DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 



growing less ra<ik, with smaller stalks, often yielding two or three tons of hay 

 per acre. It is getting very popular, and in the Western States is used extens- 

 ively. Like the Millet, it is an annual, and requires to be sown every season, 

 but will produce a larger return than almost any other crop. Sow and cultivate 

 same as Millet. 



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Broom Corn — Holcus Saccharatus. — Requires similar land and later 

 planting than Corn. It may be planted in hills, one and a half leet apart in the 

 rows, and the rows three feet apart ; is also frequently sown in drills, three or 

 four inches apart, and the rows three feet apart. If sown in drills, one bushel 

 will sow about ten acres ; if in hills, six quarts per acre. The two kinds most 

 used are Tall Evergreen and Dwarf Evergreen. 



Liberian Sug'ar Cane. — We believe this variety to be the best yet intro- 

 duced for our Northern and Middle States, and we have yet to hear of the first 

 complaint. It is excellent fodder ; cattle will eat it in preference to almost 

 anything else. It has yielded 19,000 pounds of fodder to the acre. Planted 

 same time as Corn, but does not require so much cultivation, and matures 

 earlier. If intended for syrup, the seed tops should be cut off or lopped before 

 they are ripe ; if for seed, leave until fully ripe, or till the top is as dry as 

 Com when harvested. One quart of seed is sufiicient for an acre, if planted 

 in rows three feet apart, and two feet in the row. 



Flax — LixuM UsiTATissiMUM. — Sow late enough in the Spring to avoid 

 frost, and early enough to secure the early rains. A fair average quantity of 

 seed to be sown on tlie acre, is twelve to twenty quarts, when cultivated for 

 seed ; if for the fibre, a larger quantity should be sown. Cut before quite ripe, 

 and if the weather is dry, let it he in the svrath a few hours, when it should be 

 raked, bound, and secured from the weather ; thresh early in the fall, and in dry 

 weather. 



Hemp — Cannabis Sativa, - — If raised for manufacturing, must be so\vn 

 broadcast, at the rate of half a bushel to the acre ; if for seed, should be planted 

 in hills, four feet apart, and the plants thinned out to three or four most vigor- 

 ous stems in each hill. 



Field Peas — Pisum Sativum. — The \'^rieties of Field Peas have never 

 been veiy numerous, nor are they much increasing. The kinds mostly used ai^e 

 the Golden Vine, Crown, Blue Prussian, Common White, Common Blue and 

 Creeper. Field Peas, in general, may be sown broadcast or in drills, after the 

 manner of Field Beans. 



Tetches, or Tares — Vicia Sativa. — A species of the Pea, grown 

 extensively in England, and to a considerable extent in Canada, for stock, but 

 not much used in the States. Culture, same as Field Peas. 



Sunflower — Helianthus. — The Sunflower, during the past few years, 

 has attracted considerable attention as a profitable field crop. It is claimed that 

 it produces a larger return in forage, than almost any other crop ; the leaves 

 being the parts used for stock. The seed has also a commercial value, being 

 used for manufacturing oil. We have the Common^ and Large Russian, an 

 improved variety. 



