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FIELD, FORAGE AND SILO SEEDS. 



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

 PEAS FOR FODDER AND GREEN MANURING. 



Canada Field Peas. Valuable for Northern climates for 

 cattle-feeding. Used as feed for pigeons, etc., and for green 

 soiling. Qt., 10 cts.; peck, 50 cts.; bu., $ 1.75. 



Southern Black=Eye Cow Peas. Also known as Sand Pea, 

 a small white variety with black eye. Sow 2 bushels to the acre. 

 Qt., 20 cts.; peck, 85 cts ; bu., $2.75. 



Wonderful Cow Peas. Quick and large growth; makes enor- 

 mous vines; should be planted in May or June. Qt., 15 cts.; peck, 

 65 cts.; bu., $2.25. 



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

 and vigorous ; crop is easy to harvest. Qt., 15 cts.; peck, 75 

 cts.; bu., $2.50. 



Clay Cow Peas. A valuable sort, both for green manure, forage 

 and hay crop. Qt , 15 cts.; peck, 65 cts.; bu., $2.25. 



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 50 bu. of 60 

 lbs.; $5 50 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 support. 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 usual spring crop. 



| It is very nutritious, and all kinds of stock eat it with relish. 



Eaulv Soja, ok Soy Beans. 



Sow from one-half to one bushel per acre, together with one- 

 half bushel of Rve Price per lb., 15 cts.; by mail, 23 cts.; 

 bushel (60 lbs.), $7.25; 100 lbs., $12 00. 



Soja Bean (Sofa Hispida). 



Teosinte, a Wonderful Fodder Plant. 



Valuable in the Southern States 

 as a forage crop and for fertilizing the soil, also for pasturing, 

 feeding as green fodder and for silo purposes. Plant one-half 



bushel to acre. Lb., 25 cts ; 3 lbs., 60 cts., postpaid; by express, qt., 



20 cts.; peck, 75 cts.; bu., $2.75. 



fcarly Soja, or Soy Bean. The best variety for planting in Northern 

 or Eastern States Ripens early and produces an enormous crop of 

 both vines and pods. Lb., 25 cts., postpaid ; peck, $1.25 ; bu., 

 $4 00. 



Velvet Bean (Dolichos Multiflorus). 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. Pkt., 10 cts.; lb., 25 cts., by mail. By freight or express, 

 per peck, 75 cts.; per bu., $2.50. 



Yellow Lupin (Lttpimts Lutens). Botanically related to the peas, 

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

 green manuring. 15 cts. lb., by mail, 23 cts.; $5.00 per bu. of 60 lbs.; 

 $8.00 per 100 lbs. 



Dwarf Essex Rape. 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 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 fodder is secured at a nominal cost. Per lb., 10 cts.; by 

 mail, 18 cts.; 10 lbs., 90 cts.; bu. of 50 lbs., $4.00; 100 lbs., 

 $7.50. 



Teosinte (Rcana Luxtirians) (See cut.) Grows about 12 feet high 

 and stools heavily, as many as 40 stalks from a single seed. It is ex- 

 cellent 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 excellent plant grows to perfection in. 

 this latitude, supplying immense amount of fodder, but will not pro- 

 duce 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. 



