66 Farm Seeds 
ISBELL SEED COMPANY 
For All Kinds 
of Stock 
DWARF ESSEX RAPE 
Ready for Pasture 
in Six Weeks 
Dwarf Essex Rape Excellent for Sheep and Hog; Pasture, 
Under favorable circumstances, Dwarf 
Essex Rape is ready for pasture in six 
weeks from the time of sowing. One 
acre of good rape will carry a flock 
of a dozen sheep for two months. The 
Wisconsin Experiment Station found 
that an acre of rape produced as 
much gain-on pigs when used as a 
pasture crop along with grain as 56 
bushels of corn would do. 
An acre of rape in this experiment 
equaled much more than an average 
acre of corn and the cost of produc¬ 
tion was much less. The cost of har¬ 
vesting was nothing as it was done by 
the pigs. More recent experiments in 
Iowa have shown rape to be the 
means of producing pork at the lowest 
cost, even less than alfalfa. Rape is 
also the forage that can be sown at 
the least cost of seed and handled 
with the least effort. 
Rape seeded in corn at the last cul¬ 
tivation furnishes one of the greatest 
money-making methods known to the 
progressive farmer today. Sow rape 
in corn at the rate of 4 lbs. per acre. 
When the corn-, is laid by, turn the 
pigs into the field. Eb., 20c.; 3 lbs., 
50c, postpaid. See Current Price Fist 
for quantity prices. 
Sunflower 
Mammoth Russian 
The seed is highly valued by farmers and poultry breed¬ 
ers. The hens will fatten on it and lay more eggs. Single 
heads measure from 12 to 22 inches in diameter, and con¬ 
tain a lot of seed, which can be raised much cheaper than 
corn. Many farmers are now growing Sunflowers, for en¬ 
silage. 3 lbs. per acre. Eb., 25c; 3 lbs., 65c, postpaid. 
Speltz 
This grain is of Russian origin and is closely related to 
Spring Wheat. It should be planted very early in the 
spring as it will withstand cold weather, and like Spring 
Wheat, does better when planted early. While in Western 
States it does well on the poorer, stony soils, it is our ex¬ 
perience that it produces much higher yields on the better 
soils. 
Speltz is very good feed, either for pasturing or when 
ripe. When threshed, most of the hulls are left on the 
grain, which lightens it and makes it safer to feed it. It is 
a very-rich feed, having practically the same feeding value 
as wheat, except that it is lightened by the hulls. It is a 
good grain to grind with any other grain for a ground 
feed. Sow iy 2 to 2 bushels per acre. Prepare ground as 
for oats and sow early. 
Sorghum or Sugar Cane 
EAREY AMBER CANE. —The most common and extensively grown va¬ 
riety of Cane. It can be grown on any soil or in any climate from Cali¬ 
fornia to Maine. It will thrive on your poorest land as well as your best, 
and is one of the greatest destroyers of obnoxious weeds in existence. Our 
northern grown stock is the earliest, richest, and best for syrup. It pro¬ 
duces a rich, clear syrup, yielding 150 to 250 gallons per acre, and is a 
very profitable crop. Sorghum grown for syrup often returns a profit of 
$100.00 per acre. 
Sugar Cane for Fodder 
A much neglected but highly valuable crop, owing to its great adapt¬ 
ability as a food for livestock. It can be profitably grown nearly everywhere. 
As a fodder plant it is of the very best quality, being sweet, tender, 
nutritious and greedily eaten by cattle, horses and hogs. As much as 50 
tons of green fodder have been grown per acre, which is of the highest 
feeding value; and milch cows will give more and richer milk than if fed 
other feed. It can be cut several times during the season if not allowed 
to get too high, and makes a good, sweet hay. Sow 50 pounds per acre 
for best results. Produces larger yields than Millet. 
Marquis Spring Wheat 
This variety is grown almost exclusively in the 
Spring Wheat District 
Marquis Wheat was originated by the late Dr. Saunders 
on the Dominion Experiment Farms, Ottawa, Ont. After a 
careful selection for a number of years to fix the type, it 
was sent to the different Canadian Experiment Farms, 
where it quickly made a name for itself on account of its 
earliness and its enormous yields. It is a bald Wheat. Has 
given the very best results in Michigan. 
Spring Rye 
Spring Rye is highly valuable for a catch crop and for 
sowing with Vetches and Oats for a forage crop. For 
turning under it is considered a great soil restorer. As 
a grain crop it is profitable, as it yields well. Will make 
a good crop on soils too poor for wheat. We recommend 
Spring Rye as a profitable crop in New York, Pennsylvania, 
Michigan, Wisconsin, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Minnesota. 
Winter, or Sand Vetch 
Sand Vetch is very valuable as a winter cover crop to prevent leaching, 
and nothing equals it for orchards. Planted in the fall with rye, it de¬ 
posits great amounts of nitrogen; adds large quantities of humus to the 
soil if turned under in the spring after cattle have taken it off for early 
pasture.' With one-half bushel of rye> sow 25 to 40 lbs. per acre. 
May be planted in the spring with oats. After harvesting the oats the 
Vetch can then be pastured; then turned under as green manure. With 
oats sow 25 to 35 lbs. and three-fourths bushel oats per acre. 
It yields a surprising amount of feed, ten tons per acre is not unusual. 
For cutting it should be sown with oats in the spring, or with rye in the 
fall. Vetch is quite spreading and the grain furnishes support so it can be 
mowed readily. It is eagerly eaten by all kinds of stock. Dike clover, cow 
peas and alfalfa, it is a very rich fodder. When sown in April or May it 
can be cut in August for hay, and the second growth will provide abun¬ 
dant pasture during summer. Our seed is all Michigan grown. 
Inoculate Vetch with Nitragin—See Page 62, 
Winter or Sand Vzlch 
The Cr<s«U'irt Forage and 
Soiling Plant Known 
For prices, see Isbell’s Current Price Eist 
