LIST OF CHOICE FARM SEEDS FOR 1915. 



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for the vines, 

 when cured as 

 mail 30c; 10 lbs 



One of the most valuable fodder plants for the West and Northwestern States, owing- to its 

 adaptability to withstand severe drought, heat and cold. The vines are very similar to Pea 

 vines, but are more slender and much .more thickly clad with leaves and side stems, which fur- 

 nish nice, succulent feed. Individual plants will make a 10-foot growth before going to seed. 

 As a Pasture Plant for Sand Vetch is without an equal. From sowings made in August an 



excellent late Fall pasturage for sheep or hogs can be had in 50 days, 



the plants being by that time two feet in height. After close eating it 



can be left to prevent soil washing- during "Winter and Spring. It is one of the first plants to 



start into growth in spring- and will be again ready to pasture by May, or it can be allowed to 



mature for green cutting or for a Hay crop. Hogs, sheep and cattle eat it with great relish. 



The Washington Department of Agriculture estimates the value of a 



plowed-under crop of this "Vetch as equivalent to putting into the ground 



$16 to $45 worth of commercial fertilizers per acre. Sow in either fall or spring, at the rate of 



60 lbs. per acre, broadcast, with the addition of one-half bushel Rye or Oats to furnish support 



On ri'ch soil it yields enormous crops of green fodder, from 10 to 15 tons to the acre; equal to 3 to 4 tons 



dried Hay. It is also a remarkable grower on sandy and thin land. 60 lbs. to the bushel. Per lb. 20c; by 



, $1.65; 25 lbs. $3.75; 100 lbs. $13.50. 



RAPE-TRUE DWARF ESSEX. 



Valne as a Fertilizer, 



Beware of the kind of Rape Seed You Sow — There is only one sort of any value in this country for sheep feed, and that 

 is the True Dwarf Essex. Look with suspicion upon all others, no matter under what name they appear. Some are -worth- 

 less as fodder plants, while others are offered under new names with glowing descriptions, for the purpose of extorting a 

 higher price from the buyer. The easiest cultivated and most profitable plant for sheep, hog or 

 cattle feed known. The cost per acre never exceeding 50c, is so small as to be scarcely worth 

 taking into account. It can be sown in early spring along with Oats or Eye, and eaten off by 



sheep within a week or so after harvest. It 

 can also be sown on Oat, Rye, or Wheat 

 stubble, or on any vacant land up to the end 

 of July, and will yield an immense crop of 

 green fodder in six to eight weeks from the 

 time of sowing — nothing like it for sheep 

 feed. The feed furnished by Rape is unsur- 

 passed as a fattener for sheep and hogs, be- 

 ing superior to clover, and sheep pastured on 

 it gain rapidly in weight. Rape should be 

 sown in drills at the rate of 3 lbs. per acre, 

 ; or broadcast, using 4 to 6 lbs. per acre, all 

 through the summer months, so as to furnish 

 a successive crop of sheep feed. Owing to its 

 being a great grower in cool weather, it can 

 be sown up to the first days of August. 



Per lb. 15c; by mail 25c per lb.; 12 lbs. for 

 $1.35; 25 lbs. for $2.60; 50 lbs.-for $5.00; 100 

 lbs. for $9.50. 



ONE ACRE OF RAPE WIIX PASTURE 36 

 SHEEP FOR TWO MONTHS. 



THOUSAND-HEADED KALE. 



Like Dwarf Essex Rape, this is a valuable forage crop. Sow the Seed in Spring in rows 12 to IS inches apart, using 

 about 1 lb. to the acre. 



Pkt. 5c; U lb. 15c; 1 lb. by mail 



By express or freight, 1 lb. 30c; 5 lbs. $i.25; 



$ 0.40 



25 lbs. $6. U0; 100 lbs . $23.00 



All Seeds on This Page Subject to Market Fluctuations. Two Bushel Seamless Bags, 22c each. 



