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 Massachu¬ 
setts Experimental Station says: 
“At our station it produced' 67 
husliels of seed, 11,207 pounds of 
straw, 36,000 pounds of green fod¬ 
der, 12,000 pounds of hay per acre, 
being superior to good corn fodder 
in feeding for milk and in com¬ 
bination with the Soy Bean makes 
very superior ensilage.’' Prof. 
Brooks found by alternating the 
BILLION DOLLAR GRASS cut 
front 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 when 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 Com For Silo 
Cows 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. 
Cutting Snlzer’s Billion Dollar Grass 
A Remarkable 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 Dollnr Grass, 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¬ 
tively hard times must vanish on every 
farm where Billion Dollar Grass is sown. 
There is reason for it; you can get two or 
three rich crops from the same annually. 
Sow when a,11 danger from frost is past 
(it grows quickly) and 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 Grass will quickly 
spring up again and give you another 
yield that will astonish the country. This 
can be cut again for hay: then tho field 
will give you pasturage all fall long, and 
horses and hogs and sheep and cattle apd 
poultry will eat it greedily. 
Feeding Value 
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 Grass (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 
excellent for silo use, as frequently a 
good crop can he raised under conditions 
which wotild 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 and 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 Tr ou wish to fatten them, give 
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 
a 4-foot fence to get at the Billion Dollar 
Grass, and they will fatten and keep 
healthy thereon. They will eat the hay, 
although not as eagerly as cattle. 
Culture 
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 anytime from latter part of May up 
to July 1, and even later. 
FOB HAY —Cut when the plant is in early bloom. 
Cut with a mower and allow it to cure in the swath 
for a day: then rake into windrows and when suffi¬ 
ciently cured, put it into cocks for about a week. 
FOR FEEDING GREEN—All rich, luxuriant grow¬ 
ing glasses and forage plants must be fed in the green 
state moderately at first. The Billion Dollar Grass 
(or Panicum Crusgalli) is one of those rich, mag¬ 
nificently luxuriant growing grasses, therefore you 
should turn in hogs and cattle and sheep and horses 
at first moderately, after they have had a good feed 
somewhere else, and then gradually accustom them 
to this. It is on the same plan as hungry stock 
turned into rich clover, they would find harm— 
yes. possibly death. Turn them in at first mod¬ 
erately, and you can soon permanently. 
FOR SEED—Bet the Billion Dollar Grass get 
thoroughly ripe; cut and thresh as you would 
Timothy. The seed is rich and nutritious. Billion 
Dollar grass is an annual. Bags are free. 
4461— Superior: Lb., 23c; 5 lbs., 68c, postpaid 
to 4th Zone. Not prepaid: 5 lbs., 40c; 15 lbs., 
$1.00; 25 lbs.. $1.40; 50 lbs.. $2.50; 100 lbs., $4.50. 
4462— Radium: Lb.. 25c'; 5 lbs., 71c, postpaid 
to 4th Zone. Not prepaid: 5 lbs., 43c; 15 lbs., 
V $1.05; 25 lbs., $1.50; 50 lbs.. $2.75; 100 lbs.. $4.95. 
Bags free. 
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Your Billion Dollar is wonderful. We are night pasturing 27 milch cows on 
13 acres and it holds up fine.—Harms Sisters, Monticello, Iowa. 
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