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J. STECKLER SEED CO., LTD., ALMANAC AND 



Feterita. 



PETEBITA. — The agrricultural papers 

 "have been telling- about the wonderful yield 

 made by the new grain during- one of the 

 worst droughts that the Middle West has 

 ^ver experienced. Feterita is from 20 to 50 

 days earlier than Kaffir Corn, is not 

 bothered by chinch bugs, makes good fod- 

 der; in some instances made an excellent 

 yield of grain without having received any 

 rain from the .day it was, planted until it 

 was harvested. No variety of seed of any 

 kind has ever sprung so suddenly into such 

 popular favor. Feterita has taken the 

 country by storm. 12 to 15 lbs. per acre. 



GUINEA OBASS. — Although this grass 

 ^will do well on rather poor sandy land, it 

 does much better on richer or fertilized 

 land. Wherever it has had proper care the 

 crop is enormous and satisfactory. A 

 i:ropical grass originally from Africa, it is 

 ■now grown largely in the East and West 

 Indies. In Jamaica it is held next to sugar 

 in value of crop, a single farmer producing 

 "Rve thousand dollars worth per annum of 

 the hay. Propagated to any desired extent 

 iby rapid increase of tillers. It is esteemed 

 lin Florida and other parts of the South as 

 a first-class forage. Cattle eat it with 

 avidity, green or dry. Three pounds to the 

 acre, planted In hills the same as c6°m. 



JEBirSAZ^liM COBH.— This belongs to 



the non-saccharine Sorghums. Grows 

 about three feet high. Makes one large 

 head on main stalk and several smaller 

 heads on side shoots, often as many as 

 €ight heads on one stalk. The grain is 

 pure white and nearly flat. Ten pounds 

 will plant an acre. 



EGYPTIAN WHEAT.— (Shallu). This 

 Wheat properly belongs to the family of 

 non-saccharine sorghums. Our many trials 

 with this plant convince 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 easily be 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. Plant in the Spring and early 

 Summer. Sow 20 pounds per acre. 



EVEBGBEEN BBOOM COBV. — 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. 



Steckler^s Seeds Are Best Quality. 



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