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MAYS NORTHERN GROWN SEEDS BEST FOR ALL CLIMES 
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VETCHES. 
The Wonderful Sand or 
Hairy Vetch. 
(Vicia Villosa.) (See Cut.) Sometimes call- 
ed the Winter Vetch. This useful plant is 
noted for its extreme hardiness and promises 
to be highly valuable as a cover crop to pre- 
vent leeching, as well as for forage and fer- 
tilizing purposes. It is an annual, but drops 
its seeds freely, and will come up year after 
year on the same ground. The Washington 
Department of Agriculture estimates the 
value of an acre of this Vetch plowed under 
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 be- 
fore winter sets in and prevents washing of 
the soil during the winter and early spring, 
thus saving a great portion of soluble min- 
eral fertilizers contained in soil, which 
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. The yield of green forage varies 
from 10 to 15 tons per acre, equal to 3 
Sow in drills, using 30 lbs. per acre. Lb. 25c, postpaid; 10 lbs. $1.25, 25 lbs. 
Do not confound this with the Spring 
or 4 tons when cured as dried hay 
or over 10c. per lb. . , . 
IMPORTANT — The seed we offer is the true Sand Vetch (Vicia V.llosa). 
Vetch (Vicia Sativa) sold by some seedsmen as the Sand Vetch. - ... . , 
_ _ — . - rr* -ire grown extensively for stock feeding. They are excellent food 
Sonnff VetCheS Or lareS. f or hogs and also a most valuable fertilizer. From 50 to (50 pounds 
„f ""%er acre aml 6ultivl 1 a* field pels.' Lb. 20c, postpaid; .0 lbs. 70c., 50 lb, , $2.50; .00 lb S . $4. 50. 
■ - — - • ■ - ■ — — - J - Sow 2o lbs. to the acre. Lb. 35c, 
Kidney Vetch. 
Perennial Valuable for dry sands or poor soils, 
postpaid; 10 lbs. $2.25. 
Special Mixture of 
Vetches and Oats for 
Price for mixture to sow one acre 
By Express or Freight. 
Green Fodder 
Mammoth Pods and Kernels. 
CHOICE HAND SELECTED STOCK. 
Peanuts will yield as large a revenue as any 
crop that can be grown in proportion to the out- 
lay Peanuts are also good food. At least, so say some of the authorities; and 
Peanut Butter has come to be regarded as a dainty. The foliage and vines make 
valuable forage for stock. Large pkt. 10c, pt. 25c, qt. 40c postpaid. 
A Field of 1 ,000 Headed Kale. 
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WILD RICE. 
(See cut.) Valuable as an at- 
traction for wild fowls. Sown 
in large quantities along the 
edges of ponds, lakes and 
streams. It can be success- 
fully 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 com- 
mences to sprout as soon as 
the weather becomes warm, 
reaching the surface generally 
the first part of June, 
grows very rapidly in one 
eight feet of water, ripening 
late in August or early in Sep- 
tember. The best plan is to 
sow it broadcast from a boat 
in 2 or 3 feet of water having 
a mud bottom. Its value to 
the sportsmen as a bait for fowl is being realized more each year. 
Lb., 25., postpaid; 10 lbs., $1.60; 100 lbs., $15.00. 
Thousand Headed Kale. 
dueing a tremendous mass 
of beautiful cut and curled leaves, which are long, large and rich, of 
a beautiful green color, and are eagerly sought and eaten by sheep, 
horses and cattle. The seed can be sown early in April or any time 
thereafter until midsummer. The best wav is to plant with a gar- 
den drill dropping the seeds about eight inches apart in the row, 
and the rows twelve inches apart each way. One pound this way 
will be sufficient for an acre, but if you wish to sow it broadcast 
use three pounds per acre. One Thousand Headed Kale is hardier 
than rape, and therefore becomes a magnificent plant to sow in 
conjunction with Rape, so that you can figure to pasture sheep, 
cattle hogs anil poultry a month to eight weeks longer by having a 
few acres of Thousand Headed Kale than you can on Rape alone. 
It grows to a height of three or four feet, the roots penetrating to a 
great depth in the sub-soil, so that the plant is not affected by 
drought. It grows with great rapidity after being fed off and 
flourishes in all kinds of soils. Lb. 35c, postpaid; 10 lbs., $2.00; 100 
lbs., $17.00. 
171 „ _ x__ e^.T,:_, „ The demand for this seems to increase 
rlaX IOr OOWing. each season. The acreage in the North- 
west last year was verv large indeed. It should be sown late enough 
in the spring to avoid frost. When grown for the fibre about one 
bushel should be sown to the acre, but if for seed alone usually Yt 
bushel is sufficent. Lb., 25c, postpaid; pk., 50c, bu., $1.75. 
J. W. SNOW, WARE, MASS., writes: 
"The Potatoes received all right and I am pleased with 
them." 
