44 SEED CATALOGUE 0/ L. L. IV/f A V ^ CO., ST. PAUL, MINN. 
Seedsmen, Florists, Nurserymen "Northern Grown" Seeds Are Best 
May's Prolific Pasture Crops and Sugar Cane 
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May's Prolific Forage Rape 
NE ACRE of well groftcn rape will furnish pasture for lo to 20 head of sheep for two 
months, and in that time will fatten them in good form for the market. 
MAY'S DWARF ESSEX 
THE BEST forage plant for the sheep groupers of America. It is highly recommended 
by Professor Shaw of the Minnesota F'xperimental Station, and many other leading 
authorities on stock feeding. It has yielded 10 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 particularly desirable for sheep on account of its fattening qualities. Rape 
will do well on almost any soil, but gives best results on corn land. Pound 20c., 
postpaid; 10 pounds SSc, 50 pounds S3.75, 100 pounds $7.00. 
MAY'S DWARF VICTORIA 
IS OF German origin. In our tests we find that Dwarf Essex will surpass it in its 
$7 2^°^ growth and hardiness. Pound 20c., postpaid; 10 pounds 80c., 100 pounds 
MAY'S Mammoth Pod and Kernel Peanuts 
May's CHOICE hand picked Mammoth Virginia Peanut is the most profitable 
variety to grow, more desirable than the common spreading kind, more 
easily cultivated. Peanuts will yield as large a revenue as any crop that can 
be grown in proportion to the outlay. Peanuts are also good food. Peanut 
Butter has come to be regarded as a dainty. The foliage and vines make 
valuable forage for stock. Large packet 10c., pint 25c., quart 40c., postpaid. 
PEANUT CULTURE 
PLANTING should be'done as soon at possible after all danger of frosi is past, 
i" ridges three feet apart, one kernel being put every 8 to 12 inches in the 
ndgc._ The young plant is very weak, hence only fine soil must be used in 
covering, and the kernels before planting must be carefully hulled, for if the 
skin covering them is broken the chances arc against their growing. 
May's Sugar Cane or Sorghum 
As A pasture crop for cattle, shrep and m'itif it has no supenor. When srazcd down it will quickly spring up again, liencc a large 
amount of pasture may be obtained from it at a season when it is most difHcult to obtain pasture from otiicr sources. As a 
... , crop It will always prove of gre.lt value, since at least two crops can be obtained from one sowing, but its highest value as 
lood lor stock is found in the enormous yzdds of fodder. When properly grown it may be thus fed during more than half the year. 
MAY'S MINNESOTA EARLY AMBER 
GET PURE SEED of tht Early Amber grown right here in Minnesota. It Is the only variety 
of cane that makes a fine s^rup, clear as crystal. When planted between the first and 
tenth of May, the seed almost invariably ripens, yielding 20 to 25 bushels of seed and one 
hundred and forty to two-hundred and forty gallons of syrup per acre. Its earliness adapts 
it to almost every section, having been raised with great success in altitude 44 degrees -^o 
minutes, and has given entire satisfaction where introduced. Por fodder purposes use ;o to 
60 pounds per acre broadcast; if in drills or rows, about half this quantitv will suffice. Pound 
20c., postpaid; by express or freight, 10 pounds $1.00, SO pounds $3.00, 100 pounds $5.00. 
MAY'S SOUTHERN CANE 
LARGER and stronger ^row/A than Karly Amber, but requires .t longer time to mature seed. 
Popular in the South, it is the most productive where planted foi forage in the Northern 
states and is not usually grown for syrup, but will yield an immense amount of green fodder. 
Pound 20c., postpaid; by express or freight. 50 pounds $2.50, 100 pounds $4.50. 
MAY'S MAMMOTH RUSSIAN SUNFLOWER 
THE BEST egg-producing food known for poultry: it can be raised cheaper than corn. Single 
heads measure fifteen to twenty-two inches in diameter, and contain an immense amount 
of seed, which is highly valued by all farmers and poultry breeders who have tried it. // you 
keep only a pair of fouls get a pound of this seed just for a trial and be convinced. It contains the 
shell to make eggs. It gives the fowls a bright, lustrous plumage. It keeps them in a strong, 
healthy condition. It makes eggs hatch more vigorous chicks. It makes them more vigorous 
than if fed on any other food. It prevents roup, it stops egg eating, it stops feather picking. 
It is i. heavy cropper on almost any soil. It can be sown from early spring up to July. It is 
also good food for cattle and horses. It is used as a medical herb. It keeps disease away if 
planted around the house. It is fattening to either poultry or cattle. Its strong, thick stalk 
can be used as fuel. In fact it is the most wonderful, cheapest and best poultry food known, 
rinee pounds will sow one acre and the average yield is 100 bushels to the acre. Packet 5c., 
ounce lOc, pound 20c., postpaid; by express or freight, 10 pounds $1.00. 
MAY'S Japanese Buckwheat 
THE MOST PRODUCTIVE and profitable variety in cultivation. From half bushel of seed sown 
a crop of 40 bushels has been harvested. The grain is rich dark brown. The flour is fullv 
equal in quality to that from any other variety. Ripens a week earlier than Silver Hull and 
yields two or three times as much. Excellent for bees. Pound 20c,, postpaid; peck 40c.. 
bushel $1.50. 
MAY'S Silver Hull Buckwheat 
RIPENS EARLIER tkan the common varieties of buckwheat and is a heavy yieldcr on all kinds of 
soils and seldom affected by drought. The berry is a light silver gray and the flour Is 
whiter .and more nutritious than that made of a common sort. Pound 20c., postpaid: peck 40c., 
bushel SI, 50. 
tARLY AMBER SUGAR CANE 
