II. & J. FARQUHAR & CO.'S SEED CATALOGUE. 



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FARM AND FIELD SEEDS. 



Prices Subject to Market Fluctuation. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



Barley, Two Rowed. Per bushel, $1.50. Barley, Four Rowed. Per bushel, $1.50. 



Buckwheat. Should be sown about the middle of June, broadcast, using from one to three pecks of seed to the acre. 



— Common. Per bushel, $1.25. 



— JAPANESE. Excels all other varieties in yield and earliness. On account of its earliness it can be grown farther 

 norlh than any other. The grains are nearly double the size of those of any other variety. Enormously pro- 

 ductive. Per bushel, £ 1 .50. 



— SILVER Hull. About one week later in maturing than the Japanese. Grain is of a light gray color, thin husk; 

 good yielder. Bushel, $1.50. 



Cow Peas. For fodder or soiling. A valuable and nutritious green forage or hay crop. Enriches poor land. 

 Improves good land. One of the best and cheapest ways of improving soil is the plowing under of leguminous 

 crops. Cow Peas have been found superior for this purpose, especially on medium or light soils. Like Clover 

 they absorb nitrogen from the atmosphere, the roots reach deep into the soil and bring up the necessary potash, 

 thus making a complete and natural fertilizer. For fertilizing purposes, Cow Peas are superior to Clover from the 

 fact that the foliage is greater, besides making full growth in from three to four months. Sow as early as May 10 

 or as late as July, one (1) bushel to the acre in drills, two and one-half bushels to the acre broadcast. $3.50 per 

 bushel. 



Oats, Welcome. This is now a well-known and extensively grown variety, and is one of the heaviest, handsomest, 

 and most productive white varieties grown. They stool heavily with extra strong, straight straw, standing well. 

 Succeeds well in a wide range of climate, and under a great variety of soils and methods of culture. Per bushel, $1.00. 



Oats, Clydesdale. Imported. A handsome English white Oat. Very early and an enormous cropper. Per 

 bushel, 32. co. 



Peas for Field Culture Only. White Canada and Green Field. These two varieties are the best for 

 general cultivation. One of the most profitable crops for fattening stock. They have been grown by dairymen 

 with very satisfactory results, following winter Rye, which was cut green in June for dairy cows, then stubble 

 turned under and sown to mixed Peas and Oats, furnishing a large amount of forage in August, when Grass pastures 

 usually short, and producing a supply of milk as abundant as in early summer months. Sow two bushels to the 

 acre, if with Oats, one bushel of each. White, per peck, .60; per bushel, $2.00; Green, per peck, .75; per 

 bushel, $2.50. 



Rape, Dwarf Essex. A forage plant of great merit, easily grown in any part of the United States. Is of great 

 value for sheep and lambs. One acre of Rape is sufficient to pasture ten to fifteen lambs on for two to two and one- 

 half months. It is often sown broadcast, about five lbs. to the acre, but will yield much better if drilled about two 

 lbs. to the acre, in rows twenty-two inches apart, and cultivated until plants are too large. Seed may be sown in 

 May, but we do not advise sowing until June or July. Per lb., .10; 100 lbs., $8.00. 



Rye, Spring. Its principal value is as a " catch " crop, to sow where winter grain has failed. The straw is shorter 

 and stiffer than the winter variety, and is always easily secured, while the grain, although smaller, is of equal value. 

 Per bushel, #1.50. 



Rye, Fall OR Winter. The time for sowing is from the middle of August to the last of September. Prepare the 

 ground as for Wheat and sow broadcast, or with a drill at the rate of one and one-half bushels per acre. This has 

 no equal as a crop to be used for late fall and early spring pasture, and is one of the best to turn under for green 

 manure. Per bushel, $1.25. 



Sand Vetch, or Hairy Vetch. Vicia villosa. Sand Vetch, or Hairy Vetch, is an annual, a native of western 

 Asia, and has been cultivated in this country and Europe for about fifty years. Its desirability as a forage crop 

 has become established and it is being cultivated each year on a more and more extensive scale. It should be 

 sown at the rate of from four to six pecks per acre, broadcast or in drills, from August 15 to October I, and with 

 it as a supporting crop to raise the vines up off the ground, there should be planted from two to four pecks of 

 winter Wheat, Oats, or Rye. It should be cut while the Vetch is in full bloom. It may be planted in spring in order 

 to supply an early green crop for soiling purposes, or in midsummer for late autumn forage. Per lb., .15; 100 

 lbs , 312.00. 



SPRING VETCHES or Tares. Vicia saliva. A valuable plant grown extensively for stock and sometimes mixed 

 with Oats for soiling. Culture the same as field Peas. Per bushel, $3.00. 



Sugar Cane, Early Amber. The standard variety for the North, for sugar, ensilage, or fodder. Per lb., .10; per 

 100 lbs., 55.50. 



SUNFLOWER, Mammoth Russian. This is highly prized by poultry raisers and farmers as a cheap food for fowls, 

 stock, and also for fuel. It is immensely productive, and can be raised cheaper than corn, as any waste piece of 

 ground will suffice. It is the best egg producing food known. Per lb., .10; per 100 lbs., $6.00. 



Wild Rice. Zizania aquatica. The only one of our native plants furnishing food for wild fowl, ducks, geese, 

 etc., which has been made an article of commerce. This seed can be sown on the borders of lakes, ponds, 

 and along small streams to great advantage, attracting all of these wild birds from September on. It purifies the 

 water and affords refuge to the small fry from the large fish. It makes a good hay, and in the South two crops can 

 be cut, and all cattle are fond of it. Sow in water having a mud bottom. Per lb., .30. 



Wheat. Spring Saskatchewan. Per bushel, $2.00. Wheat. Winter, White Clawson. Per bushel, $2.00. 



BIRD SEEDS, MOCKING BIRD AND PARROT FOOD. 



Canary, best Sicily 10 



Hemp 10 



Lettuce Seed 25 



Maw, Blue Poppy 15 



Millet 10 



Millet, White French Pearl 15 



Rape, English 10 



Per lb. 100 lbs. 

 #5.00 

 5.00 



4-5° 

 8.00 

 6.00 



Per lb. 100 lbs. 



Rape, German 10 #5.00 



Unhulled Rice 10 7.00 



Vetches for Pigeons 10 6.00 



Peas for Pigeons 10 3.50 



Prepared Food for Mocking Birds . . .25 



Sunflower for Parrots 10 5.00 



