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should be much more largrely grown than at 

 present. It can be constantly grazed during 

 the Winter and Spring, and is ready to cut 

 two weeks ahead of wheat. It is well 

 adapted for seeding at the last working of 

 corn or cotton, and prevents Winter leach- 

 ing- and washing- of soils by Winter rains. 

 Sow at the rate of 2 bushels per acre broad- 

 cast. 



HAIRY, "WIHTTEB OR SAND VETCH. — 



Planted with small amounts of rye, oats, 

 wheat or barley for a support after it 

 begins to run, Vetch makes a magnificent 

 hay crop in spring-, coming- in ahead of 

 everything- else except thoroughly es- 

 tablished fields of alfalfa, and at the same 

 time leaves added fertility to the soil. 

 Planted on Bermuda sod and scratched in 

 lightly in October it furnishes an abun- 

 dance of grazing all through winter and 

 spring for beef or dairy cattle, hogs or 

 sheep, and in late spring- can be let go to 

 seed, thus seeding down the ground for 

 next season. Grown in abundance it makes 

 possible the profitable growing and fatten- 

 ing of cattle, something that hundreds have 

 attempted to do and failed simply because 

 they have had to buy feed for those cattle 

 at top-of-the-market prices. Crops like 

 Vetch make possible profitable live stock 

 growing- which in turn means prosperity on 

 Southern farms. 30 to 40 pounds per acre. 



OREGON OR SPRING VETCH. — Our 



best leguminous soil-enriching- crop. Vetch 

 hay is the equal to Alfalfa and can be 

 Winter grazed. It grows 3 to 4 feet hig-h, 

 and is easier cured. Hay making- time is 

 two weeks earlier. 30 pounds to the acre. 

 Sow during- late Winter and Early Spring. 



GIANT BEGGAR WEED.— One of the 



most valuable of all forage plants; has 

 been extensively planted and has given en- 

 tire satisfaction. Its special features are: 

 Restoring- worn-out land. Is an annual, 

 when once established it requires no fur- 

 ther attention. Is easily eradicated when 

 desired. Requires no cultivation. Does not 

 interfere with the growing of the other 

 crops, and is sown like oats. Sow broad- 

 cast from March to June. Ten pounds will 

 plant an acre. Recommended highly for 

 the South. 



WIZiD RICE. — The natural time for sow- 

 ing is in the Spring, althoug-h seed can be 

 sown any time. The seed should first be 

 thorougrhly soaked in water so that it will 

 sink into the desired situation. It may be 

 sown in shallow water, not over three feet 

 4eep, and from this depth into the shore. 

 While it will g-row in deeper water, it 

 should be allowed to work its own way, the 

 start being- made in shoal water. A still 

 day should be chosen for sowing- so that it 

 will not drift into too deep water. Wild 

 Rice is unequalled as an attraction for wild 

 fowl, and for this reason is in great demand 

 for planting- in game preserves and small 

 lakes by gun clubs and owners of private 

 estates in this country and Europe. Sow 

 14 to 20 pounds to the acre. 



BUCKWHEAT, J A P A N E S E.— Plants 

 large and vigorous, maturing seed early 

 and resisting^ drought and blig-ht remark- 

 ably well; the g^rain is much larg-er and has 

 a thinner hull than Silver Hull. Recom- 

 mended especially for well drained or 

 sandy land and the dry climate of the 

 western plains. One bushel to the acre. 



BUCKWHEAT, SIIiVER HUZ.!.. — An im- 

 proved variety. It is in bloom longer, ma- 

 tures sooner, and yields double the quantity 

 per acre; husk thinner, corners less promi- 

 nent; grain a beautiful light gray. The 

 flour is said to be better and more nutri- 

 tious. One bushel to the acre. 



Mammoth Russian Sunflower. 



MAMMOTH RUSSIAN SUNELOWER.— 



Single heads measure 15 to 22 inches in 

 diameter, and contain an immense amount 

 of seed which is highly valued by all farm- 

 ers and poultry breeders who have tried 

 it as an excellent and cheap food for fowls. 

 It is the best egg-producing 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 

 g-round any time from early Spring- up to 

 the middle of July. It is a wonderful im- 

 provement on the old native Sunflower, and 

 besides the g-reat value of the seed as poul- 

 try and stock food, its leaves make capital 

 fodder while its strong, thick stalks can be 

 profitably us^d as fuel. Three pounds of 

 seed will pterrt one acre. 



PASPALUM DII.ATATUM.— It is ex- 

 ceedingly well liked by stock, and furnishes 

 abundant grazing on medium to moist soils. 

 It is decidedly bunchy in habit, each clump 

 producing- a great mass of succulent root 

 leaves which are greedily eaten by all 

 classes of live stock. Prof. S. M. Tracy, 

 for many years director of the Mississippi 

 Agricultural Experiment Station, regards it 

 as one of the most valuable pasture grasses 

 of the South. Its seed have recently been 

 made available for market. To get the best 

 results from grazing this grass a mowing 

 machine should be run over the pasture in 

 August. This will remove the hard stems 

 and the new g-rowth will start in a few 

 days and the Fall pasture will be as g-ood 

 as the Spring pasture. This grass grows 

 equally well on the poorest, dryest hill land 

 and on land too wet for ordinary g-rasses. 

 Eig-ht pounds to the acre should make a 

 g-ood stand on land which should produce 

 12 bushels of corn or 25 bushels of oats. 

 If mixed thoroughly with dampened oats, 

 Vz bushel of oats to 8 pounds of Paspalum 

 Dilatatum, this would scatter the seed 

 sufficiently when sown, then harrowed and 

 dragged well — putting in the seed an inch 



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