Bolgiano's "Big Crop" Field Seeds for 1917 



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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 hiu-vested while in t)loom. 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 continued 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 after 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. 75c. $2.50 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 line 

 and of excellent feeding value. 



It is especially valuable on account of requiring such a short season to make a line 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 fertility 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 75c. Bu. $2.50. 



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

 crops. It makes good hay and in quahty is superior to Corn P'odder. It is relished by all kinds of 

 stock. 15 lbs. to acre broadcast. 10 to 12 lbs. in drills 12 inches apart. Cultivate until 18 inches 

 high when its rapid growth will smoother all weeds. It does best on low moist ground. "Gold" 

 Brand, 10 Lbs. 55c. 100 Lbs. $5.00. 



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 

 and 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 relished 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. Lb. 35c. 10 Lbs. at 30c lb. 

 100 Lbs. at 2oc lb. 



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VeiVei DedllS 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 Bearis 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 

 growth, adds very large amount 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 through- 

 out the Winter; both vines and beans remain palatable throughout the season from about the first 

 frost. Bu. $2.50. 10 Bu. lots and over $2.40 per Bu. 



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Bolgiano's Rye Grasses for Spring Planting 



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

 any of 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 pasturage mixtures. 



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

 in this country as a valuable pasture grass which will bear frequent close 

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

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

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

 Spring or Fall. Price: Lb. 15c. Pk. 75c. Bu. of 24 Lbs. $2.40. 100 Lbs. $9.00. 



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

 pasture and also for hay. Thrives on rich, moist land, where from 3 to 4 cut- 

 tings may be made in a season. It grows very quickly and 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 extensive in the Fall and Winter for lawn 

 purposes. About 24 lbs. of seed to the acre. Price: "Gold" Brand, 15c Lb. 

 Pk. 7oc. Bu. of 18 Lbs. $2.25. 100 Lbs. $10.00. 



1249. Pacey's Short Seeded Perennial Rye. Speci.iUy suited for 

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

 makes a quick leafy growth of fine texture. Lb. 15c. 100 Lbs. at 10c. 



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 pasturage; nutritive value compares favorably with Red Clover, 

 Cow Peas, etc. 



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

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

 forage crop abundant and nutritious. 



Sow at any lime 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 then 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. Lb. 40c. 10 Lbs. and over 35c Lb. 



1216. Teosinte. Reana Luxurians. This gigantic Grammea will 

 furnish a continuous daily supply of nutritious green food for horses and all 

 kinds of cattle all through the Summer. It also makes a splendid dry fodder, 

 yielding enormously, and being more nutritious and better relished by all stock 

 than Corn Fodder. In appearance it somewhat resembles Indian Corn, but 

 the leaves are much larger and broader, and the stalks contain sweeter sap. 

 It stools out enormously after being cut. Sow in May or June, at the rate of 

 3 pounds per acre, in drills 4 feet apart. Pkt. 5o. Oz. lOe. ]i Lb. 25c. 

 Lb. 75c. 



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



