MAY'S NORTHERN GROWN SEEDS, BEST FOR ALL CLIMES. 
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Mammoth Russian Sunflower. 
Single heads measure fifteen to twenty-two inches in 
diameter, and contain an immense amount of seed, which 
is highly valued by all farmers and poultry breeders who 
have tried it as an excellent and cheap food for fowls. It 
is the best egg-producing food known for poultry. It can 
be raised cheaper than corn, and is destined to be an arti- 
cle of great value as soon as It becomes generally known. 
Every farmer should plant some of the seed in any waste 
place of ground any time from early spring up to the mid- 
dle of July. It is a wonderful improvement on the old na- 
tive Sunflower, and besides the great value of the seed as 
a poultry and stock food, its leaves make capital fodder, 
while its strong, thick stalk can be profitably used as fuel. 
Per oz. 5c, per lb. 25c, 3 lbs. 65c, postpaid; 10 lbs. 75c, 100 
lbs. $6.00. 
Hinnesota Early Amber Sugar Cane. 
This is the only variety of Cane that makes a fine 
syrup, clear as a crystal. Cane syrup made from our Ear- 
ly Imber Cane, grown right here in Minnesota, has oe- 
come famous. The syrup has a very delicious flavor and 
all that have used it prefer it to all others. There is 
nothing like a home product on your table. Dairy farmers say that it is the 
most valuable fodder plant for their use. Notwithstanding its great adapta- 
bility as a food for live stock, it is only quite recently that the real value of Sorghum (or Sugar 
Cane) has attracted general attention. Its great merit is now beginning to be appreciated, and the 
demand is increasing every year. It is profitably grown anywhere, on any good corn ground, and 
does not appear to be affected by drought. As a fodder plant it is the most economical plant in 
•existence, and of the very best quality, being sweet, tender, nutritious and greedily eaten by cat- 
tle, horses and hogs. Dairymen find that the cows will give more and richer milk from its use, 
and it is claimed that as high as 50 tons of green fodd>er have been grown per acre. It can be 
cut several times during the season if not allowed to get too high, and makes a good, sweet hay. 
Sow lOO lbs. per acre for best results. It is a profitable crop also to grow for the seed, which is 
excellent for feeding poultry, and is frequently ground and substituted for Buckwheat flour. Lb. 
20c, postpaid; 100 lbs. $3.50. 
Giant Spurry. 
Spurry is of great value for light or thin ground, and several years' experimenting at the Michi- 
gan Agricultural College has proven that it is the only plant which can be grown on poor, sandy. , 
dry soil, that will surely return a paying yield. Dr. Manley Stiles, of Lansing, Mich., calls it the 
clover of sandy soils, yielding 7,700 pounds per acre. In another report to the Michigan Agricul- , 
tural Station he says: The Spurry has shown wonderful productiveness. Its value as a manur- 
ial' plant on light soils is pronounced. It seems to enrich the soil more rapidly than other plants. 
It is readily eaten by cows, sheep and. cattle. The reports re- 
ceived from parties who have tested Giant ' Spurry are very 
gratifying indeed. Everybody pronounces it a tremendous hay 
producer, and by all odds the best green fertilizer. Lb. 25c, 
postpaid; 10 lbs. (enough for 1 acre) 95c, 50 lbs. $4.00, rOO lbs. 
$6.90. 
Why You Should Plant Giant Spurry. 
Because it is the most prolific fodder and hay plant for sandy 
soils, for worn out land, for poor and doubtful soils known. 
It flourishes on sandy, worn out soils, where no other plant 
flourishes, and returns big yields every time. \ 
It comes next to clover as a fertilizer. Take the poorest 
land or the worst land that you can imagine and sow 20 lbs. 
of Giant Spurry per acre. Do this two years, and you will 
have a soil for wheat, oats and potatoes. 
The American Agriculturist and all prominent agricultural 
-writers urge the planting of Spurry. 
CULTURE OF GIANT SPURRY It is of very rapid growth 
and is sown the latter part of March, April or May, at the rate 
of 10 pounds per acre if wanted for hay. The seed is sown 
broadcast on well prepared s.oil and covered lightly by harrow- 
ing. It germinates quickly, and in from 6 to 8 weeks is ready 
to cut. It is usually cut for hay the first time, and pastured 
afterward for the rest of the summer. If wanted as a fertil- 
izer 20 pounds are sown per acre, and when from 15 to 20 
inches high, plowed under. Two crops can be plowed under in 
one year on account of its quick growth. 
Wild Rice. 
Sugar Cane. 
Valuable as an attraction for wild fowls. Sown in large 
quantities along the edges of ponds, lakes and streams. It 
can be successfully sown either in the winter or spring, but 
often the best results are obtained, when sown during the 
fall months, generally about the middle of September. It 
lies dormant all winter when sown in the fall, and in the 
spring commences to sprout as soon as the weather be- 
comes warm, reaching the surface generally the first part of 
June. It grows very rapidly in one to eight feet of water, 
ripening late in August or early in September. The best 
plan is to sow it broadcast from a boat in 2 or 3 feet of 
water having a mud bottom. In large ponds or lakes it 
purifies the water, affords a refuge for the small fry from 
the large fish, as well as furnishing the small fry with plen- 
ty of food from the animalcula upon the stocks; for plant- 
ing in fish ponds it is equally desirable. It also does well 
along the shores of marshes, and makes a good hay. Its 
value to the sportsmen as a bait for fowl is being realized 
more each year. Lb. 35c, postpaid; 10 lbs. 81.50, 100 lbs. $13.50 
Flax for Sowing. 
The demand for this seems to increase each season and 
the acreage in the Northwest last year - 
was very large indeed. It should be 
sown late enough in the spring to avoid 
frost but as early as it is possible to do so in order to secure the early spring 
rains. When grown for the fibre about one bushel should be sown to the acre, but 
if for seed alone usually % bushel is sufficient. Cut it before th®roughly ripe and 
if the weather is warm and the earth dry let it lie in the swath a few hours, when 
it should be raked and secured for the winter. Thresh during dry weather in the 
fall months. Lb. 25c, postpaid; pk. 65c, bu. $2.00. 
Pearl or Gat Tail Millet. 
MAKES A SPLENDID CONTINUOUS CUTTING FORAOE CROP, EITHER 
FOR CAREEN POOD OR HAY. WILL LARGELY 
OUTYIELD GERMAN MILLET. 
Farmers in the far South largely depend on Pearl Millet for green, 
food and fodder for all kinds of stock. The enormous yields which are 
continuously cut four or five times during the season are used for both 
green and dry feeding, and as it yields so largely it is very highly prized. 
As soon as the farmers in other sections realize the immense value of 
Pearl Millet it will come into use more generally than the well-known 
German Millet, from which only one crop can be cut. Pearl Millet will 
grow well and luxuriantly on any soil suitable for corn, but the land 
should be rich. It grows ten to twelve feet high, but cutting should 
commence when a height of two and one-half to three feet is attained. 
After being cut it will stool out enormously, becoming much thicker, 
makes a rapid growth and will afford three to four cuttings during the 
season. It is very nutritious and relished by all kinds of stock. Dairy- 
' men and stock raisers should plant Pearl Millet in large quantities, as it 
jty^, furnishes fresh, green feed for the summer, and if a sufficient quantity 
/3 U is sown can be cut, as desired for daily feeding until killed by freezing 
I r weather. It should not be sown until about May. If sown broadcast, 
twenty to thirty pounds should be used, but quicker growth and more 
* freauent cuttings will be obtained if sown at the rate of five pounds 
to the acre in drills, three feet apart, and cultivated occasionally. Lb. 
25c. postpaid; 25 lbs. $2.75, 100 lbs. $10.00. 
