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JAPANESE MIIdl^ET.— A new variety imported two years ago from Japan, where the graiu 

 la largely used as human food. The importer in 1891 planted a small plot of ground which yielded at the 

 rate of 6% tons dry straw and over 90 bushels of seed per acre. The yield of seed is surely a remarkable 

 one, especially since a considerable amount was lost through the ravages of birds (which prefer it to com- 

 mon millet) as well as by rattling out, for unlilie common millet, this threshes very easily. There is 

 good reason to believe this new variety will prove an exceedingly valuable crop for green fodder or for 

 the silo, as it is as much superior in every respect to all other millets, as is the Japanese buckwheat, that 

 has since its introduction gained such popularity over the common sort formerly largely grown. The 

 seed of this millet constitutes an excellent grain for hens, and when ground, is a wholesome, nutritious 

 and economical food for cattle. The plants attain an average height of six feet, are short jointed, and at 

 every joint there is put forth an immense number of long, thick, fleshy leaves that increase its val- 

 ue as a cattle food. The heads average a foot in length and over six inches in diameter. The illustra- 

 tion drawn from nature but scarcely conveys an adequate Idea of the great food-producing qualities of 

 this Millet. Pkt., 10 cts.; lb., 30 cts.; 3 lbs., 75 cts. By express or freight, peck, 75 cts.; bu., $2.25. 



JERUSAliEItl CORN.— This corn belongs to the non-saccharine sorghums, and was brought 

 here from the arid plains of Palestine by a missionary, who gave two grains of it to a farmer in Finney 



County, Kas. It is pronounced the best 

 and surest grain crop for dry countries 

 ^ and seasons, even better than KalHr 

 Corn, Dhoura and Milo Maize. It grows 

 about 3 feet high, makes one large head 

 on main stalk, and several smaller 

 heads on side-shoots; have seen as high 

 as 8 heads on one stalk. The grains are 

 pure white and nearly flat. Three 

 pounds will plant an acre. The govern- 

 ment experimental farm at Garden City 

 makes the following report : 



From Henry Clay Brooks, Superintendent 

 of the United States Experimental Grass and 

 Forage Station, Garden City, Kas. : "This is to 

 certify that I raised a fair crop of 'Jerusalem 

 Corn' on the unirrigated part of the United 

 States Experimental farm the past season, 

 which was the dryest season in the past 15 years 

 at this point, the record showing 10 inches less 

 rain fail this year than the average of the past 

 15 years. I had 90 acres in crop with forage 

 plants, and the Jerusalem Corn was the only 

 kind that did any good. I consider it good for 

 both man and beast. I have experimented with 

 it in fattening a hog, and the hog is in as fine 

 condition as I ever saw one. I have also used it 

 in my family in the form of hominy, and it cer- 

 tainly makes the best hominy that I ever ate. 

 H. C. BROOKS, in Charge." 

 I have had a supply of Jerusalem Corn 

 grown for me in Kansas the past season, and 

 take pleasure in offering it to my friends at the 

 following prices: Packet, 10 cents; pound, 30 

 cents; 3 pounds, 75 cents, postpaid. 



WONDEKFXn, PEAS. — Most won- 

 derful in the enormous production both to 

 vine and peas. As a renovator it bus no 

 equal. No weed can grow before it, and on 

 account of its quick and large growth, poor 

 land is stimulated faster than by any other va- 

 riety. As a hay crop it is also most valuable, 

 while for ensilage it is unsurpassed, being very nutri 

 tious. As shelled peas they make a relishable dish when 

 cooked for the table. Its many and serviceable uses 

 should be sufficient recommendation for trial by every- 

 one. Packet, lu cents; pint, 25 cents; quart, 40 cents, post- 

 paid. By express or freight, peck, $1.00; bushel, $3.00. 



KAFFIR CORN.-A New Forage Plant 



fVom the South.— Kaffir Corn produces two to four 



heads from a single stalk, and in Georgia has yielded in a 



emgle season, by the middle of October, two crops of green fodder, 



and a full crop of grain (50 to 60 bus. per acre). The whole stalk if 



KAFFIR CORN. Packet, 10 cents. 



cut down as soon as seed heads appear, at once starts a second JAPANESE MIIiLET. Pkt., 10 cts. * 

 growth from the roots. It also stands drought wonderfully. If growth is checked for want of moisture the plant J 

 waits for rain, and when it comes, at once resumes its growth. On very thin or worn-out lands it yields paying ,. 

 crops of grain or forage, even in dry seasons when corn has utterly failed. The whole stalk, as well as blades S 

 makes excellent fodder, and all stock eat it greedily. It is as early or quick in growth as Minnesota Amber Cane, 

 and is therefore reliable in any latitude where Amber Cane has been found useful as a fodder crop. Should be sown S 

 in drills and cultivated same as Indian Corn. Compared with other sorghums Kaffir Corn has proved itself to be 1 

 early, abundant in yield, reliable in all seasons and a superior crop for both quantity and quality of its product. It S 

 keeps green, and stalk is brittle and juicy to the last; is not a hard and cane-like growth such as other sorghums, j 

 Flour made from Kaffir is excellent for batter cakes, muflSns, "" 



etc., has a slightly sweetish taste, otherwise is not distinguish- 

 ed from wheat. Pkt.. 10 cts.; lb.. :H) cts.; 3 lbs., 75 cts. 



TEI.I.OW MII.O MAIZE.-Tbis is another variety 

 of the sorghum family, and I cannot do better in describing it 

 than by giving the experience of one of my customers (Judge 

 Hudson, of Miss.,) had with it. "I planted it in my Irish po- 

 tato patch, four by two feet, three stalks to the hill, and about 

 200 hills, and cultivated as corn. It was a bold, vigorous grow- 

 er and deep green color and continues so yet from bottom to 

 top; grows eight to ten feet. About half-wav up the stalk and 

 on the top are numerous large shoots with fine large blades on 

 them like those of the main stalk, and on which shoots are 

 other shoots or suckers, all bearing fine heads like the main 

 head or stalk, but not quite so large, until from mid-way the 

 stalk up IS a large mass of heads and fodder. Some stalks have 

 as high as twenty heads, weighing from one-fourth to one 

 pound per head, and as fine heavy blades as the best common 

 com. One stalk will make a good, rich feed or meal for a 

 horse. It makes a beautiful, delicious and perfect pop-corn. 

 There is no use to raise anything else for 

 horses, cattle, chickens or pop-corn. Fertil- 

 ize and cultivate well; nothing of Its kind 

 will pay as well. It will mature Its main 

 head in 100 days, and still grow on and ma- 

 ture others and fodder until frost. " Packet, 

 lu cts.; pound, 30 cts.; 3 pounds, 75 cts. 



TEOSINTE.-In this latitude, plant- 

 ed July 3d, it produced from one seed, twen- 

 ty-seven stalks, and attained a heighth of 

 jSeven feet by Sept., 10th, making a luxuriant 

 growth of leaves, which the horses and cat- 

 tle ate as freely as young sugar corn. In ap- 

 pearance somewhat resembles Indian Corn, 

 but the leaves are much longer and broad- 

 er, and the stalk contains sweeter sap. In 

 its perfection it produces a great number of 

 shoots, 12 feet high, yielding such an abun- 

 dance of forage that one plant is sufficient 

 to feed a pair of cattle for a day. In the 

 South it excels either Corn or Sorghum for 

 soiling or fodder. 85 stalks have been grown 

 from one seed. Pkt, lOc; a lb., 50c.; lb., $1,50. 



Yellow MIlo 

 Maize. 



60 



TEOSINTB. Packet, 10 cents. 



