of. 
Bolgiano’s Dwarf Essex Rape 
Rye 
1135. Spring Rye. Distinct from the Winter Rye, grain 
of finer quality and more productive, can be successfully grown 
in any latitude, and is now being largely grown in the Middle 
States in place of oats, being a much more profitable crop on 
account of the production of nearly four times the straw, and 
also as a “ catch’’ crop where Winter grain has failed. Pro- 
duces 30 to 40 bushels of grain per acre. As it does not stool 
like Winter Rye, not less than two bushels to the acre should 
be sown. Please write for prices. 
Cow-Horn Turnip 
326. Long Yellow Cow-Horn Turnip. It has been 
found by practical farmers that there is no better way for 
aerating and adding humus to the soil in the Winter time than by sowing 
Long Yellow Cow-Horn Turnips. They can be fed to the stock as they are 
needed and the rest allowed to remain in the ground and rot, having a 
valuable fertilizing property. They grow nearly half out of the ground and 
are carrot-like in form. Sow two pounds of seed to the acre, broadcast. 
Pkt. 5c. Oz. 10c, 14 Lb. 15c. Lb. 30c. 5 Lbs. at 25c. 
Mammoth Russian Sunflower 
1211. Sunflower has proved to be the best paying crop of anything that 
has been planted during the last two years. Sow in March to July, 5 to 10 
Ibs. per acre. Plant with Corn drills in rows 3 to 344 feet apart and thin to 
1 plant every 18 to 22 inches, cover very lightly, not over 2 to 2% inches, 
the less the better. Write for prices. 
149 Hairy Vetch 
This is a very valuable forage plant and is rapidly becoming “more 
popular each year, as the farmers of this country are learning more of its 
great value. It is very hardy, is valuable as a Winter cover crop to prevent 
leaching, and for forage and fertilizing purposes. It is an annual, but 
resows itself and will come up year after year on the same ground. It 
succeeds well on nearly all soils and thrives surprisingly on poor, light land 
and will endure extremes of drought, heat and cold. It improves the soil, 
being a great nitrogen gatherer. The roots bear innumerable nodules or 
nitrogen-gathering bacteria. These take the nitrogen from the air and 
restore it to the soil, where it is so much needed. It belongs to the Pea 
family, but the vines are much longer and the foliage is more abundant. It 
may be sown either in the Spring or Fall with about half a bushel of Rye 
or Oats for support. It grows rapidly and is particularly valuable in sec- 
tions where Clover does not thrive. In che North it remains green all Winter 
under the snow and it is invaluable for early pasturing or soiling. The 
Spring Vetches or Tares 
1150. Closely associated with Peas in character. 
as Hairy Vetch. Highly valuable for soiling or for green manuring. 
for mowing and feeding to stock. 
loams, though excellent crops are grown both on sandy and gravelly soils. 
pounds per acre, and if with Oats 60 pounds of Vetch and 40 pounds of Oats. 
“Gold”? Brand, Lb. 10c. 
the ground is cook and moist or in early Autumn. 
50 Lbs. at 8c. 100 Lbs. at 7c. Write us for latest market prices. 
Oregon Vetch 
L253 
about the same as Hairy Vetch. 
60 pounds Vetch and 40 pounds Oats. 
100 Lbs. at 7c. 
Sown alone, sow 70 to 90 pounds per acre. 
“ Gold’? Brand, Lb. 10c. 
Sow Scarified Seed and Increase Your Yield 
We will Scarify your Sweet Clover, Alfalfa or Burr Clover for one cent per pound 
above our list prices 
Sweet Clover often contains 50 per cent of hard seed, Alfalfa often contains 25 per cent hard 
Although the seed may be 100 per cent pure, tests have proven it sometimes takes six months 
seed. 
to a year to get hard seed to germinate and a lot will not germinate then. 
Have your seed scarified and practically all of them will grow. 
The J. Bolgiano Seed Co., Baltimore, Md. 
1127. 
a taller habit of growth. 
successive intervals. 
plow under for green manure. 
2 to 3 bushels. 
1210. 
the rate of two bushels per acre. 
than Spring wheat or oats, as light frost does not affect it; it can be sown later but 
early sowing is better. 
Used for the same purpose as Hairy Vetch, 
but must be planted in the Spring wherever the Winters are severe, as this variety is not so hardy 
Sometimes grown with Oats 
Thrives best in well-drained soil, doing best in loams or sandy 
Same as Spring Vetch, but owing to its hardiness is known as Oregon or Winter Vetch. 
It can be planted in the Fall in all of the Southern States as well as in the Spring with results 
10 Lbs. at 9c. 
The scarifying is done by a 
machine specially built for the purpose of scarifying the hard oute: coating of the seed, thereby 
allowing the moisture to penetrate quicker, producing a more rapid and complete germination. 
The extra cost of scarifying is more than made up in the large increase in yields obtained. 
Dwarf Essex Rape 
Under favorable conditions Rape is ready for pasturing sheep or cattle 
When on the Rape they should at all 
As it thrives best in cool 
Its fattening properties are probably twice as good as those 
It is an annual, bearing a close resemblance in leaf and stalk to the 
Ruta Baga, but both leaves and stalks are more numerous in the Rape plant, and of — 
It is a pasture plant which must be eaten off by any kind — 
of live stock, but it is pre-eminently fitted to furnish pasture for sheep, cattle and 
swine. : 
within 6 weeks from the time of sowing, and on an average one acre will carry from __ 
12 to 15 sheep six weeks to two months. 
times have access to salt, but water is not necessary. 
weather, it should not be sown in the Southern States until September or October — 
for Winter pasture. 
of Clover, and for sheep the feeding value of Rape excels all other plants we know 
Under average conditions a yield of from 10 to 20 tons or more of green s 
forage per acre may be expected. For continued hog pasture sow Rape early and at 
It may well follow any grain crop and is always splendid to — 
Sew 5 lbs. per acre broadcast. 2 to 3 Ibs. per acre 
in drills. 10c Lb. 10 Lbs. at 9c. 100 Lbs. $8.00. 
Flax 
1194. Flax. When grown for seed, sow one bushel to acre; if fibre is wanted, 
Prices fluctuate. 
Speltz, or Emmer 
Prepare your ground as you would for wheat or oats, sow at 
It is extremely hardy and can be sown earlier 
Please write for lowest prices. 
Culture. 
Please write us for prices. 
Buckwheat 
Buckwheat. For a late Summer crop Buckwheat is very 
desirable and profitable, especially in mountainous sections. It 
is easily grown, makes splendid flower food for bees and of a 
large yield of grain, which can usually be sold for remunerative 
prices. As a smothering crop, where the land contains 
objectionable weeds, it is very desirable, and it puts the soil 
in admirable condition for crops to follow. 
1160. Japanese Buckwheat. It has the advantage of 
remaining for some time in bloom and produces .seed earlier. 
It resists drought and blight very well. As much as 40 bushels 
to the acre have been harvested, making it very profitable to 
raise. Sow 1 bushel per acre. Pk. 50c. Bu. $1.50. Please 
write us for latest prices. 
Silver Hull Buckwheat. A prolific and favorite sort, making 
A superior variety in every way to the ordinary Buck- 
Please write us for latest 
1178. 
a fine quality flour. 
wheat, which it has almost entirely superseded. 
prices. 
Barley 
1209. Beardless Spring Barley. This crop has been sown with 
satisfactory results for two or three seasons past in this section and further 
South. It makes a quick growing crop of most excellent and nutritive 
green feed and is growing in popularity wherever it is used, and will also 
make a good grain crop, although its principal value is as an early 
nutritious forage crop, either to feed green or cure as hay, Sow 1% to 2 
bushels per acre. Please write us for market prices. 
(Vicia villosa) 
Department of Agriculture estimates the value of an acre of this Vetch 
plowed under equal to commercial fertilizer at the rate of from $16 to $40 
an acre. When sown in August or September it covers the ground before 
frost and prevents leaching of the soil during the Winter and Spring. When 
sown in April or May it can be cut in July, the second growth affording 
excellent pasture during the Summer. The yield of green fodder is from 
twelve to twenty tons an acre. This may seem to be an exaggerated state- 
ment, but when the amazing stooling propensities of this plant are taken ~ 
into consideration the yield is readily accounted for. As many as twenty 
long vines spring from each root. When raised for hay it should be left 
standing until some seeds have become well formed. Not only does it pro- 
duce an enormous amount of very valuable feed, but it at the same time 
restores to the soil a great amount of fertility, which is so much needed. 
50 to 60 pounds of seed required to the acre. “‘ Gold” Brand, Lb. 20c. 
10 Lbs. at 15c Lb. 100 Lbs. at 13c Lb. Write us for latest market prices. 
Sow alone 70 to 90 
Sow in Spring while 
10 Lbs. at 9c. 
Sown with Oats, sow 
50 Lbs. at 8c. 
Notice.—One test just completed on Sweet Clover: Before scarifying 50 per cent germination; 
after scarifying 94 per cent germination. 
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