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MITCHELL, SOUTH DAKOTA

Located as
we are, on
the railroad
track, not
only means
lower rent-
al, but re-
duces our
opera ting
expenses,
which we in
turn pass on
to our cus-
tomers, en-
abling us to
supply high-
e s t quality
g u a ranteeci
seeds at fair
prices.

See the Diseo Guarantee on the inside baek cover of this book
OFFICERS OP THE COMPANY

W. S. HILL, President RICHARD BURN, Vice-president T. W. COLLEY, Secretary

other directors

A. E. DEAN C, W. DERR S. E. MORRIS

Bank References

Western National, Mitchell Midland National, Minneapolis

National Bank of the Republic, Chicago

DISCO’S ADVICE

Freight rates are so high and so far out of proportion to the value of Farm and
Garden products, that it behooves everyone of us to put on our thinking cap and evolve
some plans whereby we can produce to the limit of what we need for our own use on
the farm, or if we are condemned to live in the city or town, then on the space we have
available. In this very direction may we suggest that you extend materially the quan-
tity and the number of varieties of Vegetables that you will grow in 1922. Just here is
where we can help you, we can give you just the right seed and give you instructions
how to proceed. We did this very thing ourselves last year. On a vacant lot near our
office, we produced enough vegetables for several families and had some to give away
besides, to those who did not think of it. We got lots of healthy exercise and enjoy-
ment out of it. too.

GARDEN SEEDS

We were pleased to be able to announce a year ago our re-introduction of Garden
Seeds, both Vegetable and Flowers, and we were more than satisfied with the excellent
reception which our seeds received from our many customers. That the results obtained
were gratifying, was amply evidenced by the reports which have come to us from North,
South, East and West.

THE SLOGAN FOR THE FARM IN 1»22

Increase the acreage of Alfalfa, Clover, Timothy and other Pasture and Hay crops,
reduce the acreage of Corn, but plant Pedigree Seed Corn so as to increase the crop
from the reduced acreage. This is the key to the situation.

We specialize in Pedigreed and Registered Alfalfa Seed, Pedigreed Seed Corn, and
other seeds for the Farm and Garden. Write us for advice and information.

Professor W. A. Wheeler says, “There is more money in Alfalfa and Corn for live
stock than in any other single crop or combination of crops in the world.”

INDEX

Page

Alfalfa

4, 5, 6

Hubam Clover

Potatoes

. . 26

Barley

Hulless Oats

Poultry Supplies

Beans, Navy .

Incubators .... Back Cover

Inside Back Cover

Beans, Soya . .

Inoculating Bacteria.

Rape, Dwarf Essex...

. . 12

Brome Grass .

Kaffir Corn

Red Top

. . 11

Buckwheat . . .

Kale, Giant Marrow Stem

Ruby Wheat

. . 3

Canadian Blue

Grass ... 11

Kale, Thousand Headed

Rutabaga

. . 14

Canes,

Kentucky Bluegrass. .

Rye

. . 16

Carrots, Field

Kohl Rabi

Seed Sowers. .. .Back Cover

Clovers

3. 7

Lawn Grass

Speltz

. . 16

Corn

8, 9. 10

Mangel Wurzel

14,

Sudan Grass

. . 13

Corn Testers..

.Back Cover

Meadow Fescue .....

Sugar Beets

. . 15

Crested Dogstail 11

Millets

Sunflower, Russian

Cultivators ...

. Back Cover

Milo Maize

Giant

. . 12

Feterita

Mixtures

Swede Turnip

. . 14

Fertilizers, etc.

.Back Cover

Navy Beans

Sweet Peas

. . 35

Field Carrots .

Oats

.3,

Thousand Headed Kale. 13

Field Peas . . .

Orchard Grass .

Timothy

. . 11

Flax

Peas Field

Vegetable Seeds,

Flower Seeds,

Perennial Rye Grass.

Alph.abetical 17

to 34

Alphabetical .

35 to 48

Popping Corn

Western Rye Grass. .

. . 11

Grasses

Inside Back Cover

Wheat

.3, 16

When yisiting the Corn Palace at Mitchell come and see us

The Home of

The Disco Offices and Warehouse. Our Corn Drying Cribs are Located
Immediately Behind This Building

Order Sheet

Date 1922

Dakota Improved Seed Co., Mitchell, South Dakota.

Gentlemen: Please send the following seeds subject to the
guarantee and conditions of sale given in the DISCO Seed Book.

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sent with order to prepay the freight charges

Checked

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Number

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Price

Rate

Extension of Cost
$ Cts.

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Dakota Improved Seed Co,, Mitchell, S, D

New and Noteworthy Introductions

for the Farm

Hubam Sweet Clover

The New Annual Variety

No recent introduction in plant life in the Agricultural World, has received so
much publicity and been heralded, metaphorically speaking, by such a fan fare of trumpets.
And those who blew the trumpets have been big men too, men whose reputation is
such that they could not afford to jeopardize their position and authority by getting
behind a thing which would not stand the acid test.

We ourselves have been unfortunate in our trials of this new Clover. Every time
we tried it, some accident occurred, and the trial was rendered abortive.

With the eulogies it has received from such representative men, we feel justified
in introducing this plant to our customers, and advising a trial. While we do not feel
like endorsing all that has been claimed for it, we take the same stand on the matter
as ex-Governor Lowden of Illinois, who is reported to have expressed himself thus:
“If reports of Hubam are one-half true, it is the most revolutionary crop and means
more to agriculture in the corn belt than any one thing that has been discovered in
my life time.’’

Hubam is a very vigorous, rapid growing annual Sweet Clover. Like many another
wonderful discovery, it was found in some respects by accident, as it first attracted
attention when found growing in a mixture of seed at the Iowa Station in 1916. While
we say it was discovered by accident, it must be borne in mind that behind the so-called
accident, was the genius of the discoverer, H. D. Hughes. The average individual would
probably never have noticed the phenomena, viz; a plant of White Blossom Sweet
Clover making a growth of 4i/^ feet, while plants of the common variety grown under
the same conditions, almost side by side, made a growth of 14 inches. “Great trees from
little Acorns grow,’’ and the keen observant trained eye and mind, will notice something,
which the ordinary traveler along life’s highway passes unobserved, the discovery of
which metaphorically speaking shakes the universe.

As we have said before, we do not doubt but that this is a wonderful plant, and has
a great future, but we doubt whether or not it will supplant the common variety or
replace all other forage plants, as some have boldly asserted almost suggesting that it
would cover the land, even as the incoming tide takes possession of the shore.

We advise our customers to buy a few pounds and sow it much as they have ordinarily
done the biennial variety, perhaps not quite so thick, as it grows quicker. Watch its
performance carefully and see if you think it will fulfill all that has been claimed
tor It, so far as you are concerned. If you are pleased with it, then you can buy more
of it next year. It will be lots cheaper then, as so many are saving seed. That’s just
what we would do if we were in your place.

New Disco 22 Hulless Oats

We are glad to be able to offer a few of
these Oats this Spring. We are not going,
to have as many as we thought. It very
often happens, when you are very anxious
to save all you can of some particular crop,
that a series of unexpected misfortunes
seem to beset you, and it certainly worked
that way with our diffei'ent crops of this
wonderful new Oat, We had three differ-
ent lots we were depending upon. The
first was dried out, and they were not
worth harvesting. The second, our grower
in his anxiety, sowed them in a very rich
piece of ground, but unfortunately the
weeds got ahead of them and we only got
a quarter of a crop. In the third case, our
grower did not get them threshed before
the snow came, and they were rendered
practically useless for seed.

We showed these Oats at the Corn Pal-
ace in Mitchell, and Hog Breeders who saw
them were certainly delighted. Remember
these Oats grow just like ordinary Oats,
but they thresh out without any hulls.
When threshed they weigh over 50 pounds
to the bushel, and the average yield is 35
bushels per acre. For young pigs and
chickens they are the best feed you can
imagine. They also make a superior Oat-
meal for table use.

New Ruby Wheat

Bnld Spring Variety

The fact that this Wheat was bred, and
first introduced by Dr. Chas. E. Saunders,
The Dominion Cerealist, Ottawa, Canada,
who is also the Breeder of Marquis and
Early Red Fife, as well as many other ex-
cellent varieties, is sufficient evidence that
it must possess merit. Knowing the dis-
appointment that many of our customers
were experiencing with Marquis and other
similar Spring Wheats, owing to their tend-
ency to rust, we made extensive research to
find a variety which would be of as good
milling qualities, a good cropper, sufficiently
early and rust resistant to be superior in
this respect to the varieties at present be-
ing grown. Our choice was New Ruby.
We tried it out in several places in the
State, and while last year was not a good
season to try out any Spring Wheat, never-
theless, we are satisfied that we have got-
ten a Wheat which will again put Spring
Wheats on the map in South Dakota. We
imported seed direct from Canada last
Spring, from a reliable grower. We had it
grown here for us by careful farmers, and
consequently have some very nice home
grown seed of this excellent new variety to
offer. It is ten days earlier than Marquis.

For special prices see colored sheet following page 16

Dakota Improved Seed Co., Mitchell, S. D

Alfalfa Is Our Specialty

The Selection, Breedings and Registration Systems inaugurated by Professor W. A.
Wheeler in connection with the Disco Alfalfas, is unique and without a parallel in com-
merce today. The main thing of course is that they have made good, and are giving
unbounded satisfaction wherever they have been tried out. Not only do they withstand
winter killing, which is such a frequent source of failure in many districts, but they have
been found to withstand other adverse factors as well, such as natural vegetation, like
Poxtail and Crab Grass which so often menace an Alfalfa crop, high water level, etc.

We have a very careful record compiled, as to the best types for certain districts
and conditions, and can advise you intelligently what to use. No other Seed institution,
so far as we know, has handled Alfalfa in such a manner so as to render this service to
their clients.

You are not taking chances when you use the variety of Disco Alfalfa recommended
for your particular requirements, as they have behind them years of successful results.
You will find that they will give more permanent fields, will pasture more stock for a
longer period of time, will yield more cuttingsi per year, and give a heavier weight of
hay per acre than ordinary Alfalfa.

With no immediate prospect of materially increased prices, the only reasonable solu-
tion to enable one to break even is to produce the maximum crop per acre with the mini-
mum of labor.

DISCO ALFALFA WILL HELP YOU DO THIS

Now is an opportune time to make a trial, our prices are clear down to bed rock.
Not much, if anything higher than ordinary Alfalfa. Our crops were good and we want
everyone interested to try them out. One trial will be sufficient to convince you. They
will surely speak for themselves in no uncertain manner.

A 1 "f il 1 i'il Q most economical to use, producing as they do, a stronger

growing and bushier type of plant. They need not be sown so
thickly as the ordinary Alfalfa; from one-half to two-thirds the quantity usually sown
will give excellent results.

In any case price is a poor basis’ on which to judge Alfalfa Seed. The cost of the
seed is easily the smallest item in the establishing of a profitable Alfalfa field on any
farm. The value of the land itself, and the cost of preparing are the items that count,
and they remain the same no matter what seed you use. Even a very superficial study of
the question will reveal that the real question to determine is, "what is the best seed to
use,” the difference in actual cost of seeding per acre between the best and the poorest is at
the most infinitesimal, and even only slightly improved results will more than cover the
difference the first year.

An Alfalfa patch should be like a Tree, handed down from father to son. Some of the
fields from which we get our seed have been continuously producing for thirty years.

Too often in the past Alfalfa has simply meant Alfalfa, no discrimination between
suitable or unsuitable selections being considered.

Disco Alfalfa has become a household word with successful Alfalfa growers every-
where.

When you buy Disco Alfalfa you are buying the best. The best is always the cheap-
est in the end.

Dakota Grown Common

A For the sake of our custom-

gj.g do not care to pay

the price of either Registered or Pedigreed
Seed, we always carry a choice stock of the

common variety produced on selected fields
in South Dakota, of undoubted hardiness.

Our splendid location, right in the heart
of the very best growing district and our

constant close touch with growing crops,
places us in a unique position to select the
very finest stocks that the country pro-
duces. These stocks are brought direct
from the farms where they have been
grown, to our own up-to-date Cleaning
Plant, and from there distributed by us all
over the continent. This enables us not
only to give the very finest possible seed,
but we are also in a position to supply
choice seed at a remarkably low price.

Inoculation — The simplest way is to in-
oculate the seed, provided that a reliable
and properly prepared culture is used.
There is no doubt whatever that when sow-
ing Alfalfa, particularly on new land, that
not only is a better stand obtained, but
plants of a hardier type are produced by
inoculating, and in view of the very nomi-

nal cost to inoculate, it seems almost foolish
to take any chances.

We can supply an excellent pure culture,
which is put up ready for use by a promi-
nent bacteriologist, and simple yet specific
instructions are supplied, enabling the
merest novice to successfully prepare the
seed in a simple and perfect manneo*.

Dakota Improved Seed Co,, Mitchell, S. D

Alfalfa the Nonpareil of Fodder Plants

>\.Ifalfa Is One »f Nature’s Choicest Gifts
to Man

«Rci I'fl r* This variety of the
JJtll 11%^ Grimm type of Al-
falfa was selected many years ago by Mr.
Wheeler, and being found growing near a
village named Baltic, he felt that it was fit-
ting that the variety be given this name.
In describing this new type, the writer of
Bulletin No. 757, U. S. Department of Agri-
culture, says: “While the Baltic differs
slightly from the Grimm, in some minor de-
tails, the tAVo are so similar that it is sel-
dom possible to distinguish one from the
other. This variety is recommended for
sections where the ordinary strains suffer
considerable loss through winter-killing.”

We, as already stated, are the promoters
and breeders of Baltic Alfalfa, and it goes
without saying, therefore, that to be abso-
lutely sure of getting the right type, it is
desirable that you place your order with
us. If you do, you are certainly circum-
venting any possibility of disappointment
and are in the most practical way insuring
success.

Representative plants of the Hardy and Non-Hardy type of
crowns of four-year-old alfalfa taken from the same nursery,
grown as single plants under the same conditions. The plant
on the right, the common Southern type; the plant on the left,
a fair sample of Baltic alfalfa, a variety found growing near the
little town of Baltic, So. Dakota. (Bui. 181, Col. Ag. Exp. Sta.)

fulfilled every claim xve have made for it and has more
UalLlV^ L^LLULLO. than justified all we have said regarding it.

Read these conclusive tests, made under totally different conditions, both geograph-
ically and climatically.

Comparative Yield of Alfalfa Varieties at Newell, S. D.

Variety

Seed-Pounds

Per Acre (1)

Total

Hay-Pounds

Per Acre (2)

Total
Hay-Tons
Per Acre

1914

1915

1916

1914

1915

1916

Common, Kansas

142

238

782

5850

2395

4.5

Turkestan

105

5830

2535

4.2

Canadian, Varieg

166

306

900

6670

2490

5.0

Grimm,

167

353

894

6570

2585

5.0

Cossack

225

795

7030

2650

5.2

Baltic

186

102

142

430

994

7550

2880

5.7

(1) Yield of 1 plat of each variety each year. (2) Average yield of 3 plats of each variety each year.

Comparative Yield of Alfalfa A^arieties at Ilrandop, Man., Canada

Variety

First Cutting

Second Cutting

Total Yield
of Hay
per Acre

Date

Yield per Acre

Date

Yield per Acre

Baltic Alfalfa

June 28, 1917
June 28, 1917

Tons

Lbs.

July 28, 1917
July 28, 1917

Tons

Lbs.

1580

Tons

Lbs.

1620

Cossack Alfalfa ....

1840

1680

1520

Turkestan Alfalfa. . .

June 28, 1917

160

July 28, 1917

1340

1500

Grimm Alfalfa

June 28, 1917
June 28, 1917

1440

July 28, 1917
July 28, 1917

1820

1260

640

Liscomb Alfalfa. . . .

1200

1440

Montana Alfalfa . . .

June 28, 1917

1120

July 28, 1917

1200

320

These tests onlj'- admit of one conclusion, viz.; that Baltic is the best all round
variety to grow, and at the comparatively low price which we are able to sell this
year, in view of our splendid crop, no one interested in having the best Alfalfa to be
had should hesitate one minute, but order today. All Our Alfalfas are Dakota Grown

Baltic Type

Di<jrn IVn 11-f^ proven by

lACF. Kj experience to be the
hardiest of the hardy. Excellent yields and
perfect stands have been obtained when no
other variety could previously be groAvn for
any length of time. Its drought resistance
is phenomenal; recovers remarkably quick
after cutting; yields an abundance of leafy
hay and is also a good seed cropper. Sup-
ply limited.

Disco No. 19-A

plant^ in. a remarkable manner. Was se-
lected from a large number of trials in our
Alfalfa Nursery. The plants showed char-
acteristics which distinguished them from
.all others. These plants were isolated and
the seed carefully saved. It has been grown
year after year producing an abundant seed
crop, enabling us to distribute the produce
over a very extended territory and we have
very gratifying reports as to its success.

Disco Grimm

We need no.t elab-
orate upon the his-
tory of Grimm Alfalfa, it has been so often
referred to that it is known almost every-
where where Alfalfa is spoken of. Suffice it
to say that our stock has been grown under
the most exacting conditions, so that its
hardiness and its well known resistance to
winter-killing have not only been main-
tained, but by constant selection have been
very much improved.

Report from F*. C. Smith, County Agri-
cultural Agent, AVe.stport, N. Y. — The Disco
19A and Baltic are running neck and neck.
The Baltic averaging for the two years
3 43/100 tons per acre, two cuttings per
year as compared with the Common Alfalfa
yielding 2 33/100 per acre. The Grimm
was slightly below the Baltic, averaging
2 94/100.

I question whether in our test the results
indicate any difference in 19A over the
Baltic.

For prices see special price sheet following’ page 16

Dakota Improved Seed Co,, Mitchell, S, D

Greater Profits from Registered Alfalfas

It is just as important to know the kind of alfalfa you plant as it is to know the kind or variety
of corn, wheat, oats or any other farm crop — in fact it is more important because a single seeding of
alfalfa lasts for several years (if you plant Disco Registered Alfalfa Seed) while grains are merely
one-j'ear crops. Neither you nor any other up-to-date farmer would go to your neighbor or your
seedsman and buy just oats for seed. Most certainly you wouldn’t. Instead you would ask for
Swedish Select or Sixty-Day oats or some other variety of registered seed that you knew absolutely
was the best seed for your purpose that money could buy.

Apply the same line of reasoning to your alfalfa seed. Instead of buying just alfalfa seed, buy
Disco No. 28 or Disco No. 38 or any other Disco registered number, and thus be able to know just what
you are getting and be able to secure more seed of the same number of its equivalent later.

Costs Less Per Acre Than Ordinary Alfalfas

A seeding of ten to twelve pounds per acre of Disco Registered Alfalfa Seed invariably gives
greater returns than fifteen to twenty pounds of ordinary commercial alfalfa. The cost per pound of
seed may be more but the lighter seeding required and the greater returns from Disco Registered Seed
make your profits nearly double.

No up-to-date farmer who wants to make more money will buy just ordinary alfalfa seed or just
Western, American, Turkestan, Montana or Kansas seed, but will buy Disco Registered Alfalfa Seed
recorded under the .system approved by the best Agricultural Experiment Stations and alfalfa author-
ities in the country.

Hardiness and the correct type of Alfalfa plant are most important factors, whether you live in
the Cotton Belt, the Corn Belt or the Wheat Belt.

Disco Registered Alfalfa

The “DISCO Registration System” enables us to trace each individual strain of Alfalfa to a
definite single origin, and if in your initial experimenting you try several different types and find
that one particular type seems to suit your requirements infinitely better than others, you have only
to advise us of the particular type this was and we can supply you with seed saved from exactly
the same plants. We believe that this system, which we have adopted, places us in a unique
position to satisfy.

The following registered seeds are offered
The supply of good seeds this year is better than

Disco No. 26 — Believed to be of Turkestan
origin; has been grown in the northern half of
Meade and southern half of Perkins Counties,
South Dakota, for the past sixteen years. This
has proved to be a very popular strain.

Disco No. 28 — This, in our opinion, heads the
list of registered stocks; has been grown in
southern Meade and Pennington Counties, South
Dakota, for over thirty years, under the most
adverse conditions and has persisted year after
year and withstood the severe cold and drought.
We find that those who have once used Disco 28,
seem to get the habit of “wanting no other,”
and, as the stock is somewhat limited, to avoid
disappointment, we strongly urge the desirability
of ordering early.

Disco No. 38 — This strain runs Disco 28 very
closely in popularity. It has been grown in
western Meade and southern Butte Counties for

this season, with brief descriptions of each stock,
for some time.

over twenty-five years. Large quantities of this
seed are distributed by us every year in Oregon
and other western states, where it gives extraor-
dinary good satisfaction in the drier areas with-
out irrigation. The seed stock is an excellent
quality.

Disco No. HQ — A native of the Black Hills

region, having a continuous record of over
twenty years; very popular; produces a heavy
crop of hay and is also a great producer of

seed.

Disco No. 80 — Grown in Jones and Lyman

Counties, South Dakota. In this type the
drought and cold resistant characteristics have

been developed to a marked degree. We can
recommend this strain with perfect confidence.

Dakota 12 — A native of the Black Hills dis-
trict, which has given excellent results to many
of our customers.

The Testimony of the User

Girvin, Sask., Canada, March 28, 1921.

The Alfalfa seed I received from you has proved perfectly satisfactory. Sixty acres seeded at
Girvin, Sask., four years ago is still doing well. I am recommending it to others.

Stanbury, Mo., March 21, 1921.

Please give me price on Disco 28. Your northern grown seed has stood the winter in this section
and most Kansas and Nebraska seed have been winter killed. Some side by side in my field have
failed while your seed went through the winter fine. Our ground heaves when the nights are cold
and the days warm as has been the case this open winter.

Howard City, Mich., April 28, 1921.

The Alfalfa seed I got from you was the best I ever bought anywhere. I seeded five acres last
spring with your Disco 28 and got a fine stand and am very proud of it.

Spray Ranch, Salida, Colo., Feb. 24, 1921,

In the spring of 1915 or 1916 piy husband sent to you from Baltirhore, Md., for some pedigreed
Alfalfa for the ranch here in Colorado and you shipped it directly here. The tenant neglected it but
still it grew well enough for us to see it is better than most of the Alfalfa on the place as it comes up
so early, and grows so fast we can get three cuttings from it which is unusual for this high valley.
I want some of the same sort of seed we got then if possible. Please send me recent catalog.

This was traced from our records to be Disco 79 and we were able to supply our customer with
exactly the same seed. This shows the value of the Disco Registration System.

For prices see special price slieet following page 16

Dakota Improved Seed Co., Mitchell, S. D

Guaranteed Clovers

Highest Grade, Thoroughly Kecleaned
SWEET CLOTEE Yellow Blossom — (Melilotus officinalis).

White Blossom — (Melilotus alba). Until
a few years ago this clover was not looked
upon with any great degree of favor.

Here and there, there were those who
had tested its value and persistently advo-
cated its usefulness. Today the value of
the plant is freely acknowledged by all
progressive farmers. We cannot too
highly emphasize its importance both for
pasture and for hay, while as a soil builder
and renovator it has no equal. We feel
that it is desirable to lay emphasis on the
fact that as a preparation for Alfalfa it is
second to none. That is to say, where
Alfalfa has been found difficult to grow the
experience has been that by growing Sweet
Clover for, say a couple of years, the land
becomes inoculated with nitrogen-gather-
ing bacteria and it is usually then found
that Alfalfa can be grown without difficulty.
White Blossom Sweet Clover is a biennial,
lasts but two years unless the seed crop at
the end of the second year is allowed to
form and scatter. This adapts Sweet
Clover very nicely into a crop rotation and
also insures its easy elimination if it is de-
sired to discontinue growing. The stock of
seed we offer is of excellent quality, care-
fully re-cleaned over our high-grade ma-
chinery, scarified by our own scarifying
machine, of high vitality and we believe
we are offering the best value on the
market.

DISCO SELECTED MIXTURES for vari-
ous purposes.

DISCO Permanent Pasture Mixtures — a.
For high and dry land. b. For good rich
land, neither too wet nor too dry. Blends
of the most desirable grasses in proper
proportions with the object of insuring not
only abundant pasture but maintaining
same for the longest possible time.

DISCO Permanent Meadow Mixtures — c.
For high and dry land. d. For good land,
neither too wet nor too dry. e. For moist
and wet land. Blended in such proportion
as will insure the heaviest possible crop
of good quality hay.

Timothy and Alsike Mixed — The mix-
ture we offer of these two desirable grasses
is blended in such proportions as years
of experience have shown to give the most
desirable combination.

For special prices

Belongs to the same type as the White
Blossom, excepting that the flowers are
Yellow.

It is claimed that it yields earlier and
produces a finer quality of hay. It will
not produce as heavy a tonnage as the
White, as it is shorter in growth, but for
early use it is superior to the White.

Medium Red Clover — Regarded as the
most valuable of the Clover family; a
dependable all-round variety. Not only
does it produce a heavy weight per acre,
but richness of the roots in nitrogen
gathering bacteria means added fertility to
the soil.

Mammoth Red Clover — C o a r s e r and
stronger growing than Medium Red. Well
adapted for hay, if cut early, but is mostly
used as a pasture and for fertilizing.

Alsike or Swedish Clover — Produces the
finest quality of clover hay; unusually
hardy, and well adapted for pasture.
Thrives best on low and moist lands and
is particularly well adapted for mixing
with Timothy, as it will grow under sim-
ilar conditions and can be cured well if
grown in this manner.

White or Dutch Clover — A dwarf, close
growing variety, in demand for lawns.

Timothy and Medium Red Clover Mixed

— This also makes a very useful mixture
for temporary meadow, and gives a heavy
crop of excellent hay of high feeding
value.

Annual Hog Pasture 3Iixture — Some
years ago we were asked to make up a
special mixture by some of our customers
that would be suitable for seeding down
in odd places which would otherwise be
treated as waste land, for the purpose of
providing a quick-growing annual hog
pasture, and after careful research and
several experiments we prepared a mix-
ture which has been giving wonderful
results. This mixture may be sown ia
any waste patches or on pastures where
the grass has become thin, may be sown
about corn-planting time, sowing from
thirty-five to fifty pounds per acre. Hogs
thrive on this much better than they do
on any single variety as it gives them
just that change of diet that all animals
require.

see colored sheet

Dakota Improved Seed Co,, Mitchell, S. D

Pedigreed Seed Corn

Dakota Grown, Early, Hardy, Well Matured

Riverview Special Yellow Dent

Located as me are in the best Seed Corn growing district in South Dakota with our own
spacious and up-to-date drying racks and bins and latest type of shelling machinery. Giving
personal attention to our growing stocks we are ideally situated to give Seed Corn service.
Our stocks being grown under rigorous climatic conditins, yet rarely being affected by frost,
enables us to offer varieties of Seed Corn well adapted to the Northwest and Canada. Like
all our seeds. Corn is sold on our absolute money back guarantee.

Get a copy of our Booklet, **€01^1 Culture in the Northwest.” 10c. Free with orders
on request.

Riverview Special — Yellow Dent. The

very best 90-day yellow dent at present on
the market. Year by year it enhances its
popularity and the number of users is ex-
tended so that it is grown with marked
success and satisfaction all over the North-
west. It was developed by us more particu-
larly because of its hardy nature, while at
the same time it gives a good ear with a
very high-shelling percentage. The ears
will average eight and one-half inches in
length, with a girth of seven inches, with
from sixteen to eighteen rows well carried
out at butt and tip. The color is a rich
yellow and the grain is unusually deep, of
smooth, handsome appearance. The ears
are well formed, uniform size and of mod-
erately strong shank. It has a very leafy
growth and attains a height of from seven
and one-half to eight feet, and usually
yields from forty to sixty bushels per acre.
Riverview Special is also well adapted for
drilling in for use for ensilage or fodder.
We strongly recommend this.

Minne.sota 13 — Yellow Dent. We aim to
retain the earliness of the original type
by regularly obtaining our seed for our
own planting directly from the Minnesota
Experiment Station. This enables us to
offer high class seed. Our stock of Min-
nesota 13 is unusually good this season,
and we recommend it with confidence.

DISCO Early Murdock — Yellow Dent. The
kernel is deep. One of the earliest of the
deep kerneled types, well fixed and is rap-
idly leaping into popular favor. Will grow

to a height of from six to eight feet, has
a stiff stalk which stands up well. Ears
are borne well up on the stalk so that they*
are easily husked.

DISCO Pride — ^Yellow Dent, A very early
variety of corn. Especially well adapted to
the northern part of South Dakota, North
Dakota, Montana and Manitoba, Canada.
The strong features of DISCO Pride are
earliness, deep kernel, small cob and its
ability to resist dry weather.

Our stock of seed was grown in Hanson
County, South Dakota, and is very good
quality.

Pride of the North — 85-Day Yellow Dent.
Bright red cob, ears medium size with deep
kernel. Many of the stalks have two good
ears. We introduced this variety for the
first time last year and our customers who
used it are well pleased with the results.
Well adapted for North Dakota and north-
ern Minnesota.

Wimples Yellow Dent. This variety is
very popular in many districts where it
seems to excel all others and we recom-
mend it for trial where other varieties al-
ready tried have not been entirely satis-
factory. It belongs to the early type of
yellow dent, especially adapted for the
northwest. The size of the ear is surpris-
ing, averaging from nine to nine and one-
half inches in length and from six to six and
one-half inches in girth containing from
sixteen to eighteen rows. One of the best
short season varieties on the market.

Disco, ~ Nebraska,

Mitchell, South Dakota. March 16, 1921.

Gentlemen:

I want to give you a word of encouragement on your Wimples Yellow Dent Corn
that I got from you last Spring. That corn developed better and stood the dry weather
without turning a leaf, a thing no other corn did here last year in fields around it. I
would recommend it to anyone in this part of the country.

Yours truly,

(Signed) P. J. Dishner.

Our Seed Com is famous all over the Northwest. Fur special prices see colored sheet

Dakota Improved Seed Co,, Mitchell, S. D.

Pedigreed Seed Corn

Disco 90-Day White Dent

DISCO 90-Day White — Rapidly becoming
the most popular white variety on the mar-
ket, is unusually early ripening, and a
heavy yielder. Admirably adapted to north-
ern sections of the country. The stalks
grow to an average height of about eight
feet and ears shoot out about three and
one-half feet from the ground. We believe
this to be the very best white dent on the
market and aside from its value for pro-
duction of corn it is especially valuable
for silage purposes.

Silver King — A very early white dent
corn maturing a few days later than our
90-Day White, but produces a larger ear
and deeper kernel. Recommended for
southern South Dakota, southern Minne-
sota, Michigan, Wisconsin and the Eastern
States. Produces 12 rows of deep grained
kernels. Ears well filled, medium size,
about 8 or 9 inches long. Does well in
either wet or dry weather.

\orth western Red Dent — Has now been
on the market for 25 years and is still
gaining in popularity. For the North-
western States and Canada, we believe it
is unequalled. Is really a hybrid type,
being a cross between an early yellow dent
and a flint variety. Many instances are
on record where this corn has matured
in eighty days, but even where it is grown
for the silo it will mature corn sufficient
to greatly increase its value for silage
purpose. Usually grows to a height of
from six to seven feet. The ears are well
formed, averaging eight inches in length
with fourteen rows of kernels. Particu-
larly well adapted for hogging-off and if
Rape is sown between rows at the last
cultivation it gives splendid returns.

For special prices see colored sheet
9

Dakota Improved Seed Co., Mitchell, S. D.

“Disco’' Pedigreed Seed Corn

pjinf Vari0ti0S Flint type of corn is very popular in the Northern States

and Canada, or in fact anywhere where earliness is demanded
or where the crop is to be used for ensilage or fodder. The varieties we offer are early,
hardy types.

Longfellow Tellow Flint

Longfellow Tellow Flint (75-day Corn)
— Particularly well adapted for Northern
planting. Eight rowed ears, 10 to 15
inches long, 1% inches in diameter,- small
cob, large kernel and very broad. Very
popular for the silo in Northern sections.

DISCO Wliite Flint — Pearly white, the
ears have eight to ten rows and are eight
to twelve inches long. Stalk grows four
to six feet high. Ears borne from eight
to twenty inches from the ground. A use-
ful variety for hogging.

Gehu Flint — The earliest variety of Flint
Corn. Ears small and are borne low down
on the stalk. The color of the kernel is
a light yellow. Will mature anywhere
where corn can be ripened.

DISCO Squaw or Rainbow Corn — An
unusually early variety, the kernels being
all colors of the rainbow. Very popular
for late planting. Ears are much larger
than Gehu, some over 12 inches long, and
it is a corn of good quality and yields well.

King Philip Flint — Extra early red flint.
We have had a stock of this excellent
variety grown in South Dakota and the
result is an unusually early and hardy
type. We recommend this selection very
highly, believing it will prove to be one of
the best, produces an unusually large ear.

Disco Fodder Corn

DISCO Early Yellow Dent Fodder Corn

— When sown thickly in drills at the rate
of from one to one and one-half bushels
per acre, this variety will give a surpris-
ingly large amount of palatable feed, much
relished by all stock. May be run through
an ensilage cutter or be fed in the rack.

DISCO Medium Fodder Corn — A medium
early maturing type.

Evergreen Sweet Fodder Corn — This va-
riety grows a leafy stalk, six to seven feet
in height, forms good-sized ears and yields
a large amount of succulent fodder to the
acre.

Fodder and Sorghum Canes

Early Amber Fodder Cane —
This is the earliest of all
Fodder Canes and is best adapted to the
Northwest, where it succeeds unusually
well. Should be sown at the rate of from
40 to 60 pounds per acre.

Dakota Amber Sorghum Cane — The
earliest, richest and best Sorghum Cane
for the Northwest, in fact we believe this
is really the only variety that can be de-
pended upon for the making of Sorghum
or Syrup. Should be planted at the rate
of from 4 to 8 pounds per acre, rows
feet apart.

f-o This comparatively new
^ grain, belonging to the

Sorghum family, and introduced from
Africa by the United States Department of
Agriculture, has rapidly made a favorable
impression wherever it has been sown. It
is wonderfully drought resisting, early and
heavy yielding and seems to be immune
to the attacks of insect pests. If grown

for the production of grain, should be
sown in rows at the rate of 3 to 8 pounds
per acre and cultivated, while if sown for
fodder, should be broadcasted at the rate
of 1/2 bushel per acre.

excellent Fod-
I-Viinil 11 either green or

cured. The stalks will grow four to five
feet high, and are very leafy and relished
by all kinds of stock. If grown for seed,
will generally yield from 35 to 50 bushels
per acre. If grown for grain, sow in rows
three feet apart, three to five pounds of
seed per acre, and for fodder, broadcast
at the rate of bushel per acre.

IVfilrfc similar in growth

iviiiw iTiaii/Cj.Q Kaffir Corn, but is

preferred by many growers, who claim

that it produces more grain per acre and

a better quality of forage. Should be

sown in the same manner and at the same

rate as Kaffir Corn.

For special prices see colored sheet
10

Dakota Improved Seed Co,, Mitchell, S, D

MILLETS

Millets

today are occupying a much
more important place in farm
economy than ever. They con-
.stitute one of the best “catch crops’’ we have.
Can be sown later than almost anything else and
will give very fair returns under the most ad-
verse conditions. We strongly recommend every
farmer to include a quantity of Millet with his
order, so as to have some of the seed on hand
in case an opportunity offers where it can be
used profitably.

Western Golden — True Southern grown. Grows
an exceptionally sweet and palatable hay. Will
thrive on almost any soil; attains a height of
from four to five feet and is unusually drought
resistant, producing a fair crop on even poor
soils.

plant shows a remarkable stooling habit, as many
as thirty to forty stalks being frequently grown
from one seed.

Golden or Liberty Millet — (True Southern
Grown Seed.) Under favorable conditions the
Golden Millet will undoubtedly produce the heav-
iest yield of hay per acre. It grows very densely
and is an excellent cleaning crop.

Hog Proso or Broom Corn Millet — Can be used
for hay or as a cleaning crop just the same as
other millets. It, however, yields an unusually
heavy crop of seed — from sixty to seventy
bushels to the acre, and experiments at our
Experimental Stations have shown that it is an
excellent substitute for Wheat. The seed will
mature and be ready for cutting as a rule two
months after date of seeding.

Dakota Kursk Millet — This variety is a native
of Russia and has been grown here for over
twenty years. Experiments conducted at the
Experimental Stations in South Dakota have
demonstrated beyond dispute the value of this
variety. As a hay and seed producer it is with-
out equal and in dry seasons it seems it will
outyield any other variety. We confidently rec-
ommend our Dakota Kursk, believing that it
will be entirely satisfactory.

Siberian Millet — A very fine variety of millet,
also hailing from Russia. Unusually early, ex-
tremely hardy and withstands drought. The

Early Fortune Millet — Of the same type as
Hog or Broom Corn, with the exception that the
color of the seed is red, whereas the Hog is
white. It is a good yielder, the seed being very
valuable for either poultry or hog feed and it
also yields a heavy weight of fodder.

Japanese Millet — This is entirely distinct from
other varieties of millet, both in habit of growth
and character of seed. On account of its great
value, it has sometimes been called “Billion
Dollar Grass.’’ Will grow from six to nine feet
high, stands up remarkably well and yields
enormous crops.

Selected Grass Seeds

pratense)— one of
the most useful and valu-
able grasses: of wonderful
nutritious value and unusually productive; the
seeds being very small and produced in great
abundance, makes it the most economical of
grasses; extremely hardy; seldom winter-kills
and stands heat and cold equally well. Sow
10 to 12 pounds to the acre.

Awuless Brome Grass (Bromus inernius) — A
native of Russia, well adapted to a cold climate.
One of the deepest rooting grasses in cultiva-
tion. Suited to dry soils. Makes the best of
pasture, being green the first thing in the spring
and late in the fall. Sow from 20 to 25 pounds
per acre.

Western Bye Grass (Agropyram tenerom) —

bometiuies known as Sieiiuer Wheat Grass.
Adapts itself to varied conditions and will thrive
almost anywhere: grows successfully even in
alkali soil; yields an abundance of nutritious
hay. Sown on land that has become worn out
and depleted of fibre, after two or three years,
whether sown for hay or pasture, when broken
up will be almost like new land. Sow 15 pounds
to the acre.

Meadow Fescue or English Blue Grass (Festuca
pratensis) — A very useful grass for permanent
pasture; makes excellent hay. Sow 15 pounds
to the acre.

Red Top, Solid Seed (Agrostis vulgaris) — Also
known as Herd’s Grass, grows most luxuriantly
on moist, rich soils; very robust; produces strong.

thick roots and makes a firm sod very desirable
for pasture purposes. Will succeed well on
alkali land where other grasses fail. Sow 10 to
12 pounds of solid seed per acre.

Kentucky Blue Grass (Poa pratensis) — Also
known as “June Grass.’’ Produces an excellent
pasture of a beautiful verdant green and is
particularly adapted for seeding on a pasture
field surrounding the home where a good sod of
pleasing appearance is desirable. Sow from 30
to 40 pounds per acre.

Canadian Blue Grass (Poa coinpressa) — Very
similar to the Kentucky; grows coarser, and the
stems, as its botanical name indicates, are flat-
tened. It will grow on poor soils where Ken-
tucky would not thrive.

Perennial Rye Grass (Lolium perenne) — An ex-
cellent grass for permanent or temporary pas-
ture. The hay is relished by all kinds of stock
and will also stand close pasturing. Sow 15
pounds per acre.

Crested Dogstail (Cynosurus cristatus) — A very
hardy, compact growing grass, which forms a
lasting turf. The roots penetrate deeply and the
plant withstands dry weather unusually well.
Sow 30 pounds per acre.

Orchard Grass or Cocksfoot (Dactylis glome-
rata) — A very useful grass either sown alone or
combined with other grasses for permanent
pasture. One of the earliest grasses in th©
spring; is unusually productive.

All our Millets and Grasses are thoroiig’hly recleaned
For prices see Special Price Sheet following- page 16

Dakota Improved Seed Co., Mitchell, S. D

“Disco” Forage and Soiling Crops

US6S. It may be sown alone as a spring
crop to provide early pasture. It may be
sown with spring grain to provide fall pas-
ture after the grain is cut. In this latter
ease it is better sown after the grain is
up and the ground dragged immediately
after sowing to cover the seed. As it is a
common practice to drag or weed our
grain crops after they are up, the sowing
of rape at this time can be easily done.
Rape may also be sown just before the last
eultivation of corn to provide fall feed and
increase the yield of feed per acre, or
rape may be sown with fall rye to provide
fall pasture.

The uses of rape are hardly limited to
those mentioned above, as it may be sown

at almost any time of the year and will
provide quickly a large amount of forage..
The farmers of the Northwest have nott
yet come to realize the possibilities of
rape. There are thousands of acres ot
land sown to small grains that could be
made to yield an abundant fall pasture by
the sowing of two pounds of rape seedj to
every acre of ground. The cost of the
seed is so little and so small an amount
is required that there is really no expense
connected with it compared to the value,
of feed that is secured. The amount ofc'
seed that is sown per acre varies from tw(^
to six pounds, depending upon the way rt
is handled. When sown alone, firom five
to six pounds are recommended. Wb^n
sown with small grain, twa to tfe^ee
pounds.

Rapej Dwarf Essex

Rape can be put to quite a number of

It pays to have rape seed on hand on the farm. There are often times when i^ could
be profitably used if you just had it handy without having to send for it.

Russian Giant — The

O UllllU W

been demonstrated with unusual emphasis
during the past few years and it is now
being used extensively as far north as
Edmonton in the Canadian West. Used in
the silo either alone or in conjunction
with corn, it provides excellent feed and
gives a heavier weight per acre in the
North than can usually be obtained by
the sowing of corn. Aside from its value
in the silo, for poultry feeding it is second
to none, and the dry stalks make excellent
kindling.

Buckwheat

An excelleat catch'
crop, devo>lops i?ery
rapidly. Useful either for hay or If al-
lowed to mature gives an excellent grain
crop which is much in deroand fcuT both
poultry feeding and household use.

Japanese — The best variety for the
Northwest. Produces its seed earlier, re-
sists drought and is very dependable.

Silverhull — While not quite so early as
Japanese, is preferred by millers, as it
makes a whiter, better and more nutritious
flour. A nice variety to sow where beea
are kept.

For prices see special price sheet

Dakota Improved Seed Co,, Mitchell, S. D

Forage and Soiling Crops

Kohl ,Rabi

Mammoth or
liarge Green

The value of
this excellent
root is not suffi-
ciently appreci-
ated, For early
fall use it pos-
sesses features
which distin-
guish it from
other roots and
fodder plants
which justify its
being included.

P k t., 10c ; oz.,

25c; ^ lb., 75c;
lb., $2.50; 5 lbs.,
$11.50, postpaid.

Kohl Rabi

Kale, Thousand Headed

Belongs to the
cabbage family
and is sometimes
known as Thou-
sand Headed Cab-
bage. Will grow
3 or 4 feet high,
and produces an
abundance of suc-
culent leaves all
round the stem.

These leaves are
greedily eaten by
stock ; sheep being
especially fond of
them. Splendid
for poultry. Sow
in drills 30 inches
apart, and thin out to 24 inches between
each plant. In well prepared land, with
frequent cultivation, will produce 15 tons
of green feed per acre. Provides A1 pas-
ture for all kinds of stock. Oz., 10c; ^ lb.,
30c; lb., 90c, 5 lbs., $3.75, postpaid.

Sudan Grass sista.nt hay crop.

This comparatively
new grass has very rapidly made a place
for itself in agricultural economy all over
the United States and Canada. Being sus-
ceptible to frost, it should not be sown until
late in the season, but under favorable cir-
cumstances will mature in a marvelously
short period of time; the first crop being
ready to cut less than fifty days after seed-
ing, and after cutting, it renews its growth
promptly, and generally speaking, in from
30 to 40 days another cutting can be made.
Will grow in almost any kind of soil; is
unusually drought resistant. Provides ex-
cellent hay which is easily cured. The seed
we offer is free from impurities of any kind
and is of high vitality.

Kale, Thousand Head

Kale Giant Marrow Stem

Kale Marrow Stem

10c; oz., 20c; % lb.,
$12.00, postpaid.

Sometimes referred
to as Duplex Rape-
Kale on account of
the fact that not
only are the leaves
useful for stock, but
the thick§ned stem,
which is full of mar-
row and is softer
than turnip, is of
high feeding value
and greatly relished
by stock. For sum-
mer and early fall
feeding is invaluable,
as not only does it
produce a great
weight of leaves, but
the stems are of in-
calculable value.
Grows between 4 and
5 feet high. Pkt.,
65c; lb., $2.50; 5 lbs..

Soy or Soja Beans

The value of
this crop for sil-
age, hay, hogging
off and as a soil
builder is annually
becoming more
appreciated.

Where planted
with corn for sil-
age the total yield
per acre is in-
creased and the
feeding value of
the silage very
much improved.

We strongly rec-
ommend a trial of
this excellent
fodder crop.

Early B 1 a c k —

Undoubtedly the
best early variety,
and admirably Soy Bean

adapted f or the • r.

Northwest. Grows from 18 to 20 inches
high and matures in from 65 to 75 days.

Early Brown — Taller than the Early
Black and is a trifle later. Well adapted
for silo and hay. Grows from 24 to 3b
inches high and is very leafy.

One of the best annual
101.0 i G3.S legume crops for the
Northwest, as the cool
temperature at nights just seems to suit
them and they make their best growth
under such conditions. If sown with oats
they make excellent feed and are more
easily harvested and if necessary can be
separated in cleaning.

Canadian Field — Grow to a height of four
feet and will yield from 30 to 40 bushels
per acre.

Genuine Dakota
JN aw Beans grown. Hardy, early

and a sure cropper.
Well adapted to the Northwest.

Where prices are not quoted refer to colored insert

Dakota Improved Seed Co,, Mitchell, S. D,

“Disco” Pedigreed Field Roots

Purple Top Swede or Ruta Baga

700 Monarch — ^An early, heavy cropping,
oval-shaped Ruta Baga, of fine quality.
Best for early use. Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; M
lb. 25c; lb. 75c; 5 lbs. $3.50, postpaid.

703 Bangliolm — Hardy, round-shaped
Swede, excellent cropper; good keeper.
Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; M lb. 25c; lb. 75c; 5 lbs.
$3.50, postpaid.

Mangel Wurzel

730 Giant Yellow, Interme-
diate or Gatepost — Grows
to a great size, high out of
the ground, good quality
and heavy cropper. Oz. 10c;
M lb. 20c; lb. 50c; 5 lbs.
$2.00, postpaid.

731 Prizewinner Yellow
Globe — A longish globe-
shaped variety, very heavy
cropper. Oz. 10c; M lb.
20c ; lb. 50c ; 5 lbs. $2.00,
postpaid.

733 Selected Golden Tank-
ard— Neat in appearance,
with small tap root; a beau-
tiful reddish golden skin,
and sound, rich, firm yellow
fiesh. Oz. 10c; 14 lb. 20c;
lb. 50c ; 5 lbs. $2.00, postpaid.

Your stock will thrive better if fed a root diet occasionally.

Dakota Improved Seed Co., Mitchell, S. D

“Disco” Pedigreed Field Roots

Sugar Beet or Half Sugar

IVfiindolQ Giant Green Top White

— A pedigreed stock of Sugar
Beet or Half Sugar Mangel; bred to produce
the highest percentage of feed value; a
heavy cropper; much relished by stock;
keeps well; easily harvested; skin a whitish
color, shading to green at the top; flesh
white, flne grained, solid, tender and sweet.
Oz., 10c; 14 lb., 20c; lb., 60c; 5 lbs., $2.50,
postpaid.

741 Giant Green Top Rose — Grows to an
unusually large size; of exceptionally high
feeding value; color bright pink shading to
a lighter color at the bottom; flesh white,
crisp and sweet. While the Sugar Beet does
not produce as heavy a crop as Mangel, it
is preferred by some, particularly for dairy
stock. Oz., 10c; 14 lb., 20c; lb., 60c; 5 lbs.,
$2.50, postpaid.

Klein Wanzleben —

^ different type
from the others offered; is not suitable for
stock feeding, but the roots are used for the
manufacture of sugar. In view of the high
price of this commodity, which so fre-
quently exists, we recommend every farmer
to grow a few so as to produce enough sugar
for home use. Oz., 10c; 14 lb., 20c; lb., 60c;
5 lbs., $2.50, postpaid.

Mangel Wurzel

732 Selected Mammoth or Giant Long Red —

The heaviest cropper in cultivation; an area
of this variety should always be grown to use in
conjunction with the yellow varieties for feed- Mandrel Mammoth
ing. 14 lb., 15c; lb., 40c; 5 lbs., $1.75, postpaid.

Field Carrots ve'”*

popular all over the w'orld where Field
Carrots are grown. An unusually heavy
cropper; excellent feeding qualities.

Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; 14 lb., 20c; lb., 75c;
5 lbs., $3.50, postpaid.

751 Long Red Surrey— Many prefer to
grow an orange carrot on account of its
better eating qualities. While it is ad-
mitted that white carrots are the heaviest
yielding it is recognized that for eating
purposes the orange carrots are in favor.
Long Red Surrey is a heavy yielder, flne
length, thick crown, very little core,
smooth, sweet, clean, tender, crisp and
mellow. Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c ; 14 lb., 30c;
lb., 90c ; 5 lbs., $4.00, postpaid.

Long Red Surrey Giant White Vosges

Study this page carefully and try out an acre or two of roots.

Dakota Improved Seed Co,, Mitchell, S. D

Selected Pedigreed Seed Grains

We exercise the same care in the selection of our Seed Grains as we do Alfalfas,
Clovers and other seeds. They are sold on our Money Back Guarantee. We are not
satisfied unless you are.

We pride ourselves on the high
grade of oats that we have been
able to send out to our customers in the
past and are glad to say that this year
we have possibly the finest quality we
have ever had.

Disco Sixty Day

Reports coming to us from all over the
state indicate that this was the most profit-
able and uniformly successful Oat grown.

The past season has again demonstrated
that it is poor policy to depend on one
variety. The wise farmer will always in-
sure a crop by planting an early and a
late variety and thus offset the possibility
of complete crop failure. Disco Sixty
Day is beyond question the best early
variety for the Northwest States. In spite
of its earliness, taking the average crop,
covering a number of years, it heads the
list.

Swedish Select — Has rapidly established
itself in South Dakota, Minnesota and the
Northwestern States generally. Wonder-
fully drought-resistant and will produce a
crop usually under the most adverse con-
ditions. A nice appearing oat with a
moderately thin hull, while the straw is
stiff and not liable to lodge.

Yictory — ^A variety of Swedish origin,
sometimes known as Seger, which is the
Swedish for Victory. A short grained oat
with a very thin hull, and comparatively
few awns. The straw is peculiarly re-
silient, enabling it to stand up well against
storms which would cause most other
varieties to lodge. Stools well and is
excellent for sheaf feeding.

■pirtv N. D. R. Wilt-Resistant — Flax
'*• does well in the Northwest and

is a paying crop, being especially valuable
for seeding on new land as it does well
as a first crop on new breaking. Flax
is also valuable for late seeding as it can
be sown when it would be too late to ex-
pect a crop even from oats or barley. The
seed we offer is grown on new land and is
of fine quality and free from weeds.

Spring Wheat

IVI A t*rviiie Where this variety succeeds
■^’****H^*^ well and is not affected by
rust, there is nothing better. It has, how-
ever, shown a very decided tendency to
rust in many districts, and we do not

recommend it for general use. The stock
of seed we offer is very fine, of high purity
and germination, free from bearded heads,
or other variations from the true type.

Kubanka Durum or Macaroni — Within
the past few years has very rapidly in-
creased in favor owing to the fact that it
is unusually rust and drought-resistant.
Where Marquis and other varieties have
been completely destroyed by rust or have
failed to produce a crop owing to drought,
wonderfully good returns were obtained
from Kubanka. We strongly recommend
a trial of this variety.

Acme Durum

.cA'WAJLAw selection of

the Durum type, which has given excellent
results in many parts of the Northwest
States. We have an excellent stock of
high grade seed, free from weeds and true
to type.

New Kanred and Turkey

Dp|J We have made arrangements to
have a good supply of choice
Certified Seed and will be glad to have
inquiries in the Fall.

The value of this great crop is
only beginning to be fully real-
ized. It is somewhat similar to barley,
although botanically it is more closely
allied to wheat. One of the surest crops
known. Gives good returns even under
the most adverse conditions, yielding from
35 to 50 bushels to the acre. Can be profit-
ably fed to all kinds of stock. Sow at the
rate of two bushels (84 lbs.) per acre.
Rllflp'V Manshnry — We believe this
xjaiic j to be the best all round type
of Barley for the Northwest.

Oderbrncker, or Wisconsin No. 55 — Be-
ing a very important crop in Wisconsin,
the State Experiment Station has given
somewhat close attention to the selection
of Barley, and Oderbrncker is one of their
best selections. It is said to be the heavi-
est yielder on the market.

Improved Wliite Hulless — This is a
totally’ distinct Barley in-as-much as it is
both hulless and beardless, and for this
reason is much better adapted for sheaf
feeding than the ordinary barley, as is
well known the beards are most disagree-
able fed to stock in this manner. It is
very early and makes an ideal cleaning
crop.

SPRING RYEj Our sales last year were ten times more than usual and we could
have sold much more only the supply gave out. Everyone that sowed our Rye was well
pleased. As a spring grain crop it is hard to beat. Will produce a crop under most
adverse conditions; not affected by rust, and even under very dry conditions will produce
a crop. We have an excellent stock of plump well ripened clean seed.

In the Fall write us for samples and prices on Amber and Rosen Winter Rye.

For new varieties of Seed Grains see page 3.

For special prices see colored sheet.

Dakota Improved Seed Co., Mitchell, S. D,

Guaranteed Vegetable Seeds

A C 05^6 of the earliest and most delicious

spring vegetables. Should be grown
in every garden.

10 Conover’s Colossal — Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; lb., 20c;
lb., OOc, postpaid. Destinguished by its superior quality,
productiveness, evenness of growth and fine pea green
colored shoots. See illustration.

11 Roots — two-year old— lloz., 50c; 50 for $1.75; 100
for $2.00, postpaid.

To insure hardiness, our
Beans are grown as far
north as possible, consist-
ent with perfect development and proper
maturity. We are not offering a lengthy
list of varieties which usually only
causes confusion. Our selection consists
of what from long experience we believe
to be the very best.

Dwarf Bush Varieties

20 Golden Waxpod, Imp. — Pkt., 10c;
Vz lb., 20c; lb., 30c; 5 lbs., $1.25, postpaid.

, The most popular wax variety and one

Asparagus Conover s Colossal (10) best. Very early and a heavy

cropper, the pale yellow pods sometimes growing eight inches long. The fiesh is brittle,
stringless and of good quality. See illustration.

21 Disco Kidney Waxpod — Pkt., 10c; % lb.,

25c; lb., 40c; 5 lbs., $1.7.5, postpaid. Resembles
the old favorite Wardwells but more robust and
prolific. Pods are eight inches long, stringless,
fibreless, very fieshy and brittle; attractive clear
yellow color.

22 Pencil Pod Black Wax — Pkt., 10c; % lb.,

20c; lb., 30c; 5 lbs., .$1.2.5, po.stpaid. The finest
of the dwarf black seeded wax varieties. Ex-
ceptionally early and productive. Pods seven
inches long, round, straight and crease-backed,
perfectly stringless, fieshy and brittle.

2.3 Davis White Kidney Wax — Pkt., 10c; %
lb., 20c; lb., 30c; 5 lbs., $1.25, postpaid. Early,
productive and attractive, pods large and flat, 7 inches long, very uniform and straight,
color clear bright yellow. Seed white kidney shaped.

30 Black Valentine, Greenpod — Pkt., 10c; % lb., 20c; lb., 30c; 5 lbs., $1.25, postpaid.
Beautiful large pods, slender, round and nearly straight, fine-grained, and a nice dark
green color. More vigorous grower than Red Valentine.

31 Disco Stringless, Greenpod — Pkt., 10c; % lb., 20c; lb., 30c; 5 lbs., $1.25, postpaid*
Very early, hardy, vigorous and productive. Large pods, stout, round, tender and brittle;
dark green in color. Perfectly stringless. Finest quality.

32 Bountiful — ^Pkt., 10c; % lb., 20c; lb., 30c; 5 lbs., $1.25, postpaid. We consider this
the best of the fiat podded stringless varieties, pods 7 inches long, color light green. Very

early, vigorous, hardy and productive.

Pole or Climbing Varieties

40 Emperor Scarlet Runner — Pkt. 10c; % lb., 25c; lb., 45e; 5
lbs., $2.00, postpaid. The largest podded variety in cultivation,
bearing a heavy crop of very fine handsome pods, borne in
clusters, of excellent cooking quality. Useful also for trellis
work or veranda covering, its bright scarlet flowers and verd-
ant foliage being very effective. See illustration.

41 Horticultural Pole, or Cranberry (October Bean) — Pkt.,
10c; % lb., 25c; lb., 40c; 5 lbs., $1.7.5, postpaid. The well known
standard sort; very hardy and productive; medium early. The
pods which grow from five to six inches long are straight, fiat,
stringless and of excellent quality. The color is a beautiful
dark green, splashed with bright red.

42 Kentucky Wonder, or Old Homestead — Pkt., 10c; % lb.,
20c; lb., 35e; 5 lbs., $1.50, postpaid. This is probably the most
popular green-podded, climbing, or corn-hill bean grown. Is
very early and productive, pods will grow to eight and nine
inches long; are very slender, curved, and of tender quality.

43 — Kentucky AVonder Wax — Pkt., 10c; Vz lb., 25c; lb., 40c;
5 lbs., $1.75, po.stpaid. One of the earliest of the pole yp-ax
varieties. Pods nine inches long, fieshy and brittle, color light
yellow.

Emperor Scarlet Runner

Simple and easily followed Cultural Instmctions supplied free

^ — *•

Golden Waxpod (20)

Dakota Improved Seed Co,, Mitchell, S, D.

Lima Beans

25c; lb., 40c; 5 lbs., $1.75, postpaid. A vig-
orous, hardy, very early Bush Lima, much
in favor for canning. Pods are three
inches long — containing three to four small
flat white beans of good quality.

51 Fordliook Bush Lima — Pkt., 10c; %
lb., 25c; lb., 40c; 5 lbs., $1.75, postpaid.
One of the most popular, both for home use
and with market gardeners. Pods usually
grow about flve inches long, contain four
to flve large, oval-shaped, very thick white
beans of the Potato Lima type.

52 New Wonder Bush Lima — Pkt., 10c ;
lb., 25c; lb., 35c; 5 lbs., $1.50, postpaid.

A very flne mid-season variety and a heavy
producer, unusually dwarf. Can be planted
closely. Beans are very broad and are as
large as many of the Pole varieties. The
advantage of this variety being that it can
be grown even in the smallest gardens
where the Pole varieties would take up too
much space.

Beet (Table)

No garden should
be without a gen-
erous sowing of this excellent blood en-
riching vegetable, which is so easily
grown.

70 Crosby’s Egyptian — Pkt., 5c; oz,, 10c;
M lb., 30c; lb., 75c, postpaid. Our strain
of this popular beet is an exceptionally
good one, if thinned out at the proper time,

will produce
nice sized
shapely
roots, very
rapidly.

A flattened
globe shape;
skin very
dark red;
flesh a trifle
lighter and
lightly
zoned; pro-
duces very
small tops.

Beet — Detroit Dark Red (71)

71 Detroit
Dark Red —
Pkt., 5c; oz.,
10 c ; 14 lb.,
30c; lb., 75c,
postpaid.

One of the very best sorts for home or
market garden and for canning or pickling.
Roots uniformly smooth, medium size and
beautifully globe shaped; skin blood red,
flesh dark red, zoned with a lighter shade;
quality tender and sweet.

72 Extra Early Flat Egyptian — Pkt., 5c;
oz., 10c; M lb., 30c; lb., 75c, postpaid.

Without doubt one of the earliest varieties

in cultivation. Tops are unusually small;
roots being distinctly flat, rather than globe
shaped; color a dark red; flesh a darK
purplish-red, zoned to a lighter shade. A
splendid variety for first crop for either
market or home use.

80 Swiss Chard,
Liiculliis — Pkt.,

5c; oz., 10c; H
lb., 25c; lb., 75c,
postpaid. The cut
and come again
Spinach. If its
merits, useful-
ness and easy
cultivation were
even half appre-
ciated, it would
And a place in
every garden. Produces
greens which can be used

Chard Lucullus
(80)

abundance of
all summer.

Broccoli

A vegetable very
similar to Cauli-
flower, but hardier,
and, owing to the
peculiar growth of
the inner leaves,
will keep fit for
use longer and can
be grown later in
the season.

Broccoli Walcheren

(90) 90 Walcheren —

Pkt., 5c; oz., 20c;
^4 lb., 75c, postpaid. The earliest variety,
the link between Broccoli and Cauliflower
and the best for use in the Northwestern
States. For Borecole see under Kale.

Brussels

Sprouts

Miniature
Cabbages p r o -
duced on a plant
stalk, used like
cabbage. The
delicate flavor is
improved by a
slight touch of
frost.

100 Standard
— Pkt., 5c ; oz.,
15c; M lb., 55c,
postpaid. A
magnificent va-
riety with large
solid sprouts
produced from
top to bottom.

Brussels Sprouts
Standard (100)

Disco Vegetable Seeds are the standard of excellence.

Dakota Improved Seed Co,, Mitchell, S. D

Disco Alpha

Cabbage

The selection of varieties we
_ offer will enable you to have a
supply all the year round.

110 Disco Alpha — Pkt., 5c; oz., 20c; ^ Ih., 70c;

lb., ^2.00, postpaid. The earliest variety in cultiva-
tion. Should be sown for first crop.

Ill Early Jersey Wakefield — Pkt., 5c; oz., 15c;
V4 lb., 55c; lb., 5^2.00, postpaid. Early pale glau-
cous green, with blunt conical heads of good size.
The most widely known and popular variety.

112 Early Winningstadt — Pkt., Sc; oz., 20c; % lb.,
70c; lb., f?2.00, postpaid. Early main crop, firm,
compact, short conical head, rather leafy, leaves
undulated at the edge. One of the best for either
early or late use.

117 Danish Round Head — Pkt., 5c; oz., 20c;
Vi lb., 70c; lb., Jt52.00, postpaid. Similar to
Ball Head, slightly larger, longer stem and
about two weeks earlier. Very hard and
heavy.

160 Chantenay — Pkt., 5c.; oz., 10c; % lb.,
25c; lb., 80c, postpaid. Excellent medium
early half-long stump rooted variety, about
six to eight inches long, very thick, smooth
and of a deep orange-red color. This variety
and Oxheart are really the most popular
sorts.

Copenhagen

Market

113 Copenhagen Market — Pkt., 5c; oz., 20c; % lb.,
75c; lb., 82.25, postpaid. Short-stemmed, growth
compact, outer leaves small, tightly folded over a
solid fiattish ball-shaped head with fine veins
and small core, averaging about ten pounds
in weight. Can be planted closely together
.and will yield a greater crop per acre than
any other cabbage. Our stock is true to type
and matures with great uniformity.

114 Glory of Enkhuizen — Pkt., 5c; oz., 20c; %
lb., 70c; lb., $2.00, postpaid. Short-stemmed
medium etirly, with large round very hardy
head and few outer leaves, which permits
close planting. A good keeper and splendid
for winter use. Should be grown as a suc-
cession crop to Cophenhagen Market.

11.5 Premium Flat Dutch — Pkt., 5c; oz., 15c;
% lb., 55c; lb., $2.00, po.stpaid. Large heads
flattened on the top, very full and firm, long
stem. Will stand more frost than most vari-
eties, and may be left later in the ground.

116 Danish Bull Head — Pkt., 5c; oz., 20c;
% lb., 70c; lb., $2.(M>, postpaid. A very dis-
tinct short-stemmed cabbage, with round,
very hard and solid heads, a late variety,
popularly grown for keeping through the
winter.

1.30 Red Dutch Dw:trf — Pkt., 5c; oz., 25c;
% lb., 00c; lb., .$3.00, postpaid. The earliest
of the Red varieties, and the best for pick-
ling.

140 Savoy Dwarf Green Curled — Pkt., 5c;
oz., 25c; lb«» 00c; lb., ,$3.00 postpaid. Some-
times described as the “Honey Comb Cab-
bage.” Hearts quite green and very solid
will stand twenty degrees of frost, and re-
mains a long time on the ground fit for use.

150 Chinese (Pe Tsai) — Pkt., 5c; oz., 20c;
lb., 7.5e; lb., .$2.75, postpaid. Celery cab-
bage, resembles Cos Lettuce, but has a de-
cided cabbage flavor.

Chantenay

161 Danvers Half Long — Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c;
^4 Ib., 25c; lb., 80c, postpaid. Pale color,
half-long semi-stump rooted. Short top.
Very sweet and tender quality flesh.

Danish
Ball Head

Cabbage and Carrot should be in erery garden

Dakota Improved Seed Co., Mitchell, S. D

Early Scarlet Horn 163

CARROT — Continued

162 Early Scarlet Horn — Pkt., 5c; oa.,
10c; ^ lb., 30c; lb., $1.00, postpaid. Roots
throe inches long; color orange red, in-
clined to be blunt rooted, splendid for
first early, or market use. Forces well in
f i*3-in 0S

1^ bxheart~Pkt., 5c; oa., 10c; % lb.,
25c; lb., 80c, postpaid. Very short and
thick, four and one-half to five inches
long, easily harvested; color light bright
orange; flesh very delicate and sweet;
early.

164 St. Valery Liong Red— -Pkt., 5c; oz.,
lOc; % lb., 25c; lb., 70c, postpaid. Roots
ten to twelve inches long, smooth, bright
red, broad at the neck and tapering to a
point; flesh thick, sweet and tender, suit-
able for field culture, does best in light
deep rich soil. Good winter keeper.

Oxheart 163

Cauliflower

Danvers Half LiOiig 161 (See page 19)

Cauliflower

growing these,
owing to the reputed difficulty. Try
the three sorts we offer, according to
our instructions, and we guarantee
success.

176 All Seasons, Extra Improved—
Pkt., 20c; % oz., 75c; oz., $2.00; ^
lb., $6.00, postpaid. We gave the
name “All Seasons” to this variety
as it very aptly describes its char-
acteristic. By sowing at intervals,
splendid heads of Cauliflower may be available through-
out the whole season. The quality is excellent and we
cannot too strongly recommend it.

171 Early Snowball, Extra Selected — Pkt., 10c; oz.,
50e; oz., $1.50; % lb., $4.50, postpaid. One of the best
varieties for the Northwest; early and superb quality.
Our strain has been carefully selected and we know it
will please you.

172 Veitch's Autumn Giant — Pkt., 10c; ^4 25c; oz.,

75c; lb., $2.00, postpaid. A large vigorous growing
late variety. The heads are large, firm, beautifully white
and well protected by the large leaves.

(Pepper or Tongue Grass) — Sown with White
V>lirt5^0 Mustard makes an excellent Salad, most re-
freshing used in bread sandwiches.

210 Extra Curled— Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; % lb.,

30c; lb., 75c, postpaid. A distinct compact
growing variety, leaves deeply cut and
curled at the edges. Charming pungent
flavor.

211 Water — Pkt., 10c; oz., 45c; A4 lb.»

.$1.50, postpaid. A distinct Cress, thriving
best in moist positions, or in brooks or
ditches, where its roots and stems are sub-
merged. Makes a delicious and appetizing
salad.

St. Valery 164

Watercress contains much iron, and
is a real blood medicine. People who
desire a good complexion should eat it
abundantly; it is a destroyer of pimples
and a cleanser of the entire system.
Watercress will neutralize chalk in the
blood, which is a cause of ageing and
stiffening of the fibres.

This sign “DISCO” stands for highest quality in seeds.

Dakota Improved Seed Co., Mitchell, S. D

Turnip Rooted 190

White Plume 182

Celery

Giant Paseal 180

Golden Self Blanchi ng 181

Should be in every garden. Eat lots of
Celery, either cooked or raw, and you
won’t be troubled with Rheumatism.

180 Giant Pascal — Pkt., 6c; % oz., 10c; oz., 15c; % lb., 50c; lb., $1.60, postpaid. Vigorous growing
compact, productive variety. Stalks short, broad, very thick, crisp and tender, blanching readily to
a yellowish white color. A very good keeper and one of the best for winter use. See illustration.

181 Golden Self Blanching — Pkt., 6c; % oz., 15c; oz., 25c; % lb., 80c; lb., $2.75, postpaid. A
French variety introduced in 1883. It is undoubtedly the finest early celery in cultivation. It is per-
fectly solid, of a fine nutty flavor, attains a good size, and when blanched is of a handsome golden
yellow color. See illustration.

182 White Plume Improved — Pkt., 6c; % oz., 10c; oz., 15c; % lb., 50c; lb., $1.60, postpaid. Dis-
tinguished by the silver white color of its inner leaves. A very early hand-
some vS.riety, easily blanched, a beautiful white color. The most popuhar
sort in the Northwest, See illustration.

190 Celeriac or Turnip Rooted Celery — Pkt., 6c; Vz oz., 10c; oz., 15c;

Vi lb,, 60c; lb., .$1.76, ^stpaid. Develops instead of the usual stalks, a
broad coarse root, which is much esteemed as a vegetable for flavoring
soups. Very hardy and will keep all winter if properly stored. See illus-
tration.

Sweet Corn

Sweet Corn ought to be more extensively grown than it is, occupying as
it does such an important place among vegetables, being wholesome,
nutritious, and healthful.

FIRST EARLY VARIETIES

221 Golden Bantam — Pkt., 10c; % lb., 16c; lb., 25c; 5 lbs., $1,00,

postpaid. By express, 10 lbs. or more, at 18c per lb. Early; golden

yellow in color, of highest quality. Ears six to seven inches long. Our
stock has been most carefully selected. See illustration.

222 First and Best — ^Pkt., 10c; '^/z lb., 16c; lb., 25c; 6 lbs., $1.00,

postpaid. By express, 10 lbs. or more, at 18c per lb. One of the earliest

maturing varieties on the market: beautiful white color. For such an
early variety, produces a wonderfully large ear. Beautiful quality.

228 Early Mammoth W’hite Cory — Pkt., 10c; Vz lb., 15c; lb., 22c; 5
lbs., .$1.00, postpaid. By express, 10 lbs. or more, at 15c per lb. The

earliest and best of all extra early sweet corn. Ears ten to twelve rowed;
seven to eight inches long; very sweet, tender and white. If you have
not tried this do so, it will certainly please you.

224 RTiipple’s Early — Pkt., 10c; % lb., 15c; lb., 26c; 5 lbs., $1.00.
postpaid. By express, 10 lbs. or more, at ISc per lb. This variety se-
lected and introduced by the celebrated Corn Raiser, Mr. Whipple.
Yellow variety, somewhat similar to Golden Bantam or Buttercup, but
is earlier than either of these varieties; is equal in quality and the
ears are much larger than Golden Bantam. From trials we have seen
of these varieties, we believe that it is destined to become very popular,
suitable both for market or home use.

SECOND EARLY VARIETIES

226 Early Crosby — Pkt., 10c; Vz lb., 16c; lb., 22c; 5 lbs., $1.00, post-
paid. By express, 10 lbs. or more, at 15c per lb. The standard and
popular variety; twelve-rowed with ears seven inches long; the grains
are short and square, beautifully white, sweet and tender. One of
the most popular second early varieties.

226 Howling Mob — Pkt., 10c; Vz lb., 16c; lb., 22c; 5 lbs., $1.00, post-
paid. By express, 10 lbs. or more, at 15c per lb. It is said that this
variety received its name because of the fact that when the original
grower brought cobs into the market to sell, so popular had they become
that the crowds who pressed forward to his stand to secure their supplies,
represented literally a howling mob.

Ears are from nine to ten inches long; sixteen-rowed, of a beautiful
white color and of excellent quality; a good sort for general use, both for
the home garden and also for the market grower.

231 Bantam Evcrgrreen — ^Pkt., 10c; Vz lb., 16c; lb., 28c; 5 lbs., $1.26,
postpaid. By express, 10 lbs. or more, at 20c per lb. A cross between
Golden Bantam and Stowell’s Evergreen. The ears grow about eight
inches long, twelve to fourteen-rowed, matures with Howling Mob; the
kernels are broad and deep, of a rich golden yellow color.

Yon cannot beat onr DaJiota grown Sweet Com.

Golden Bantam 221

Dakota Improved Seed Co,, Mitchell, S. D

SWEET CORN— Continued

MAIN CROP VARIETIES

227 Rlack Mexican — Pkt. 10c; Yz lb. I.'jc; Ib. 23c; 5 lbs. $1.0(K,
postpaid. Ry express, 10 lbs. or more, at 16c per lb. This famous
old variety which will be remembered because of its unusual
sv/eetness and delicate flavor has been much improved by selection,
and the stock we now offer is sufficiently early and hardy to be
grown with perfect success anywhere in the United States.

This corn when ready for the table is a beautiful clear white,
but when the grain is ripe it is a peculiar black or bluish black.
We recommend this as the most desirable Main Crop Variety.

228 Country Gentlemen — Pkt. lOe; % lb. 15c; lb. 23c; 5 lbs.
$1.00, postpaid. By express, 10 lbs. or more, at 16c per lb. In this
standard variety the acme of perfection and quality is obtained.
The ears are from 8 to 9 inches long; the cob is small, white in
color and densely covered with long, white, slender grains. The
formation is peculiar inasmuch as the grains are not formed on
the cob in regular row formation, but are closely packed together
without any apparent order. It is a heavy cropper and owing to
its unusual heavy husk, it is protected in such a manner that it
retains its tenderness and keeps in the “milk stage” for an unusu-
ally long time.

229 StowelPs Evergreen — Pkt. lOe; Yz lb. 15c; lb, 22c; 5 lbs.
$1.00, postpaid. By express, 10 lbs. or more, at 14c per lb. The

best known Sweet Corn. Ears 8 to 9 inches long, 16 to 18 rowed,
with a very deep sweet grain. Our strain is unusually good.

230 White Rice Pop Corn — Pkt. lOe; Y2 lb. 12c; lb. 20c; 5 lbs.
80c, postpaid. By express, 10 lbs. or more, at 10c per lb. The

earliest of the popping varieties and the only one that can be
successfully grown in the middle and northwest. For corn for
popping, see inside back cover.

228

Cucumber

Fresh cucumbers gath-
ered from your own patch
are just as different as
chalk is to cheese from
those half wilted fruits
which you buy in the
store. Moral — Grow your
own.

239 Earliest of All — Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; % lb. 35c; lb. $1.00, postpaid. The earliest White
Spine variety in cultivation. One week earlier than Early Fortune, should be used for
first crop.

240 Extra Early Russian — Pkt. 5e; oz. 15c; % lb. 45c; lb. $1.45, postpaid. The earliest
cucumber in cultivation, hardy and productive; fruit very small.

241 Early Fortune — Pkt., 5c; oz. 10c; lb. 35c; lb. $1.10, postpaid. The finest type
White Spine yet produced. Early, very productive and disease resistant; fruits 9 inches
long; slightly tapering; flesh white, very Arm and crisp, with very few seeds; color rich
dark green. Splendid shipping variety. See illustration.

242 Chicago Pickling — Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; Yi lb. 35c; lb. $1.00, postpaid. The most popu-
lar and excellent pickling sort, very uniform, productive and of good color; hardy and
early.

243 Cool and Crisp — Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; % lb. 35c; lb. $1.00, postpaid. A white spine type;
early; pointed at both ends; good quality for slicing, but no use for pickling. See illus-
tration.

244 Extra Bong White Spine — Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; % lb. 35c; lb. $1.00, postpaid. The larg'-
est of the White Spine family; fruit long, thick and tapering to both ends, crisp and solid,
a fine slicing sort; color light green. See illustration.

245 Japanese Climbing — Pkt, 5c; oz. 10c; lb. 35c; lb. $1.10, postpaid. A distinct
climbing sort for covering fences or trellises; fruit 10 inches long, thick, crisp and fine
quality; color dark green.

246 Early Frame or Short Green — Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; Yi lb. 45c; lb. $1.40, postpaid. Medium
sized, vigorous growing and productive variety. Good for both pickling and slicing.

247 Cucumber Bong Green Improved — Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; Yt lb. 35c; lb. $1,101, postpaid.
Well known table variety grows 12 to 14 inches long, tapering towards the stem; end
color dark green; flesh white and Arm. Our stock is very superior.

248 Davis Perfect — -Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; % lb. 35c; lb. $1.05, postpaid. An extra long, dark
green type of White Spine, retains its color and good qualities long after being picked; the
flesh IS crisp and solid.

Our Cucumbers will surely please you
22

Country Gentleman

Dakota Improved Seed Co., Mitchell, S. D.

Egg Plant, New York
Improved 251

Kdd Pljint easily grown as Cucumbers,

Tomatoes, etc., requires more care, but
well worth the trouble.

250 Early Long Purple — Pkt. 5c; oz. 40c; M lb. $1.50;
lb. $5.00, postpaid. One of the earliest, most hardy and pro-
ductive sorts; fruits 6 to 8 inches long; rich purple and
fine quality.

251 Kew Tork Improved Purple — Pkt. 5c; oz. 40c; M
lb. $1.50; lb. $5.00, postpaid. This variety has long been a
favorite with market growers. The plant grows to a large
size; of a spreading nature and absolutely spineless. Each
plant will usually produce 4 to 6 large oval fruits of dark
purple color. The quality being second to none. For main
crop, we heartily recommend this excellent variety.

Excellent for salad; easily grown and
^ ^ remains fit for use late in the fall.

255 Green Curled — Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; M lb. 30c; lb.

$1.00, postpaid. One of the best varieties for general
use; the heads grow very close, leaves forming a
dense mass and being finely curled.

Garlic — See page 28.

Kale or Borecole

Excellent for late greens, is also much
relished by poultry; improved by a touch
of frost.

260 Dwarf Green Curled Scotch— Pkt.

5c ; oz. 10c ; M lb. 30c ; lb. $1.00, posti){ud.

Grows 1 to 114 feet high, spreading
growth, leaves intensely curled.

Koli Rabi Turnip Rooted

Cabbage grow above

® ground are stripped and
cooked like turnips, but are much sweeter
and finer flavor.

270 Early White Yienna — Pkt. 5c; oz.

20c; M lb. 60c; lb. $2.00, postpaid. Best
for garden cultivation, early, dwarf top,
fine quality. For field variety see Field
Roots, page 15. _

Splendid for soups, the koIU Rabi, Euriy White
mainstay of Scotch broth. 270

290 Large American Flag — Pkt, 5c; oz. 15c; M lb. 60c; lb. $2.00, postpaid. The most
popular variety with gardeners everywhere; of strong growing habit, very broad leaved.
If earthed up blanches beautifully, forming excellent long white plants which are a
delight to the cook.

Lawn Grass

907 DISCO Evergreen Lawn Grass — Nothing adds so materially to the charm and
distinguishes a home from a house on a vacant lot, than does a well-kept lawn. This
not only applies to the suburban residence in the city, or residence in the smaller towns,
but applies with equal force to the farm. We venture to say that nothing would so
materially improve and maintain our home-life as an improvement in the surroundings
of the average farm home. The tendency is to spend money on automobiles to take the
children away from home rather than make the home and surroundings so attractive
that their desire will be to stay around home. That this is desirable from every stand-
point cannot be gainsaid. We have had long experience in the preparation of lawn
grass mixtures, and DISCO Evergreen Mixture represents the very finest combination of
dwarf and close growing grasses which will form in a remarkably short time, a soft,
velvety turf. Our advice is gladly at your service in seeking to help you. to establish a
good lawn.

1 lb. 35c; 10 lbs. $3.45; 25 lbs. $8.50; 50 lbs. $16.75; iOO lbs. $33.00. Postage or
express extra.

Onr Lawn Grass is famous , for tlie, splendid results obtained.

Leek, American Flag 0 0

Dakota Improved Seed Co., Mitchell, S. D.

Lettuce

Big; Boston 301

303 Grand Eapids — Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; M lb. 35c; lb.
$1.00, postpaid. The favorite loose-leaved forcing let-
tuce; does well in the Northwest for early planting
outdoors. Leaves short, spatulate in shape, excessively
crumpled, and the border heavily fringed; color very
light green, with no trace of brown. A most handsome
and attractive lettuce,

304 May King — Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; M lb. 30c; lb. $1.00,
postpaid. A handsome, extremely early, compact head-
ing variety; leaves light yellowish green, tinged red-
dish brown, while the heart blanches a rich golden
yellow.

In hot weather lettuce is always wel-
come on the table and nothing beats a
few heads fresh pulled from your own garden.

301 Big Boston — Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; 34 lb. 35c; lb. $1.00,
postpaid. Very popular for outside culture as well as
cold frame forcing. Head large and compact, leaves
broad, almost smooth, color light green, slightly tinged
reddish-brown; heart greenish-white, tinged yellow of
good quality.

302 California Cream Batter — Pkt 5c; oz. 10c; 34 lb.
35c; lb. $1.00, postpaid. Plant compact, heads large,
globular and very firm; leaves broad, crumpled and
very thick; color dark, glossy green, freely spotted
deep brown; the heads blanch a beautiful creamy yel-
low; quality the best.

305 Tennis Ball — Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; M lb. 25c; lb. 80c,
postpaid. A very reliable, adaptable, sure heading sort; California Cream Butter 302

heads globular, firm and well blanched; leaves broad
and much crumpled; color light green and never spotted
brown; finest quality; very suitable for late sowing.

306 Way-a-liead — Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; M lb. 40c; lb. $1.20,
postpaid. A very early, handsome, sure heading va-
riety; the outer leaves are light green and crumpled;
the inner head blanches a rich buttery-yellow; of su-
perior quality.

308 Black-seeded Simpson — Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; 34 lb.
35c; lb. $1.10, postpaid. One of the best and most
popular large early loose heading varieties, succeed-
ing everywhere, and always reliable. Leaves very broad
Grand Rapids 303 and crumpled. Color, light yellowish-green.

309 Prizehead — Pkt. 5c; o*. 10c; % lb. 25c; lb. 80c,
postpaid. A crisp and tender loose-leaved, nonheading
variety, deservedly popular. Color, medium green,
shading to brown.

.307 Wbite Paris Cos — Pkt. 5c; ox. 10c; % lb. 30c; lb.

$1.00, postpaid. Smooth, long, narrow, upright leaves
and blanches nicely when tied up; color dark green;
auality fine; self folding.

Mushroom Spawn WS? “Vo°w

as many people imagine,
and as they represent such
a real table delicacy, we
anticipate their being
grown much more exten-
sively. A simple plan is to
break up a brick in pieces
the size of a pigeon’s egg
and put under the sod here
and there in the pasture.

You will be surprised at

the results. Cultural in- Wbite Paris Cos 307

structions supplied with every order.

355 Bambert^s Pure Culture — 40e a brick, postpaid. By ex-
pre.ss; brick, 30c; 5 bricks, $1.35; 10 bricks, $2.50; 25 bricks,,
^.75. Recent trials have shown this spawn to give much bet-
ter results than the English stock, no doubt owing to its being
fresher and the spawn more vigorous.

IVf n Q rrl ^ most delicious and pungent Salad; best used
I’-*- ^ in conjunction with Curled Cress.

350 Finest White — Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; % lb. ^SOc; lb. 75c, post-
paid. Very pungent and appetizing Salad.

Mushroom Spawn 355

Sow Lettuce Generously, the Return Will Pay You.

Dakota Improved Seed Co,, Mitchell, S. D,

Montreal Green Nutmegr 323

IVfiiclr 1\/Tf3k1rfcn ourselves

lyxudl^ lYlClUll that our strains of

Musk Melon are the very finest possible.
The selection we offer contains the very
best of the Early, Medium and Main Crop
Varieties.

319 Emerald Gem — Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; M
lb. 35c; lb. $1.25, postpaid. A choice va-
riety, the fruits being deep emerald green
in color; globular or slightly flattened
shape; distinctly ribbed and lightly netted;
the flesh being unusually thick, sweet and
of a deep, rich salmon color; the seed cav-
ity being very small. This is an excellent
variety for home use and for the local mar-
ket, but we do not recommend as a ship-
ping variety.

320 Extra Early Knight — Pkt. 5c; oz.
10c; H lb. 35c; lb. $1.20, postpaid. An ex-
tremely early medium sized melon; the
fruits being oblong; distinctly ribbed and
closely netted; the flesh being fairly thick
and very sweet; the color medium green
blending to light pink. One of the best
melons for the Northwest, and an excellent
shipper.

321 Honey Dew — Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; M lb.
40c ; lb. $1.30, postpaid. This comparative-
ly new variety is rapidly gaining in popu-
larity and bids fair to become one of the
most generally grown sorts. The fruits
are large, oval shape, generally about 10
inches long and 8 inches in diameter; sur-
face is smooth and hard without ribbing or
netting; creamy white in color; the flesh
being a light emerald green, very thick and
ripening right to the rind. The quality of
this melon leaves nothing to be desired.
It keeps well and is an excellent shipping
sort.

323 Montreal Green Nutmeg —
Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; M lb. 40c; lb.
$1.50, postpaid. This variety is
possibly famed more than any-
thing else for the unusual size to
which it can t)e grown; fruits
weighing 18 to 20 pounds, being
quite common. The fruits are
round, flattened at both ends ; me-
dia m green color, ribbed and
netted; the flesh is remarkably
thick and of superior quality.

324 Petoskey or Paul Hose —
Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; ^4 lb. 30c; lb.
90c, postpaid. Oblong in shape;
color deep green, slightly ribbed,
netted thick flesh; of a deep sal-
mon color, excellent quality;
grows to a popular size for mar-
ket use and is an excellent ship-
per.

fruit is round, fiattened at ends, ribbed
and netted. For an early variety the flesh
is very attractive in fiavor and quality.

325 Banana — Pkt. 5c ; oz. 15c ; M lb. 45c ;
lb. $1.40, postpaid. When growing, just
looks like a great big Banana, grows about
2^2 feet long, flesh of a deep salmon color,
quality very fine. Some excellent speci-
mens were brought into us by our custom-
ers last summer.

326 Rockyford — Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; M lb.
30c; lb. $1.00, postpaid. One of the most
popular varieties of Musk Melon. Oui
strain is an exceptionally good one. The
fruit is small, almost round, perfectly
smooth, showing no ribs, flesh thick and
deep green, showing a faint lining of pink
and gold at the center. The quality is of
the best.

327 Pollock’s No. 25 — Pkt. 10c; oz. 15c;
M lb. 45c; lb. $1.25, postpaid. Very simi-
lar to Rockyford except that the flesh is
salmon colored. For those who prefer this
to the green flesh, we recommend this va-
riety.

328 Extra Early Osage — Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c;
M lb. 35c; lb. $1.00, postpaid. A distinct
improvement on the old type of Osage, be-
ing also a week to ten days earlier. iS'uit
dark green; flesh, rich orange salmon. One
of the best for general use.

Mitchell has’ become quite famous as a
shipping center for Melons. Fruits of
the finest quality are shipped out in car
load lots, and the industry promises to
become very lucrative for the farmers
of the district. Our sales of both Musk
Melon and Water Melon Seed were phe-
nomenal and all who used them were
satisfied.

322 Jenny Lind — Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; H lb.
40c; lb. $1.20, postpaid. An old favorite
unusually early, small, green fleshed; the

Sow onr Hardy Northern Grown Seed for Best Results.

Dakota Improved Seed Co., Mitchell, S. D

Water Melon

Wafer Melons galore now a familiar sight in
the vicinity of Mitchell

As with Musk Melon, we exercise the
greatest care to insure that our stocks will
be of the very finest possible quality.

330 Citron, Colorado Preserving — Pkt. 5c;
oz. 10c; lb. 25c; lb. 75c, postpaid. A de-
cided improvement on the old Preserving
Citron; seeds are green; the shape of the
fruit is roundish oblong; very early; hardy
and productive.

331 Citron, Red Seeded — Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c;
% lb. 25c; lb. 90c, postpaid. In many re-
spects this is similar in quality and pro-
ductiveness to the Green Seeded Variety.
We find, however, that some growers prefer
the one, while others show a preference for
the other. Our experience is that there
seems to be very little difference, excepting

in the color of the seed. For the purpose
of suiting all tastes, however, we carry both
types.

332 Cole^s Early — Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; lb.
25c; lb. 75c, postpaid. One of the earliest
very hardy of medium size, nearly round,
rind dark green, striped a lighter shade;
fiesh deep pink and excellent in quality.

333 Peerless or Icc Cream — Pkt. 5c; oz.
10c; % lb. 25c; lb. 75c, postpaid. Very early,
of medium size, and one of the best for the
Northwest, short, oblong in form; rind thin
light green; mottled and finely veined with
a darker shade; fiesh bright scarlet and
very sweer.

334 Round Light Icing — Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c;
% lb. 25c; lb. 85c, postpaid. This variety,
while not as early as Cole’s Early, is suffi-
ciently early to insure its ripening in any
state in the Northwest or even in Canada.
It grows to a fair size, is nearly round;
the flesh is a beautiful bright red, while the
rind is a very light green; the quality is
excellent.

335 Tom Watson — Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; % lb.
25c; lb. 75c, postpaid. In our opinion this
is the best shipping melon on the market,
and second to none as a Main Crop Variety;
produces large size fruits; color a medium
green; flesh a rich red and of excellent
quality. We recommend our strain of this
variety as being second to none, and sug-
gest that this be used as the Main Crop
sort.

336 Klccklcy’s Sweet — Pkt. 5c; oz. IQc; Vi
lb. 30c; lb. 90'c, postpaid. This melon did
very well with many of our customers last
season; it grows to a fairly large size, is
medium early and exceedingly sweet, ob-
long in shape, rind very dark green, flesh
bright rich red, white seeded. Not recom-
mended for shipping but excellent for home
use.

“Disco” Northern Grown Seed Potatoes

Write for our special quotations on potatoes,
car lots or less.

The potato crop should occupy a more
prominent place than it does. With the ad-
vent of improved machineny, for planting,
digging and loading into wagons, the labor
difficulty has been materially reduced. To
obtain best results, it is necessary to
change frequently and get selected north-
ern grown stock which has been specially
grown for seed purposes. The varieties we
offer have been carefully tested, are heavy
croppers and good quality.

770 Certified Irish Cobbler — Said to have
been raised by an Irish shoemaker and he
sure knew a good potato. One of the most
universally grown potatoes, popular from
Coast to Coast. Strong grower, deep eyes,
hardy constitution, tubers roundish, flat-
tened somewhat at ends; skin creamy white.

foliage deep green, flowers purple; early,
good cropper and splendid quality.

771 Certified Early Ohio — One of the earli-
est varieties grown; tubers round, oblong;
skin light pink; deeper in color at seed
end, eyes numerous, but shallow. Flowers
white. Quality good.

780 Potato Eyes — For those who desire to
get a new strain of potatoes, particularly in
outlying districts, where freights are high
and transportation is slow, we confidently
recommend Potato Eyes. We guarantee
their safe arrival in good condition for
planting. If, for any reason they cannot
be planted, immediately on arrival, thdy
should be spread out thinly and covered
with soil. This will retain their vitality,
and if carefully planted, they will not suf-
fer. 100 Eyes, 50 each of both varieties,
81.25, postpaid. Either variety of Eyes,
50c per 25 eyes, postpaid.

Our Water Melon Seed is recognized as the best

Dakota Improved Seed Co., Mitchell, S. D

The onion is one of the most important crops in
the Northwest, so far as yegetahles are con-
cerned; it is also one of the most healthful Yeget.ahles eaten
either raw or cooked.

There is a vast difference in the quality of different stocks
of Onion Seed. Our Onion Seeds are all grown from choice
selected bulbs and can be depended upon to give the best
results. Our seed is all new crop of strong vitality. Beware
of low priced old seed of poor germination and weak growth.

360 Prizetaker — Pkt. 5c; oz. 25c; M lb. 75c; lb. $2.50,
postpaid. One of the largest onions grown and the mildest,
a sure cropper, globe shaped, color light straw, highly recom-
mended.

361 Australian Brown — Pkt., 5c; oz. 20c; M lb. 45c; lb.
$1.50, postpaid. Noted for its keeping qualities and produc-
tiveness; the color is quite distinct; very early, semi globe
shaped; should be given a trial in every northwestern garden.

362 Danver’s Yellow Globe — Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; 14 lb. 50c;
lb. $1.75, postpaid. One of the most popular and extensively
grown varieties in the Northwest and deservedly so; the outer
skin is reddish brown, lemon colored underneath; medium
size; very early; and a good keeper.

363 Large Red Wethersfield — Pkt. 5c; oz. 20c; 14 lb. 60c;
lb. $2.00, postpaid. Probably the oldest and best known type
of onion. A fine large, handsome, variety, with bright red
colored somewhat fiattened bulbs and purplish white flesh.
Very productive and a good keeper.

364 Southport Red Globe — Pkt. 5c; oz. 20c; 14 lb. 60c; lb.
$2.00, postpaid. The finest type of red onion in cultivation;
perfect globe shaped with a small neck; excellent keeper;

color a deep purplish red.

Prizetaker 360

Southport White Globe
3S1

Our strain of this variet)

Onion White Welsh 385

385 White Welsh — Pkt. 5c; oz.

35c; 14 lb. 90c, postpaid. Does
not form a bulb like other onions
but only a small enlargement at
the base of each shoot. Good
for bunching. Ready for use
very eraly in the spring, comes
up every year.

Pickling Varieties

382 White Barletta— Pkt. 5c; oz. 30c;

14 lb. 90c; lb. $3.00, postpaid. Bulb small,
beautiful white color, fiat on top and coni-
cal at the bottom. Extremely early and a
most valuable pickling sort.

383 Silverskin — Pkt. 5c; oz. 25c; 14 lb.
lb. $2.25, postpaid. This variety is

is particularly good.

365 Strassburg — Pkt. 5c; oz. 20c; 14 lb. 45c; lb.
$1.50, postpaid. The most popular variety for grow-
ing Yellow Dutch Onion Sets. The sets from this
variety are uniformly round, plump, and a bright
yellow color. Pull grown onions are bright yellow,
somewhat fiattened in
shape; the flesh is white
and mild.

380 Soiitliport Yellow
Globe — Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c;

14 lb. 50c; lb. $1.75, post-
paid. A beautiful globe
shaped onion, color deep
golden yellow, small neck
and heavy thick skin,
flesh white, crisp and mild '’|
in flavor, excellent ship-
ping sort.

381 Southport W h i t e
Globe — Pkt. 5c ; oz. 25c ; 14
lb. 85c; lb. $2.75, postpaid.

Globe shaped, skin of pur-
est paper white, flesh very
crisp fine grained and
snowy white in color, ex-
ceedingly mild.

White Barletta 382

75c;

most adaptable. If sown thickly will form
small white bulbs suitable for pickling, or
if thinned out will produce large shaped
bulbs of excellent keeping quality. It is
also used for the production of White
Dutch Sets.

Onions are a splendid nerve tonic
27

Dakota Improved Seed Co., Mitchell, S. D,

Onion Sets

390 Yellow Dutoli Onion Sets...

391 White Dutch Onion Sets . . .

392 Red Dutch Onion Sets

393 Yellow Multiplier Onion Sets

394 Garlic Sets

Onion Sets — The small onion sets for the
production of onions are very popular in
the Northwest, as they can be used or sold
earlier as a rule, which is an important
feature. In buying Sets, care should be
exercised to see that they are in good
planting condition. In the very nature of
things the production of Sets is an inter-
ference with nature and the natural
growth of the onion, and in consequence
they require special care and attention to
ensure that they will be kept in good
condition, ready to grow and mature
quickly when planted. Sets sold through-
out the country in very many instances
are given no attention whatever, and in
consequence cannot be expected to produce
the maximum crop.

l-lb.

(Postpaid)

2-lb.

4-lb.

26c

45c

85c

35c

65c

$1.25

30c

50c

$1.10

25c

45c

85c

45c

80c

$1.50

Write for prices on larger quantities.

Parsnip Hollow Crown 410

1 lY valuable and nutritious

vegetable for table use; also
excellent for stock feeding.

410 Hollow Crown — Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; lb.
25c; lb. 75c, postpaid. Long, smooth root, of
good quality; heavy cropper.

411 Large Guernsey— Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c;

lb. 25c; lb. 75c, postpaid. Shorter and thicker
in the root than “Hollow Crown”; an excel-
lent market gardener’s variety.

Cltampion Moss Curled 400

411

Parsley

Very useful for
flavoring soups and
for garnishing.

400 Champion Moss
Curled — Pkt. 5c ; oz.
10c; % lb. 20c, post-
paid. A compact
growing, densely
curled variety of a
dark green color
very popular for gar-
nishing.

401 Hamburg or
Turnip Rooted — Pkt,
5c; oz. 15c; ^ lb. 35c,
postpaid. The edible
roots of this variety
resemble a small,
thick parsnip, both
in shape and color;
much used for flavor-
ing soups and stews.

Our Onion Sets are splendid quality
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Dakota Improved Seed Co., Mitchell, S. D.

Peas

Peas are an ever increasing and more
important crop. Our stocks have been se-
lected with the greatest care. The varie-
ties are such as will succeed well, and the
quality is of the very best. By a judicious
use of Early, Second Early and Main Crop
Varieties, a succession throughout the whole
season can be maintained.

EARLY VARIETIES

420 Gradns Improved — Pkt. lOe; % lb. 20c;
lb. 35c; 5 lbs. $1.50, postpaid. By express,
10 lbs. or more, at 20c per lb. Quite as
early as the old type of Gradus or Prosper-
ity, but a much heavier and more certain
cropper. Growers who have grown the
old type will remember its unfortunate
habit of throwing small pods. This has
been entirely eliminated from the new type.
Height 3 feet.

421 American Wonder — Pkt. 10c; Vz lb.
20c; lb. 32c; 5 lbs. $1.40, postpaid. By ex-
press, 10 lbs. or more, at 20c per lb. Prob-
ably the most popular early Pea on this
continent. The foliage is a dark color, while
the pods, which are borne in great profu-
sion, are lighter in color, small size, square
ended; heavy cropper; height 1 foot.

Little Marvel 423

SECOYD EARLY VARIETIES
440 Daisy — Pkt. 10c; % lb. 20c; lb. 32c;
5 lbs. $1.40, po.stpaid. By express, 10 lbs. or
more, at 20c per lb. May be best described
as an early Stratagem; fairly productive and
of excellent quality. Height 2 feet.

442 Thomas Laxton — Pkt. 10c; % lb. 20c;
lb. 36c; 5 lb. $1.50 postpaid. By express,
10 lbs. or more, at 24c per lb. An excellent
Second Early, coming into use almost im-
mediately after “Gradus” and much more
productive than this excellent variety.
Height 2^2 feet. Haulms moderately stout;
medium green in color; pods usually be-
tween 3 and 4 inches long; straight; nearly
round and square ended; the peas are a
beautiful dark green color, of excellent
quality.

422 Little Gem — Pkt. 10c; Vz lb. 20c; lb.
32c; 5 lbs. $1.40, postpaid. By express, 10
lbs. or more, at 20c per lb. Just a trifle
later and a few inches taller than the fore-
going. If sown at the same time, will
maintain a succession. Height IVz feet.

423 Little Marvel — Pkt. 10c; Vz lb. 20c;
lb. 35c; 5 lbs., $1.50, postpaid. By express,
10 lbs. or more, at 21c per lb. An extra fine
dwarf, sweet flavored Pea. Foliage and
pods very dark green; pods 3 inches long,
nearly round, and square ended; very pro-
ductive; height 14 inches.

424 Notts Excelsior — Pkt. 10c; Yz Ih. 20c;
1b. 32c; 5 lbs. $1.40, postpaid. By express,
10 lbs. or more, at 20c per lb. A very early
dwarf growing variety, of branching habit.
The pods are small, blunt ended, while the
peas are of a delicious flavor. A heavy
cropper. Height I'^/z feet.

426 Richard Seddon — Pkt. 10c; Yz R>. 20c;
lb. 35c; 5 lbs. $1.50, postpaid. By express,
10 lbs. or more, at 22c per lb. A dwarf
growing, productive variety, of excellent
quality. Height 15 inches.

456 Sugar Dwarf White Edible Podded —
Pkt., lOc; Yz lb., 20c; lb., 35c; 5 lbs., $1.50,
postpaid. By express, 10 lbs., or more, at

23c per lb. Differs from other peas, in that
the pods can be used similar to string
beans, 2 feet high, pods light green, 2%
inches long, pointed and narrow, very early.

MAIN CROP VARIETIES

440 Duke of Albany — Pkt., 10c; Yz R»., 20c;
lb., 34c; 5 lbs., $1.50, postpaid. By express,
10 lbs., or more, at 22c per lb. The earliest
Main Crop Variety, coming into use im-
mediately following the last of the Second
Earlies; vigorous growing and unusually
productive; pods beautiful dark green,
nearly 5 inches long, broad and pointed;
excellent for exhibition and a splendid
market sort,

4.50 Rentpayer — Pkt., 10c; Yz lb., 20c; lb.,
36c; 5 lbs., ijUJSO, postpaid. By express, 10
lbs., or more, at 24c per lb. This is un-
doubtedly one of the finest peas in culti-
vation; quality is beyond compare, and an
excellent cropper; height 2^^ feet.

451 Improved Stratagem — Pkt., 10c; Yz lb.,
20c; lb., 35c; 5 lbs., $1.50, postpaid. By ex-
pres.s, 10 lbs., or more, at 23c per lb. One
of the best known Main Crops, and the
most popular. Vines stout, of a dark green
color; pods usually AYz inches long; slightly
curved; pointed and dark green.

452 Telephone — Pkt., 10c; Yz lb., 20c; lb.,
35c; 5 lbs., $1.50, postpaid. By express, 10
lbs., or more, at 23c per lb. An old favorite,
popular in Great Britain for many years;
grows to a height of 4 feet and produces
a great wealth of podded peas which are
borne on strong haulms. To obtain the
maximum results, they should be rodded
or brushed with rods not less than from 5
to 6 feet high. If this is carefully attended
to, the plants will bear excellent pods for
quite a long period. The pods average 4%
inches long, are straight, broad and pointed,
usually containing 8 large light green
peas of delicious flavor.

Remember we pay postage on all Garden Seeds

Dakota Improved Seed Co., Mitchell, S. D.

PcODGr Splendid for seasoning and for making chow chow
j. Chili sauce.

465 Large Bell or Bull Nose— Pkt. 5c; oz. 35c; M lb. $1.25;
lb. $4.06, postpaid. This first early variety is very popular in the
Northwest, being well adapted for pickling purposes; the scarlet
fruits are 2 inches in diameter, 3 inches long, blunt at the end,
while the flavor is mild and sweet.

466 Long Bed Cayenne— Pkt. 5c; oz. .S5c; M lb. $1.00; lb.
$3.50, postpaid. A very popular variety; the fruits average 4
inches long and % inches in diameter; they usually grow in a
peculiar curved and twisted manner; are a bright red color.
The name is rather apt as they are unusually hot and pungent.

467 Neapolitan— Pkt 5c; oz. 35c; M lb. $1.25; lb. $4.50, post-
paid. The earliest and most productive large variety and one

11 sweetest. Fruit bright red; 4 inches long and 2 inches

Pepper Bull Nose 465 > o

468 Red Cherry — Pkt 5c; oz. 35c; M lb. $1.25; lb. $4.50, post-
paid. Fruits small, round or cherry-shaped; rich scarlet and
very hot.

■p ^ Contrary to the opinion expressed by many,

Jl 0aIlUrS peanuts can be successfully grown in the
Northern States. The main thing is to sow seed of a hardy
type which has been northern grown, and consequently
acclimatized.

460 Early Sweet — Pkt. 10c; lb. 35c, postpaid. We be-
lieve this to be without exception the best variety to sow
in the Northern States; it stands both heat and drought
admirably and is the earliest variety to ripen. The nuts
are deliciously sweet. Can be grown in any light, sandy
soil where potatoes succeed well.

Instead of giving- cultural directions in this Catalog
we have printed a Special Leaflet, containing much useful
information, which accompanies every order for seeds. In
addition we gladly mail any of the Free Booklets to cus-
tomers.

Peanut Early Sweet 460

Pumpkin

Always in demand for
pies ; easily grown. Our
stocks of pumpkin, like everything else,
are especially selected for the Northwest.

Early Sugar Pumpkin 480

480 Early Sugar — Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; M lb.
30c; lb. 90c, postpaid. Fruits small, round,
flattened at the ends and slightly ribbed;
skin and flesh deep orange yellow; flesh
very thick and of good quality.

481. Japanese Pie — Pkt. 5c; oz. 20c; M

lb. 60c; lb. $1.50, postpaid. Grows to
a large size; skin deep green with dark
stripes ; flesh deep yellow and of high qual-
ity; the seeds are sculptured like Chinese
letters.

482 King of the Mammotlis — Pkt. 5c; oz.
10c; M lb. 40c; lb. $1.40, postpaid. This
well known variety is without doubt the
giant among pumpkins; specimens having
been grown weighing as high as 250
pounds and measuring 2 feet or even more
in diameter; the fruits are round and flat-
tened, slightly ribbed, while the skin is a
salmon-orange; the flesh being bright yel-
low and very thick. Useful alike for pies
or stock feeding. An excellent keeper.

483 Large Cheese or Kentucky Field —
Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; M lb. 25c; lb. 70c, post-
paid. Large, round, flattened fruits, much
ribbed and creamy buff in color; flesh yel-
low and very deep; of fine quality and one
of the best canning sorts.

484 Connecticut Field — Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c;
M lb. 20c; lb. 65c, postpaid. The most
popular variety for planting in corn for
stock feeding and also for making pies,
fruit oblong flattened at the ends, smooth
hard, reddish orange skin, with orange
yellow flesh.

All Yegetable and Flower Seeds prepaid unless otherwise stated

Dakota Improved Seed Co,, Mitchell, S. D,

R Welcome at every meal, and being

so easily grown, there is no excuse
for their absence.

TURNIP OR ROUND SHAPED VARIETIES.

491 Rosy Gem — Pht. 5c; oz. 10; M lb. 25c; lb.
75c, postpaid. Deep scarlet on the top, blending
into white at the bottom. A very fine sort either
for forcing or open ground culture.

492 Scarlet Globe^ — Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; M lb. 25c;
lb. 90c, postpaid. A bright red variety, with
firm, crisp, tender fiesh; grows to a large size
without becoming pithy.

493 Scarlet Tuniip Wliite Tipped — Pkt. 5c; oz.
10c; M lb. 25c; lb. 65c, postpaid. Extra early
forcing variety, valuable also for ordinary out-
door use.

494 Non Plus Ultra — Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; M lb.
30c; lb. $1.00, postpaid. Very early, bright scar-
let, with short top; useful for forcing; crisp and
tender.

495 Wliite Globe— Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; M lb. 30c;
lb. $1.00, postpaid. A beautiful white skinned
variety; tender and crisp.

Rosy Gem 491

496 Turnip Varieties — Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; M lb.

25c; lb. 65c, postpaid. For home use, sowing in mixture is very desirable, and recom-
mended, as it enables one to have a varied selection at small cost and in a small space.

OLIVE, OR OVAL SHAPED

497 French Breakfast — Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; M lb. 25c; lb, 75c,
postpaid. The most popular variety of radish; oblong in form,
small and quick growing; color bright rose scarlet, with small
white tip.

498 Early Scaidet Olive Shaped — Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; 14 lb. 30c;
lb. $1.00, postpaid. Very early, bright scarlet; fiesh white and
crisp.

499 Early White Olive-Shaped — Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; 14 lb. 30c;
lb. $1.00, postpaid. Handsome, small, white, quick growing
variety; mild, crisp and tender.

LONG SHAPED VARIETIES.

500 Chartier — Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; 14 lb. 25c; lb. 65c, postpaid.

A very handsome variety; roots 7 to & inches long, and rather
thick; deep scarlet at the top, shading off to pure white at the

501 Icicle— Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; 14 lb. 25c; lb. 70c, postpaid. The lead-
ing long white radish and one of the earliest; beautiful quality, and
remains fit for use a long time.

504 Long Brightest Scarlet — Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; 14 lb. 25c; lb. 75c,
postpaid. One of the best and earliest of the long scarlet radishes,
crisp and tender until full grown.

503 Mixture — Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; 14 lb. 25c; lb. 60c, postpaid. A mix-
ture of all summer varieties for home use; the selection is A-1.

SALSIFY, OR VEGETABLE OYSTER
525 Mammoth Sandwich Island — Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; 14 lb. 45c; lb.
$1.50, posti)aid. Cultivated for the sake of its yellowish white roots
which are stored for use as a winter vegetable. The leaves of this new
variety may be used as a salad.

RHUBARB OR PIE PLANT

521 Victoria — Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; 14 lb. 25c; lb. 80c, postpaid. Well
known standard variety. Good for general use.

For remainder of Radish see next page.

Our Radishes will surely please you.

Salsify 525

Dakota Improved Seed Co., Mitchell, S. D.

Strawberry

The raising of Straw-
berry Plants from seed
is very simple; they are
easily grown. Sow the
seed thinly, in a small
box or seed pan, cover
very slightly and press
down firmly. Water by
dipping in a bucket or
other vessel so as not
to disturb the seed.
Thin out as soon as
young plants are fit to
handle.

570 Large Fruited
Perpetual Saint Fiacre
— Pkt., 10c, postpaid.

Fruit oblong or heart-
shaped, large size; of a
good red color; fiesh
salmon pink; very juicy,
slightly acid, of excel-
lent fiavor.

RADISH, Continued

FALL, OR WINTER VARIETIES

This type of radish is not
grown as extensively as it ought
to be, considering its excellence.
The foreign born non-English
speaking settlers seem to have
appreciated its usefulness. Sown
in June or July, they will grow
6 inches long and 2 inches in
diameter, and will keep all win-
ter if stored in sand in a cool
celar free from frost. Try them.

510 Black Spanisk, Round — Pkt.
5c; oz. 10c; ^4 lb. 25c; lb. 90c,
postpaid. Roots round, 3 to 4
inches in diameter; skin almost
black; fiesh white, crisp and pun-
gent.

511 Black Spanish, Long Shaped —
Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; H lb., 25c; lb.,
90c, postpaid. One of the latest
and hardiest varieties for winter
use, roots 8 to 9 inches long, 2
to 3 inches in diameter, and
nearly black in color.

China Rose 512 China Rose (Scarlet China)
512 — Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; ^ lb., 2oc; lb.,

90c, postpaid. One of the best
winter sorts; skin smooth, and bright deep rose color; fiesh
white, crisp and pungent; the roots grow 4 to 5 inches long
and 2 inches thick.

easily grown, and
will give a plentiful sup-
ply of tasty, healthful greens throughout
the season.

535 Bloomsdale or Savoy — Pkt., 5c; oz.,
10c; lb., 20c; lb., 60c, postpaid. Very
early and hardy and one of the best for
2. market and canning; plant of upright
~ growth; Petiole (Stem) 3 inches long;
leaves medium size; color glossy green

Long Black Span- ^
ish 511 ^

Solanberry 530

536 Long Standing, Round Seeded —
Spinach, Long Stand- Pkt., .5c; oz., 10c; lb., 20c; lb., 60c, post-
ing 536 paid. Slower growing than Bloomsdale,

but stands much longer before running
to seed; leaves very large and of good substance.

540 New Zealand — Pkt., 5e; oz., 10c; % lb., 30c; lb., 90c,
postpaid. Entirely distinct from the true Spinach; plant tall
and spreading, with numerous side shoots; leaves medium
green, rather small and pointed; grows well in hot weather
and under adverse conditions.

For Spinach Beet or Swiss Chard, see page 18.

530. Solanberry

belongs to the Solanum family, and is closely
allied to the Tomato, being sometimes described
as the Black Currant Tomato. We recommend
it very highly, have been watching it for sev-
eral years, and believe it to be one of the best
acquisitions of its kind for the Northwest. It
is perfectly hardy, will stand frost that puts
Beans, Corn, Tomatoes, etc., entirely out of busi-
ness. Ripe fruits can be gathered from August
15th till late in October. Easily grown, the
main thing is to give them plenty of room, one
plant will occupy a space of 3 to 4 feet square.
Can either be sown in pots or boxes like Toma-
toes and then transplanted to the open or sown
in the open ground whenever it is fit, and
thinned out. Useful for pies, pickles, sauces,
etc., either alone, or mixed with other fruits.

We specialize in hardy, early varieties
32

Dakota Improved Seed Co,, Mitchell, S. D

Squash

liOng^ White Bush
Marrow 556

The Squash is one of the most nutritious and
valuable of g-arden vegetables. The summer
varieties come to the table early in the season, while the fall
and winter varieties from August till spring. .

558 Delicious — Pkt., 5c; oz., 30c; % lb., 50c; lb., $1.40,
postpaid. A winter variety of medium size, pear-shaped, of a
dark green color, flesh orange, very dry and flne flavor,

550 Extra Early Orange Marrow— -Pkt., 5c; oz., 30c; V4 Ih.,

50c; lb., $1.50, postpaid. The earliest of the Marrow Squashes
and of fair size; color orange red; very proliflc; a good keeper,
and of highest quality.

551 Giant Summer Crookneck — Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; % lb., 35c;
lb., .$1.20, postpaid. The largest and one of the earliest sum-
mer varieties; fruits often 2 feet long; very warty; and deep
orange in color.

553 Golden Hubbard— Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; lb., 35c; lb.,

$1.35, postpaid. Quite like the old Hubbard in form and habit,
but decidedly earlier; the shell is moderately warted, hard,
strong and of rich orange red color; flesh deep orange, dry
and of best quality.

553 Improved Hubbard— Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; lb., 35c; lb.,

$1.25, postpaid. The standard Winter Squash; fruits large,
heavy and moderately warted; shell dark bronze green; flesh
bright orange yellow; fine grained, thick and dry.

554 Warted Hubbard — Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; lb., 35c; lb.,

$1.25, postpaid. This variety of the Hubbard is a great favorite
with the market men. It is very striking in appearance, the
warty knobs draw general attention. Grows to nearly double
the size of the common Hubbard.

555 Early White Bush Scallop— Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; % lb.,

.35c; lb., $1.30, postpaid. Very early summer; fruit flattened and scalloped, comparatively
smooth on the surface and creamy white color.

5.59 Mammoth Whale — Pkt., 5c; oz., 30c; % lb., 35c; lb., $1.25, postpaid. Fruit 2 to 3
feet long, thick in the middle and narrowed at the stem end, sometimes weighing 75
pounds; skin gray green; flesh orange yellow, of excellent quality,

556 Vegetable Marrow, iLong White Bush — Pkt., 5c; oz., 25c; ^ lb., 60c; lb., $2.00,
postpaid. The well known Long White English Vegetable Marrow; the fruits are
smaller than the trailing variety, but the plants take up much less space and can be
planted closer.

557 Vegetable Marrow, Long White Trailing — Pkt., 5c; oz., 25c; V4 11»., 60c; lb., $3.00,
postpaid. Fruits larger and a more abundant cropper.

Improved Hubbard 553

nr IVT A nn most popular and

A wholesome vegetable;

can be easily grown if attention is paid to
cultural instructions, supplied free with
every order.

581 Bonnie Best — Pkt., 5c; oz., 25c; V4 11>.,
90c; lb., $3.00, postpaid. A very early vari-

. ety; fruits medium size; good market sort;
free from hard core.

582 Crimson Cushion — Pkt., 5c; oz., 35c;

Ih., 90c; lb., $3.00, postpaid. The largest

of the bright red colored tomatoes; heavy
cropper, of excellent quality.

583 DISCO Earllana — Pkt., 5c; oz., 30c; V4
lb., $1.00; lb., $3.00, postpaid. Our strain of
this excellent variety is second to none and
is, we believe, the earliest and best tomato
in cultivation; unusually productive for an

early sort; the fruits are of a medium size,
round; very smooth and solid; the color
is a bright scarlet; the flesh is of excellent
quality and has, by careful selection, been
developed so as to be as free as possible
from seeds.

584 Golden Q,ucen — Pkt., 5c; oz., 30c; V4
lb., 80c, postpaid. Beautiful golden yellow
color; ripens early; produces a large,
smooth, solid fruit; very attractive and
admirable for mixing with the Red variety
for salads.

585 John Baer — Pkt., 5c; oz., 35c; ^ lb.,
90c; lb., $3.00, postpaid. Our stock of this
excellent variety is of very uniform type;
early, productive and of excellent quality.
Splendid variety for shipping.

SMALL. FRUITED VARIETIES

590 Pear Shaped Red — Pkt., 10c; oz., 40c;
postpaid. Useful for preserves. Fruits dis-
tinctly pear-shaped, beautiful bright red color.

591 Pear Shaped Yellow — Pkt., 10c; oz., 40c,
postpaid. Similar to the Red Variety, with
exception color.

592 Red Cherry — Pkt., 10c; oz., 45c, postpaid.

Fruits very small, about the size of a large
cherry; smooth and round; for preserves.

593 Strawberry (Ground Cherry or Husk)—
Pkt., 5c; oz., 35c, postpaid. The true Golden
Husk Tomato; esteemed for preserves.

594 Yellow Plum— Pkt., 10c; oz., 40c, post-
paid. A small yellow fruited variety, resem-
bling a plum in size and form.

Disco Earliana 583

Disco Earliana is a ivonderfnl cropper

Dakota Improved Seed Co,, Mitchell, S. D

1 1 1 grown Quiclvly and used as soon as

W.X AXij^ ready, before they become stringy, the
small garden turnips are a delightful vegetable. For
late use, DISCO Garden Swede is more desirable.

G10 Purple Top Strap Leaved — Pkt., 5e; oz., lOe;
lb., 20e; lb., 60e, postpaid. A very early productive
variety. Roots are flat shaped, medium size, purple
or dark red above ground, white below; flesh is white,
exceedingly tender and flne grained. The most widely
cultivated and best known variety on the American
continent.

611 Purple Top Wliite Globe — Pkt., 5e; oz., 10c;
lb., 20c; lb., 60c, postpaid. Very similar to the above
in every particular excepting in shape, being a perfect
globe shape, whereas the other variety is somewhat
flat. A very superior sort and we highly recom-
mend it.

Swede or Rutabaga

614 DISCO Special Garden or Table Swede — Pkt., 5c;
oz., 10c; % lb., 25c; lb., 75c, postpaid. Recommended
for garden purposes, being very compact in top, with
small, clean, neat, well shaped roots, thick skin and
sweet tender flesh.

T Pot Sweet and Medicinal, each

-Tld per pkt., 5c.

6.30 Anise. Used as a condiment for flavor-
ing.

635 Balm. An old fashioned seasoning.

636 Basil Bush. In demand for flavoring.

637 Basil Sweet, Very aromatic for fla-
voring.

638 Borage. A beekeeper’s plant.

639 Caraway. The seeds are used for flav-
oring.

640 Catnip. Grown for bee pasture; also
seasoning.

, 641 Coriander. The seeds are used for
flavoring.

Tree

Surround your house with trees, shrubs,
and a hedge here and there, plant them
judiciously, not too close, so that in time
they will darken the house and be a nuis-
ance, but close enough to afford shelter and
privacy and make your place more home-
like.

The most economical and in the long run
the most successful method of raising trees
and shrubs, whether for hedges, wind
breaks or as ornamental trees around the
home, is to raise them from seed, right at
your own home. The list offered by us is
a careful selection, easily raised, grow
quickly and well adapted for the North-
west and Middle West States.

Those marked Muth an asterisk * are suit-
able for hedges and should be sown thinly
either in 2 or 3 rows 9 inches apart, ac-
cording to whether a narrow or wide hedge
is desired, just where you want the hedge,
the ground having been previously well
prepared, no transplanting or thinning will
be required. If clipped carefully when
about 12 inches high, this will encourage
branching and so ensure a close growing,
nice appearing hedge. Caragana makes the
best hedge.

Trees for transplanting should be sown
in drills 12 inches apart and the young trees
transplanted as soon as large enough to
handle, lift carefully so as to disturb the
roots as little as possible.

642 Dill. For flavoring pickles.

643 Fennell. For garnishing and flavor-
ing sauces.

650 Horeliound. Very useful for coughs.

651 Hyssop. Great medicinal value.

655 Lavender. Very fragrant perfume.

660 Blarjoram Sweet, For seasoning.

670 Rosemary. Leaves very fragrant.

671 Rue. Used medicinally.

680 Sage. Most useful aromatic herb.

681 Savory Summer. Useful aromatic herb.
690 Thyme. Useful aromatic herb.

695 Wormwood. Good poultry medicine.

Seeds

Tree, Ornamental Shrub and Fruit Seeds

It is intensely interesting
to watch trees growing which
you have raised from seed.

Pkt.

Oz.

Dstpaic

'/4 lb.

’/2 b.

800

Ash, Green (Fraxinus veridus)

.10

.15

.35

.50

801

Ash, White (Fraxinus Ameri-

cana)

.10

.15

.35

.50

802

Ash, Mountain (Sorbus

Americana)

.10

.40

1.35

2.50

803

Birch White (Betula alba) . .

.10

.40

1.20

2.00

804

*Caragana (Siberian pea tree)

.10

.30

.90

1.50

805

Cottonwood (Populus deltoi-

des)

.10

.30

.90

1.50

806

*Fir Balsam (Abies Balsamea)

.15

.50

1 60

3.00

807

^Honeysuckle, Tartarian

(Lonicera tartarica)

.10

.60

1.75

2.50

808

Larch or Tamarack (Larix

laracina)

.25

1.00

809

*Lilac (Syringa vulgaris) ....

.10

.35

.90

1.60

810

Maple, Soft (Acer Negundo)

.10

.15

.35

.75

811

*Maple, Ginnalian (Acer ta-

taricum)

.10

.50

1.25

3.00

812

Olive, Russian (Eloeaganus

angustifolia)

.10

.15

.45

.80

813

Pine, Scotch (Pinussylvestris)

.10

.50

1.80

3.25

814

*Plum, Native (Prunus niger)

.10

.30

1.00

1.75

815

Spruce, Black (Picea nigra) .

.25

.75

2.75

5.00

816

Spruce, Norway (Picea

excelsa)

.10

.50

1.80

3.25

817

Spruce, White (Picea alba) . .

.20

.75

2.50

5.00

Our Tree Seeds Are Giving Great Satisfaction

Dakota Improved Seed Co,, Mitchell, S. D.

Giant or Butterfly
Spencers

We are certainly well pleased
with reports we have received
from our customers who tried our
Sweet Peas last year for the first
time, “The best we ever had” or
“as good as we got anywhere,”
were the remarks we heard. We
are satisfied that you cannot beat
our Sweet Peas, no matter what
price you pay or where you get
them. Disco Sweet Peas will
measure up to your entire satis-
faction. Large packets 10c each.

2080 Illuminator — A glorious
orange salmon, overlaid with
cerise pink.

2100 King Edward — Rich crim-
son self, vigorous grower.

2101 King Manoel — Giant choco-
late maroon- self,

2102 King Wliite — A superb
white, the best for the Northwest.

2110 Lord Nelson — Dark blue.

2120 Margaret Atlee — Apricot
pink on cream ground.

2121 Mrs, Cnthbertson — P ink
and white bicolor, best of its
class.

2123 Mrs. Hardoastle Sykes —
Delicate blush pink, a great fa-
vorite.

Select List, Large Packets 10c each.

2010 Barbara — Large salmon orange.

2021 Cherub — Rich cream edged rose.

2022 — Constance Hinton — White, of enor-
mous size and fine Spencer form.

2030 Dainty Spencer — Large white edged
with clear rose pink.

2031 Dobbie’s Cream — The best primrose
self, grand color.

2032 Don Alvar — Large light lavender,
pleasing color.

2040 Elfrida Pearson — Large shell pink,
a leader in its class.

2051 Fiery Cross — Bright red orange
cerise, very beautiful.

2060 George Herbert — Bright rosy car-
mine, of large size.

2070 Helen Pierce^ — White mottled and
marbled bright blue.

2071 Hercules — Mammoth rosy pink, fine
form and color.

For the convenience of our customers
who desire to grow Sweet Peas for Hos-
pital work or for marketing or mailing
to friends, we offer the following Unwin
varieties which have more substance than
the Spencers and travel infinitely better.

2053 Frank Dolby — Pinkish mauve and
lavender, fine substance. 5c pkt.

2061 Gladys Unwin — Clear bright light
pink, free flowering. 5c pkt.

2132 — Norah Unwin — Pure white, splen-
did market variety. 5c pkt.

Our hardy, quick growing

2130 New Margaret Madison —
True lavender, a very dainty flower,

2131 New Miriam Beaver — S oft shell
salmon pink on cream ground.

2140 Orchid — Lavender suffused pink.

2160 Rosabelle — Bright rose, one of the
very best, fine form.

2171 Royal Puride — The very best purple
variety, aptly named.

2180 Senator — C laret and chocolate
stripe on light heliotrope.

2191 The President — Dazzling orange
scarlet, fine flower.

2200 Vermilion Brilliant^ — Fine large
scarlet, the best of its class.

2210 Warrior — Rich chocolate and ma-
roon, a flne type.

2211 Wedgewood — Clear, azure blue,
with mauve tint,

2220 DISCO Spencer or Butterfly Mixture
— Pkt. 10c; oz. 25c; M lb. 75c. A beautiful
blend of 75 Spencers including many new
varieties. The choicest mixture to be had.

2225 DISCO Grandiflora Mixture — Pkt.
5c; oz. 15c; M lb. 50c. A splendid assort-
ment of finest colors, blended to harmon-
ize and insure a fair proportion of all.

New Early Flowering Long Season Spencers

We have pleasure in offering a choice
selection of this new race of Spencers.

2295 Early Choice Mixed — B eautiful
colors. 10c pkt.
weet Peas will please you

Dakota improved Seed Co,, Mitchell, S, D

Liiro?’ Choice Flower Seeds

SHOWY ANNUALS FOR BEDS AND BORDERS

Easily raised from seed.

Those marked “H. H. A.” signify Half Hardy Annuals, are best sown in pots or boxes
indoors and transplanted to their flowering quarters when the weather is favorable.
Those marked “H. A.,” Hardy Annuals, may be treated in the same manner but may also
be sown right out of doors. If sown lightly and the plants thinned out after they have
germinated, they will give excellent results.

We recommend our customers to write to U. S. Dept, of Agriculture, Washington, for
a copy of Farmers’ Bulletin No, 195.

2500 A b r o ni a, umbellata,
lilac fragrant, H. H. A., 3-inch.
Sand verbena, grows well in
dry conditions.

Pkt., 5c.

2506 Ageratum, Imperial Dwarf
Blue, H. H. A., 6-inch. Pkt., 5c.

2507 Ageratum, Imperial Dwarf
White, H. H. A., 6-inch. Pkt., 5c.

Fine bedding plants, blooming till
late in Fall.

2559 Balsam, Dou-
b 1 e Camellia - flow-
ered, H. H. A., 24-
inch, A splendid pot
plant. Pkt., 10c.

2512 Alyssum, Benthami

Sweet Alyssum, H. A., 4-

inch. Valuable for edgings.

Pkt., 5c.

2513 Alyssum, Benthami
Compactum, H. A., 4-inch.
Little Dorrit, very dwarf.

Pkt., 10c.

Candytuft

H. A., 12-in. each. Pkt., 5c.

One of the brightest and
easiest grown hardy an-
nuals. Gives a gorgeous
display through the season.
2576 Empress White, H.
2578 Dunnett’s Crimson.
2581 mixed, extra choice.

2515 Amaranthus, cau-
datus, H. A., 24-inch.
Love - lies-bleeding red.

Pkt., 5c.

2592 Ce-
losia, pyr.,
T h o m p -
soni mag-
niflca, H.
H. A., 18-
inch. Ex-
tra choice,
s p 1 e n -
did vari-
ety. Pkt.,
10c.

2 5 6 0
B a rtonia,

a u r e a,
deep rich
yellow, H.
A., 12-

Gelosia

Beautiful poppy-like, Pkt., 5c.

2565 Brachycome, iberidi-
folia, blue, H. H. A., 6-inch.
Swan River Daisy, lovely.

Pkt., 10c.

Calliopsis

Easily
grown;
s u cceed
any-
where ;
showy
in the
flower
border
and pro-
V i d e
g raceful,
a 1 1 r a c-
tive cut
bloom of
unique colors.

2569 tinctoria (bi-color), H. A.,
24-inch. Pkt., 5c.

2571 tinctoria nana “Golden
Ray,” H. A., 12-inch. Pkt., 5c.

2574 Dwarf mixed, H. A., 9-
mch. Pkt., 5c.

2575 Drum., Golden Wave. H.

A., 18-inch. Pkt., 5c.

ASTERS

H. H. A. each. Pkt., 10c
Our selection of Asters is
the flnest ever offered to
the garden lovers of the
Western States. Easily
grown, provide abundance
of cut flowers.

2531, Comet, mixed, 18-
inch.

2534, Comet, Giant mixed,
18-inch.

2537, Dwarf Chrysanth.,
mixed, 9-inch.

2539, Dwarf Victoria,
mixed, 9-inch.

2542, Sinensis, Mauve, 18-
inch.

2543, Sinensis, 18-inch.
Lovely single forms of the
original Chinese Aster.

2568 Calendula, offcinalis fl.
pi. Meteor, H. A., 12-inch.
Scotch Marigold, double.
Pkt., 5c.

Yon simply must try our Asters this year.

Dakota Improved Seed Co., Mitchell, S. D

Showy Annuals — Continued

2620 Convolvulus, Minor,
mixed, H. A., 12-inch. Dwarf
Morning Glory. Pkt., 5c.

2632 Cyanus, Minor, blue
H. A., 24-inch. Pkt., 5c.

2633 Cyanus, Minor, mixed,
H. A., 24-inch. Pkt., 5c.

The popular Cornflower or
Bachelor’s Button.

262.5 Cosmea, Lady Lennox,
H. H. A., 42-inch. Giant
Orchid flowering. Pkt., 10c.

Cosmos do particularly
well in the Northwest; their
feathery foliage add to their
charm.

2682, Rose

Eschscholtzia or Cal-
ifornia Poppies do
splendidly in the
Northwest, scattered
thinly in the border;
will produce an abund-
ance of beautiful flow-
ers all summer.

H. A., 12-incli
2679, Calilornica, Pkt.,
5c.

2680, erecta, C o m -
pacta. Rose Queen,
Pkt. 5c.

2^1, Mandarin, Pkt.,
10c.

Cardinal, Pkt., 10c.

2683, Crocea, Pkt., 10c.

2684, Golden West, Pkt., 10c.

2685, mixed, Pkt., 5c.

Clarkias should be in every
garden; easily grown; make
a gorgeous display.

2611, elegans. Pkt., 5c.

2612, elegans, double,
mixed, H. A., 24-inch. Pkt., 5c.

2613, pulchella, mixed, Pkt.,
5c.

2614, puchella, double,
mixed, H. A., 24-inch. Pkt., 5c.

2689 Gaillardia, p i c t a.

Blanket Flower, H. A., 12-
inch. Yellow and Scarlet.

Pkt., 10c.

2690 Gaillardia, Loren ziana,
H. A., 12-inch. Red and Yel-
low. Pkt., 10c.

2662 Dimorphotheca,

Aurantiaca hybrid, H.
A., 15-inch. African
Orange Daisy. Pkt., 10c.

2598 Chrysantliemum, coro-
narium, mixed, double, H. A.,
18-inch. Splendid for cut
flowers. Pkt., 5c.

2600 Inodorum, double
white, H. A., 18-inch. Very
showy for border. Pkt., 10c.

2601 Tricolor album (cari-
natum), H. A., 18-inch. White
with yellow ring. Pkt., 5c.

2604 Tricolor, mixed, H. A.,
18-inch. Bright and effective
colors. Pkt., 5c.

2678 Erysimum, Peroff-
skianum, H. A., 18-inch.
Bright Orange. Very fra-
grant. Pkt., 5c.

2623 Cosmea, bipinnata,
Empress, mixed, H. H., 42-
inch. Pkt., 5c.

2624 Cosmea, Mammoth
Giant, mixed, H. H. A., 42-
inch. Pkt., 5c.

California Poppies malce a lovely display

Dakota Improved Seed Co., Mitchell, S. D.

Showy Hardy Annuals — Continued

2714 Gypsophila, elegans,
alba, H. A., IS-inch. Known
as Baby’s breath. Pkt., 5c.

2730 Helianthus, globosus fis-
tulosus, H. A., 72 inch. Lemon
colored, intensely double quilled.

Pkt., 10c.

2728 Californicus, double, H.
A., 60-inch. Tall double Golden
Yellow. Pkt., 10c.

2729 Cucumerifolius Stella. H.

A., 36 - inch. Miniature star-

shaped single flowers. Pkt., 10c,

2731 New Red or Gaillardia
flowered. Rich chestnut red
color. H. A, 60-inch. Pkt., 10c.

2767 Kocu.a, iricophylla
(Summer Cypress), H. A., 24
inch. The Mexican Fire Bush;
beautiful foliage. Pkt., 5c.

2782 Liimnanthes, Douglassii
fragrant, H. A., 6 inch. Beau-
tiful perfume; early. Splendid
for bees. Pkt., 5c.

2733 Helichrysum, m o n s
double mixed, H. A., 18 inch
Useful everlasting. Pkt., 5c.

2776 Larkspur, tall branching
mixed, H. A., 12 inch. Pkt., 5c.

2777 Larkspur, double tall
rocket mixed, Pkt., 5c.

2778 Larkspur, dwarf hyacinth
flowered, H. A., 12-inch. Pkt., 5c.
Beautiful annuals, succeed any-
where and give charming effect.

2780 Lavatera, trimestris,
white, H. A., 36 inch. Pkt., 10c.

2781 Lavatera, trimestris,
red, H. A., 36 inch. Pkt., 10c.
Handsome profuse flowering.

2784 Linaria, reticulata, 2765 aacubaea, dwaii double mixed,
H A. 12-inch. Dark violet. H. A., 20 inch. Beautiful double flowers,
Pkt.. 5c. useful for cutting. Pkt., 10c.

Nothing can equal the
Godetia for quickly pro-
ducing a blaze of flowers.
Our selection will give a
masrniflcent display.

2703 Lady Albemarle,
H. A., 12 inch. Pkt., 5c.

2704 Lady Satin Rose,
H. A., 12 inch. Pkt., 5c.

2705 Mixed Tall Varie-
ties, H. A., 18-inch. Pkt., 5c.

2706 Dwarf Varieties.
H. A., 12-inch. Pkt., 5c.

“Say It With Flowers” of your own growing

Dakota Improved Seed Co,, Mitchell, S. D

Showy Hardy Annuals — Continued

Lupins

H. A. 30 inch. Each pkt., 5c

2797 Large Blue.

2798 Large White

2799 Large Rose.

2800 Large Yellow.

Lupins with their silvery
foliage and sprays of pea like
flowers, make a splendid back-
ground for a flower border.

2821 Marvel of Peru (Four
O’clock) H. A. 30 inch. Easily
grown; very showy. Pkt., 5c.

2864 Nemphila, Insignis, Bright
Blue. H. A. 6 inch. Old fash-
ioned edging plant. Pkt., 10c.

2894 Perilla, Nankinensis H. H.
A. 18 inch. Beautiful wine col-
ored foliage. Pkt., 10c.

2827 Mesembryantheinuin,
Crystallinum H. H. A. 3 inch.
Ice Plant, easily grown; most
interesting. Pkt., 5c.

2796 T.upinus. Annual Vari-
eties, Mixed H. A. 18 inch.
Foliage and flowers make
gorgeous display. Pkt., 5c.

2813 31alope, Grandiflora II.
A. 24 inch. Old fashioned
Scarlet Mallow. Pkt., 5c.

2822 Mattliiola, bicornis.
(Evening Scented Stock) H. A.
12 incli. Emits an exquisite
perfume after sundown. Pkt.,

Nasturtium

Our selection of Nasturtiums
will be found to contain a
very choice assortment of col-
ors. The dwarf varieties are
splendid for edgings or bor-
ders, and the tall, for covering
unsightly corners or trellises.
See also Hardy Annual Climb-

0 1’S

Tom Thumb. H. A. 12 inch
each. Pkt., 5c.

2850 Aurora Rosy Apricot.

2851 Emp. of India, Crim-
son .Scarlet.

2853 King' Tlieodore,: Dark
Foliage.

2854 Queen, Maroon, Crimson
variegated leaves.

2856 Mixed, Choice Selection.

2786 Linum, grandiflorum rub-
rum H. A. 18 inch. Old fashioned
Scarlet Flax. Pkt., 5c.

H. H. A. Each pkt. 10c

Our strains of Marigolds are
exceptionally fine; will pro-
duce a large percentage of
double flowers of exquisite
colors, quite distinct from al-
most anything else you can
grow in the garden.

2814 African Orange. 24 inch.

2815 African Lemon. 24 inch.

2816 French Mixed. 18 inch,

2817 French Dwarf Mixed. 6
inch.

2818 lYench Gold Striped Se-
lected. 18 inch.

2819 French Legion of Honor.
6 inch.

Mignonette

Our strains of the old fash-
ioned Mignonette are very fine,
large flowers, and deliciously
scented. Goliath and Machet
varieties are splendid for in-
door culture in pots, as w»ll as
outdoor use.

H. A., 12 inch

2828 Large flowering. Pkt., 5c.

2829 Golden Queen. Pkt., 10c.

2830 Goliath. Pkt., 10c.

2831 Machet. Pkt., 10c.

2823 ]\Litricaria. Eximia,
Double White H. H. A. 12
inch. Pkt., 10c.

2824 Nana Golden Ball, Dou-
ble H. H. A. 12 inch. Pkt.,
10c.

Beautiful daisy-like flowers;
form nice shaped bushy plants.

2861 Nemesia, Compacta,
Blue Gem H. H. A. 12 inch.

2862 Compacta, White Gem
H. H. A. 12 inch. Pkt., 10c.

2863 Strumosa Nana Com-
pacta H. H. A. 12 inch. Splen-
did plants for pots or borders.

Charming bushy plants for
border; beautiful butterfly
flowers, each pkt., 10c.

2865 Nicotiana, Attinis, Pure
WTiiteH. H. A. 36 inch. Pkt., 10

2866 Attinis, H.vdrids. Mixed
H. H. A. 36 inch. Pkt., 10c.

The flowering Tobacco Plant;
very fragrant and beautiful.

Try our Nasturtium. They will please you.

Dakota Improved Seed Co,, Mitchell, S, D

Showy Annuals — Continued

2808 Nigella, damascena, double. H. A. 18-
inch. Pkt., 5c.

2869 Miss Jekyll, azure blue. H. A. 18-inch,
rkt., 5c.

2870 Hispanica. H. A. 18-inch. Pkt., 5c.
hove-in-a-mist ; curious and interesting plants,

splendid for mixing with California Poppy and
Godetia.

2911 Poppy, Danish Flag. H. A. 24-inch.

Single flowered. White with red band. Pkt., 10c.

2908 Carnation, flowered. Mixed. H. A.

24-inch. Choice double flowers. Pkt., 5c.

2909 Ranunculus flowered. H. A. 24-inch.

Sometimes called the French poppy. Beautiful.
Pkt., 5c.

2912 Japanese Pompon, mixed. H. A. 24-inch.
Small; double; perfectly formed flowers. Pkt., 5c.

2914 The Shirley, mixed colors. H. A. 24-
inch. An exquisite strain of this chaste flower.

Pkt., 5c.

Mitchell, S. Dak.,
December 2, 1921.
Dakota Improved
Seed Co.,

Mitchell, S. Dak.

Dear Mr. Burn:

A great deal of the
credit for the beautiful
floral display in the
parks of Mitchell last
year is due you and
your splendid flower
seeds. They were ex-
ceptionally good.

Yours very truly,

M. B. Kannowski,

Supt. of Parks.

2938 Kicinus Gibsonii. PI. H. A. 60-inch.

Pkt., 5c.

2939 Sanguineus. H. H. A. 60-inch. Pkt., 5c.

2940 Zanzibariensis, mixed. H. H. A. 60-inch.

Pkt., 5c.

The beautiful large colored leaves produce a
nice effect, popularly known as Castor Oil plant.

2901 Phlox, Drum, grandiflora. Mixed. H; PI.
A. 12-inch. Pkt., 6c.

2902 Nana compacta, coccinea. H. H. A.
6-inch. Pkt., 5c.

2904 Snowball. H, H. A. 6-inch. Pkt., 6c.

2905 Mixed. H. H. A. 6-inch. Pkt., 6c.
Very pretty annuals, blooming the whole sea-
son through; very useful for house decoration;
last a long time when cut.

What about a bed of Poppies this year

Dakota Improved Seed Co., Mitchell, S. D

Showy Annuals— Continued

3015 Virginian Stock.
Mixed. H. A. 9-inch.
Very useful for edging.

Pkt., 5c.

2960 Schizanthus pap-
ilionaceaus. H. A. 18-
inch. Lilac and white
spotted. Pkt., 10c.

2961 Wisetonensis. H.
H. A. 18-inch. Valu-
able as a house plant.
Pkt., 10c.

2993 Tagetes, signata pumila.
Yellow. H. H. A. 6-inch. A
gem for edging or pots. Pkt., oc.

293'y Rhodanthe Manglesii,
rose. H. H. A. 12-inch,
useful everlastings. 5c.

Stocks

2952 Salpiglossis grandiflora, mixed.
H. H. A. 24-inch. One of our most
beautiful annuals. Pkt., 10c.

3026 Zinnia elegans,
double. Mixed. H. H. A.
24-inch. Pkt., 10c.

3033 Elegans, Liliput.
Mixed. H. H. A. 12-inch.
Pkt., 10c.

Zinnias do exception-
ally well in the North-
west. Our strains are
magnificent. By planting
the large at the back
and smaller in front, a
grand show can be had.

Our stocks are saved from one
of the finest strains in Europe,
and will delight and satisfy you.

2970 Dwarf, large flowering, ten
week, white. H. H. A. 12-inch.

Pkt., 10c.

2971 Flesh pink. H. H. A. 12-
inch. Pkt., 10c.

2972 Crimson. H. H. A. 12-
inch. Pkt., 10c.

2973 Violet. H. H. A. 12-inch.

Pkt., 10c.

2974 Mixed. H. H. A. 12-inch

Pkt,, 10c.

2975 Princess Alice. H. H. A.
12-inch. Pearly white, very early.

Pkt,, 10c.

2916 Portulaca grand, finest
large flowers. H. H. A. 6-inch.

Pkt., 5c.

2917 Portulaca grand,
double mixed. H. H.
6-inch. Pkt., 10c.

Hot sun or drying winds
do not affect.

2963 Silene, pendula com-
pacta, pink. H. A. 6-inch.
Charming for edging or rock-
eries. pkt., 6c.

3035 Zea Japonica, variegata.

H. A. 48-inch. Leaves beau-
tifully striped. Pkt., 10c,

3023 Wallflower, annual.

Single mixed. H. A. 12-inch.

Can be grown like other an-
nuals. Pkt., 10c.

For Sweet Peas see page 35

2980 Sweet Sultan, purple. H.

A. 24-inch. Pkt., 6c.

2981 White,
Pkt., 5c.

H. A.

24-inch.

2982 Yellow.

Pkt., 5c.

H, A.

24-inch.

2983 Mixed.

Pkt., 6c.

H. A.

24-inch.

Graceful feathery flowers. One
of the most useful annuals for
cut flower decorations.

Dakota Improved Seed Co., Mitchell, S. D

Hardy Annual Climbers

Easily raised from seed.

May be either sown in pots or boxes and transplanted, or if preferred, may be
sown in the open ground where they are intended to flower. Gourds are easily grown

and very interesting.

ing Glory. Pkt., 5c.

Gourds — Ornamental

2707 — H e r c u 1 e s Club
Fruit grows 3 to 4 feet
long. Pkt., 5c.

2708 — P o w d e r Horn.
Very interesting Gourd.
PkU 5c.

2709 — Bottle, the orig-
inal Thermos. Used by
pilgrims in the East. Pkt.,
5c.

2710 — Dipper. Makes
really an excellent dipper.

Dishcloth. Fruit
makes a dishcloth, always
sweet. Pkt., 5c.

2712 — Egg -shaped,
white. Fruit may be used
as nest egg. Pkt., 5c.

2663 Dolichos — Lablab,
mixed. Hyacinth Bean,
very pretty. Pkt., 5c.

2740 Humulus — Japonicus, Japanese
Hop. A very rapid growing climber. Pkt.,
5s.

2741 — Variegated. Fine silver striped
leaves. Pkt, 10c.

2674 Echinocystis — Wild Cucumber.
Splendid for verandahs. Pkt, 5c.

2860 Nasturtium — Tall, mixed. Fine for
trellis or covering unsightly corners.

Pkt, 5c.

2996 Tropaeolum, canariense — The Ca-
nary Bird Flower. Pkt, 5c.

Gourds are most interesting

Dakota Improved Seed Co., Mitchell, S. D

Hardy Perennials and Biennials

Easily Raised
From Seed

Those marked “H. P.” are perennials and “H. B.” biennials. Can both be treated
in the same way. May be sown in the Spring- indoors and transplanted. If this method
is adopted will be in bloom the first year. They may be also sown in June or July out
of doors and will remain out all winter if given slight covering and can be transplanted
to their fiowering quarters
in the Spring.

2514 Alyssum s a x a t i 1 e
compactum, H. P., 6 inch.

Golden Alyssum A1 rock

plant. Pkt., 10c.

2502 Achillea, ptarmica, fl.
pi. The Pearl, H. P., 18 inch.
Double White, splendid for
cutting. Pkt., i«c.

2561 Beilis Pereniiis, mons,
double, mixed, H. P., 6 inch.
Double Daisies; sow early.

Pkt., 10c.

2.507 Cerastiuni, Tomento-
sum, H. P., 6 inch. Silvery
foliage; fine for ribbon. Pkt.,
10c.

2.520 Antirrhinum, majus,
mixed, H. P., 24 inch. I’kt.,
10c.

2.521 Antirrhinum, majus,
dwarf, mixed, H. P., 12 inch.

Pkt., 10c.

2.522 Antirrhinum, majus,
Tom Thumb, mixed, H. P., 6
inch. Pkt., 10c. Three of
the very finest types and
strains of the old fashioned
Snapdragon, everyone should
grow these.

2588 Carnation, Riviera Mar-
ket, H. P., 24 inch. Pkt., 15c.
Beautiful double flowers, ex-
tra early, free blooming,
flower six months after sown.

2589 Carnation, Grenadin,
double, H. P., 18 inch, Pkt.,
10c.

2500 Carnation, Chabaud’s
or Earliest French, H. P., 24
inch. Pkt., 15c.

2501 Carnation, Margarita
Semi Dwarf, mixed, H. P.,
9 inch, Pkt., 10c.

Sown indoors in February
will bloom in August.

252.3 Aquilegia, new single
hybrids, H. P., 24 inch. Col-
umbine, magnificent spurs.

Pkt., 10c.

2524 Aquilegia, mixed, dou-
ble, H. P., 24 inch. Very

beautiful colors. Pkt., 10c.

2525 Arahis, Alpina (Moun-
tain Snow), H. P., 6 inch.

Beautiful

Pkt., 10c.

white flower,

2605 Chrysfinthemum, maxi-
mum, King Edward VII, H.
P., 18 inch. Grand for cut-
ting and borders the “White
Marguerite.” Pkt., 10c.

2584 Canterbury Bells, sin-
gle mixed, H. P., 30 inch.
The old fashioned single.

Pkt., 10c.

2585 Canterbury Bells, dou-
ble, mixed. H. P., 30 inch.
The old fashioned double.

Pkt., 10c.

2586, Calycanthema, H. B.,
30 inch. Cup and saucer va-
riety^ Pkt., 10c.

2548 Auricula, Alpine, mixed,
H. P., 6 inch. Grand border
strain. Pkt., 10c.

2652 Delphinium, grand,
single, mixed, H. P., 36 inch.
A stately' border plant. Pkt.,
10c.

Try our beautiful Carnations

Dakota Improved Seed Co,, Mitchell, S. D

Hardy Perennials and Biennials Continued

2653 Dianthiis Chinen-
sis, double, mixed. H. B.
12-inch. Pkt., 5c.

2656 Dianthiis Hedde-
wigii. H. B. 12-inch.
Pkt., 5c.

Dianthus or Indian Finks
may be treated as Hardy
Annuals if sown early out
of doors, will bloom early,
splendid for borders and
cut flowers for the house;
delicate perfume.

2737 Hollyhock, double. Choice
colors. H. P. 72-inch. Sow
early; will bloom first year.
Pkt., 10c.

2661 Digitalis monstrosa. Giant
foxglove. H. P. 36-inch. Mag-
nificent giant strain; fine colors.
Pkt., 10c.

2732 Helianthus r i g i d u s
(Perennial Sunflower). H. P.
72-inch. Small, single, star-
shaped flowers. Pkt., 10c.

2738 Honesty, mixed. H. B.
36-inch. The silvery seed pods
are very pretty. Pkt., 10c.

2752 I b e r i s, sempervirens,
white. H. P. 6-inch. Peren-
nial candytuft. Pkt., 10c.

2795 Dupiiius, poiyphyllus.
H. P. 36-inch. Stately spikes
of blue flowers. Pkt., 10c.

2660 Dianthus, Plumarius,
single garden pink. H. P.
12-inch. The old-fashioned
perennial pink. Pkt., 10c.

2691 Gaiilardia, grandillora.
H. F'. 24-;;nch. Beautiful,

large flowers. Pkt., 10c.

Flowers

2842 Myosotis, dissit-
fiora Perfection, blue. H.
P. 6-inch. Pkt., 10c.

2843 Myosotis, palustris,
blue. H. P. 6-inch. Pkt., 10c.

The old fashioned For-
get-Me-Nots are favor-
ites with everyone. If
sown in the spring and
potted up in the fall, will
bloom indoors all winter.
Sown in June will bloom
early following spring.

2676 Gnaphalium Leontopodium.
H. P. 6-inch. Swiss Edelweiss.

Pkt., 10c.

Are a Never Ending Source of Delight
44

Dakota Improved Seed Co., Mitchell, S. D

Hardy Perennials and Biennials— Continued

3881 Pansy, B u g n o t ’ s
Giant, H. P., 6 inch. Beau-
tiful large flowers. Pkt., 10c.

3887, Mixed colors, H, P.,
6 in. Pine for general use.

Pkt., 5c.

2888, Trimardeau, Giant,
Mixed, H. P., 6 inch. Su-
perb strain; enormous flow-
ers. Pkt., 10c.

2 9 2 4 Pyrethrum,

aureum (Golden
Feather), H. P., 6

inch. Beautiful plant
for edging. Pkt., 10c.

3889 Papaver, brac-
teatum, Scarlet, H, P.,
36 inch. The true per-
ennial Scarlet Poppy.

Pkt., 10c.

2890 Papaver, nudi-

-aule. Single, Mixed,
H. P., 12 inch. The

popular Iceland Poppy.

Pkt., 10c.

2891 Papaver, Orien-
tale, brilliant colors.

3013 Viola, Tufted, or
bedding varieties. Mixed,
H. P., 6 inch. Sown early
will bloom flrst year. Pkt.,
10c.

3014 Viola, o d o r a t a.
Mixed, Sweet Violet, H. P.,
6 inch. Choice mixture of
host sorts. Pkt., 10c.

3019 Wallflower. Choice
Double Dwarf, Mixed, H.
P., 12 inch. Pkt., 10c.

3020 Wallflower. Choice
Single Dwarf, Mixed, H.
P., 12 inch. Pkt., 10c.

If sown in July and
given slight protection to
hold the snow, will bloom
early, in spring.

2893 Pentstemon, large
flowered hydrids, H. P., 18
inch. Will bloom first year
from seed. Pkt., 10c.

2925 Pyrethrum, roseum
hybridum. Single, H. P., 24
inch. Beautiful Marguerite,
like flowers. Pkt., 10c.

2926 Pyrethrum, roseum
hybridum. Double, H. P., 24
inch. Splendid for early cut
flowers. Pkt., 10c.

Try our Pansies, they are snperh
45

2956 Scabio.sa, Caucasica
Blue. H. P., 36 inch. Pkt., 10c.

2957, Caucasica alba, white,
H. P., 36 inch. Pkt., 10c.

2959, Double large flow-
ered, Mixed, H. P., 12 inch.
Very handsome plants for
perennial border. Sown
early will bloom first year.
Pkt., 10c.

2984 Sweet William auri-
cula eyed, H. P., 18 inch.
Splendid for cutting. Pkt.,
10c.

2964 Shamrock, True Irish
Variety, H. P., 6 inch. Sow
this for St. Patrick’s Day.

Pkt., 10c.

2976 Stock, Brompton,
Mixed, H. P,, 6 inch. Sown
early will bloom outdoors.

Pkt., 10c.

Dakota Improved Seed Co,, Mitchell, S. D

Seeds of Plants Suitable for Greenhouse and House Decoration

liJasiJy raised from seed.

Those marked "G. P.” are perennials and “G. A.” are annuals. They are easily raised from seed,
should be sown indoors in small pots and when the plants are large enough to handle, transplanted
into small pots singly and potted along into larger pots as they develop.

2616 Cockscomb, Glasgow prize. G. A. 12-
inch. Beautiful crimson comb. Pkt.. lOc.

2979 — Streptocarpus, choicest hybrids.
G. P. 9-inch. Distinctive; easily grown
house plant. Pkt., 15c.

Various Plants

2527 Asparagus, plumosus nanus. G. P.
18-inch. Asparagus fern. Pkt., 25c.

2528 Asparagus, Sprengeri. G. P. 12-inch.
Ideal basket plant. Pkt., 15c.

2562 Begonia, tuberous rooted. Beautiful
large G. A. 18-inch. Double flowers. Bril-
liant colors. Pkt., 15c.

2686 Eucalyptus, globulus (Blue Gum).
G. P. 60-inch. Makes a nice pot plant.
Antidote for “flu.” Pkt., 10c.

2688 Fuchsia, a splendid variety. G. P.
48-inch. Popular house plant. Pkt., 25c.

2566 Calceolaria, choice strain 2607 Cineraria, hybrida grand-
G. A., 18-inch. Spotted, blotched iflora G. A., 18-inch. Gorgeous
and self colored. Pkt., 25c. colors. Pkt., 25c.

2734 Heliotropium, largest
flo\yering giant mixed. G. P.
24-inch. Heliotrope or Cherry
Pie Plant. Pkt., 10c.

2892 Pelargonium, fancy
G. P. 18-in. Splendid
for window and house
decoration. Pkt., 25c.

2694 Geranium, Zonale,
choice, single, mixed.
G. P. 18-inch. Easily
raised from seed; de-
lightful colors. Pkt., 25c.

2695 Geranium, Apple.
Scented odoratissima.
G. P. 18-inch. Delicious
perfume. Pkt., 26c.

Grow your own house plants from Seed

Dakota Improved Seed Co,, Mitchell, S, D,

Seeds of Plants Suitable for Greenhouse and

House Decoration

2921 Primula, obconica grandiflora hybrida,
G. P. 12-inch. One of the best window plants.
Pkt., ISc.

2615 Cobaea, scandens. Mixed. H. H. C.
Makes a splendid house plant. Pkt., 10c.

2922

6-inch.

Primula, sinensis, finest.
Pkt., 25c.

Mixed.

2923

Primula, sinensis, double.

Mixed.

6-inch. Splendid for winter flowering in the
house or greerhouse; easily grown. Pkt., 25c.

2617 Coleus, mixed (Flame Nettle). G. P. 24-
inch. Beautiful foliage plant; fine for window.

Pkt., 10c.

Various Plants

2713 Grevillea Robusta (fern like). G. P. 36-inch. Beautiful house plant; easily grown from
seed. Pkt., 25c.

2835 Mimosa, pudica (sensitive plant). G. A. 18-inch. A most interesting plant phenomena.

Pkt., 10c.

3011 Verbena, lemon scented. G. P. 36-inch. Deliciously perfumed leaves. Pkt., 15c.

You will have better plants and they will be more interesting

Dakota Improved Seed Co., Mitchell, S. D

Half Hardy Perennials Easily raised from seed

They should be sown indoors and transplanted into the open ground when weather is favorable
and should be lifted in the Fall if it is intended to save them during the Winter. Some of these may
also be treated as house plants. For instance, Mimulus moschatus, the old-fashioned Musk. Petunias
may be also treated as house plants or may grow in the same manner as half hardy annuals.
Half hardy climbers (H. H. C.) may be treated in the same way as half hardy perennials (H. H. P.).

3645 Dahlia, single, large
flowered. H. H. P. 48-inch.
Pkt., 10c.

2646 Dahlia, choicest double.
H. H, P. 48-inch. Pkt., 10c.

Dahlias grow freely from seed and make stronger plants
than from cuttings.

2175 Lantana, new dwarf
compact hybrids. H. H. P.
9-inch. Splendid pot plant;
bloom outdoors all summer.
Pkt., 10c.

3009 Verbena, hybrida, mammoth mixed. H. H. P.
6-lnch. Enormous flowers; colors fine. Pkt., 10c.

Lobelia

2790 Alba White, H. H. P. 3-inch.
Well known edging plant. Pkt., 10c.

2791 Speciosa Crystal Palace. H.
H. P. 3-inch. Makes a nice pot
plant. Pkt., 10c.

2792 Tenuior, intense blue. H. H. P.
9-inch. Lovely for pots or hanging
baskets. Pkt., 10c,

2742 Hunnemannia, fumariaefolia
H. H. P. 24-inch. Makes a nice pot
plant. Pkt., 10c.

Petunia

Nothing beats Petunias for giving a splendid show.
They can be treated as Annuals, or if lifted and potted in
the Fall, will keep all winter and bloom in early Spring.
2895 Giants of California Mixed. H. H. P. 24-inch.

Pkt., 10c

2898

2899
24-inch.

2900
H. H. P.

Hybrida, mixed. H. H. P. 24-inch. Pkt., 10c.
Hybrida grandiflora fringed, mixed. H. H. P.
Pkt., 10c.

Hybrida,

24-inch.

grandiflora,
Pkt., 25c.

double fringed.

Mixed.

3012 Verbena Venosa, purple and heliotrope. H. H. P. 12-inch,
house or greenhouse; easily grown. Pkt., 25c.

2755 Ipomoea, Imperial Japanese. H. H. C. 96-inch.
These morning glories, if given protection from wind, will
bloom beautifully all summer long. Pkt., 10c.

2837 Mimulus, Tlgrrinus, tigered
and spotted. H. H. P. 6-inch.
Giant Musk or Monkey Flower.

Pkt., 10c.

2836 Moschatus (Musk).. H. H.
P. 6-inch. Old fashioned sweet
scented Musk. Pkt., 10c.

Our petunias are the very best
48

guaranteed SEEPJ.

A Good Name Well Known,

For IS years has signified the best in seeds.
Grow Well Because They Are Well Grown,

SPECIAL PRICE SHEET

To insure prompt attention address all orders to the firm, not to individuals. Use order sheet in front of catalog. .

Prices are effective January 1st, 1922 and are based on
values at time of issue, F. O. B. Mitchell, S. D„ subject
to prior sale and market change. Write for special
prices on large quantities. All seeds are sold on the basis of the Disco Guarantee, printed on the inside
back page cover of the J022 Catalog. We expect prices will advance, and recommend early ordering. If no Agent
at your station, add sufficient to prepay freight or express. If you remit too much, surplus will be promptly refunded.
If required by parcel post, your Postmaster will tell you in what zone from Mitchell you are located so that you may
include correct postage with your remittance.

Our Co-operative plan: In view of high freight rates we are anxious to co-operate with our customers to
enable them to combine together in a co-operative way and make up carload shipments. This not only saves freight,
but also insures more prompt and safe delivery, as in carload lots the bags are loaded into the cars at our warehouse
and go right through to destination without change. To enable our customers to do this, we will reserve orders at cur-
rent prices, when orders are received, on payment of 25% of the value, the balance to be paid before shipment is
made. We make this concession to encourage co-operative orders and early ordering. This will apply only on orders
received before March 15th, 1922, and they must be completed not later than April 5th, 1922. Get together! Co-oper-
ate with a firm that has given you good service in the past and aims to serve you better in the future. Should
prices have changed when your order is received, if lower, we will refund balance; if higher, we will either reduce
your order to the amount remitted, or ship C. O. D. for the balance, as you prefer.

ALFALFA. Bountiful crops are being harvested all over the United States and Canada from fields sown with
DISCO ALFALFA SEED. DISCO Hardy Alfalfa is a household word with successful Alfalfa growers.

»ge Cm

Current Prices January 1st, 1922. F. O. B. Mitchell, S. D. No Cartage Charges,
ags Weighed In Free. 100 Lb. Price Packed in

Special

Price

ALFALFA, 60 lb. per bushel.

Equals per

Bags

per

100 Lbs.

50 Lbs.

25 Lbs.

1 Lb.

Bushel

Containing

Bag

Dakota Grown, Common, Sunshine Brand $16*00

$ 8.50

$ 4.50

$.21

$ 9.60

150 lbs.

$23.50

“ “ “ Emerald Brand

18.00

9.50

5.00

.23

10.80

26.50

“ “ “ DISCO Brand.

20.00

10.50

5.50

.25

12.00

29.50

Registered Disco No. 26 •

26.00

13.50

7.00

.31

15.60

38.50

“ “ “ 28

30.00

15.50

8.00

.35

18.00

44.50

“ “ “ 38

27.00

14.00

7.25

.32

16.20

“

40.00

“ “ “ 79

26.00

13.50

7.00

.31

15.60

38.50

“ “ “ 80

26.00

13.50

7.00

.31

15.60

38.50

DISCO Grimm

40.00

20.50

10.50

.45

24.00

59.50

“ Grimm No. 19A

45.00

23.00

11.75

.50

27.00

67.00

“ Baltic

45.00

23.00

11.75

.50

27.00

67.00

“ Baltic No. lie

50.00

25.50

13.00

.55

30.00

74.50

We screen our Registered Alfalfas very very rigidly and this necessitates the elimination of a considerable
quantity of really good seed, which owing to the fact that it is not perhaps just as plump as it might be
it is separated from our best grades of Registered Seed. This seed being of a vei^ hardy character is well
adapted for renovating old pastures or for sowing with small grains as a fertilizer. If interested write
for samples and prices, stating quantity required and for what purpose.

We had the misfortune to have some Sweet Clover mixed with one lot of our Disco No. 28 Alfalfa,
carefully for purity we find it runs about 12% of Sweet Clover otherwise the seed is O. K.
sacrifice. If interested write for sample and price, stating quantity required

Tested

We will sell at a

Special

CLOVERS, 60 lb. per bushel.

Sweet — Hulled and Scarified.

Hubam — New Annual

Write for special price on large quantities

White Blossom — DISCO Brand $10.00

White Blossom — Emerald Brand 9.50

Yellow Blossom — DISCO Brand 11.00

Medium Red — DISCO Brand 23.00

" “ — Emerald Brand 22.00

Mammoth Red — DISCO Brand 24.00

“ " — Emerald Brand 23.00

Alsike or Swedish — DISCO Brand 21.00

—Emerald Brand 20.00

White or Dutch — DISCO Brand 50.00

INOCULATING CULTURE— M bu. size, 60c; 1 bu
mail add extra for postage.

DAKOTA GROWN SEED CORN— Shelled and Gra

Yellow Dent Varieties.

100 Lbs. 50 Lbs. 25 Lbs.

1 Lb.

$1.00

100 Lb. Price Packed in Price
Equals per Bags per
Bushel Containing Bag

150 lbs

Minnesota 13

Early Murdock . . .

Disco Pride

Pride of the North
Wimples

White Dent Varieties.

Disco 90 Day
Silver King
Northwestern Dent
Disco Flint Corn.

Disco White
Gehu Yellow
Disco Squaw (Rainbow) .

King Philip Red

Longfellow Yellow

Disco Fodder Corn.

Early Dent

Medium Dent

Evergreen Sweet (46 lbs.)

i.50

$3.00 .15

$6.00

$14.50

.25

2.85 .15

5.70

13.75

.00

3.75 .16

6.60

“

16.00

1.00

6.25 .28

13.80

34.00

.50

6.00 .27

13.20

32.50

;.50

6.50 .29

14.40

35.50

1.00

6.25 .28

13.80

34.00

.00

5.75 .26

12.60

31.00

1.50

5.50 .25

12.00

29.50

i.50

13.00 .55

30.00

74.50

(1.20; suflficient for 300 lbs., $5.75. If required by

lbs. per bushel.

10 Bushels 5 Bushels
or More or More

per Bushel per Bushel

1 Bushel

Packed in
Bags

Containing

Special

Price

per

Bag

$2.00

$2.05

$2.20

2H Bu.

$5.40

1.85

1.90

2.00

4.90

1.75

1.80

1.90

4.65

2.25

2.30

2.50

5.90

2.00

2.05

2.20

5.40

1.70

1.80

1.85

4.50

1.75

1.80

1.90

4.65

1.70

1.75

1.85

4.50

1.65

1.70

1.80

4.40

1.80

1.85

2.00

4.75

1.70

1.75

1.85

4.50

1.70

1.75

1.90

4.50

1.75

1.80

1.90

4.65

1.75

1.80

1.90

4.65

.95

1.00

1.05

2.65

.95

1.00

1.05

2.65

1.95

1.97

2.00

5.15

DAKOTA IMPROVED SEED CO., Mitchell, S. D.

(Read the Other Side)

THE CORN PALACE
CITY

Special Price Sheet

Subject to Prior Sale and Market Change,

Current Prices January lst| 1922.

F. O. B. Mitchell, S. D. No Cartage Charges

Bags Weighed in Free

DISCO SELECTED MILLETS, 50 lbs. per bu.

Western Golden

Dakota Kursk

Siberian

Golden or Liberty (German)

Hog or Broom Corn

Early Fortune

Japanese or Billion Dollar Grass (36 lbs.)

DISCO SELECTED GRASS SEEDS.

Timothy — DISCO Brand

“ — Emerald Brand

Awnless Brome

Western Rye Grass

Meadow Fescue or English Blue

Red Top (Solid Seed) . .

Kentucky Blue

Canadian Blue

Perennial Rye Grass . . .

Crested Dog’s Tail ....

Orchard or Cocksfoot . .

DISCO SELECTED MIXTURES.

Disco Permanent Pasture Mixture

“ “ Meadow Mixture

Timothy and Alsike, Mixed

Timothy and Red Clover, Mixed

Disco Annual Hog Pasture Mixture

DISCO FORAGE AND SOILING CROPS.

Rape, Dwarf Essex, Genuine Holland Grown No

Sunflower, Russian Giant

Disco Early Amber Fodder Cane

“ Amber Sorghiun Cane

Sudan Grass

FOR EARLY ORDERS

Read Other Side Before Ordering,

Special

100 Lb. Price Packed in Price

Our Motto: HiBhest
quality at lowest
possible prices

Remember we make
no charge for bags.
Weighed in FREE.

Feterita

Kaffir Corn

Milo Maize

DISCO SELECTED SEED GRAINS.

Speltz, 40 lb. per bushel

Soy or Soja Beans, all strictly Northern
Grown, 60 lbs. per bushel.

Early Black

Early Brown

Buckwheat, 48 lbs. per bushel.

Japanese

Silver Hixll

Wben you buy DISCO SEEDS you are buying the best.
The best is always the cheapest in the end.

Barley, 48 lbs. per bushel.

Oderbrucker or Wise. No. 55 :

Improved White Hulless (60 lbs.). . . .

Flax, 56 lbs. per bushel.

N. D. Wilt-resistant

Oats, 32 lbs. per bushel.

New Disco No. 22 Hulless — 1 lb., 35c; 2 lbs.,
6Sc; 5 lbs., $1.50; write for prices on larger
quantities.

Swedish Select

100 Lbs.

so Lbs.

25 Lbs.

Equals per
Bushel

Bsgs^

Containing

per

Beg

$2.50

$1.40

$0.85

$1.25

150 lbs.

$3.65

2.75

1.50

.90

1.38

4.00

2.50

1.40

.85

1.25

3.65

2.75

1.50

.90

1.38

4.00

2.50

1.40

.85

1.25

3.65

2.75

1.50

.90

1.38

4.00

6.00

3.25

1.90

2.16

8.75

7.00

3.75

2.00

3.15

135 lbs.

9.30

6.50

3.50

1.90

2.92

8.70

12.00

6.25

3.25

1.68

100 lbs.

12.00

10.00

5.25

2.75

1.40

10.00

25.00

12.75

6.50

25.00

12.75

6.75

25.00

50.00

25.50

13.00

112 lbs.

55.00

40.00

20.50

10.50

44.00

15.00

7.75

4.00

. . .

200 lbs.

28.50

50.00

25.50

13.00

100 lbs.

50.00

20.00

10.25

5.25

20.00

16.00

8.25

4.25

16.00

8.25

4.25

16.00

13.00

6.75

3.50

135 lbs.

17.35

13.00

6.75

3.50

17.35

5.50

3.00

1.65

100 lbs.

5.50

. 1 9.00

4.75

2.50

220 lbs.

18.00

7.00

3.75

2.00

100 lbs.

7.00

3.00

1.75

1.00

140 lbs.

4.00

5.00

2.75

1.50

125 lbs.

6.10

5.00

2.75

1.50

100 lbs.

5.00

3.00

1.75

1.00

3.00

3.50

2.00

1.15

3.50

2.00

1.15

3.50

1.80

1.00

.60

Per Bu.

.72

1.80

9.00

4.75

2.50

5.40

150 lbs.

13.00

9.00

4.75

2.50

5.40

13.00

5.00

2.75

1.50

2.40

100 lbs.

5.00

2.75

1.50

2.40

5.00

10 Bushels
or More
per Bushel
$0.90

5 Bushels
or More
per Bushel
$0.93

1 Bushel
$0.95

Packed in
Bags

Containing
2 Bu.

Special

Price

per

Bag

$1.90

.90

.93

.95

1.90

1.80

1.83

1.85

3.70

2.40

2.45

2.50

5.00

Writ* for special
prices on largo
quantities

Victory

Sixty-Day

Rye, 56 lbs. per bushel.

Spring

Amber Winter — Write for Prices.

Rosen Winter — Write for Prices.

Spring Wheat, 60 lbs. per bushel.

New Ruby

Marquis

Kubanka Durum or Macaroni

Acme

Winter Wheat, 60 lbs. per bushel.

New Kanred — Write for Prices.

Turkey Red — Write for Prices.

Field Peas, 60 lbs. per bushel.

Canada Field

Navy Beans, 60 lbs. per bushel

NORTHERN GROWN SEED POTATOES.
Write for Price on larger quantities.

Early Ohio

Irish Cobbler

.62

.72

1.57

.63

.73’

.73

1.58

4.00

1.95

1.70

2.20

4.50

4.95

.65

.75

1.60

4.10

2.00

1.75

2.25

4.60

5.10

2H Bu.

1.58

1.80

3.95

10.10

4.88

4.25

5.50

11.25

12.40

Cyclone Broadcast Seeders, Complete ready to use, $2.00 each,
price $1.75.

3.50 2 Bu. 7.00

3.50 “ 7.00

If ordered with seeds value $10.00. Special

DAKOTA IMPROVED SEED CO.

{Read the Other Side)

Mitchell, S. D.

Poultry Supplies and Sundry Requisites

For Garden and Farm

We are headquarters for poultry supplies;
also miscellaneous requirements for Farm
and Garden. We have not space to give
descriptions of our full line. Write us for
prices on anything you require. Your in-
quiry will receive prompt and courteous at-
tention,

BABY CHICK STARTER — A wholesome
starting food which will keep chicks healthy
and cause them to make rapid growth.
Suitable for feeding for the first three
weeks. May be given to them as soon as
they are 36 hours old. 50 lb. bag, .$1.75;
100 lb. bag, $3.35.

CHICK FEED — May be fed to chicks af-
ter they are three weeks old and contains
the proper ingredients balanced in the right
proportions to promote rapid growth, and
strong healthy chicks. 50 lb. bag, $1.70;
100 lb. bag, $3.,30.

ALPAL.FA MEAL — Made from new crop,
pea green, kiln-dried hay. May be mixed
in with the mash or moistened slightly with
hot water and allowed to steam slightly
before feeding. Alfalfa meal is also very
useful aside from this as a litter for the
brooder or chick pen as it is an excellent
absorbent and will not injure the baby
chicks if they eat it. 50 lb. bag, .$1..^0; lOO
lb. bag, $3.85.

FEED MILLET. 50 lb. bag, $1.00; 100 lb.
bag, $:i.00.

35c each
postpaid

CRUSHED OYSTER SHELL — Laying hens
require crushed oyster shell for the purpose
of encouraging the formation of shells. A
hopper with oyster shells should always
be within reach, particularly during the
winter months or when the poultry are con-
fined, many poultry raisers find it a profit-
able investment to feed oyster shells the
vear around. 50 lb. bag, S5c; 100 lb. bag,
$1.60.

GRIT — Poultry should be constantly sup-
plied with sharp material to grind their
food. Poultry size 50 lb. bag, $1.00; 100 lb.
bag, $1.85; chick size 50 lb. bag, $1.00; 100
lb. bag, $1.85.

GRANULATED BONE — Made from fresh,
green bones, which have the moisture,
grease, etc,, extracted, leaving nothing but
phosphate of lime and protein. Medium.
50 lb. bag, $3.60; 100 lb. bag, .$5.00; fine, 50
lb. bag, $3.60; 100 lb. bag, $5.00.

CHARCOAL — Should be left in a hopper
exposed so that poultry will have free ac-
cess to it at all times. It is one of the best
correctives and helps perhaps more than
anything else to maintain good health in
the flock. Medium, ,50 lb. bag, .$3.60; 100 lb.
bag, .$.5.00; Fine, 50 lb. bag, $3.60; 100 lb.
bag, $.5.00.

MEAT SCRAPS — Rich in protein, material
which makes muscle and lean meat. Finest

quality. 50 lb. bag, $3.65; 100 lb. bag, $5.00.

FEED SUNFLOWER. 50 lb. bag, $3.35;
100 lb. bag, .$6.50.

CORN FOR POPPING. Per lb., 5c; per
100 lbs., .$4.50.

BIRD SEEDS — Finest recleaned. Hemp,
per lb., 15e; Canary, per lb., 15c; Bird
Millet, per lb., 7c; Parrot food, per lb., lOe;
Bird Rape, per lb., 30e; DISCO Bird Mix-
ture, per lb., 30c.

Write for prices on Ine4ibat«>r.s, Cultivators, Seed Sowers, Corn Testers, Fertilizers, etc.
Above prices are F. O. B. Mitchell S. D., and subject to market changes.

The Guarantee

The DAKOTA IMPROVED SEED COMPANY guarantees the seed it sells to be as
represented as to quality and germination. All our seeds are tested and nothing that
does not reach a high standard is distributed. In spite of this, we stand ready to replace
or refund the money paid for any seeds sent out by us, which upon arrival are not
entirely satisfactory. We do not insure a crop from seeds purchased either as to
description, productiveness or any other matter, because of the many fsctors which
influence a crop and which are entirely beyond our control. All sales are therefore
based on the understanding that the liability of the company shall in no case exceed the
price paid for the seed.

Postpaid

Postage paid on all Vegetable and Flower Seeds unless otherwise stated. Orders
for Alfalfa, Corn, Grasses and everything else listed in our book if required by parcel
post must have postage added.

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Full text of "Disco guaranteed seeds : 1922 fifteenth annual / Dakota Improved Seed Co."

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