DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF SEEDS. 
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FIELD PEAS. 
These are grown for marketing dry, for split peas, fodder or for stock, and for soiling. Plant at the 
rate of 150 lbs. to the acre broadcast, or in drills at the rate of 80 lbs. per acre. 
Black-eyed Marrowfat. —Very hardy and prolific. Good for either soiling or fodder. Per lb. 
10c; per 100 lbs. $7.50. 
Blue Prussian.—The boiling pea of commerce. Per lb. 5c; 100 lbs. $4.00. 
Canadian Field.—Very valuable for soiling. Per lb. 5c; 100 lbs. $4.00. 
Southern Cow Pea, Black Eye.—This is not exactly a pea, but more properly belongs to the 
bean family. The pods may be harvested for the grain, or the plants plowed under to fertilize the soil. 
The seed or grain is ground and used for cattle fodder; the stalks and leaves also make excellent fodder, 
fed green. Poor, sandy land, may be greatly improved by plowing under a crop of Cow Peas, and thus 
made into fertile loam. Plant in a thoroughly pulverized soil. If grown for fodder or the seed, 
plant 3]4 feet apart and cultivate thoroughly. The seeds must not be sown until the ground has be¬ 
come thoroughly warm. Per lb. 10c; 100 lbs. $6.00. 
Miscellaneous Fodder Plants. 
African Millet.— A variety growing stalks 8 to 10 feet high, and yielding heads of grain 12 to 
14 inches long, weighing 6 ounces to lb. when fully ripe. If the whole stalk is cut down and cured 
when the seeds are in the dough state, it makes excellent forage; easy to cure, keeps well in out-door 
shocks, and much liked by stock in the winter. It also makes excellent green feed; bears in dry 
weather and gives a crop where corn would wholly fail. Per lb. 10c; 100 lbs. $5.00. 
Alfilaria (Erodium cicutarium.)—Commonly called Crane’s Bill, or Wild Geranium, as 
it belongs to the same family. The seed is very scarce and hard to procure, owing to the 
difficulty in gathering free from weeds. As to quality, it is one of the most nutritious of plants; cattle, 
sheep, horses and hogs alike prefer it to any other natural product of the plains. It makes the sweetest 
milk and butter, and the best meat of any of the natural fodder plants of this State. When nearly at 
maturity it * is very fattening, and may be considered a strong, safe feed for grazing animals. We 
heartily recommend it for use on the large stock grazing ranges of Arizona and New Mexico. Sow 
20 lbs. per acre. Per lb. 75c; special prices given on large quantities. 
Australian Salt Busli (Atriplex semibaccatum. See cut.)—This forage plant, which was intro¬ 
duced a few years ago from Australia, has been grown here with the very best results. The plants have a 
diffuse habit of growth, each one when fully developed covering an area of 3 or 4 feet in diameter. 
Australian Salt Bush. 
It is much relished by stock, and supplies the salt so necessary to their well being. Its greatest recom¬ 
mendation, however, in the estimation of many farmers, is the fact that it will thrive better on alkali 
land than any other. It is proved by analysis to be very nutritious, and contains, when dried, from 8 to 
10 per cent of salty matter. The yield is about 20 tons of green fodder per acre, which will make 5 
