D. M. FERRY & GO'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE 



Miscellaneous Farm Seeds 



CONTINUED 



Prices of all articles quoted on this page, except Rape, 

 Sugar Cane and Sunflower, subject to change. The pound 

 prices include postage; 100 pound prices are by freight or 

 express at purchaser's expense. 



MILLET, COIUMON {Panicum miliaceum). Requires a 

 dry, light, rich soil and grows two and a half to four feet 

 high Avith 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. 30c; 100 Lbs. at market price. 



MILLET, GERMAN, OR GOLDEN An improved variety, 

 medium early, growing three to five feet high. The heads, 

 though numerous, are very large and compact. The seeds 

 are contained in rough, bristly sheaths and are round, 

 golden yellow and beautiful in appearance. 



Lb. 35c; 100 Lbs. at market price. 



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O DWARF ESSEX FOR SOWING There is 



f^^l^^ 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 exaggera- 

 ted advertisements. Such seed is often more or less mixed 

 with the annual variety which is not only worthless as for- 

 age, but once planted is likely to become a pernicious weed. 

 There is no plant that will give as lieavy a yield of forage at 

 such a small cost as tliis and its general cultivation would add 

 largely to the profits of American farms. Especially val- 

 uable for green manuring and pasture. When fed off by 

 sheep, it will probably do more to restore and make profit- 

 able 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. Lb. 35c, postpaid. By freight or express, 

 at purchaser's expense, 10 Lbs. $1.35; 100 Lbs. $6.50 



RYE, SPRING Although this grain is often planted es- 

 pecially for paper makersj 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: 

 100 Lbs. $3.00 



SUGAR CANE 



Sugar Cane (Sorghum) Sunflower 



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. 30c, 

 postpaid; $5.00 per 100 lbs., by freight or express, at pur- 

 chaser's expense. 



EARLY ORANGE An exceedingly valuable variety; very 

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

 It is early and often yields as mvich as 240 gallons of very 

 beautifully colored and highly flavored syrup to the acre. 

 We recommend it highly to all desiring a superior cane. 

 Lb. 30c, postpaid; $5.00 per 100 pounds, by freight or 

 express, at purchaser' s expense. 



IMPERIAL This new variety is particularly valuable for 

 feeding stock. The plants do not grow as tall as Early 

 Orange or Albaugh Early but show a decided tendency to 

 stool, or send up shoots. The cane is very leafy and com- 

 paratively slender and practically the entire plant is suit- 

 able for feed. Our seed is northern grown and should not 

 be confused with the inferior western and southwestern 

 grown cane. Lb. 30c, postpaid; $5.00 per 100 pounds, by 

 freight or express, at purchaser's expense. 



LARGE RUSSIAN This va- 

 riety has large heads borne 

 at the top of a single un- 

 branched stem and having much more and larger seed than 

 the common sort. It is used extensively for feeding poul- 

 try. 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 Sunfloiver, page 91). 

 Pkt. 5c; ^ Lb. 10c; Lb. 30c, postpaid; $6.50 per 100 lbs., 

 by freight or express, at purchaser's expense. 



VETCHES, OR TARES, SPRING (Vicia sativa). A per- 

 ennial pea-like plant grown as an annual in the north. 

 Desirable as a forage plant and valuable as a cover-crop for 

 orchards. Culture same as field peas. Sow two bushels 

 per acre. Lb. 35c; 100 Lbs. $6.00 



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

 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. 



Lb. 30c; 100 Lbs. $13.00 



BIRD SEEDS 



Canary. .Per Lb. 25c, 3 Lbs. 60c by mail or express prepaid. Millet Per IJ*. 20c, 3 Lbs. 50c by mail or express prepaid. 



Hemp... '' '• 20c, 3 " oOc " "■ '' Lettuce.. " "■ 40c, " " "■ 



Rape. 

 Maw.... 



20c, 3 

 25c, 3 



50c 

 60c 



Mixed Bird Seeds 20c, 3 LbSo 50c 



