SALZER’S BILLION DOLLAR GRASS (Panicum Crusgalli) 
Especially Valuable for Silo and for Feeding 
Green — Better than the Best Corn Fodder 
Every class of livestock, from horses to poultry, relishes 
Salzer's Billion Dollar Grass and thrives on it. Cows will 
even prefer it to corn. Used for silage, an 
ideal balanced ration for milch cows can be 
had by mixing two parts Salzer's Billion 
Dollar Grass and one part Salzer's Soy Beans 
when filling your silo. Such a mixture will 
require no other grain, oil meal or other 
feeds, and you will have a feed 
that will materially increase the 
production of milk. This splendid 
grass will also produce a fine leafy 
hay anywhere, in from six to ten 
weeks’ time, varying in height 
from five to eight feet, according 
to the richness of your soil. Think 
of it—it has been known to pro¬ 
duce as much as 12,000 pounds of 
hay to the acre and 50,000 pounds 
of rich green fodder! This at the 
Massachusetts Experiment Station. 
This splendid grass was introduced 
by us years ago, and the true seed 
is frequently obtainable only from 
us. 
Prof. Brooks, of the Mnssaeliii- 
setts E.vperiiiientul Station sa>s: 
“At oiir station it produced 67 
biisliel.s of seed, 11,207 pounds of 
straw. 36,000 iioiinds of green fod¬ 
der, 12,000 poiind.s of liay per acre, 
being superior to good corn fodder 
in feeding for milk and in com¬ 
bination with the Soy Bean niake.s 
very superior ensilage.” Prof. 
Brooks found by alternating the 
BIULION DO BEAK GRASS cut 
from day to day and fed green to 
cows with well-eared Flint Corn 
Fodder, that the cows invariably 
increased in milk when put upon 
it. and fell off w'ben changed to 
corn alone. 
A Quick Producer 
Salzer’s Billion Dollar Grass will 
produce a hay crop in from six to 
ten weeks, anywhere; and if sown 
the 1st of May will be ready to cut 
the middle of July for hay, attain¬ 
ing the height of (according to the 
richness of the soil and warmth) 
from 5 to 7% feet. It is the one 
grass to sow if you are going to 
be short on hay for your cattle and 
sheep. 
Better Than Corn For Silo 
Cow.'s with both Billion Dollar Grass 
and corn before them, will take the Bil¬ 
lion Dollar Grass first and consume it 
without waste; when put upon Billion 
Dollar Grass they increase in milk and 
fall off when feed is changed to corn. 
An ideal ensilage mixture is made of 
two parts Billion Dollar Grass and one 
part of Soy Beans (See Page 152) mixed 
when filling the silo. This mixture 
forms a complete balanced ration for 
milch cows without grain, oil cake, etc. 
A KemarKaoie Grower 
It Is truly the most marvelous grower, the most luxu¬ 
riant stooler that we have ever seen. Just imagine a field 
sown to Billion Dollar Gra.s.ii. with every spear of It over 
6 feet tall, yielding from 26,000 to 50,000 pounds of as 
rich, green fodder as the world has ever 
seen. Men talk about hard times, but posi- 
tiv^ely hard times must vanish on every 
^rm where Billion Dollar f^ra.ss is sown. 
J here is reason for it; you can get two or 
tnree rich crops from the same annually; 
and then a big lot of fodder be¬ 
sides. If you sow early, you will 
get from 26.000 to 50.000 pounds of 
fodder, which you can put in your 
silo or cure for hay and the Billion 
Dollar (fra.Hs will quickly .spring Ufi 
again and give you anotlier yield 
that will astonish the country. 
This can be cut again for hay; 
then the field will give you pastur¬ 
age all fall long, and horses and 
hogs and sheep and cattle and 
poultry will eat it greedily. 
Feeding Value 
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Here is where the Billion Dollar Grass 
comes into grand play. Prof. Williams 
of the United States Department of 
Agriculture, says: “Already widely 
grown as a hay crop, it deserves more 
general use for soiling, as this Grass is 
of particular value for feeding to dairy 
cattle, young stock and sheep. The Bil¬ 
lion Dollar Griuss (Panicum Crusgalli) 
in many sections of the country can be 
made a supplement for pasture in such 
a way as to allow a material increase 
in the number of stock that can be kept 
on the farm. On account of the extra 
yield of forage and good quality of 
product, the Billion Dollar Grass is most 
e.xoellent for silo use, as frequently a 
good crop can be raised under conditions 
which would not admit the growing of 
corn for ensilage. The Billion Dollar 
Grass, if compared with seed and forage, 
will run ahead of Timothy. The seed 
contains almost as much fat and extract 
matter as shelled corn, a little more pro¬ 
tein and about four times as much crude 
cellulose.” 
Poultry, Geese anil Turkeys all relish 
the Billion Dollar Grass in the green state, 
and keep healthy and happy and fresh 
on the seed thereof when fed during the 
fall and winter months. 
Hogs and Their Families—Well, well, 
how the hogs do grunt and give that con¬ 
tented swag of the tail when they can 
pasture on the Billion Dollar Grass, and 
then if you wish to fatten them, give V 
them daily rations of the seed. Remem- ^ 
ber this grass will produce from 40 to 
100 bushels of seed per acre. 
Cows, Calves and Heifers look with 
pleasure on the Billion Dollar Grass pas¬ 
ture and feed in happy contentment upon 
its luxuriant swath and glory in the Bil¬ 
lion Dollar Grass hay, especially if fed 
along with Cow Pea hay or Peaoat hay 
or grain. 
Horses, Mules and the Like jump over .-i 
a 4-foot fence to get at the Billion Dollar .J 
Grass, and they will fatten and keep ’ 
healthy thereon. They will eat the hay, 
although not as eagerly as cattle. 
Culture 
Cutting: Sal/.eF.s Billion Dollar Orji.< 5 .H 
Sow about 20 pounds per acre, broadcast, but not until 
the ground is warm, covering about % inch deep. It Is a 
tender annual and will .not stand frost. May be sown any¬ 
time from latter part of May up to July 1. and even later. , 
FOR HAY — Cut just when in bloom—ratlier sooner than S 
later, as it makes better hay without the seed heads than,? 
with them. The hay Is then healthier and of finer quality^ 
and in curing treat as would a rich field of clover. 
FOR FEEDING GREEN—All rich, luxuriant grow¬ 
ing grasses and forage plants must he fed in the green 
state moderately at first. The Billion Dollar Gra 
(or Panicum Crusgalli) is one of tliose rich, mai 
niflcently luxuriant growing grasses, therefore you 
should turn in hogs and cattle and shci p and hori 
at flist moderately, after they have had a good fe&l 
somewhere else, and then gradually accustom them 
to this. It is on the same plan as hungry stoipH 
turned into rich clover, they would find harm—; 
yes, possibly death. Turn them in at first mod' 
erately, and you can -soon permanent b’. i 
FOR SEED —I.a;t the Billion Dollar Grass get- 
■‘hnioughly rii)e: cut and tlircsh as you would, 
Tiiruiihi. The seed is rich and nutritious. Billion 
Dotla. gras.-, is an annual. Bags are free. 
4461— Superior: Lb., 25c: 5 lbs.. 63c, postpaid 
to 4th Zone. Not prepaid: S lbs., 35c; 15 lbs., 
a5c: 25 lbs.. $1.30: 50 lbs.. $2.40; 100 lbs.. $4.25. 
4462 — Radium: Lb.. 27c; 5 lbs., 68c. postpaid 
to 4th Zone. Not prepaid: 5 lbs., 40c; 15 lbs., 
$1.00; 25 lbs., $1.45; 50 lbs., $2.65; 100 lbs.. $4.75. 
Bags free. 
146 a photo of my Billion Dollar Grass. It makes as good silage as 
corn.—Mr. O. W. McEwen, Pine Bush, N. Y. 
JOHN a.Salzer Seed Co. 
LACROSSE. WISCONSIN 
