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A PAGE OF PASTURE AND FORAGE CROPS. — 
: It is true beyond 5 
Three Permanent Pasture Mixtures. tion ‘thar 3 mg at ates 
grasses produces a better mowing field and subsequent permanent pasture 
than a mere combination of timothy and red clover. The former wil] 
last five times as long as the latter. Timothy “runs out” in a couple of 
years or so, while a good permanent pasture will last ten or even twenty 
years. This has been frequently and forcibly shown by experience, 
My completed mixtures are sold in two parts, one containing grass 
seeds and the other clover seeds, to be sown separately, on account of 
their different weights. The grass seeds may be sown in spring or fall; 
! the ciover seeds preferably in the spring. In preparing the permanent 
| pasture grass mixtures I employ mainly Kentucky Blue, Timothy, 
! English Rye, Italian Rye, Red Top or Herd, Orchard, Tall Meadow Oat, 
Meadow Foxtail, Meadow Fescue, Hard Fescue, Tall Fescue, Rough 
Stalk Meadow, Canadian Blue, Awnless Brome, Creeping Bent, Sweet 
\ Vernal, etc. In the clover mixture I employ Red, Mammoth, Alsike 
, and White. A few of these components will disappear in two or three 
years, but the others are absolutely permanent. 1] vary the proportions 
| to suit different situations. 
|| Maule’s Permanent Pasture Mixture for Light and Sandy Soils, 
* —Use at the rate of 56 pounds (4 bushels) per acre. Bushel, $2.50; 4 bush- 
els, enough for an acre, $9.00. The suitable clovers are included. 
ij Maule’s Permanent Pasture Mixture for Average Soils.— For 
general use, everywhere. Sow at the rate of 42 lbs. (3 bus.) per acre, 
Bu., $2.50; 3 bus. mixed grass seeds and 10 lbs. mixed clover seeds, $8.75. 
Maule’s Permanent Pasture Mixture for Heavy Soils.—Use at the 
rate of 42 pounds (3 bushels) per acre. Bushel, $2.50; 3 bushels mixed 
grass seeds and 10 pounds mixed clover seeds, $8.75. 
Pasture mixtures are Shipped by express or freight, not prepaid. 
DWARF ESSEX RAPE. 
Best and Most Fattening Sheep Forage Known. 
This is the best autumn sheep forage known, and is also used for pigs 
and dairy cows with success and profit. Under favorable circumstances 
it is ready for pasturage in six weeks from the time of sowing. One acre 
of good rape will carry a flock of a dozen sheep for two months. Rapeis 
a plant of the cabbage family, requiring the same cultural treatment as 
the turnip. It is grown exclusively for its leaves. Stock should be fed 
alternately on grass and rape; notonrapeexclusively. Rape-fed animals 
should have free access to salt. The seed should be sown in May, for 
midsummer pasturage; or any time before the end of August (at the 
North) for autumn pasturage. ‘In the Southern States the best sowing 
time is September or October. Rape isa plant which loves cool weather, 
and thrives better in autumn than in midsummer. The seed should be 
used at the rate of 8 pounds per acre in drills, or 5 to 10 pounds per acre 
broadcast. Rape is one of the best and most fattening of forage plants, 
especially for sheep. The leaves are so succulent and juicy that the 
animals will require little or no water, but salt is quite necessary, as 
above stated. Rape is an excellent green manure for plowing down. Its 
use in this country is becoming very general, especially in sheep raising 
sections. Packet, 10 cents; pound, 25 cents; 5 pounds, $1.00, postpaid. By 
express or freight, not prepaid, 25 pounds, $1.75; 100 pounds, 36.00. 
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ma | A Wonderful New Grain. | 
This remarkable grain, which | 
isnow quite largely raisedinsome | 
of the Western States, partakes | 
somewhat of the nature of wheat 
and somewhat of the nature of 
barley. As to its origin, it has 
been grown for centuries in Rus- 
Sia, near the Caspian Sea. It was | 
recently brought to this country | 
by an emigrant, and has already | 
attracted very wide attention on | 
account of its merits. The grain 
is intermediate between wheat 
and barley. The chaff adheres to 
the grain when threshed, and is 
fed in that condition to stock. It 
is adapted for milling purposes, 
as well as for feeding, making a 
grade somewhat similar to rye. 
The straw resembles wheat straw. 
SLOWS large crops — 40 to 80 5 
pushels per acre—on compara- 2 
tively poor soil, and it is said to GIANT BEGGAR WEED. lg y 
give full double the crop of bar- An erect plant botanically belonging to the 
ley. It resists drought success- | great leguminous group, along with peas, beans, 
fully, and is adapted to Northern | clovers, ete. It attains a height of from three to 
latitudes. Sow in the spring or | eight feet, and is extremely valuable in sub- 
in the fall at the rate of one bus. | tropical regions or dry soils for forage and hay 
per acre. Packet, 5 cts.; pound, | purposes and for green manuring. Eight to ten 
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AUSTRALIAN SALT BUSH. 
FOR ARID AND ALKALI SOILS. 
_A valuable plant introduced by the Univer- 
sity of California, capable of growing in arid 
lands where nothing else of agricultural value 
will thrive. Nutritious and good for all kinds 
| of livestock. Especially suited to regions sub- 
ject to periodical droughts. One pound of seed 
| is sufficient for an acre, if carefully scattered 
| over the surface. Sow in fall or spring, in pul- 
| verized soil, and cover very lightly. Seed may 
| be started in box, frame or garden, and the 
| plants when three inches high set out at a dis- 
tance of six or eight feet each way from each 
| other. This plant is now held in high esteem, 
|a8 much worthless land has been reclaimed 
with it, in a manner and to a degree that seems 
almost miraculous. Pkt., 10 ets.; oz., 15 cts.; 
4 Ib., 40 cts.; lb., $1.25; 5 lbs., $5.00, postpaid. 
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30 cts.; 3 pound, 75 cts., postpaid. | pounds of seed per acre are required. Sow <1 
By express or freight, not pre- | in June, in well pulverized soil, at a time when | lt x si AS 
paid, peck., 50 cts.; bushel, $1.50. | the weather is not excessively dry. Growth is Wik. SY SSS 
E quick and luxuriant. Pkt., 5 cts.; 0z., 10 ets.; | N ON Ah RN 
14 1b., 15 cts.; lb., 35 ets., postpaid. By express, ‘ed \ SNe N at 
not prepaid, 20 cents per pound. | NA mh) es » 
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GIANT SPURRY. ies 
An annual forage plant growing wellon poor, | 4 ly ay 
thin land. It is low and slender, but absolutely tp Dye 
drought proof. Its shoots or stems are abouta | “ Atha 
Toot high, and possess no little value for feeding | ! ine fi Y) 
purposes or for green manuring. It is exten- | Hy) Ni 
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high, indeed, that there is now considerable | (“AQ tN 
demand for it in this country. It is ready for i) iA) AK Ans 4 hi Ny aN uM 
| pasture in four to six weeks after sowing, and | \W Wh) On “ie IAG pha) he i 
| is relished by cattleand sheep. Idonotrecom-| ‘ 4 (han iy INAV Nfl 4 MS ETN J 
mend spurry where cow peas or soy beans can a iy wy) } sien AANA x 
be grown, but recognize it is useful on poor, aig ween fines SEA ANAS i WA vid 
; | sandy Jand. Sow 15 pounds of seed per acre. WEEN 4 ry i Wa PSB te 
| | from March to August. Pkt., 5 cts.; lb., 30 cts.: ENTE bay i Fe A * 
SPELTZ. 
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8 lbs., 75 cts., postpaid. 3y express or freight, ODA ALB IRRIE TTI a® Che GE ae 
| not prepaid, 25lbs sr more, 10 cts. perlb “ ai SN ‘ IR ae % 
