SELECTED FARM SEEDS 



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BBUSH OF webeb's impkoved bvebgbeen bboom cobn. 



Weber's Improved Evergreen 



THE BEST BROOM CORN IN CULTIVATION 



The high prices which have prevailed tlie past tliree 

 years for broom corn brush indicate that the demand lias 

 overtaken the supply, and farmers, where possible, should 

 add it to their crops. The most important queslion is the 

 securing the best variety and good seed. Weber's Improved 

 Evergreen is the best and purest in cultivation, originated 

 and selected by Mr. Geo. Weber, one of the largest growers 

 of Montgomery County, Pa , who has for many years had 

 the reputation of having the best in the State, having made 

 his stock famous by selection and improvement for length, 

 strength and straightness of brush. It is of a very bright 

 green color without the slightest reddish tinge. It makes 

 by far the best brooms of any corn grown and commands 

 the very highest prices. Customers who have grown this 

 corn report yields of over 1,000 lbs. of brush to the acre. 

 Height, 7 to 8 feet. Lb., 35c.; 3 lbs., 75c., postpaid ; qt., 25c.; 

 peck, 90c.; bush., S2.50; sack of 2 busli. for $4.50. 



Evergreen Broom Corn 



Tlie old standard variety largely grown in many sections 

 of the West, but is not equal to or as salable as the brush of 

 the Weber's Improved. Qt., 20e.; peck, 75c.; bush., $2.00. 



Wild Rice (Zlzania Aquatica) 



A native plant, furnishing food for wild fowl, ducks, 

 geese, etc., also valuable as a forage plant for swamps and 

 inundated lands, as it grows rapidly, and all stock are fond 

 of it when green or cured for fodder. It attracts all wild 

 birds from September on, and also purifies the water and 

 affords a refuge for the small fry from the large fish. To 

 sow :— " Put the seed in coarse linen or cotton bags, and sink 

 in water for 21 hours. Sow in water which is from 6 inches 

 to 5 feet deep, in soft mud bottom, and in places where there 

 are but few weeds. It is useless sowing this seed except on 

 a mud bottom, or on low marshy places which are covered 

 with Wiitcr the year round. In running water sow a.s much 

 out of the current as possible." Lb., 3.5e.; ?, lbs., $1.00, post- 

 paid; lb., 25c.; 10 lbs. and over, 22c. per lb., by express. 



Jerusalem Artichoke Roots 



This variety is not produced from seed. They are some- 

 times used as a table vegetable when pickled, but their 

 greatest value is for feeding stock. They are the best hog 

 food known. They are remarkable for their fattening prop- 

 erties, great productiveness (over one thousand bushels hav- 

 ing been grown on one acre) and ease with which they can 

 be grown. They need not be dug; the hogs should be 

 turned in on them, and will help themselves by rooting. 

 One acre will keep from twenty to thirty hogs in fine condi- 

 tion from October until April, except when the ground is 

 frozen too hard for them to root. Thev are also said to be a 

 preventive of cholera and other hog diseases, and they are 

 also highly recommended for milcU cows, increasing the 

 yield of milk and at the same time improving their condi- 

 tion. Three bushels will seed an acre. Tliey should be cut 

 tlie same as potatoes, one eye to a cut being sufficient, 

 planted in April or May, in rows three feet apart and two 

 feet in the rows, and covered about two inches deep. They 

 can be shipped at any time during the season, as they are 

 not injured bv freezing. Lb, 3oc.; 3 lbs., $1.00, postpaid. By 

 freight or express, peck, Sl.OO; bush , $3.00; bbl. of 3 bush, 

 (enough for one acre), $7.50. 



Chufas, or Earth Almond 



( Cyperus Esculentus. ) 

 A species of "grass nut" used to fatten hogs. They 

 should not be confounded with the cocoa, or nut grass, for 

 though it belongs to the same class, the Chufa is eradicated 

 Avith great ease, and is never a pest. The nuts grow under 

 ground, very near the siirlace, easily reached by pigs or 

 poultry. Plant in April, ten to twelve inches apart in three- 

 foot rows. Cover lightly. If the seed is very dry, .soak well 

 before planting, to secure a good stand. They mature early 

 in September, and lie in the ground till wanted. One peck 

 of seed to the acre. Pkt., lOo.; pint, 25c.; qt., 40c., postpaid. 

 By express, qt , 25e.; peck, $1.00; bush, $3.75. 



Long White Cow Horn Turnip 



THE MOST POPULAR AND BEST FOR STOCKMEN 



Has rapidly grown in favor for agricultural purposes. It 

 is a fine keeper, heavy cropper ; color pure white, except a 

 little shade of green at the top, and is carrot-like in form, 

 growing nearly half out of the ground, and generally 

 slightly crooked. It is delicate and well flavored, of rapid 

 growth and very nutritious. Pkt., 5c.; oz., 10c. ; Ji "'•, 20c.; 

 lb., 60c., postpaid; 5 lbs. and over, by express, 35c. per lb. 



A SEED HEAD OF MAM.llOIIl KU.S.-;IAN .SUXFLOWEE. 



Mammoth Russian Sunflower 



THE OIANT OF ALL SUNFLOWERS 



The best variety for the farmer. Growing to double the 

 size of the common, and the yield of seed is twice as great. 

 One hundred and twenty-five bushels to the acre have been 

 grown at a less expense than corn. It is highly recom- 

 mended for poultry; the best egg-producing food known; 

 the leaves make splendid fodder, much relished by all kinds 

 of stock. The seed is good feed for horses, and yields a fine 

 (|uality of oil. The strong, thick stalks are used for fuel. 

 Oz., 5c.; qt , 15c. (qt., postpaid, 25c.); peck, 50c.; bush., $1.50; 

 sack, 2 bush., $2.75; 5 bush, and over, $1.25 per bush. 



