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FORAGE PLANTS 
DWARF ESSEX RAPE 
Dwarf Essex Rape has long been the main standby of the English farmer in raising choice mutton 
and it should be more generally planted in this country. +M i+ • 
In the northern states it can be used as an all season crop, but in the middle and southern states it is 
used to best advantage for late summer and fall planting. it. 
It makes excellent pasture for hogs, sheep and cattle. It is especially valuable for feeding young lambs 
at weaning time. Hogs do not bloat on it but care should be taken in turning sheep and cattle on to it. 
It is a good Plan t° S ive them a full feed of grain before letting them into the rape. 
Rape will endure severe cold weather and will last a long time after the ordinary pasture grasses suc- 
cumb to frost. It is a rank grower and will stand heavy manuring and high cultivation. Poultry men 
will do well to sow a small patch for their chickens. An excellent plan is to sow it on wheat stubble for 
fall pasture. 
Dwarf Essex Rape may be sown either broadcast or in rows. Drilling in rows has many advantages 
as cultivation increases the yield, conserves the moisture and keeps down the weeds. There is also less 
waste in pasturing as the animals are inclined to follow the rows and not tramp on the plants. 
In sowing small pastures the ordinary garden drill is very satisfactory and for large fields a grain drill 
with some of the feed hoppers closed up may be used. If sown in drills it takes from three to five pounds 
and if broadcast from five to ten pounds to the acre. Try some dwarf Essex Rape in the fall. You will 
find it very profitable. . . • Lb - 15o > 10 lbs. $1.40 
TEOSINTE. Recommended as the most prolific forage plant yet introduced. The stalks containing 
much saccharine matter, are very nutritious. It can be cut several times during the season, yielding 
enormously. One seed will sometimes produce 20 to 60 stalks or shoots, and the- warmer the climate the 
better it yields. Should not be planted Until the soil is perfectly warm in the spring. Requires about 4 
pounds of seed to the acre. Plant in drills about three feet apart and two or three seeds every 12 inches 
in drill Lb. $1.00 
BROOM CORN 
The growing of Broom Corn has been very profitable the last few years. It can be grown in almost 
every part of the U. S. as it requires only about three months of good growing weather and any good corn 
soil will grow broom corn. The light sandy soils produce the finer and tougher brush. 
Broom corn should not be planted as early as corn, as cold soil will cause the seed to rot in the ground. 
In Oklahoma, Missouri and Kansas it is commonly planted in May, and in Illinois from the middle of 
May to the middle of June. 
Planting is done in drills from three and one-fourth to three and one-half feet apart for standard varie- 
ties and three feet for dwarf varieties. The plants should be from two to three feet apart in the row. 
Extreme care should be taken to get the seed planted properly. Cultivation should be commenced early 
and repeated frequently to keep the weeds from getting ahead of the slow growing young plants. 
Broom Corn' should be harvested when in bloom, as this gives brush of the desirable green color. In 
Oklahoma the dwarf broom corn is harvested by going through the field several times and pulling the 
ripened each time. Tall or standard broom corn is harvested by a method called tabling. 
The various processes of cutting, hauling, threshing, drying and preparing the brush for market re- 
quire considerable knowledge and experience. A person therefore should grow broom corn on a rather 
small scale at first or else get full information on the handling of this crop. 
IMPROVED EVERGREEN. This Broom Corn grows about 8 to 10 feet high, stands up well, and 
is entirely free from crooked brush. The fiber is long and fine. Its great value is' that it will not get red 
in the field before it is cut, but is strictly a green variety of brush commanding high price. 
THE OKLAHOMA DWARF BROOM CORN. Originated in Oklahoma. Most valuable strain 
grows here and in the Southwest. Quite distinct from all others in earliness. Of robust habit and extreme 
productiveness; brush long and well fibered, and is a drought resister. On new breaking it does splendidly, 
leaving the ground in prime order for fall wheat crop, only slight discing needed to prepare for seeding! 
Averages five feet in height, making it convenient for pulling brush. It is a great yielder; one of our Okla- 
homa growers reports several fields yielding 1 to 3 tonB fine long brush ; seeds may be left to ripen on brush 
without injury to latter, removing danger of heating from immature seed bins. Stalks make excellent 
fodder if cut at once after brush is pulled. 
Seeds go at parcel post rates. Allow 5c per lb. for small lots and regular parcel post charges for larger 
quantities. 
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