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 DWARF ESSEX RAPE 



Provides a Perfect Pasture and is Relished by all 

 Kinds of Stock — Indispensable for Sheep and Hogs. 



Sow in the north to the end of August, in the south during September and October. 



In the United States we have millions of acres of land that lie idle or run to weeds 

 the latter part of the season, after the summer crops have been harvested, a large portion 

 of which might be made to produce, during the fall, one of the finest feeds imaginable, 

 and in the greatest abundance, at a time when cattle, sheep and hogs are roaming through 

 bare pastures in search of a scanty living. Under favorable conditions. Dwarf Essex 

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

 sary. 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 cases, 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 for 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 July 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. Even so far South as Alabama it has proved a boon to the farmer. In a 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 cairy more hogs through the dry, hot summers than four times the amount of land planted in anything else ever grown here. I would recommend 

 it to all Southern farmers." To secure the best results, the Rape should be sown in drills. Sow 4 lbs. per acre broadcast, 2 to 3 lbs. per acre in drills. 

 (See cut.) Price, 12c. per lb , $4.25 per bushel of 50 lbs., 100 lbs., $8.00. If by mail, add 8c. per lb. 





Sand or Winter Vetch. 



(Vicia Villosa.) 



Though it succeeds and produces good crops on poor, sandy soils, it is much more vigorous 

 on good land and grows to a height of 4 to 5 feet. It is perfectly hardy throughout the 

 United States, remaining green all winter, and should be sown during August and September 

 mixed with Mammoth Red Clover, in sections where it will not winter-kill, or with Rye, 

 which serves as a support for the plants; or in spring with Oats or Barley. 



It is the earliest crop for cutting, being nearly a month earlier than Scarlet Clover, and 

 a full crop can be taken off the land in time for planting spring crops. Being much hardier 

 than Scarlet Clover, this is the Forage Plant to sow in the Northern States, where Scarlet 

 Clover winter-kills, though it is equally valuable in the South. Every dairyman and stock- 

 breeder in the United States should have a field of it, and if you try it once you will never 

 be a season without it. 



It is exceedingly nutritious, much more so than Clover, is eaten with relish, and may be 

 fed with safety to all kinds of stock. 



It will also prove valuable for a Hay crop in the South and dry Western regions, as it 

 may be sown in the fall and will make a luxuriant growth during the fall and spring months, 

 and will yield a heavy crop, which may be cut and stored before the droughts set in. 



Sow one bushel per acre, with one-half bushel of Rye or Wheat. (See cut.) 



Price, 13c. per lb., $7.00 perbushel of GO lbs., 100 lbs., $11 00. If by mail, add 8c. per lb. 



A splendid up^io-date Book on Agriculture. 



Farmers, Cyclopedia of Agriculture. By Messrs. Wilcox and Smith. Experiment Sta- 

 tion Editors in U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. A thoroughly up-to-date, practical, concise 

 and complete presentation of the whole subject of agriculture. Farm, orchard and gar- 

 den crops, animals, feeding, dairying, poultry, irrigation, drainage, fertilizing, spraying, 

 etc. 6000 topics, 700 pages, 500 illustrations. Cloth bound, $3.50; half morocco, $4.50. 



FARM SEEDS we do NOT deliver free, but when small quantities are wanted, we will prepay carriage in the 



United States if 8c. per pound is added to prices. 



