Identifier: lillyscompletean1917chas (find matches)
Title: Lilly's complete annual catalog : seeds fertilizers stock foods bee supplies spray materiels poultry supplies
Year: 1917 (1910s)
Authors: Chas. H. Lilly Co Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Commercial catalogs Seeds Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs Seeds Catalogs Flowers Catalogs Vegetables Catalogs Agricultural implements Catalogs Poultry Equipment and supplies Catalogs
Publisher: Seattle, Wash. : Chas. H. Lilly 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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feeding purposes.These objections are entirelyovercome in White HullessBarley, for it is entirely beard-less, as shown in accompany- WISCONSINPEDIGREEBARLEY Best Bearded Barley This barley was introducedby the Wisconsin AgriculturalExperiment Station, the or-iginators of the well knownOderbrucker Barley, to whichthey claim that this is muchsuperior. It has very nearlyreplaced all other varieties ofbearded barley in Wisconsin,the greatest barley growing statein the Union. The heads are exceedinglylong and are uniformly wellfilled; the straw is strong; thegrain is large, plump and heavy,and the experiment stationclaims that it outyields all otherbearded varieties five to six percent. Vrice: Lb., 10c; 10 lbs.,4c per lb.; 100 lbs., $3.00. Six-Row WhiteBarley Specially selected recleanedseed of the common, white, six-rowed, bearded barley whichhas been most generally grown.It is sometimes sown in fawest of the Cascade Mountains. Price: $2.50 per 100 lbs.;less than sack lots, 3%cper lb. si
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wheat, to which the large, plump, hard grain isvery similar. The hay is superior to any ofthe other grain hays, and the grain, especial-ly when rolled or ground, is unexcelledas a grain food for horses, hogs, cattle orpoultry. ^ hite Hulless Barley is more produc-tive than wheat, and matures abouttwo weeks earlier. It may be sownas late as July, provided suffi-cient moisture may be dependedupon, making it a valuable catchcrop. West of the CascadeMountains it is sometimes sownin fall. It is sown the same aswheat, at the rate of about onehundred pounds per acre. Price: Lb., 10c; 10Lbs. or more, 4c per ib.;50 lbs. or more, 3Y2ci:er lb.; sack lots,125 lbs., $3.75. VERMONTBEARDLESSBARLEY Entirely-Beardless This is a highly improvedstrain of Beardless Barley,entirely free from beardedheads, making it very muchsuperior to the bearded va-rieties for hay. It is alsopreferable for grain, as it isas easy to handle and thrashas oats.Vermont Beardless Barley is.ery early, and as it is hardy,may be

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