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PLANT OF 8AHD OB 'nlNTEK VETCH — NOTE THE GBEAT NUM- 

 BER OP SMALL TUBEBCLES ON BOOTS. 



SAND, or WINTER VETCH (Vicia Villosa) 



Vicia Villosa succeeds and produces good crops on poor 

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

 to five feet. It is perfectly hardy throughout the United 

 States, remaining green all ■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 hardier and 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 liavea field of it, and if you try 

 it once you will never be a season without it. It is exceed- 

 ingly nutritious, eaten with relish, and may be fed with 

 safety to all kinds of slock. Sow 50 to 60 lbs. per acre with 

 one-half bushel of rye, oats or barlev. Lb., 35c.; 3 lbs., Sl.OO, 

 postpaid; lb„ 25c.; 10 lbs., $2.00; bush, of 60 lbs., 87.00; 100 

 lbs. and over, 10c. per lb., bv freight or express. 



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, Sl.OO; bush., S3.50, 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 cap.icity to 

 yield. The grain is e.\tremely valuable for feeding to 

 poultry and will make a flour that is like wheat. Cultivated 

 the same as our common Indian corn, requiring four to five 

 pounds of seed per acre. By mail, pkt., 10c. ; lb., 25c.; 3 lbs., 

 iOc; by freight or express, qt., 15c.; peck, 60c.; bush , 60 

 lbs., S1.75. 



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., lOc; lb., 25c.; 3 lbs., 60c., postpaid; by freight, 

 ■qt., 15c.; peck, 6oc.; bush., $2.00. 



D'^AEF ESSEX RAPE — EIGHT 'WEEKS FKOM SO'WrNa. 



TRUE DWARF ESSEX RAPE 



Dwarf Essex Bape, of the True Biennial Variety, 



is now largely grown in this country on account of its rapid 

 growth, being ready to feed in eight to ten weeks from sow- 

 ing, and producing twenty-five to thirty tons of green forage 

 to the acre. It grows to a height of three feet and covers the 

 surface so densely as to smother out all weeds. It can be 

 sown all through the season, being perfectly hardy, with- 

 stands drought, and will produce a crop in any soil by sow- 

 ing broadcast at the rate of five to ten pounds to the acre. 

 While unequalcd as a pasture for sheep, as a food for all 

 cattle, calves or pigs, it is without a rival, its fattening 

 properties being twice as great as clover, making a much 

 relished and most succulent food from May to December. 

 Lb., 25c.: 8 lbs., 60c., by mail, postpaid; by express or 

 freight, lb., lOc; 10 lbs., $1.00; 25 lbs., Sl.OO; bush, of 50 lbs. 

 for 83..50; 100 lbs. and over, at 6c. per lb. Special prices by 

 letter for larger lots. 



EARLY AMBER SUGAR CANE 



The high value of Korthem 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 frojn August 

 until the following spring. When fed 

 down young as a pasture It grows 

 rapidly again. It also withstands 

 severe drought with the best of this 

 class of plants. As a fodder and for win- 

 ter feed it is one of the most economical. 



The Early Amber is the best for 

 fodder as well as for sugar, as it ma- 

 tures 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, increasing the egg-production. 

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

 by express or freight, qt., 20c.; peck, 

 rOc; bush, of 56 lbs., 82.25; 5 bush, or 

 over, 82.00 per bush. 



TEOSINTE 



{Reana Luxurians) 

 This gigantic Gram- 

 mea will fgrnish a con- 

 tinuous daily supply of 

 most nutritious green 

 food for horses and all 

 kinds of cattle all 

 through theeummer. It 

 also makes splendid dry 

 fodder, yielding enor- 

 mously, and being more 

 nutritious and better rel- 

 ished by all stock than 

 corn fodder. In appear- 

 ance it somewhat resem- 

 bles Indian corn, but 

 the leaves are much lar- 

 ger and broader, and the 

 stalks contain sweeter 

 sap. It stools out enor- 

 mously after being cut. 

 Sow in May or June, at 

 the rate of three pounds 

 per acre, in drills four 

 feet apart. Pkt., 5c.; oz., 

 lOc; i<Jlb.,25c.; lb., 80c. 

 postpaid; by express or 

 freight, lb., 70c.; 5 lbs. 

 and over at 65c. per lb. 



TEOSINTE GROWN AT FLOBACBOI''T. 



