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SELECTED FARM SEEDS 



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FODDER AND SOILING PLANTS 



Photograph of a field of sand ob winter vktoh (Vicia 

 Viltosa) at our FLORAOROPT trial gardens. Photograph 

 taken 8ix weeks after sowing seed. Notice how thick it is 

 on the ground, and that it is nearly knee high. It was 

 plowed under eight weeks after sowing. 



SAND OR WINTER VETCH 



( Vicia Villosa) 

 Too much cannot be said regarding the value of this 

 Vetch for forage and fertilizing purposes. It succeeds and 

 produces good crops on poor, sandy soils as well as on good 

 lands, growing to a height of 4 to 5 feet. It is perfectly hardy 

 througliout the United States, remaining green all winter. 

 If .sown in the spring it can be sown alone or mixed with 

 oats, spring rye or barley. If sown during August or Sep- 

 temljer, winter rye serves as a good support. The root 

 growth is very extensive from the beginning, and makes 

 quantities of nitrogen tubercles, thus giving it very valuable 

 fertilizing properties. For plowing under as a soiling crop, 

 we believe it is superior to Crimson Clover or Cow Peas. As 

 a forage plant it will yield 1% to 4 tons per acre. It is excel- 

 lent for diiiry stock and poultry pasturage, being exceedingly 

 nutritious, eaten with relish and may be fed safely to all 

 kinds of stock. Sow 50 to 60 pounds per acre with ^ bushel 

 rye, oats or barley. 



Price, per lb., 35c.; 3 lbs., 81.00, by mail, postpaid; by 



freight or express, lb., 

 25c.; 10 lbs., 81.75; 100 



lbs. and over, 

 lb. 



10c. per 



TEOsiNTE, showing its heavy, 

 leafy growth. 



TEOSINTE 



( Reana Luxurians) 



This gigantic 

 Grammea will furnish 

 a continuous daily sup- 

 ply of most nutritious 

 green food for horses 

 and all kinds of cattle 

 all through the sum- 

 mer. It also makes 

 splendid dry fodder, 

 yielding enormously, 

 and being more nutri- 

 tious and better rel- 

 ished by all stock than 

 corn fodder. In ap- 

 pearance it somewhat 

 resembles Indian corn, 

 but the leaves are much 

 larger and broader, 

 and the stalks contain 

 sweeter sap. It stools 

 out enormously after 

 being cut. Sow in May 

 or .Tune, at the rate of 

 three pounds per acre, 

 in drills 4 feet apart. 



Pkt., 5c.; oz., 10c. ; 

 li lb., 'iSc; lb., 80e., 

 postpaid ; b y express 

 or freight, lb., VlIc; 5 

 lbs. and over at Gic. 

 per lb. 



EARLY AMBER SUGAR CANE 



The high value of Northern grown sugar cane for fodder 

 and ensilage is becoming rapidly known. It maybe made 

 to furnish the principal food for cattle, horses and mules 

 from August until the following spring. When fed down 

 young as a pasture it grows rapidly again. It also with- 

 stands severe drought with the best of this class of plants. 

 As a fodder and for winter feed it is one of the most eco- 

 nomical. 



The Early Amber is the best for fodder as well as for 

 sugar, as it matures quickly, and has been cultivated as far 

 North as St. Paul, Minn. The seed is valuable also as food 

 for horses and cattle, and is greedily eaten by poultry, in- 

 creasing the egg-production. 



By mail, postpaid, lb., 25c.; 8 lbs., 60c.; by express or 

 freight, qt., 20c.; peck, 70c.; bush, of 56 lbs., $2.25; 5 bush, or 

 over, 82.00 per bush. 



AUSTRALIAN SALT BUSH 



Valuable for arid and alkali soils. It remains green all 

 winter, and will yield 20 to 30 tons to the acre. One pound 

 of seed will plant an acre. Sow broadcast, in soil well pul- 

 verized, after nil danger of frost is past. Mix the seed with 

 ten times its weight of loam, sand, ashes or plaster; cover 

 lightly, not exceeding J^-j of an inch. Or it may be sown in a 

 hot bed, cold frame or boxes; transplant when two inches 

 high. Pkt., lOc; oz., 15c.; % lb., 35c.; lb., $1.20, postpaid. 



SPRING VETCHES, or TARES 



A species of very small pea, grown extensively in Eng- 

 land and Canada for stock feeding. The seed is also largely 

 used for pigeon feed. Culture same as for field peas. Lb., 

 25c., postpaid ; qt., 20e.; peck, 81.00; bush., 83.00, by freight. 



KAFFIR CORN 

 The Great Forage Plant 



Will make a fine crop of forage 

 if cut in early bloom, and the 

 shoots that then follow will 

 mature a full crop of seed and 

 forage. Both grain and fodder 

 are excellent, the whole stalk 

 tended to the full maturity of seed. 

 There is no failure about it, as 

 it possesses the quality that all 

 the tribe possess, of waiting for 

 rain without any loss of capacity 

 to yield. The grain is extremely 

 valuable for feeding to poultry 

 and will make a flour that is like 

 wheat flour. Cultivated the same 

 as our common Indian corn, re- 

 quiring four to five pounds of seed 

 per acre. By mail, pkt., 10c. ; Ih , 

 25c.; 3 lbs., 60c.; by freight or ex- 

 press, qt., 15c.; peck, 60c.; bush., 

 60 lbs., 81.75. 



RED AND WHITE 

 MILLO MAIZE 



These are popular varieties of 

 sorghum, somewhat similar to the 

 above, valuable for both forage 

 and grain. Four pounds will 

 plantanacre. Cultivation is same 

 as for Kaffir Corn. Pkt., 10c. ; lb., 

 25e.; 3 lbs., 60c., postpaid; by 

 freight, qt., 15c.; peck, 65c ; bush., 

 32.00. 



KAFKIB CORN. 



