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Thousand Headed Kale, ^udnta tfeJll?^'^.^^ 
ot beautiful cut and curled lea\es, wliich are long, lurge and rich of 
a beautiful green color, and are eagerly sought and eaten by sheep, 
horses and cattle. The s<!ed can be sown early in April or any time 
thereafter until midsummer. The best way 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 vou wish to sow it broadcast 
use three pounds per acre. Our 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 and 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 afTeeted by 
drought. It grows with great rapidity after being fed off and 
flourishe^in all kmds of soils. Lb. 35c, postpaid; 10 lbs. $2.00, I GO 
Ids. $17,00, 
frifint SnilTTV Spurry is of great value for light or thin 
, ... r." , .ground, .and several years' experimenting 
at the Michigan Agricultural College has proven that it is the only 
plant which can be grown on poor, sandy, dry soil, that will surely 
return a paying yield. Dr. Manley S'iles, of Lansing. Mich., calls 
It the clover of sandy soils, yielding 7.700 pounds per acre. In an- 
other report to the Michigan .-Vgricultural Station, he says: "The 
Spurry has shown wonderful pro<luotiveness. Its value as a manu- 
rial plant on light soils is pronounced. It seems to enrich the soil 
more rapidly than other plants. It is readily eaten by cows, sheep 
and cattle." The reports received from parties who have tested 
A PIPI n np I nnn HPincn c Spurry are very gratifying indeed. Everybody pronounces it 
A flCLU Oh 1,000 HEADED KALE. a tremendous hay producer, and the best green fertilizer Lb 2Sc 
„ - _ postpaid; lOlbs. (enoughforl acre.) Q.Sc, SOIbs. $4.00, looibs. $6.90. 
Why You Should Plant Giant Spurry. JzT.r^ 
lodder and hay plant for .sandy soils, for worn out land, for poor and doubtful soils 
known. It Hourishe.s on sandy, worn out soils, where no other plant flourishes, 
and returns big yields every time. 
It comes next to clover as a fertilizer. Take the poorest land or the worst 
land that you can imagine and sow 20 lbs. of Giant Spurry per acre. Do this two 
years, and you will have a soil for wheat, oats and potatoes. 
The .American Agriculturist and all prominent agricultural writers urge the 
planting of Spurry. 
CULTURE OF QI ANT SPURRY — It is 
of very rapid growth and is sown the lat- 
ter part of March, .\pril or May, at the 
rate of 10 pounds per acre if wanted for 
hay. The seed is sown broadcast on well 
prepared soil and covered lightly by har- 
rowing. It germinates quickly, and in 
from 6 to 8 weeks is ready to cut. It is 
usually cut for hay the first time, and 
pastured afterward for the rest of the 
summer. If wanted as a fertilizer, 20 lbs. 
per acre are sown, and when from 15 to 
20 inches high, plowed under. Two 
crops can be plowed under in one year on 
account of its quick growth. 
Mammoth Russian Sunflower. measure fifteen to twenty-two inches in diameter, and contain an 
breeders, who have tried it, as an excellent ^IdcheapTrd-fo? foX"' t Iste^t^t' e'lg-Scing'^o^^ tot'!, 'fTZli^"" T.""" 
.'b. ^i^v^lfs':^^^c:^^t^p^d• ro^ii-ieioJi-ib^. T7.ii'''" -"^^ fsrb?cT.«es%"^„e^"a?irKi°o;r''''-p, » - 
tures more quickly 
and furnishes j)a8- 
ture sooner. In sowing cover it but one 
inch deep. It is a great soil enricher. and 
as it is cheap it would not be ami.ss to 
sow in all fields where you intend to plow 
under in the fall, a.s rape plowed under 
enriches the soil quickly. 
The best 
Per oz, Sc, 
is necessary, '^}>^'j:^L}l*?^^2yi?^'^^°"-^'^^^^^ ^.nou^4rin« ^n iTS^L/JITJI 
RAPE. ^l^LTURE— It can be sown in drills far enough apart to cultivate, or broadcast 
J IS necessary 1 he best way is to sow it broadcast on very clean soil, or to sow ii 
ounds per acre, After the grain is removed it will grow rapidly and form exceUent pasturage 
If sown without cover of grain it ma- 
Dwarf Essex. 
forage 
plant for the sheep 
If is highly recom- 
growers of America, ft is highlv recom- 
mended by Professor Shaw, of the Min- 
nesota Experimental Station, and many 
other leading authorities on stock feeding. 
It has yielded ten tons of green forage 
per acre, and has twice the feeding value 
of green clover. Sheep, swine, cattle and 
poultry eat it readily, but it is particu- 
larly desirable for sheep on account of its 
fattening qualities. Rape will do well on 
almost any soil, but gives best results on 
corn land. Profes,sor Shaw says: "On 
54 acres of rape, after winter rye had 
been removed, 537 sheep and lambs were 
fattened thereon, and 18 steers fed for 59 
days. The lowest average gain on lambs 
fed on rape alone was 7 to 8 pounds 
per month. Sow it like corn, or oroad- 
cast." Lb. 2Sc, postpaid; 10 lbs. 75c, SO 
lbs. $3.00, 100 lbs. $5 00. 
Dwarf Virtnrifl a standard sort 
yWitll VlLlOria. „f German ori- 
ffm. '9'd by seedsmen in this countrv, 
and highly recommended by agriculturists 
both in Europe and America. In our 
tests we find that Dwarf F;s.sex will sur- 
Pa.ss it in its vigor of growth and hardi- 
ness. Lb. 2Sc postpaid; 10 lbs. 90c, 
100 lbs. $6.00 
DWARF ESSEX RAPE. 
