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SUNFLOWER 



MAMMOTH RUSSIAN — The best egg=producing food 

 known for poultry. Can be raised cheaper than corn. 



Single heads measure fifteen to twentj'-two inches in 

 diameter, and contain an immense amount of seed, 

 wtiich is highly valued by all farmers and poultry 

 breeders who have tried it. 



If you keep only a pair of fowls get a pound of this seed just for a 

 trial and be convinced. 



It contains tlie shell to make eggs. 



It gives the fowls a bright, lustrous plumage. 



It l-:eeps them ia a strong, healthy condition. 



It prevents roup. 



It is a heavy cropper on almost any soil. 



It can be sown from early Spring up to July. 



It is used as a medical herb. 



It is fattening to either poultry or cattle. 



Its strong, thick stalk can be used as fuel. 



In fact it is the most wonderful, cheapest and best poultry food 

 known. 



Three pounds will sow one acre and the average yield is 100 bush- 

 els to the acre. Postpaid, oz. 5c.; J lb. I5c. ; lb. 25c.; 3 lbs. 65c. By 

 express or freight, not prepaid, 5 lbs. 50c.; 10 lbs. 90c.; 25 lbs. (bu. ) 

 S1.9S. 



GIANT SPURRY 



It flourishes on sandy worn soils where no other plant flourishes 

 It comes next to clover as a fertiUzer. It is of very rapid growth and 

 is sown the latter part of March, April or May, at the rate of 10 lbs. 

 per acre if wanted for hay. The seed is sowm broadcast on well pre- 

 pared soil and covered lightly by harrowing. It germinates quickly, 

 and in from 6 to 8 weeks is ready to cut. It is usually cut for hay the 

 first time, and pastured afterward for the rest of the summer. If 

 wanted as a fertilizer, 20 lbs. per acre are sown, and when from 15 to 20 

 Inches high, plowed under. Two crops can be plowed under in one 

 year on account of its quick growth. It is readily eaten by cows. 

 Postpaid, oz. 10c. ; i lb. I5c. ; lb. 25c.; 3 lbs. 65c. By express or freight, 

 not prepaid. 5 lbs. 50c.; 10 lbs. 90c.; 25 lbs. $1.95; 50 lbs. $3.75; 

 100 lbs. $6.85. 



Sugar Cane. 



Giant Spurry. 



BUCKBEE'S NORTHERN GROWN 



Sugar Cane or Sorghum 



(Plant l( bushel Seed to an acre.) 

 The Best Varieties for .Making Sorghum Syrup 



BUCKBEE'S IMPROVED EARLY AMBER 



.Successfully grown even in our extreme Nortl ern 

 latitudes. Not only is it valuable for fodder and pas- 

 ture purposes, but it makes a high grade cane syrup or 

 sorghum. Price, postpaid, lb. 25c.; 3 tbs. 60c. By ex- 

 press or freight, not prepaid, J bu. 35c.; i bu. 60c: i bu. $1.05; 

 bu. (50 lbs.; $1.95. 



BUCKBEE'S IMPROVED EARLY ORANGE 



An exceedingly valuable variety. Very large, of strong and vig- 

 orous habit. Early, and frequently produces 240 gallons or over of 

 beautiful colored and highly flavored syrup per acre. Price, postpaid, 

 lb. 25c. ; 3 lbs. 60c. By express or freight,' not prepaid, J bu. 35c. ; i bu. 

 60c.; i bu. $1.15; bu. (50 lbs.) $2.20. 



Sugar Cane For Fodder 



(Plant l}i bushels of Seed to an Acre.) 



Valuable for Pasture, Soiling, Green Feed in Cut Form, as Well as for 

 Feeding in Dry State Through the V. inter Months. 



Sugar Cane not oiily possesses high value in producing syrup, 

 but as an addition to the daily ration for stock is almost invaluable. 

 City owners of horses have found that sugar cane added to the feed 

 of their stock gives splendid conditioning and strengthening returns — 

 more fat, more ability to stand hard work. Farmers who raise stock, 

 even in a limited way. will find Sugar Cane, in the stalk, a wonderful 

 help in fattening and conditioning. It is not desirable as a full ration, 

 but as an addition it beats all the stock foods in existence. It tnay be 

 fed green to all kinds of Stock with very profitable results, it can 

 also be used to advantage a^ summer pasturage, and is especially 

 satisfactory for sheep and hogs — for this purpose it shouid be sown 

 or drilled thickly. "When fed in the dried condition, handJe about 

 the same way as fodder corn. T\'hen grown for sugar or molasses 

 the "heads" can be cut and stored and fed either dry or soaked, but 

 the grain should be crushed or coarsely ground. Mixed with equal 

 quantities of Oats, Peas or Soja Beans it makes an excellent food 

 and a great substitute for Corn. One of the most common uses of 

 CaneSeed is asafeed for poultry. For this purpose it is highly prized 

 and is especially recommended for laying hens. Postpaid, lb. 20c.; 

 3 lbs. SOc. By express or freight, not prepaid, -J bu. 30c.; i bu. 50c.; 

 i bu. 90c.; bu. (50 lbs )$1.75; 2 bu. $3.40; 5 bu. or more, $1.65 per bu. 



TEOSINITE 



The World Beating Fodder Plant 



Here is a trulv wonderful forage plant worthy of general cultivation. 

 It comes to us from the rirh, fertile plains of the Nile; where, travelers tell 

 us, the enormous yield of 300 tons of green fodder per acre is not uncommon. 

 This is what it does in Egypt, '^'hat does it do in America? Almost equally 

 as weU, Give it a rich, warm, balmy soil, and it will yield from 100 to 150 

 tons of green fodder per acre. It is simply marvelous. Down in Georgia, 

 in Florida and Xorth Carohna, its yield is all the way from 100 to 200 tons 

 of green fodder per acre. It grows to a height of IS feet in those states, 

 while a single kernel will produce from 60 to 100 stalks of the most nourish- 

 ing green fodder imaginable. Our test in the North gives it an average yield 

 of about 50 tons of green fodder per acre. On our Rockford Seed Farms, 

 where the soil is sandy and warm, it yielded at the rate of fully 60 tons per 

 acre, sending forth from 20 to 60 shoots from one kernel of seed. It was the 

 most magnificent thing we had ever seen. 



We would advise sowing same in rows two feet apart, and the hills far apart enough to work. It w-ants plenty of 

 sunshine -md cultivation, and then it will grow so rapidlv that it will soon cover a whole acre and look like a dense 

 forest. It can be cut with a reaper and fed in the green state, or it can be dried and makes magnificent fodder for 

 cattle during the long "Winter months. There are unhmited possibilities for our annual fodder plant. Teosinte. and we know, if you will give 

 it a trial, that it will more than pay you another year. Just try and grow this for your hogs. You will be surprised how they rehsh it, and what 

 a tremendous amount of fodder and food you will get out of an acre for them. .A.bout 3 pounds of seed are required per acre. PRICE OF SbbU, 

 postpaid, 02. 10c. ; i lb. 25c.; lb. 75c.; By Express or Freight not prepaid, lb. 65c.; 5 pounds or more at 60c. per pound. 



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