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104—Forage Crops and Tree Seeds 
THE MAULE SEED BOOK FOR 1915 
Grain, Hay, Forage Crops and Tree Seeds 
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Sunflowers 
| Sunflower seed is one of the best egg produc- 
ing foods for poultry; the leaves make excellent 
| fodder, being relished by all kinds of stock. 
| The seed is a good food for hogs, and yields 
|a fine quality of oil. The stalks, which grow 
| very large. make excellent fire wood. It can 
| be sown any time before the middle of July. 
| Plant in hills, allowing 3 to 4 plants to each hill, 
| 314 to 4 feet apart each way; orin drills, 6 quarts 
| will sow an acre. Cultivate the same as corn. 
| Black Giant 
| This magnificent sunflower produces even 
larger heads than the Mammoth Russian, pro- 
| ducing more seed per acre than any other 
| variety. The seeds are short, plump, well filled 
| with meat, and have a thin shell. Specimens 
| have been grown measuring 6 feet in circum- 
. ference. It is something wonderful and is 
Mammoth Russian extremely profitable to grow. 
Flowers 18.to 20 inches in diameter. Very | in which to let hogs and cattle run in summer 
showy, but mostly grown for the large amount | for shade and nourishment if not wanted for 
of seed produced. Pkt., 10 cts.; pt., 20 cts.; seed. Packet, 10 cents; pint, 25 cents; 
qt., 35 cts., postpaid. By express or) quart, 40 cents, postpaid. By express or 
freight, not prepaid, qt., 25 cts.; pk., freight, not prepaid, quart, 30 cents; 
75 cts.; bu. (25 Ibs.), $2.50. | peck, $1.00; bushel (25 Ibs.), $3.50. 
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MAMMOTH RUSSIAN SUNFLOWER. 
An acre is good | 
Speltz or Emmer 
A Wonderful Grain 
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This remarkable grain partakes somewhat of the nature of wheat | for feeding, making a grade somewhat similar torye. The straw resem- 
and somewhat of the nature of barley. It has been grown for centuries 
in Russia, near the Caspian Sea. It was recently brought to this coun- 
try by an emigrant, and has already attracted very wide attention on 
account of its merits. The grain is intermediate between wheat and 
barley. The chaff adheres to the grain when threshed, and is fed in 
that condition to stock. It is adapted for milling purposes, as well as 
barley. 
latitudes. 
per acre. 
paid. 
Sow in the 
bles wheat straw. It grows large crops—40 to 80 bushels per acre—on 
comparatively poor soil, and it is said to give full double the crop of 
It resists drought successfully, and is adapted to_ Northern 
Spring or in the fall at the rate of two bushels 
Packet, 10 cts.; pound, 25 cts.; 3 pounds, 65 cts., post= 
By ex. or fgt., not prepaid, pk., 50 cts.; bu. (40 Ibs.), $1.50. 
Hairy or Winter Vetch Improved Evergreen Broom Corn 
This useful plant (vicia villosa) is noted for The best. Brush firm, of good length and 
lts extreme hardiness... As a winter cover crop, | bright green color. Sow in drills, using 10 to 12 
to prevent leaching, as well as for forage and | pounds seed totheacre. Pkt., 10 cts.; Ib., 25 
fertilizing purposes, it | cts.; 3 Ibs., 65 cts., postpaid. By express or 
is one of the best. If | freight, not prepaid, pk., 60 cts.; bu., $2.00. 
sown in September it 
will make excellent ~ 
forage the following 
spring. Thetop , 
is small and in- 
conspicuous at > 
the start, but 
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The plant isa 
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gen  gatherer. 
Forage yield, 
144 to 4tons per 
acre. Excellent 
for dairy stock 
and for poultry 
pasturage. Use 
14% bushels of 
seed per acre, 
or 1 bushel of 
vetch and ¥ 
Spring Rye 
Used with profit as a catch crop where grain 
has winter killed. Quite commonly employed 
Within recent years. Sow 144 to 2 bushels to 
|}the acre. Pkt., 10c.; lb., 25c.; 3 Ibs., 65c., 
| postpaid. By express or freight, not pre- 
| paid, peck, 50 cts.; bushel, $1.75. 
Marquis Spring Wheat 
A wonderful new variety which has become 
very popular and met with wide spread inter- 
est. It is remarkably early and exceedingly 
productive. Pkt., 10 cts.; Ilb., 25 cts.; 3 Ibs., 
65 cts., postpaid. By express or freight, 
not prepaid, pk., 75 cts.; bu., $2.50. 
Tree Seeds 
Apple, ounce, 10 cents; pound, 40 cents. 
bushel of | Arbor Vitze, American, 0z., 20 cts.; 1b., $2.00. 
rye. Pkt, Box Elder, ounce, 10 cents; pound, 75 cents. 
ea BAe Catalpa Speciosa. (True.) Oz., 20c.; Ib., $2.00. 
3 Ibs... 75 Cherry Mazard, ounce, 10 cts.; pound, 75 cts. 
ets., post- Honey Locust, ounce, 10 cts.; pound, 75 cts. 
paid. By Norway Spruce, ounce, 20 cts.; pound, $2.25. 
express or Pear, ounce, 20 cents; pound, $1.75. 
freight, Quince, ounce, 25 cents; pound, $2.50. 
rata ne | Scotch Pine, ounce, 25 cents; pound, $2.50. 
$2.00; Bue Silver Fir, European, 0z., 2 cts.; 1b., $2.50. 
$7.50. White Ash, ounce, 10 cents; pound, $1.00. 
| White Pine, ounce, 30 cents; pound, $3.00. 
Yellow Locust, ounce, 10 cts.; pound, 75 cts. 
Spring Vetch 
This vetch (vicia sativa) is not hardy and | 
must therefore, be sown in the spring during 
May or June. It possesses the same desirable 
features as the Winter Vetch. Use 144 bushels 
per acre alone, or with spring wheat. spring rye 
or oats forsupport. Pkt.,10c.;1b., 30c.; 3 lbs., 
75 cts., postpaid. By express or freight, 
not prepaid, pk., $1.25; bu. (60 Ibs.), $4.00. 
Osage Orange 
Produces a good hedge in from 3 to 4 years. 
Ounce, 10 cts.; pound, 60 cts., postpaid. 
By express or freight, not prepaid, pound, 
| 50 cents; 25 pounds, $11.00. 
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JAPANESE &4 BUCKWHEAT. 
Japanese Buckwheat 
The best and most profitable variety. From 
\ bushel of seed sown a crop of 40 bushels has 
been harvested. Flour is superior to that from 
any other variety. Ripens early. Sow 34 bushel 
in drills or 1 bushel broadeast to anacre. Pkt., 
10 cts.; lb., 25 cts.: 3 lbs., 65 cts., pestpaid. 
By express or freight, not prepaid, peck, 
50 ects.; bushel, $1.75; 10 bushels, $15.00. 
White Hulless Barley 
Grows 2% feet high. Heads well filled; beard- 
less. Plump, heavy Kernels, which are hulless 
when threshed. Ripens early and yields weil. 
Sow broadcast 2 to 244 bushels to the acre. 
Pkt., 10 cts.; lb., 25 cts.; 3 lbs., 65 cts., post- 
| paid. By express or freight, not prepaid, 
| peck, 75 cts.; bushel, $2.50; 2 bus., $4.75. 
Customers may order half pecks at peck rates; half bushels at bushel rates. 
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