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MAMMOTH RUSSIAN SUNFLOWER. 
MAMMOTH RUSSIAN. — Flowers 18 to 20 
inches in diameter. Very showy, but mostly 
vrown for the large amount of seed produced. 
Pkt., 10 cts.; pt.» 20 cts.; qt., 35 cts., post- 
paid. By express or freight, not prepaid, 
qt., 25 cts.; pk., 75 cts.; bu. (25 Ibs.), $2.50. 
Forage Crops—-105 
Sunflowers 
Sunflower seed is one of the best egg produc- 
ing foods for poultry; the leaves make excellent 
fodder, being relished by all kinds of stock. 
The seed is a good food for horses, and yields a 
a fine quality of oil. The stalks, which grow 
very large, make excellent fire wood. It can 
be sown any time before the middle of July. 
Plant in hills, allowing 8 to 4 plants to each hill, 
3% to 4 feet apart each way; or in drills, 6 quarts 
willsowan acre. Cultivate the same as corn. 
BLACK GIANT.—This magnificent sun- 
flower produces even larger heads than the 
Mammoth Russian, producing more seed per 
acre than any other variety. The seeds are 
short, plump, well filled with meat, and havea 
thin shell. Specimens have been grown meas- 
uring 6 feet in circumference. It is something 
wonderful and is extremely profitable to grow. 
An acre is good in which to let hogs and cattle 
run in summer for shade and nourishment if 
not wanted for seed. Packet, 10 cents; pint, 
25 cents; quart, 45 cents, postpaid. By 
express or freight, not prepaid, quart, 
35 cts.; peck, $1.50; bushel (25 lbs.), $5.00. 
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A Wonderful 
New Grain 
This remarkable grain partakes somewhat of the nature of wheat 
and somewhat of the nature of barley. It has been grown for centuries 
in Russia, near the Caspian Sea. It was recently brought to this coun- 
try by an emigrant, and has already attracted very wide attention on 
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 
account of its merits. 
SHALLU. 
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per acre. Packet, 10 
paid. By ex. or fgt., 
The Wonderful Forage Plant 
SHALLU 
A Non-saccharine Sorghum from 
India 
This is a new forage plant from India, 
where it is extensively cultivated under the 
name of ‘‘Shallu,” is also known under the 
name of California rice corn, Califorina 
wheat, Egyptian wheat. A Kansas grower 
received from the California Experimental 
Station a few years ago a small sample of 
Shallu, andafter continuing planting has now 
raised a large crop for this season. He thinks 
it is more valuable than Kaffir Corn for the 
grain as it yields considerably more seed, and 
on account of its stooling habit, 3 to 6 stalks 
are produced from asingle grain. Hasily yield- 
ing two crops of fodder the season. Thestalks 
do not harden as do other fodder crops, but 
keep green, brittle and juicy. A most ex- 
cellent fodder, either green or dry, being 
highly relished by all stock. In addition, 
he considers it a drought resister. It forms a 
large head, with round, plump white seeds 
similar to broom corn, and has proven an ex- 
cellent feed for horses, cattle and chickens. It 
can be popped the same as pop corn, and is 
even more crisp than pop corn; makes an ex- 
cellent flour for pan-cakes, in fact it is really 
more of a grain crop than a forage crop, as it 
_ will produce more seed than any of the cane 
or sorghum family, and will yield double the 
amount of Kaffir Corn. A sure cropper and 
does well everywhere. Should be sown in 
rows 8 feet apart, 3 to5 pounds to the acre; for 
fodder sow 25 to 50 pounds, either broadcast or 
in drills. I certainly consider it worth a trial. 
Packet, 10 cts.; pound, 40 cts.; 3 pounds, 
$1.00, postpaid. By express or freight, 
not prepaid, Ib., 30c.3 5 lbs., $1.25; 10 Ibs., 
$2.00; 25 Ibs. or over, 16 cents per pound. 
for feeding, making a grade somewhat similar to rye. The straw resem- 
It grows large crops—40 to 80 bushels per acre—on 
comparatively poor soil, and it is said to give full double the crop of 
It resists drought successfully, and is adapted to Northern 
Sow in the spring.or in the fall at the rate of one bushel 
cts.; pound, 30 cts.; 3 pounds, 75 cts., post=- 
not prepaid, pk., 50 cts.; bu. (40 Ibs.), $1.75. 
Hairy or Sand Vetch 
This useful plant (vicia villosa) is noted for 
its extreme hardiness, and promises to be high- 
ly valuable at the North as a winter cover crop, 
to prevent leaching, aS well as for forage and 
fertilizing purposes. It ; 
will live over winterin 
well drained soils. Itis 
a perennial, but drops 
its seeds freely, and will | 
comeup year af- 
ter year on the 
same ground. If 
sown in Septem- . 
ber it will 
make excel- 
lent forage 
the follow- @ 
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Thetopis small 
and inconspicu-, 
ous at the Start, 
but the root 
System is ex- 
tensive from 
the beginning. 
The plant is a 
valuable nitro- 
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den. Forage yield, 114 to4tons per acre. Ex- 
eellent for dairy stock and for poultry pastur- 
age. Use 144 bushels of seed per acre, or 1 
bushel of vetch and 44 bushel of rye. Packet, 
10 cts.; pound, 40 cts.; 3 pounds, $1.00, 
postpaid. By express or freight, not pre= 
paid, peck, $1.75; bushel (60 lbs.), $6.50. 
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