens (Scarlet Sage) — The plants are
fairly covered with long spikes of scarlet flowers ;
very popular and highly ornamental. Pkg., 25c;
34 oz., 75c.

SWEET PEAS.

B. S. Seed Co. Superb Mixture — Oz., 10c;
lb., 85c, postpaid.

Spencer Mixed — Large flowering. Oz., 15c;
14 lb., 40c; H lb., 75c; lb., S1.40.

Eckford’s Select Mixture — Oz., 10c; lb.,
85c, postpaia.

Blanche Ferry — The well-known pink and
white variety of Spencer tjqie.

America — The brightest blood red, striped
white,

Black Knight — Ver>’ deep maroon; one of
the darkest sort.

Juanita — ve^' beautiful snowy white,
striped With rare light blue; unusually attract-
ive when bunched by itself.

Lady Grisel Hamilton — Standard mauve,
winged lavender.

King Edward VII — The standard is a rich
carmine scarlet of glossy effect; the wings are
also a camnne scarlet and on the reverse side
are a deep rose carmine.

We handle only top-grade seeds

Countess of Radnor — One of the handsom-
est; standard rich lavender mauve; wings
lighter.

Any of the above, pkg., 5c; oz., 15c; 34 lb.,
35c, postpaid.

Sweet Peas.
PLANT FOOD.

Small package, 15c; large package, 25c, not
postpaid.

SWEET WILLIAMS.

Unsurpassed for massing beds and borders.
Produce an abundance of richly-colored flower-
heads throughout the season. Fine for cutting.
Hardy perennials.

Fine Single Mixed — Beautifully shaded and
marked. Pkg., 5c.

Fine Double Mixed — Splendid strain. All
colors. Pkg., 10c.

VERBENAS.

Among the best-known and most easily-grown:
annuals.

Scarlet — Pkg., 10c.

Mixed — Mammoth flowers of lovely shades ..
Pkg., 10c.

VINCA.

Periwinkle — Mixed. Pkg., 15c; oz., 75c.

ZINNIAS.

Few flowers are so easily grown from the seed
in the ppen ground or bloom so abundantly or
so continuously throughout the season as this
hardy annual. During the month o August
zinnias are very bright. Sow in the open ground
early in the spring. Average height, 134 to 2
feet.

Single Mixed — oz., 10c; 34 oz., 20c.

Double — 34 oz., 15c; 34 oz., 25c.

ANNUALS— CLIMBERS. i

Cypress Vine — Scarlet. Pkg., 10c; oz., 40c. |.
White. Pkg., 10c; oz., 40c. f

Balsam Apple — Pkg., 5c; oz., 30c.

Dolchios (Hyacinth or Jack Bean) — Pkg., 5c;
oz., 30c.

Morning Glory — Finest mixed. Pkg., 5c;
oz., 20c. :

BULBS. ,

Caladium, or Elephant’s Ear — Oood size. i|
20c each.

Also Gannas, Gladiolus, etc. Write for
prices.

BIRD MANNA.

Positive Necessity to Every Canary.

Paris, Tex., September 2, 1917.

Dear Sirs, — What are you getting for pure
Abruzzi rye this year? I bought some from
you last year that was pure, but I did not save
seed enough to plant all I wish for the coming
season.

Also quote me prices on crimson clover and
hairy vetch. J. E. Haynes.

Keeps birds in constant song. Improves I
their plumage and prevents disease. A sure
cure for loss of song and nearly all diseases of i
seed-eating cage birds. Pkg., 15c; doz., $1.65,
postpaid.

Gentlemen, — Please send me your Seed Cata |
logue for 1918. I want prices on Bermuda gras i
seed and what would be the best time to sow ij
here in this locality? One of my neighbors go|
some seed from you and it did fine for him.

Yours truly, Joe St. Clair,

Feb. 2, 1916. Okarche, Okla.

WE DO A VOLUME BUSINESS AND SELL AT LOW PRICES

Supply Department.

FLOWER POTS.

4- inch, 5c each, 35c per doz.

5- inch, 5c each, 55c per doz.

6- inch, 10c each, 75c per doz.

7- inch, 15c each, Sl.OO per doz.

8- inch, 5c each, 50c per doz.

10-inch, 30c each.

12-inch, 45c each. .

SAUCERS.

5- inch, 5c each, 35c per doz.

6- inch, 5c each, 40c per doz.

7- inch, 5c each, 50c per doz.

8- inch, 5c each, 60c per doz.

10-inch, 10c each, §1.10 per doz.

12-inch, 20c each, §1.90 per doz.

By freight or express.

CANARY BIRDS.

Hartz Mountain Birds — Guaranteed sing-
ers, §4.00 each; females, §1.00 each. St. An-
dreasburg Rollers, ask.

BIRD CAGES.

Enameled.

Brass guard cloth and tops; also gold bronze
bands and gold bronze around the bottom.
Have a very attractive appearance. Write for
prices.

GOLD FISH.

AU sizes. Common Gold Fish, Comets, Fan-
tails, Telescopes, etc. Write for prices.

Gold Fish and Birds are carried in stock
from September to February.

BEE SUPPLIES.

Bee-keeping is a most desirable pursuit for
both-p.leasure and profit by either man, woman,
or cluld.

With very little attention at the proper time,
a colony of bees will not only be self-supporting,
but mU lay up for you a surplus of the most
dehcious sweet known. Any person can suc-
cessfully manage a few colonies.

Bee Smokers.

Bingham Smoker Engine Each, §1.50

Bingham Doctor Smoker Each, 1 .25

Bingham Little W onder Each , .75

If above wanted by parcel post, add 10c each
for postage.

Extracting Frames — 41^ inches deep and
bVs inches deep, 10 for 45c, 100 for §3.75.

K-lb. spools tinned wire, 25c.

Silk face bee veil, 95c.

8-frame honey board, 13%x20, 50c.

Section Pressers — Each, 55c.

Dadant’s Medium Brood Foundation —
1-lb., 85c; 10 lbs., §8.00.

Scalloped Sections— 100, §1.00; 250, §1.95;
500, §3.60.

Hoffman Brood Frames — Pierced, 100,
§4.50; 500, §21.50.

Kretchmer’s Dovetailed Hives — Complete,
with sections and starters. lp^-<Btory, 8-frame,
- §3.00 each, five for §14.00; 13^-story, 10-frame,
§3.25 each, five for §15.50. Prices quoted are
in the flat. For hives set up, add §1.00 each.

Section Holders — inches wide, slotted,
10 for 35c, 100 for §2.75.

Slotted Wood Separators — 4^x183^ inches,
10 for 20c, 100 for §1.65.

DRONE AND QUEEN TRAP.

The latest alley drone and queen trap is
quite an improvement over the old style and
is designed to automatically catch and cage
the drones. It is also valuable during the
swa^iag season to catch and hold the queen
until Hhe apiarist can give her his attention,
thus in most cases preventmg the swarm from
leaving or settling in some inaccessible place.
Price, 65c. Weight, 14 ounces.

DOUBLE BEE ESCAPES.

Double Bee Escapes, price, 25c each; postpaid,
30c. \

Porter Bee Escapes to clear the supers of bees.
Save time and bees.

PARKER FOUNDATION FASTENER.

The Parker Foundation Fastener is a very
handy little machine for putting comb foun-
dation starters" in sections. They cost but
little, and one, with a little practice, can put
in starters rapidly with them. Price, 30c each.
Weight, 1 pound.

We are also able to furnish Extracting Frames,
Section Holders, and Separators, Wax Extract-
ors, Bee Stoves, Bee Veils, Bee Brushes, Honey
Boards, Feeders, etc., etc. If interested, please
write.

Write for Bee Supply Catalogue.

BIRD SUPPLIES.

Seed Cups, No. 1 Flint Each, 10c

Brass Bird Cage Springs Each, 25 c

Bird Bath, Flint Each, 20c

Perfection Mixed Bird Seed Lb., 20c

Canary Seed Lb., 25c

Hemp Seed Lb., 15c

Rape Seed ;Lb., 10c

Sunflower Seed Lb., 15c

Cuttlefish Bone Each, 5c

Spratt’s Mocking Bird Food Pkg., 30c

If seeds are wanted by mail, add postage.

The original wheelbarrow spraying outfit. One of the most popular “one-man” machines made. i
All wor&ng parts coming in contact with the liquid are made of brass.

Tank — Heavy galvanized steel reiniorced top and bottom with channel iron hoops. Heavy
castings for attaching to frame. |

Discharge Equipment — Ten feet of ^-inch Capacity, 15 gallons; shipping weight, crated, j
Ideal spray hose, 34-inch iron pipe extension 8 75 lbs.

Jeet long, fog nozzle, and leakless shut-off. Price, each $23.50 j

No. 31 Ideal Sprayer.

This makes a splendid one-man outfit. By
pumping up about 150 pounds pressure, the
machine will operate about five minutes without
further pumping.

The specifications are the same as No. 30,
with the following auditions :

Air Tank — Diameter ip inches, length 24
inches. Heavj^ steel. All joints welded. Test-
ed to 275 pounds pressure. Shipping weight,
crated. 90 lbs.

Price, each $32.50

No. 210 Favorite Sprayer.

For some time we have had a demand for a
compressed air Sprayer at a less price than it
is necessary to get for our Perfection.

This Sprayer has a number of the good feat-
ures of the Perfection. It has the riveted tank,
the new shut-off valve, and the Modoc nozzle.
Galvanized steel. Capacity, 3 3^ gallons.

Price, each $4.75

WE DO A VOLUME BUSINESS AND SELL AT LOW PRICES

The New Misty Sprayer.

A general purpose sprayer for farm, stable,
or garden uses; handles fly oils, bug poisons, and
disinfectants; has large, powerful pump; lined
can screw; made of heavy tin; holds 1 quart.
Price 50c

Easy Compressed Air Sprayer.

Capacity, 1 gallon. ' Made of galvanized steel;
lutomatic shutoff nozzle.

Price $2.50

A Compressed Air Atomizer.

Sprays all the time.^Made of tin. Holds 1
juart. Has two nozzle tips. Is recommended
or fly oils.

Mce 90 c

The Perfection Sprayer.

For spraying, disinfecting, or whitewashing
plants, bushes, vines, etc. j\lade of heavy met-
al, strong in construction, powerful in action .
Tank, 73^x20 inches; lock-seamed with twenty-
four rivets. Hose attached with clamps. All
furnished with shut-off nozzles. Made of gal-
vanized steel or solid brass.

Galvanized steel Each, $5.75

Brass Each, 7.75

Glass Jar Sprayer.

For those wanting a strong and well-protected
Glass Jar Sprayer, we recommend the Crescent
as being the most desirable. Holds 1 quart;
has long powerful pump and two discharge tubes ,
which send th"> spray over a wide area.

Price 65c

Modoc Bucket Pumps.

All solid brass; double action; D-shaped han-
dle; bronze ball valves; will whitewash and
spray with same nozzle by simply turning the
disc; equipped with 5-ply pressure hose; fas-
tened with clamps.

Price $3.50

POULTRY SUPPLIES.

Our Poultry Supply Department is the largest
in this section. \Ve handle only the verj" best
and at reasonable prices. Our terms are cash
with order, f. o. b. cars.

Champion Leg Bands — The oldest and
most popular band on the market. The band
is made in one piece in two sizes, adjustable to
fit any fowl. They will stay where you put
them. Held by double lock, it is impossible
for them to lose off. Made of the best quality
aluminum. Price, postpaid, 12 for 15c, 25 for
25c, 50 for 40c, 100 for 75c.

Superior Leg Band — This is the best and
most practical leg band invented. It is made
from spring wire, with aluminum tag. It is
so constructed that by twisting the tag the wire
can be put in place. The tag is twisted back

The Cyclone Seeder sows all kinds of grain
and seed perfectly — oats, cow peas, millet, etc.
Each, $2.00.

SPRAYERS.

SEEDERS. •

Ca boon’s — The standard sower. Sows from
fom to eight acres per hour at a common walking
gait. Can be used for sowing alfalfa and all
grains broadcast. Each, $5.00.

WE HANDLE ONLY TOP-GRADE SEEDS

straight, so that the holes are opposite each
other, thus locking the wires so they cannot
possibly slip out. Price, postpaid, 12 for 15c,
25 for 30c, 50 for 40c, 100 for 75c.

POULTRY SUPPLIES— Continued.

ANTI-LICE NEST EGGS.

' A standard-size nest egg and lice killer com-
bined. Rids laying hens of lice and mites, in-
expensive to use. 5c each, 60c per dozen.

Petty’s Perfect Poultry Punch — All steel,
nickel-plated. Punches clean; hole right size;
will not bruise foot. Price, 25c, postpaid.

EGG TESTERS.

Each 25c

CHINA NEST EGGS.

With these eggs there is no danger of getting
stale eggs mixed with the fresh ones nor of the
hens eating them and acquiring the habit of
eating egs.

Dozen 40c

CAPON I ZING SETS. I

Poultrymen can double their profits by capon-
izing. The operation is very simple, and the
instructions are so full and explicit that any 1.
man, woman, or child, after a careful reading, i
will be able to perform the operation. It is i
highly successful from every point of view . i
The ob'ect of caponizing is to greatly increase
the weight of fowls, causing them in many ill- (
stances to grow as large as turkeys and weigh i
from 10 to 15 pounds, and the meat is of fine }
flavor, s weet, „uicy, and tender. [

BEUOY OLD MODEL CAPON TOOLS.

This set will lease the most exacting. It contains the old Model Remover, also the Humane |
Spreader, the new design thin-blade knife 7 inches long, the combination hook and probe, together f
with the necessary cords and attachments for securing the bird. Finished in the very best nickel- I
plate and polishea, together with full and complete instructions, fully illustrated. Packed in cotton |,
in neat box and sent via parcel post, prepaid $3.50 I

PEARL GRIT.

Specially prepared for this purpose and vastly
superior to any other grit on the marhet for
healthy bone and egg-production. Contains
80 per cent carbonate of lime, 10 per cent sihcon,
and 3 per cent iron and magnesium. 5-lb. pkg.,
10c; 50-lb. pkg., 75c; 100-lb. pkg., $1.25.

EYRIE EGG BOXES. j

For Shipping.

Time - savers and weight - savers. Excel in i
strength and appearance. Take minimum ex- |
press rates, and are cheap. It only takes about i
one-fourth of the space of an ordinary basket, j
The insertion of the handle automatically locks
the box. Price, No. 1, for one setting (15 eggs), ij

each, 20c; dozen, $2.25. j

PAPER EGG BOXES.

One-dozen size Dozen, 15c; 100, 75c ;

PARCEL POST BOXES. j

2-dozen size 25c ij.

4-dozen size 25 c I

10-dozen size 50c I

STONEWARE DRINKING FOUNTAINS.

Half-gallon size 25c

One-gaUon size 35c

Two-gallon size 55c

WE DO A VOLUME BUSINESS AND SELL AT LOW PRICES

POULTRY FOODS.

Perfection Scratch Food — For the laying
hens. Keeps them in good health the year
round; produces good results. Our Poultry
roFood is made of good, sound grains and seed,
all cleaned and screened before mixing, and is
without dust, meal, or waste of any kind. Mar-
ket price.

Perfection Chick Food — Chicks properly
started on good, wholesome food are the ones
that reach maturity. Perfection Chick food is
the right food for cliicks — comprising small
grains, grit, charcoal, and beef scraps. Ask for
lowest market prices.

Perfection Mash Food — ^An excellent egg-
producer; strong in egg-making qualities; noth-
ing like it to make hens lay in winter. Ask for
I prices.

Ground Beef Scraps — Feed three times a
week, at the rate of about a handful to every
three birds, in the morning meal of hot food, or
keep in a hopper before the fowls, allowing
' them free access all the time. Lb., 10c; 100 lbs.,
? $7.00.

Blood Meal — ^Pure Blood Meal fed to your
poultry will make your hens lay, your chicks
grow fast, and keep your fowls healthy. It
contains no groirnd bone or cheap adulteration
of any sort, and is the most complete poultry
and egg food in use. It should be fed at the
rate of about three times a week, composing
about one-tenth of the mash. Lb., 10c.

DARLING’S MEAT CRISPS.

75 Per Cent Protein.

Meat Crisps is richer in protein than even
the highest grade Meat Scrap. It is lower in
grease fat and moisture. Being sweet, clean,
and odorless, it is exceptionally appetizing.
Meat Crisps is free from the low-grade grease
found in many of the other Meat Scraps, which
is the cause of much intestinal and digestive
trouble. For these reasons a small amount of
IMeat Crisps will go farther and produce better
results than any other form of animal protein.
25-lb. pail |2 .50

Cracked Poultry Bone— -Made from fresh,
pm-e, clean bones, and it should be fed to the
poultry daily — about one handful to every five
fowls, like grain or any other food. Lb., 10c;
10 lbs., 60c; 100 lbs., S5.50.

Perfection Crushed Oyster Shells, to a
large extent, will supply the necessary material
for finding their food and at the same time
furnish the lime for egg shells. Chemical analy-
sis, together with the reports from experienced
poultr\Tnen, show that o^inary grain and green
food supplied to laying hens do not contain
enough lime for the egg shells. It requires sev-
eral times as much hme as if ordinarily fed if
good, strong egg shells are to be produced.
Crushed oyster shells will supply this lime, if
kept continually before the fowls, trusting them
to eat the amount necessary. The judgment
of fowls can be relied on in this respect. 50
lbs., 75c; 100 lbs., $1.25. Ask for the lowest
market prices when in the market for any of
our Poultry Foods.

Perfection Brand Charcoal — Specially pre-
pared for poultry. Feeding purifies the blood,
prevents disease, and is a sure remedy for sour
crop, diarrhoea, etc. Put up in two grades —
fine granulated, for use in mash mixtures, and
coarse, for hopper-feeding. Lb., 10c.

Sulphur Fumigating Candles — Each, 10c,
postpaid.

New Way to Plant Seed.

^yill seed all kinds of small garden seeds. It
is especially adapted for hot-houses and hot-
beds. It will seed radishes, lettuce, cabbage,
and tomatoes for plants. One man, with a
Perfection Drill and Seeder, can do as much
seeding as five or six men would do in the same
time by hand It avoids too thick seeding
with the annoying, time-wasting thinning that
so often occurs in hand seeding.

Soon pays for itself in seed saved. The little
wheel operates a disc in the hopper, dropping
the seed evenly. Different size discs are used
for different size seeds. The little wheel runs
on a board and the thickness of the board
gauges the depth of the seeding. Expert horti-
culturists say the Perfection Garden Seeder
marks the only improvement made in the past
twenty years in a hand seeder and drill. It is
within the reach of everyone. Sent postpaid
for $2.50. Weight, 13^Jbs.

XKftk fill a.rn.nf.oo

HEALTHY POULTRY PAYS

Only vigorous, healthy birds can produce profits. If dis-
ease enters your flock, act quickly with reliable remedies.
Better still, prevent disease befork it starts. .We recom-
mend Conkey’s because we know Conkey’s is absolutely
dependable. Conkey’s must satisfy you or we’ll refund
your money quick. Send 4c stamp for valuable book on
making poultry pay. Chock full of valuable poultry facts.

CONKEY’S ROUP REMEDY

— Used by poultrymen all over the
world as a preventive and treat-
ment for this most common, con-
tagious and deadly of all poultry
diseases. A measureful in the
drinking water and the birds doc-
tor themselves. 30c, 60o, $1.20.
5-lb. can, $7.00.

CONKEY’S ROUP PILLS —
For individual treatment. 30c,
60c.

CONKEY’S W. D. REMEDY—

Right from the start put Conkey’s
White Diarrhoea Remedy in the
chicks’ water and save them from
this scourge that kills millions of
chicks every year. 30c, 60o.

CONKEY’S GAPE REMEDY
— Rids chicks of choking gape
worms. Does not harm the chick.
30c, 60c.

CONKEY’S LICE POWDER—

Dusted on the hen or added to the
dust bath, it destroys the body lice
that sap the hen’s strength. Lousy
hens can’t lay._ Good poultrymen
won’t have lice-infested birds. 15c,
30c, 60c; pails, 12 lbs., $1.40; 25
lbs., $2.75.

CONKEY’S LICE FIX — An
ointment for body lice. One ap-
plication lasts for weeks. Quick,
easy, pleasant to apply. 30c, 60c.

CONKEY’S CHOLERA REM-
EDY in the drinking water helps
overcome most bowel troubles.
30c, 60c.

C O N K E Y’S SOREHEAD
REMEDY for dangerous, conta-
gious chickenpox, pigeonpox, warts,
and plan. 30c, 60c.

CONKEY’S NOX-I-CIDE DIP
AND DISINFECTANT — strong,
reliable, economical; mixes with
water. For spraying poultry
houses, runs, barns, and stables,
for washing poultry utensilsi coops,
broodersi and incubators. An ef-
ficient animal dip. Has a hundred
uses about the home and around
the farm. The best insurance for
your home and your stock. 40c,
70c, $1.00; 1 gal., $1.75; 5 gals.,
$7.50.

CONKEY’S POULTRY TON-
IC is a time-tried and proven lay-
ing tonic, moulting powder and reg- .
ulator that helps hens into vigor-
ous, red-blooded good health. It
purifies the blood and tones up the
whole system. All the food is util-
ized, and the bird becomes a real
producer. It’s different from
forcers and stimulants. It’s just
good tonic all through. Conkey’s
builds better hens. Great for
growing chicks. 30c, 60c; pails,
12 lbs., $1.40; 25 lbs., $2.75; bags,
50 lbs., $5.00; 100 lbs., $9.50.

Don’t

Worry!
Conkey
Will Cure

CONKEY’S STOCK SPECIALS

STOCK TONIC— A wonderful Tonic for all
livestock.

FLY KNOCKER — A spray for cattle]and stables
to keep annoying flies away.

COW SPECIAL — A remarkable conditioner for
dairy cows.

POULTRY TONIC.

Good for all your Birds every day in the year.

The above prices should prevail Continued rising mar-
kets, however, make it impossible to guarantee them.

Buttepinilk

STARTING FOOD

Gives your chicks buttermilk in a dry, sani-
tary foim — not too much and not loo little.
The lactic acid is just what is needed by the
delicate digestive tract of the baby chick as an
aid in the prevention of digestive and bowel
troubles.

With this Buttermilk is mixed a combination
of clean, wholesome grains, balanced in ]ust
the right proportion to help the little fellows
over those critical first three weeks and bring

them through with a good start for a healthy,
well-developed maturity.

By using Conkey’s Buttermilk Starting Food
you assure your chicks of a sure, steady supply
of good wholesome buttermilk, free from con-
tamination of disease. Feed it to your chicks
and that is aU the food you need to give them
for the fet several weeks, except a little greens,
some grit, and clean water.

Feed your chicks Conkey’s Buttermilk Starting Food and
watch them grow quickly into heavy layers, strong breed-
ers, lull-bodied market birds, and real profit-makers.
3-pound package, 30c; 50 pounds, 13-75;

_ 0-pound package, 55c; 100 pounds, $7.00.
10-pound package, 85c;

The Oakes Economy

Brooder Hover

All Steel, Light, Strong, and Durable.

It furnishes plenty of heat with a small flame,
and is GUARANTEED TO GIVE SATISFAC-
TION IN EVERY RESPECT. The Economy
Hover is complete in itself, and can be used
anywhere, as it stands on a level floor — no plat-
form, false floor, or other preparation necessary^

No. 1 Hover (18-inch drum), without

cage $6.50

Shipping weight about 14 lbs.

No. 1 Hover, with wire cage 8.50

Shipping weight about 25 lbs.

No. 2 Hover ( 22-inch drum ), without

cage 9.00

Shipping weight, about 32 lbs.

No. 2 Hover, with wire cage 11.50

Shipping weight, about 43 lbs.

Prices do not include postage, express, or
freight charges.

Patented January 4, 1916.

WE HANDLE ONLY TOP-GRADE SEEDS

Animal and Poultry

Regulators and Remedies

BABY CHICK FOOD.

SATISFACTION GUARANTEED OR MONEY BACK

Healthy birds and lots of eggs — the two’’ big
things in poultry-raisjjjg — are made certain by
giving

PRATT’S POULTRY REGULATOR.

100-lb. bag, $9.00; 25-lb. pail, $3.00; 12-lb.
pad, $1.50; packages, 30c and 60c.

It builds up vitality, insures soimd digestion,
sharpens appetite, and prevents disease, thus
putting birds in condition for heavy egg-laying
or winning blue ribbons.

Pratt’s is the original poultry regulator of
America and is in use by the most successful
poultry-raisers everywhere.

When regularly used, hens lay throughout
the year.

It will prevent chicken cholera, gapes, roup,
rheumatism, expel worms, prevent leg weakness,
and egg-eating. It will greatly improve tur-
keys, geese, ducks, pigeons, and guineas, in-
suring quick growth, and keep them free from
disease.

When baby. chicks come, keep them healthy
and gTowing and bring even the weak ones along
by feeding.

PRATT’S BABY CHICK FOOD.

14 lbs. for $1.20; packages, 30c and 60c.

A largely predigested baby food for baby
chicks. Guaranteed to raise every livable
chick. Costs a cent a chick for three weeks.
Prevents leg weakness, white diarrhoea, “past-
ing up,” and other chick diseases.

Don’t let ROUP cut your profits. The sure
and easy “oimce of prevention” against this
dangerously contagious disease is

PRATT’S ROUP REMEDY.

Tablets or powder, $1.00, 30c and 60c.

Quickly absorbed by the blood, purifies the
system, reduces fever, and allays inflammation.
The safe remedy for roup, colds, catarrh, and
aU bad-weather diseases.

More work out of your horses, more milk
from your cows, latter hogs — these are a rew
of the benefits which come from using

PRATT’S AMIMAL REGULATOR.

Always sold on a guarantee that it will satisfy
you or moiiey back.

25-lb. pails, $3.00, are popular with our cus-
tomers. Packages at $1.00, 60c and 30c. Get
prices on 50-lb. and 100-lb. sacks.

Pratt’s Powdered Lice Killer, packages 30c
and 60c.

Pratt’s Poultry Disinfectant, 50c quart, $1.50
gallon.

Pratt’s White Diarrhoea Remedy, packages
30c and 60c.

Pratt’s Sore Head (Chicken Pox) Remedy,
packages 30c and 60c.

Pratt’s Gape Remedy, packages 30c and 60c.

Pratt’s Healing Ointment and GaU Cure,
packages 30c and 60c.

There Is a Pratt Remedy for Nearly
Every Curable Poultry or Animal Disease.

I WE DO A VOLUME BUSINESS AND SELL AT LOW PRICES

—

Queen Incubators

Stop Hatching Weak Chicks

With cheap Incubators. A Queen costs but
little more, and the extra chicks that live and
grow soon pay the difference.

Remember, it is not how many chicks you
hatch, but how many you raise. Chicks that
hatch out weak and wobbly and live but a few
days mean nothing to 3mu but trouble and loss.
The}’ make one sick of the poultry business.

Most of the chicks you lose in the first few
weeks die because they did not have, when
hatched, enough strength or vitahty for a
good start.

QUEI^N CHICKS LIVE AND GROW.

Queen Incubators are famous the country
over for big hatches of strong, healthy chicks

that live and ^ow. The Queen is accurately
regulated, keeping the temperature just right
for the hatching chick. No hot and cold
changes ^ to weaken the chick’s system. The
Queen is properly insulated — two layers of
wood and one of corrugated strawboai^, with
dead-air space. This also helps to maintain an
even temperature for the entire hatching period.
Both Queen walls are built of genuine California
redwood, which is unusual in these days of imi-
tation and cheap substitution.

Redwood does not absorb the odor from the
hatching eggs. Cheaper woods and pasteboard
fining in iron and tin machines retain the odors
to weaken and kill the hatching chick.

Sizes and Prices.

No. 1 — 85-egg size

$18.00

No. 2 — 135-egg size

26.00

No. 3 — 180-egg size

31.00

No. 4 — 275-egg size

40.00

No. 5 — 400-egg size.

50.00

No. 25 — 550-egg size

•. 70.00

No. 35 — 750-egg size

100.00

No. 45 — 1000-egg size

140.00

No. 55 — 1500-egg size

190.00

No. 65 — 2000-egg size

250.00

INCUBATOR SUPPLIES.

Prices When

Taylor Brothers’ High-Grade Tested Ther-
mometer, guaranteed accurate. . .Each, SO. 75

T aylor Brothers’ Hygrometer Each, 1.50

Brooder Thermometer Each, .50

Mandy Lee Hygrometer Each, 2 . 00

Mandy Lee Hygrometer Wricks . . . .Each, . 10

Ordered Extra.

Lamp Wicks Each, $0.05

Double Wafer for Old Trusty Incubator.

Each, .75

Wafer for Mandy Lee Incubator. . .Each,. .50

Write for prices on Incubator Lamps and

Burners.

WE HANDLE ONLY TOP -GRADE SEEDS

OLD TRUSTY INCUBATORS.

We keep these Incubators and Brooders in stock at all times, and any
order will have prompt attention. We have the several sizes that are
manufactured. These Incubators for several seasons have outclassed
anything in the Incubator line. So far as the cost is concerned, one
hatch will pay for the machine — the rest of the season is clear profit. Also
the poultry business goes right along with any other business you are
interested in and its profits are just that much ahead.

Prices.

100 (120) egg $14.50

150 (170) egg 17.50

200 (240) egg 22.00

DIGESTER TANKAGE FOR HOGS.

Prices of all feed stuffs and live stock are today at extraordinary
high levels. This means feeding costs must be watched closer than
ever.

A ration properly balanced with Digester Tankage increases prof-
its one third.

Digester Tankage tones up the system, buildsjpork, makes
weight and profits.

At present levels Digester Tankage is the cheapest concentrated
feed which can be secured. 6o per cent Protein guaranteed.

PRICE.

Subj*ect to change.

50 pounds, $3*75 ; ^00 pounds, $6.75.

Write for prices on 5-bag lots.

WHEN FILLED
FOWLS CAN NOT
HOOK GRIT
SHELL OR
CHARCOAL
iOUT

SANITARY POULTRY DRINKING
FOUNT.

The most popular fount on the market. Fills
from the top. The double walk keep water
cool in summer and retard freezing in winter.
Can be hung up and out of the litter, and the
square pans prevent filling at that time. The
square pans also afford linking facilities for
two pens at the same time.

1- gallon size SI .25

2- gallon size 1.75

NEVER-CLOG AND WASTE-PROOF
HOPPER.

This hopper is constructed on principles hith-
erto unused. Does away with all trouble of
feed clogging, no matter how coarse. Manu-
factured from heavy galvanized iron.

No. 35 — S}/2 inches wide, 12-quart ca-
pacity SI .00

No. 36 — 12 inches wide, 18 - quart ca-
pacity 1.25

No. 37 — 24 inches wide, 36 - quart ca-
pacity 1.75

GRIT AND SHELL BOXES.

The round bottoms prevent clogging and in-
sure an ample supply of the contents at all times.

No. 45 — Two compartments 45c

No. 9 — Three compartments 75c

No. 90 — Four compartments 95c

SANITARY FEEDING TROUGH.

Can be used for feed, wet mash, or water.
Barred top prevents wasting feed, and if i^ed
for water, does away with little chicks drowning.

No. 21 — 12 inches long 40c

No. 22 — 18 inches long 65c

STAR JAR FOUNTAIN AND FEEDER.

REPLACE BOTTOM, turn!
OVER, THEN READY I
jpFOR USE 1

"Will fit pint, quart, or half-gallon Mason ars.
Manufacturea from one piece of non-msting
metal. No parts to come unsoldered, leaking
impossible. Little chicks cannot get drowned.
15c each, $1.35 per dozen.

■ when filled, hang

1 UP.THEN READV

■ fO R. L^E^p[:^^P

WALL FOUNTAIN.

Can be hung out of the litter. Very easy to
fill. A strong, substantial wall fountain at a
low price.

No. 25 — 3^-gallon capacity 45c

wo. iib — l-gailon capacity oUc '

SANITARY BROODER FOUNTAIN.

Baby chicks can’t get wet. Sits in the comer
of the brooder. Takes little room. Can’t be
upset. Absolutely sanitary, as you can get at
any part of it to clean.

No. 0 — 1-quart capacity 45c

ROUND BABY CHICK FEEDER.

REPLACE BOTTOM TURN
UPRIGHT.

READY
FOR USE

A great fee^-saver, as the little chicks cannot
get into it and contaminate the feed. Can also

be used for water.

No. 11 — Small size 30c

No. 12 — Large size - 40c

ROUND BROOD COOP.

Rain, rat, and vermin-proof. No comers
for accumulation of dirt or smothering of little
chicks. Made collapsible for easy handling.
Made of heavy galvanized iron.

No. 51 — 233^ inches in diameter

WHEN FILLED AFFORDS
PROTECTED FEEDING ACCOM-
MODATIONS FORA NUMBER

$1.75

WE HANDLE ONLY TOP-GRADE SEEDS

QUEEN BROODER STOVES

The Queen Colony Brooder is a new and im-
proved design of Brooder Stove. It is made of
highest quality iron castings that will wear and
last indefinitely.

There are no drafts on the smoke pipe of the
Queen. The check rests on top of the stove
and opens outward when fire is too warm, thus
giving a gentle inflow of air to retard the heat.
While the opening of the draft to increase the
fire is located at the top of the stovb, it opens
into the fire at the base through an opening ex-
tending down the side to the bottom. This
feeds the draft into the fire from underneath,
with no opening below the hover.

As will be seen from the illustration, the
check and the draft lids are cast together and
operated 'together. Thus, when the fire is too
hot, the Wafer expands and closes the draft and
opens the check, both at the same time. When
it is too cool, the wafer contracts and closes the
check and opens the draft. This keeps an even
heat all the time, both night and day, in cold
weather or warm, and does it automatically.
You don’t have to pay any attention to it what-
soever. Just set the relator for the proper

hllTtrt d'h r» rt >*vi^ WT-H

temperature at the start of the season-
do the rest.

SUPERIOR QUEEN GRATE.

The grate' in the Queen Stove is the rocker
type and strikes the fire at four points. This"
is far superior to any draw-center or shaker
grate,..because it cleans the fire thoroughly, and
by striking at four points will break up and
remove all clinkers.

COLLAPSIBLE HOVER.

The hover used on Queen Stoves is collapsible
and made of four pieces of galvanized iron.
This hover comes knocked down, with holes
punched and stove bolts attached, ready for

putting together. By being collapsible, it ena-
bles you to save room when storing and lessens
the danger of damage when not in use.

BURNS ANY KIND OF FUEL.

The Queen Stove burns any kind of fuel with
equally satisfactory results. We recommend
chestnut sizes in aU kinds of fuel, and hard or
soft coal, coke, charcoal, or briquettes burn
equally well. Of coarse, hard coal will not
cause the pipe to become dirty as quickly as
others, but it wiU give no better heat.

No. 1 — 600-chick size $18.00

No. 2 — 1200-chick size 22.00

RAT CORN

No Odors or Smells.

It mummifies them. No matter where they
die, they simply dry up. Positively cannot
smell.

Rat Com is a new and scientific discovery and
without a doubt the greatest rat-destroyer in the

world— the only one that kills rats without any
bad, dangerous or disagreeable effects. A trial
will convince you. 25c, 50c and $1.00 per can.
Postage extra. i '

RAT ANNIHILATOR.

If used according to directions, will destroy ' <
your rats to a certainty. We ask you to use a
sufficient quantity of Rat Annihilator to permit
thorough distribution on your premises (usually m
1 dozen small packages), use as directed by us,
and if it does not kill your rats, leaving no re- ^
sultant odor, we will refund purchase price to
you. Rat Annihilator is all that the name im-
Hes — it will surely annihilate rats and mice i
t has a greater attraction for rats than has ■
cocaine for a dope fiend. Animals of the canine i
and feline species will not eat this preparation i i
It requires no mixing with other foods, as mosl^ ♦
preparations do. 15c each; doz., $1.65.

WE DO A VOLUME BUSINESS AND SELL AT LOW PRICES

CARBOLA

Saves Time and Labor, Gives Better Results.

Carbola is a combined disinfectant and paint,
or whitewash, that has been thoroughly tested
by time and under all conditions of climate and
temperature. It has attained imqualified en-
dorsement, and is used by agricultural colleges,
experiment stations, and by many of the largest
and most carefuUy-conducted poultry, dairy,
and breeding farms.

Carbola kills lice, mites, fly eggs, etc., and is
a preventive of the many contagious diseases
that affect poultry and live stock — such as roup,
white diarrhoea, scaly leg, glanders, cholera,
contagious abortion, etc.

There is no better disinfectant than Carbola,
and it dries white, so that it makes poultry-
houses, stables, cellars, etc., cheerful, brighter,
and better-looking at the same time it is dis-
infecting.

Carbola comes in powder form, packed in

convenient-sized packages, and is ready to use
’ust as soon as it is mixed with cold or hot
water. It does not spoil by standing, so it can
be kept on hand ready^ for instant use when
wanted. There is none of the delay and bother
that attends the mixing of whitewash. Car-
bola can be applied with a brush or a spray ma-
chine, and positively will not clog the sprayer.
It will not blister, flake, or peel off, as white-
wash does, and it has no disagreeable odor to
taint milk or other food products.

One pound of Carbola mixed with one gallon
of water has a germicidal strength about three
times stronger than a five per cent solution of
pure carbohc acid, which is the standard for
general disinfecting pm-poses, but is neither
poisonous nor caustic. One gallon wiU cover
approximately 250 square feet of surface. 10
lbs. (10 gals.), Sl.OO.

WHY DON’T 1 GROW

Bigger and Better Crops?

The reason, nine times out ot ten, is lack of the right plant food.

Make sure-;-NOW — before you plant agaiu. Profit by results secured by those
who know the importance of well-formulated Animal Matter Fertilizers in producing
bigger yields of earlier-maturing, better-quality crops.

Armour’s Fertilizers have been put on the market only after years of research to
know the crop requirements and How to supply them. They are made of bone, blood,
and tankage, reinforc^ by the best potash salts, mixed under the careful supervision oi
agricultural chemists in the best-equipped plants in the coimtry, so that when the Fer-
tilizer leaves the factory it will give the best results on the crop intended for.

We offer for sale in the State of Oklahoma the following brands:

Ammonia, Phos. Acid, Potash,
PerCt. PerCt. PerCt.

Bone Meal 3 24 2

Graiu Grower 2 8 2

Ammoniated Dissolved PWphate and Potash 2 10 2

Star Phosphate 14

Phosphate and Potash * 10 2

We can furnish Armour’s high-grade Animal Matter Fertilizers for aU crops and
conditions.

Call, write or ’phone us and we do our best to give you just the kind you need.

WE HANDLE ONLY TOP-GRADE SEEDS

To Insure

Success with Legumes

Such as Alfalfa, all Clovers, Peas, Beans, Vetches, Cow Peas, Soy Beans, etc.

Treat Your Seeds with
The Improved Soil Inoculator» Nobbe-Hiltner Process ^

TPAOE MARK RCC D OtC 6 IR9H NO 32 21?

Restores and Maintains Soil Fertility

Buy It with Your Seed, It Is a Good Investment.

Your legumes should enrich your soil, besides
giving a big crop. They will only do this if
they take food from the air, and this is only
possible when their partners — the nitrogen-gath-
ering bacteria — are in the roots.

Garden size (tor Peas, Beans, and Sweet
Peas), shipping weight 4 ounces $0.30

L^-acre size, shipping weight 4 ounces 50

1- acre size, shipping weight 8 ounces. . . .$1 .

2- acre size, shipping weight 1 pound .... 1 .
5-acre size, shipping weight 2]/^ pounds . 4.

10-acre size, shipping weight 5 pounds ... 7.1
Postage, express, or freight extra.
Always mention legume crop wanted for.

BLACK LEAF 40

Nicotine Sulphate— 40% Nicotine

This is the insecticide that is so highly recommend-
ed by Experiment Stations. It destroys Aphis (plant
lice), Thrips, Leaf-hoppers on all tree, bush and vine fruits,
vegetables, field crops, flowers and
shrubs; also Apple Red Bug, Pear
Psylla and similar soft-bodied sucking
insects — all without injury to foliage.

May be combined with other
sprays. Highly concentrated. Solu-
ble in water — easy to mix — does not
clog nozzles.

You can not go wrong by ordering
‘'Black Leaf 40” for sucking insects.

PRICES:

1 oz.-$0. 25-makes 6 gallons spray
lb.- 0.75- “ 40 to 120 gals, spray

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'Black Leaf40:

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nCOTINJ^ULPHATE

L**oun«fa- Price, $2,50

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IROMAGE

IRON AGE GARDEN IMPLEMENTS.

Complete Catalogue on request.

Iron Age tools are used by men, women, and
children. Every one finds them easy to push,
fast, and thorough-working. Equally valuable
in small gardens as well as large. Market gar-

deners use a number of Iron Age tools, seeders,
wheel hoes, fertilizer drills, etc. These make
possible accurate sowing, thorough cultivation
in narrow rows where horses could not go^ and
the quick and correct application of fertilizer.
Quality is never neglected in the production of
Iron Age tools, no matter how low the price.

Combined Hill and Drill Seeder — Double
and Single Wheel Hoe No. 308.

This is our most popular and complete garden
tool. Especially planned for the convenience
of the home gardener. Just the tool for the
mechanic, professional man, or farmer, who
Wyants to help the wife get a better table with
crisp, fresh vegetables. The specialist who
pnws chiefly a single crop, requiring few changes
Tom seeder to wheel hoe, will find No. 306 the
most economical tool.

What No. 306 Will Do in Single Operation
^hen Used as a Seeder — It wifi open its own
’urrow, sow in continuous rows or drop in hills,
:over the seed with loose soil, pack it with the
■oiler, and mark the next row.
i’rice, each 23. . 00

Wheel Cultivator and Plow No. 19C.

If you have never tried a wheel hoe for your
rden, get one of these, and see how easy it
to keep your ground under perfect cultivation.

It is a low-price tool, and will always be a con-
venient tool to have for many kinds of work,
even if you do buy some of the other combina-
tions later. It does the necessary plowing in
many soils, opens furrows for seed or fertilizer
and covers on the return trip; has two sizes of
single teeth that work between narrow rows,
a landside plow, a scuffle hoe, and a set of
three teeth on one bracket for hoeing and culti-
vating between the wider rows.

Price, each S6 . 50

Double and Single Wheel Hoe No. 301 R.

This tool is equally valuable to the home
gaixiener who may not now feel the need of a
seed driU and to the many-crop truck-farmers,
who prefer separate tools for the work of plant-
ing and cultivating. This Double and Single
Wheel Hoe can be changed in a minute from
one form to the other — an extremely valuable
feature. When the plants are young, the
Double Wheel Hoe should be used astride the
row; later the Single Wheel Hoe can be used
btween the rows, after the plants have grown
too high to be worked properly in any other
way. The tools include four cultivator teeth,
two plows, two side hoes, two rakes.

Price, each $13.00

Single Wheel Hoe No. 320.

A strong, durable tool, lower in price and
lighter in weight than No. 301. It will do all
the between - the - row cultivating, furrowing,
ridging, weeding, leveling, etc., required in
any home or market garden. The working
tools include one pair of side hoes, one landside
plow, and three steel cultivator teeth.

Price, each $9.00

Wheel Plow and Cultivator No. 12.

It has four working tools, one hoe, cultivator
tooth, rake, and plow. It will, plow in all the
hard ground, open furrows and cover the ,hill
growing crops, hoe, rake, and cultivate .

Price, each $6.25

The chief reason for the great success of Blatchford’s Products is that they give larger
and quicker profits to farmers, stock-raisers and poultrymen. Satisfied customers have
been the cause of the steady annual increase in the Blatchford business.

Write for prices.

V: DE LAVAL CREAM SEPARATORS.

The Important Considerations in the
Selection of a Cream Separator.

vanced in lactation, whether the temperature of
milk at separation be 70 degrees or 90 degrees,
and whether a 15 per cent or 50 per cent cream
be run.

Speed Regulation — The proper speed of a
Separator must be reg^ariy maintained and
practicable means provided for insuring this.
If run under speed, the Separator will be mcom-
plete. Every De Laval machine is quipped
with a bell speed indicator.

Quality of Cream — A Separator must be ca-
pable of running heavy as well as thin cream, and
a cream with the fat globules unbroken, that
there may^be^^no waste in churning and the
quality of butter may be the highest.

De Laval Cream Separators ma3^ be adjusted
to skirn thick or thin cream as desired, and thej^
will skim thicker cream than any other Separ-
ator. That the quality of De Laval separated
cream is superior is evidenced by the fact that
butter produced from De Laval separated cream
has invariably scored highest in all important
contests for the past twenty-five years

Skim Milk — The skim milk from a Separ-
ator must not only be warm and sweet for calf
and other feeding, but clean and freed of all
impurities.

The De Laval Separator bowl is so construct-
ed that instead of the impure a nd foreign matter
in the\ whole milk being carried off with the
skim milk, as in most other machines, these im-
purities are retained in the separator bowl in

the shape of Separator slime, so that the De
Laval skim milk is purer and better than the
skim milk from other Separators.

Ease^of Operation — Separator must be
capable of easj^ hand-turning, even by a woman
or child, as is frequentty necessary in its use.

_ Owing to the perfect construction and lubrica-
tion of the De Laval machines^and the slow speed
at which the bowl is revolved, the De Laval
Separators are more^easily turned than other
machines of like capacity.

Simplicity — There must be nothing about a
Separator complicated or likety to require ad-
ustment; no need of expert knowledge or special
tools.

There is nothing about a De Laval machine
of to-da3^ that cannot be taken apart, removed,
and replaced without help b3’ an3mne who can
use the small combination wrench which is fur-
nished with each machine.

Ease of Cleaning — A Separator must be ca-
pable of easy and thorough cleaning, so that
its condition ma3^ always be sanitar3^ and its
product pure and untainted.

Tne De Laval bowl is as simply, easily, and
thoroughty cleanaLle as a teacup or a dishpan.

Durability — The construction ot a Separator
must be such that it will last for man3’- 3^ears,
not easily get out of order^or require attention
on account of wear, and cost little or nothing for
repairs.

Experience has proved the durability of the
De Laval to be practically unlimited. There
are man3" De Laval machines which have been
in constant use lor twenty years and longer and
many thousands ot De Lavals from ten to twen-
ty' 3'ears, or from two to ten times longer than
the average life of other Cream Separators.

Field Service — Practical help from an ex-
perienced local agent, not only in setting and
starting a Separator, but at an3’- later time, if
requir^, and the ability to surety and promptly
obtain any repair part when needed, are of great
importance to Separator users.

There are more than 50,000 local De Laval
agents and more than 1,000 De Laval traveling
emplo3'ees — half of these respective representa-
tives in the United States and Canada alone —
giving their constant time and attention to the
selling of the De Laval machines and to the care
and best use of those which have alread3' been
sold.

Price — The last and least consideration in the
purchase of a Cream Separator is the first cost
since the best and most durable Separator costs
but little more than the poorest to begin with
and is by far the cheapest in the end. More-
over, De Laval machines may, if desired, be
bought on such liberal terms as actually to pay
for themselves out of their own savings.

Write for Catalogue and prices.

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