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Forage Plants 
AND 
A\i5C^IIar7eous Asiricultural S^^ds 
if ordered by mail, add 10 cents per lb. for postage. 
ATTSTRAITAN ^ATT RTT^H Adapted for all kinds o£ son, but especially so for 
AUO 1 ivn.l<l/l.i^ JAl^l DVOn, altaU land, on M-liicli it makes au astonishing 
growth, producing from 20 to 30 tons of green, nutritious food per acre. Especially adapted to 
all regions where there is a deficiency of rainfall. The plants have a prostrate habit, covering 
the ground with a green cushion six inches thick, each p'ant being about six feet in diameter. 
1 lb. will plant an acre. Mi.T the seed with ten times its bulk of loam, sand, or land plaster, and 
sow broadcast, after which roll or cover lightly with a brush harrow. Sow after the ground has 
become warm and all danger of frost is past. Pkt., 10 cents; oz., 20 cents ; lb., $2.00. 
Per lb. 100 lbs 
BROOM CORN, IMPROVED EVER- 
GREEN $ 10 $8 00 
SORGHUM, HALEPENSE. Known 
also as Arabian Evergreen 
Millet and Johnson Grass. Re- 
markable for its adaptability 
EGYPTIAN CORN, BROWN 10 5 00 to all kinds of soil and climate; 
BUCKWHEAT, JAPANESE 10 8 00 
BUCKWHEAT, SILVER HULL 10 7 00 
Per lb. 103 lbs. 
SORGHUM, EARLY ORANGE $ 10 $6 00 
EGYPTIAN CORN, WHITE . 10 5 00 
KAFFIR CORN. Anon-saccharine 
sorghum, stalks aud blades of 
which make excellent fodder; 
in all stages of growth, availa- 
ble for green feed 15 8 00 
especially desirable where 
there is little rainfa'.l, as it will 
thrive for months without 
moisture IB 10 00 
SUNFLOWER, RUSSI A N MAM- 
MOTH IB 12 00 
MILLET, WHITE FRENCH 20 16 00 TOBACCO, CONNECTICUT SEED- 
LEAF. Oz., 20 cents. 
MILLET, GERMAN or GOLDEN ... 10 6 00 
I TOBACCO, IMPORTED HAVANA. 
MILLET, PEARL or EGYPTIAN .. 25 20 00 Oz., 30 cents. 
SORGHUM, EARLY AMBER 10 6 00 , VETCHES, or TARES 15 9 00 
REANA LUXURIANS, or TEOSINTE. A valuable fodder plant from South America, resembling in 
growth Indian Corn. Oz., 10 cents; lb., $1.50. 
FLAT PEA. or LATHYRUS SYLVESTRIS. A valuable addition to the fodder plants introduced in 
recent years, the dried fodder being equal to grain in nutritive value; will thrive on soil loo 
poor to support any other valuable plant; when once established will last indefinitely, and 
yield enormous crops of hay annually. Oz., 20 cents ; lb., $2.00. 
DWARF ESSEX RAPE. Valuable as a fattening food for pasturing sheep; its fattening properties 
are said to be twice as good as Clover. Sow 12 lbs. per acre broadcast, or 5 lbs. per atre in drills 
15 inches apart. By mail, lb., 25 cents ; by express or freight, lb., 15 cents; 25 lbs. for $3.00. 
SAND, WINTER, or HAIRY VETCHES (Vicia villosa). A very hardy forage plant, growing well on 
soils so poor and sandy that they will produce but little clover. The plants, when mature, are 
about 3 feet high, and if cut for forage as soon as full grown and before setting seed, they will 
start up again aud furnish even a larger crop than the first. Lb., 25 cents. 
JERUSALEM CORN. One of the best and surest crops for dry districts; grows about 3 feet high ; 
makes one large head on main stalk, and several smaller heads on side shoots; grains pure 
white and nearly flat. A correspondent in Kansas says: "I raised a fair crop of Jerusalem 
Corn on unirrigated land the past season, which was the dryest season in the past fifteen years 
at this point, the record phowing 10 Inches less rainfall this year than the average of the past 
fifteen years. 1 had 90 acres in forage crops, and Jerusalem Corn was the only kind that did 
any good." Lb., 16 cents. 
COW PEAS. A highly valuable fodder and fertilizing crop; poor, sandy land may be greatly 
improved by plowing under a crop of Cow Peas. If wanted to plow under for manure, sow with 
a grain drill in drills a foot apart; if grown for fodder or seed, plant :i>^fect apart and cultivate 
thoroughly. Should not be sown until (he soil is thoroughly warm; 80 lbs. will sow 1 acre 
Lb., 10 cents ; 1 00 lbs., $7.00. 
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