Permanent pastures and meadows

NOTHER year has gone by and, at the beginning of the new one, we send you this our Annual Catalogue, with a wish for very a happy and prosperous new year.Many of us have, during the year just gone by, suffered severely from the long continued ~ drought or other misfortunes, but we all look to the future for --times, and all signs go toshow that we will not be disappatetel, We all must make preparation for seeding again this coming spring, and in many cases will have to do the work over again from last spring, the severe drought last summer killing nearly all new seedings of grass or clover.In this our catalogue, which we also named our -book on Permanent Pastures and Meadows, all will find useful information and much help on this so very important subject.Grass is King!How more grass and permanent pastures and meadows can be obtained is very important now at this time, since the dairy business is about the only profitable branch of farming now; but this makes it necessary to provide for more and better grass and hay as well as giving more attention to the cultivation of forage plants.About permanent pastures and meadows and how they can be obtained, we would ask all te :read pages 13, 14, 15 and 16.Then turn to pages 17, 18, 34 and 63 and read some of the letters of our brother farmers who have sown our Clover-Grass Mixtures and what they think of them and the results to be obtained from a well-selected mixture of grasses and clovers.The growing of field seeds and grain is also very important, and we give much attention to it.Our customers will realize that no one has better facilities for producing such superior grades and qualities of the best varieties of Oats, Wheat, Barley, Seed Corn, Seed Potatoes, etc., as we have right here, and our pricesareright.We have not only better facilities for producing and growing superior Northern-grown seeds of all kinds than any other seedsman in this country, but we are prepared to handle all orders carefully and give prompt attention to them.When we gave up our store and warehouse in Chicago last spring, we built here in Faribault, Minn., a warehouse-70 feet long by 30 feet wide, with 3 floors, which gives us over 6,000 square feet of floor space for grass and field seeds, besides a very large cellar with a capacity for over 5,000 bu. of seed potatoes, besides which we have other cellars filled with the finest and choicest stock we ever had.All can readily see from this that we are well prepared for growing as well as cleanjge and handling all kinds of seed and packing and shipping them promptly, for promptiedss is-one of the most important features of the seed trade.By special arrangements with the railroad companies we can ship all orders from any part of the country without delay and at the lowest rates of freight to every point, just as well as we could from Chicago.No order is too small nor none too large for us to be filled to your entire satisfaction.We fill many orders from our brother farmers every spring amounting to from $50.00 to $100.00 each; one order from La Salle County, Ill., amounted to $317.75, from one farmer only, in one order for our superior Northern-grown Field Seeds and Clover-Grass Mixtures; and not only do they send their orders to us one year but every year regularly.This shows how carefully growing Northern-grown seeds is appreciated by our brother farmers.-Shall we not also have.achance to fill your orders this spring?We shall be pleased to receive at least a trial order from all those who have never dealt with us and receive thiscatalogue, that we can demonstrate that no one can supply better, and Northern-grown seeds than the FARMER SEED Co.