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JOHNSON SEED COMPANY 
Fodder and Soiling Plants 
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PLANT OF SAND OR WINTER VETCH—NOTE THE GREAT NUM- 
BER OF NITROGEN TUBERCLES ON ROOTS. 
SAND OR WINTER VETCH (Vicia Vittosa) 
Too much cannot be said regarding the value of this 
Vetch for forage and fertilizing purposes. It succeeds and 
produces good crops on poor, sandy soils as well as on good 
lands, growing to a height of4to5feet. Itis perfectly hardy 
throughout the United States, remaining green all winter. 
If sown in the spring, it can be sown alone or mixed with 
oats, spring rye or barley. If sown during August or Sep- 
tember, winter rye serves as a good support. The root 
growth is very extensive from the beginning, and makes 
quantities of nitrogen tubercles, thus giving it very valuable 
fertilizing properties. For plowing under asa soiling crop, 
we believe it is superior to Crimson Clover or Cow Peas. As 
a forage plant it will yield 144 to 4 tons pei acre. It is excel- 
lent for dairy stock and poultry pasturage, being exceedingly 
nutritious, eaten with relish and may be fed safely to all 
kinds of stock. Sow 50 to 60 pounds per acre with 44 bushel 
rye, oats or barley. Price, per lb., 30c. ; 3 ]bs., 75¢., by mail, 
postpaid; by freight or express, lb., 20c.; 10 Ibs., $1.50; 100 
Ibs. and over, 10c. per lb. 
SPRING VETCHES, or TARES 
A species of very small pea, grown extensively in Eng- 
Jand and Canada for stock feeding. The seed is also largely 
used for pigeon feed. Culture same as for field peas. Lb., 
25c., postpaid ; qt., 20c.; peck, $1.00; bush., $3.00, by freight. 
AUSTRALIAN SALT BUSH 
Valuable for arid and alkali soils. It remains green all 
winter, and will yield 20 to 30 tons to the acre. One pound 
of seed will plant an acre. Sow broadcast, in soil well pul- 
verized, after all danger of frost is past. Mix the seed with 
ten times its weight of loam, sand, ashes or plaster; cover 
lightly. Pkt., 10e.; oz., 15¢.; 14 Ib., 35e. ; Ib., $1.20, postpaid. 
WILD RICE (zizania Aquatica) 
A native plant, furnishing food for wild fowl, ducks, 
geese, etc., also valuable asa 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. 
Directions for culture with all orders when requested. Lb., 
35c.; 31bs., $1.00, postpaid; by express, lb., 25¢.; 10 lbs. and 
over, 20c. per lb. 
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EARLY AMBER SUGAR CANE 
The high value of Northern grown sugar cane for fodder 
and ensilage is becoming rapidly known. It may be made 
to furnish the principal food for eattle, horses and mules 
from August until the following spring. When fed down 
young as a pasture it grows rapidly again. It also with- 
stands severe drought with the best of this elass of plants. 
As a fodder and for winter feed it is one of the most eco- 
nomical, 
The Early Amber is the best for fodder as well as for 
sugar, as it matures quickly, and has been cultivated as far 
North as St. Paul, Minn. The seed is valuable also as food 
for horses and cattle, and is greedily eaten by poultry, in- 
creasing the egg production. — By mail, postpaid, lb., 25c.; 
3 lbs., 60c.; by express or freight, qt., 15¢e.; peck, 60c.; bush. 
of 56 Ibs., $2.00; 5 bush. or over, $1.75 per bush. 
KAFFIR CORN 
The Great Forage Plant 
Will make a fine crop of forage if cut in early bloom, 
and the shoots that then follow will mature a full crop of 
seed and forage. Both grain and fodder are excellent, the 
whole stalk tender to the full maturity of seed. There is no 
failure about it, as it possesses the quality that all the tribe 
possess, of waiting for rain without any loss of capacity 
to yield. The grain is extremely valuable for feeding to 
poultry and will make a flour that is like wheat flour, 
Cultivated the same as our 
four to five pounds of seed 
lb , 250.; 3 Ibs., 60c.; 
50c. ; bush., 60 Ibs , 
common Indian corn, requiring 
_per acre. By mail, pkt., 10c.; 
ro By freight or express, qt., 10c.; peck, 
RED AND WHITE MILLO MAIZE 
These are popular varieties of sorg- 
hum, somewhat similar to Kaffir Corn 
in growth; valuable for both forage and 
grain. Four pounds will plant an acre. 
Cultivation is same as for Kaffir Corn. 
Pkt., 10c.; Ib., 25c.; 3 lbs., 60c., postpaid ; 
pyaecient, qt., 15¢.; peek, 60c.; bush., 
fo. 
The seed of the above 
three varieties is the 
most valuable of all for 
feeding to poultry. 
TEOSINTE 
(Reana Luaxurians.) 
This giganticGram- 
mea will furnish a con- 
tinuous daily supply 
of most nutritious 
green food for horses 
and all kinds of eattle 
all through the sum- 
mer. It also makes 
splendid dry fodder, 
yielding enormously, 
and being more nutri- 
tious and better rel- 
ished by all stock than 
corn fodder. In ap- 
peurance it somewhat 
Tesembles Indian corn, 
but the leaves are much 
larger and broader, 
and the stalks contain 
sweeter sap. It stools 
out enormously after 
being cut. Sow in May 
or June, at the rate of 
three pounds per acre, 
in drills 4 feet apart. 
Pkt., 5¢.; oz., 10c.; 
Y%Ib., 25¢c.; Ib:, 5e., 
postpaid; by express 
or freight, lb., 65¢.; 5 
lbs. and over at 60c. 
TEOSINTE, grown in the North, show- 
per lb. 
ing its enormous growth. 
