GARDEN MANUAL FOR THE SOUTHERN STATES. 105 
Wild Rice. The natural time for sew- 
ing is in the fall, although seed should be 
sown in the spring. The seed should first 
be thoroughly soaked in water so that it 
will sink into the desired situation. It 
may be sown in shallow water, not over 
three feet deep, and from this depth into 
the shore. While it will grow in deeper 
water, it should be allowed to work its 
own way, the start being made in shoa: 
water. A still day should be chosen for 
sowing so that it will not drift off into too 
deep water. Sow 14 to 20 lbs. to acre. 
Buckwheat. For a late summer crop 
Buckwheat is very profitable, especially 
in sections where Cow Peas do not sue- 
ceed so well. It is easily grown, makes 
splendid flower food for bees and a large 
yield of grain, and is also valuable for 
turning under as an improver of the soil. 
Sow 1 bushel per aere. 
Japanese. This variety yields very 
largely. The kernels are larger than 
other sorts, but owing to its branching 
qualities it need net be sown so thickly. 
Silver Hull. A superior variety in 
every way to the ordinary buckwheat 
which it has almost entirely superseded. 
Paspalum Dilatatum. 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 oais, % 
bushel oats to 8 pounds of Paspalum 
Dilatatum, this would scatter the seed 
sufficiently wken sown, then harrowed and 
dragzed 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 graz- | 
ing and tramping causes it to stool out 
the more. It may be sown on Bermuda 
sod. Purposes: 
cows, horses, ¢olts, 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 
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; 
growing 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 asserting itself. 
and cultivation will kill it, changing a 
field to other farm purposes. 
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Mammoth Russian Sunflower. 
Mammoth Russian Sunflower. Single 
heads measure 15 to 22 inches in 
diameter, and contain an immense 
amount of seed, which is highly valued 
by all farmers and poultry breeders who 
have tried it as an excellent and cheap 
food for fowls. It is the best egg produc- 
ing food known for poultry. It can be 
raised cheaper than corn, and is destined 
to be an article of great value. Every 
farmer should plant some of the seed in 
any waste piece of ground any time from 
early spring up to the middle of July. 
It is a wonderful improvement on the old 
native Sunflower, and besides the great 
' value of the seed as poultry and stock 
food, its leaves make capital fodder, 
_ while its strong, thick stalks can be pro- 
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fitably 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 
well. adapted to spring and summer 
and preventing | grazing, and if the fall season is favor- 
able it will grow sufficiently to furnish 
good fall grazing, too. Sow 10 to 12 
pounds to the acre. 
Onobyrchis Sativa. (Esparsette San- 
This perennial, European, pea-like 
plant, has a high character as a feed in 
France. It is cultivated to but a limited 
extent in the South. It is worthy of a 
trial as it belongs to a warm climate. 
| Twen:iy pounds to the acre. 
When in Doubt Consult Steckler. 
