Keystone komments. Vol. 17, No. 5, March 19, 1940 / Corneli Seed Company.

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Vol. 17, No. 5

i PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF BETTER SEEDS

CORNELI SEED COMPANY, 101 CHOUTEAU AVE., ST. LOUIS, MO.

March 19, 1940

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FREE RADIOS

For Selling

ADAPTED KEYSTONE

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Write For Our Special Premium

Offer

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We still have stocks of

MISSOURI 8 KEYSTONE 38

MISSOURI 47 KEYSTONE 40

ILLINOIS 900 U. S. . . . 13

IOWA 13

(Retail Prices Listed Inside)

NOTE: We have made your discount liberal enough for the 1940 season
to enable you to appoint your own “farmer agents” to sell
KEYSTONE HYBRIDS for you. You can now afford to pay these
agents as much commission to sell for you as they get for
selling other Hybrids in competition with you.

SALES HELPS — Descriptive circulars imprinted with your name.

Retail order books.

Embossed store sign.

Agronomist services.

SELL-- i'gjf

KEYSTONE HYBRID CORN IN 1940
AND WIN A VALUABLE RADIO

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WHOLESALE FIELD SEED PRICE LIST

CORN ELI SEED COMPANY

SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI

Main Plant, General Office:

101 CHOUTEAU AVE.

(SCHISLER CORNELI SEED CO.
Consolidating <D. I. BUSHNELL & CO.

(PLANT SEED CO.

ORIGINATORS, GROWERS, CLEANERS REFINERS,
—IMPORTERS AND EXPORTERS—

FIELD SEEDS GARDEN SEEDS
LAWN SEEDS FLOWER SEEDS

TELEPHONE:

CHestnut 7790

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KEYSTONE

/SELECTED!
CLEANED

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SEEDS

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WHOLESALE ONLY

VOL. 17

We quote to Dealers only, F. O. B. St. Louis, subject to market
changes, bags charged extra and not returnable. Terms: Cash;
no discount, subject to demand draft. We make an extra charge
of 15< per package on orders for 60 lbs. or less when priced for full
bags. Parcel Post orders 25f extra plus postage.

We give no warranty, express or implied, as to description, quality,
productiveness, or any other matter of any seeds we sell and wUl
not be responsible for the crop.

BAGS ARE NOT RETURNABLE

RED CLOVER

INOCULATE WITH ftHJ-WIJ B

Seamless Sacks Extra
KEYSTONE Mo. or Ill. Grown
KEYSTONE Idaho Grown.

Horse Shoe .

Choice . .

Mammoth (Sapling) Keystone.

ALSIKE

INOCULATE WITH [Mffl B
Seamless Sacks Extra

KEYSTONE . .

Horse Shoe .

5 to 10 1 to 4

Sacks Sacks

per 100 lbs.
$17.00 $17.50

19.00

15.50

14.00

18.00

19.50
16.00

14.50

18.50

per 100 lbs.

$22.50

21.50

$23.00

21.75

SWEET GLOVER

INOCULATE WITH [.'IH.fMII] A
Seamless Sacks Extra
KEYSTONE, White Blossom. . .
Horse Shoe, White Blossom. . .

Choice, White Blossom .

KEYSTONE, Yellow Blossom...
Horae Shoe, Yellow Blossom... .
Unhulled, White Blossom .

ALFALFA

INOCULATE WITH EniiMfl A
U. S. Verified Origin
Seamless Sacks Extra
We carry only the best or KEY¬
STONE of the following origins.

Kansas non-irrigated .

Oklahoma- Kansas .

Oklahoma .

Dakota 12 (N. Dakota Grown)..
Utah (The Bee Hive State). . . .
In sealed, 1 Bushel Bags.

Northwestern Hardy .

Horse Shoe (Common) .

Choice . .

Grimm, Oklahoma, Affidavit. .
Grimm, Kansas, Affidavit .

per 100 lbs.

$6.50 $6.75

5.75 6.00

5.25 5.50

6.50 6.75

4^50 4*75

per 100 lbs.

$23.00

20.50

18.50
28.00
24.75

24.50
16.00
14.00

20.50

25.50

$23.50

21.00

19.00

28.50
25.25

25.00

16.50

14.50
21.00
26.00

ALFALFA per 100 lbs*

APPROVED OKLAHOMA. 19.00 19.50

Specially selected and eligible
for all payments paid by A. A. A.
in north central region.

LESPEDEZA

INOCULATE WITH 1>III.UIU3 L

Korean, KEYSTONE .

Korean-Hulled Seed (Goes

H farther) .

Korean Horseshoe .

Choice . . .

Leaped eza Sericea .

CR0TALAR1A SPECTABIL1S. .
TIMOTHY

Seamless Sacks Extra

KEYSTONE .

Horse Shoe .

Choice .

Timothy & Alsike Mixed .

RED TOP

Seamless Sacks Extra
KEYSTONE, Solid, Silver Seed

Horse Shoe . . • • •

Choice .

Super, 97% pure .

ONION SETS

Price* tor Immediate Shipment only

Red .

Yellow .

White .

COW PEAS

INOCULATE WITH pIllMfl E
High Germination

Mixed .

New Eras .

Whip Mixed .

Brabhams .

Whips .

SOY BEANS

INOCULATE WITH PXTQ3EI S
Burlap Bags Included

Virginia . .

Wilson .

Manchu .

Illini .

Ebony .

Laredo .

Mixed Beans .

per 100 lbs.

$ 6.25 $ 6.50

7.00

5.50

4.50
12.50

7.25

5.75

4.75
13.00

11.00 11.25

per 100 lbs.

$6.00 $6.15

5.60 5.75

5.15 5.30

8.50 8.75

per 100 lbs.

$11.00 $11.25
10.50 10.75

9.75 10.00

12.00 12.25

Per 1 bu. bag
f.o.b. St. Louis

$1.75

1.75

1.95

per bushel

$1.25

1.50

1.45

1.50

1.75

$1.35

1.60

1.55

1.60

1.85

per bushel

$1.35 $1.45

1.35 1.45

1.50 1.60

1.50 1.60

1.75

1.25

1.85

1.35

BLUE GRASS

New Crop

KEYSTONE, Kentucky .

P. 85% G. 80% 21 # per bu.

Horse Shoe, Kentucky .

P. 80% G. 80% 19# per bu.

Super, 24 # per bu .

Super, 28# per bu .

Canadian Blue Grass .

LAWN AND FANCY

Burlap Bags Included
KEYSTONE CITY LAWN...

Horseshoe Lawn Grass .

Mound City Lawn Grass. . . .

Shady Lawn Mixture .

Special Bent Mixture .

Contains bent grass.

Seaside (Coos County) Bent.. .

Astoria Bent .

Poa Trivialis (Shade) .

American Rye Grass .

Chewing Fescue .

Bermuda, Extra Fancy .

Bermuda, Hulled .

5 Sacks 1 to 4

6 Over Sacks

per 100 lbs.
$19.50 $20.00

18.75 19.25

22.00 22.50

24.00 24.50

GRASSES

per 100 lbs.
$19.00 $19.50

17.00

15.00

27.00

35.00

56.00

53.00

38.00

6.25

53.00

22.50

35.00

17.50

15.50

27.50

35.50

58.00

55.00

40.00

6.50

55.00

23.00

35.50

WHITE DUTCH CLOVER

Seamless Sacks Extra per 100 lbs.

Full 25 to
Sacks 100 lbs.

KEYSTONE . 63.00 65.00

Horse Shoe . 60.00 62.00

Choice . 57.00 59.00

Kentish Wild White Clover. . 100.00 105.00

RAPE

Burlap Bags Included
KEYSTONE Dwarf Essex..,

5 to 10
Sacks

1 to 0
Sacks

per 100 lbs.
$7.50 $7.75

per 100 lbs.

SEED GRAIN

Kafir Corn . .

Milo Maize .

Buckwheat . $2.25 $2.50

FIELD GRASSES

Burlap Bags Included

per 100 lbs.

Orchard Grass .

.. $17.00

$17.50

Meadow Fescue .

. . 14.00

14.50

Johnson Grass .

Pasture Mixture .

12.25

Reed Canary Grass .

. . 18.50

19.00

Brome Grass .

. . 14.50

15.00

Crested Wheat Grass .

. . 16.00

16.50

Tall Meadow Oat Grass. . . .

. . 18.00

18.50

MILLET

6 to 10
Bags

1 to 4

Bags

Seamless Sacks Extra

per 100 lbs.

Tenn. Cultivated . $3.00 $3.10

GERMAN Keystone . 2.50 2.65

German Horseshoe . 2.25 2.40

Hog Millet . 2.25 2.35

Early Fortune . 1.85 1.95

SUDAN per 100 lbs.

Burlap Bags Included

KEYSTONE . $3.50 $3.75

Horse Shoe . 3.25 3.50

CANE & FORAGE SEEDS

5 to 10 1 to 4

Sacks Sacks

per 100 lbs.

(For Fodder Purposes Only)
Burlap Bags Included

Orange .

. $2.75

$2.85

Black Amber .

. 2.75

2.85

Mixed .

. 2.50

2.60

Atlas Sorgo .

. 2.75

2.85

Hegari .

. 2.50

2.60

Grohoma .

. 2.75

2.85

ONE CAN INOCULATES

ALL CLOVERS,
ALFALFA,
SOY BEANS

SMALL SIZE— H bu. clovers,

alfalfa or I bu. soy beans .

MEDIUM SIZE — I bu. clovers,

alfalfa, or 2 bu. soy beans .

LARGE SIZE — 1V2 bu. clovers,
alfalfa, or 5 bu. soy beans .

DEALER
$ .18

.30

.55

RETAIL
$ .30
.50
.90

KALO INOCULATION

Single Cultures — Formerly "Humogerm

Clovers
Alfalfa

DEALER RETAIL
$ .30
.50
.90

l^bu.

I bu.
1V2 bu.

$ .18
.30
•53

IO bu. soy beans only
25 bu. soy beans only
IOO lb. (\2/a bu.) peas, vetch only
1500 lb. (25 bu.) peas, vetch only

Soy beans, Lespedeza,
Cow peas. Peas, Vetch
DEALER RETAIL
$ .18 $ .30

.30 .50

.55 .90

1.00 1.50

1.75 2.75

.27 .45

1.75 2.75

1 bu

2 bu
5 bu

5 TO 10 -SACK PRICES APPLY ON STRAIGHT
OR ASSORTED ORDERS OF 5 SACK S OR MORE

March 19, 1940

LIST No. 5

SEED CORN

High Quality double machine cleaned, butts
and tips removed.

Packed 2}^ bushels to the n or more 1 to 10

bag. Bags included. Sacks Sacks

Reid’s Yellow Dent..

Gold Mine .

Learning .

White Dent .

Silver Mine .

Boone Co. White _

St. Charles Red Cob.

per bushel

HAND SELECTED
Hand Butted and Tipped.

90 Day Yellow .

Reid’s Yellow Dent .

Learning Yellow .

Gold Mine .

Midland Yellow Dent .

Krug .

Silver Mine .

Boone Co. White .

White Dent .

Red Cob .

Hickory King .

OATS

Columbia . .

$1.10

$1.15

1.10

1.15

1.10

1.15

1.20

1.25

1.20

1.25

1.20

1.25

1.20

1.25

2.00

2.10

1.75

1.85

1.75

1.85

1.75

1.85

2.00

2.10

2.00

2.10

1.85

1.95

1.85

1.95

1.85

1.95

1.85

1.95

2.00

2.10

per bushel

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When ordering. Always state name of seed.

ALFALFA, all Clovers

Size Dealer Retail
Vi bu. ea. $ .19 $ .30
1 bu. ea. .32 .50

2 Vi bu. ea. .65 1.00

PEAS(A! Varieties)
VETCHES (A I Varieties)

Vi bu. ea. $ .16 $ .25
1 bu. ea. .26 .40

1% bu. ea. .39 .60

5 bu. ea. 1.10 1.70
1214 bu. ea. 2.60 4.00

BEANS

String, Wax, Kidney

Vi bu. ea. $ .16 $ ,25
1 bu. ea. 26 .40

5 bu. ea. 1.10 1.70

LESPEDEZA

Size Dealer Retail

1 bu. ea. $ .19 $ .30

2 bu. ea. .32 .50

5 bu. ea. .65 1.00

SOYBEANS. LIMA
BEANS, COW PEAS.
PEANUTS

1 bu. ea. $ .19 $ ,30

2 bu. ea. .32 .50

5 bu. ea. .65 1.00

10 bu. ea. ,90

25 bu. ea. 1.90

1.40
2.90

GARDEN SIZE

Garden Peas & Beans
Sweet Peas & Lupines
Dir 80c ctn — -Rtl 10c ea.
Packed 12 to Disp, Ctn.
i/2 bu. to 2 bu. sixes packed 12 to carton
214 bu. to 15. bu, sizes packed 6 to carton

KEYSTONE
HYBRID CORN

in sealed Bushel Bags — Semesan Jr.

included

Thoroughly Graded

RETAIL PRICES

Fiat

Edgedrop

Small

Round

Large

Round

Per Bu.

Per Bu.

Per Bu.

Keystone 38 .

$7.00

$6.00

$5.00

Keystone 40 .

7.50

6.50

5.50

U. S. 13 .

7.00

6.00

5.00

Missouri 8 .

6.50

5.50

4.50

Missouri 47 .

6.50

5.50

4.50

Iowa 13 .

5.00

4.00

3.00

Illinois 960 .

6.00

5.00

4.00

FREIGHT PAID

DEALER DISCOUNT

$ J 50 Per Bu

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5 Sacks 1 to 4
St Over Sack*
per 100 lbs.

$5.00
_ 50

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9.00*1

18.00.,. 1<
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6.5#./v>.75

£2.00 13.qr

BIRD SEED,

(For Feeding P

Canary
Hemp

Bird Millet..

Bird Rape . . .

Bird Thistle.

Bird Lettuce
Bird Pepper
Mixed Bird See
Poppy or Maw
Cuttle Bone (4 to 6-inch)

(Per Case 25 lbs., $9.00) per
Cuttle Bone (2J^ to 3)^-inch)

(Per Case 25 lbs., $5.00) per lb.. . .

Charcoal (for Poultry) . 2.25

(Fine or coarse, Per Sack of
50 lbs., $1.25)

Flax . 5.50

Canada Field Peas .

POP CORN AND PEANUTS

All Pop Corn quoted tor popping purposes only
If needed for seed, ask for prices.

Pop Corn, Jap, Hull-less, White
Pop Corn, Jap. Hull-less, Yellow
Pop Com, So. American

Dynamite .

Peanuts, Jumbo . 10.00

FERTILIZER Dealer Retail

New style attractive bags each

6.00

$4.25

4.25

3.75

$4.50

4.50

4.00

10.50

Vigoro — 100 lb. sack .

$2.75

$4.00

Vigoro — 50 lb. sack .

1.70

2.50

Vigoro — 25 lb. sack. .

1.00

1.50

Vigoro — 10 lb. (6 to case) (per case)

3.36

.85

Vigoro— 51b.(14tocase)(percase)

4.06

.45

Vigoro — llb.(32tocase)(percase)

1.92

.10

Vigoro Tablets, (60 boxes to case)

(Per Case) .

3.30

.10

Note: Vigoro prices are delivered your station on
orders totalling 300 pounds or more, rail only.
No allowance on truck shipments or call orders.
DAVCO GRANULATED
Dustless Fertilizer
20% Superphosphate (80 lbs.)

2- 12-2 For Grain (80 lbs.) .

4-12-4 Lawns, Gardens (80 lbs.)

3- 8-6 Potatoes Truck (80 lbs.)j.

Nitrate of Soda (100 lbs.) .

Sulphate of Ammonia

(100 lbs.) Arcadian .

Sheep or Cattle Manure

(100 lbs.) .

50 lb... 70c; 25 lb... 40c; 10 lb
Bone Meal, Steamed (100 lbs.)

50 lb...$1.80; 25 lb..$1.10; 10 lb.

Milorganite — 100 lb. bags .

50 lb.... $1.10; 25 lb . 70c.

Tobacco Dust (100 lb. Bags.)

CLIPPER FAN MILLS

No. 1-B with 12 screens .

No. 2-B with 12 screens .

Ask for descriptive literature.

per

per

bag

ton

1.20

28.50

1.30

30.20

1.60

35.80

1.40

32.40

2.55

49.00

2.50

48.00

1.35

26.00

.. .25c

2.80

50.00

55c; 5

lb...30c

2.00

38.00

3.00

55.00

$35.00

40.00

25 or
More
$2.15
1.40
.90
.55

per bale

5 or
More
$2.25
1.50
.95
.60
3.75

PEAT MOSS

HORTICULTURAL
Bales (155 lbs.) (Michigan)..

Bags (100 lbs.) (Michigan)...

Bags (50 lbs.) (Michigan).. . .

Bags (25 lbs.) (Michigan).. . .

Bales (20 bu.) (Canada)....

POULTRY LITTER

Bales (20 bu.) (Sweden) . $3.75

Bales (20 bu.) (Holland) . 3.75

SUNFLOWER per 100 lbs.

Recleaneu (for Seed) . $5.50 $5.75

Poultry Grade . 5.00 5.25

Large Seed for Parrots . 6.00 6.25

1 to 4

$2.35

1.60

1.00

.65

3.85

$3.85

3.85

BUSINESS REPLY CARD

FIRST CLASS PERMIT No. 1 41 Sec. 51 0. P. L. & R., ST. LOUIS. MO.

CORNELI SEED COMPANY

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