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Cole's Seed Store, Pella, Bowa 



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. Farm- 

 ers who raise much 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. 70 cts., not prepaid, 5 lbs. 80 cts., 

 10 lbs. $1.50, 25 lbs. $3.50, 100 lbs. $14.00. 



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 produce of 

 grain on good land easily reaches fifty to 

 sixty bushels per acre. The whole stalg, as 

 well as the blades, cures into excellent fod- 

 der. Can be sown broadcast at the rate of ^2 

 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. 5 cts., % lb. 10 cts., lb. 20 cts., 3 lbs. 50 

 cts., by freight, pk. 75 cts., bu. $2.75, 2 bu. 

 $5.00. 



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 amoer 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 sea- 

 sons, and produces the sweetest and clearest 

 sorghum. Clay soil is preferable. 



Pure Select Northern Grown Seeds for 

 Sorghum. Per lb. 25 cts., 3 lbs. 60 cts., by 

 express, 10 lbs. $1.00, 25 lbs. $2.00, 100 lbs. 

 $7.00. 



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 summer season. As a fodder crop 

 it furnishes an enormous quantity of rich 

 succulent food and it has been found excel- 

 lent 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. 80 cts., 25 lbs. $1.75, 50 lbs. 

 $3.00, 100 lbs. $5.00, bags free. SPECIAL 

 RATES ON LARGE QUANTITIES. 



FETERITA 



A new variety of the Durra group, introduced from Soudan, Africa, by the United 

 States Agricultural Department. It produces a stalk of medium height in size, bearing ten 

 to twelve leaves and a large head well filled with bluish white seed. 



The grain is larger than Milo and softer than Kaffir. Its feeding value is equal to either 

 Kaffir or Milo. Feterita is an excellent drouth resister. It stands erect, branches out 

 from the root and matures 2 to 3 weeks ahead of Kaffir, yields from 40 to 60 bushels per 

 acre. Feterita is bound to become one of the most important crops of this western country. 



Per pkt. 5 cts., % lb. 10 cts., lb. 25 cts., 3 lbs. 65 cts., postpaid, by express or freight, 

 pk. 75 cts., bu. $3.00, 2 bu. $5.50. 



