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KAFFIR CORN. 



One of the best for- 

 age plants. The heads 

 contain small white 

 seeds, which make an 

 excellent flour. The 

 heads are greedily eat- 

 en by horses and cattle 

 and make splendid 

 food for poultry, fed 

 either in the grain or 

 ground and cooked . 

 The foliage and stalks 

 make excellent forage. 

 Cultivate the same as 

 common corn, requir- 

 ing four or five pounds 

 of seed per acre, 100 

 lbs., $2.25. 



DWARF 

 ESSEX RAPE. 



This plant is exten- 

 sively grown for for- 

 age, especially for 

 Kaffir Corn. sheep, and for green 



manure, for which purpose there is perhaps no better plant 

 adapted where a quick, rank growth is desired. Prepare the 

 ground as for turnips and sow in June or July with a turnip 

 drill, in rows two and a half feet apart at the rate of two 

 and a half pounds of seed per acre. Our stock is the true 

 Essex Dwarf, and not the worthless annual. 100 lbs., 

 $5.00. 



SORGHUM, OR CANE. 



Early Amber Sorghum. — Fur- 

 nishes a large yield of most nutri- 

 tious forage, which can be fed either 

 green or cured, and will yield two 

 or three cuttings a year, stooling 

 out thicker each time it is cut. The 

 saccharine matter is of the first 

 quality, and it also produces a fine 

 sugar or syrup. It grows ten or 

 twelve feet high. Sow at the rate 

 of one peck per acre in drills three 

 an d a hal f to f our f eet apart . Peck , 

 35c; bush., about $1.10. 



Early Orange Sorghum. — This 

 variety is a favorite whereever used; 

 it is similar in growth to Early 

 Amber, but under fair conditions 

 produces a heavier crop. It is 

 better for stock feeding than the 

 Amber. Per bushel, $1 .10. 



BUCKWHEAT. 



Japanese. — This variety yields very largely. The kernels 

 are larger than other sorts, but owing to its branching 

 qualities it need not be sown so thicklv. Peck, 40c; bushel, 

 about $1.15. 



Silver Hull. — A superior variety in every way to the ordi- 

 nary Buckwheat, which it has almost entirely superseded. 

 Peck, 35c; bushel about $1.10. Current prices quoted on 

 application. 



WHITE SPRING OATS. 



Our best recleaned stock of these are Choice Northern 

 grown, all heavv oats, which have been recleaned bv us. 

 Bush., 50c. 



RUST-PROOF OATS. 



A favorite spring variety in the South, particularly where 

 the land is rich; produces enormous yield, and excellent for 

 cutting for hay. Bush., 45c 



Sorghum, or Cane. 



Southern 

 COW PEAS. 



There is no surer or cheap - 

 er means of improving- and in- 

 creasing ihe productiveness of 

 our soils than by mowing the 

 Cow Pea. It makes an enormous growth, enabling 

 the fanner to put plenty of nitrogenous vegetable 

 matteT into the soil at a small cost, and so very largely 

 enables him to dispense with the use of nitrogenous 

 commercial fertilizers, and has the power to extract 

 this ccstly nitrogen frcm the atmosphere and to store 

 the same in the vines and roots so that if the crop is 

 cut off, the land is still enriched and its condition im- 

 proved. From five to nine tons of green fcdder per 

 acre have been produced by the Cow Pea. To grow 

 for hay they are most valuable. For ensilage they ■ 

 are unsurpassed. When it is desired to turn the 

 whole crop under, as a soil improver, it is better to do 

 so after the vines are partly dead. Cow Peas can be 

 sown in Mayor June, at the rate of one and a half 

 bushels per acre. 



Black. — This variety is quick to mature, 

 and well adapted for late planting in North- 

 ern sections; it is a vigorous grower and 

 great yield er. Bushel, $3.05. Price fluctu- 

 ates. 



Black-Eye. — A prolific vine-growing variety of merit, seed 

 often sold for table use. Peck, 50c; bush., $1*95?*— 



Whippoorwill. — A favorite early bunch-growing variety, 

 has brown-speckled seed, which are more easily gathered 

 than from the vine-growing sorts. This variety is a prime 

 favorite in the North and West on account of its early ma- 

 turity and habit of growth. Bush., $%-&& Price fluctuates. 



CANADA FIELD PEAS. 



These Field Peas are entirely different from the Cow Pea, 

 requiring to be sown early in the spring, making their crop 

 read}' for cutting in May or June. They can be sown in 

 open weather during December, January, February and 

 March, and making large yields of most nutritious food, 

 weich can be used either green or cured for hay. It also 

 makes a good green manuring crop to turn under, but is not 

 equal in this respect to Cow Peas. They can be sown alone 

 at the rate of one and a half to two bushels to the acre, but 

 a light seeding of oats, rye or barley will increase the yield 

 and help to support the pea vines when the crop comes to 

 maturity. The crop is ready for cutting in Ma}' and June, 

 and cures easily and makes splendid hay. Price fluctuates. 

 Price, January 1st, peck, 50c; bushel, $1.65 Special price 

 quoted on large lots. Cotton bags, holding two bushels 

 each, 15c extra. 



SOY, OR SOJA BEANS, 



A Great Drought-Resisting Forage Crop, Producing Immense 



Quantities of Nutritious, Food, Besides Being an 



Excellent Soil Improver. 



The Soy bean is coming right to the front as a great soil 

 enricher, as a food for hogs and cattle, both in the green 

 and dry state. In some parts of the South it is exteusively 

 grown only for feeding pigs. Agricultural Bulletins through- 

 out the Southern States praise it without stint. To plow 

 under in the green state it is certainly one of the very best 

 plants, next to Cow Peas, to sow on account of its soil-en- 

 riching qualities. It will draw from the air and return to 

 the earth just the nourishment needed. Peck, 40c,; bush., 

 $4*56, Subject to market fluctuations. 



SAND, OR WINTER VETCH. 



Sometimes called Hairy Vetch. The most valuable of all 

 Vetches. It succeeds on nearly all soils and is specially 

 recommended for poor lands, where it thrives and improves 

 the soil wonderfully, as it is very rich in nitrogen. It be- 

 longs to the pea family, but the vines are more leafy and 

 longer. It may be sown in the spring or in the fall, prefer- 

 ably with rye. It remains green all winter and is valuable 

 for early pasturing, as well as a fertilizer, Peck, $1.50; 

 bush., $5.50 



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