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JOHNSON & STOKES, PHILADELPHIA 



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CClcbcr's Improved Gvergrecn 



THE BEST BROOM CORN IN CULTIVATION 



The high prices which have prevailed the past three 

 years for broom corn brush indicate that the demand has 

 overtaken the supply, and farmers, where possible, should 

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

 Becuring the hest 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 straighlness of brush. It is of a very briglit 

 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 1000 lbs. of brush to the acre. Height, 

 seven to eight feet. Lb., 3.5c.; 3 lbs., 75c., postpaid ; qt., 25c.; 

 peck, 90c.; bush., S2 50; sack of 2 bush, for 84.50. 



Jerusalem Hrticbokc 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) ar.d ease with which they can 

 be grown. The.v need notbe 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 condition from 

 October until April, except when the ground is frozen too 

 hard for them to root. They are also said to be a preventive 

 of cholera and other hog diseases, and they are also highly 

 recommended for milch cows, increasing the yield of milk 

 and at the same time improving their condition. Three 

 bushels will seed an acre. They should be cut the same as 

 potatoes, one eye to a cut being sufficient, planted in April 

 or May, in rows three feet apart and two feet ill the rows, 

 and covered about two inches deep. They can be shipped 

 at any time during the season, as they are not injured by 

 freezing. Lb., 35c.; 3 lbs., 81.00, postpaid. By freight or 

 express, peck, 81.00; bush,, S3.0O; bbl. of 3 bush, (enough for 

 one acre), 87.50. 



Cbufas, or Sartb Hltnond 



Cyperus escnlentiis. 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 with great ease, and is never a pest. The nuts 

 grow under ground, very nearthe surface, easily reached by 

 pigs or poultry. Easily and cheaply grown and very abund- 

 ant in yield, eaten greedily by hogs, which take on fat very 

 rapidly from them. 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 til e acre. Pkt., lOc; pint, 25c.; qt., 40c., 

 postpaid. By express, qt., 25c.; peck, 81.00; bush., 83.75. 



A SEED HEAD OF MAMMOTH RUSSIAN SUNFLOWER. 



PHOTOGRAPH OP BRUSH OF WEBER S IMPROVED 

 EVERGREEN BROOM CORN. 



Mammotb Russian Sunflower 



THE GIANT OF ALL SUNFLOWERS 



The best variety for the farmer. Growingto double the 

 size of the common, and the yield of seed istvFice 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 

 quality of oil. The strong, thick stalks are used for fuel. Oz., 

 6c.; qt., 15c.; (qt., postpaid, 25c.;) peck, 70c.; bush., 82.00; 

 sack, 2 bush. «3.50. 



WXX "V" EVERT FARMER SHOULD GROW 

 XX X SUNFLOWERS 



In a recent publication of an Eastern agricultural monthly, 

 the following appears : 



" About four miles from this place lives a German farmer 

 who each year devotes one acre to the cultivation of Sun- 

 flowers. He says one acre yields 75 to 100 bushels of seed, 

 which he uses as feed for his chickens and which horses and 

 cows relish when mi.xed with grain. He also uses the seed 

 to manufacture an oil or liniment, which he says will cure a 

 scratch, bruise or callous sore on man or beast. To prepare 

 this oil he simply crushes the seed, securing a thick gummy 

 oil to which he adds a quantity of turpentine. After his 

 harvest of the seed he houses the stalks, and uses them as 

 fuel in the winter. The Sunflower is a very thrifty plant, 

 and should be more generally grown, as it will flourish in 

 any climate. It grows riotously everywhere in the Unittd 

 States." 



