GARDEN MANUAL FOR THE SOUTHERN STATES. 



99 



contains SO per cent of the feeding- value 

 of corn, as a food for stock, it can be made 

 far more valuable as a stock food on many- 

 farms than our common corn. Every 

 farmer should plant at least a few acres 

 of this Wheat so that if a drought occurs 

 he will be sure of grain for his poultry 

 and stock. 



Mammoth Bussian Sunflower. 



MAMMOTH BUSSIAN SUNPLOWZB,- 



Single heads measure 15 to 22 inches in 

 diameter, and contain an immense amount 

 of seed which is highly valued by all far- 

 mers and poultry breeders who have tried 

 it as an excellent and cheap food for fowls. 

 It is the best egg-producing food known 

 for poultry. It can be raised cheaper than j 

 corn, and is destined to be an article of I 

 great value. Every farmer should plant 

 some of the seed in any waste piece of j 

 ground any time from early spring up to j 



the middle of July. It is a wonderful im- 

 provement on the old native Sunflower, and 

 besides the great value of the seed as poul- 

 try and stock food, its leaves make capital 

 fodder while its strong, thick stalks can be 

 profitably used as fuel. Three pounds of 

 seed will plant one acre. 



TIMOTHY. — As a crop for hay, Timothy 

 is probably unsurpassed by any other 

 grass. It is greatly relished by all kinds 

 of stock, especially horses; yields more 

 nutritive matter than any other grass or 

 forage plant. Being an early grass it is 



1 well adapted to spring and summer graz- 

 ing, and if the fall season is favorable it 

 will grow sufficiently to furnish good fall 



! grazing too. Sow 10 to 12 pounds to the 

 acre. 



FASFAL UM DIDATATUM. — Eight 

 pounds to the acre should make a good 

 stand on land which should produce 12 

 bushels of corn or 25 bushels of oats. If 

 mixed thoroughly with dampened oats, % 

 bushel oats to 8 pounds of Paspalum Dila- 

 tatum, this would scatter the seed 

 sufficiently when sown, then harrowed and 

 dragged well — putting in the seed an inch 

 or two. A peck of dry Paspalum Dilatatum 

 seed usually weighs 6 pounds. When well 

 up and rooted a slight grazing and tramp- 

 ing causes it to stool out the more. It may 

 be sown on Bermuda sod. Purposes: 

 Specially for grazing cows, horses, colts, 

 etc. Our domestic poultry are very fond 

 of it, and a drove of turkeys pick it with 

 delight. We know of no plant that is such 

 a conservator of the soil — enriching and 

 preventing washes. The seeds are so small 

 and light that they are troublesome to 

 gather and cure. Only about 4 to 6 seed 

 stalks push out from a tuft of roots; grow- 

 ing 2 to 3 feet high. It flourishes mostly 

 in rich meadow like lands; an overflow 

 will not kill it, as it is all the time assert- 

 ing itself. A good plowing and cultivation 

 will kill it, changing a field to other farm 

 purposes. Plant from November to March, 

 as a frost will not kill it. 



Descriptive List of the Different Tarieties of the 



SORGHUM FAMILY. 



SUITABLE FOB THE SOUTHEB2C STATES. 



For Prices See Bed Pages in Back of Book. 



SOBGHUM — Is planted for feeding stock during the spring 

 and early summer. For this purpose it should be sown as early 

 in spring as possible in drills about two to three feet apart; one 

 peck per acre. It makes excellent green fodder. As a forage 

 Pl'nt for early cutting, to be fed to stock, we do not think that 

 anything is equal to the Early Improved Pedigreed Amber Sor- 

 ghum, such as we have been selling for years. After several 

 cuttings the branching varieties of Sorghum, also called Millo 

 Maize, may be preferable, but more so for seed than forage. The 

 Teosinte will give more fodder than any of the Sorghums. Some 

 varieties not before described and rather new are the following: 

 White and Yellow Millo Maize or Branching Dhouro should be 

 planted in four or five foot rows and two to three feet in the 

 drills, according to the strength of the land. The cultivation is 

 like corn. It gives an abundance of leaves and seed; the latter 

 are good for fowls. 



_ , _ EABLY OBANGE SOBGHUM.— Equallv as valuable as the 



Early Improved Amber for forage, but on account of longer growth is consid- 



Fedij-reed Amber ered better for syrup making; about 10 days later than the 



Sorghum. Amber. Culture the same as the Amber. 



Plant all varieties of Peanuts and all varieties of Field Corn. 



