GARDEN MANUAL FOR THE SOUTHERN STATES. 
SILVER HULL. A superior variety in every way 
to the ordinaty buckwheat which it has almost 
entirely superseded. 
Popular southern variety, 
Seed Wheat. usually ripening in May in the 
South. Itisanearly ripening prolificsort. Princi- 
pally planted here for early feed to cut green, also 
for hay and grazing. Seed is valuable for poultry 
and fowls. Two bushels will plant an acre. 
Paspalum Dilatatum. Eight pounds to 
the acre should 
“make a good stand on land which should produce 12 
‘bushels of corn or 25 bushels of oats. If mixed 
thoroughly with dampened oats, % bushel oats to 8 
pounds of Paspalum Dilatatum, this would scatter 
the seed sufficiently when sown, then harrowed and 
dragged well—putting in the seed an inch or two. 
A peck of dry Paspalum Dilatatum seed usually 
weighs 6 pounds. When well up and rooted aslight 
grazing and tramping causes it to stool out the more. 
‘It may be sown on Bermuda sod. Purposes: Special- 
‘ly for grazing cows, horses, colts,etc. Our domestic 
poultry are very fond of it, and a drove of turkeys 
pick it with delight. We know of no plant that is 
‘such a conservator of the soil—enriching and pre- 
venting washes. The seeds are so small and light 
that they are troublesome to gather andcure. Only 
about 4 to 6 seed stalks push out from a tuft of roots; 
‘growing 2to3 feet high. It flourishes mostly in rich 
meadow like lands; an overflow will not killit, as 
itis all the time asserting itself. A good plowing 
and cultivation will kill it, changing a field to other 
farm Purposes. Plant from November to March, as 
a frost will not kill it. 
(Esparsette 
Onobyrchis Sativa. {"s° 
nial, European, pea-like rlant, has 
asa feed in France. It is custivated’to but a limited 
extent in the South. It is worthy of atrial as it be- 
longs to a warm climate. 20 pounds to the acre, 
: Asacrop for hay, Timothy is prob- 
Timothy. ably unsurpassed by any other 
grass. It is greatly relished by all kinds of stock, 
especially horses; yields more nutritive matter than 
any other grass or forage plant. Being an early 
grass itis well adapted to spring and and summer 
grazing, and if the fall season is favorable it will 
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grow sufficiently to furnish good fall grazing 
Saw 10 to 12 pounds to the acre. 
too, 
Mammoth Russian Sunflower. 
Mammoth Russian Sunflower. 
Single heads measure 15 to 22 inches in diametes, 
and contain an immense amount of seed which is 
highly valued by all farmers and poultry breeders 
who have tried it as an excellent and cheap food for 
fowls. Itis the best egg producing food known far 
poultry. Itcan be raised cheaper than corn, and is 
destined to be an article of great value. Every 
farmer shouid plant some of the seed in any waste 
piece of ground any time from early spring up te 
the middle of July. It isa wonderful improvement 
on the old native Sunflower, and besides the great 
value of the seed as poultry and stock food, its 
leaves make capital fodder while its strong, thick 
stalks can be profitably used as fuel. Three pounds 
of seed will plant one acre. 
Descriptive List of the Different Varieties of the 
crop known. 
Early Improved Pedigreed 
3 Amber Sorghum. 
Sorghum Family 
SUITABLE FOR 7 AE. SOUT BE RN 
9) AEH Sie 
FoR PRICES SEE RED PAGES IN BACK OF BOOK. 
SORGHUM Is planted for feeding stock during the spring and early 
+ sumuiner. 
spring as possible in drills about two to three feet 
» It makes excellent green fodder. 
to stock, we do not think that anything is equaito the Early Improved Pedi- 
greed Amber Sorghum, such as we have been selling for years. 
cuttings, the branching varieties of Sorghum, also called Millo Maize, may be 
preferable, but more so for seed than forage. 
fodder than any of the Sorghums. 
tather new are the following: 
Dhouro should be planted in four or five foot rows and two tothree feet in the 
drills, according to the strength of the land. 
gives an abundance of leaves and seed; the latter are good feed for fowls. 
Early Improved Pedigreed Amber Sorghum, 
More popular than ever for forage. 
stock, on account of sweetness of stalk and leaves. 
For this purpose it should be sown as early in 
apart; one peck per acre. 
Asaforage plant for early cutting, to be fed 
After several 
The Teosinte will give more 
Some varieties not before described and 
White and Yellow Millo Maize or Branching 
The cultivation is like corn. It 
Relished in its green state or cured, by all 
Equals in value any other 
Makes good syrup, but asthe stalk is smaller than the Orange, 
that variety is recommended when the intention is to grow for syrup; 12% ibs. 
of seed will plant an acre. 
rows 3 feet apart, 6to 10 seed, 12 to 18 inches apart in row, or drill lightly; can 
be sown broadcast: 4% bushel per acre. 
Plant at any time from April to last of July in 
Shears, Pruning Knives, Pruning Saws, Hedge Shears, Ete. 
