Cole's Seed Store, Pella, Iowa 



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RAPE 



Dwarf Essex 



This plant is extensively grown in Europe and 

 Canada for forage, especially for sheep, and for 

 green manure, for which purposes there is perhaps 

 no plant better adapted where a quick, rank 

 growth is desired. Farmers who raise mdch stock 

 and desire to get young cattle, sheep or lambs 

 into favorable condition to be sold advantageously 

 in the fall, can do it most cheaply by growing this 

 rape. Prepare the ground as for turnips, sow in 

 May to 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, or may be sown 

 broadcast at the rate of five pounds per acre. It 

 is also well adapted for a catch crop, where crops 

 have failed, as it makes most of its growth late 

 in the season. Can be sown on stubble land or 

 in corn at the last plowing. Per lb. 10 cts., 

 lb. 25 cts., 3 lbs. 65 cts., not prepaid, 5 lbs. 50 

 cts., 10 lbs. 80 cts., 25 lbs. $1.75, 100 lbs. $7.00. 



KAFFIR CORN 



An excellent fodder plant for the farmer. The 

 heads are long and perfectly erect, well filled with 

 white grain. The average height of growth on 

 good strong land is five to six feet. The seed 

 heads grow frOm ten to twelve inches in length, 

 and the produc of grain on good land easily 

 reaches fifty to sixty bushels per acre. The whole 

 stock, as well as the blades, cures into excellent 

 fodder. Can be sown broadcast at the rate of % 

 bushel per acre, but does best sown in drills three 

 feet apart, using 5 to 6 lbs. of seed per acre. 

 Cover seed an inch deep, sow when .eather is 

 settled and ground is warm. Per pkt. 5 cts., ^4 

 lb. 10 cts., lb. 20 cts., 3 lbs. 50 cts., by freight, 

 pk. 40 cts., bu. $1.25, 2 bu. $2.40. 



SUGAR CANE SEED 



Early Amber 



This popular variety has nearly taken the place 

 of all other sorts. It is the earliest variety, and 

 produces the finest quality of rich, clear amber 

 syrup. It succeeds well both North and South. 

 Culture and time of planting about the same as 

 corn, and may be planted as late as the middle of 

 June. It can be planted' in hills, or drilled for 

 the heaviest crop. Cover seed about one inch deep. 

 Two or three pounds of seed are required per 

 acre. Select the thinnest soil and highest part of 

 your farm for sorghum. On this land it is not 

 so likely to fall down in wet seasons, and pro- 

 duces the sweetest and clearest sorghum. Clay 

 soil " preferable. 



Select Seed for Sorghum. Per lb. 20 cts., 3 

 lbs. 50 cts., by express, 10 lbs. 60 cts., 25 lbs. 

 $1.00, 100 lbs. $3.00. 



EARLY ORANGE. About 12 days later than 

 the Amber. Grows heavier crop and as desir- 

 able for sorghum. Price same as the Amber. 



Amber Cane for Fodder 



Dairy farmers and stock raisers find this a most 

 valuable fodder plant. It can be used as a pasture 

 crop for cattle, sheep and hogs, during the sum- 

 mer season. As a fodder crop it furnishes an 

 enormous quantity of rich succulent food and it 

 has been found excellent for milk production. It 

 can be sown as late as the middle of July, but 

 during June is the best time to sow, broadcast, 

 100 lbs. per acre. Have soil fine and mellow and 

 harrow in. Harvest as late as possible, but avoid 

 hard frost for best results, let it dry for a week 

 or 10 days, after which it may be put in shocks 

 weighing from 400 to 500 lbs., and allowed to 

 stand until fed. 



Price, 10 lbs. 40 cts., 25 lbs. 75 cts., 50 lbs. 

 $1.40^ 100 lbs. $2.50, bags free. SPECIAL 

 RATES ON LARGE QUANTITIES. 



SPANISH PEANUTS 



A very desirable variety because it is early and 

 a good bearer ; the peas hang to the root and can 

 be rapidly gathered. The pea is smaller than the 

 Virginia Peanut, but fills out well. This variety 

 can be grown IN THE NORTH and has yielded 

 abundantly. Plant as soon as the ground becomes 

 warm, from two to three feet apart each way, 

 four or five to the hill, covering two or three 

 inches. The soil should be deep and mellow, and 

 well broken up so as to be ready for planting 

 soon after frost is over. April is a suitable time. 

 They produce 25 to 70 bushels per acre, and are 

 as easily cultivated as corn. Per pkt. 10 cts., 

 pt. 20 cts., qt. 35 cts. 



SUNFLOWER SEED 



MAMMOTH RUSSIAN. Sunflower seed is the 

 best egg-producing food known for poultry; 

 they eat it greedily, keeping them in fine con- 

 dition, and fatten well on it. It is also being 

 planted in low ground and around drains as a 

 preventive of malarial fevers. It can be planted 

 on any waste piece of ground from first of May 

 to first of July. Plant in hills 3 feet apart. 

 It takes 4 lbs. of seed to plant one acre. 

 Oz. 5 cts., Yi lb. 10 cts., lb. 25 cts., by express, 

 10 lbs- $1.00. 



