R.B.BUCHANAN SEED CO. ^ MEMPHIS,TENNESSEE. 
GENUINE DWARF ESSEX RAPE 
The Most Valuable of all Quick-Growing Forage Crops. Ready to Pasture within 50 to 60 Days from 
Time of Planting 
The seed which we offer is the genuine Dwarf Essex Rape, carefully recleaned and graded and grown especially for seed purposes. 
More Dwarf Essex Rape Seed was sown in this and adjoining states last year than ever before. More stock was pastured and 
marketed and a greater interest manifested in the production of live stocx. 
The importance of Dwarf Essex Rape as a forage and pasture plant is recognized by hundreds of live stock raisers who depend 
on it every year, sowing the seeds for a succession of crops from early spring until late winter, except the extremely hot months 
of summer. The greatly increased demand for this seed from breeders of hogs, poultry and other live stock indicates in a marked 
degree the value of this plant as a spring, fall and winter forage or green food crop. 
One of the Cheapest Forage Crops Produced 
Rape is possibly the cheapest of all forage crops to produce. Requires only eight pounds of seed to the acre and practically the 
same seed bed preparation as corn. Unlike corn and many other crops, Rape requires no cultivation from the time it is seeded 
until it is ready to pasture. It is ready to pasture in about sixty days after seeding, one acre affording excellent forage for ten to 
fifteen hogs or sheep. Rape can be sown alone or in combination with other grain and grass crops. Rape sown in combination with 
oats makes excellent forage, the oats being drilled in at the rate of one busnel per acre and the rape seed sown broadcast at the 
rate of five to six pounds per acre. Another good combination and one possibly used more extensively than all others is RAPE 
SEED, OATS and RED CLOVER. Rape Seed five to six pounds per acre, Oats one bushel and Red Clover eight pounds per acre. 
Red Clover and Rape sown broadcast and the Oats drilled in. Forage crops such as Rape Seed are especially desirable land 
coverings for the winter months when the soil is subject to washing, the firmly rooted plants adding stability to the soil as well as 
producing considerable revenue from land that would otherwise stand idle throughout the winter months. 
Practically a Year-Round Crop 
Rape is practically a year-round crop. With successive planting, Rape forage can be obtained for about nine months of tne 
year. Seeding can be done from February through October except the extremely hot months of summer. Excellent forage will 
be ready within 50 to 60 days from planting tme and will afford good grazing until killed by extreme heat or cold. Rape can be 
sown to good advantage at the last plowing of corn, following oats or wheat and other summer crops. Idle acres can be made to 
produce liberally during the winter months when no other crops are being grown and the crop pastured until spring when the 
land can be used for other purposes. 
Price, 1 lb., 25c; 5 lbs., 90c; 10 lbs., $1.65; 15 lbs., $1.95; 25 lbs., $3.00, Post Paid, Write for Quotations on Larger Quantities. 
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