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Three Permanent Pasture Mixtures, {35 ‘336 P°v0nd alt ques” 
® tion that a mixture of 
grasses produces a better mowing field and subsequent permanent pasture 
than a2 mere combination of timothy and red clover. The tormer will 
last five times as long as the latter. Timothy “ruus out” in a couple of 
years or so, while a good permanent pasture will last ten or eyen twenty 
mM years. This has been so trequentiy and so forcibly shown by experience 
that there is now a wide demand tor what is cailed a permanent pasture 
mixture, and Iam well prepared to meet this demand. 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 inspring or fall; the clover 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 
ITemploy Red, Mammoth, Alsike and White. A few of these compon- 
‘ ents will disappear in two or three years, but the others are absolutely 
permanent. I vary the proportions to suit different situations. 
Maule’s Permanent Pasture Mixture for Light and Sandy Soils. 







general use, everywhere. 
—Use at the rate of 56 pounds (4 bushels) per acre. 
els, enough for an acre, $9.00. 
Maule’s Permanent Pasture Mixture for Average Soils. 
Bushel, $2.50; 4 bush- 
The suitable clovers are included. 
For 
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. : 
grass seeds and 10 pounds mixed clover seeds, $8.75. 
Bushel, $2.50; 3 bushels mixed 


DWARF ESSEX RAPE. 
Best and Most Fattening Sheep Forage Known. 
This is the best autumn sheep forage known, and is also used for pigs 
Under favorable circumstances 
and dairy cows with success and profit. 
it is ready for pasturage in six weeks from the time of sowing. 
of good rape will carry a flock of a dozen sheep for two months. 
a plant of the cabbage family, requiring the same cultural treatment as 
It is grown exclusively for its leaves. ) 
alternately on grass and rape; notonrapeexclusively. Rape-fed animals 
The seed should be sown in May, for 
midsummer pasturage; or any time before the end of August (at the 
In the Southern States the best sowing 
Rape is a plant which loves cool weather, 
the turnip. 
should have free access to salt. 
North) for autumn pasturage. 
time is September or October. 
and thrives better in autumn than in midsummer. 
used at the rate of 3 pounds per acre in drills, or 5 to 10 pounds per acre 
tape is one of the best and most fattening of forage plants, 
The leaves are so succulent and juicy that the 
animals will require little or no water, but salt is quite necessary, as 
aboye stated. Rape is an excellent green manure for plowing down. Its 
use in this country is becoming very general, especially in sheep raising 
Packet, 10 cents; pound, 25 cents; 5 pounds, $1.00, postpaid. 
express or freight, 25 pounds, $1.75; 100 pounds, $6.00. 
broadcast. 
especially for sheep. 
sections. 
One acre 
Rapeis 
Stock should be fed 
The seed should be 
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SPELTZ, | 
A Wonderful New Grain. | 
This remarkable grain, which 
is now 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 account of its | 
merits. The grain is intermediate 
between wheat and barley. The | 
chaff adheres to the grain when | 
thrashed, and is fed in that con- 
dition to stock. It is adapted for 
Inilling purposes, aS well as for 
feeding. Making a grade some- 
what similarto rye. The straw | 
resembles wheat straw. 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 barley. It resists 
drought successfully, and is adap- | 
ted to Northern latitudes. Sow 
in the spring or in the fall at} 
the rate of one bus. per acre. 
Pkt., 5 cts:; 1b., 30 cts.;3 ]bs., 75 cts., 
postpaid. Pk., 50 cts.; bu., $1.25. 

SPELTZ. GIANT SPURRY. 
| quick and luxuriant. 
| 10 cents; 
| postpaid. 
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GIANT BEGGAR WEED. 
GIANT BEGGAR WEED. 
An erect plant botanically belonging to the 
great leguminous group, along with peas, beans, 
clovers, ete. It attains a height of from three to 
eight feet, and is extremely valuable in sub- | 
tropical regions or dry soils for forage and hay | 
purposes and for green manuring. Eight to ten 
pounds of seed per acre are required. Sow 
in June, in well pulverized soil, at a time when 
the weather is net excessively dry. Growth is 
Packet, 5 cents; ounce, | 
ly pound, 15 cents; pound, 35 cents, | 
By express, 20 cents per pound. 
GIANT SPURRY, 
An annual forage plant growing well on poor, 
thin land. It is low andslender, but absolutely 
drought proof. Its roots or stems are about a 

| root 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 cattle and sheep. I donot recom- 
| mend spurry where cow peas or soy beans can 
be grown, but recognize its usefulness on ex- 
tremely poor, sandy land. Sow 15 pounds of 
seed per acre, from March to August. Pkt., 5 
cts.; lb., 80 ets.: 8 lbs., 75 ects., postpaid. By ex- 
press or freight, 25 lbs. or more, 10 cts. per lb \ 
97 
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, 
as 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.; 
14 Ib., 40 cts.; Lb., $1.50; 5 lbs., $7.00, postpaid. 
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