Bolgiano's "Big Crop" Field Seeds for 1920 



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Millets 



A Splendid Quick Growing Summer Hay Crop 



1125. German or Golden Millet, Southern Grown. Makes a 

 large yielding and most nutritious hay crop, quick growing and easily cured. 

 It should be seeded thickly, one bushel per acre, and should be harvested 

 while in bloom. If the seeds are allowed to form the stalks get hard and 

 it does not make so good a hay. Should be sown at any time between the 

 middle of May until the end of June at the rate of 1 bushel per acre. Millet 

 should never be sown until the earth is warm in the Spring and when con- 

 tinued warm weather is assured. It is also used as a catch crop after early 

 grain or a crop which fails. It matures a crop in 6 to 8 weeks aJFter seeding. 

 Cow Peas sown with German Millet makes fine hay. Sown in this way, it should be sown with some 

 quick maturing variety of Cow Peas and should be sown at the rate of three pecks of Millet and one 

 bushel of Cow Peas to the acre. "Gold" Brand Fancy Southern Millet, Pk. $1.00. $3.50 per Bu. of 

 50 lbs. 



1126. Hungarian Millet. Often called Hungarian Grass. Many regard this as being better 

 even than German Millet, as it is about one week earlier and requires less moisture. The hay is fine 

 and of excellent feeding value. 



It is especially valuable on account of requiring such a short season to make a fine crop of most 

 excellent hay. For this reason it is much used as a catch crop. It can be sown as late as the 4th of 

 July with good results, in ordinary seasons. It is much used for following such crops as early potatoes 

 and barley for a crop of hay, thus giving two crops on the same land in one year. Also grown as a 

 green manuring crop to turn under, adding humus or fertiUty for future crops. Hungarian Millet 

 does not grow so coarse as some other varieties, but still yields quite heavily, from two to four tons 

 of hay to the acre being an ordinary crop. Hay is quite leafy, of very fine quality. Should be sown 

 at any time between the middle of May until the end of June at the rate of one bushel per acre. "Gold" 

 Brand, Peck $1.15. Bu. $4.25. 



1278. Tennessee Cultivated Golden Millet. This variety is extensively used throughout the 

 United States, as they find it more nutritious in value for feeding. It is sown at the same time and at 

 the same rate per acre as the common Millet. Growers once using the Tennessee Cultivated Millet 

 will never plant any other kind. Grows more vigorous, gives a much larger yield of hay. Pk. $1.10. 

 Bu. $4.00. 



1207. Japanese Millet. Grows from 6 to 9 feet high, stands up remarkably and yields enormous 

 crops. It makes good hay and in quality is superior to Corn Fodder. It is relished by all kinds of stock. 

 15 lbs. to acre broadceist. 10 to 12 lbs. in drills 12 inches apart. Cultivate until 18 inches high when 

 its rapid growth will smother all weeds. It does best on low moist ground. "Gold" Brand, 10 Lbs. 

 $1.00. 100 Lbs. $9.00. 



1170. Pearl or Cattail Millet. It is largely used by dairymen. It furnishes them green food 

 throughout the Summer. Should not be planted before May in warm soils, as it is a tropical plant 

 Jand grows to the best advantage in warm weather. It will grow 10 to 12 feet high, but should be cut 

 when it has reached the height of 3 to 4 feet, when it will stool out enormously and make a rapid growth. 

 In this way 3 or 4 cuttings a season can be obtained. It can be fed either green or cured as dried forage, 

 making a most nutritious feed which is reUshed by all kinds of stock. Sow 5 lbs. per acre, in drills 3 

 feet apart, or broadcast at the rate of 20 to 30 lbs. per acre. Please write us for lowest prices. 



Velvet Beans- 



Makes an Enormous Growth for Forage 

 'The Cheapest and Best Soil Improver 



Velvet Beans make an enormous growth of vine; greater, in fact, than any other known forage 

 plant, in the same length of time, far surpasses the Cow Pea in yield. Velvet Beans are usually planted 

 in rows 4 or 5 feet apart at the rate of half bushel per acre. The Velvet Bean being of such luxuriant 



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'Gold" Brand Southern Grown German Millet 



growth, adds very large Eunount of nitrogen to the soil and when the entire crop of vines is turned under shows that the plant food added by the crop amounts 

 to as much as that contained in 2,200 pounds of Cotton Seed Meal or 1,100 pounds of Dried Blood. Velvet Beans can be pastured throughout the Winter; both 

 vines and beams remain palatable throughout the season from about the first frost. Please write for lowest market prices. 



Bolgiano's Rye Grasses for Spring Planting 



The Italian and Perennial Rye Grasses are really the quickest growing of 

 anyjof the Grasses and will furnish a quick growing, most nutritious and leafy 

 pasturage, at the same time making very good hay Grasses. On account of 

 their quick, early growth they should be a constituent part of nearly all hay 

 and pasture mixtures. 



1121. English or Perennial Rye Grass. This is becoming well known 

 infthis country as a valuable pasture grass which will bear frequent close 

 cropping. Produces an abundance of foGage, which remains bright and green 

 during the season. The hay is relished by all kinds of stock. It will grow well 

 on almost any land. When sown by itself sow 30 lbs. per acre either in the 

 Spring oriFall. Price: Lb. 25c. Pk. $1,00. Bu. of 24 lbs. S3.75. 100 Lbs. 

 $15.00. 



1172. Italian Rye Grass. Like Perennial Rye Grass, valuable for 

 pasturejand also for hay. Thrives on rich, moist land, where from 3 to 4 

 cuttings may be made in a season. It grows very quickly emd will stand 

 close pasturage. Will stand more overflow than other Grass. It is less wiry 

 than Perennial Rye Grass and is particularly well adapted to the soils and 

 climate of Florida, where it is sown very extensively in the Fall and Winter 

 for lawn purposes. About 24 lbs. of seed to the acre. Price: "Gold" Brand, 

 25c Lb. Pk. 80c. Bu. of 18 Lbs. $3.00. 100 Lbs. $15.00. 



1249. Pacey's Short Seeded Perennial Rye. Specially suited for 

 fine lawn mixture, extensively used on the beautiful lawns in England. It 

 mtdies a quick leafy growth of fine texture. Please write us for lowest prices. 



Beggar Weed or Florida Clover 



1266. It is highly recommended as a forage plant for thin sandy lands 

 and pine barrens. Makes a vigorous growth, 5 to 7 feet high, yielding largely 

 for hay and pasture; nutritive value compares favorably with Red Glover, 

 Cow Peeis, etc. 



On the sandy pine lands of the South Atltmtic and Gulf States is probably 

 the most valuable forage plant that can be grown. Its growth is dense, the 

 forage crop abundfuit and nutritious. 



Sow at any time after frosts are over until the middle of June, in drills 

 3 feet apart, 3 to 4 lbs. per acre, or broadcast 10 to 12 lbs. per acre. Cover 

 1 to 2 inches. To make good hay it should be cut when not more than 3 to 4 

 feet high, usually in July, and a second cutting can be made a few weeks 

 later. If allowed to become too old before it is cut many of the lower leaves 

 are lost and the stems become woody. Please write for lowest prices. 



Enormous Crops of Hay are Produced from Bolgiano's '*Gold" Brand Seeds 



