CATALOGUE OF GRASS SEEDS. 
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B reek's Massachusetts Brown 
Japanese Barnyard Millet 
(Panicum Crus Galli) m 
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heading . 
Barnyard Millet ( Panicum Crus Galli) makes a 
desirable green feed for the first three weeks of August; 
is an enormous cropper, growing from six to eight feet 
high. Three crops can easily be had from one seeding 
in a season; nearly 20 tons of green fodder from three 
cuttings. It prefers a moderately moist soil and may be 
sown in an average season from the middle of May until 
the first of July, broadcast at the rate of 25 lbs. per acre, 
or in drills 18 inches apart, 15 lbs. to the acre. Price per 
lb., 10 cts.; per 100 lbs., 8 cts. per lb. 
Southern Cow Peas 
(Vigna Cat Jang). 
Make Poor Land Richm 
Green crops plowed under are one of the best and 
cheapest ways of improving the soil. For this purpose 
the Cow Pea is most popular, especially for medium or 
light soil. They should be sown in May or June, at the 
rate of one and one-half bushels to the acre, and plowed 
under as soon as they have attained their full 
growth. While this crop is very largely grown wherever 
known,with the results attained from it the wonder is 
that it is not grown ten times as much as at present. 
There is no surer or cheaper means of improving poor Panicum Cru* Galli, Barnyard Millet, 
soil than by sowing Cow Peas. In its capacity as a 
nitrogen gatherer its growth largely enables the farmer to dispense with the use of nitrogen or ammoniated fertilizers. 
Nitrogen or ammonia in commercial fertilizers is valued at 15 cents per pound. 
The Massachusetts grown Barnyard Millet put chased 
front you last spring has given the best of satisfaction. We 
planted from eight to ten acres , resulting in a crop averaging 
fully six ft et in height—for the amount of acreage , xt has 
certainly given us more fodder to the acre than anything 
else outside of corn. We think so well of it that we shall 
plant ten acres or so every year. Yours truly , 
y W. A. BLODGETT , Prop. South Lincoln Dairy , 
South Lincoln , Mass. 
Clay, or Wonderful . Has matured in New England. 20 cents qt.; bush. $3.50. 
New Era. Early and large yielder. 20 cents qt.; bush. $3.50. 
Southern Black. Immense cropper. 20 cents qt.; bush. $3.50. 
Southern Black Eye. A favorite variety. 20 cents qt.; bush. $3.50. 
Southern Yellow Eye. Early and a heavy cropper. 20 cents qt.; bush. $3.50. 
Whippoorwill. One of the earliest. 20 cents qt.; bush. $3.50. 
Northern Field Peas. 
Peas, Canada or White Field. Unsurpassed as a green feed for milch cows. Sow with oats or Barnyard Millet. 
Broadcast two bushels peas and two bushels cats per acre or eight quarts Barnyard Millet. Pk. 60 cts.; bush. $2.00. 
— Green Canada Field. Used like the above. The dried peas are also used for boiling. Pk. 75 cts.; bush. $2.25. 
— Black Eye Marrow. (See page 36.) 
— White Marrow. (See page 36.) 
— Flat Forage (Lathyrus sylvestris). A valuable perennial forage plant, does well on poor, sandy soil, its deeply 
penetrating roots enabling it to stand severe drought. The forage is relished by all farm stock. Plant the 
seeds thinly in drills one foot apart. Per oz. 10 cts.; lb. 60 cts. 
Sorghum. 
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Twenty-five pounds per acre is sown in drills. For dry fodder, broadcast 100 lbs. per acre. 
Early Amber Sugar Cane. Ripens where Indian com matures. Per lb. 12 cents; per 100 lbs. $7.00. 
Red Kaffir Corn, or Sorghum. Non-saccharine. The plant is low, stocky, perfectly erect. The whole stalks, as 
well as the blades, cure into excellent fodder, and in all stages of its growth is available for green feed. Per lb. 
1 2 cents ; per 100 lbs. $7.00. 
White Kaffir Corn. Per lb. 12 cents ; per 100 lbs. $7.00. 
White African Sorghum, African Millet, or White Dhoura. Per lb. 12 cents; per 100 lbs. $7.00. 
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