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WM. HENRY MAULE, INC., PHILADELPHIA, PA., 1925 



MADIE'S FARM ANDGBMN SEEDS 



FOR SUMMER AND FALL SOWING 



The following varieties of field and grain seeds are specially adapted to Summer and 

 Fall sowing. Under the heading or in the descriirtion of each variety we give the quantity 

 of seed required for sowing an acre and the best time to sow. 



Customers may order half pecks at the peck rate; half bushels at the bushel rate. 



232 Sugar Corn for Green Forage 



Excellent for Dairy Stock 



It is the best ensilage or to be cut and used dry. Both stalks 

 and fodder contain large amounts of saccharine matter which 

 is fattening and rehshed by stock. Ready to cut in 50 days. 

 Sow north and south of Virginia in July or August in drills 

 2H to 3 feet apart. Requires 40 to 60 pounds per acre. 

 Packet, 10 cts.; pound, 25 cts.; 5 pounds, $1.00, postpaid. 

 Not prepaid, 5 pounds, 50 cts.; 100 pounds, $8.00. 



831 Thousand Headed Kale 



Excellent Green Food for Fowls or Stock 



Belongs to the Cabbage family. It produces plants growing 

 3 to 4 feet high, covered with large. Cabbage-like leaves in 

 about 45 days. It is a heavy cropper. Animals, especially pigs 

 and sheep, eat it greedily. Hardy, and will thrive on any soil. 

 Sow in rows or broadcast, using 2 pounds per acre, as late as 

 August north of Virginia; farther south as late as October. 

 Packet, 10 cts.; pound, $1.00; 5 pounds, $4.00, postpaid. 

 Not prepaid, 5 pounds, $3.50. 



851 Speltz or Emmer 



Yields More Than Wheat or Barley 



The grain is intermediate between wheat and barley. The 

 chaff adheres to the grain when threshed, and is fed in that 

 condition to stock. It is adapted for milling purposes, as well 

 as for feeding. It grows large crops — 40 to 80 bushels per acre — 

 on comparatively poor soil. It resists drought successfully, 

 and is adapted to northern latitude. North or south of Virginia 

 sow in the Early Fall, at the rate of 80 pounds per acre. 

 Packet, 10 cts.; pound, 30 cts.; 3 pounds, 75 cts., postpaid. 

 Not prepaid, 10 pounds (peck), 75 cts.; 

 40 pounds (bushel), $2.75. 



860 Hairy or Winter Vetch 



Valuable for Hay or Soil Improving 



Extremely hardy and is highly valuable as a Winter cover 

 crop. If sown from September till November it will make 

 excellent forage the following Spring. Forage yield, IH to 4 

 tons per acre. Excellent for dairy stock and for poultry pastur- 

 age. Use 90 pounds per acre, or 60 pounds of Vetch and 28 

 pounds of Rye, either north or south. 



Packet, 10 cts.; pound, 45 cts.; 3 pounds, $1.25, postpaid. 



Not prepaid, 15 pounds (peck), $2.40; 



60 pounds (bushel), $9.00. 



847 Dwarf Essex Rape 



The Best and Quickest Grown Forage Crop 



This is the best Autumn hog. sheep or cow forage known. 

 Under favorable circumstances it is ready for pasturage in 

 6 weeks from the time of sowing. It is grown exclusively for 

 its leaves. The seed should be sown any time before the end of 

 August (at the north), in the southern states as late as Sep- 

 tember or October at the rate of 3 pounds per acre in drills, 

 or 5 pounds per acre broadcast. 



Packet, 10 cts.; pound, 35 cts.; 3 pounds, 90 cts.; 



5 pounds, $1.50, postpaid. 

 Not prepaid, 3 pounds, 60 cts.; 5 pounds, $1.00; 

 10 pounds, $1.20; 25 pounds, $3.00; 100 pounds, $12.00. 



789 Japanese Buckwheat 



A Valuable Grain or Cover Crop 



The best and most profitable variety. Flour is superior to 

 that of any other variety. Ripens in 8 or 10 weeks. Sow 36 

 pounds in drills or 48 pounds broadcast to an acre in July, 

 north of Virginia; farther south, one month later. 

 Packet, 10 cts.; pound, 30 cts.; 3 pounds, 75 cts., postpaid. 

 Not prepaid, 12 pounds (peck), 75 cts.; 

 48 pounds (bushel), $2.75. 



783 White Swiss Barley 



The heaviest yielding six-rowed bearded sort. 



The particular value of Barley in the south is for Fall, Winter 

 and Spring grazing, and to cut as it is heading out to use as 

 hay crop. Barley stools out more and really makes better 

 Fall, Winter and Spring grazing than either rye or wheat. 



Sow in September north of Virginia, south as late as 

 November at the rate of 96 pounds per acre, broadcast or in 

 drills. 



Packet, 10 cts.; pound, 30 cts.; 3 pounds, 75 cts. ; postpaid. 

 Not prepaid, 12 pounds (peck), 75 cts.; 

 48 pounds (bushel), $2.75. 



Soy or Soja Beans 



Sow in July, using 60 pounds per acre in drills or broadcast. 



784 Wilson Black The Earnest Soja Beans 



A very satisfactory variety to grow in the northern states 

 where a quick early shell bean or hay variety is desired. 

 Packet, 10 cts.; pound, 35 cts.; 5 pounds, $1.50, postpaid. 

 Not prepaid, 15 pounds (peck), $1.50; 

 60 pounds (bushel), $5.75. 



785 HoUybrook Early y^eKflL^^, 



Makes a quicker growth and matures its crop 2 to 3 weeks 



earlier than Mammoth Yellow Soja. An erect growing plant. 



Packet, 10 cts.; pound, 35 cts.; 5 pounds, $1.50, postpaid. 



Not prepaid, 15 pounds (peck), $1.40; 



60 pounds (bushel), $5.00. 



786 Mammoth Yellow YlnoJ^iltdld 



Mammoth Yellow does equally as well on light or heavy 

 soils, and makes a most desirable land improver or hay crop. 

 Packet, 10 cts.; pound, 35 cts.; 5 pounds, $1.50, postpaid. 

 Not prepaid, 15 pounds (peck), $1.25; 

 60 pounds (bushel), $4.75. 



847 Dwarf Essex Rape 



Prices of Farm, Grain, Clover and Crass Seeds on pages 26, 27 and 2$ are subject to change without notice 



