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SELECTED BAKLEY 



Barley is a good crop to follow Corn grown on Clover sod, as the land is then in prime condition. 

 Harrow and roll well after seeding. The crop should be harvested before it is too ripe, if a bright 

 white berry is wanted. Sow 2% bushels per acre broadcast and iy% to 2 bushels per acre if drilled. 



BEARDLESS BARLEY. Beardless Barley is remarkable for its great productiveness; 

 it having been conclusively shown during the past few years, that it is far and away above 

 all others in that respect. Also for the entire absence of the troublesome beard common 

 to all other varieties except the Improved White Hulless. Although it makes a good grain 

 crop, it is of the greatest value, as a quick growing and nutritious forage crop, either to feed 

 green or cured as hay. If cured as hay it should be cut when the grain is in the milk. 



For fattening hogs or feeding to live stock generally, it is particularly good, and also much 

 safer owing to the absence of beard. Many young animals have been choked by feeding 

 them the bearded Barleys. Beardless Barley is also preferred by many brewers for malting 

 purposes. Sow \ l i to 2 bushels per acre. 



Price, 85c. per peck; $3.00 per bushel of 48 lbs.; 10 bushels, 82.90 per bushel. 



IMPROVED WHITE HULLESS. A valuable new variety, which should be sown at the 

 rate of 1J4 bushels per acre about the time of sowing Oats. It is two or three weeks earlier 

 than ordinary Barley, grows about the same height, and will not shatter in the field, even 

 when very ripe. The grain is not unlike Wheat, and weighs about 60 lbs. per bushel, instead 

 of 48 lbs. as other Barley. For feeding to horses and hogs, when ground, it is unequalled, 

 and is also exceedingly valuable as hay, if cut and cured just before ripening. 



Price, $1.50 per peck; $5.00 per bushel of 48 lbs.; 10 bushel lots, $4.90 per bushel. 



VERMONT CHAMPION. This is a two-rowed variety which is much esteemed by 

 northern farmers. It is quite early, extremely hardy, and very prolific. The heads are 

 longer than the six-rowed varieties, and the berries are larger. It always fetches a high price, 

 on account of its good appearance; and its malting qualities are excellent. 



Price, 85c. per peck; $3.00 per bushel of 48 lbs.; 10-bushel lots, $2.90 per bushel. 



JAPANESE MILLET (Panicum Cruss-Galli Major) 



Especially Valuable for the Northern and New England States. The Best 

 Recent Introduction for the Silo and Cutting Green 



Entirely distinct from any other Millet, grows tall and produces an enormous crop. It 

 grows 6 to 8 feet high, stands remarkably well notwithstanding its great height, and yields 

 from 10 to 12 tons green fodder per acre. When cured it makes an excellent quality of hay, 

 and its feeding value is far superior to Corn fodder, and it is much relished by all kinds of 

 stock, whether green of cured. If to be made into hay, cure as you would a heavy crop of 

 Glover. 



An ideal ensilage mixture may be composed of two parts of this millet to one part of Soja 

 Beans, mixed when filling the silo. The Soja Beans supply the albuminoids and fat in which 

 the Corn and Millet are deficient. This mixture forms a complete balanced ration for 

 milch cows without the addition of grain, though it is, of course, advisable to feed grain 

 occasionally as a change. 



This ensilage combination will certainly become popular, and when generally used, as we 

 predict it will be, it will result in a saving of hundreds of thousands of dollars annually to 

 the dairymen and farmers of the United States. This Millet does not endure drought well, 

 except it be sown early in retentive soil, and it is not adapted to the climate, nor is it recom- 

 mended for the Southern States; but north of Washington, D. C, and especially for good, 

 rich soils, we confidently recommend its general cultivation. It will produce a fair second 

 cutting, if sown early in May, and cut when in blossom. It may be sown from the middle 

 of May to the 1st of July, broadcast, at the rate of 15 lbs. per acre, but it is better to sow it in 

 drills, 12 to 18 inches apart, using 10 to 12 lbs. per acre , and hoed between the rows to keep 

 down all weeds until the plant attains a height of 12 to 18 inches when its rapid growth 

 will smother all weeds. 



Price, 15c. lb.; 10 lbs. $1.20; 100 lbs. $10.00. (See engraving.) 



HUNGARIAN MILLET. Is the quickest of catch crops for hay, and as it may be sown 

 any time during the summer months up to the middle of August, it is invaluable* for over- 

 coming a shortage of the regular hay crop, it is fairly drought resistant. Many farmer? 

 now occupy their land with other crops, and for their hay depend entirely upon Hungarian 

 Grass, which they can sow after other crops have been harvested. 

 Sow 1 bushel per arce. 



Price, $6.00 per bushel of 48 lbs.; 10 bushels and upwards, $5.90 

 per bushel. 



GOLDEN MILLET. Northern Grown. This variety is considerable 

 larger than Hungarian and yields a much heavier crop, but is later and 

 not so quick growing, consequently cannot be sown much after the fourth 

 of July in this latitude. To maintain its heavy cropping character, 

 seed of this variety needs to be specially cultivated. 



Our seed is specially grown and selected, and will produce nearly 

 double the crop obtained from seed not so grown. Sow one bushel per 

 acre. 



Price, $5.00 per bushel of 50 lbs.; 10 bushels and upwards, $4.90 

 per bushel. 



PfcAKL JmILLc 1 (Pennisetum Spicalum) 

 This has been cultivated for some years in some of the Southern 

 States, under the names of African Cane, Egyptian Millet, Cattail 

 Millet and Horse Millet. It grows with tropical luxuriance in strong, 

 loamy soil, particularly if well enriched, and then attains a height of 

 from 7 to 9 feet, and produces an enormous quantity of green fodder, for 

 which purpose it can be cut several times during the season, as it imme- 

 diately starts a new growth after cutting, and grows with great rapidity. 

 Is not so hardy as the other varieties, and succeeds best in latitudes 

 south of New York. The first cutting should be made when about 3 

 feet high; this will cause it to tiller and spread, and as the season advances 

 and becomes warmer, it grows with marvelous rapidity. It will prove of 

 exceptional value if grown in sections subject to protracted droughts. 

 Sow in drills, 5 to 6 lbs. per acre; if broadcast, 8 lbs. per acre. Weight, 

 per bushel, 56 lbs. Clean seed, 

 Price, 25c. per lb.; $20.00 per 100 lbs. 



TRUE DWARF ESSEX RAPE 



Indispensable for Sheep and Swine 



Under favorable conditions it is ready for pasturing sheep or cattle 

 within six weeks from time of sowing, and on an average one acre will 

 carry twelve to fifteen sheep six weeks to two months. When on tin- 

 Rape they should at all times have access to salt; but water is not 

 necessary. There are several varieties of Rape, but care should be taken 

 to procure the Dwarf Essex, or English, as it is sometimes called which 

 does not seed the same season as sown, unless in some exceptional i 

 as when sown too early and the young plant is touched by frost. In 

 Northern states it should be sown from April to end of August tor fall 

 pasturing, but as it thrives best in cool weather, it should not be sown 

 in the Southern states until September or October for winter pasture. 

 In the latitude of New York it should be sown in April, or in .Inly or 

 August. Its fattening properties are probably twice as good as those 

 of Clover, and for sheep the feeding value of Rape excels all other plants 

 we know of. At the Michigan Experiment Station 128 lambs were 

 pastured for eight weeks on 15 acres of Rape sown in July, and showed 

 a gain of 2,890 lbs., or at the rate of 3 lbs. per lamb each week. Ev( n 

 so far south as Alabama it has proved a boon to the farmer. 1 

 recent bulletin published by the Alabama Experiment Station they state: 

 "Quality of product good for both hogs and cattle. The growth was 

 enormous. By repeated sowings it will and did carry more hogs through 

 our dry, hot summers than four times the amount of land planted in 

 any thing else ever grown here. I would recommend it to all southern 

 farmers." To secure the best results, the Rape should bo sown in drills. 

 Sow 1 lbs. per acre broadcast, 2 to 3 lbs. per acre in drills. 

 Sow in the North from April to end of Aug., in the South During Sept. and Oct 



Price, 30c. per lb.; $13.00 per bushel of 50 lbs.; 100 lbs., $25.03. 



