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MAY'S CATALOGUE OF NORTHERN GROWN SEEDS, PLANTS, BULBS AND FRUITS. 
The Wonderful Sand or 
Winter Vetch. 
(Vicia Villosa.) (See cut.) Sometimes 
called the Hairy Vetch. This useful 
plant is noted for its extreme hardi- 
ness and promises to be highly valua- 
ble as a cover crop to prevent leach- 
ing, as well as for forage and fertiliz- 
ing purposes. It is an annual, but 
drops its seeds freely, and will come 
up year after year on the same ground. 
The Washington Department of Agri- 
culture estimates the value of an acre 
of this Vetch plowed under equivalent 
to putting into the ground $16 to $45 
worth of commercial fertilizer. 3 On* 
important feature is that a sowing 
made in August or September covers 
the ground before winter sets in and 
prevents washing of the soil during the winter 
andearly spring, tnussaving a great portion 
IMPORTANT — The seed we offer Is 
the true Sand Vetch (Vicia Villosa). 
Do not confound this with the 
Spring Vetch (Vicia Sativa) sold by 
some seedsmen as the Sand Vetch. 
Speltz. 
of soluble mineral fertilizers contained in soil, which.otherwise would wash or leach out. It can 
also be sown in April and will be ready to. cut by'*V middle of July, the second growth affording 
excellent hog pasture during the summer. The yield of green forage varies from 10 to 15 ton* 
per acre, equal to 3 or 4 tons when cured as dried hay. Sow in drills, using 30 lbs. per acre. Lb. 
25c, postpaid: 10 lbs. $1.25, 25 lbs. or over, 10c per pound. , „ . • - * 
Qni.Sno' V**rhpcAi- TflfM These are a species of pea, and frown extensively for 
opring VCtCneSOr lares, stock feeding. They are excellent food for hogs and also 
a most valuable fertilizer. From 50 to 60 lbs. are sown per acre and cultivated the same as field 
peas. Lb. 2 5c, postpaid; 10 lbs. 75c, 100 lbs. $5.50. n „_ • 
i/JHmov \7titfl* Perennial. Valuable for dry sands or poor soils. Sow 25 lbs to the acre. 
iviuney v citn. Ijto> 35c> postpaid; 10 ibs. $2.25. 
Crifklf 7 < See cut.) The wonderful Grain from Russia. Russia has given us Bromus Iner- 
OpCllA. mls> the moj9t notable addition to our list of grasses In many years. She has come 
to the front with a grain which is fully demonstrated to be of extraordinary value for growth 
on poor soils and in drouthy sections. It is neither wheat, rye nor barley, and yet it appears to> 
be a combination of these. It is more like wheat than any of the others mentioned. For fatten- 
ing cattle, poultry, horses, sheep, pigs, etc., it is claimed to be ahead of other grains, in fact all 
kinds of animals seem to thrive on it. Speltz Is claimed to be ahead of 
corn, superior to oats and more profitable than wheat. Yields 80 to 100> 
bushels of richer food than corn, besides giving as much as 4 tons of good 
hay per acre. Excellent for pasture and can also be fed in the green state. 
As a green grass hay food it often gives 100 leafy stalks from one seed, 
which shows its heavy stooling properties. The heads are somewhat' simi- 
lar to two rowed barley, the spikelets being separated from each other in 
such a manner that the^crop" is. not easily injured by the weather: Will 
grow well and produce enormous crops on poor soil. Dry weath#r appears 
to have no effect on it. It is a wonderful stooler and a robust grower. Ev- 
ery farmer should grow it. Sow at the rate of 50 to 60 pounds per acre. 
Pkt. 10c, lb. 25c, postpaid; 25 lbs. 85c, 50 lbs. $1.50, 100 lbs. $2.25, 500 lbs. $10. 
CULTURE OF SPELTZ. — The culture of Speltz is very simple. It is just 
as easy as growing oats or corn. Prepare your land as you would for 
wheat or oats, and sow at the rate of 50 to 60 pounds to the acre. In the 
green state it makes an excellent pasture. Cut when the grain is past the 
middle stages of milk, when it will make splendid grain and lots of straw- 
hay of excellent quality. Thresh like 
wheat, only not so closely. The hull 
and kernel can then be fed or first 
ground. 
Pan«i (GLYCINE HISPID A.) (See cut.) 
L>C<tll. Ti ie Soja Bean is fast coming 
to the front as a great soil enricher and -as a 
food for fattening hogs and cattle, ' both in the 
green and dry state. It is an annual, stem 
stout, erect, branching but little; 2 to 4 feet, 
flowers in clusters, pods short, 2 to 4 seeded. 
The crop is cultivated like corn, the seed being 
planted in drills at the rate of half bushel per 
acre. The stems are too coarse to make good 
hay, but are covered with such a dense growth 
of leaves, and are so prolific in fruit that the hay 
is prized highly for milch cows and fattening 
animals. The yield of green forage is very 
heavy when grown on good soil, and the yield 
of beans is from 20 to 30 bushels per acre. Those 
who have had the most experience with this crop 
find that the best way to handle it is to cut or 
pull the plants when the first pods begin to open, 
and thresh as soon as dry enough. In this way 
the coarse stalks are so broken in pieces and 
mixed with the leaves that nearly all will be 
paten. Pkt. 10c, pt. 20c, at. 35c, postpaid; pk. 
75c, bu. $2.50. 
Volx7<*+ R*»2»ti Extensively grown for fer- 
YClVCLDCdU. tilizing. It is a tremend- 
ous grower, very prolific, vines running from 12 
to 18 feet long. It is the bean to try every- 
where; it no doubt will make as much green her- 
bage as any plant grown. Pkt. 10c, pt. 25c, qt. 
35c, postpaid; pk. 75c, bu. $2.25. 
I nftf f| c ^ ne °* * ne best plants known for 
!L ' l " t K 111 *^ reclaiming poor and particularly 
sandy and old worn out land. By plowing in 
the Lupins such land can be made very valua- 
ble. It is so highly valued in Germany that it 
is called the "Gold of the Desert" or Desert Re- 
claimer. Lb. 25c, postpaid; 10 lbs. 90c, 100 lbs. 
$8.00. 
Soja Bean. 
