H. W. BUOKBEE. ROOKFORD, ILLINOIS 



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Buckbee'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. Cms Galli 



Grows from four to seven feet tall, 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 have 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 live long in the 

 public favor under its proper name, Japanese Millet. In this lattitude we usu- 

 ally 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 fre- 

 quently 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, 115.25c. By express or freight at Buyer's espouse, Ya bu. 50c 

 H bu. 75o. ; Y* bu. $1.25; lu. $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. 

 31bs 50o. By freight or express at Buyer's expense, V a bu. 25c; J4bu.40c; Hbu. 75c; bu. $1.35 

 5 bu. lots or more at $1-30 per bu. 



NEW JAPANESE MILLET 



BUCKBEE'S 

 CALIFORNIA BEAUTY 



MILLET 



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 immediately afteryour oats or barley, ryeorwheat 

 is cut, as it will ripen in from sixty to ninety days. It is posi- 

 tively the Millet wonder— very leafy, prolific, and exceptionally 

 fine for hay and feed. Try it for 1907. This Millet, unlike any 

 other Millet, stands the hot dry winds of the Dakotas, the burn- 

 ing prairies of Kansas, and flourishes on the semi-arid soils of 

 Western Nebraska and Colorado— in factf, 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 Buyer's 

 expense, y s bu. 35c. : H bu. 50c. ; Vs. bu. 90c. ; bu. $1.75; 5 bu. $8.25. 



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 

 K bu. 40c; Hbu. 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 and 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., 

 75c; 10 lbs. SI. 25- 



I CAN SUPPLY ALL YOTJR FIELD SEED WANTS BEST SEED. LOWEST MARKET PRICES ALWAYS. 



