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or two. A peck of dry Paspalum Dilata- 

 tum seed usually weig-hs 6 pounds. Plant 

 from November to March, as a frost will 

 not kill it. 



FABA GRASS (Panicum Barbinode). — 

 It is a perennial which makes its best 

 s-rowth on damp soils, though it has been 

 fairly successful on Texas ranches on 

 heavy soils without irrig-ation where irri- 

 gation is needed for most other crops. It 

 is not injured by prolong-ed overflows and 

 makes a vigorous g-rowth where the land 

 is under water several weeks. It is used 

 for both hay and pasture. Para Grass will 

 not withstand a lower temperature than 

 about 18 degrees F, If planted only 1 or 2 

 feet apart in each direction, early in the 

 Spring-, two or three good cuttings for hay 

 may be made the first season. Cuttings 

 may be planted at any time from early 

 Spring until late as September, though late 

 plantings will make little growth until the 

 following season. For a good stand the 

 first year about 7,000 to 8,000 roots, and at 

 the end of the second year 3,500 to 4,000 

 roots; 75.000 plants are required to plant 10 

 acres. Price of roots, $1.00 per 100; $8.00 

 per 1,000. 



S F E Ii T Z. — This grain grows tall 

 like rye and matures early like barley, 

 and each year, when tested by the side of 

 each, it has yielded twice as much per 

 acre as oats, and three bushels to one of 

 barley, and it is much better feed for stock 

 than either. It yields 40 to 80 bushels to 

 the acre, and from 4 to 6 tons of straw hay. 

 Tough and hardy, it stands the drouth 

 better than any other grain, making it a 

 sure crop. It is a grain to sow for profit. 

 Your chickens and geese, your horses and 

 colts, your cows and calves, your sheep, 

 lambs and swine, all will eat it eagerly and 



flourish. The culture of Speltz is sim- 

 plicity itself. It is Just as 'easy as sow- 

 ing oats or wheat. Prepare your land as 

 you would for wheat or oats, and sow at 

 the rate of 2 bushels per acre. Sow very 

 early in the Spring or Fall, and do not let 

 it stand until it gets too ripe before cut- 

 ting, as any grain that yields well shells 

 easily. In the green state it makes an ex- 

 cellent pasture. Has given good results 

 both in Texas and Oklahoma. 



TIMOTHY. — As a crop for hay, Timothy- 

 is probably unsurpassed by any other 

 grass. It is greatly relished by all kinds 

 of stock, especially horses; yields more 

 nutritive matter than any other grass or 

 forage plant. Being an early grass it is- 

 well adapted to Spring and Summer graz- 

 ing, and if the Fall season is favorable it 

 will grow sufficiently to furnish good Fall 

 grazing, too. Sow 10 to 12 pounds to the 

 acre. 



STECKZiEB CO.'S SFECIAl^ HOQ FAS- 

 TUBE MIXTURE. — Makes one of the best 

 pastures for hogs. Three bushels per acre. 

 See Price List on Red Pages. 



STUCKImHU CO.'S MIXED IiAWIV 

 GRASS. — For lawns of any extent we 

 recommend this our best mixture. We 

 have combined all the most suitable vari- 

 eties that are necessary for making a 

 beautiful lawn. It is the best proportioned 

 mixture of grasses in the South. Three 

 bushels to the acre, 



STECKI.ER CO.'S GRASS SEED MIX- 

 TURE. — For meadows and pastures. — No. 

 1, for light soils; No. 2, for heavy soils; 

 No. 3, for shady soils. When ordering, 

 please state condition of soil and location. 

 Three bushels per acre. 



DESCRIPTIVE LIST OF THE DIFFERENT VARIETIES OF THE 



SORGHUM FAMILY. 



SUITABLE FOR THE SOUTHERN STATES. 



SORGHUM. — Is planted for feeding stock during the Spring and early Summer. 

 For this purpose it should be sown as early in Spring as possible in drills about two to 

 three feet apart; one peck per acre. It makes green fodder. As a forage plant for early 

 cutting, to be fed to stock, we do not think that anything is equal to the Early Improved 

 Pedigreed Amber Sorghum, such as we have been selling for years. After several cuttings- 

 the branching varieties of Sorghum, also called Milo Maize, may be preferable, but more? 

 so for seed than forage. The Teosinte will give more fodder than any of the Sorghumsv 

 Some varieties not before described and rather new are the following: Yellow Milo 

 Maize should be planted in four or five foot rows iand two to three feet In the drills; 

 according to the strength of the land. The cultivation is like corn. It gives an abundance 

 of leaves and seed; the latter are good for fowls. 



SUDAN GRASS. — (Andropog-on Sorgf- 



hum.) Sudan Grass is now exceedingly 

 popular in Texas and other sections of the 

 South and Southwest, and while it is a new 

 thing, having only been grown in this coun- 

 try for about six years, it has proven 

 adapted to a wide area and is an extremely 

 valuable new crop. There is one very im- 

 portant thing to keep in mind when order- 

 ing Sudan Grass seed; that is its similarity 

 to Johnson Grass seed and its liability to 

 become mixed with Johnson Grass, and in 

 view of the extreme importance of obtain- 

 ing seed not mixed with Johnson Grass, we 

 are very careful to obtain our seed stock 

 from sections where Johnson Grass is ob- 

 solutely unknown and where on account of 

 climatic conditions it can not be grown and 



our customers need have no fear of intro- 

 ducing .Johnson Grass on their land when 

 they order Sudan Grass seed from us. The 

 Government has this to say about Sudan 

 Grass: "Notwithstanding the fact that 

 only a small quantity of seed of Sudan 

 Grass was originally received, preliminary 

 tests were so satisfactory that as little 

 time as possible was lost in growing a sup- 

 ply for extensive trials. Those who saw it 

 in the fields were convinced of its possibili- 

 ties, and as a result it is now remarkably 

 popular and ready for a permanent place 

 among our forage crops. 



There still remains much to be deter- 

 mined regarding the best methods of grow- 

 ing Sudan Grass. Several satisfactory ones 

 have already been developed, the most 



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