SACALINE. GIVEN AWAY! 
90 to 180 Tons Per Acre. That is 
-what is Claimed for it. Please 
Read What We Say. 
Below we give a complete description 
together witli reports o( the forage plant., 
"Sacalhio." By the best authorities ii; 
bota Auierlca and Europe this is highly 
recommendeJ, but we have not been ab: - 
to test It ourselves, and do not think anx 
other seed firm in America has, owinRiji 
the fact that it has but recently been intri >- 
duced into this country; we therefore do 
not waiit to sell it to our patrons until 
hav ■ thoroughly satlstied ourselves that it 
Is precisely as recommended. In order 
that it may be tested by ail our patrons 
wlio desire to do so, this season, we will 
give, absolutely free, a good size packet of 
tha seed to any person sending us an order 
aU-1 re:iuestiug the seed for trial. This will 
give everyone an opportunity to test it and 
dcciJe for thems Ives whether It is worthy 
of their atte t on. We realize that It wlu 
be extensively advertised this year and 
that we could sell an enormous quantity 
at a high price, but not having tried it our- 
selves, we could not conscientiously rec- 
ommend it to our many patrons, and con- 
sequently decided that the safest way 
would be to allow them to give It a trisil 
this season, and then If It proves to be all 
that is claimed forit, we will atonce secure 
a large supply of the se d and offer it for 
sale as reasonable as possible next year. 
Description.— Sacaline is it a new plant, 
having been grown and sold for more than 
20 years as an ornamental plant by nurse- 
rymen. Its qualities as a forage planti 
however, were not discovered until 1893, 
when, the severe drought experienced la 
France having destroyed evory other for- 
age plant but this. It was found that cattle, 
horses and sheep ate It with avidity. Thla created such a demand for ft that Fvcnt-h nm , , : , , ;.sed every plant that was obtain- 
able in this coimtry at any price, and even seed sold at $X,M per pound. If it is considered .so vtUtAblo i . France it certainlv mtm be st 11 
'.l'" ^nr*""^' r^t''* inuire^t is so enormou.respecially in the south and west, where forage L n"arlv always scarce 
H Hr; il"r"H%''''''''''^ recommended by such great authorities on agriyiturJarPro- 
fessors I-H. BaUey. L. H. Pammel and J. h. BuUd, of the Iowa Agricultural College; Dr. dexamef, ot the ^m«rican^i7rfcSiturte£, and others. 
THE CLAIMS MADE FOR IT ARE 
no cultivation, no 
ands forever. The 
s more nutritious 
TO 18OTONS or 
man 
yout 
than 
GREt 
C 
beln 
soil ke jt very wJt. and protected from frost. The plants should afterwards "be set ''ourthreefeerapaxt^ 
sown where w.mted, and the plants thinned out properly afterwards. 
From Maior Albert Bonnafon.— "I have lived among cattle-raisers In the west for years. If half of what Is said about Sacaline is true 
it will revolutionize cattle raising in the west, and turn worthless lands into rich an;l ^alu ibie graiin" grotm Is ^'''-''""« *rue, 
Fromnr.Johnaerman, Haddonfield, N.J.— -I planted the root of Sacaline which you sent me°iu t ie dri 
clover and even grass wouid not grow. Yet in throe months it made a solid bush three feet hiirh and slvteen fn, 
t grow 
leaf wilted during a drought of nearlv ten weeks. 
From Chas. I. Cragin, Ex-Presideht of the Crazln Cattle Company.' 
Cattle Hanges of the Southwest. 
Iriesl spot on my farm, where 
made a solid bush three feet high and sixteen foet In circumference. Not a 
-"I am sure that your new forage plant will be a great thin ; for the 
.rai-ff??* 't.Il''^-,^:^"'^}^' ^^1"'^?/ o'.the White House Gardens, atidEx-President Society of American Florlsts.-'It Is aplant of immense 
value to cattle-raisers. Come to Wasningiou an.l call the attention of the Agricnitural Department to it." n umeuse 
they seem to Uke''lt.^'*°^*'~ ^^"^ S*"'^!^*' oerti^i^y a wonderful plant. It has made tremendous growth. I have fed it to horses, and 
,i^„f;rt'??„'irj!°'1f ^*f^ O^'*'*' Pa.-"The farmers around here are very much interested in your new forage plant. I have no 
doubt you causell thousands of it here as soon as you have sufficient stock. I am propagating the plants sent me to their utmost capacity." 
A Request. iy,",'^?hff,.",l/,^rj?''/'V,'^^ I Trial Packatre Prpp f KememberwearenotselUngthese^ 
„, P.''"''*'*.''^"P™™''' the coming fall; this I » r'dl rdCKdge rrCe I this season but will send a1>solutelv 
}T"_' »''.t<"l«'ermln«*''et''er it is valuable alikefor allsec- free a p.ackage to all sending us a^oiS this year a£i r(^ue?tfn^ 
' the seed for trial. vis 
tlons of America. 
A Year's TWO P APPPQ PPPP I And a Collection of Choice Flower 
Subscription for * ▼ ▼ ^ r /\r L^IVO r IVLfLf ; or Vegetable Seeds at Half Price. 
Q.\RDEN COLLECTION NO. 10. 
TMs consists of the following Vegetable Seeds: 
1 P.it. Beet, May's Market Gardener . 10c 
1 •' Beans, Bush Lima . . . 10c 
1 " Cabbage, Hundred Weight . ISc 
1 " Carrot, Long Orange ... Be 
1 ** Cucumbe-, Evergreen . . lOc 
1 " Corn, Karly Minnesota. . . 6c 
1 " Lettuce, All Cream . . . lOc 
1 " Water fielon, Ice King . . lOc 
1 " riusk Melon, Minn. Perfection . lOc 
1 " Onion, Prizetaker . loc 
1 " Pumpkins, MLxed Varieties . loc 
1 " Peas, May's Sunol . . . 10c 
1 " Parsnip, Magnum Bonum . . lOc 
1 " Radish, Queen of the Market . 10c 
1 " Tomato, Kxtra Early Tree . . ISc 
Retail Price, 91.50 
Vegetabl 
We are doing our utmost to induce every one who receives our catalogue this 
year, to send us an order for some of our seeds. To every person sending us 75 cents 
(less than wholesale price of the seeds, alone,) we will send either one of the folloiving 
collections of seeds, i>ostpaid, to- 
ether with one year's subscription 
slble llgm-e. 
WO SUCH OFFER AS THIS MADE BY ANY 
OTHER SEEO FIRM IN THE WORL.D. 
0 both The Farm journal and The 
American Home Paper. The sub- 
scription price of the papers alone 
is %\ 00, so you can readily see what 
a liberal offer we are making. How 
we are able to make such an offer: 
On account of the immense amount 
of advertising these two papers re- 
ceive out of such an offer in our Cat- 
alogue, they have given us the very 
lowest price for a year's subscrip- 
tion, and to this we have put forth 
our best efforts, and made up two 
splendid assortments of Seeds and 
reduced the price 10 the lowest pos- 
FLOWER COLLECTION NO. 20. 
This consists of the following Flower Seeds: 
1 Pkt. Double Pink, Red Rover . 15c 
1 " nignonette. Sweet ... 5c 
1 " Phlox:, Prince Arthm: . . 15c 
1 " Candytuft, Snowball . . . 10c 
1 " Poppy, Snowdrift . . . 10c 
1 •' Pansy, Blue Prince . . . 20c 
1 " " May's Royal Mlxe<l . 25c 
1 " Verbenas, Mammoth Mixed . 15c 
1 " Petunia, Iiiitus Aurea . . 20c 
1 " Zinnia, Giant Mixed . . . 10c 
1 " Balsams, Maiden's Blush . . 10c 
Retail Price, $1755 
^ L. L. MAY & CO., ST. PAUL, MINN. 
NOTE. For $1.25 we will .■iend the above two collections of Seeds and one year's subscription to each of the two Papers. 
