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WM. HENRY MAULE, PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



Forage Crops, The Practical Farmer — 99 



A PAGE OF PASTURE AND FORAGE 



hree Permanent Pasture Mixtures. li^iTtUTmiiVrt, 



rasses produces a better mowing tielcl and subsequent permanent pasture 

 aan a mere combiualiou of timothy and red clover. The former will 

 ist five times as long as the latter. Timothy "runs out" iu a couple c f 

 ears or so, while a good permanent pasture will last ten or even twent\ 

 ears. This has been frequently and forcibly shown by experlenn 

 [y completed mixtures are sold in two parts, one containing gra 

 jeds and the other clover seeds, to be sown separately, on account 

 aelr dlrtereut weights. The grasn seeds may be sown in spring or fall 

 16 clover seeds preferably In the spring. In preparing the permane I 

 asture grass mixtures I employ mainly Keulucliv Blue, Timoth 



_llsh Kye, Italian liye, lied Top or Herd, Orchard, Tall Meadow Oal 

 llleadow Foxtail, .Meadow Fescue, Hard Fescue, Tall Fescue, Rougii 

 talk Meadow, Canadian Blue, Awnless Brome, Creeping Bent, .Sweet 

 erual, etc. In the clover mixture I employ Red, Mammoth, Alslke f] 

 Qd White. A few of these components will disappear in two or three 

 ears, but the others are absolutely permanent. 1 vary the proportions 

 ) suit dllferent situations. 



(Maule's Permanent Pasture Mixture for Lilght and Sandy Soils. 

 [Use at the rate of 56 pounds (-1 bushels) per acre. Bushel, S?2..iU; 4 bush 

 Is, enough for an acre, $9.00. The suitable clovers are included. 

 }AIauIe'8 Permanent Pasture Mixture for Average Soils.— For 

 feneral use, everywhere. .Sow at the rate of 42 lbs. (8 bus.) per acre 

 |u., $2.50; S bus. mixed grass seeds and 10 lbs. mixed clover seeds, $8.75. 

 IDIaule's Permanent Pasture Mixture for Heavy Soils.— Use at the 

 lite of 42 pounds (8 bushels) per acre. Bushel, $2.50; 3 bushels mixed 

 yass seeds and 10 pounds ml.xed clover seeds, $8.75. 



Pasture mixtures are shipped by express or freight, not prepaid. 



;i5pelt:&. 



DWIRF ESSEX RAPE. 



Best and Most Fattening Sheep Forage Known. 



This is the best autumn sheep forage known, and is also used for pigs 

 and dairy cows with success and profit. Under favorable circumstances 

 It IS ready for pasturage in six weeks from the time of sowing. One acre 

 of good rape will carry a flock of a dozen sheep for two months. Rape is 

 a plant of the cabbage family, requiring the same cultural treatment as 

 the turnip. It is grown exclusively for its leaves. Stock should be fed 

 alternately on grass and rape; not on rape exclusively. Rape-fed animals 

 should have free access to salt. The seed should be sown in May, for 

 midsummer pasturage; or any time before the end of August (at the 

 North) for autumn pasturage. In the Southern States the best sowing 

 time is September or October. Rape Is a plant which loves cool weather, 

 and thrives better in autumn than in midsummer. The seed should be 

 used at the rate of 8 pounds per acre In drills, or 5 to 10 pounds per acre 

 bioadcast. Rape Is one of the best and most fattening of forage plants, 

 especially for sheep. The leaves are so succulent and juicy that the 

 animals will require little or no water, but salt is quite neces.sary, as 

 above stated. Rape is an excellent green manure for plowing down. Its 

 use in this countrj' is becoming very general, especially in sheep raising 

 secti(ms. Packet, 10 cents; pound, 25 cents; 5 pounds, $1.00, postpaid. By 

 expiess or ft eight, not piepald, 25 pounds, '2 i; 100 pounds, $7 00 



A Wonderful 

 New Grain. 



rhls remarkable grain partakes somewhat of the nature of wheat 

 id somewhat of the nature of barley. It has been grown for centuries 

 Russia, near the Caspian Sea. It was recently brought to this coun- 

 y by an emigrant, and has already attracted very wide attention on 

 count of its merits. The grain Is intermediate between wheat and 

 ,rley. The chaff adheres to the grain when threshed, and is fed in 

 at condition to stock. It is adapted for milling purposes, as well as 



for feeding, making a grade somewhat similar to rye. The straw resem- 

 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 

 barley. It resists drought successfully, and is adapted to Northern 

 latitudes. .Sow in the spring or iu the fall at the rate of one bushel 

 per acre. Packet, 5 cents; pound, .SO cents; 3 povtnd, 75 cents, postpaid. 

 By express or freight, not prepaid, peck., 50 cents; bushel, $1.25. 



r does not seem out of place for me to insert in this, the Farm Seed Department of my catalogue, an advertisement of 

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 been solicited by my frieuds in other lines of business to insert an advertisement in my Annual Catalogue ; but have 



ways refused to do so, although thousands of dollars have been ofTered me for the privilege 

 that in inserting this advertisement of The Practical Farmer, I only do so because I am 



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