
A PAGE OF PASTURE AND FORAGE CROPS. 




















































Three Permanent Pasture Mixtures. 
grasses produces a better mowing field and subsequent permanent pasture | 
The former will > 
general use, everywhere. 
It is true beyond all ques- 
tion that a mixture of => 
Bushel, $2.50; 4 bush- 
I \ R L A few of these compon- » 
ents will disappear in two or three years, but the others are absolutel 
permanent. I 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. 
els, enough for an acre, $9.00. The suitable clovers are included. 
Maule’s Permanent Pasture Mixture for Average Soils.— For 
ral i Sow at the rate of 42 lbs. (8 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. 
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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 3 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 pcunds, $1.00, postpaid. By 



express or freight, 25 pounds, $1.75; 100 pounds, $6.00. 










le y\c] SPELTZ, 
yj A Wonderful New Grain. 
This remarkable grain, which | 
isnow quite largely raised insome 
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; and 
there are those who assert that it 
was grown in Egypt, in the time 
of Moses. It was recently brought 
to this country by an emigrant, 
and has already attracted very | 
wide attention on aceount of its 
merits. The grain is intermediate 
between wheat and barley. The 
chaff adheres to the grain when 
threshed, and is fed in that con- 
dition to stock. It is adapted for 
inilling purposes, aS well as for 4 AMY 
feeding, making a grade some- 
what similarto rye. The straw 
resembles wheat straw. It grows GIANT BEGGAR WEED. 
large crops—40 to 80 bushels Ps | An erect plant botanically belonging to the 
Aa Eis ouatte Piers th doable great leguminous group, along with peas, beans, 
che crop Ofebariey. It resists clovers, ete. It attains a height of from three to 
drought successfully, and is adap- eight feet, and is extremely valuable in sub- 

Rte ~ 2 | tropical regions or dry soils for forage and hay 
eee Nornernlatitndes, Soy purposes and for green manuring. Bight to ten 
ae TeteneE 2 a rare per ares | pounds of seed per acre are required. Sow 
Pkt.,5 cts.; lb., 30 cts.;3 1bs., 75 cts., | 
postpaid. Pk., 50 cts.; bu., $1.50. 
in June, in well pulverized soil, at a time when 
the weather is not excessively dry. Growth is 
quick and luxuriant. Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 
10 cents; 44 pound, 15 cents; pound, 35 cents, 
postpaid. ‘By express, 20 cents per pound. 
GIANT SPURRY. 
| An annual forage plant growing well on poor, 
|thinland. It is low andslender, but absolutely 
| drought proof. Its roots or stems are about a 
| Toot high, and possess no little value for feeding 
purposes or for green manuring. It is exten- 
| sively grown on the other side of the Atlantic, 
| and in many locations is held in high favor; so 
high, indeed, that there is now considerable 
| demand for it in this country. It is ready for 
pasture in four to six weeks after sowing, and 
| is relished by cattleand sheep. Idonot recom- 
mend spurry where cow peas or soy beans can 
| be grown, but recognize its usefulness on ex- 





an SS bo “i| | tremely poor, sandy land. Sow 15 pounds of 
Fen\ia WEAN ( Nera 3) i) | seed per acre, from March to August. Pkt., € 
Se fess = NE i See ES cts.; Ib., 80 cts.; 3 Ibs., 75 cts., postpaid. By ex- 
SPELTZ. GIANT SPURRY. press or freight, 25 |bs. or more, 10 cts. per ]b i 
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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 
willthrive. 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 seattered 
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 
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other. This plant is now held in high esteem, = 
as much worthless land has been reclaimed 
with it, in a manner and to adegree that seems & 
almost miraculous. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 15 ets.; 
V4 Ib., 40 cts.; lb., $1.25; 5 Ibs., $5.00, postpaid. 
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