Title: 32nd annual catalogue
Identifier: CAT31285652 (find matches)
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Iowa Seed Co. (Des Moines, Iowa); Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nursery stock Iowa Des Moines Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs
Publisher: Des Moines, Iowa : Iowa Seed Co.
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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Iowa Seed Company, Des Moines, Iowa. Exten<uvelv grown in all parts of the country for feeding stock. Sow in April or May in drills three fe„, apart and thin to ten inches in the row. If your soil is deep and mellow, try the long varieties; if shallo..' the round kinds will do better. No crop pays the farmer or stock raiser better than mangels;. 1,000 bushels to the acre is an ordinary yield, while, with good culture, '/.339 bushels have been grown to this amount or ground. It. costs, counting labor, use of ground and everything, less than $50 to raise an acre of mangels and gather an _i store them. This, for an ordinary yield, is a cost of only five cents per bushel. They make the cheapest o. foods for all kinds of live stock—horses, cattle, sheep, pigs, chickens, etc. Easily grown, and they help to kee.^ stock in good condition and free from disease. Dairymen claim that a bushel of mangels and a bushel or cor^ are worth more than two bushels of corn. Full directions for culture and storing mangels, will be sent on appli- cation. Use live pounds of seed to an acre. j,'
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*^IAMM0TH GOLDEN GIANT—An improvement on the long yellow mangel, being of considerably greater size, more than half above ground and of a more gravish or rather russet yellow color. Eemarkably even in shape, rather elongated, of vigorous growth; it has a fine neck and a very smooth skin. Flesh white, firm and sweet, much liked by cattle. In short a magnificent root, easily lifted from the ground, producing enormous crops. Excellent keeper: yields 40 to 60 tons per acre. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, % lb. 20c, lb. 50c. By express, 5 lbs. $1.50. ^CHAMPION YELLOW GLOBE.—Finest type of Yellow Globe in cul- tivation. Roots immense size, fine shape, small tap root, neat top. Flesh being very firm and fine-grained, renders it an excellent keeping variety. Well adapted to shallow soils. Per pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, M lb. 20c, lb. 45c. By express, not prepaid. 5 lbs. $1.50. ^JBED GLOBE—Like the above except color. Per pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, H lb. 20c, lb. 50c. By express, 5 lbs. $1.50. z^GOLDEN TANKARD —Best for dairy farming. Considered indispe: sible among English dairvfarmers; it is stated by them they are able to obtain a higher price for milk when feeding cows on Golden Tankard. Sheep thrive on it. Other mangels cut white, circled with yellow, but Gol- den Tankard is of a rich, deep yellow throughout. Early, hardy and a heavy cropper, for on account of its shape the roots can be left standing^ close in rows. Per pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, U lb. 20c, lb. 45c. By express, not pre- paid, 5 lbs. $1.50. ^4 BXEIN-WANZLEBEN —Also called Diamond Sugar Beet. This va- riety is cultivated on a larger scale for the beet sugar factories than any other as it vields frequently 15 to 20 per cent of sugar. Root is of shape shown in our illustration, straight, tapering evenly and somewhat screw shape Our seed is grown in Germany from beets which were tested as to per cent of sugar before setting out. The heavy per cent of sugar makes it also of great value for feeding. Per pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, lb, 20c, lb. 50c. By express, 5 lbs. $l-50. We will pay $10.00 cash for the heaviest Mangel or Su- gar Beet grown from our seed this year. Report to be sent in bv October loth. DIGNITY LONG BED.—An improvement on the Mpmmoth Long Red by careful selection for a number of vears. It stands head and shoulders above all other varieties of mangels; unequaled for Yielding and feeding qualities. Grows to a very large size, weighing from 20 to 50 lbs. and will yield 50 tons per acre with ordinarily good cultivation. Thousands of western farmers have grown our Dignity mangel and call it the most profitable farm crop they ever tried. If you want large crops of large mangels of good quality, don't fail to try Dignity. It is very uniform, smooth and of good shape. Should be grown on deep, loose soil. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, M lb. 20c, lb. 50c. By express, not prepaid, 5 lbs, $1.50. N GIANT HALF SUGAR MANGEL—This new hybrid between the Mammoth Red Mangel and Sugar Beet is of superior merit. See novelty Klist. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, H lh. 20c, lb. 60c. By express 5 lbs. $2.00. n- V BANISH SUGAR BEET—An improved strain of of the White French Red Tor sucar beet which is wonderfully fine for feeding to milch cows and will add greatly to the milk production as well as to its richness. It will vield as much or more than any variety of mangels, and we consider it superior to anv variety of sugar beet or mangel for feeding. Pkt. 5c, oz. loc, H lh. 20c, lb. 60c; by express, 5lbs. $2.25, \l LANE'S IMPERIAL SUGAR BEET.—An improvement on the White French Sugar Beet. Recommended as hardier, more productive, yield- in<* 35 to 40 tons per acre. It is much larger than the above varieties and will yield more but is not as sweet, containing only abovit 8 per cent of su- gar Greatly liked for stock feeding, and preferred by some to mangels Pkt. 5c. oz. loc. H lb. 15c, lb. 40c; by express, 5 lbs. $1.25. A Dry Weather Crop.—In spite of the drouth I grew a Dignity Mangel this vear which weighed 35 lbs., and they are the finest I ever raised.—J/rs. A. Hickman, Mecca, Mo. L C Johnson says that he grew only half an acre of mangels last vea" and after selling $20.00 worth to ? neighboring dairyman he had sufficient left to feed four cows all winter. It was too drv here this year to grow big beets but one of mine weighed 19J4 lbs., and sevfiD of toe.ro ^-eishprl \m lbs.— W. H. Lee, Shickly, Aeb.

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