LENA, MONTANA. 
FIELD SEEDS— (Continued) 1 1 1 
SUNFLOWER 
SUNFLOWER— (Mammoth Russian.) Lb. (Postpaid^ 25c; By Express or Freight at Purchaser's Expense, 10 Lbs. $1.50 
Single heads measure 15 to 22 inches in diameter, and contain an immense amount of seed, which is highly 
valued bv all farmers and poultry breeders who have tried it as an excellent and cheap food for fowls. Tt is 
the best egg producing food known for poultry. It can be raised cheaper than corn, and is destined to be an 
article of great value. 
RAPE 
RAPE— (Dwarf Essex.) Lb. (Postpaid) 25c; By Express or Fi'eight at Purchaser's Expense, 10 Lbs. $1.75; 25 Lbs. $3.75; 
50 Lbs $7.00 
Uses of Dwarf Essex Rape— Dwarf Essex Rape thrives best on a good soil, rich in vegetable matter. Slough 
lands are excellent. This plant may be grown successfully in the following ways, viz: 1. In the early spring, 
to provide pasture. 2. Tn June or .luly, on well prepared land to provide pasture. 3. Along with grain, using 
2 lbs of seed an acre, to provide pasture for sheep after harvest. 4. Along with peas, oats, clover seed. In 
provide paslure and to get a "catch" of clover. 5. As a cover in the orchard for winter protection to avoid 
root-killing. 6. In corn, sowing the seed with the last cultivation; the succulent feed produced may save the 
loss of cattle by corn stalk disease. Prevention is beller than medicine in regard to this fatal disease. 7. Along • 
with rve, sown in August, in sheep paslure. 8. On early plowed fields lo shade the land and so thai the soil 
will not leach, wash or drift. 9. To plow under as a green crop, adding humus to the soil, an element needed 
in grain growing sections. When rape is sown broadcast, 5 lbs. of seed an acre will sulTice. When sown in 
rows, say thirty inches apart, and cultivated, from I In 2 lbs. an acre will be enough. 
BUCKWHEAT 
SILVER HUIX BUCKWHEAT— Lb. (Poslpaid) 20c; 10 Lbs 75c 
This valuable variety originated abroad and is a decided improvement on the old black or gray sort. It is 
earlv, remains longer in bloom than other sorts. A fine variety for honey bees. The grain is of a beautiful 
light gray color, and has a thin husk. Millers prefer Silver Hull, there being less waste and it makes whiter, 
better and more nutritious flour than other varieties. Silver Hull is more productive and the grain meets 
with a more ready sale, bringing higher prices than the Japanese. Under favorable conditions it will yield 
40 to 50 bushels an acre. 
BIRD SEED 
BIRD SEED MIXED— (S. N. Co.'s.) Lb. (Postpaid) 25c; By Express or Freight, 10 T-bs .$1:25 
Has become famous for its superior quality. We use nolliing but the freshesi high-grade seed, free from 
mustiness and dust. These seeds are particularly relished by canary birds, etc. Put up in 1 pound lithographed 
cartons. 
BIRD— (Hemp.) Best grade. Lb. (Postpaid) : 20c 
BIRD— (Canary.) Best Sicily, Lb. (Postpaid^ 20c 
BIRD— (Rape.) For birds. Lb. CPoslpaid) 20p 
BIRD— (Millet, Faney.) Lb. fPnslpaid) 15c 
BIRD— (Gravel.) Lb. (Postpaid^ 15c 
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