R. &> J. FARQUHAR &» CO.'S SEED CATALOGUE. 26 



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FARM AND FIELD SEEDS. 



Prices Subject to Market Fluctuation. 



CL0VER5. 



Red Medium. Trifolium pratense. The best clover for all practical purposes. Succeeds best on rich, warm 

 loams, containing humus. Lime and Potash are essential for its best development. A biennial, but by close 

 pasturage may be made to last several years. Per lb., 15 cents ; per 100 lbs., $13.00. 



Mammoth or Large Red Northern. Trifolium pratense. On rich loamy soils this variety grows nearly 

 twice as large as the Medium Red Clover, and earlier to start a spring growth. Per lb., 20 cts. ; 100 lbs., $1 5. 00. 



Alsike or Swedish. Trifolium Hybridum. This clover will thrive where the soil is quite wet, and will even 

 stand flooding without being killed. Productive and sweet and extremely valuable for both pasturage or soil- 

 ing. The flowers afford a fine pasturage for bees. Per lb., 20 cents; per 100 lbs., $18.00. 



White Clover. Trifolium repens. This clover should always be sown on permanent or temporary pastures. Will 

 grow on any soil, but especially adapted to low meadows, where the surface soil is mellow and rich. Ordinarily 

 will not last more than two years on hard or shallow soil. Sweet and nutritious. Per lb., 30 c. ; 100 lbs., $22.00. 



Alfalfa Or Lucerne. Medicago saliva, The chief merit of Alfalfa, is the fact that it can be cut three or foui 

 times in a season. The soil should be deep, rich and well prepared. It does not succeed on compact clay, 

 nor on land with impervious subsoil. The roots shoot downward till they are ten to fifteen feet below the 

 surface, and will therefore resist the driest weather. Per lb., 20 cents; per 100 lbs., $15.00. 



Scarlet or Crimson Clover. Trifolium incamatum. This annual Clover thrives best on warm loose, sandy 

 soil. Its chief value is as a winter or early spring pasture crop and as a green manure. May be sown at any 

 time from May to October. Per lb., 10 cents ; per 100 lbs., $8.00. 



Yellow Trefoil. Medicago lupulina. On very light, dry or poor ground this variety is valuable for a sheep 

 pasture, and can be sown alone or with other grasses. It grows rapidly and is very productive. Per lb., 1 5 

 cents ; per 100 lbs., $12.00. 



niLLETS. 



Millet, Hungarian. Panicum Hungariensis. An Annual Forage Plant, which germinates readily and withstands 

 drought. If cut early, makes an excellent hay, often yielding two to three tons per acre. Sow from June to 

 August using about one-and-a-half bushels to the acre. (48 lbs. per bushel.) Per bushel, $1.75. 



Millet, Common. Panicum Miliaceum. Excellent for forage. Requires a dry, light, rich soil. Height two 

 and-a-half to fourfeet. (50 lbs. per bushel.) Per bushel, $1.50. 



Millet, German or Golden. Panicum Germanicum. An improved variety growing from three to five feet high. 

 Under some circumstances it will yield more per acre than the above. (50 lbs. per bushel.) Per bushel, $2.00. 



Millet, Japanese. Panicum Crus Galli. This new Millet was imported from Japan by Prof. Brooks of the Massa- 

 chusetts Agricultural College. Has yielded in America about seven tons dry straw and ninety bushels of seed 

 per acre. Height, six feet. Has numerous side leaves and heads a foot in length. The fodder is relished 

 by cattle and horses, and the ground seed makes an excellent feed for poultry and cattle. Sow one peck per 

 acre. Pound, 10 cents ; per 100 lbs., $8.00. 



MISCELLANEOUS FIELD SEEDS. 



Barley, Two Rowed. Per bushel, 51.50. Barley, Four Rowed. Per bushel,. |1.50. 



Buckwheat. Should be sown about the middle of June, broadcast 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 othet. 



The grains are nearly double the size of those of any other variety. Enormously productive. Per bushel, $1.50. 



— Silver Hull. About one week laterin maturing than the Japanese. Grain is of a light gray color, thin husk; good yielder. Bushel, $1.50. 

 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, $1.00. 



Oats, Clydesdale, {imported). — A handsome English White Oat. Very early and an enormous cropper. Per bushel, $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. 

 As a fertilizer they come next to Clover, to be plowed under when they commence to blossom ; they will grow on land that will not pro- 

 duce Clover. Sow two bushels to the acre, if with oats, one bushel of each. Per bushel, $1.75. 



Rape, Dwarf Essex. A forage plant of great merit, easily grown in any part of the United States, on any land that will raise turnips or 

 corn, and will furnish abundant supplies of succulent, rich, nutritious pasture at a season when it is most needed. Is of great value for 

 sheep and lambs. It is also of great value for pasturing cattle. 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. Can, however, be sown with grain in the spring, and it is said not to interfere with the grain crop. The 

 Dwarf Essex Rape is unequalled as a pasture for sheep in the autumn, and as a fattening food is without a rival in point of cheapness 

 and effectiveness. It will also keep a long time in early winter if cut and put in heapslike shocks of hay. Per lb., .10; 100 lbs., $8. 00. 



Rye, Spring. Although this grain is often planted especially for paper makers, who prefer it to any other, its principal value is as a 

 "catch" crop, to sow where winter grain has failed. The straw is shorter and stiffer than the winter variety, and is always easily secured, 

 while the grain, although smaller, is of equal value. Per bushel, $1.50. 



Rye, Fall or Winter. The time for sowing is from the middle of August to the last of September. Prepare the ground as for wheat 

 and sow broadcast, or with a drill 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 bes t to turn under for green manure. Per bushel, $1.25. 



Spring Vetc ies 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, $3.00. • 



Sugar Cane, Early Amber. The standard variety for the North, for sugar, ensilage or fodder. Per lb., .10; per 100 lbs., $5.50. 



Sunflower, Mammoth Russian. This is highly prized by poultry raisers and farmers as a cheap 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 acquatica.') The only one of our native plants furnishing food for wild fowl, ducks, geese, etc., which has been 

 made an article oJ commerce. This seed can be sown on the borders of lakes, ponds and along small streams to great advantage, attract- 

 ing 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. 



If by mail, add 9 cents per pound; 15 cents per quart. 



