H. W. BUCKBEE, EOCEFOBD, ILLINOIS. 



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Buck bee's Best Millets 



My high grade, pedigree Northern - Grown Millets are quick 

 growing, resist drought and possess the highest agricultural values. 



NEW JAPANESE MILLET 



P. Crus Galli 



Grows from four to seven feet toll , but is not harsh and woody, as other grasses 

 are. This is one of the most profitable and valuable seed crops. I have grown this 

 splendid Millet for years, and nave been so careful in the selection and improvement 

 of stock seed that Buckbee's strain is acknowledged to be the best in existence — -so 

 valuable is it that many seedsmen look to me each year for their supply. In some 

 sections of the country it is known as Barnyard Millet, while in other parts of the 

 country it has been erroneously introduced under the name of "Billion Dollar Grass" 

 by some seed houses. In spite of these names it is such a good thing that it has come 

 to stay, and will Jive long in the public favor under its proper name, Japanese Millet. 

 In this latitude we usually sow from May 10th to 20th. Sown at these dates it will 

 make an excellent soiling crop, giving two cuttings — about mid-July and late August. 

 I have frequently had this Millet attain a height of six and one-half to seven feet, and 

 so heavy that no binder could handle it. It yields fifty to seventy bushels seed per 

 acre and three to five tons hay. Two parts Japanese Millet and one part Evans' Early 

 Soy Beans are a fine ensilage combination. Don't attempt to grow them together. 

 Sow the Millet from eight to ten quarts per acre on the best ground you have. Plant 

 the Soys in drills twenty-eight to thirty inches apart, and cultivate same as other Beans 

 and Corn. 



FEEDING VALUE 



Poultry, Geese and Turkeys all relish Japanese Millet in the green state, and 

 keep healthy and happy and fresh on the seed thereof when fed during the Fall and 

 Winter months. 



Hogs and Their Families — Nothing will do them more good than to turn them 

 in on a field of Japanese Millet. They also relish and fatten readily on the seed. 



Cows,. Calves and Heifers look with pleasure on a field of Japanese Millet, and 

 feed in happy contentment and flourish upon its luxuriant swath. 



Horses and Other Stock will feed on it readily and thrive. 



Sow the seed broadcast at the rate of twenty to twenty-five pounds to the acre, 

 or in drills twelve to eighteen inches apart using ten to fifteen pounds per acre. 



(36 lbs. to the bu.) Postpaid, lb. 25c. By express or freight at buyer's expense, 

 i bu. 50c; i bu. 75c; i bu. $1.25; bu. $2.25. 



HUNGARIAN GRASS 



Often Called Hungarian Millet 



Valuable hay for stock raisers; yields a good supply. It should be cut when in 

 bloom, and the fiber will not be too woody for feeding stock. Postpaid, lb. 20c. ; 



3 lbs. 50c. By freight or express at buyer's expense, J bu. 25c; i bu. 40c; i 

 bu. 75c; bu. $1.35; 5 bu. lots or more at $1.30 per bu. 



NEW JAPANESE MILLET 



MILLET 



BUCKBEE'S 

 California Beauty 



THE BEST HOG AND STOCK MILLET 



It is positively the most remarkable leafy, bushy, vigorous-growing, 

 earliest Millet in the world. Yields as high as fifteen tons of hay or 

 more to the acre. It will make a magnificent, crop of hay if sown im- 

 mediately after your oats or barley, rye or wheat is cut, as it will ripen 

 in from sixty to ninety days. It is positively the Millet wonder — very 

 leafy, prolific, and exceptionally fine for hay and feed. Try it for 1006. 

 This Millet, unlike any other Millet, stands the hot dry winds of the 

 Dakotas, the burning prairies of Kansas, and flourishes on the semi- 

 arid soils of Western Nebraska and Colorado — in fact, it grows where 

 no other Millet grows. It would be cheap at ten times the price. Sow 

 one-half bushel per acre. (50 lbs. to the bu.) Postpaid, lb. 25c. At 



5 l bu er, |8 25 PenSe ' * bU ' 35C,; i bU ' 60 °"' * bU " 90C "' bU- $1 " 75 ' 



GERMAN or GOLDEN MILLET 



One of the best varieties. Quick growing, and will produce an 

 immense amount of valuable fodder. It makes the best of hay. (50 

 lbs. to the bu.) Postpaid, lb. 20c. At buyer's expense, by express 

 or freight, 1 bu. 40c. ; } bu. 75c. ; bu. $1.35. 



PEARL MILLET 



This quick-growing forage plant has been long known under the 

 name East India, or "Cat-tail" Millet. Sown in drills four feet apart 

 ana cultivated like Corn, the plants attain a height of eight to ten feet 

 with slender, long-bladed leaves. These stalks can be cured for Winter 

 use, and the seed makes an excellent poultry food. But the best use 

 of the plant is to cut the stalk for green forage when about three feet 

 high, and allow the plants to make a second growth for fall feeding or 

 ensilage. Five pounds of seed are required per acre. Postpaid, lb. 

 30c. At buyer's expense, 5 lbs. 76c; 10 lbs. $1.25. 



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