GROWN IN 
•■^HAIRV ^ 
The Wonderful Sand 
or Hairy Vetch 
(Vicia ViUosa) Sometimes called the 
Winter Vetch, 
AS A PASTURE PLANT FOR LATE FALL 
AND EARLY SPRING IS WITH- 
OUT AN EQUAL. 
This Vetch is beyond doubt one of the 
most valuable fodder plants for the West and 
Northwestern States, owing to its adaptabil- 
ity to withstand severe drought, heat and 
cold. The vines are very similar to pea 
vines, but are more slender and much more 
thickly clad with leaves and side stems, 
which furnish nice, succulent feed. Individ- 
ual plants will make a ten-foot growth before 
going to seed. It is an annual, but drops its 
seeds freely, and will come up year after j'ear 
on the same ground. The Washington De- 
partment of Agriculture estunates the value of an acre of this Vetch plowed tinder equivalent to putting into the ground 
$16 to $45 worth of commercial fertilizer. One 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 an<l early spring, thus 
saving a great portion of soluble mineral fertilizers contained in soil, »vhieh otherwise would wash or leech out. It can 
also be sown in April and will be ready to cut by the middle of July, the second growth affording excellent hog pasture 
during the summer. , 
TTnr a TTav Prr»T» Make sowings in early spring at the rate of 30 lbs. per acre, broadcast, with the ad- 
i:\Jl <X aay wp. dltion of one-half bushel Rj;e or Oats to furnish support for the vines. This latter 
method willlgive the best satisfaction. On good, rich soil it yields enormous crops of green fodder, running from 10 to 
15 tons to the acre; equal to .3 to 4 tons when cured as dried hay. It is also a remarkable grower on sandy and thin 
land. Lb. 25c., postpaid; 10 lbs. $1.25; 25 lbs. or over, lOc. per lb. 
Qnrino- Vptr^VlPC nr Tarpa grown extensively for stock feeding. They are excellent food for hogs 
OpilUg V CH^llca Ul X<UCO j,|go ^ most valuable fertilizer. From 50 to 60 pounds are sown per 
Lb. 20c., postpaid; 10 lbs. 70c., SO lbs. $2.50, 
acre and cultivated as field peas. 
Hardy, Drouth=Defying, 
.BROMUS INERMUS OR 
BROME GRASS. 
:SCRIPT!ON, It originated in Russia, and is 
jomiuended on account of the manner in which 
has stood on the Hungary plains, where the dry. 
Tile nature of the country and the long continued 
_)u ghts make so many plants succumb. This 
omus, however, stands well, and has been known 
thirty years to stand when such robust crops as 
alfa have been destroyed. It gives a luxuriant 
»p, particularly^ on fresh sandy loam soil, and 
lere the climate is warm. AnimaU eat it greedily, 
e seed is sown in the early spring. It is also useful 
tilling up gaps where alfalfa or clover crops have 
It^d. Yields enormous crops of splendid hay and 
affords early and abundant pasturage. The import- 
ftjtc and value of this class to the Northwest is not to 
be estimated. It is an absolute and thoroughly 
prc)\c'n success, equaling in quality and rivaling in 
yield almost any other grass. One sowing will stand 
For > cars. Succeeds on poor soils and yields 4 to 5 
:ons per acre, v 
Star "Rrfltlfl REST NORTHERN 
Jiai X>IdJlU. GROWN. Lb. 2Sc., postpaid; 
W express or freight, 15 lbs., enough for one acre, 
0.25; 100 lbs. $12.00. 
BroTmi<; Choirt* postpaid; by 
LiiUiUUb, V/UUiCC. express or freight, 15 
b?. $1.75, 100 lbs. $10.00. 
Frost=Proof Grass for the Northwest. 
AUSTRALIAN SALT BUSH. 
A FORAGE PLANT FOR ALKALI SOILS, AND FOR REOIONS SUBJECT TO 
PERIODIC DROUTH. 
See Photo. Illustration of a single plant, 6 months from planting, grown on dry land 
without irrigation and no rainfall after plants were one inch high. 
This is a most wonderful forage plant, as it will grow freely in arid and alkali lands, 
that will produce no other vegetation, yielding a marvelous lilwral foliage which is 
eagerly eaten by all kinds of stock. It is of creeping habit. From 20 to 30 tons of 
green fodder have been harvested from one acre. It has further been proven that after 
three or four crops have been grown on alkali land, that the soil is then capable of pro- 
ducing any other vegetation. In many sections of the states this is in itself of priceless 
value. This plant has been extensively tried at the California Experimental Station, 
where single plants, grown in the poorest alkali ground, have reached a diameter of 16 
feet in one sea.s(m. The plant needs .lome little moisture to start it into growth, but 
when once started will make a strong growth during the hottest and driest weather. 
Seed should be sown early when the trees are starting out in leaf, so that the plants may 
become established before hot, dry weather. It may be cured for forage in the same 
manner as you would clover, that is, the hay should be dried slowly m "cocks" to 
prevent the leaves from falling off. One pound of seed will plant an acre. It grows 
readily from seed and requires no cultivation. Pkt. Sc., oz. lOc., }4 lb. 30c., lb. $1.00, 
postpaid. 
L. L. MAY & CO., ST. PAUL, MINN. 
