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CORN— PEAS— ROOTS FOR CATTLE. 
Corn 
I 
i 
Southern Roasting Ear. • 
A short-stalked, strong-foliaged, vigorous rooting variety of Table Corn adapted to the 
Southern climate, being less liable to insect injury and the burning effects of hot sun than the 
more delicate sugar varieties. 
Grain white, sweet, productive in good ears. A sort which solves the problem of a valu- 
able roasting ear for planting in the Southern States. 
An excellent variety for truckers' use for Northern shipment. 
Pkts. sc. and loc; per qt. 20c.; per Hi bush. 95c.; per bush. $3.50. 
Landreths' 
Extra Early 
F^C3.S ^^^^ ^ Worid=Wide Reputation. 
We have testimony of their extreme earliness, productiveness, superior qual- 
ity, and adaptability to the various soils in which they were planted, from 
WORCESTER, [ r FRANKFURT 
WITHAM, A A GERMANY I LEIPSIC, 
ENGLAND < Chester, 
MAIDSTONE, 
QUEDLINBURG. 
BEDFORD. m HOLLAND ( HNKHU.ZEN. 
beziers, 
FRANCE ^ ST. REMV. 
NANTES. 
1 
SWEDEN ....... J STOCKHOLM, 
I ALBANO. 
Roots for Cattle. 
" In this country the turnip and the ruta baga, or ' Swede,' 
as it is familiarly called, is more generally cultivated for stock- 
food than any other root— not that it is the best, but because it 
can be so readily grown, and at small cost. Wiiile beets, mangold, 
carrots, kohl rabbi and parsnip demand an entire season to mature, 
the turnip is of so quick growth in our climate, that within a few 
weeks only after sowing abundant supplies may be in hand. 
"The writer cannot, however, but maintain that, though at 
.some increa.se of labor in the production, no expenditure on the 
farm may, in the long run, pay better than an annual crop of 
mangolds and carrots, even if raised only in sufficient quantity 
to alternate with the ruta baga, and thus the food be varied ; a 
change which the milch cow, the stall-fed ox and the sheep crave 
equally with man. * * * 
" Nothing we know of is so efficient, considering the small cost 
of time and money. Seventy to eighty days will make the crop, 
and at a cost not exceeding three dollars per acre. The prepara- 
tion of the soil and climatic adaptation of the locality is an 
important pre requisite to success, both as respects the productive- 
ness of the crop, and its cost, for it is manifest that, however 
valuable and desirable may be any object we seek, the cost or 
obtaining it may be disproportionate to its value ; such is espe 
cially the case with all products of the soil." — Landreth Farm, 
Notes. 
Market Gardening and Farm Notes. 
We are always glad to welcome anything that gives special attention to the garden, that part of the farm which is too much 
neglected and which bears so important a relation to the health, happiness and comfort of the family. This work is issued by the 
Orange Judd Co , New York, and sold at one dollar. It was written by Burnet Landreth, a thoroughly practical and scientific horti- 
culturist. A novel feature of the book is the calendar of flirm and garden operations for each month of the year, indicating those 
which apply to each of the various sections and climates of North America.— r/ie Western Ploioman, MoUne, III., March 15, 1893. 
If you want varieties of seeds NOT kept by your merchant, he can get them for you or you can write to us yourself. 
