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RAPE 



The Best For Fodder 

 SHEEP AND CATTLE 



BUCKBEE'S DV\ ARF BONANZA RAPE— Gives 

 a luxuriant pasture and a tremendous yield. 

 If sown in May, it grows rapidly and can be 

 cut or pastured the latter part of July. If 

 sown the first half of July it will come into 

 fine play as a fodder in September, October 

 and up to November. The main secret in 

 the successful raising of sheep for mutton 

 lies in the very general use of Fodder Plape 

 for feeding them. After the com is harvest- 

 ed and before winter sets in. there is need of 

 nutritious green fodder, especially for sheep. 

 Dwarf Bonanza Rape is easily grown, per- 

 fectly hardy and possesses remarkable fat- 

 tening quaUties. One acre will pasture .36 

 head 2 months, and lambs will make a gain 



, , „ . , of 8 to 12 pounds a month. Pigs and cattle 



are also very fond of it. Sow the seed during the third or fourth week of June; it can then resist drought, and the crop can be ready to feed at a 

 season when it is most needed. If the first crop were cut about 4 inches from the ground there would be an aftermath of second growth that 

 would be useful after that time. It does well sown with oats. If the soil is rich and clean, sow broadcast; if not clean, sow in drills and culti- 

 vate as for corn. Rape is especially adapted for a catch crop, succeeding when from any cause the other crops have failed. WTien sown broad- 

 cast, use 5 pounds and if in drills, 2 pounds to the acre. Postpaid, lb. 3Sc.; 3 lbs. 90c. By express or freight, not prepaid, 5 lbs. 49c.: 10 lbs. 88c.: 

 SO lbs. $3.60; 100 lbs. $6.95. 



rjWARF ESSEX RAPE — A standard variety. Postpaid, lb. 30c; 3 lbs. 7Sc By express or freight, not prepaid, 5 lbs. 44c. ; 10 lbs. 82c. ; 50 lbs. $2.89; 

 100 lbs. $5.65. ^_ ^ ^ •= ir.r 



^ ' ^ AUSTRALIAN SALT BUSH 



A Forage Plant for Alkali Soils and Regions Subject to Periodic Droughd 



This is a most wonderful forage plant, as it will grow freelv in ari] 

 and alkali lands that will produce no other vegetation, yielding a marve - 

 ously liberal foliage which is eagerly eaten by all kinds of stock. It is of 

 creeping habit. From twenty to thirty tons of green fodder have been 

 harvested from one acre. It has further been proven that after three 

 or four crops have been grown on alkali land the soil is then capable 

 of producing any other vegetation. In many sections of the States 

 this is in itself of priceless value. This pla'nt has been very ex- 

 tensively tried where single plants grown on the poorest alkali 

 ground have reached a diameter of sixteen feet in one season. One 

 pound of seed will seed an acre. It 

 grows readily from seed, and requires no 

 cultivation. 



Price, postpaid, pkt. Sc.; 

 i lb. 35c.; V lb. 65c.; lb. ?1.2.i. 



oz. 15c; 



BUCKBEIES 

 FULL<"LJFE 



rye: 



Buckbee's "FuU of Life" Rye 



BUCKBEE'S MAMAIOTH SPRING RYE— This is quite different from the "Winter 

 Rye and is highly valued wherever known. It is not only more productive, but the 

 grain is of finer quaUty and it can be successfully grown in any latitude. Makes an 

 excellent catch-crop where Winter grain has been killed out. or for sowing where a Fall 

 crop has not been planted. The straw is of special value as it stands six or eight feet high, 

 being better than that of Winter Rye and producing nearly four times as much straw as oats. 

 Produces 30 to 40 bushels of grain to the acre. As it does not stool like Winter Rye not less than 

 two bushels to the acre should be sown. Prices, postpaid, lb. 25c. By express or treight, not pre- 

 paid, i bu. 35c.; i bu. 50c.; ^ bu. 80c.; bu. (56 lbs.) $1.45; 2 bu. $2.80; 10 bu. or more at $1.35 bu. 



BUCKBEE'S GIANT WINTER RYE— This crop is used all over the country for Fall, Winter and 



Spring pasturage, early green food, and for green manuring, as well as for grain. It is very hardy 

 and will grow on poorer land than any other gmin crops. It is a good Spring soiling crop', giving 

 the earliest bite of green stuff and makes a fail juahty of hay if cut in bloom or before it is fuUy 

 headed out. Used for a grain crop its straw makes the best of bedding for cattle and horses and if 

 carefully threshed sells at high prices for collar making and other manufacturing purposes. It is 

 also an excellent green manuring crop for turning under in the early Spring. Sow at the rate of H 

 bushels per acre. Prices, postpaid, per lb. 25c. Bv freight or express, not prepaid, ^ bu. 35c. ;_J bu. 50c 

 i bu. 80c.; bu. (56 lbs. ) $1.35; 2 bu. $2.65; 10 bu. or more at $1.30 per bu. 



SPELTZ OR EMMER 



IT MAKES A GOOD CROP WITH ALMOST ANY CONDITION 

 OF SOIL AND CLIMATE 

 Outyields any other grain and makes better feed than Barley or Oafs. 

 It is neither wheat, rye nor barley, and yet it appears to be a combination of the three. It is more 

 like wheat than any of the others mentioned. For fattening cattle, poultry, horses, sheep, pigs, etc.. 

 It is claimed to bo ahead of other grains; in fact all kinds of animals seem to thrive on it. Speltz is 

 claimed to be ahead of corn, superior to oats and more profitable than wheat. Yields 80 to 100 bush- 

 els of richer food than corn, besides giving as much as 4 tons of good hay per acre. Excellent for 

 pasture and can be fed in the green state. As green grass hay food it often gives 100 leafy stalks 

 from one seed, which shows its heavy stooling properties. The heads are somewhat similar to two- 

 rowed barley, the spikelets being separated from each other in such a manner that the c-op is not 

 easily injured by the weather. It is a heavy yielder. Will grow well and produce enormous crops 

 on land where wheat will not grow. Speltz has now been grown in the United States in a large 

 way for several years and each succeeding season not only emphasizes its value, but sees its pro- 

 duction increasing to an enormous extent. It is found to be adapted to a \\ide range of soil and 

 climate, to resist extremes of weather, to be of excellent feeding vaiue and to yield so much more 

 heavily than oats and barley as to insure its increasing popularity and its eventual place among 

 the leading and standard cereal crops of the world. Those who have not grown Speltz should not 

 let another season go by without giving it a place and an important place, too, on their farms. Sow 

 2 bu. per acre. My own growth, choicest Northern-grown pedigree stock seed, price, postpaid, 

 pkt. Sc.; lb. 2Sc.; 3 lbs. 60c. By express or freight, not prepaid, 4 bu. 2Sc.; i bu. 40c.; i bu. 65c.; 

 bu. (40 lbs. ) $1.10; 2 bu. $2.15; 10 bu. or more at $1.05 per bu. 



Speltz or Emmet. 



