CURRIE BROTHERS' HORTICULTURAL GUIDE. 



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RAPE. True Dwarf Essex. 



Beware of the Kind of Rape Seed You Sow. There is 

 only one sort of any value in this country for sheep feed , 

 and that is the True Dwarf Essex. Look with suspicion 

 upon all others, no matter under what name they appear. 

 Some are worthless as fodder plants, while others are 

 offered under new names, with glowing descriptions, for 

 the purpose of extorting a higher price from the buyer. 

 We import our Dwarf Essex Rape Seed every year from 

 headquarters in England, and know it to be genuine, and 

 of the very best quality, which alone is a sufficient guaran- 

 tee, worth much more than the price of the seed. The 

 easiest cultivated and most profitable plant for sheep, hog 

 or cattle-feed known. The cost per acre never exceeding 

 45c, iB so small as to be scarcely worth taking into account. 

 It can be sown in early spring along with Oats or Eye, and 

 eaten off by sheep within a week or so after harvest. It can 

 also be sown on Oat, Rye or Wheat stubble, or on any va- 

 cant land up to the end of July, and will yield an immense 

 crop of green fodder in six to eight weeks from time of 

 sowing— nothing like it for sheep feed. The feed furnished 

 by Rape is unsurpassed as a fattener for sheep and hogs, 

 being superior to clover, and sheep pastured on it gain 

 rapidly in weight. A fair idea of the value of Rape can be 

 had from the following; At the Michigan Experiment 

 Station 128 Lambs were pastured for 8 weeks on 5 Acres 

 of Rape and showed the magnificent total gain of 2,890 lbs., 

 or almost 3 lbs. per lamb for each week they were on the 

 Rape feed, and all at the small cost for seeding of 45 cts. 

 'acre Prof W A Henry, Director of the Wisconsin Agricultural Experiment Station, says: '' We had half an acre of Rape this year, 1894 which gave an 

 ual yield by weighing of %1 tons, or at the rate of 1% tons per acre, and this, too, in spite of the great drought." Rape should be sown in.drills at the rate 

 3 1 lbs [per acre, or broadcast: using 4 to 6 lbs. per acre, all through the summer months so as to furnish a successive crop of sheep feed. Owing to its being a 

 ;at grower in cool weather Rape can be sown up.to the first days of August. 



e Acre of 

 iPE will Pasture 

 Sheep for Two 

 >nths. 



Per lb '5 cts. 



15 lbs. for $'-'5 



25 lbs. for $1.75 



100 lbs. for. 6 50 



SORGHUMS. 



Sorghums and Sugar Cane have not had the attention paid them which they deserve. 



ey make excellent fodder plants and succeed in the driest and hottest of summers. 



rly Amber Sugar Cane is especially deserving of extended cultivation, as the fodder is 



ich relished by cattle and horses. Two cuttings in a season can be had from it. For 



Ider sow 25 lbs. per acre in drills, using a wheat drill set to one bushel and stop every 



her hole. 



(All Sorghums subject to market fluctuations.) 



00m Corn, Improved Evergreen— Now grown more extensively than any other 



variety on account of its color and quality of its brush. Grows 7 feet high. Sow 



35 lbs. to the acre. Per lb., 10 cts.; 10 lbs., 81.00; 100 lbs $5.00 



ifflr Corn— White or Red seeded. A variety of sorghum cultivated for bothforage 



and grain. Per lb. 10 cts.; 10 lbs.; 75 cts.; 100 lbs « 8.75 



Jlow Branching Doura— A strong, tall-growing sort, attaining a height of from 9 



to 12 feet. It produces great quantities of seed, which is golden-yellow in color. 



Its stalks and leaves are very valuable for feed. Per lb., 10 cts.; 10 lbs., f 1.00; 



100 lbs 5.00 



rusalem Corn— A sure cropper, even in dry seasons growing to about 5 feet. Large 



seed heads with flattish shaped grains, much relished by chickens. Per lb., 10 



cts.: 10 lbs., 81.00; 100 lbs 5 00 



Spergula Maxima— Extensively cultivated in 

 Europe for sheep and cattle pasture in winter. 



It grows well on poor, dry, sandy soil. Sow 15 lbs. to the acre. Per lb.; 15 cts.; 



10 lbs., 81.00; 100 lbs 7.00 



iUNFLft WFP Large Russian— Single heads measure 15 inches 



'** •■ * !■*' « C ■%■ across and contain an immense amount of seeds 



which are highly prized by poultry raisers. Nothing easier can be grown; plant 



same as corn in any out of the way place. Oz., 5 cts.; 1 lb., 10 cts. ; 3 lbs. for 25 



cts.; 100 lbs 00 



SUGAR CANE. 



Early Amber — A variety which has been largely tested 

 throughout the country with very general success. Its 

 distinctive features are said to be its earliness and great 

 yield of both sugar and syrup. Per lb. , 10 cts.; 10 lbs., 75 

 cts.; 100 lbs , , ..$4.00 



tlANTSPURRY. 



TEOSINTE, 



The culture of this remarkable forage plant has been kept back for years in this 

 luntry owing to the difficulty of securing seed of good germinating qualities. We have 

 )w succeeded in obtaining a supply of American-grown seed of as strong germinating 

 lality as is found in the ordinary field corns. Teosinte is a valuable forage plant, le- 

 mbling Field Corn very much in its habit of growth, but throwing out side-shoots or 

 ickers in much greater profusion. It is very rich in saccharine and altogher furnishes 

 more desirable fodder than ordinary field corn. At our own trials in Wisconsin, ii 

 •oduced a growth of 9 feet, full of strong side-shoots or suckeis that made a veritable 

 ash out of each plant. It is greedily eaten by all kinds of stock, either in the green 

 ate or when cured as Hay. Sow at the same time as corn, in hills, just as close as they 

 in be conveniently worked. 



Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 20 cts.; % lb., 50 cts.; 1 lb., $1.40; 2 lbs., sufficient for 1 acre, $2.75. 



WILD RICE. 



Izania Aquatlca— A valuable plant for sowing in lakes and marshes to attract 

 wna iowi. The seed should be sown during September and October, or in the 

 early spring as soon as the ice has disappeared. Sow broadcast from a boat in 

 irom 1 to 5 feet of water. Per lb.. 20 cts.; 10 lbs.. 81.50; 100 lbs 



$13.00 



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