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MEADOW FOXTAIL. A valuable pasture grass of 
rapid growth and much relished by all kinds of stock. 
Adapted for rich, moist soils. Sow 20 pounds per acre. 
40 cts. per lb. 
BiiOMUS or RESCUE GRASS. This grass is recom- 
mended for its drouth-resisting quality. Will thiive on 
any soil where it is not too wet. Sow 35 pounds per acre. 
40 cts. per lb. 
TALL MEADOW OAT-GBAS8. This grass is early 
and very luxuriant. It makes tine pasturage and good 
hay. Can be cut often. It is also valuable to plough 
under for soiling. 8ow 30 to 40 pounds per acre. 30 cis. 
per lb. 
MEADOW, or WOOLLY" SOFT GRASS (7/<rfr«.v 7anai- 
Has the merit of easy culture, and accommodates it- 
self to all descriptions of soil, from the richest to the 
poorest. Sow 30 lbs. per acre. Weight, 8 pounds per 
bushel. 30 cts. per lb. 
WATER MEADOW GRASS (Iha tiqiiaiwa) ^ This ia an 
excellent pasture grass for very wet situations. Sow 
twenty pounds to Uie acre. 40 cts. per lb. 
ROUGH STALKED MEADOW GRASS (ibo 
This is one of the most valuable of grasses for moist, rich 
soils and sheltered situations. Sow tweuty pounas to tlio 
acre. Per lb., 30 cts. 
HERD, RED TOP GRASS, for BENT GRASS) Is 
most largely used for wet lands, but does well in almost 
any soil, moist or dry. It makes good hay or pasture and 
is much used in mixture with timothy and clover. Sow 
30 pounds per acre. 15 cts. per Ih. 
TIMOTHY Is very largely grown for hay crop in 
northern climates, and is tine when sown wiih Red Top 
and Clover. Sow 15 pounds per acre. 10 cts. per lb. 
MEaQUIT GRASS Is very desirable for dry lands. It 
resists tlie drought well and makes u good crop for hay or 
pasturage. Sow 30 pounds per aero. 15 cts. per lb. 
SHEEP FESCUE GRASS (I^^estuca ow'wa)— Tliis va- 
riety grows naturally on light, dry sandy soil, and on 
elevated mountain pastures. Sow twenty -five to tiiirty 
pounds to the acre. 20c. per lb. 
MEADOW FESCUE TRUE ENGLISH BLUE GRASS 
(Festuca pratensis)— One of the most valuable pasture 
grasses, its long and tender leaves are much relished by 
stock of all kinds. In some Southern States it is called 
RANDALL GRASS, sometimes EVERGREEN GRASS. 
Sow in spring or fall, at the rate of thirty to forty pounds 
per acre. 20c. per lb. 
CRESTED DOGSTAIL GRASS. Tliis grass may be 
sown on lawns and other places to bo kept under by the 
scythe. The roots penetrate deeply, and remain longer 
green than any other variety, ^ow twenty to twenty- 
lour pounds to the acre. 50c. per lb. 
Hard fescue, is also noted for its drouth-resisting 
quality, and well adapted for lawn mixture and valuable 
tor sheep pasture. Sow thirty pounds to the acre. 25c, 
per lb. 
BERMUDA GRASS. The roots of this grass arc very 
tenacious of life, outrooting other vegetation. It grows 
in almost any soli and spreads rapidly, making a good 
pasturage. The seed is hard to save and is worth $3 00 
er pound. The roots can be furnished for $2 00 per 
arley sack or $3 00 per barrel. Cut up into short lengths 
and sown broadcast and cover with a roller. One bar- 
rel wiU thus plant au acre. 
EGYPTIAN, OR PEARL MILLET. Produces an 
enormous amount of green feed. It can he cut repeated- 
ly, growing very rapidly after cutting, and is equal to 
Sweet Corn for feed. Sow in drills two to three feet 
apart; four pounds will sow an acre. 40c. per lb. 
COMMON MILLET. Can be sown broadcast in the 
Spring of the year for hay; thirty to forty pounds per acre 
It for seed, sow in drills twenty pounds to the acre. 
It produces largely as an annual eaily crop. 10c. per lb. 
HUNGARIAN GRASS. Is a very valuable forage 
plant for light dry soils. It withstands drouth and re- 
mains green when most vegetation is parched. Sow and 
cultivate as for Millet. 10c. per Ib. 
GERMAN GOLDEN MILLET. Is not quite ns early 
as the above, but yields more largely. lOe. per lb. 
WHITE MILLO MAIZE, OR BRANCHING DHOURA. 
Of South American origin. Valuable as a forage plant 
and for its grain, having great capacity to stand drought. 
It can be cut and fed at any stage, or cured when head- 
ing out, for fodder. It bears grain in erect full heads, 
atidl is equal to corn for feeding all sorts of stock; also 
makes excellent meal. It requires all summer to mature 
seed. Plant three to five seed in a bill eighteen inciies 
apart four foot rows, and thin to two plants and cultivate 
as Corn. It shoots out greatly and makes a great amount 
of foliage. Three to five pounds per acre. Can be cut 
for green feed several times a season. 25c. per ponnd. 
YELLOW MILLO MAIZE, OR YELLOW BRANCH- 
ING DHOURA. Tall, nine to ten feet stoolitig from the 
ground like the White Millo Maize, but not so much. 
The seed head grows to great size on good land. These 
heads are set close and solid, with a large plump grain, 
double the size of White Millo, and of deep golden yellow 
color. The Cultivation is like Corn. 20c. per lb. 
AMBER CaNE (80RGHUM.) Is the earliest variety, 
and being rich in sachnrine mutter is grown for making 
sugar and syrup. It makes a large amount of forage for 
stock feed. 
AFRICAN CANE. OR SORGHUM. Is also a fine for- 
age plant, and in large demand for Spring planting. 10c. 
per Jb. 
EGYPTIAN CORN (White and Red Varieties). Both 
produce an immense crop of both seed and stalks for for- 
age to the acre and mature without rain. The while is 
more cultivated, and perhaps the earliest. The seed is 
quite valuable to feed stock or poultry. 5c per lb. 
KAFFIR CORN. A variety of Sorghum, cultivated 
for both forage and grain, growing from 4i to 6 feet high, 
is stocky and erect, and has wide foliage. Kaffir Corn 
has the quality common to all Sorghums of resisting 
drought, and in this fact is to be found its peculiar value. 
It has yielded paying crops of grain and forage even in 
dry seasons, when corn has utterly failed. Sow in rows 
three feet apart, five to six pounds to the acre. 25c. per lb. 
CLOVER SEEDS. 
There are no plants so valuable for fertilizers as the 
( lovers. They have the faculty of absorbing nitrogen 
from the air, and also of rendering available much of the 
inert plant food of the soil. Their long, powerful tap 
roots penetrate to a great depth, loosen the soil, admit 
air, and by their decay add immensely to the fertility of 
the soil. The seed may be sown in fall or spring; which 
is the best season will depend upon local climate, and 
method of culture. In any case, it should be evenly dis- 
tributed on a mellow, well prepared soil. Plaster will 
increase the growth remarkably, and should be sown 
broadcast the season following the seeding. 
RED CLOVER. Two varieties — large and medium. 
Both succeed well in California, especially in our bottom 
lands and deep soils; 25 pounds to the acre. 
WHITE DUTCH CLOVER. Grows low, spreadingand 
very fragrant, and is most excellent for lawns and lawn 
mixture; 10 pounds to the acre, 
CRIMSON TREFOIL, OR SCARLET CLOVER. 
Grows about one foot high, dark roots, long leaves and 
blossoms of deep red. It makes good hay and will give 
four or five cuttings each season. Sow 15 pounds to the 
acre. 
ALSIKE, OR SWEDISH CLOVER. This variety is fast 
gaining great popularity. It is the most hardy of all the 
cloveis; perennial. On rich, moist soils it yields an enor- 
mous quautity of liay or pasture, and may be cut several 
timc> in a sca&un, but its greatest value is for sowing with 
other clovers and grasses, asit lorms a thick bottom, and 
greatly increases the yield of hay, and cattle prefer it to 
any other forage. The beads are globular, very sweet 
and fragrant, and much liked by bees, who obtain a large 
amount of honey from them. Sow in spring or fall, at 
the rate of 10 pounds per acre, where used alone. 
