D. M. FERRY <fe GO'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 



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Prires of all articlfn quoted on this page, except Rape, Suc/ar Cane and Sua- 

 floicer. subject to change. The pound prices include postage; bushel and 100 

 pound prices are by freight or express at purchaser's expense. 



HEnP (Cannabis safiva). If raise I for manufacturing, must be sown broad- 

 cast, at the rate of one half bushel to the acre: if for se-i 1, it should be planted 

 in hills four feet apart and the plants thinned out to three or four 

 most rigorous stems in each hill. Lb. 20c; $3.00 per Bu. of 44 Lbs. 

 I H UVJ/^ A ni A M 'Panicuni Gerinanicum). This is a 

 ni ll\l l/\l%l/\l\ species of annual millet, growintr les.s 

 lll^l IX^ri 1X14-14 ^ j,^^^^ ^^.-^^^ smaller stalks, often yield- 

 ing two or three tons of hay per acre. It is very valuable and pop- 

 ular with those who are clearing timber lands. Sow and cultivate 

 like millet. Lb. 20c; 100 Lbs. at market price. 



MILLET, CX)MMON (Panicuni miliaceum). Requires a dry. light, 

 rich soil and grows two and a half to four feet high, with a fine 

 bulk of stalks and leaves anfl is excellent for forage. For hay. sow 

 broadcast, about twenty-five pounds per acre, from May 1st to 

 August 1st. For grain, so v in drills, about twelve pounds per 

 acre and not later than .June ^Oth. Lb. 20c; 100 Lbs. at market price. 



niLLET, GER1AN, OR GOLDEN. An improved variety, medium 

 early, growing three to five feet high. The heads, though numer- 

 ous-'are very large and compact. The seeds are contained in v lUgh, 

 bristly sheaths and are round, golden yellow and beautiful in ap- 

 pearance. Lb. 2oc; 10) Lbs. at market-price. 



RAPE 



Dwarf Essex for Sowing 



There is but one variety of Rape that 

 has proven profitable to sow in Amer- 

 ica and that is the Dwarf Essex. Do not be deluded into buying 

 inferior grades offered by unscrupulous dealers through exagger- 

 ated advertisements. Such seed is often more or less mixed with 

 the annual variety which is not only worthless as forage, but ouci 

 planted is likeh' to become a pernicious weed. There is no plant 

 that will eire as heavy a yield of forase at such a small cost as this 

 and its general cultivation would add largely to the profits of 

 American farms. Especially valuable for green manuring and 

 pasture. ^Vhen fed off by sheep, it will probably do more to restore 

 and make profitable exhausted soils than any other plant Biennial. 



CULTURE— Prepare the ground as for turnips and sow in .June 

 or July, with a turnip drill, in rows two and onedialf feet apart, at 

 the rate of two and one half pounds of seed per acre. It may be 

 sown broadcast, either with other fall forage crops or by itself, 

 using from one to five pounds of seed per acre, h Lb. 10c; Lb. 2.5c, 

 postpaid. Bv freight or expres.s, at purchasers expense, 

 10 Lbs. $1.00; 100 Lbs. $5.00 



RYE, SPRING. Although this grain Ls often planted especially 

 for paper makens. who prefer it to any other, its principal value is 

 as a "catch"' crop, to sow where winter grain has failed. 

 The straw is shorter and stiffer than the winter variety and is 

 always easily secured, while the grain, although smaller, is' of equal 

 value. 3 Lbs. by mail, oOc: $1.50 per Bushel of 56 Lbs. 



RYE, FALL OR WINTER. The time for sowing is from the mid- 

 dle of August to the last of September. Prepare the ground as for 

 wheat and sow broadcast or with a drill at the rate of one and one- 

 half bushels per acre. This has no equal as a crop to be used for 

 late fall and early spring pasture and is one of the best to turn 

 under for green manure. 3 Lbs. by mail oOc; $1.50 per Bushel of 

 56 Lbs. 



S U <^ a r Early Ambcr™|e.IfuV;.7„'^ 



^"^ ^-* "^y ^"^ in our extreme northern latitudes. It 

 ^'^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^,^ may be planted as late as the 1.5th of 

 • ^ ^^ ij *^ June and wUl be ripe enough to manu- 

 ^-^ ^"^ ■ " ^-^ facture in September. We know of no 

 earlier variety. It is useless to plant cane seed before the 

 weather is warm in spring. Three to four pounds are re- 

 quired per acre. Oz.lOc: H Lb. 10c; Lb. 25c, po.stpaid: $5.00 

 per 100 lbs., hy freight or express, at purchaser's e.rpense. 



'''^jy--^4^K,^x, . Hungarian. 



SUGAR CANE, AlbaUgh (improved Early Orange) 



An exceedingly valuable variety; very large, of strong, vig- 

 orous and erect habit and gives a large yield. It is early 

 and often produces as much as %^) gallons to the acre of 

 very beautiful syrup which is of good color and high flavor. 

 "We recommend it as a most desirable and profitable sr.rt. 

 Oz. 10c; % Lb. 10c: Lb. 25c, postpaid; $5.00 per 100 pounds, 

 by freight or express, at purcho.^er's exppn=>f 



SUNFLOWER Large Russian™? ^?* 



large heads, born^- at (he top 

 of a smgle unbranch'^d stem and having much morp and 

 larger seed than the common sort. It is used extensively 

 for feeding poultry. Sow the seed as soon as the ground is 

 fit for planting corn, in rows five feet apart and t^n inches 

 apart in the row. Cultivate same as corn. When the seed 

 is ripe and hard. cut oflf the heads and pile loosely in a rail 

 pen having a solid floor or in a corn crib. After curing 

 sufficiently so that they will thre'^h easily, flail out or run 

 through a threshing machine and clean" with an ordinary 



fanning mill. This variety will yield l.CiCtO pounds or more of 

 seed per acre. Some species of Sunflowers are planted 

 largely in the flower garden for ornament. (See Sunflower, 

 page 83}. Pkt. 5c: ^ Lb. 10c: Lb. 20c, postpaid: $5.00 per 

 100 lbs., bii freiciht or crprt^sx. at purrhnf^er's expense. 



SPRING VETCHES, OR TARES iVicia sativa). A pea- 

 like plant grown extensively in England and to a consider- 

 able extent in Canada for stock feeding, but not as much 

 u.sed in the United States as it should be. Culture same as 

 field peas. Sow two bushels per acre. Lb. 25c; $4.00 per 

 Bushel of 60 Lbs. 



SAND, WINTER OR HAIRY VETCHES (Vicia viUo.^a^. 

 A very hardy forage plant growing well on soils .'^o poor and 

 sandy that they will produce but little clover. The plants, 

 when mature, are al»out forty inches high and if cut for 

 forage as soon as full grown and before setting seed, they 

 will start up again and furnish even a larger crop than the 

 first. The seed is round and black and should be sown at the 

 rate of one and one-half bushels to the acre. Lb.SOc: $6.00 per 

 Bushel of 60 Lbs. 



WILD RICE 'Zizania oquatico). An annual vhich sows 

 itself about the middle of September, lies dormant all win- 

 ter, in spring commences to sprout as soon as water gets 

 warm, reaching the surface in the first half of June. It 

 grows very rapidly in one to three feet of water, ripens late 

 in August or early in September. It should be s<'wn broad- 

 cast from a lx)at. in one or two feet of water and where 

 there is a mud bottom. It succeeds best when planted in 

 the fall before the ice forms but it has b€^n successfully 

 planted in spring and also through the ice in winter. As an 

 attraction for wild fowl it cannot be equaled. Lb. 'Wci 

 $15.00 per 100 Lbs. 



Canary 

 Hemp 

 Rape . 

 Maw . 



Per Lb. 20c, 3 Lbs. .50c by mail or express prepaid. Millet 



'' " 20c'. 3 '' 50c 

 '' " 26c, 3 " 60c 



. . Per Lb. 20c. 3 Lbs. 50c by mail orexpress prepaid, 

 lettuce . . *' " 40c. ... 

 Mixed Bird Seeds " 20c, 3 Lbs. 50c 



