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SORGHUMS. 



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XEOSINXE. (Reana Luxuriana.) A semi-tropical forage 

 plant, considered by many to be superior to isorghum or Millo 

 Maize. The plant resembles Indian Corn, but is more compact and 

 slender. It suckers more than any other forage plant, and pro- 

 duces 3 to 4 cuttings of good fodder during the summer. There 

 has hitherto been great difficulty in getting seed that will grow, 

 and this has retarded its cultivation. Our tests of Teosinte last 

 year showed an average germination of 90?;^, and there is no 

 reason to fear that this cannot be kept up. $1.50 lb.; 100 lbs., $125.00. 



RURAL BRANCHING DOUR A. {Millo Maize, Sor- 

 •ghum Vulgare.) A wonderfully productive fodder plant that has been 

 thoroughly tried, and is seemingly superior to all others for soiling, 

 silos, and green or dry fodder. It has great capacity for standing 

 drought, and can be cut at any stage, or cured for fodder. It shoots 

 •out strongly, 6 to 16 stalks are frequently produced from one seed, 

 and it starts a new growth rapidly after being cut for fodder, makes 

 a great amount of foliage, and can be cut for green feed several 

 times in the season. Plant and cultivate in the same manner as 

 corn. 4 to 5 pounds required to plant an acre. 20c. lb. ; 100 lbs., 

 $10.00. 



YELrl.O'W BRANCHING DOURA. (Yellow Millo 

 Maize.) This is earlier than the Rural Branching, and of taller 

 growth, often attaining a neight of 9 to 12 feet, but it does not 

 stool out quite as much from the ground, although it brandies out 

 from the joints. Its seed heads grow very large and heavy on 

 good ground, and when ripe hang over, and the grains are lai'ge 

 and plump, and double the size of the Millo Maize, and are of a 

 deep golden color. It produces an enormous quantity of green 

 iodder, for which stock show a marked partiality. Cultivate same 

 as corn ; plant 4 lbs. to the acre. 20c. lb. ; 100 lbs., $10.00. 



SUGAR CANE. 



Besides being grown for syrup, the sugar canes ai-e valuable 

 fodder plants for cutting green and feeding to stock during dry, 



hot weather in summer when pastures 

 are apt to be burned up. Being a 

 tropical plant it makes its best growth 

 during just such weather, so that a few 

 acres should be grown on every farm of 

 any extent. Cattle, horses and sheep 

 relish and eat it greedily, and it may 

 be fed to them with safety. It should be 

 sown in drills, using 10 or 12 lbs. per 

 acre, or broadcast at the rate of 20 to 

 25 lbs. per acre, and should be cut 

 when about 20 inches in height, and 

 will yield several such cuttings during 

 the summer. It pays to manure it 

 heavily, for the oftener it is cut the 

 more it suckers out and seems to grow 

 more rapidly. 



EARI^Y AMBER SUGAR 



CANE. A variety which has been 

 largely tested in many parts of the 

 country with great success. Being of 

 somewhat slim growth, it does not 

 stand droughts of the South as well as 

 the Early Orange, but for growing 

 North it is unsurpassed. It is exceed- 

 ingly early and makes the finest quality 

 of sj-rup and sugar. (See cut.) 15c. lb. ; 

 100 lbs., $6.00. 



EARI^Y ORANGE SUGAR 



CANE. Yields about twenty-five 

 per cent, more cane, and is also much 

 more succulent than any other variety. 

 The stalks are much heavier, but not 

 quite so tall, and it is a little later than 

 the Amber, and is better adapted for 

 culture in the South. It does not suc- 

 ceed well north of 43 degrees. 15c. 



EAELY AMBEK SUGAR CANE. lb. ; 100 IbS., $6.00. 



RED KAFFIR 

 CORN. This very 

 leafy and juicy variety 

 is taller but more 

 slender than the white. 

 The seed is red and 

 smaller than that of 

 the white, and rather 

 hard and brittle, but 

 is excellent forfeeding 

 poultry. It ripens a 

 little earlier than the 

 white variety and 

 yields much heavier, 

 and is the best drought 

 resister among all the 

 non - saccharine Sor- 

 ghums. It is also val- 

 uable for sowing on 

 poor land, as it will 

 give better results 

 underthese conditions 

 than the White Kaffir 

 Corn, as well as other 

 Sorghums, most of 

 which require a well- 

 enriched soil. Unless 

 under exceptional cir- 

 cumstances we do ni't 

 recommend the Kaffir 

 Corns north of New 

 York City, but they 

 are worthy of extended 

 culture intheSouthern 

 States, where they will 

 yield two cuttings in a 

 season, as well as 40 to 

 50 bushels of grain. 

 15c. lb.; 100 lbs., $10.00. 



KAFFIB CORN. 



"WHITE KAFFIR CORN. Grows four to five feet 

 high, making a straight, upright growth. It has a strong stem with 

 numerous wide leaves. The stalks keep green and juicy and do not 

 harden like other varieties of Sorghum, and it makes an excellent 

 fodder, either green or dried, which is highly relished by all kinds 

 of stock. It should be sown in drills three feet apart. If the 

 grain is desired for poultry feed, it should be sown in rows three 

 feet apart, using five pounds of seed to the acre ; but, if desired 

 for fodder, it can be sown either broadcast or in drills, using 

 twenty to twenty-five pounds per acre. Flour made from the seed 

 is excellent for making cakes, muffins and pastry, and has a slightly 

 sweetish taste; otherwise it is not distinguishable from wheat. 

 Unlike Corn, both the Red and White Kaffir Corn have the veiy 

 desirable quality of remaining green after the grain matures, until 

 killed by frost. (See cut.) ]5e. lb. ; 100 lbs., $10.00. 



BROOM CORN, EVERGREEN. This variety is of 

 great value from the fact, that it is entirely free from all crooked 

 brush, and it does not get red in the field before it is cut, but 

 remains strictly green, and consequently always commands the 

 highest market price. 15c. lb. ; 100 lbs., $7.50. 



JERUSAI^EM CORN. Grows about three feet high, and 

 is claimed to be one of the surest crops for dry countries and 

 seasons. It is a non-saccharine Sorghum, and yields a large crop 

 of pure white grains, which, when ground, are exceedingly nutri- 

 tious and fattening for hogs. At the United States Grass and 

 Forage Experiment Station, located in an arid section of Kansas, 

 where the Department of Agriculture has for several years past 

 conducted a series of valuable experiments to determine the best 

 drought-resisting plants, Jerusalem Corn proved to be one of the 

 most desirable, having in the driest season in the past 15 years 

 produced a crop, without irrigation, both of fodder and grain, when 

 other forage plants perished, and excels in drought-resisting quali- 

 ties even the Kaffir Corns and Douras. It also makes an excellent 

 hominy. Five pounds will plant an acre. 20c. lb. ; 100 lbs., $12.00. 



