SUNDRY AGRICULTURAL PLANTS ^ 
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MUSTARD, WHITE ( Sinatis alba). — One of the quickest- 
growing green crops we have, and exceedingly useful as a means of 
producing sheep keep in times of scarcity, or when turnips have failed 
through drought ; sow 20 lbs. per acre broadcast upon a shallow furrow, 
harrow in and roll ; under ordinary conditions the crop should be ready 
in six weeks. Again, it may be sown broadcast over rape or early turnips 
when such are requited for feeding young during the Autumn. This 
plant will not stand frost. Grown as a seed crop it is sown in April. 
Price 15s. to 17s. per bushel. 
MAIZE or INDIAN CORN. — We generally import 
a quantity of the leading American kinds for sowing early in June at the 
rate of 2 bushels per acre in drills 2 feet apart, each seed 2 inches under a 
well-rolled surface. 
Price 16s. 6d. per bushel. 
PARSNIP (Paslinaca saliva). — A highly nutritious and remunerative 
root crop on rich deep soil, and very popular for stock feeding in some parts 
of the country. Sow 6 to 8 lbs. per acre during March, in rows about 
16 inches apart, the plants to be ultimately singled out to 8 inches in the 
rows, and lift the roots as required during Winter; they keep best if 
covered with litter during severe frost. The most popular cattle feeding 
varieties are the following: — 
Large Cattle, price Is. 4d. per lb. 
Large Jersey or Guernsey, price Is. 2d. per lb. 
PEAS — For Podding. ( See page 68.) 
PRICKLY COMFREY {Symphytum asperrimum) — 
Prickly Comfrey is specially adapted for the feeding and fattening of stock, 
and for increasing the milk of cows; it grows more rapidly and luxuriantly 
than any other green soiling plant, producing on a given space a far greater 
quantity of forage than any crop now grown. 
Comfrey being a deeply-rooted plant, is independent of weather and 
climate, for in the driest and hottest seasons it will afford several heavy 
cuttings when all other vegetation is either burnt up or at a standstill. 
Strong Grown Sets, price per ioo, 5 s. ; per 1,000, 40 s. 
The number of sets per acre will vary with the quality of the land. 
Where it is poor, a closer plant will be necessary to fully occupy it than 
wl»ere rich land is to be planted. The following table will be of service : — 
Between the Drills. 
Between the Sets. 
Sets per acre 
3 feet 
3 feet 
4,840 
3 feet 
, 2 feet 
7,260 
2 feet 
2 feet 
10,890 
2 feet 
i £ feet 
14,520 
RAPE {Bras sic a nap us). 
—A popular and valuable feeding plant of the cab 
bage tribe. Recommended for all classes of land except poor thin soils, and 
burning gravels. If sown alone, the quantity of seed required is 6 lbs. per 
acre, in rows, 2 feet apart, or mixed with early turnips, it is very valuable 
for Autumn and Spring feeding, and fattens sheep quickly. In some parts 
it is cut and given to stall-fed stock. Successional sowings may be made 
from May to August. 
12s. 6d. and 14s. per bushel. 
REED CANARY GRASS ( Phalaris Arundinaced ). — 
Perennial. — Flowers in July. Root.— Creeping, sending out large 
fibres. Straw. — Rough, 3 to 6 feet high. Seed. — Affords agreeable 
food for many kinds of wild fowls, as well as to carp, trout, and other 
fresh water fish. 
This grass is suitable for marsh land, banks of rivers, and sides of 
lakes. It greatly assists in drying wet marshy land, and in the course 
of four or five years has turned useless land into fertile meadows. 
In its natural habitat it is welcomed by sportsmen as a splendid cover 
for water fowl, snipe, &c. When the leaves are young and succulent it 
gives a good bite to cattle. 
Price 3 s. per lb. 
RIB GRASS (Plantago lanceolata). — This plant is only of service 
on poor, light lands that will not carry a better crop. It gives a whole- 
some herbage for sheep, and should be sown at the rate of 16 lbs. per acre. 
Price 3d. per lb. ; 27s. per cwt. 
RYE ( Secale sativum). — This crop is not cultivated to such an extent as 
its value demands. It is commonly taken after wheat, put in during 
August and September to produce early feed, in combination with roots, 
from November, if weather is mild, through to the Spring, and sown at 
the rate of 3 or 4 bushels per acre, drilled or broadcast on the furrow and 
harrowed in. It is frequently sown with Tares, and if intended for 
feeding off with sheep, Rape may also be put in with it, and it makes 
an agreeable fodder for cattle, put through the cutter with wheat straw. 
Price 6s. per bushel. 
SAINFOIN (i Onobrychis saliva). — Sainfoin is one of the most valuable 
forage plants we possess for growing on dry, light, or shallow soils; but it 
will grow on almost any soil, provided it contains a fair proportion of lime, 
and is free from stagnant water. 
March and April is the best time to sow the seed. It is generally put 
in with a barley crop, being drilled across the rows of corn at the rate 
of 4 or s bushels of seed in husk, or 56 lbs. of milled seed per acre; 
drills from 9 to 12 ins. apart. 
Milled Seed, 7d. per lb. ; 58s. per cwt. 
English Common, 7s. bush., 52s. qr. ; English Giant, 7s. bush., 52s. qr. 
-V’. B . — As Sainfoin Seed is an article only to be bought upon markets , 
and as we are thus unable to test its character we cannot undertake any 
responsibility as to the crop produced from any Sainfoin Seed sold by us. 
CARTERS’ SAINFOIN MIXTURE, specially adapted for sowing 
upon the oolite and chalk formations. It will produce excellent pasturage 
and heavy crops of hay, consisting of Sainfoin, White and Alsike Clover, 
Cow Grass, and the strongest growing and most nutritious Grasses. 
Price 26s. per acre. 
SERRADELLA (Ornithopus sativus). — A forage plant grown 
in some counties; its cultivation, however, has never become popular in 
England, probably on account of the little that is known generally of its 
capabilities. p rice g d 
per lb. 
SHEEP’S PARSLEY (Petrose/inum sativum). — So called 
because sheep are especially fond of it ; it thrives well upon Uplands 
and Downs, or under conditions generally favourable to sheep. All stock 
will cat it readily, and it is said to prevent certain diseases — amongst 
others, liver-rot and red-water. A pound or two per acre might well be 
included in many mixtures for permanent pastures. Sow 8 lbs. per acre 
alone ' Price 7d. per lb. ; 63s. per cwt. 
SORGHUM SACCHARATUM. — (Chinese Sugar- 
cane.) A strong growing succulent grass: very useful in dry and 
hot summers. Drill at the rate of 16 lbs. neracre in May; if broadcasted, 
a little more seed is advisable. 
Price Is. per lt>. 
SUNFLOWER [Helianthus annum), — Grown for feeding Bees, 
Game, and Poultry, and also for its oil-yielding properties. We offer a 
giant variety. p rice Jg 3d per 
SPRING AND WINTER TARES ( v,da 
saliva). — A quick-growing crop, sown at intervals, from Spring until late 
in the Autumn, to give a succession of valuable food, and drilled at the 
rate of 3 bushels per acre on land that is in good condition. Tares do 
not require very deep tillage, and may be grown upon a wide range ol 
soils, but give the best return upon a stronger class of loams. They are 
very nutritious, and suitable for all kinds of stock ; may be siloed, made 
into hay, or fed to sheep in racks on the land where grown. It is a good 
plan to sow a little Rye or Oats with Tares, as it helps them to stand 
up during heavy rains and windy weather. 
Spring Tares, price 8s. 6d. per bushel. Winter Tares, price 9s. per bushel. 
SPURREY (Spergula arvensis). — An annual weed that has been 
found of service on poor dry lands in some parts of the country. Broad- 
cast about 14 lbs. per acre during April, and cut when in flower. 
Price 6d. per lb. ; 52 s. per cwt. 
TRIFOLIUM INCARNATUM. — As a stubble- 
plant, sown either alone or with Rye Grass, after the corn crop is removed, 
at the rate of 20 to 30 lbs. per acre, Trifolium has few equals. It will 
produce an enormous crop very early in the following Spring, suitable 
either for consumption as green food or for hay. The plant should be cut 
directly the flower head appears, and before it has time to mature. All 
kinds of stock eat it freely. Upon imperfect clover-leys and other crops 
intended to produce green Spring food, but that may be deficient in plant. 
Trifolium is invaluable, by reason of its remarkably rapid Spring growth 
and abundant productiveness. 
Early Red. Late Red. Late White. 
Price on application. 
WINTER OATS {Avetoa species). — A useful Oat for Autumn 
sowing, the young growth furnishing a serviceable fodder for soiling or 
nibble for sheep between Winter and Spring. Sow 3 bushels per acre. 
Carters’ Re-selected, price 6s. 6d. per bushel. 
WINTER BARLEY (Hordeum species). — A hardy variety, 
useful for Autumn sowing, and valuable in its young growth as green 
Winter and Spring Food. Sow 1 4 bushels per acre. 
Carters’ Re-selected, price 8s. 6d. per bushel. 
CARTER8’, 237, 238, & 97, HIGH HOLBORN, LONDON. -1801. 
