MAY'S CATALOGUE OF XORTHERX GROWN SlviiDS. BX;LBS, PLANTS AND FRUITS. 
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fast coining to the front as a great soil en- 
rlcher and as a food for fattening: hogs and cat- 
tle, both in the jjrrecn and dry state. It is an 
annual, stem stout, erect, branching but lit- 
tle; 2 to 4? feet, flowers in clusters, pods 
>hort. 2 to 4- seeded. The crop Is cultivated 
like corn, the seed being planted in drills at 
the rate of half bushel per acre. The stems 
are too coarse to make good haj', but are 
covered with such a dense growth ot leaves, 
and are so prolific in fruit that the hay is 
prized highly for milch cows and fattening 
animals. The yield of green forage is very 
heavy when grown on good soil, and the 
yield of beans is from 30 to 30 bushels per 
acre. Those who have had the most experi- 
ence with this crop find that the best way to 
handle it is to cut or pull the plants when 
the first pods begin to open, and thresh as 
soon as dry enough. In this waj- the coarse 
stalks are so broken in pieces and mixed 
with the leaves that nearly all will be eaten. The Soja 
Bean is an annual, and is grown for the same purposes 
as Cow Peas and Clover, As a soil renovator, as a hay 
and as ensilage it is nearly the equal in every respect of 
red clover. Also grown as a sut>stitute for coffee. 
Mixed with an equal quantity of good coffee it is very 
fine. The cost 01 growing is only a small fraction of 
the cost of real coffee. Pkt. loc, pt. aoc, qt. 35c, pk. 75c, 
bu. $3.50. 
Cfipl-fy (See cut.) The wonderful Grain from Rus- 
sia. Russia has given us Bromus Incrmis, 
the most notable addition to our list of grasses in many 
years. She has come to the front with a grain which Is 
fully demonstrated to be of extraordinary value for growth 
on poor soils and in drouthy sections. It is neither 
wheat, rye nor barley, and yet it iippears to be a com- 
bination of these. It is more like wheat than any of 
the others mentioned. For fattening cattle, poultry, 
horses, sheep, pigs, etc., it is claimed to be ahead of 
other grains, in fact all kinds of animals seem to thrive 
on it. Speltz is claimed to be ahead of com, superior to 
oats and more profitable than wheat. Yields 80 to 100 
SOJA BEAN. 
SPELTZ. 
the acre. In ihc green state it makes an excellent pasture. Cut when the 
gram IS past the middle stages of milk, when it will make splendid grain 
and lots of straw hay of excellent quality. Thresh like wheat, onlv not 
closely. The hull and kernel can then bcfed or first ground 
May's Northern Grown 
Seed Potatoes. 
Sir Walter Raleigh. ;^^^t-^>„«„r« 
main crop variety. Of best keepini; qualities and rare produo 
tlveness. A new white skin main crop potato. It is a 
splendid new potato, much reseniblini; Rural New Yorlier 
No. 2. of which it is a seedlinK. It is dc-cidedlv better than 
Its parent, the tubers beinK quite uniform in size with but 
few small ones amonK them. It is from 4. to 6 davs l iter 
than the parent stock. The color is the same, the skin and 
flesh being white. In fact it can be justly claimed for Sir 
Walter Raleish that it is the whitest fleshed and finest 
Kraincd potato on the whole list of main crop sorts not 
even exceptmK the snowflakcs. It promises to supercede all 
other sorts of Its class on account of its ste-ling excellence 
On the grounds of the Rural New Yorker it proved the best 
and heaviest cropper of 4» varieties. Farmers who plant 
this sort are practically cert.-iin of getting big returns on 
tlieir investment, as it invariablv vields big crops and the 
potatoes always bring a good price on the market. 
Lb. 2SC, 3 lbs. 70C, pit. 6,sc, bu. $2.25, bbl., 2 3.4 bu., $5.00. 
COmmel*cifll In.-V'^W and all other meritorious 
y ,1 , i„ts it is evidently going to rank 
with the best, if not to distance all the other early main 
crop sorts. The tubers arc 01 beautiful shape and apiiear- 
anee, being oblong and rather broad and thick. The eyes 
arc shallow. The color is. that iieculiar russet which char- 
acterizes all the best potatoes, in addition to which the 
pmk or rosy hue of its parent (EarlvRose) is elcarlv visible 
giving it a most attractive apoearance. It somewhat rescind 
toles Carmen No. 3 in shape. The vine is robust, but com- 
pact, not of spreading habit. This is favorable to elose 
planting .ind large crops. The <iu-ck growth and earlv ma- 
turity of this splendid main crop potato will admit it to 
many localities where late sorts have not time to mature 
on account of shortness of season. Lb. 2SC, 3 lbs 
pk. 60c, bu. $3.00, bbl. of a 3-4 bu., $5.00. , " 
bushels of richer food than com, besides giving as much as 4 tons of good hay per acre. Excellent 
for pasture and can also be fed in the green slate. Asa green grass hav food it often gives Itlli 
leafj- stalks from one seed, which shows its heavy stooling properties. The heads are somewhat 
similar to two rowed barley, the -spikelets being separated from each other in such a manner 
that the crop is not easily injured by the weather. Will grow well and produce enormous crops 
on poor soil. Dry weather appears to have no effect on it. It is a wonderful stooler and a robust 
grower. Every farmer should grow it. Sow at the rate of ."50 to 60 pounds per acre. Pkt. lOC, 
lb. 25c, 25 lbs. 85c, so lbs. $1.5". ^ _ 
100 lbs. $2.60, 500 lbs. $12.50. 
CULTURE OF SPELTZ. _^ 
The culture of speltz is very siiir 
pie. It is just as ciisy jts growin 
oats or corn. Preparc'yoiir 
land as you would for whe;it 
or oats, and sow at tlur 
rate of 50 to 60 pounds I 
70c, 
SIR WALTER RALEIGH. 
