SELECTED FARM SEEDS 



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Dwarf Essex Rape 



TUCK lUKNNIAL VARIETY 



Dwarf Essex Rape is considered indisijensablo by the 

 slieep and cuttle farnieis of Great Britiiin, and is last coming 

 into use in tliis country on account of its rapid growth, 

 being ready to (eed in ten weeks from sowing, and producing 

 twenly-tive to tliirty tons of green forage to tlie acre. It 

 grows to a heiglit of tliree feet, and covers the surface so 

 densely as to smother out all weeds and to kill quack and 

 other objectionable grasses. It can be sown all thiough the 

 season, being perfectly hardy, withstands drought, and will 

 produce a crop in any soil by sowing broadcast at the rate of 

 live pounds to the acre, or in drills or rows two feet apart at 

 the rate of three pounds per acre. While unequalled as a 

 pasture for sheep, as a fattetiing food for all kinds of live 

 stock it is williout a rival in point of cheapness or effective- 

 ness. Pkt., lOc; lb., 30c.; 3 lbs., 75e.; postpaid; lb., 2()c.; 10 

 lbs., $1.5U ; 25 lbs. and over, 10c. per lb., by expre.':s or freight. 



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 cattle, horses and mules 

 from August until the following spring. When fed down 

 young as a pasture it grows rapidly again. It also with- 

 standssevere drought with the best of thisclass of plants. As 

 a fodder and for winter feed it is one of the most economical. 



The Early Amber is also the best variety for sugar, as it 

 matures quickly, and has been cultivated as fnr north as 

 St. Paul, Minn. The seed is valuable also as food for horses 

 and cattle, and is greedily eaten by poultry, increasing the 

 egg production. By mail, postpaid, lb., 25c.; 3 lbs., 60c.; by 

 express or freight, qt., 20c.; peck, 75c.; bush, of 56 lbs., $2.25 ; 

 10 bush, or over, $2.00 per bush. 



Sand, or Winter Vetch (vidavniosa) 



Vicia Villosa succeeds and produces good crops on poor 

 sandy soils as wellason good land ; grows to a height of four 

 to five feet. It is perfectly hardy throughout the United 

 States,remaininggreenall winter, and should be sown in the 

 spring, mixed with oats, spring rye or barley; or during 

 August and September, with winter rye, which serves as a 

 support for the plants. It is the earliest crop for cutting, 

 being hardierand nearly a month earlier than Scarlet Clover, 

 and a full crop can be taken off the land in time for planting 

 spring crops. Every dairyman and stock-breeder in the 

 United States should liave a field of it, and if you try it once 

 you will never be a season without it. It is exceedingly nu- 

 tritious, eaten with relish, and may be fed with safety to all 

 kinds ofstock. 



Sow one bushel per acre with one-half bushel of rye, oats 

 or barlev. Lb., 26c.; 3 lbs., 60c., postpaid ; lb., 15c.; 10 lbs., 

 $1.00; bush. (60 lbs.), $4.00, by freight or express. 



So] a Bean — (German Coffee Berry) 



In the pa.st few years the Soja Bean, which we have cata- 

 logued for at least twelve years as valuable for forage, has 

 been advertised in a sensational way by certain seedsmen 

 as German Coffee Berry. 



The dry beans, roasted and ground, closely resemble and 

 tasle very much like coffee. Its great value, however, is as a 

 forage crop and for fertilizing the soil and for pasturing, or 

 feeding the green fodder, of which it yields eight to ten tons 

 per acre. Sow broadcast one-half bushel to the acre, or it 

 niav be planted in drills three feetapartand onefoot between 

 plants. Pkt., lOc: lb., 25c.; 3 lbs., 60c, postpaid; qt., 20c.; 

 peek, 75c.; bush., $2.50, by freight or express. 



Cow Peas — (The Great Soil Improver) 



Make Poor Land Rich. Make Good Land More Pro- 

 ductive. Enrlcliing the Soil Even VV^hen 

 the Crop is Cut Off. 

 Green crops plowed under are one of the best and cheap- 

 est ways of improving the soil. For this purpose the Cow 

 Pea is superior, especially for medium or light soil. They 

 should be sown in the month of May, at the rate of 1}^ bushels 

 to the acre, and plowed under as soon as they have attained 

 their full growth. While this crop is very largely grown 

 wherever known, with the results attained from it the won- 

 der is that it is not grown ten times as much as at present. 

 There is no surer or cheaper means of improving poor soil 

 than by .sowing Cow Peas. In its capacity as a nitrogen 

 gatherer its growth largely enables the farmer to dispense 

 with the use of nitrogenorammoniated fertilizers. Nitrogen 

 or ammonia in commercial fertilizers is valued at fifteen 

 cents per pound. The Cow Pea, to a greaterextent than any 

 other leguminous crop, with possibly the exception of the 

 New Velvet Bean, has the power to extract this costly nitro- 

 gen or ammonia from the atmosphere. The best varieties 

 are the Southern Black Eye and Black Cow Pea, either 

 of which we can furnish at $1.50 per bushel, F. O. B. here, 

 sacks included. Write for special prices on large lots. 



Pods of Velvet Bean showing its wonderful productiveness. 



Velvet Bean — (The Great Nitrogen Gatherer) 



A worthy rival of the Cow Pea 



This new and important forage plant is creating a great 

 sensation throughoutthe Southern States, where it issupplant- 

 ing the Cow Pea for cattle food and as a soil renovator. Its 

 nitrogen-gathering properties surpass those of the cow pea. 

 It is the rankest grower of any of the legumes ; two or three 

 seeds planted four feet apart in rows five feet apart will liter- 

 ally cover the ground two to three feet thick with a mass of 

 foliageand vines 20 to 25 feet long, no matter how poor the 

 soil. It leaves a mulch on the ground that is very beneficial 

 to the soil. As to prolificacy, we never have seen the like; 

 such huge clusters of beans, from 15 to 25 pods, and often 

 more, in a single cluster, giving over 1000 beans on a vine. 

 The Florida Experimental .Station reports 16,680 pounds of 

 green forage per acre. 



Dr. Stubbs, Director of the State Experiment Station, 

 says: "I believe tliat it can be cut advantageously almost 

 any time from June to October, and cured in less time than 

 cow-pea hay, because the stems are smaller. It seems to 

 make an excellent hay, and stock eat it well. It is a 

 heavy nitrogen gatherer, and the tubercles on its roots 

 are the largest of any plant I have observed; coral-like 

 clusters of tubercles have been collected, that make a 

 mass, from one single growth, almost as large as a common 

 hen's egg. The vines of this plant are now about .30 feet in 

 length, from seeds planted in May." The cultivation is the 

 same as for Cow Peas, and it behooves every farmer interested 

 in this class of plants to give the Velvet Bean a trial. 

 Prices, pkt , lOo.; lb., 25c., by mail, postpaid; lb., 15c.; 10 lbs., 

 $1 .00 ; bush., 14.50, by freight or express. 



