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R. & J. FARQUHAR & CO.'S SEED CATALOGUE. 



FARM AND FIELD SEEDS. 



Prices Subject to Market Fluctuation. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



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Barley, Two Rowed. Per bushel, $1.50. Barley, Six 

 Rowed. Per bushel, $1.50. 



Buckwheat. Should be sown about the middle of June, broad- 

 cast, using from one to three pecks of seed to the acre. 



— Common. Per bushel, $1.25. 



— Japanese. Excels all other varieties in yield and earliness. 

 On account of its earliness it can be grown farther north than 

 any other. The grains are nearly double the size of those of 

 any other variety. Enormously productive. Per bushel, $1.50. 



— Silver Hull. About one week later in maturing than the 

 Japanese. Grain is of a light gray color, thin husk; good 

 yielder. Bushel, $1.50. 



Cow Peas. For fodder or soiling. A valuable and nutritious 



green forage or hay crop. Enriches poor land. Improves good 



land. One of the best and cheapest ways of improving soil is 



the plowing under of luguminous crops. Cow Peas have been 



found superior for this purpose, especially on medium or light 



soils. Like Clover they absorb nitrogen from the atmosphere, 



the roots reach deep into the soil and bring up the necessary 



potash, thus making a complete and natural fertilizer. For 



fertilizing purposes. Cow Peas are superior to Clover from the 



fact that the foliage is greater, besides making full growth in from 



three to four months. Sow as e.irly as May 10 or as late as 



July, one (l) bushel to the acre in drills, two and one-half 



Inishcls to the acre broadcast. $2. 7s per bushel 



Oats, Welcome. This is now a well-known and extensively 



grown variety, and is one of the heaviest, handsomest, and most 



productive white varieties grown. They stool heavily with extra 



strong, straight straw, standing well. Succeeds well in a wide range of climate, and under a great variety of 



soils and methods of culture. Per bushel, $1.25; 2 bushels, $2.35; 5 bushels, $5-75; lo bushels, $10.00. 



Oats, Hamilton. Imported. A handsome English white Oat. Very early, extra heavy, and an enormous cropper. 



Per bushel of 45 lbs., $2.00. 

 Peas for Field Culture. Only. White Canada and Green Field. These two varieties are the best for 

 general cultivation. One of the most profitable crops for fattening stock. They have been grown by dairymen 

 with very satisfactory results, following winter Rye, which was cut green in June for dairy cows, then stubble 

 turned under and sown to mixed Peas and Oats, furnishing a large amount of forage in August, when Grass pastures 

 usually short, and producing a supply of milk as abundant as in early summer months. .Sow two bushels to the 

 acre; if with Oats, one bushel of each. White, per peck, .50; per bushel, $1.75. Green, per peck, .60; per 

 bushel, $2.00. 

 Rape, Dwarf Essex. A forage plant of great merit, easily grown in any part of the United .States. Is of great 

 value for sheep and lambs. One acre of Rape is sufficient to pasture ten to fifteen lambs on for two to two and one- 

 half months. It is often sown broadcast, about five lbs. to the acre, but will yield much better if drilled about two 

 lbs. to the acre, in rows twenty-two inches apart, and cultivated until plants are too large. Seed may be sown 

 in May, but we do not advise sowing until June or July. Per lb., .10; 100 lbs., $8.00. 

 Rye, Spring. Sow as a " catch" crop, where winter grain has failed. The straw is shorter and stiffer than the 



winter variety, and is always easily secured, while the grain is of equal value. Per bushel, $1.50. 

 Rye, Fall or Winter. Sow in August and September. Prepare the ground as for Wheat and sow at the rate of 

 one and one-half bushels per acre. This has no equal as a crop to be used for late fall and early spring pasture, 

 and is one of the best to turn under for green manure. Per bushel, $1.25. 

 Sand Vetch, or Hairy Vetch. nda villosa. An annual, a native of western Asia, has been cultivated in 

 this country and Europe for about fifty years. Its desirability as a forage crop has become established and it is 

 being cultivated each year on a more and more extensive scale. It should be sown at the rate of from four to 

 six pecks per acre, broadcast or in drills, from August 15 to October I, and with it as a supporting crop to raise 

 the vines up off the ground there should be planted from two to four pecks of winter Wheat, Oats, or Rye. 

 It should be cut while the Vetch is in full bloom. It may be planted in spring in order to supply an early green 

 crop for soiling purposes, or in midsummer for late autumn forage. Per lb., .15; 100 lbs., $11.50. 

 Spring Vetches or Tares. Vicia sativa. A valuable plant grown extensively for stock and sometimes mixed 



with Oats for soiling. Culture the same as field Peas. Per bushel, $3.50. 

 Sunflower, Mammoth Russian. This is highly prized by poultry raisers and farmers as a cneap food for fowls, 

 stock, and also for fuel. It is immensely productive, and can be raised cheaper than corn, as any waste piece of 

 ground will suffice. It is the best egg-producing food known. Per lb., .10; per 100 lbs., $6.00. 

 Wild Rice. Zizania aquatica. The only one of our native plants furnishing food for wild fowl, ducks, geese, 

 etc., which has been made an article of commerce. This seed can be sown on the borders of lakes, ponds, and 

 along small streams to great advantage, attracting all of these wild birds from September on. It purifies the water 

 and affords refuge to the small fry from the large fish. It makes a good hay, and in the South two crops can be 

 cut, and all cattle are fond of it. Sow in water having a mud bottom. Per lb., .30. 

 Wheat. Spring Saskatchewan. Per bushel, $2.00. Wheat. Winter, White Clawson. Per bushel, $2.00. 



