COLE'S FARM SEKD 



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RAPE 



DWARF ESSEX 



This plant is extensively g^rown in Europe and 

 Canada for forage, especially for sheep, and for green 

 manure, for which purposes there is perhaps no plant 

 better adapted where a quick, rank growth is de- 

 sired. Farmers who raise much stock and desire to 

 get young cattle, sheep or lambs into favorable con- 

 dition to be sold advantageously in the fall, can do 

 it most cheaply by growing this rape.- Prepare the 

 ground as for turnips, 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, or may be sown broadcast at the rate of Ave 

 pounds per acre. It is also well adapted for a catcli 

 crop, where crops have failed, as it makes most of 

 its grrowtn late in the season. Can be sown on stubble 

 land or in com at the last plowing. Per % lb. 10 

 cts., lb. 25 cts., 3 lbs. G5 cts. , not prepaid, 5 lbs. 50 

 cts., 10 lbs. 90 cts., 25 lbs. $2.00, 100 lbs. $7.50, 



KAFFIR CORN 



An excellent fodder plant for the farmer. The 

 heads are long and perfectly erect, well filled with 

 white grain. The average height of growth on good, 

 strong land is five to six feet. The seed heads grow 

 from ten to twelve inches in length, and the product 

 of grain on g">od land easily reaches fifty to sixty 

 bushels per acre. The whole stock, as well as the 

 blades, cures int) excellent fodder. Can be sown 

 broadca?it at the rate of % bushel per acre, but does 

 best sown in drills three feet apart, using 5 to 6 lbs. 

 of seed per acre. Cover seed an inch deep, sow when 

 weather is settled and ground is warm. Per pkt. 6 

 cts., V4 lb. 10 cts., lb. 20 cts.. 3 lbs. 50 cts,, by 

 freight, pk, 40 cts., bu. $1.25, 2 bu. $2.25. 



SUGAR CANE SEED 



EARLY AMBER 



This popular variety has nearly taken the place 

 of all other sorts. It is the earliest variety, and 

 produces the finest qual.''y of rich clear amber 

 syrup. It succeeds well both North and South. 

 Culture and time of planting about the san.\c as 

 corn, and may be planted as late as the middle of 

 June. It can be planted in hills, or drilled for the 

 heaviest crop. Cover seed about one inch deep. Two 

 or th roe pounds of seed are required per acre. Sel- 

 ect the thinnest soil and highest part of your farm 

 for sorghum. On this land it is not so likely to fall 

 flown in wet se;isons, and produces the sweetest and 

 clearest sorghum. Clay soil is preferable. 



Select Seed for Sorghum. Per lb. 20 cts,, 3 lbs. 

 50 cts., by express, 10 lbs. 50 cts,, 25 lbs. $1.00, 100 

 lbs. $3.00. 



AMBER CANE FOR FODDER 



Dairy farmers and stock raisers find this a most 

 valuable fodder plant. It can be used as a pasture 

 crop for cattle, sheep and hogs, during the summer 

 season. As a fodder crop it furnishes an enormous 

 quantity of rich succulent food and it has been 

 found excellent for milk production. It can be sown 

 as late as the middle of July, but during June is the 

 best time to sow, broadcast, 100 lbs. per acre. 

 Have soil fine and mellow and harrow in. Har- 

 vest as late as possible, but avoid hard frost for 

 best results, let it dry for a week or 10 days, after 

 which it may be put in shocks weighing from 400 

 to 500 lbs., and allowed to stand until fed. 



Price, 10 lbs. 35 cts., 25 lbs. 75 cts., 50 lbs. 

 $1.25, 100 lbs. $2.00, 500 lbs. $9.00, 1000 lbs, $16.00, 

 bags free. Special rates 07i large quautities. 



TEOSINTE 



REANA LUXURIANS 



In this latitude, planted July 3d, it produced from 

 one seed, twenty-seven stalks and attained a height 

 of seven feet by Sept. 10th, making a luxuriant 

 growth of leaves which the horses and cattle ate 

 as freely as young Sugar Com. In appearance it 

 somewhat resembles Indian Corn, but the leaves art 

 much longer and broader and the stalk contains, 

 sweeter sap. In its perfection it produces a great 

 number of shoots 12 feet high, yielding such an abun 

 dance of forage that one plant is sufficient to feed a 

 pair of cattle for a day. In the South it excels either 

 Com or Sorghum. For soiling or fodder 85 stalks have 

 been grown from one seed. Plant as soon as ground . 

 becomes warm, in hills about 3 feet apart each way, 

 two seeds to the hill. Pkt. 5 cts., ^4 lb. 25 cts.. 

 lb. 75 cts. 



