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^^ JOHNSON & STOKES, PHILADELPHIA >^_ 



FODDER AND SOILING PLANTS 



Photograph of a field of sand or winter vetch ( Vicia Villosa) at our floracroft trial gardens. Photograph taken 

 six weeks after sowing seed. Notice how thick it is on the ground, and that it is nearly knee high. It was plowed under 

 eight weeks after sowing. 



SAND OR WINTER VETCH 



( Vicia VUlosa) 



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 us well as on good 

 lands, growing to a height of 4 to 5 feet. It is 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 as a soiling crop, 

 we believe it is superior to Crimson Clover or Cow Peas. As 

 a forage plant it will yield 1\4 to 4 tons per 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 % bushel 

 rye, oats or barley. 



Price, per lb., 35c; 3 lbs., SI. 00, by mail, postpaid; by 

 freight or express, lb., 

 25c; 10 lbs., $1.75; 100 

 lhs. and over, 10c per 

 lb. 



TE0SINTE 



(Reana Luxurians) 



This gigantic 

 Grammea will furnish 

 a continuous daily sup- 

 ply of most nutritious 

 green food for horses 

 and all kinds of cattle 

 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- 

 pearance it somewhat 

 resembles Indian corn, 

 but the leaves are much 

 larger and broader, 

 and the stalks contain 

 sweeter sap. It stools 

 out enormously after 

 beingcut. Sow in May 

 or June, at the rate of 

 three pounds per acre, 

 in drills 4 feet apart. 



Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; 

 y t lb., 25c; lb., 80c, 

 postpaid ; b y express 

 or freight, lb., 70c; 5 

 lbs. and over at 65c. 

 per lb. 



teosikte, showing its heavy, 

 leafy growth. 



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

 stands severe drought with the best of this class 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 

 ^■ugar, as it matures quickly, and has been cultivated a* 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. 



Bv mail, postpaid, lb., 25c; 8 lbs., 60c; by express or 

 freight, qt., 20c; peck, 70c; bush, of 56 lbs., 82.25; 5 bush, or 

 over, 82.00 per bush. 



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, not exceeding ^ of an inch. Or it may be sown in a 

 hot bed, cold frame or boxes; transplant when two inches 

 high. Pkt., 10c; oz., 15c. ; % lb., 35c; lb., $1.20, postpaid. 



SPRING VETCHES, or TARES 



A species of very small pea, grown extensively in Eng- 

 land 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, 8100; bush., 83.50, by freight. 



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. Cul- 

 tivated the same as our common Indian corn, requiring four 

 to five pounds of seed per acre. By mail, pkt., 10c ; lb., 25c; 

 3 lbs., 60c: by freight or express, qt., 15c; peck, 60c; bush., 

 60 lbs., 81.75. 



RED AND WHITE MILLO MAIZE 



These are popular varieties of sorghum, somewhat simi- 

 lar to the above, valuable for both forage and grain. Four 

 pounds will plant an acre. Cultivation is same as for Kaffir 

 Corn. Pkt., 10c: lb., 25c ; 3 lbs., 60c, postpaid; by freight, 

 qt., 15c; peck, 65c; bush., $2.00. 



