D. M. FERRY & CO., DETROIT, MICH. 



MISCELLANEOUS FARM SEEDS-Continued 



Prices of all articles quoted on this page, except Rape, Sugar Cane and Sunflower, stibject to change. The pound prices 

 include postage; bushel and 100 pound prices are by freight or express at purchaser's expense. 



MILLET, COMMON (Panicum niiliaceum). Requires a 

 dry, light, ricli soil, and grows two and a half to four feet 

 high, with a fine bulk of stalks and leaves, and is excellent for 

 forage. For hay, sow broadcast, about twenty- five pounds 

 per acre, from May 1st to August 1st. For grain, sow in drills, 

 about twelve pounds per acre, and not later than June 20th. 

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



MILLET, GERMAN, OR GOLDEN An improved variety, 

 medium early, growing three to five feet high. The heads, 

 though numerous, are very large and compact. The 

 seeds are contained in rough, bristly sheaths and are round, 

 golden yellow and beautifmin appearance. Lb. 25c; 100 Lbs. 

 at market price. 



RYE, SPRING Although this grain is often planted espe- 

 cially for paper makers, who prefer it to any other, its prin- 

 cipal 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 60c; 

 $1.60 per Bushel of 56 Lbs. 



RYE, FALL OR WINTER The time for sowing is from 

 the middle 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 greeu manure. 3 Lbs. by 

 mail oOc; $1.25 per Bushel of 56 Lbs. 



RAPD 



DWARF ESSEX, for Sowing ... 



There is but one variety of Rape that has proven profitable to sow in America, and 

 that is the Dwarf Essex. Do not be deluded into buying inferior grades by un- 

 scrupulous dealers or exaggerated advertisements. There is no plant that will 

 give as heavy a yield of forage 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. When fed off by sheep, it will probably do more 

 to restore and make profitable exhausted soils than any other plant. Beware of the worthless annual variety that is often 

 sold and which is not only worthless for forage, but once planted is liable to become a pernicious weed. Biennial. 



CULTURE— Prepare the ground as for turnips and sow in June or July, with a turnip drill, in rows two and one-half 

 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. 25c, postpaid. By freight or express at 

 purchaser's expense. 10 Lbs. $1.00; 100 Lbs. $6.00 



Sunflower 



Gane 



larnD Dliccian This variety has large heads, borne at the top of 

 Large KUSSIdll a single unbranched ' ^ ^ • 



Sugar Gane, EarlyOrange 



stem, and having much 

 more 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 

 corn, in rows five feet apart and ten inches apart in the row. Cultivate same as corn. When the seed is ripe and hard cut off 

 the heads and pile loosel3' in a rail pen having a solid floor, or in a co^n crib. After curing sufficiently so that they will thresh 

 easily, flail out or run through a threshing machine, and clean with an ordinary fanning mill. This variety will yield 900 to 

 1,200 pounds of seed per acre ordinarily. Some species of Sunflowers are planted largely in the flower garden for ornament. 

 {See Sunflower, page 90). Pkt.oc; %Lb.l0c; Lb. 20c. postpaid; $b. 00 per 100 lbs., by freight or express, at purchaser's expense. 



Pflflv AfflhPI* This variety is successfully grown in our extreme northern latitudes. It may 

 Lvul ly rvillUCl \)Q planted as late as the 15th of June, and will be ripe enough to manufacture 

 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 required per acre. Oz. 10c; h, Lb.l5c; Lb. 30c, post- 

 paid; $6.00 per 100 lbs., by freight or express, at purchaser's expense. 



An exceed- 

 ingly valu- 

 able vaiietj veiy large, of strong and vigorous habit and does 

 not fall dow n It is early and yields more than any other sort, 

 often producmg as much as 240 gallons of very beautifully 

 coloiedand highly flavored syrup to the acre. We recommend 

 it highly to all desinng a superior cane. Oz. lOc: % Lb. 15c; 

 Lb 30c, postpaid; $6.00 per 100 pounds, by 

 freight or express, at purchaser's expense. 



SPRING VETCHES, OR TARES (Vicia 



A species of the pea grown exten- sativa'). 

 sively in England, and to a considerable extent 

 m Canada, for stock, but not much used in the 

 United States. Culture same as field peas. 

 Sow two bushels per acre. Lb. 25c; $3.75 

 per Bushel of 60 Lbs. 



SAND, WINTER OR HAIRY VETCHES 



(Vicia villosa}. A very hardy forage plant 

 growing well on soils so poor and sandy that 

 they will produce but little clover. The plants 

 when mature are about 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 round, black seed should be sown at the 

 rate of l\i bushels to the acre. Per Lb. 30c; 

 $7.25 per Bushel of 60 Lbs. 



WILD RICE (Zizania aq^laiica). An annual 

 which sows itself about the middle of Septem- 

 bei, lies dormant all winter, in spring com- 

 mences to sprout as soon as the 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 sown broadcast from 

 a boat, in one or two feet of water having a 

 mud bottom. It succeeds best when planted 

 m the fall before the ice forms, but it has been 

 successfully planted in sprin g, and also through 

 the ice in winter. As an attraction for wild 

 fowl it cannot be equaled. Lb. 30c; $15.00 

 per 100 Lbs. 



Rape, Dwarf Essex 



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



Hemp . . " '' 20c, 3 " 50c 



Rape. . . " " 20c, 3 " 50c 



Maw . . . " " 25c, 3 " 60c 



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



Lettuce . . " " 40c, ..." 



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



