WILSON S. BROWER COMPANY, Inc., CATALOGUE OF SEEDS 
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FIELD SEED 
(Subject to Variation in Price) 
BEANS 
Sow V 2 to % bushels to the acre. 
Soja Bean, E. Black Wilson. Valuable as a 
forage crop and for fertilizing the soil. 
Thrives well in hot and dry weather. 
BUCKWHEAT 
48 pounds to the bushel. Sow 1 bushel 
to the acre. 
Japanese. Earliest and most productive of 
the Buckwheats. 
CLOVER 
Red Clover. Medium (Trifolium pratense). 
Price variable. 60 lbs. to bushel. Sow 12 
to 15 lb. to the acre. 
Red Clover, Large or Pea Vine. Price vari¬ 
able. Sow 12 to 15 lb. to the acre. 
Alfalfa or Lucerne. Requires a deep rich soil, 
and in such will produce several crops every 
season. 20 lbs. to acre. 
Alsike or Swedish (Trifolium hybridum). Ten 
pounds to the acre. 
Crimson or Italian (Trifolium incardatum). 
Sown in Autumn, it furnishes an early fod¬ 
der and is excellent for soiling. Twenty 
pounds to the acre. Price variable. 
FIELD CORN 
8 quarts will plant 1 acre in hills 
3 bushels will sow 1 acre broadcast 
FLINT VARIETIES 
Golden Nugget. Very early, large ears, which 
average from 12 to 15 in. long. 
Longfellow. A large-eared Flint variety, 
grown extensively for its productiveness. 
Ears 8-rowed, often 14 to 15 in. long, with 
small cob and deep kernels. 
Luce’s Favorite. Ears large and abundant 
foliage. Valuable for ensilage or as a shell 
corn. 
DENT VARIETIES 
Improved Learning. Large ears, deep-grained 
and of a deep orange color. Early maturing, 
distinctly Dent, and a great yielder. 
Lancaster County Sure Crop. A good variety 
for crib or silo. Long ears with deep yellow 
grains. 
FODDER AND ENSILAGE VARIETIES 
Eureka. The plants grow 12 to 15 ft. high. 
Valuable for ensilage or as a yellow Dent 
Corn. 
Southern Horse Tooth. A large, leafy grower, 
especially valuable for ensilage. 
Sweet Fodder. Succulent and nutritious for 
feeding green. 
MILLET 
Golden. Very large crop, though not so early 
as Hungarian. Grows 3 to 5 ft. high. Sow 
1 bushel to the acre, 48 lbs. to the bushel. 
Hungarian. A favorite Summer forage crop. 
Sow in June, can be cut in about 60 days. 
Withstands heat and drought well. Plant 
about 3 pecks to 1 bushel per acre, 48 lbs. 
to the bushel. 
Japanese. Sometimes called Barnyard Millet. 
Grows very tall, 6 to 7 ft.; makes valuable 
forage and is the greatest yielder of all the 
Millets. Sow about 15 lbs. per acre, 35 lbs. 
to the bushel. 
OATS 
Sow 2 to 3 bushels to the acre, 32 lbs. 
to the bushel. 
Storm King. The heads measure from 8 to 
10 in. and the kernels are of immense size, 
thick, plump and heavy. It is very early, 
has great length of straw, producing 70 
bushels per acre. 
Canada Cluster. A very early variety with 
long straw and thick, plump heavy grains. 
A true side Oat and heavy cropper. 
PEAS 
Canada Field. Valuable for cattle feeding and 
ensilage. Sown broadcast in the Spring at 
the rate of two bushels to the acre. 
Cow Peas, Whippoorwill. A very early mat¬ 
uring variety of upright or bush growth. 
Sow 2 bushels per acre, 60 lbs. per bushel. 
RAPE 
Dwarf Essex. Fine for sheep pasture; valuable 
as a soil enricher. Plant in June or July in 
drills at the rate of 3 lbs. per acre, broadcast 
5 lbs. per acre. 
RYE 
For grain, 1 bushel to the acre; for foliage or 
soiling, IV 2 bushels, 56 lbs. to the bushel. 
Giant Winter. Popular as a cover crop. If 
allowed to mature will produce a heavy crop 
of grain, and a fine quality of straw if cut 
about July 1. 
SUNFLOWER 
Mammoth Russian. Very productive, large 
heads with large seeds. Valuable for poul¬ 
try. 5 lbs. will plant 1 acre. 
VETCHES, OR TARES 
Spring Vetches (Vicia sativa). Highly valu¬ 
able for soiling or for green manuring. 
Sometimes grown with Oats for mowing and 
feeding to stock. Use 40 to 60 lbs to the 
acre. Sow in Spring while ground is cool 
and moist, or in early Autumn. 
Winter Vetches (Vicia villosa). Also called 
Sand Vetch, Recommended for Fall sowing 
with Rye. A valuable food for stock in eai-ly 
Spring. Use 30 to 50 lbs. per acre. 
WHEAT 
The seed Wheat we offer is grown in Penn¬ 
sylvania by a very reliable grower, especially 
for seed purposes. Sow IV 2 bushels to the 
acre. 
Marquis Spring. A very early beardless Wheat 
that succeeds well in the East, producing 
larger yields than any other kind. Sow as 
early as possible; about 2% bushels per acre. 
Leap’s Prolific. A very hardy, beardless white 
chaff and dark amber grain. Market price. 
