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A PAGE OF MILLETS 



Very Important to Buyers of Millet 



Common Millet is offered and sold bj' many dealers as German 

 Millet. The seed bears sufficient resemblance to German IVIillet to 

 deceive inexperienced purchasers, and to make the prices asked by 

 ■other houses for the true German Millet seem unreasonable. 



Do not buy German Millet without the distinct and positive 

 assurance that it is southern-grown seed. 



The Difference Betweeen German Millet and 

 Common Millet 



In the North, Millet is sown almost altogether for hay, and for 

 that purpose southern-grown German Millet is much better than 

 Common Millet. It grows taller than does that from northern seed, 

 and that means more hay. It is finer than that from northern seed, 

 and that means better hay. In fact, it is our judgment, based on an 

 experience of many years, that a farmer would better, from the 

 standpoint of profit alone, pay $2 a bushel for true southern-grown 

 German Millet than sow the best northern Millet as a gift. jNIillet 

 seed produced in the North, even from southern seed, becomes what 

 we call Common Millet. Not only does the plant change in char- 

 acter, becoming coarser and much more dwarf, but the seed itself 

 shows a change and is readily distinguished by those experienced 

 in handling it. 



GERMAN, or GOLDEN MILLET 



(Southern Grown) 



Southern-grown German or Golden Millet Seed is far superior, 

 both in quality and yield, to western- or northern-grown seed. When 

 properly grown and handled, it makes an enormous yield of nutri- 

 tious feed, succeeding in almost any soil. Sow in May or June, one 

 bushel to the acre. Price varies with the market. Qt. 10 cts., bus. 

 of about 50 lbs. Si. 75. 



Prices variable ; write me for prices when wanted in quantity 



PEARL MILLET, or PENCILLARIA 



TFor several years we have been experimenting with all the 

 "known forage plants, and have found nothing superior to Pearl Mil- 

 let either in enormous growth or quality. It has produced the most 

 abundantly and can be cut several times during the season. The 

 United States Agricultural Department has also made numerous 

 ■experiments, and with about the same results as those at Floracroft. 

 ■If you grow green forage, try East Indian or Pearl .Millet, and you 

 ■will .find there is nothing better. Drill in 2-foot rows, 10 lbs. to the 

 ;acre. Pkt. 10 cts., lb. 30 cts., 3 lbs. 75 cts., by mail, postpaid; by 



freightor 

 express, 



lb.20CtS., 



10 lbs., 

 (enough 

 for one 

 acre) $1, 

 bus. of 50 

 lbs.$4.50. 



Hungarian 

 Millet 



Japanese, or 

 Barn-yard Millet 



The above is ihe result of a trial of Millets at my Floracroft trial 

 grounds, all being sown the same day. As will easily be seen, the South- 

 ern German Millet is by all odds the best growth. The Siberian was 

 so poor I have withdrawn It from sale. The Japanese made a good 

 growth, but it is rather woody. 



HUNGARIAN MILLET 



Japanese Millet 



The most popular annual Millet, growing quickly and freely, making a heavy 

 stand upon the land and yielding two or three tons of hay per acre. Said to draw 

 heavily upon the fertility of the soil. Sow i '2 bushels to the acre in May or June. 

 Price varies. Qt. 10 cts., bus. of 48 lbs., about S1.50. 



JAPANESE BARN-YARD MILLET 



Valuable new forage plant introduced into this country by Professor Brooks, 

 of tlie Massachusetts .•\gricultural Experiment Station. Yields enormously in all 

 sections of the United States— hay and fodder of excellent quality, growing 6 to 

 8 ft. in height and yielding 12 to 20 tons per acre. Cattle and horses eat it greed- 

 ily, and it is undoubtedly a valuable addition to the list of forage plants. Sow in 

 ^iay or June, broadcast, 10 to 12 lbs. per acre, or in drills, 8 lbs. per acre. Lb. 

 30 cts., 3 lbs. 75 cts., by mail, postpaid ; by freight or express, lb. 20 cts., lo lbs. 

 Si, bus. of 30 lbs. $2, bag of 2 bus. S3. 50. 



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