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FIELD, FORAGE AND 51 LO SEEDS. 



" Dreer's Grasses and Clovers" contains the latest facts on Forage Plants. Price, 25 cts. 



The changing agricuUural conditions in America demand new crops and new processes. The soiling of stock will, in some 

 places, receive increased attention. Green manuring will come more and more into vogue. New pasturage crops (particularly 

 for autumn) are needed. 



The idea of "green manuring" is that it is cheaper and better to plow under half-grown or fully-grown crops than to expend 

 money and labor in the applicalion of natural or artificial manures. 



The idea of " soiling " is that it is cheaper to cut and carry forage to stock than to allow the animals to trample upon and destroy 

 their food by roaming the fields. 



PEAS FOR FODDER AND GREEN riANURING. 



(See page 48). 

 Spring Vetches or Tares ( Vicia Sativa). Closely associated 



with peas in character. Highly valuable for soiling or for green 



manuring. Sometimes grown with oats, for mowing and feeding to 



stock. Use 2 to 3 bushels to acre broadcast, or 1 to 2 bushels in 



drills. Sow in spring, while ground is cool and moist, or in early 



autumn. Lb., 10 cts.; by mail, 18 cts.; $3.25 bu. of 60 lbs.; §5.00 



per 100 lbs. 

 Winter Vetches or Tares ( Vicia Villosa). Also called Sand 



Vetch or Hairy Vetch. Recommended for fall sowing with Rye, 



which serves as a supp )rt. It is perfectly hardy in all parts of the 



country, remaining green all winter and maturing fully four weeks 



earlier than Scarlet Clover; it can, therefore, be harvested or plowed 



under, and the ground used for the u^ual spring crops. It is very 



nutritious, and all kinds of stock eat it with relish. Sow from one- 

 half to one bushel per acre, together with one-half bushel of Rye. 



Price per lb, 15 cts.; by mail, 23 cts.; bushel (60 lbs.), $7.50; 



100 lbs., $12 00. 

 Yellow Lupin {Lupinus LuUus). Botanically related to the peas, 



but less hardy. Sow May to July, 2 to 3 bushels to acre. Useful 



for green manuring. 10 cts. lb.; by mail, 18 cts.; $4.50 per bushel 



of 60 lbs.; $7.00 per 100 lbs. 

 Soja Bean {Soja Hispida). Valuable as a forage crop and for fer- 

 tilizing the soil, also for pasturing, feeding as green fodder and for 



silo purposes. It makes a very heavy growth, yielding 8 to 10 tons 



per acre, and is a rich, nitrogenous food, forming flesh rapidly. Sow 



broadcast, \ bushel to the acre, or plant in drills 3 feet apart, 1 foot 



between plants. Lb., 25 cts.; 3 lbs., 60 cts., postpaid ; by express, 



qt., 20 cts.; peck, 75 cts.; bushel, $2. 50. 

 Velvet Bean {Do/ichos Multijlonis). Largely grown in the South, 



and used as a fertilizing plant for turning under. Both vines and 



pods are eaten by live stock, and the beans can be ground either with 



or without the pods, and fed instead of corn, or oats, or can be 



mixed with them. It is a strong grower, and should be planted m 



rows about 4 feet apart, and 1 foot apart in the row, putting 2 or 3 



beans in each place. The culture is same as for cow peas. Pkt., 



10 cts.; lb., 25 cts., by mail. By freight or express, per peck, 75 



Cts.; per bushel, $2.50 ; 2 bushels or more at $2.25 per bushel. 



Teosinte. 



Teosinte (Reana Luxuiians). (See cut.) A gigantic 

 fodder plant, resembling Indian corn, except leaves are 

 broader. Grows about 12 feet high and stools heavily, 

 as many as 40 stalks from a single seed. It is excellent 

 for stock feeding, either green during summer, or dry 

 during winter, and is more nutritious and better liked 

 than corn fodder by stock of all kinds. This most ex- 

 cellent plant grows to perfection in this latitude, supply- 

 ing immense amount of fodder, but will not produce 

 seed. Sow in May or June, in drills about 4 feet apart, 

 using 4 pounds of seed per acre. Per oz., 15 cts.; lb., 

 $1.10, postpaid; 10 lbs. or over by express, 90 cts. 

 per lb. 



Sacaline [Polvgonmn Sachalinmse'). For forage. Grows 

 to height of 10 or 12 feet. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 50 cts.; 

 \ lb., $1.25; lb.. $5 00, by mail. 



Dwarf Essex Rape. (See cut.) A forage plant of 

 highest value. It can be sown in April for an early crop, 

 and for fall crop in Ji'ly. August and September, and still 

 later further south ; it is sown broadcast 6 lbs to the acre, 

 but is better drilled, in which case 3 lbs. to the acre will 

 suffice. In a few weeks from the time of sowing, sheep, 

 hogs or cattle can be turned on it; all reports agree that 

 they gain weight faster on this than any other fodder, as 

 it can be sown after other crops are off; the gain in fod- 

 der is secured at a nominal cost. Stockmen, Dairymen 

 and F'armers have proved its value. Per lb., 10 cts.; 

 by mail, 18 cts.; 10 lbs., 90 cts.; bushel of 50 lbs., $4.00; 

 100 lbs., $7.50. 



Dwarf Essex Rape. Second Growth. One Plant. 



