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D. M. FERRY & CO., DETROIT, MICH. 



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Prices of all articles quoted on this page, except Rape, Sugar Cane and 

 Sunflower, subject to change. The pound prices include postage; bushel and 

 100 pound prices are by freight or express at purchaser's expense. 



HUNGARIAN (Panicum Germanicum). This is a species of annual 

 millet, growing less rank, with smaller stalks, often yielding two or 

 three tons of hay per acre. It is very valuable and popular with 

 those who are clearing timber lands. Sow and cultivate like millet. 

 Lb. 20c; 100 Lbs. at market price. 



MILLET, COMMON (Panicum miliaceum). Requires a dry, light, 

 rich soil and grows two and a half to four feet high, with a fine 

 bulk of stalks and leaves and is excellent for forage. For hay, sow 

 broadcast, about twenty-five pounds per acre, from May 1st to 

 August 1st. For grain, sow in drills, about twelve pounds per acre 

 and not later than June 20th. Lb. 20c; 100 Lbs. at market price. 



MILLET, GERMAN, OR GOLDEN. An improved variety, medium 

 early, growing three to five feet high. The heads, though numer- 

 ous, are very large and compact. The seeds are contained in rough, 

 bristly sheaths and are round, golden yellow and beautiful in ap- 

 pearance. Lb. 25c; 100 Lbs. at market price. 



DWARF ESSEX FOR SOWING 



There is but one variety of Rape that has 

 proven profitable to sow in America and 

 that is the Dwarf Essex. Do not be deluded into buying inferior 

 grades offered by unscrupulous dealers through exaggerated adver- 

 tisements. Such seed is often more or less mixed with the annual 

 variety which is not only worthless as forage, but once planted is 

 likely to become a pernicious weed. There is no plant that will give 

 as heavy a yield of forage at such a small cost as this and its general 

 cultivation would add largely to the profits of American farms. 

 Especially valuable for gi-een manuring and pasture. When fed off 

 by sheep* it will probably do more to restore and make profitable 

 exhausted soils than any other plant. Biennial. 



CULTURE— Prepare the ground as for turnips and sow in June 

 or July, with a turnip drill, in rows two and one-half feet apart, at 

 the rate of two and one-half pounds of seed per acre. It may be 

 sown broadcast, either with other fall forage crops or by itself, 

 using from one to five pounds of seed per acre. H Lb. 10c; 

 Lb. 25c, postpaid. By freight or express, at purchaser's expense. 

 10 Lbs. $1.00; 100 Lbs. $5.00 



RYE, SPRING. Although this grain is often planted especially 

 for paper makers, who prefer it to any other, its principal value is 

 as a " catch " crop, to sow where winter grain has failed. The 

 straw is shorter and stiffer than the winter variety and is always 

 easily secured, while the grain, although smaller, is of equal value. 

 3 Lbs. by mail, 50c; $1.50 per Bushel of 56 Lbs. 



RYE, FALL OR WINTER. The time for sowing is from the 

 middle of August to the last of September. Prepare the ground 

 as for wheat and sow broadcast or with a drill at the rate of one 

 and one-half bushels per acre. This has no equal as a crop to be 

 used for late fall and early spring pasture and is one of the best 

 to turn under for green manure. 3 Lbs. by mail, 60c; $1.50 per 

 Bushel of 56 Lbs. 



Sugar Cane (sorghum) 



ALBAUGH EARLY. The best early variety and the one 

 which we especially recommend for the north, where the 

 season is short. It is practically as early as the old Early 

 Amber and yields much more per acre either of syrup or 

 seed. The plant is large, of strong, vigorous and erect habit 

 and stands up much better than Early Amber. It may be 

 planted as late as the 15th of June and will be in condition to 

 harvest for syrup in September. Cane seed should not be 

 planted before the weather is warm in the spring. Three to 

 four pounds of seed are required per acre. ^ Lb. 10c; 

 Lb. 25c, postpaid; $6.00 per 100 lbs., by freight or express, 

 at purchaser's expense. 



EARLY ORANGE. Anexceedingly valuable variety; very 

 large, of strong and vigorous habit and does not fall down. 

 It is early and often yields as much as 840 gallons of very 

 beautifully colored and highly flavored syrup to the acre. 

 We recommend it highly to all desiring a superior cane. 

 %Lb. 10c; Lb. 25c, postpaid; $5.00 per 100 pounds, by 

 freight or express, at purchaser's expense. 



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LARGE RUSSIAN. 



This variety has large 

 _ heads, borne at the 



top of a single unbranched stem and having much more and 

 larger seed than the common sort. It is used extensively 

 for feeding poultry. Sow the seed as soon as the ground is 

 fit for planting corn, in rows five feet apart and ten inches 

 apart in the row. Cultivate same as corn. When the seed 

 is ripe and hard,cut off the heads and pile loosely in a rail 

 pen having a solid floor or in a corn crib. After curing 

 sufficiently so that they will thresh easily, flail out or run 

 through a threshing machine and clean with an ordinary 

 fanning mill. This variety will yield 1,000 pounds or more of 

 seed per acre. Some species of Sunflowers are planted 

 largely in the flower garden for ornament. {See Sunflower, 

 page 91}. Pkt. 5c; h Lb. 10c; Lb. 20c, postpaid; $6.00 per 

 100 lbs., by freight or express, at purchaser's expense. 



VETCHES, OR TARES SPRING {Vicia sativa). A pea- 

 like plant grown extensively in England and to a consider- 

 able extent in Canada for stock feeding, but not as much 

 used in the United States as it should be. Culture same as 

 field peas. Sow two bushels per acre. Market price. 



VETCHES, SAND, WINTER OR HAIRY (Vicia villosd). 

 A very hardy forage plant growing well on soils so poor and 

 sandy that they will produce but little clover. The plants, 

 when mature, are about forty inches high and if cut for 

 forage as soon as full grown and before setting seed, they 

 will start up again and furnish even a larger crop than the 

 first. The seed is round and black and should be sown at the 

 rate of one and one-half bushels to the acre. Market price. 



WILD RICE (Zizania aquatica). An annual which sows 

 itself about the middle of September, lies dormant all win- 

 ter, in spring commences to sprout as soon as water gets 

 warm, reaching the surface in the first half of June. It 

 grows very rapidly in one to three feet of water, ripens late 

 in August or early in September. It should be sown broad- 

 cast from a boat, in one or two feet of water and where 

 there is a mud bottom. It succeeds best when planted in 

 the fall before the ice forms but it has been successfully 

 planted in spring and also through the ice in winter. As an 

 attraction for wild fowl it cannot be equaled. In large ponds 

 and lakes it purifies the water, affords a refuge for the small 

 fry from the large fish, as well as furnishing them plenty of 

 food from the animalculae upon its stalks; for planting in 

 fish ponds it is especially desirable. It also does well along 

 the shores of marshes, and makes a good hay. Lb. 30c; 

 $15.00 per 100 Lbs. 



Canary 

 Hemp 

 Rape . 



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Per Lb. 20c, 3 Lbs. 50c by mail or express prepaid. 

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 " " 25c, 3 '* 60c 



Millet . . Per Lb. 20c, 3 Lbs. 50c by mail orexpress prepaid. 

 Lettuce . " " 40c, ..." " " 



Mixed Bird Seeds " 20c, 3 Lbs. 60c '* " " 



