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CURRIE BROT HE RS' HORTICU LTURAL GUIDE 



ROOT CROPS FOR FARM STOCK. 



MANGEL WURZEL AND SUGAR BEET. 



iiPiiP'/^ y^^^^HHMT^ Mangels make excellent winter feed for cattle, producing on good soil from 800 to 1.200 bushels per 



acre. Sow in June at the rate of 6 lbs. per acre, in drills 2 feet apart, and thin out to'g inches in the 

 rows. Store ia barns before freezing weather sets in, for use during the winter. 



Sugar beets also are nice feed for milch cows, being very rich in saccharine, which increases the 

 qjia5itity and quality of the milk. 



Oirfrie's Improved Mainmotli Long Ked — in exceptionally large-growing variety, and of 

 7 ^ M, _ I ■II. I iinest quality. Specimens of this sort often weigh from 25 to 30 lbs. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz 10 cts • ¥ 



^.^r^^^^^^^^g^ i^^tb.. 15 ts.; 1 lb., 25 cts.; 10 lbs., by express ,' '.'....i2.0O 



Elvethnn L,ong Yellow— Similar to the long red, color excepted; very desirable. Pkt., 5 cts.; 



L-'oz., 10 cts.; % lb., 15 cts.; 1 lb., 25 cts.; 10 lbs., by express '. " o.oo 



Champion Yellow Globe— This variety is admirably adapted for shallow soil, although its roots 

 attain to a very great size, weighing from 15 to 18 lbs. It is excellent in quality. Pkt., 5 cts • 



ijOz., lOcts.; Ji; lb., 15 cts.; lib., 25 cts.; 10 lbs., by express ' 2.0O 



Giant Intermediate— A variety growing in shape between the Long Red and the Yellow Globe 

 sorts, very productive, flesh solid, a wonderful cropper, grows well out of ground, and is very 



»i.-easily harvested. Pkt.,5ct-s.; oz.,10cts. ; !4 lb., 15 cts.; lib.. 25 cts.; 10 lbs., by express ." 2.00 



Golden Tankard— A good cropper, of fine form and excellent flavor. Color bright yellow. Pkt.. 



5 cts.; oz.,10cts.; i^ lb., 15 cts.; lib., 25 cts.; 10 lbs., by express 2. GO 



■L. A.^tK "White Sugar— The variety so exten.sively grown in France for the production of sugar, A large 



grower, excellent for feeding stock. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 10 cts.; 14 lb.. 16 cts.; 1 lb., 25 cts.; 10 lbs., 



by express 2.0O 



Lane's Imperial Sugar— A great improvement on the common sugar beet, containing a very 



large percentage of sugar. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 10 cts.; % lb., 15 cts.; lib.. 25 cts.; 10 lbs., by express 2.00 

 #5 , A'ilmorin's Sugar— A most excellent variety. Yields a large crop, containing a larger percentage 



of sugar than any other. Pkt.. 5 cts.; oz., 10 cts.; % It)-. 15 cts.; 1 lb., 85 cts.; 10 lbs., by express. 3.0O 



^"''^^ TURNIP. 



German, ®tecf=3iii(ie. French. Navet. 



^^S Exclusively grown as a farm crop, for cattle feeding during the fall and winter months, producing 



"Si-^a under good cultivation 1,000 bushels per acre. The roots should be stored in barns, cellars or pits as 



soon as hard freezing weather commences, and used as wanted during the winter. They are also 

 excellent for table use. Sow in drills 2 feet apart at the rate of 3 lbs. per acre, and thin out to 8 

 inches apart. 

 Golden Ball (Robertson's)— A rapid grower; globe-shaped and of a beautiful bright yellow 



color, and a good keeper. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., lOcts.; \.l lb., 15 cts.; 1 lb SO 



Purple Top TYhite Globe— A handsome-looking bulb, and is rapidly taking the lead of all other 



a^^^^^l^S^^ -t^ varietiesof early Turnips. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 10 cts.; M It)-. 20 cts.; 1 lb 40 



Yellow Aberdeen— Very hardy and product- 

 ive ; very firm : good keeper; color pale yel- 

 low ana closely resembles the Rutabatas ; rs^n-^ 

 good either for table or stock. Pkt., 5 cts.; f^^\H<Vf?\ f* Wlx* 



oz., 10 cts.; 14 It)., 15 cts.; lib 30 ^^^am)\^^^ 



Pomeranian White Globe— One of the most xI^ ^mIM^^^^^ 



"i^^f produciive; in rich soil the root will /^^^^^^^Hlijfcllfc^WlX'SMK 



.itmi^ ^^^ frequently grow to 12 lbs. in weight. /^^^^fflPMIlilSnSS^^^W 



'A'BEaBfe-_ ' >-^^ Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., lOcts.; 14 lb-. 15 cts.; 



lib ..: 30 



RUTABAGA. 



, .„^ Swedish or Russian Turnip. 



^ *^' Currle's Improved Purple Top — A 



most excellent sort for either table or 



stock; yields heavily without tendency 



ipST to long neck. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 10 cts.; 



141b., 20 cts.; lib W 



^^______ Shirving's Purple Top — A 



/'^^^^J^ good variety for table or stock: 



^^^&' grows to a large size; flesh firm, 



^^^ solid and sweet, and a good 



keeper. Pkt.. 5 cts.; oz., 10 cts.; 



MAMMOTH I.OSG RED MANGEI,. ^Ib., loCtS.; lib oO 



CURRlis 



ARTIGHOKES-lmproved White French. 



Produce 1 ,000 Bushels per Acre. 



Easily Grown. Great Disease Preventers. 



The Hogs do the Harvesting. 



Their wonderful productiveness and the ease with which they can be produced is al- 

 ways a surprise to those who cultivate them the first time. A. C. Williams, of Iowa, a 

 very prominent breeder of Poland Chinas in large numbers, says: The keep of my hogs, 

 when the ground is not frozen, is Blue Grass, Clover and Artichokes. Forty head of hosfs 

 and pigs may be kept without other food on an acre of Artichokes from the time frost is 

 outof the ground until they grow again, and from October first until the ground freezes 

 solid. They produce more hog food per acre than any crop I am acquainted with, and 

 the hogs will harvest the crop themselves. Hogs taken from Artichokes to Blue Grass 

 and clover will not root up the sod. as they are free from intestinal worms, constipa- 

 tion, indigestion and fever, caused by feeding corn in winter. They can be planted either 

 in fall or spring, for while in the ground freezing and thawing does not hurt them. Cut 

 to one eye. like potatoes, and plant in rows 3i/^ feet apart and 18 inches in the row. The 

 second year break up the ground as for corn, after which the plants will come up thick 

 all over the surface; run through each way with a cultivator, when a few inches high, 

 putting them in hills like corn. If left too thick they will not yield. When dug in the 

 fall and stored they should be mixed with one part of soil to ten parts of Artichokes, to 

 prevent shrinking. Per peck, 50 cts.; per bushel, 81.50; per six bushel lots, sufficient for 

 one acre. 87.50. 



mm 



When required by Mail, add 8 cts. per lb. for Postage. Pkt., oz. and 14 lb. free. 



