WALTER^ P. STOKES } 219 Market §treet. PHIL>ADELPHIA,PA. 



FODDER AND SOILING PLANTS 



Photograph of a field of Sand, or Winter Vetch ( Vicia villosa), at our Floracroft 

 Trial Gardens. Photograph taken six weeks alter 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 viiiosa) 



Too much cannot be said regarding the value of this \'etch for for- 

 age 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 isperfectlyhardythroughout the United States, remain- 

 ing green all winter. If sown in the spring it can be sown alone or 

 mi.xed with oats, spring rye or barley. If sown during August or 

 September, winter rye serves as a good support. The root growth 

 is very extensive from the beginning, and makes quantities of nitro- 

 gen 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 j-ield i H to 4 

 tons per acre. It is excellent for dairy stock and poultry pasturage, 

 being exceedingly nutritious, eaten with relish and may be fed safely 

 to all kinds of stock. Sow 20 to 30 pounds per acre with K-bushel 

 rye, oats or barley. Lb. 30 cts., 4 lbs. $1, by mail, postpaid ; by 

 freight or express, lb. 20c., 10 lbs. $1.50, 100 lbs. and over, loc. per lb. 



SPRING VETCHES, or TARES 



This is similar to the Sand, or Winter \'etch, but is better adapted 

 to spring seeding. Sown with oats it makes a large-yielding, nutri- 

 tious hay crop. Sow 30 pounds per acre 

 with one bushel of oats. The seed is also 

 used for pigeon feed. Lb. 20 cts., postpaid; 

 by freight, cjt. 20 cts., pk. $1, bus. $3. 



KAFIR CORN 



The Great Forage Plant 



Will make a fine crop of foliage if cut in 

 early bloom, and the shoots that then follow 

 w ill mature a full crop of seed and forage. 

 Both grain and fodder are excellent, the 

 wliole stalk tender to the full maturity of 

 seed. There is no failure about it, as it pos- 

 sesses the quality, that all the tribe pos- 

 sesses, of waiting for rain without any loss of 

 capacity or yield. The grain is extremely val- 

 uable for feeding to poultry and will make a 

 flour that is like wheat flour. Cultivated the 

 same as our common Indian corn, requiring 

 four to five pounds of seed per acre. Pkt. 

 in cts., lb. 25 cts., 3 lbs. 60 cts., by mail ; by 

 freight or express, qt. 15 cts., pk. 60 cts., 

 Inis. of 60 lbs.. Si. 75. 



RED AND WHITE MILO 

 MAIZE 



These are popular varieties of sorghum, 

 somewhat similar to the above, valuable for 

 both forage and grain. Four pounds will 

 l>lant an acre. Cultivation is same as for 

 Kafir corn. Pkt. 10 cts., lb. 25 cts., 3 lbs. 60 

 cts., by mail, po.stpaid ; by freight, qt. 15 cts., 

 pk. 65 cts., bus. $2. 



Dwarf Essex Rape — Eight weeks from sowing 



TRUE DWARF ESSEX RAPE 



Dwarf Essex Rape, of the true biennial variety, is now largelj- 

 grown in this country on account of its rapid growth, being ready to 

 feed in eight to ten weeks from sowing, and producing 25 to 30 tons 

 of green forage to the acre. It grows to a height of 3 feet and covers 

 the surface so densely as to smother out all weeds. It can be sown 

 all through the season, being perfectly hardy, withstands drought, 

 and will produce a crop in any soil by sowing broadcast at the rate 

 of five to ten pounds to the acre. While unequaled as a pasture for 

 sheep, as a food for all cattle, calves or pigs, it is without a rival, its 

 fattening properties being twice as great as clover, making a much 

 relished and inost succulent food from May to December. Lb. 25 cts., 

 3 lbs. 60 cts., by mail, postpaid; 

 by freight or express, lb. 15 cts., 

 10 lbs. Si. 25, 25 lbs. S2.50, bus. of 

 50 lbs. $4, 100 lbs. and over at Sc., 

 per lb. Special prices by letter for 

 larger lots. 



EARLY 

 AMBER SUGAR-CANE 



Makes a valuable green fodder. 

 Difficult to cure, the best plan 

 being to stand it up against the 

 fence and tie loosel)'. The seed is 

 valuable as food for poultry. Lb. 

 25 cts., 3 lbs. 60 cts., by mail, post- 

 paid ; by freight or express, pk. 

 75 cts., bus. of 56 lbs. $2. 50. 



TEOSINTE 



{Reana luxurians) 



This gigantic Grammea will fur- 

 nish a continuous daily supply 

 of most nutritious green food for 

 horses and all kinds of cattle all 

 through the summer. It also makes 

 splendid dry fodder, yielding enor- 

 mously, and being more nutritious 

 and better relished by all .stock 

 than corn fodder. In appearance 

 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 June, at the rate of three pounds per acre, in drills 4 feet apart. 

 Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., !i lb. 25 cts., lb. So cts,, by mail, postpaid ; by 

 freight or express, lb. 70 cts., 5 lbs. and over at 65 cts. per pound. 



Teosinte at Floracroft gardens, 

 showing its heavy leafy growth 



Kafir Corn 



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