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country, and will hear the verdict as to 
which is best for the stock, Lespedeza will 
surely win out. 
Lespedeza is the cheapest restorer for 
worn-out lands the Southern farmer can 
find, and the easiest made and best hay 
that can be grown in the South. (1 bushel 
per acre.) 
Well cultivated, heavy seed will be 
scarce, we therefore urge prospective pur- 
chasers to buy early. 
The picture on our front cover gives an 
excellent reproduction of the Lespedeza as 
it appears in the field. 
Price, single bushel, $5.00. 
on large quantities. 
Special prices 
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SOJA BEAN, OR GERMAN COFFEE 
BEBRY. 
One of the most valuable forage plants 
for pasturing or feeding green. The vines 
are bushy and of vigorous, erect habit. Fed 
in the green state, they afford most nutri- 
tious forage. Sow broadcast at the rate 
of one-half bushel to the acre, or plant in 
drills 3% feet apart, and 1% feet between 
the plants, dropping two or three beans in 
a hill. One gallon will sow one acre, if 
drilled. 
65c., peck $1.25, bushel $4.00. 
EGYPTIAN WHEAT. 
(Shallu.) 
This wheat properly belongs to _ the 
family of non-saccharine sorghums. Our 
many trials with this plant convinces us 
of the value of this plant, and that too 
much cannot be said in its favor. The 
great value is in the seed, which are most 
excellent food for poultry and, in fact, for 
all stock on the farm. From fifty to one 
hundred bushels of seed may be easily 
grown on an acre. It should be threshed 
as wheat or other grain. It would prove 
far more valuable to grind the seed for all 
stock except poultry. Often land that will 
not grow ten bushels of corn per acre will 
Price, pint 15c., quart 20c., gallon~ 
if 
is June 15th to August Ist. 
J. STECKLER SEED CO., LTD., ALMANAC AND 
grow forty to fifty bushels of Shallu seed. 
As the seed contains 80 per cent. of the 
feeding value of corn, as a food for stock, 
it can be made far more valuable as a 
stock food on many farms than our com- 
mon corn. Every farmer should plant at 
least a few acres of this wheat so that if 
a drought occurs he will be sure of grain 
for his poultry and stock. Even if the 
farmer does not want to grow it for the 
farm stock, he should plant a_ sufficient 
acreage for the poultry on the farm. It 
can be grown on many lands that will not 
produce cotton or corn. In humid regions 
it would be best to delay the planting of 
this wheat until the latter part of June 
or the first of July. Plant and cultivate 
just the same as sugar cane, sorghum and 
broom corn. Price, %4 pound 20c.; pound, 
60c., postpaid. 
YELLOW CASHAW PUMPKIN. 
The vines are very strong growers and 
produce an enormous crop of large fine 
fruits, which are of superior quality. The 
fruits keep remarkably well. The vines 
are such strong growers that they resist 
attacks of the vine bug and other insects. 
The fruits make the very best of pumpkin 
pies.. This is also a very valuable variety 
to grow for feeding to the stock. Same 
shape as the Frotscher’s Cashaw Crook- 
neck and green striped. Price, 25c. ounce. 
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PARA GRASS. 
(Panicum Barbinode). 
Para grass is a native of South America 
and is grown somewhat commonly in 
Florida, to a rapidly increasing extent in 
Southern Texas, and occasionally through- 
out the Gulf Coast region. It is a peren- 
nial which makes its best growth on damp 
soils, though it has been fairly successful 
on Texas ranches on heavy soils without 
irrigation where irrigation is needed for 
most other crops. It is not injured by pro- 
longed overflows and makes a_ vigorous 
growth where the land is under water 
several weeks. It is especially valuable for 
planting on ditch banks, on the margins of 
ponds, and on soils too wet and seepy for 
the cultivation of other crops. It is used 
for both hay and pasture. Para Grass will 
not withstand a lower temperature than 
about 18 degrees F. It is therefore adapted 
only to the extreme southern portion of 
the country, and, perhaps, to California. 
It has succeeded as far north as Charles- 
ton, S. C. The time of planting is from 
April 1st to August 31st, but the best time’ 
Price of roots, 
$1.50 per hundred, $10.00 per 1000. 
VETIVER. 
(Andropogon Squarrosus.) 
Planted chiefly as a source of Vetiver 
Oil, an ingredient in Perfumery, as it is 
aromatic, balsamic and persistent in odor, 
suggesting sandalwood and myrrh. The 
culture of Vetiver is very simple. After 
preparing the ground by plowing fertilizing 
with a little manure, and harrowing (no 
his or furrows being made), the plants 
are planted 3 to 4 feet each way, and are 
| simply left to grow. When the tops begin 
to dry, in November, the entire plant is 
dug out,,and the roots are cut as close as 
possible to the plant, washed and dried in 
the shade. The plant or stub is now either 
divided into several pieces before replant- 
ing or is replanted whole. Price, 25c. per 
plant, $2.50 per dozen, divided plant. 
The Oldest and Best Seed House in the South. 
