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RETTToB ENSILAGE CORN.— A pure white Corn, cropping 



13 tons per acre. In introducing this variety of Ensilage Corn to my aAnmlenh 

 Oder I offer them the very best grown. It i- sweet, t. nder and juicy, tun . >\ iw n >or< 

 nourishment than any other variety, has short jointe, abundance of leaves! n i row 

 to a -reat height. It is adapted to every section of the country, (see testimonials 

 below) Hundreds of. dairy fanners use it. and are never disappointed. u< not * 

 fail to give this corn a trial this season, for I know if once grown, you will 

 plant it every season. PRICE: Pk.,60cfe; 1ms.. Sl.75; lu bus ..sljOO. 

 What is said by a few customers : . By mail, lb., 40 cts ; 3 lbs ^ »1 .00. 



MAINE. It is very much liked and is the only corn we can get that is 



Ur MA§SACHCSBTTS. " Red Cob gives splendid satisfaction. It has 



more leaves and stands the storms better than any other kind 1 nave 

 been able to obtain." . „ . „.,„,. .--:;. 



NEW YORK. "We think it the best fodder corn we have evei ^gp*" 

 seen. It looked to us as though every kernel grew. It has more fodder y ^ 

 on a stalk than any other kind ; grows very rapidly, is tine color, and 

 the stalk is extra sweet." , . 



Oil lO. " Red Cob Ensilage Corn is excellent, very large and 4 t 

 juicy. Think one-third more can be produced to the acre than - 

 any other kind." . '-■-!' 6% 



ILLINOIS. "Planted under very unfavorable circum- 

 stances, June 29th, still it yielded better than other Ensilage 

 planted at the same time. Sonic stalks grew 14 feet high. 



MICHIGAN. 'Anyone who has stock torn"" 

 in this State, the more of this corn be plants 

 better Some stalks grew sixteen feet high " 



MINNESOTA. " In nocasehasanythingbut 

 praise been said of Red < lob." 



CA NA DA. " The Ensilage Corn crew to ^ 



i -.'real height, and produced very tine jdaS 



■gksweei fodder." 



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KAFFIR CORN.— A New Fo 



Corn produces two to four 

 heads from a single stalk, 

 and in Georgia has yielded 

 in a single season, by the 

 middle of October," two 

 crops "f green folder, and 

 a full crop of grain (50 to 60 

 bus. per acre.) The whole 

 stalk if cut down as soon 

 as seed heads appear, at 

 once starts a second growth 

 from the roots. It also 

 stands drought wonder- 

 ful] y. If g r o w t h is 

 checked lor want of mois. 

 ture the plant waits for 

 rain, and when it comes, 

 at once resumes its growth. 

 On very thin or worn-out 

 lands it yields paying 

 crops of grain or forage, 

 even in dry seasons 

 when corn has utterly 

 failed. Th? whole stalk, 

 as well as blades, makes 

 excellent fodder, and all 

 stork eat it greedily. It 

 is as early or quick in 

 growth as Minnesota 

 Amber Cane, and is 

 th srefore reliable in any 

 latitude where Amber 

 Cane has been foun 1 

 useful as a fo lder crop. 

 Should be sown in drills 

 and cultivated same as 

 Indian Corn. Camp ire 1 

 with other sorghums,Kaffir 

 Corn has proved itself to 

 be early, abundant in 

 y i eld, reliable in all 

 seasons, and a superior 

 crop for both quantity and 

 quality of its product. It 

 keeps green, and stalk is 

 brittle and juicy to the 

 last : is not a hard and 

 cane-like growth such as 

 other sorghums. Flour 

 made from Kaffir ( lorn is 

 excellent tor batter cakes, muffin 



is not distinguished from wheat. Lar 



age Plant from the South.— Kaffir 



YELLOW 



Yellow Milo 

 Alaize. 



KAFFIR CORN. Packet, 10 cents, 

 etc, has it slightly sweetish taste, otl 

 pkt, 10c; lb., 40c.; 8 lbs., $1, pc 



SPECIAL XOTU.-It will pay you to 



send in your order for MATTLWS SEEI>S 



voir.* by now, I mean the day you read tit is. 



mature 

 i s main 

 head i n 

 LOO days, and still grow ou 

 and mature others and 

 fodderuntil frost." Pkt., 10c.; 

 lb.. Toe.; 3 lbs., -1.50, postpaid. 

 TEOSINTE. —So 

 many have spoken to me of 

 tin- ' magnificent forage 

 plant that I am glad 1 have 

 a1 last been able to secure a 

 -mall quantity of seed. In 

 this latitude, planted July 

 3d, it produced from one 

 see I twenty-seven stalk-, 

 and attained a height of 

 seven feet by September 10th, 

 making a luxuriant growth 

 of leaves, which the horses 

 ami cattle ate as freely as 

 young sugar corn. In ap 

 pearance somewhat resem 

 bles Indian (urn. but the 



lo.i\ >'- are much longer and 



inn ider, and the stal 

 tains sweeter sap. In its 

 pei fection it great 



number oi - o i wing 



twelve feet high, very i 

 ly covered w tth 1 ea v e -. 

 vi iding such an abundance 

 of forage that one plant is 

 considered to be sufficient 



to feed a pair of cattle for 

 24 lmurs. In the South it 

 surpasses either Corn or 

 Sorghum as a -oiling or 

 fodaer-plant, 85 stalks have 



been grow u from one seed. 

 attaining a height of 11 feet. 



MILO MAIZE.— This is another variety of the sorghum 

 family, and I cannot do better in describing it than by giving 

 the experience one of my customers (Judge Hudson, of 

 Mississippi,) had with it. " I planted it in my Irish potato 

 patch, four by two feet, three stalks to the hill, and a 

 200 hills, and cultivated as corn. It was a bold, vigorous 

 grower and deep-green color and continues so yet from 

 bottom' to top; grows eight to ten feet. About hah- way up 

 the stalk and on the top are numerous large shoots with 

 fine large blades on them like those of the main stalk, and on 

 which shoots are other shoots or suckers, all bearing fine 

 heads like the main head or stalk, but not quite so large, 

 until from midway the stalk up is a large mass of hea< - 

 fodder. Some stalks have as high as twenty hi ads. weighing 

 from one-fourth to one pound per head, and as fine heavy 

 1 lade- as the best common corn. One stalk will make a good, 

 rich feed or meal for a horse. It makes a beautiful, delicii ius, 

 and perfect pop-corn. There is no use to raise anything else 

 for horses, cattle, chickens or pop-corn. Fertilize and cul- 

 tivate well; nothing of its kind will pay as well. It will 



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ts.; pound. 



ALL PRICES ON FIELD AND GRASS SEEDS (EXCEPT WHEN 0.1 OTED 15V Mill., POSTPAID, INCH DE DELIVER > 

 FREE ON H OARD CARS IN THIS CITY. NO CHARGE FO't HVNS. < ISTQtlF.It TO PAY FREIGHT OR BXPRESS 111 \K<-I>. 



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