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SEED OATS 



EARLY CHAMPION. This variety of 



Oats has increased in popularity every year as one 

 of the very best early dwarf Oats, and is grown 

 very largely in central part of state, on rich, 

 heavy, loam, where other varieties would grow too 

 rank. This sort will hardly ever lodge, as it has 

 short stiff straw. Ripens early; ready to cut just 

 after winter- wheat is finished, so it generally es- 

 capes the hot, scorching weather. As a nurse crop 

 for sowing clover and timothy it is by far the 

 best, being equal in this respect to winter wheat. 

 Farmers who sow tnis variety will invariably have 

 a better stand of clover than with the rank, late 

 oats. It has yielded with us 50 bushels per acre. 

 Per lb. 20 cts., 3 lbs. 50 cts, postpaid; pk. 25 

 cts.. bu. 75 cts., 2% bu. $1.85, 5 bu. $3.40; 10 bu. 

 $6.50. 



THE LINCOLN. This splendid variety 



originated in Minnesota, and the introducers de- 

 scribe it as follows: First, The Lincoln Oats are 

 very productive, having in all instances yielded 

 more to the acre than any other sort grown in the 

 same locality. Second, They are very early. 

 Third. They have thus far proven themselves 

 ivUST-PROOF. Fourth. They stand up. better 

 than any other sort. Fifth. They are best for 

 feeding on account of their thin hull, heavy meat 

 and soft niD. Per lb. 20 cts., 3 lbs. 50 cts., pk. 

 25 cts., bu. 75 cts., 2^^ bu. $1.85, 5 bu. $3.40, 10 

 bu. $6.50. 



TEOSINTE 



REANA LUXURIANS 



In this latitude, planted July 3d, it produced from 

 one seed, twenty-seven stalks and attained a height 

 of seven feet by Sept. 10th, making a luxuriant 

 growth of leaves which the horses and cattle ate 

 as freely as yoimg Sugar Com. In appearance it 

 somewhat resembles Indian Corn, but the leaves art 

 much longer and broader and the stalk contains 

 sweeter sap. In its perfection it produces a great 

 number of shoots 12 feet high, yielding such an abun 

 dance of forage that one plant is sufficient to feed a 

 pair of cattle for a day. In the South it excels either 

 Com or Sorghum. For soiling or fodder 85 stalks have 

 been grown from one seed. Plant as soon as ground 

 becomes warm, in hills about 3 feet apart each way, 

 two seeds to the hill. Pkt. 5 cts., ^ lb. 25 cts.. 

 lb, 75 cts. 



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 product 

 of grain on g^od 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 

 weather is settled and ground is warm. Per pkt. 8 

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

 freight, pk. 40 cts., bu. $1.25. 



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 de- 

 sired. Farmers who raise much stock and desire to 

 get young cattle, sheep or lambs into favorable con- 

 dition to be sold advantageously in the fall, can do 

 it most cheaply by growing this rape. Prepare the 

 ground as for turnips, 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, or may be sown broadcast at the rate of five 

 pounds per acre. It is also well adapted for a catcb 

 crop, where crops have failed, as it makes most ot 

 its growtn late in the season. Can be sovra on stubble 

 land or in com at the last plowing. Per 14 lb. 10 

 cts., lb. 25 cts., 3 lbs. 65 cts., not prepaid. 5 lbs. 40 

 cts., 10 lbs. 75 cts., 25 lbs. $1.75, 100 lbs. $5.50. 



SAND OR WINTER VETCH 



Though it succeeds* and produces good crops on 

 poor sandy soil, it is more vigorous on good land 

 and grows to height of 4 to 5 feet. It is perfectly 

 hardy throughout the United States, remaining green 

 all winter, and should be sown during August and 

 September, mixed with Rye, which serves as a sup- 

 port for the plants, or in spring with Oats or Barley. 



It is the earliest crop for cutting, being nearly a 

 month earlier than Scarlet Clover, and a full crop 

 can be taken off the land in time for planting spring 

 crops. Every dairyman and stock-breeder in the 

 United States should have a field of it, and if you 

 try it once you will never be a season without it. It 

 is exceediengly nutritious, and may be fed with 

 safety to all kinds of stock. 



Sow one bushel per acre with one-half bushel of 

 rye or oats. Per lb. 25 cts,, pk, $1.50, bu. $6.00. 



SWEET FODDER CORN 



SWEET FODDER CORN. There Is noth- 

 ing better for green feed, or for curing for winter 

 than sweet com. Cattle highly relish it, and when 

 fed on it keep in fine condition and give an abun- 

 dance of milk. It has the great merit of being so 

 sweet and palatable that cattle eat every part of 

 the stalks and leaves. Also excellent for soiling. 

 Sow in drills or broadcast. 



EVERGREEN LATE FODDER CORN. 



Per pk. 60 cts., bu, $2.00, 2 bu, $3.50. 

 EARLY FODDER SWEET CORN. Fine 



for early feed in summer when pastures are short. 

 Per pk. 60 cts., bu. $2.00, 2 bu. $3.50. 



SUGAR CANE SEED 



EARLY AMBER. This popular variety 

 has very nearly taken the place of all other sorts. 

 It is the earliest, and makes the finest quality of 

 amber syrup, succeeds well both North and South; 

 culture and time of planting same as com, and 

 may be planted as late as the 15th of June. Two 

 or three pounds are required per acre. Per lb. 20 

 cts., 3 lbs. 50 cts,, by express, 10 lbs, 50 cts,, 25 

 lbs. $1.00, 100 lbs. $2.50. 



EAKLY AMBER CANE FOR FODDER. 



Not so carefully selected seed. Sow in June, broad- 

 cast, 100 lbs. per acre. 10 lbs. 30 cts., 25 lbs. 65 

 cts., 50 lbs. $1.00, 100 lbs. $1.50, 500 lbs. $7.00, 

 1,000 lbs. $13.00. 



