76 3 J. STECKLER SEED CO., LTD., ALMANAC 
GERMAN MILLET.—Of all the Millets this is the best. It 
makes good hay, and produces heavily. Three pecks sown to the 
acre broadcast secures a good stand. Can be sown from April till 
June, but the former month is the best time. Should be cut when 
in bloom. Recommended for this climate. 
PEARL OR CATTAIL MILLET.—Makes a splendid continuous 
cutting forage plant for either green feed or hay. Makes a most 
nutritious and valuable continuous cutting forage plant, and is in- 
creasing in popularity all through the country. It will grow ten 
to twelve feet high, but cutting can commence when it has 
attained a height of three to four feet, when it will stool out 
enormously and make a rapid growth, and it can be cut this way 
three or four times in a season. It can be fed either green or 
cured as dry forage, making a most nutritious feed, which is 
relished by all kinds of stock. It is largely used by dairymen and 
others who have cattle for furnishing them green feed all through 
the Summer, as, if a sufficient quantity is sown, it can be cut as 
desired, furnishing a daily supply of green food until killed by 
freezing weather. Sow 5 pounds of seed per acre in drill three 
feet apart, or sown broadcast at the rate of 20 to 30 pounds per 
acre. 
JAPANESE BARN-YARD MILLET, OR BILLION DOLLAR 
GRASS.—This wonderful forage plant is a recent introduction 
from Japan. The name Billion Dollar Grass has been given it 
because of its enormous yields and great value. It is now being 
grown over the greater part of the United States. Two and three 
crops of hay can be cut from one seeding. Grows four to six 
feet tall. stools like wheat or oats. Seed may be sown any time 
in August and make a crop of hay. By beginning sowing early 
in the season and sowing the first of every month up to Septem- 
ber, for the Southern States, we can have fine soiling crops all 
through our hot Summer months. The seed are highly valuable 
for poultry and for stock of all kinds. One-half bushel per acre. 
SIBERIAN MILLET.—This plant comes from Russia. This is 
the earliest known Millet. Should be sown early and continue 
sowing at intervals any time during the season when it will afford 
an abundance of green forage as well as making a fine crop of 
hay. This Millet has been suceessfully grown from the Gulf of 
Mexico to Manitoba. Siberian Millet belongs to the family of 
Foxtail Millet. Many growers claim that it is from two to three 
weeks earlier than German Millet. Half bushel per acre. 
HUNGARIAN MILLET.—This Millet makes a valuable crop- on 
rich soil, especially on low lands. It is considered very nutritious. 
It is important in buying Millet, as well as other seeds, to get the 
true seed. Sow in this climate from the latter part of April to the 
end of July, at the rate of 1 bushel to the acre. 
One of the most luxuriant 
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German Millet. 
TEOSINTE. — (Reana or Euchloena Luxurvians.)— 
growing forage plants 
introduced, of South American origin, and one which 
in point of growth and amount of nourishing foli- 
age excels any other forage plant known. In good 
soil and with proper cultivation it will throw up 
from 15 to 30 stalks on one plant to a height of from 
10 to 12 feet, densely covered with foliage. In order 
to be successful with Teosinte it should be sown:in 
drills as early as the beginning of March, as it takes 
generally from 14 to 20 days before the seed germi- 
nates. In this manner a good stand may be had at 
the beginning of April. For green fodder Teosinte 
may be cut three or four times during the season, 
but then it should not be allowed to grow any taller 
than three or four feet. In cutting it is advisable 
to cut it clean to the ground, as this will insure a 
heavier growth than when eut too high. Teosinte 
in its own native country is a perennial, but with 
us it is invariably killed during Winter and may 
therefore be considered an annual. The seed, which 
we have on hand, is imported, as in our climate it 
will never produce any. Two pounds per acre. 
JOHNSON GRASS. — (Sorghum MHalapense.) — 
Perennial and has cane-like roots, or, more properly, 
underground stems, from the size of a goose quill 
to that of the little finger. These roots are tender, 
and hogs are fond of and thrive on them in Winter. 
One to one and a half bushels of a good sample of 
this seed is sufficient for one acre of land. The 
leaf, stalk and panicle of this grass resemble those 
of other sorghums. It grows on any land where 
corn will grow, and, like the latter, the better the 
Nearly Fifty Years of Reliability in the Seed Business. 
