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FOR THE 



JOHNSON GRASS SEED! 



(SORGHUM HALAPENSE.) 



This Grass has no equal for hay or 

 pasturage. Belonging to the Sorghum 

 family, it has an abundance of leaves, a 

 rapid grower perennial, sweet and nu- 

 JOHNSON GRASS. tritious. It stands the drought hotter 

 (SORGHUM HALAPENSE.) than any oi}\GY grass, also the freezes of 

 The above is from a photo- winter. In fact, wherever corn will 



graph of twenty-live stalks, , . -, it r-\ i 



gathered May 20th, 1881. For grow this grass does well. One bushel 



hay a Or grazing i, has no t() the ^.^ Qn any ffOO(] Jjm( ^ ^ 



richer the better the crop), will yield from one to two and one- 

 half tons to the acre at each cutting, andean he cut from 3 to 4 

 times a season. It does not exhaust land, but improves it. 

 Well cured hay made from tnis grass keeps stock in good con- 

 dition when not at work Living on the original Johnson grass 

 farm, where this seed has been planted for over thirty years, I 

 am enabled to get the pure seed, and will furnish it in quanti- 

 ties to suit purchasers; well cleaned and put up in good mer- 

 chantable order. This is the same grass sometimes called Guin- 

 ea grass, Means grass, Egyptian grass, Cuba grass and Green 

 Valley grass; reference to which can be found in the March no. 

 of American Agriculturist for 1881. Also in Howard's Man- 

 ual, page 16 ; also in this work. Where it is possible sow the 

 seed in the fall, as it will get sufficient growth to furnish two 

 good crops the following year. Sowing in the spring will do, 

 but the crop will not be as heavy the first summer, I also have 

 the hay for sale made of this grass which I furnish in car load 

 lots of 8 to 10 tons at the market price. 



Send stamp for descriptive circular which contains prices, 

 and directions for Cultivation. HERBERT POST, 



Marion Junction, Dallas Co,, Ala. 



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