IHENRTADREER -PHIIADELPHIAJ^-^ RELIABLE FARM SEEDS 



FIELD, FORAGE AND SILO SEEDS. 



" Dreer's Grasses and Culvers " conUins the latest facts on Forage Plants. Price, 25 cents. 

 The changing agricultural 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 " o-ieen 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 de- 

 stroy their food by roamins: the fields. 



PEAS FOR FOI>DEK, AND GREEN »IANURING. 



See page 40. 

 Spring' Vetches or Tares ( Vida Saliva). Closely associated 

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

 uring. 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.. 8 

 cts. ; by mail, 15 cts. ; S2.75 bu. of 60 lbs. ; S-4.00 per 100 lbs. 



"W'iiiter Vetches or Tares (I't'iia I'lllosa). Also called .Sand 

 Vetch or Hairy \'etch. Recimimended for fall sowing with rye. which 

 serves as a support. It is perfectly hardy in all parts of the country, 

 remaining green all winter and maturing fully four weeks earlier ih.in 

 Scarlet Clover; it can, therefore, be harvested or plowed under, and 

 the ground used for the usual spring crops. It is very nutritious, 

 and all kinds of slock eat it with relish. Sow from one-half to one 

 bu. per acre, together with one-half bu. of Rve. Price per lb., 8 cts ; 

 by mail. 15 cts. ; bu. (GO lb.), $3.75 ; 100 lbs'.. «;6 00. 

 . Yellow LiUpill {Lnpinus Luteus). Bolanically related to the peas, 

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

 green manuring. 8 Cts. lb. ; bv mail, 16 cis.; !J3.25 per bu. of 60 lbs. ; 

 $5.00 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, nitro2.'enous 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 ; l)y express, 

 qt., 20 cts. ; peck, 85 els. ; bu., SS.OO. 



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 July, 

 August and September, and still later further south ; it is sown broad- 

 cast 6 lbs. to the acre, but is belter drilled, in which case 3 Jbs. to the acre 

 will suffice. In a few weeks from ihe lime of sowing, sheep, hogs or 

 cattle can be turned on it ; all reporis agree that thry gain weight 

 faster on this than any other fodder, as it can be sown alter other crops 

 are off; the gain in fodder is secured at a nominal cost. Slockmen, 

 Dairymen and Farmers have proved iis value. Per lb., 10 cts. ; bv 

 mail, 18 cts.; 10 lbs., 90 cts. ; bu. of 50 lbs., S4 00 ; 100 lbs. $7. 50' 



Teosinte. 



Teosiute {Reana Luxurians). (See cut.) A gigantic 



iodder 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 nutiitious and better liked 



than corn fodder by slock of all kinds. Sow in May or 



June, in drills about 4 feet apart, using 4 pounds of seed 



per acre. Per oz., 15 els.; lb, $1,25. postpaid; 4 lbs., 



by express, §4.00. 

 Flat Pea {Lnlhyrus Stive's/ lis). A perennial forage 



plant of value. Will grow well on poor and stony soils. 



LI)., $1.75, by mail. 

 Sacaliue [Polygonum Sac/ialinetise). For forage. Grows 



to height of 10 or 12 feet. Pkt., 10 cts. ; oz.,'2o cts. ; \ 



111., 85 CIS.; lb., $3 00, by mail. 



"WiUl Rice (Zizania Aqiiatica). The Zizania is valu- 

 able as a forage plant on inundated lands and along the 



shores of marshes. As an attraction for wild fowls it is 



invaluable. The seed should be sown in the fall in 6 



inches to 6 feet of water, having soft mud bottom where 



there are few weeds. Lb., 25 cts.; by mail, 33 cts.; 



100 lbs., $16.00 

 Sunflower, 3Ianinioth Russian. May be grown 



to i;reat advantage in wasie ground. An excellent and 



cheap food for fowls. Pl-nt 4 quarts to acre. Qt., 10 



cts. ; by mail, 17 els. ; peck, (iO cts. ; bu., 25 lbs., $1.75; 



100 lbs., $6 00. 



PwARF Essex Raif 



Onk Plant. 



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