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land the heavier the crop. On rich land 

 the culms obtain a size of over half an 

 inch in diameter, and a height of seven 

 feet. It should be cut while tender, and 

 then all live stock are fond of it, for a 

 fevv^ vi^eeks are enough to render it so 

 coarse and hard that animals refuse it or 

 eat it sparing-ly. When once planted it 

 cannot be eradicated. 



Sliallu or Eg-yptian Wheat. 



EGYPTIAN WHEAT. — (Shallu.) This 

 Wheat properly belongs to the 'family of 

 non-saccharine sorghums. Our many trials 

 with this plant convinces us of the value 



of same, and that too much cannot be said 

 in its favor. The great value is in the 

 seed, which are most excellent food for 

 poultry, and, in fact, for all stock on the 

 farm. From fifty to one hundred bushels 

 of seed may be easily grown on an acre. 

 It should be threshed as wheat or other 

 grain. It would prove far more valuable 

 to grind the seed for all stock except 

 poultry. Often land that will not grow ten 

 bushels of corn per acre will grow forty to 

 fifty bushels of Shallu seed. As the seed 

 contains 80 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. Sow 20 pounds per acre. 



EVEBGBEEN BROOM COBN. — There 

 are many farmers who make this a most 

 profitable crop. One acre will produce 

 about 500 cwt. of brush and nearly 40 

 bushels of seed which is equal in value al- 

 most to oats for feed. Requires soil sim- 

 ilar to corn, same cultivation, but should 

 be planted some later in the season. Put 

 ground in prime condition. We think that 

 more of our Southern farmers should grow 

 Broom Corn for market. It is profitable. 

 Frequently planted in drills 3^^ feet apart, 

 leaving plants 6 inches apart; 20 pounds to 

 an acre. 



RED DHOUBO. — Similar to the Jeru- 

 salem Corn. Grain same size and shape, 

 but of red color, instead of white, as the 

 Jerusalem Corn. It withstands dry weath- 

 er better than Kaffir Corn and Millo Maize 

 and is a sure cropper every year. Raised 

 more for the grain than for the fodder. 

 Yields immensely. Three to five pounds 

 will plant an acre. 



To Measure Grain in the Bin. 



By the United States standard, 

 2,150 cuhic inches make a bushel; a 

 cubic foot contains 1,728 cuhic 

 inches. Rule: Multiply the number 

 of feet wide of bin by the length, the 

 result by the depth, then divide the 

 product by 5 and multiply the quo- 

 tient by 4, which number will gfive 

 the 'quantity of bushels. 



FLOWER SEEDS. 



The following list of Flower Seeds is not very large, but it contains all which are 

 desirable and which will do well in the Southern climate. We import them from one of 

 the most celebrated growers in Prussia, and they are of the best quality. There are very 

 few or no flower seeds raised in this country, and Northern houses, which publish large 

 lists and catalogues, get them from just the same source as ourselves; but they, on the 

 average, sell them much higher than we do. Some varieties, which are biennial in 

 Europe or North, flower here the first season; in fact, if they do not they generally do 

 not flower at all, as they usually are destroyed by the continued long heat of Summer. 

 Some kinds grow quicker here 'and come to greater perfection than in a more northern 

 latitude. 



Flower seeds require a little more care in sowing than the vegetable seeds. The 

 ground should be well pulverized and light enough not to bake after a rain. Some of the 

 more delicate and finer varieties are better sown in boxes or seed pans, where they can be 

 handled and protected from hard rains or cold weather; the other kinds do not transplant 

 well, and are better sown at once where they are to remain, or a few seeds may be sown 

 in small pots to facilitate transplanting into the garden without disturbing the plants, 

 when large enough. Some have very fine seeds, which the mere pressing of the hand or 



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