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RELIABLE FARM SEEDS 



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FIELD, FORAGE AND SILO SEEDS 



Prices of all Farm Seeds are f . o. b. Philadelphia and subject to market changes 



BROOM CORN 



Improved Evergreen. This variety is extensively grown on 

 account of tlie color and quality of its brush, which is long, 

 fine and straight, and always green; grows 7 feet high. Sow 

 10 pounds to the acre in good, deep dry soil. Lb., 35 cts.; 

 postpaid. By express or freight, at purchaser's expense, 10 

 lbs., 11.50; 50 lbs., $7.00. 



SUNFLOWER 



Mammoth Russian. May be grown to advantage on waste 

 ground. An excellent and cheap food for fowls. All farmers 

 should plant this, if only for feeding chickens. It is enormously 

 productive, as the heads sometimes measure 18 inches in diam- 

 eter. Plant 5 pounds to acre. Lb., 35 cts., postpaid; by express 

 or freight, at purchaser's expense, 5 lbs., $1.00; 10 lbs., $1.75; 

 50 lbs., $6.50; 100 lbs., $12.00. 



SUDAN GRASS 



A new forage plant which is valuable in the middle West and 

 may also be grown in the East. It is an annual related to the 

 sorghums, and is valuable both for hay and silo. Grows from six 

 to ten feet high, makes small leafy stems, and is greatly rehshed 

 by stock. Sow seed when ground has become warm, using 4 to 6 

 lbs. per acre, in drills 18 to 24 inches apart, and cultivate like corn. 

 Lb., 35 cts. postpaid. By express or freight, at purchaser's 

 expense, 10 lbs., $1.75; 50 lbs., $7.50. 



VETCHES 



Spring Vetches, or Tares (Vicia Saliva). 



for soiling or for green manuring. Use 2 or 



broadcast, or 1 to 2 bushels in drills. Lb., 



bu. (60 lbs.), write for price. 

 Winter Vetches, or Tares (Vicia Villosa). 



Vetch, or Hairy Vetch. Recommended for 



1 bushel of the seed per acre, with 1 bushel of 



45 cts., postpaid; bu. (60 lbs.), write for 



leaflet. 



Highly valuable 

 3 bushels to acre, 

 30 cts., postpaid; 



Also called Sand 

 fall sowing. Sow 

 rye. Price per lb , 



price and special 



SOJA BEANS 



Wilson Soja. An excellent variety for Middle and Eastern 

 States. Grows 36 to 44 inches high, branches well, holds leaves 

 and the seeds do not shatter from pods after cutting. In Dela- 

 ware it matured in 115 days, and the plants held the seed well. 

 Write for price. 



Mammoth Yellow Soja Bean. Valuable as a forage crop and 

 for silo purposes. It matures late and is very popular for forage 

 purposes, also productive. Most valuable for growing in the 

 Southern States. Write for price. 



RAPE 



Dwarf Essex Rape. A valuable forage plant which can be sown 

 in this latitude in April for early crop, or as late as September for 

 fall crop. Sown broadcast at the rate of 10 lbs. to the acre, or 

 5 lbs. in drills. Lb., 35 cts., postpaid. By express or freight, at 

 purchaser's expense, 5 lbs., $1.00; 10 lbs., $1.50; 50 lbs., $6.00. 



PEAS FOR FODDER AND 

 GREEN MANURING 



Canadian Field Peas. Valuable for Northern climates for cat- 

 tle-feeding and for green soiling, and is also used in large quan- 

 tities for feeding pigeons. Sow \\ bushel per acre with ^ bushel 

 of oats. Write for price. 



New Era Cow Peas. An upright -growing variety, which ma- 

 tures quickly and produces a large crop of Peas. The vines are 

 small but cure nicely and make a good forage. Write for price. 



Whip-poor-will Cow Peas. An early variety; grows up- 

 right, vigorous, and the crop is easy to harvest. We sell more 

 of this variety than any other, and consider it the best for general 

 purpose. Write for price. 



Clay Cow Peas. A medium late variety, of running habit and 

 strong growth. Write for price. 



INOCULATING CULTURES 



for Vetch, Field Peas, Soja Beans, etc. 

 will be found offered on page 221 



