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M. FERRY & CO., DETROIT, MICH 



Miscellaneous Farm Seeds 



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

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



BARLEY, COMMON Barley succeeds best on rich lands 

 more sandy and lighter than those adapted to wheat. It is 

 sown in the spring and can be grown farther north than any 

 other grain. Unless intended tor seed it should be cut be- 

 fore fully ripe as it is then heavier, of better quality and 

 less hable to shell. Use about two and one-half bushels per 

 acre. 3 Lbs. by mail 50c; 100 Lbs. at market price. 



BUCKWHEAT, COMMON Buckwheat should be sown 

 about the 20th of June, broadcast, at the rate of about one- 

 half bushel per acre: the average yield being from twenty- 

 five to thirty bushels. It should be threshed as soon as dry, 

 for if allowed to stand in mass, it is apt to spoil. 



3 Lbs. by mail 50c; 100 Lbs. at market price. 



BUCKWHEAT, JAPANESE The plants are large and 

 vigorous, maturing seed early and resisting drought and 

 blight remarkably well: the grain is much larger and has 

 a thinner hull than the Common or the Silver Hull. ^ e 

 recommend this especially for well drained or sandy land 

 and the dry chmate of the western plains. 



3 Lbs. by mail oOc; 100 Lbs. at market price. 



BUCKWHEAT, SILVER HULL This improved variety is 

 much better than the old sort. It is in bloom longer, ma- 

 tures sooner and yields double the quantity per acre. The 

 husk is thinner, the corners less prominent and the grain of 

 a beautiful light gray color. The Hour is said to be better 

 and more nutritious. 3 Lbs. by mail 50c; 100 Lbs. at 

 market price. 



FLAX (Limimusitatissimum). Sow late enough in the 

 spring to avoid frost and early enough to secure a good 

 stand and enable the crop to ripen before the fall rains. A 

 fair average quantity of seed to be sown on an acre is one 

 half bushel, when cultivated for seed: if for the fibre a 

 larger quantity should be sown. Cut before quite ripe and 

 if the weather be dry, let it lie in the swath a few hom'S, 

 when it should be raked and secured from the weather: 

 thresh early in the fall and in dry weather. 



Lb. 30c; 100 Lbs. at market price. 



HUNGARIAN (Panicum Germanicum). This is a species 

 of annual millet, growing less rank, with smaller stalks 

 often yielding two or three tons of hay per acre. It is very 

 valuable and popular with those who are clearing timber 

 lands. Sow and cultivate like millet. 



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



MILLET, COMMON {Panicum 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 and is excellent 

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

 pounds per acre, from 3Iay 1st to August 1st. For grain, 

 sow in drills, about twelve pounds per acre and not later 

 than June 20th. Lb. 30c; 100 Lbs. at market price. 



MILLET, GERMAN, OR GOLDEN An impro ved 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 beautiful in appearance. 



Lb. 25c; 100 Lbs. at market price. 



r> __ -^ DWARF ESSEX FOR SOWING There is 

 rCClDCL ^^* °^® 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 oif ered by unscrupulous dealers through exaggera- 

 ted advertisements. Such seed is often more or less mixed 

 with the annual variety which is not only worthless as for- 

 age, but once planted is likely to become a pernicious weed. 

 There is no plant that will grive as lieavy a yield of forage at 

 such a small cost as this and its general cultivation would add 

 largelj' to the profits of American farms. Especially val- 

 uable "for green manuring and pasture. 'ViTien f ed off by 

 sheep, it will probably do more to restore and make profit- 

 able 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 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. % Lb. 10c; Lb. 25c, postpaid. By freight 

 or express, at purchaser's expense. 



10 Lbs. $1.00; 100 Lbs. $5.00 



RYE, SPRING Although this grain is often planted es- 

 pecially for paper makers, 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 50c; 

 100 Lbs. $3.00 



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 green man- 

 ure. 3 Lbs. by mail 50c; 100 Lbs. $3.00 



Sugar Cane (sorghum) 



ALBAUGH EARLY The best early variety and the one 

 wliich we especially recommend for the north, where the 

 season is short. It is practically as early as the old Early 

 Amber and yields much more per acre either of syrup or 

 seed. The plant is large, of strong, vigorous and erect habit 

 and stands up much better than Early Amber. It may be 

 planted as late as the 15th of June and will be in condition 

 to harvest for syrup in September. Cane seed should not 

 be planted before the weather is warm in the spring. Three 

 to four pounds of seed are required per acre. ^ Lb. 10c; 

 Lb. 20c, postpaid; $5.00 per 100 lbs., by freight or express, 

 at purchaser' s expense. 



EARLY ORANGE An exceedingly valuable variety; very 

 large, of strong and vigorous habit and does not fall down. 

 It is early and often yields as much as 240 gallons of very 

 beautifully colored and highly flavored syrup to the acre. 

 AVe recommend it highly to all desiring a superior cane. 

 H Lb. 10c; Lb. 20c, postpaid; $5.00 per 100 pounds, by 

 freight or express, at purchaser's expense. 



IMPERIAL This new variety is particularly valuable for 

 feeding stock. The plants do not grow as tall as Early 

 Orange or Albaugh Early but show a decided tendency to 

 stool, or send up shoots. The cane is very leafy and com- 

 paratively slender and practically the entire plant is suit- 

 able for feed. Our seed is northern grown and should not 

 be confused with the inferior western and southwestern 

 grown cane. % Lb. 10c; Lb. 20c, postpaid; $5.00_per 100 

 pounds, by freight or express.^ at purchaser's expense. 



LARGE RUSSIAN This va- 

 riety has large heads, borne 

 at the top of a single un- 

 branched stem and having much more and larger seed than 

 the common sort. It is used extensively for feeding poul- 

 try. Sow the seed as soon as the ground is fit for planting 

 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 loosely in a rail pen having a 

 solid fioor or in -a corn 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 1.000 pounds or more of seed per 

 acre. Some species of Sunflowers are planted largely in 

 the flower garden for ornament. (See Suniloicer. page^SS). 

 Pkt. 5c; 3^ Lb. 10c; Lb, 20c. postpaid, $6.00 per 100 lbs., 

 by freight or express, at purchaser's expense. 



VETCHES, OR TARES, SPRING (Vicia sativa). A pea- 

 like plant grown extensively in England and to a consider- 

 able extent in Canada for s'tock feeding, but not as much 

 used in the United States as it should be. Culture same as 

 field peas. Sow two bushels per acre. 



Lb. 20c; lOO Lbs. $6.00 



VETCHES, SAND, WINTER OR HAIRY (Vicia villosa). 

 A very hardy forage plant growing well on soils so poor and 

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

 Avhen 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 seed is round and black and should be sown at 

 the rate of one and one-half bushels to the acre. 



Lb. 25c; 100 Lbs; $10.00 



Sunflower 



BIRD SEEDS 



Canary. .Per lb. 25c, 3 Lbs. 60c by mail or express prepaid. 

 Hemp... '' '• 20c, 3 '^ oOc 



Rape.... " " 20c, 3 " oOc " " " 



Maw.... " " 2oc, 3 " 60c 



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



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



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



