20 
Farm Seed Catalogue, for Spring, 1912 
Green Crop, Covert, 
per lb. — s. d. 
Broom ( Cytisus scoparius). ( Sow fifteen to twenty 
pounds per acre). Much used for covert planting 
Price per cwt. on application 0 9 
Buckwheat or Brank (Polygonum fago- 
pyrum). (Sow two to three bushels per acre). 
Extensively used for sowing on ridges close to 
the sides of coverts. Pheasants are particularly 
fond of it, and it is much frequented by bees 
when in flower ... Price on application — 
Furze or Corse (Ulex Europeans). (Sow thirty 
pounds per acre). One of the best plants for fox 
and game coverts, it also constitutes one of the 
best green foods for horses and milch cows ; it 
requires to be crushed and mixed with other food 
Price per cwt. on application 3 6 
Kidney Vetch orYellow Sand Clover 
( Ant hyllis vulner aria) ... Market price — 
Mustard. (Sow twenty pounds or one peek and 
a half per acre). Grown extensively for sheep 
feeding; it also forms a valuable manure ploughed 
in when green ... ... Market price — j 
Forage Plants, &e. 
per lb. — s. d. 
Parsley (Sheep’s). Very nutritious, prevents 
swelling in cattle and liver-rot in sheep ; of 
great utility in pastures Price on application — 
Rib Grass (Plantago lanceolata). Valuable for 
poor lands and sheep pastures ... ... 03 
Rye, Giant. Market price. 
RAPE Or COLE. (Sow six pounds or half peck 
per acre). May be sown in drills or broadcast 
for eating off with sheep, or converted into manure 
the same as mustard 
Price per bushel on application — 
SAINFOIN, GIANT. ( Sow four bushels per 
acre). Specially adapted for growing on light, 
dry, chalky soils, producing a considerable 
amount of bulk for using green ; it also makes 
very good hay . . . Price on application — 
SAINFOIN, Common Price on application — 
TARES or VETCH ES (Spring) Market price — 
,, (Winter) Market price — 
We shall be pleased to submit samples of the above on application. 
MAIZE OR INDIAN CORN, White Horse Tooth. Sow end of May and beginning of 
June at the rate of 1 £ to 2 bushels per acre, in rows two feet apart. Price on application. 
LUPIN. Sow at the rate of two bushels per acre. Price on application. 
SUGAR BEET. Klein Wanzleben. A superior kind, containing a high percentage of sugar, 1/3 per lb. 
Sow twelve pounds per acre. 
LUCERNE 
(Medicago sativa). 
This splendid perennial forage plant should be much more freely 
grown than at present. All kinds of farm animals will eat it readily. 
It is very abundant in its yield of green food, and may always be depended 
on to produce a heavy crop in the driest season. After sowing, it will 
remain in profit for ten or twelve years, and may be cut four or five 
times a year. Lucerne succeeds well on light chalky soil, but, as it sends 
its roots deep into the ground, land intended for this should be well broken 
up, clean, and in good condition ; ground that has previously grown a crop 
of potatoes or turnips will suit it well. The seed may be sown broadcast 
or in drills, the latter for preference, as sown in drills the yield is much 
better, and the crop is more easily kept clean by hoeing and weeding. 
Sow the seeds in April or May in drills about nine inches apart, clean with 
the hoe when the plants come up, and thin out where they are too thick. 
A cutting may generally be made the first year, but it is not till the 
third season that the plant arrives at its full yield. A top dressing of 
well-rotted farmyard manure in Winter will be found of great benefit in 
increasing the yield of the following season. 
For sowing broadcast about 28 lbs. of seed per acre should be used. 
For sowing in drills 20 lbs. of seed will be sufficient. 
Lucerne ... ••• per lb. Is.; per cwt. 105s. 
We carefully test the growth of all Seeds before sending out. 
