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Where We Are Located
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Media, Henderson County, is located in the Mississippi Val-
ley, twelve (12) miles from the river, and two hundred (200) miles
southwest of Chicago, right in the heart of the corn belt, on double
tracks of the Santa Fe, between Chicago and Kansas City, seven-
teen (17) miles from Burlington, Iowa, and the same distance from
Monmouth, Illinois.
HARD ROADS
Media is only just a few miles from the hard road between
Galesburg and Burlington, and the four mile drive to Media is over
a good road. Media is on the new $100,000,000 bond issue road.
Trucks come for miles after Seed Corn.
ORDER YOUR SEED CORN NOW
and have it shipped, or call for it
when you wish
SEE PRICE LIST
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Hitting the Nail on the Head
In one of my old Readers I remember the little story:
“Drive the nail aright boys,
Hit it on the head;
Drive the nail aright boys,
Ere the time has fled.”
How often, out of discouragement, has come success. The last three
or four years every agricultural paper1 and newspaper of our great country
has tried to tell us what the trouble is with the farmer. We were told the
farmer plunged too much — bought too much high-priced land — Bought too
many automobiles and a thousand other things. The day for the small town
is a goner. Everybody should move to the city where property has value.
Good roads will kill the small town.
Let us stop just a minute: What was your farm worth 100 years ago?
$1.25 per acre. What was the land worth where Kansas City, St. Louis,
Chicago and hundreds of other large cities in the corn belt now stand?
Only $1.25 per acre. What is it worth today? You can hardly get figures
enough together to estimate the value. Who has plunged? Who is standing
on the solid rock today? Just draw a circle around your own town today
taking in a radius of ten miles and putting on a value of only $150.00 per
acre you have a value of over $35,000,000.00 in farm land alone. Whose
property has the inflation? Where are overhead expenses less? On the
farm and small town or in the city? What built cities? Men of faith in
their homes, schools, churches and business.
Isn’t it time for our farmers to wake up and hit the nail on the head
by boosting our own homes, schools, churches and businesses? The oppor-
tunity is ours. It is up to each individual.
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Our Supply of Seed for 1925
We have about 6000 bushels of sack-picked hung seed.
We have 3000 bushels of seed selected from sand land and hung.
We have about 6000 bushels selected and dried at early husking.
We have several thousand bushels of sand-grown seed reserved for
emergency and right on the farm where it was grown. Dried by
forcing air through seed.
We have kept the customers in mind from start to finish.
Our motto: The best seed for the least money possible.
Xone of Our Seed House Boys Care to Compete With Perry
Here is a picture of Perry Heaps, who husked in our Reid s Yellow
Dent. This load contains 5,680 pounds of corn and was husked by ten
o’clock. His load in the afternoon weighed 5,640 pounds and was ready for
unloading at four P. M. The two loads contained 158 l/3 bushels at 71 l/2
pounds per bushel moisture test over the scales. November, 1923.
Are You Glad You Are a Farmer ?
Every farmer should be glad he is a farmer — proud of his father or
grandfather who pioneered the great corn belt states. If there is any country
in the United States still undeveloped, it certainly is our corn belt states,
where we can grow unlimited amounts of food. We have allowed our boys
and girls to go to the city because they could make more money. With
good roads, the rural delivery, the telephone, radio, and automobile in reality.
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we live in the city twenty miles out, and just think of the advantages rural
life brings to our boys and girls. It doesn’t hurt your boy and mine to milk
cows, feed the pigs, calves and chickens, cultivate a little patch of popcorn
during the summer months.
To Get a Big Load of Corn—
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Keep in mind that each of the three
rows of kernels weigh exactly the
same. Just estimate how much more
bulk you would have to husk of the two
rows to the right to make the same
amount of good dry marketable corn.
Seed in Ear Same Shelled
The Scales Tell the Story
The above picture shows 70 pounds of our Seed Corn in ear. It also
shows the same corn shelled 60 pounds per bushel, and the cobs weigh
only 10 pounds. Just estimate how much difference this will make on a 50
acre field.
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Good Seed Corn is Scarce
Not since 1917 has good seed corn been so hard to find. It has been
several years since it has been so important to order early. Orders are com-
ing in every mail.
We were one of the first to turn back to James L. Reid
type of Reid’s Yellow Dent when the corn show men were still
crying out for the rough deep grain.
What we learned about type:
SMOOTH TYPE ‘ ROUGH TYPE
Reid’s Type
Good Quality
Weighed Well
Yielded Better
Very Few Barren Stalks
No Mould
Resists Disease
Show Type
Poor Quality
Light in Weight
Lower Yield
Barren Stalks
Much Mould
Shows Disease
Our Testing Pays You
Our testing pays you, yes, it does not only pay you but it pays your
banker, your elevator, everybody in your community when you use our seed
corn. Why? Just because we eliminate waste. One customer raised 2,435
bushels from 31^4 acres, an average of over 77 bushels per acre. This same
party cribbed 1,460 bushels at 70 lbs. per bushel and shelled the same out
Nov. 9th, 1922, and the 1,460 bushels shelled 1,500 bushels of No. 2 corn.
These are facts. No guessing.
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You know the corn average for the State of Illinois is less than 40
bushels per acre. It is doubtful if corn in your neighborhood runs very far
past 60 bushels per acre.
If by growing clover, alfalfa and sweet clovers and using our seed corn
you can increase your yield, you know it pays.
We have enough seed corn to plant 80,000 to 100,000 acres in 1925.
With your help and ours together we can increase your yield
from 37 bu. per acre down to one bushel per acre.
If All the Seed Corn We Have Increased the Yield:
37 bushels per acre it would equal ...2,960,000 bushels=$ 1,924, 000.00
25 bushels per acre it would equal 2,000,000 bushels=$l, 300, 000.00
17 bushels per acre it would equal 1,360,000 bushels=$ 884,000.00
10 bushels per acre it would equal.. 800,000 bushels=$ 520,000.00
5 bushels per acre it would equal 400,000 bushels=$ 261,000.00
1 bushel per acre it would equal 80,000 bushels=$ 52,000.00
We want to be fair. We are not trying to sell you gold bricks.
We want you to get $2.00 back for every one you give us for seed.
We do not want to boast, but we have plenty of testimonials showing an in-
crease of 15 bushels or more per acre.
Just suppose you plant 100 acres of our seed —
If your increase is 15 bushels per acre your gross profit
will be $1,500 less the cost of the seed, $75.00.
An old customer who has bought his seed corn from us for years
has asked us to reserve 20 bushels for him and he has seed already
hanging in his shed. He knows how we handle our seed corn. He
knows that the $150.00 he pays us for his seed corn is a paying in-
vestment.
Prepared to Render Better Service
We are in a position to ship direct from our warehouse storage in Chi-
cago, 111., Peoria, 111., or Burlington, Iowa. This makes an added service
to all our customers who wish to buy in large quantities. It saves money,
and insures quick delivery.
Dwight, 111., October 18, 1924.
E. G. Lewis Seed Co., Media, 111.,
Dear Sirs: In regard to handling of your seed corn, I think the method
is O. K,, as the seed I purchased from you last spring grew good. I got a
good stand and it is ripening fine. Out of the way of the frost.
Yours truly, Johx Dombierer.
Costs only 60 cents per acre to plant our Seed Corn.
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Seed Corn a Business With Us
We are producing seed corn cheaper than the farmer can do it himself.
Just suppose the farmer made all his own clothes, his implements, his har-
ness. his Ford car, truck, tractor, made his own gasoline, sawed all his own
lumber, made his own nails, saws, hammers, etc. How much would he farm ?
True you can put up your own seed corn, but does it pay you? Do you have
a good place to keep it? Do you know what corn is best to plant? What
yields best, and why? Can you afford to neglect your pigs, fooling with seed
corn? What does it mean to you to keep your hog houses clean, and keep
your pigs free from worms.
A field of Reid’s Yellow Dent grown from our seed made
a yield of 76 bushels per acre and showed only 17.1% moisture
on November 10th, 1923 — 4% under No. 3 corn.
Seed Corn Tested to be Disease-Free
We have been making germination tests of the seed we plant from which
to raise seed corn for several years. We began in a small way in connection
with the U. S. Department of Agriculture and, as its great value in produc-
ing better corn was at once apparent, we have been doing more each year.
This year we are prepared to offer a limited amount of pedigreed seed
tested for freedom from the Fusarium or Root Rot Disease at $10.00 per
bushel (half bushel at $6.00, sample ears, 50c each) in the ear, crated.
Every ear we send you in this grade will have had several kernels tested
from it and show a germination of 100 per cent.
Our equipment for this work is limited and we can not furnish a very
large quantity of this grade, so get your order in early. We must reserve the
right to book orders only to the extent that we can fill in time for planting.
It takes a week or ten days to test corn in this wrav.
Roseville, 111., October 10, 1924.
E. G. Lewis Seed Co., Media, 111.,
Dear Sirs: The seed purchased from you last spring germinated and
grew exceptionally well. I never had a better stand of corn. I am convinced
the utility type of corn matures on heavy soils the best and after planting
your corn for several years I find each year it is better. Your method of hand-
ling seed corn is all right, because it gives results — what the farmer needs.
Yours truly, Blaixe H. Watsox
P. S. — Keep the good work going.
Hundreds buy their seeds early and have it shipped when they wish.
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A view of part of our Reid’s Yellow Dent test plot. Taken about the first of June
Notice the rows are numbered.
Breeding Method
To develop our highest yielding strains, we plant parts of ears in ear-row test
plots, using ears from various fields and which have been carefully tested on the
germinator. The growth and behavior of each row is watched and records kept.
In the fall, the rows are husked and weighed. Then the next year, the remnants of
the highest yielding rows are planted in a breeding plot. This plot has part of each
row detasseled, from the high-yielding rows of which seed is selected for the small
multiplying blocks in which we raise seed for our growers.
These strains are tested from three to four years before we grow our regular
seed from them. If any undesirable trait shows up, the strain is at once discarded.
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Reid’s Yellow Dent
Our Reid’s Yellow Dent is of medium rough to smooth type of a light
lemon yellow. It is very solid but yet not too solid for stock to eat. It has
a small cob, and ear, will run from 86 to 90 per cent grain. Kernels are
about one-half inch deep. Ears are cylindrical and well filled with kernels
at both ends. They will average 18 to 20 rows, kernels set closely, in rows
which pair, the two rows of a pair filling very closely. Shank is small,
making it easy to husk. Fodder medium, not too coarse, but stands up well.
Matures in 115 days, according to soil, location and season.
This is a very popular corn and is hard to beat. We have many flatter-
ing letters in regard to this corn. We often sell out this variety early.
We guarantee 95 to 100%. Read our guarantee in back
of catalog.
90% of the Seed Corn orders are for Reid’s Yellow Dent.
We also have Ninety Day Yellow, Johnson County White,
Iowa Silvermine, and Gold Mine.
Orders for Seed Corn of 50 bushels or over we pay the
freight.
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Fifty Bushels Right at Your Door
Any little station can use 50 bushels of our seed corn. Just think it
over for one minute. Do you know it will pay you and your neighbor to
send your elevator manager over to buy your seed corn, clover, alfalfa, soy
beans, rape, etc.
It is not any trick at all for you and your neighbors to use
50 to 200 bushels of seed corn, 100 bushels of clover, 100 of soy
beans, 25 of alfalfa and soon you have a car load. We deliver
car load lots at your station.
Monmouth, 111., October 13, 1924.
E. G. Lewis Seed Co., Media, 111.,
Dear Sirs: Was well pleased with the seed corn I got of you last spring.
It grew better than 95%, and I am getting some mighty nice seed from it this
fall. I don’t believe it is quite as large eared as some other corn, but it more
than makes up for that in maturity, quality and weight.
Yours truly, W. I. Sprout.
Winfield, Iowa, October 15, 1924.
E. G. Lewis Seed Co., Media, 111.,
Dear Sirs: Yours of October 8th is at hand and will say the seed corn I
got from you last spring gave me a good stand, also the soy beans, and the
pigs are enjoying themselves in the corn field now. I have a nice lot of seed
corn hung up and got it up before the frost of September 30th. Thank you
for past favors Yours respectfully W. Fred Beardsley.
SEED CORN IS YOUR CHEAPEST SEED
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Shelled and Graded versus Ear Seed
Our shelled and graded seed corn and the ear seed corn
are the same quality. Both are from the same fields, from the
same stock, and are picked and handled in the same way until
the final sorting. At the time of sorting the ear corn is placed
in crates.
The seed which is to be shelled and graded, is carefully sorted and
shelled, after which it is double-graded on one of the latest type Clipper
Corn Graders. This grader is equipped with traveling brushes to keep the
screens from clogging, has a variable air blast to blow out the light kernels
and two powerful fans to remove all the dust and chaff.
Seed run through such a machine twice, is absolutely graded as good
as necessary for planting purposes.
The graded corn comes to you in new bags, and is ready
for your planter. It is well graded and you will have no
trouble in getting an accurate stand of corn.
Wade Pullan, Wyaconda, Mo., purchased 10 bushels of our hung
graded seed corn last year. Thinking he had good corn of his own,
he cancelled half of his order, and used his own seed. Mr. Pullan
says the corn from our seed will yield double the corn planted from
his own seed.
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Hulless Oats
Hulless Oats mark another advancement in agriculture. It has been
proven over and over that oat hulls have no food value, but are injurious to
livestock to a large extent. Hulless Oats are very much to be preferred over
ordinary oats, on account of having the berry free of hulls, which makes a
much more palatable food for both human and livestock food.
Hulless Oats was originated by Prof. Saunders, of the department of
Agriculture, in Saskatchewan, Canada.
YIELDS IN POUNDS PER ACRE
William Bohian, Montana -... — 1,650 pounds
Arthur Hahrodt, N. D ...1,350 pounds
Daniel F. Fiersteine, Iowa 1,000 pounds
Farrend Lewis, Wisconsin 2,285 pounds
L. D. Simons, Iowa 1,750 pounds
Domina Westry, Wisconsin 2,150 pounds
Martin Christianson, Idaho 1,500 pounds
Rhinhard Bubs, S. D 2,000 jDounds
Alex. Molan, Minnesota 2,285 pounds
James Du Boys, Illinois ...1,970 pounds
W. D. Tarroll, Kansas — 1,845 pounds
The above report covers the highest and the lowest yields per
acre reported. We have reports averaging between the two high
and low figures.
Our supply of Hulless Oats is very limited and we limit each order to
ten bushels to one individual farmer.
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Soy Beans
This is a valuable crop for pasture, as a concentrate or for silage. Be-
sides it is very valuable for soil improvement.
Soy Beans are becoming more and more popular each year, until now
nearly every county agent recommends their use with corn for hogging down,
also to plant with corn for silage. For these uses they may be sown by
means of a soy bean attachment in the hill or even sometimes sown broadcast
at the last cultivation, although this is not quite so sure to give results. It
is the opinion of many county agents that they do not injure the corn at all.
Some even claim a benefit.
Also Soy Beans may be sown alone either in rows or broadcast, then pas-
tured, used for hay or threshed. Stock eat the hay well, when allowed to
mature and threshed, or when pastured they take the place of the expensive
protein feeds.
We have only standard varieties and can furnish tested seed of them.
This is important, as their vitality is very easily injured.
Look out for Southern grown beans. They can be bought cheap but
will not mature. Ours are all Northern grown.
Growing Soy Beans in Illinois
By J. C. Hackleman, Associate Professor of Farm Crops Extension
The importance of the soy bean as a valuable, annual, leguminous crop is rap-
idly gaining recognition in Illinois, and the acreage devoted to its culture has in-
creased remarkably during the past decade. Because of this rapidly increasing
acreage, seed has become high in price; which fact has led many farmers to the mis-
taken notion that the soy bean is a crop to be grown chiefly for the production of its
seed. As a matter of fact, however, seed production is to be considered of secondary
importance when the many actual merits of this crop are taken into account.
There are a number of factors which have contributed to the great increases
in the soy bean acreage in Illinois. Among the more important are (1) it is an
annual legume; (2) it fits well into cornbelt rotations; (3) it makes excellent hay;
(4) it is good for pasture; (5) it furnishes a good silage material; (6) it is subject
to few diseases and has few insect pests; (7) it produces seed abundantly; and (8)
it is rich in oil, therefore valuable to commerce.
As an Annual Legume. — Red clover, which has been largely depended upon
in the corn belt as a soil-improving crop, frequently fails, due to one cause or an-
other; and on account of this uncertainty, farmers — especially tenants — have largely
eliminated the growing of clover. Some other legume crops must be found to take
the place of clover. The soy bean is an excellent crop to substitute in the event of
clover failure.
Fits Well Into Rotation. — The soy bean has found great favor with corn belt
farmers because it fits so well into their rotations. The crop may be seeded just
as soon as corn is planted. When grown as a cultivated crop, the first cultivations
alternate with those of corn. Aside from the second, and occasionally a third cul-
tivation, soy beans require no more attention until time to harvest. If the proper
varieties are chosen, the crop will be harvested just preceding wheat-sowing time.
The wheat may then be sown in the soy bean stubble without further preparation.
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Makes Excellent Hay. — Soy bean hay, properly made, is equal if not superior
to the hay from other leguminous crops. Its chemical composition, as well as results
from feeding experiments with milch cows, indicate that soy beans compare favor-
ably in feeding value with alfalfa. This hay, as a source of protein produced on the
farm, can be made to reduce the amount of costly feeds purchased each year.
Good For Pasture. — Soy beans furnish satisfactory pasture for stock of all
kinds. For hogs and sheep it has been found to be especially profitable. Soy bean
pasture gives the best gains when used as a supplement to corn, but it is also valua-
ble when used alone.
Furnishes Good Silage. — Soy beans and corn make a good silage combination.
They may be grown together or mixed at the time of being put into the silo. Sev-
eral experiment stations have conducted feeding trials with this mixture, especially
for dairy cows, and all have found it excellent silage.
Has Few Diseases and Pests. — The crop is unusually free of plant diseases
and has few inect pests. The bacterial leaf wilt, which causes the leaves to die and
drop off prematurely, is the only disease of consequence thus far. The Mexican bean
beetle is reported as doing some damage in Mississippi. Grasshoppers destroy the
beans occasionally but are not, as a rule, a serious menace. Rabbits, especially the
jack rabbit, is the worst pest at the present time.
Heavy Seed Yields. — Yields of seed depend upon the variety, soil, and seasonal
conditions. The better varieties may be expected to average from twelve to eigh-
teen bushels of seed per acre, altho yields as high as forty bushels have been recorded
in Illinois. During the season of 1921, ten varieties on the South Farm at the Uni-
versity of Illinois averaged 31.5 bushels per acre.
Valuable Oil Crop. — As a rule the oil content of soy beans is high, averaging
approximately 17.5 per cent. The demand for this oil has increased remarkably dur-
ing the past few years. The oil has previously come from the Orient, or has been
extracted from seed imported from Manchuria, China, and Japan. The demand for
a fresh, pure, soy bean oil from native beans has become very active, and mills will
be crushing soy beans this season. This will probably remove the fear of an over-
production of soy bean seed.
Manchus
The Manchu leads all varieties as an all purpose bean. It is one of
the highest yielders of seed, grows from three to four feet tall and has an
abundance of foliage. It matures in 100 to 105 days. The seed is of medium
size, yellow in color with a dark brown scar. This variety has gained im-
portance for hogging down, and is one of the most resistant of the non-
shattering varieties.
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The Mongol — Hollybrook — Medium Yellow which is now under the
name Midwest is a trifle later than Manchu, grows a little more foliage, and
a very heavy seed yielder. Preferred by many and claimed superior to
Manchu on account of more rank growth. The seed is smaller than the
Manchu and will seed more acreage.
ITO SAN (MEDIUM EARLY YELLOW) is the most widely-grown
early-maturing bean. The plants are erect, bushy, and of medium height.
This variety requires about 105 to 110 days to mature. The seed is of
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pale yellow with a brown spot just at the base of the hilum. This variety
is well adapted for hogging with early corn, and is a good yielder of seed,
but is too short and coarse for the best hay.
BLACK EYEBROW is a variety of medium height, stout, and rather
erect. It matures in about 105 to 110 days. The seed is medium-large,
slightly flattened, and has a peculiar marking, being rather a brownish black
in color with a brown saddle and a black seed scar. This variety is well
adapted for hogging off and is also fairly good for hay and seed.
AMOUNT OF SEED — time to sow — cultivation. Seed one bushel
to 15 acres when planted in the corn. % to T/4 bushels per acre when
sown alone.
The ground should be broken early in the spring same as for corn crop,
not allowing any weeds to start which you cannot kill with a disc or harrow.
Drill in rows or solid just as soon as the corn is planted. When seeded in
rows the common method of cultivation is with the common six shovel culti-
vator with the two outside shovels removed. When drilled solid the weeder
or rotary hoe is the best tool to kill weeds.
Why You Should Place Your Order Early
If you will just take fifteen minutes and sit down and
think. Figure out how much seed corn and other seeds you
will need in your community. Don’t wait for the other fellow
to start. Do it yourself. You know the saying: “It’s weight
that broke the camel’s back”. Draw an imaginary circle around
your town. Estimate how many acres will be in each crop on
your own farm; then how much on a section; the amount in
one township; the amount in four townships. Estimate how
far a carload of seed will go in supplying the real need.
By ordering early you save money and get the best quality.
It is the working together that makes your farm and your
town increase in value.
Ccanton, 111., October 14, 1924.
E. G. Lewis Seed Co., Media, 111.,
Dear Sirs: In answer to your letter will say that I have some of the fin-
est corn I ever raised, and believe it is beyond frost damage, although the land
it is on is not well drained. The stand is as good as anyone could expect. Am
well satisfied with all seed received from you. I am,
Respectfully yours, J. E. Downs.
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Our Cora Stands Up Better, as Well as Yields Better
DOUBLE GRADED REGULAR STOCK SEED CORN
Lewis’ Reid’s Yellow Dent, shelled and double graded, per bushel ....$4.45
SACK PICKED SEED CORN
Lewis’ Reid’s Yellow Dent, shelled and double graded, per bushel $4.95
Lewis’ Ninety Day Yellow double graded and shelled, per bushel 4.95
Gold Mine, shelled and double graded, per bushel 4^95
Lewis’ Iowa Silvermine. shelled and double graded, per bushel 4.95
Lewis’ Johnson County White, shelled and double graded, per bushel ’ 4*95
Hung seed in ear, crated, 50 cents extra per bushel.
BAGS FREE WITH SEED CORN.
SOY BEANS
Manchu Recleaned @ $2.95 per bushel
Ito San Recleaned ,2.95 per bushel
Black Eyebrow Recleaned @ 2.95 per bushel
Midwest-Hollybrook-Mongol Recleaned @ 2.95 per bushel
Ohio Recleaned ...' @ ^95 per bushel
Morse Recleaned @ ,2.95 per bushel
20 bushels or over ask for prices. Bags 25 cents extra.
CLOVERS
Purity Per Bushel
Medium Red Clover Ouality Brand 99.2% $22.90
Medium Red Clover Purple Brand 97.3% 2L90
Alsike Clover Quality Brand .....99.0% 15.50
Alsike Clover Purple Brand 96.1% 14.90
White Blossom Sweet Clover — Quality Brand 99.1% 9.95
White Blossom Sweet Clover — Purple Brand 95.3% sjlO
Idaho Alfalfa 99.2% 15.30
Alfalfa-Kansas — Nebraska Quality Brand 99.5% 14.90
Alfalfa-Kansas — Nebraska Purple Brand 99.0% 13.90
Dakota No. 12 99.0% 16.90
Alfalfa — Genuine Grim 99.5% 29.50
Alfalfa — Genuine Cossack 99.0% 29.50
Hardy N. W. Alfalfa 99.0% 14.90
TIMOTHY AND RED TOP
Timothy — Quality Brand 99.5% 3.90
Timothy — Purple Brand 98.5% 3.75
Bemis A Bags Extra at 50 cents each, except Seed Corn
a Per Pound
Red Top Quality Brand 94.0% .25
Red Top — Purple Brand 92.3% .20
Blue Grass — Quality Brand 98.8% .48
Blue Grass — Purple Brand 94.3% .40
Rape — Holland Dwarf Essex 99.0% .11
Sudan Grass 99.1% .10
Millet — German Millet Ask for Prices
Buckwheat — Japanese Buckwheat Ask for Prices
Marquist Spring Wheat Ask for Prices
Dalea Clover 99.5% .30
Hubam Clover .40
White Rice Pop Corn for popping $0.10 per Lb.
White Rice Pop Corn for seed $0.25 per Lb.
E. G. LEWIS SEED CO., Media, Illinois
PRICE LIST AND ORDER SHEET
Threshing Soy Beans On One of Our Farms
The above field of 56 acres yielded 1,456 bushels of excellent soy beans. Besides
26 bushels of beans per acre, the straw made great cow feed. Just figure a little
compared with oats. A fair way to count your bean crop is three or four times the
priceo f corn, because soy beans are so high in protein. One bushel of soys are equal
to four to six bushels of oats as feed. Soy beans and corn make a balanced ration
for hogs. The above field made a yield far beyond an oats croy to say nothing of the
condition of the field for Wheat and other corps to follow.
Soy Beans are equal to Oil Feal as a feed.
Soy Beans may be seeded alone as a crop using one bushel of beans per acre.
Planted in the corn at the rate of one bushel to 15 acres.
Seeded broadcast, and cut for hay crop which makes a feed in a class with al-
falfa.
Many men are planning 40 acres this year in preference to oats. For a seed
crop soys may be planted up to June 1st.
There is a growing demand for Soy Beans for commercial use each year. Oil
Mills are increasing ecah yera. The oil is used in various ways and the crushed
beans are used for feed and replacing Linseed Meal.
Read Growing Soy Beans in Illinois by J. C. Hackleman, Bulltin No. 255.
The choice varieties while they last at $2.95
per bushel.
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Enough of our seed corn in the abovje truck grown from disease free seed
to raise 28>000 bushels of high quality corn.
Regular Stock Graded $4.45 per bushel.
Hung Seed Graded $4.95 per bushel.
Enough to plant 80 acres cost only $44.50 and Hung seed only $49.50
80 Acres of Reid’s Yellow Dent June 22nd.
E. G. Lewis Seed Co. Media, 111.
PRICE LIST AND ORDER SHEET
E. G. Lewis Seed Co.
MEDIA, ILLINOIS
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REGULAR STOCK SEED CORN
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SACK PICKED HUNG SEED CORN
Lewis’ Reid’s Yellow Dent, shelled and double graded @
Lewis’ Johnson County White, shelled and double graded @
Lewis’ Iowa Silvermine, shelled and double graded @
Lewis’ Ninety Day Yellow, shelled and double graded @
Gold Mine, shelled and double graded @
Bags free with Seed Corn.
In ear, crated, 50 cents extra per bushel @
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Burlap Bags for Soy Beans, 25 cents each.
Bemis A. Bags, 50 cents each.
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Milk Cows in Sweet Clover
White Blossom Sweet Clover
Perhaps no clover has gained so fast in prominence as White Blossom
Sweet Clover. Three or four years ago the large seed dealers did not even
quote Sweet Clover at all. These same firms told us that last spring the
call for Sweet Clover was equal to Red Clover and rapidly replacing Red
Clover.
There are sections in Illinois and Iowa in the corn belt where White
Blossom Sweet Clover has entirely replaced Red Clover as a fertilizer and
pasture.
Sweet Clover is the cheapest of all Clovers and the fellow who grows
Sweet Clover will enrich his land faster and for less money than any other
method. Seed one bushel to 4 to 6 acres.
A postal card to United States Dept, of Agriculture, Washington,
D. C., will bring you bulletins on Sweet Clover, # 169; 836; 820 and
797.
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Mr. Wood of Iowa and his Dalea Clover
There will be a new Bulletin on Dalea issued by the Iowa State Col-
lege this year, so Prof. Hughes informs us, and from the data he is get-
ting concerning it this year, it should be a good one.
In examining Dalea fields near here, Prof. Hughes found one on thin
clay hill side where the oats sown with the Dalea had only made a growth
eight inches in height and the binder was unable to harvest it, The Dalea
had made a growth of from 2^4 to 3 feet and a test showed a green crop of
over 12 tons per acre with the roots thickly covered with nodules.
On another field he found Dalea sown on July 9th, alone, that had made
a growth of 42 inches with a good stand and the seed well formed and will
doubtless mature. This last field had been sown where corn had been planted
and had been drowned out by excessive rains.
He also told us that in other parts of the State he had found Dalea
sown in the corn at last planting and where the corn had made a heavy
growth, the Dalea had also made a fine growth, showing roots well covered
with nodules.
This new legume has had a tryout from Canada to Florida and has
shown a fine growth of from 2 to 3*4 feet on light clay, sandy and acid
soils, making an especially good showing on soils requiring from 1 to 4 tons
of lime per acre.
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As a nitrogen plant we believe it to have no equal. When inoculated
the roots are thickly covered with nodules and the green crop is known to
have made approximately 14 tons per acre.
While it is not recommended as a forage plant, the green Dalea tests
about 22% protein, which is far ahead of the other clovers.
The Iowa Experiment Station at Ames, has been doing some extensive
work with Dalea the past two years, having sent out many bushels of seed
in small lots and they have some very fine reports of its progress and we
feel free to refer you to them for any information that you may desire.
Prof. H. D. Hughes, of the Farm Crops Division, has been largelv in
charge of this work.
The Station at Ames has an orchard plot of about 20 acres on which
they sowred Dalea for a late cover crop on July 20th, and on September 12th,
last, they had a heavy growth of Dalea from 18 to 20 inches high.
The Dalea seed crop in this section was much injured by floods in the
early part of the season and the amount of seed available will be very
limited.
Dalea has been well scattered over the country the past season and a
quantity of seed was sold in small lots in your State. It will be much bet-
ter advertised during the coming months and we believe you will have calls
for the seed and will be pleased to have you catalog it.
CULTURAL DIRECTIONS: Sow about 15 lbs. per acre of Scar-
field seed with nurse crop of small grain from April to June and sow alone
anytime during June. In sowing with the grain, use an early variety of
small grain or it can be sown in winter wheat after wheat has a good start
or with late Spring grains after the grain is a few inches high.
We limit each individual to 10 bushels of Delea Clover.
Toulon, 111., October 12, 1924.
E. G. Lewis Seed Co., Media, 111.,
Dear Sirs: I received your letter of the 10th. Was glad that you wrote.
Last spring I received eleven and a half bushels Goldmine Seed Corn from
you, 7y2 bushels for myself and 4 bushels for my neighbor. I planted all of
the corn I received from you. My neighbor planted his 4 bushels and bought
seed at home for the rest of his. He said he wished he had sent to you for
all of it. When he got it in the spring he had planted some of his own seed,
and it was coming fine, so he put the same amount of your seed in sawdust,
as he did the first, and it came so good that it pushed the sawdust and all up
with it, it was so strong. Hjs own came good; yours came sawdust and all
98%. I believe every grain came for me. You can pick seed corn out of any
field I have. Am well pleased with it. I received a bushel of alfalfa seed
March, 1923, and sowed it with oats and got 4 acres of good alfalfa. One of
my neighbors was at my place and said he wished he had some of the corn
too. I will close. H. F. White.
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Alfalfa Pays Anywhere
At this writing the best alfalfa hay is quoted on the Kansas City mar-
ket at $31.00 per ton. It’s a poor field that does not yield three tons per
acre per season. We hope our customers will realize the important value
of alfalfa on every farm. Seed one bushel to four acres.
Alfalfa Helps Cut Down the Cost of Pork Production.
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Breeders axd Growers of Pure Seed Corn
Red Clover
All the Red Clover we offer is home grown. There is a large amount of
foreign seed coming into this country, but we do not care to handle it, as
we have enough foul weeds, without getting more on our farms.
Some are predicting $25.00 Red Clover. We are not prepared to pass
judgment but will handle home grown seed at the lowest price possible.
Seed one bushel to 6 to 8 acres.
Alsike Clover
This plant is nearly as valuable as the medium for ordinary soils and
is far superior on sour and wet soils. Of course it will not grow in water, but
it will do better on wet, sour land than any other legume. It is a perennial
and is therefore a much more permanent meadow and pasture plant than
Medium Red Clover. It may be used alone but probably is best used with
timothy either for pasture or for meadow. Stock like it as it is a little finer
than Medium Red, growing from one to two feet high. It winters remark-
ably well.
Alsike Clover is the cheapest of all clovers this year, except W. B.
Sweet Clover, but does not have the fertilizing qualities of the Sweet Clover.
It is the most sure of all clovers to get a stand. Alsike is excellent to use in
a pasture mixture of Sweet Clover and Alsike or Sweet Clover, Alsike, Red
Clover or Sweet Clover, Alsike, Red Clover, Timothy, or Sweet Clover, Al-
sike, Red Clover, Timothy and some Alfalfa.
To seed Alsike alone, one bushel will sow six to ten acres.
Lawn Grass
Thousands of pounds of lawn grass are used each year to seed lawns.
Some use the blue grass alone, but our experience has taught us that it is
best to use blue grass, red top, white clover, alsike, and a sprinkling of the
very best timothy. Lawn sets quicker by using the best grade of the above
properly mixed.
We mix our own lawn grass and are very careful to avoid foul weeds.
There are many fine lawns throughout the country where our lawn grass has
been used. Seed on a lawn 60x60 feet from 5 to 8 pounds or 3 to 5 bushels
per acre.
THE BEST IS THE CHEAPEST
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Kentucky Blue Grass
This is tlie best natural pasture grass known. It makes a thick, luxur-
iant growth that is good from early spring to late fall.
Holland Dwarf Essex Rape
Rape furnishes a very large amount of feed per acre. It can be sown alone;
with oats and pastured after the oats are taken off or sown in corn at the
last cultivation. If planted early in April, it is ready to pasture by the first
of June.
Dwarf Essex variety is biennial and does not blossom the first year and
winter kills in our climate, so there is no danger of its becoming a weed.
The seed should be sown on well prepared ground, using 20 to 40 pounds
of seed per acre.
We used only the best seed, purity around 99.5 per cent and germina-
tion about 95 to 97 per cent.
Timothy
This is a perennial; height, four to five feet. Too well known to need
description. We handle the best home grown seed that we can get. Sow
about 10 to 15 pounds per acre.
Sudan Grass
Sudan Grass is a new fodder or hay plant which promises to fill a con-
siderable place for such purposes. It is an annual plant somewhat similar
to cane or kaffir, but more slender and finer stemmed ; easier to cure ; harder,
quicker to mature and yields more hay.
It is said to grow well on even thin soil and does pretty well even in
a dry season. An acre will feed two horses and a cow or the equivalent.
It stools very much and may have a hundred stems from a single seed.
It keeps sprouting up and can be cut once a month. The hay stays green,
even after the seed ripens.
Every farmer who has grown Sudan Grass claims it out-yields all
emergency grass crops.
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Our Guarantee
We guarantee our Seed Corn to be free as possible from for- i
eign pollen. Seed might get mixed to a certain extent by wind or j
birds carrying pollen. We furnish you the seed just as this cata- I
log tells you. Test it any way you please for 15 days and if it }
does not suit you in every way, return it at once and we will re- j
fund your money. We cannot, and will not, guarantee seed longer j
than 15 days. Wifi in no way be responsible for crop failures, de- ?
struction from insects, etc. We have no power to rule the weather, j
or cannot plant, prepare and care for your corn, so after you have 1
had the seed in your hands fifteen days our responsibility ceases \
so far as we are concerned. You can read how others are pleased, ]
and if you want more recommendations we can give them.
j With samples of our high class double graded
Seed Corn, L. H. Lieurance, Roseville, Illinois,
j sold 66 bushels the first year; 150 bushels the sec-
ond year, and a car load the third year. Mr. Lieu-
I ranee says our system is a real service to the far-
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ON 80 ACRES. 15 BUSHELS PER ACRE MEANS
$1,200 CLEAR PROFIT
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| $1,200 helps you keep up the church you attend.
$1,200 helps put improvements in your home.
$1,200 helps to pay off your mortgage. !
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WE WANT TO HELP OUR CUSTOMERS !
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WE CAN USE THE CASH WITH YOUR ORDER,
but if you are just a little short of money, send your order
and pay for seed when you get it. j
E. G. LEWIS SEED CO., j
Media, Illinois, j
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