WALTER^ P. 



STOKES [j 219 Market §>treet, PrabADELPHIA,PA 



A PAGE OF MILLETS 



Very Important to Buyers of Millet 



Common Millet is offered and sold by many dealers as German 

 Millet. The seed bears sufficient resemblance to German Millet to 

 deceiye inexperienced purchasers, and to make the prices asked by 

 other houses for the true German Millet seem unreasonable. 



Do not buy German Jfillet without the distinct and positive 

 assurance that it is southern-grown seed. 



The Difference Between 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 tliat means better hay. In fact, it is our judgment, based on the 

 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. Millet 

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

 we call Common Millet. Not on\y 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 or 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. $1.75. 



Prices variable ; write me for prices when wanted in quantity 



PEARL MILLET, or PENCILLARIA 



For 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 

 e xpress, 

 lb. 15c., 

 10 lbs. 

 (pi a nt s 

 an acre) 

 $r.20,bu. 

 of 50 lbs. 

 S4-50- 



Hungarian 

 MiUet 



Japanese, or 

 Barn -yard Millet 



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

 grounds., all beino sown the same day. As wll be easily 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 woodv. 



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 1 14 bushels to the acre in Mayor June. 

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



JAPANESE BARN-YARD MILLET 



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

 of the Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station. Yields enormously in all 

 sections of the United States — hay and fodder of excellent cjuality, crowing 6 to 

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

 ily, .nid 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. 15 cts.. 10 lbs. 

 Si, bus. of 30 lbs. $2, bag of 2 bus. S.^ 50. 



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