WALTEP^ P. STOKES ^ 219 Market §treet, PmbADELPHIA,PA. 



FODDER AND SOILING PLANTS 



SAND, or WINTER 

 VETCH 



(Vicia Villosa) 



Too much cannot be 

 Slid regarding the vahie 

 nf this Vetch for forage 

 and fertilizing purposes. 

 It succeeds and pro- 

 duces good crops on 

 poor, sandy soils as well 

 as on good lands, grow- 

 ing to a height of 4 to 5 

 feet. It is perfectly 

 hardy throughout the 

 United States, remain- 

 ing green all winter. If 

 sown in spring, it can be 

 sown aloneor mixed with 

 oats, spring ryeorbarley. 

 If sown during August or 

 September, winter rye 

 serves as a good sup- 

 port. The root growth 

 is very extensive from 

 the beginning, and 

 makes quantities of ni- 

 trogen tubercles, thus 

 g ving it very valuable 

 fertilizing properties. 

 F )r plowing under as a 

 s liling crop, we believe 

 it is superior to crimson 

 clover or cow-peas. As 

 a forage plant it will 

 yield 1 5^ to 4 tons per 

 acre. It is excellent for 

 dairy stock and poultry 

 pasturage, being exceed- 

 i igly nutritious, eaten 

 with relish and may be 

 f -'d safely to all kinds of 

 Sand Vetch and Crimson Clover stock. Sow 20 to 30 



Both sown at same time. Notice the very much pOUnds per acre with 14- 



iieavier erowth of the Vetch on the right bushel rye, oats Or bar- 



ley. Lb. 30 cts.,4 lbs. Si, by mail, postpaid ; 

 by freight or express, lb. 20 cts., 10 lbs. $1 50, 

 ICO lbs. and over, 10 cts. per lb. 



SPRING VETCHES, or TARES 



This is similar to the Sand, or Winter 

 Vetch, but is better adapted to spring seed- 

 ing. Sown with oats it makes a large-j'ield- 

 ing, nutritious hay crop. Sow 30 pounds per 

 acre with one bushel of oats. The seed is 

 also used for pigeon feed Lb. 20 cts., post- 

 paid ; by freight, qt. 20 cts., pk. $1, bus. $3. 



KAFFIR CORN 



The Great Forage Plant 



Will make a fine crop of foliage if cut in 

 early bloom, and the shoots that then follow 

 will mature a full crop of seed and forage. 

 Both grain and fodder are excellent, tlie 

 whole 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 oryield. Thegrain 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. 

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

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

 bus. of 60 lbs , $1 .75. 



Dwarf Essex Rape — Eight weeks from sowing 



TRUE DWARF ESSEX RAPE 



Dwarf Essex Rape, of the true biennial variety, is now largely 

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

 teed 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 sowmg broadcast at the rate 

 of five to ten pounds to the acre. W'hile 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 most succulent food from May to December. Lb. 25c., 

 3 lbs. 60 cts., by mail, postpaid; by freight or express, lb. 15 cts., 

 10 lbs. $1.2$, 25 lbs. $2.50, bus. of 50 lbs. S4, 100 lbs. and over at 8c., 

 per lb. Special prices by letter for larger lots. 



RED AND WHITE MILO MAIZE 



These are popular varieties of sorghum, somewhat similar to the 

 Kaffir Corn, valuable for both forage and grain. Four pounds will plant 

 an acre. Cultivation is same as for Kaffir corn. Pkt. 10 cts., lb. 25c., 

 3 lbs. 60 cts., by mail, postpaid: by freight, qt. 15 cts., pk. 65 cts., 

 bus. $2. 



EARLY AMBER SUGAR-CANE 



Makes a valuable green fodder. Difficult to cure, the best plan be- 

 ing to stand it up against the fence 

 and tie loosely. The seed is valu- 

 able as food for poultry. Lb. 25c., 

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

 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, yield- 

 ing enormously, and being more 

 nutritious and better relished by 

 all stock than corn fodder. In ap- 

 pearance 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., yi\h. 25 cts., lb. 80 cts., by 

 mail, postpaid : by freight or ex- 

 press, lb. 70 cts., .s lbs. and o\er at 

 65 cts. per pound. 



Kafir Com 



T. B. Lutes, Pearvale Fruit Farm, Robbinsville, N. J., May 8, igcS, writes: ' The Sand 

 Veti li I bouehl of you last summer was all right ; tremendous grower ; had an abundance of 



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nitrogen nodu'es on roots. 



Teosinte at Floracroft gardens, 

 showing its heavy leafy growth 



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