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JOSEPH BKECK & SONS 
(Corporation). 
MILLETS. 
COMMON MILLET ( Panicum Miliac e urn). Requires a dry, light, rich soil, and grows two and a half to four feet 
high, with a fine bulk of stalks and leaves, and is excellent for forage. For hay, sow broadcast one-half bushel per acre, 
from May first to August first. For grain, sow in drills, one peck to the acre, and not later than June 20th. 
GERMAN, OR GOLDEN MILLET {Panicum Miliaceum var.). An improved variety, medium early, growin-- 
three to five feet high. The heads are closely condensed, though the spikes are very numerous. The seeds are contained in 
rough, bristly sheaths, and are round, golden yellow, and beautiful in appearance. 
From close observation during the past few years, the fact has been established beyond doubt that seed of the German 
or Golden Millet grown in southern latitudes will produce a much larger yield of hay than from seed grown in northern or 
western sections of the country, and for that reason is far better for farmers to sow. We have a good stock of southern 
grown seed, and, knowing its value, confidently recommend it. Bear in mind that to the farmer, southern grown seed is 
worth double that of northern or western grown, as that seed is degenerated and hybridized with other millets. 
HUNGARIAN GRASS ( Panicum Germanicum). This is a species of millet, growing less rank, with smaller 
stalks, often yielding two or three tons of hay per acre. It is very popular and valuable with those who are clearing timber 
lands. Like the common millet, it is an annual, and requires to be sown every season, but will produce a larger return than 
almost any other crop. 
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Alsike Clover. 
(Trifolium hybrida.) 
CLOVERS. 
There are no plants so valuable for fertilizers 
as the Clover. They have the faculty of absorb¬ 
ing nitrogen from the air, and also of rendering 
available much of the inert plant food of the soil. 
Their long, powerful tap roots penetrate to a great 
depth, loosen the soil, admit air, and by their 
decay add immensely to the fertility of the soil. 
MEDIUM RED ( Trifoliumpratense) * This 
is the common Red Clover in general cultivation, 
and too well known to need a general description. 
It is by far the most important of all varieties for 
the practical purposes of agriculture. When sown 
alone produces hay of splendid quality, and with 
Timothy or other grasses forms a desirable pasture. 
MAMMOTH, or PEA VINE ( Trifolium 
pratense var,). Grows five or six feet high; its 
stalks are so coarse and large that stock will eat 
only the leaves, but by its judicious use lands which 
have been exhausted can be reclaimed, as it will grow where 
the common clover will fail. 
ALSIKE or SWEDISH ( Trifoliumhybridum) . This 
is the most hardy of clovers, and is fast gaining popularity. 
It resists cold and extreme drought and wet, and on rich 
moist soil yields an enormous amount of hay or pasture of 
a nutritive quality. Can be cut several times in a season. 
It is well suited to low lands liable to wash, as its long, fibrous 
roots spread over a large area and hold the soil so as to resist 
Yellow Oat. 
(Avcna fiavcscens.) 
Mammoth Red Clover. 
(Trifolium pratense var.) 
the heaviest rains. The heads arc globular, verj 
sweet and fragrant, and much liked by bees, who 
obtain a large amount of honey from them. 
LUCERNE or ALFALFA {Medicago saliva}. 
Where this variety succeeds well it is probably ont 
of the most valuable of all clovers. It is not, how 
ever, particularly adapted to the Eastern or Northern 
States, but flourishes in all Western and Southern. It 
requires a fine mellow soil to get it firmly established, 
but when once thoroughly fixed will produce a profit¬ 
able crop for a number of years. It yields an enor¬ 
mous amount of green fodder, and should be cut 
when commencing to blossom. Although a prodi¬ 
gious yielder, it does not exhaust the soil, but on the 
contrary improves it. In States to which it is adapted, 
four or five crops can be obtained in one season. 
WHITE CLOVER ( Trifolium repens). The 
value of this Clover to the farmer is well known, and 
it is to be found in nearly every natural pasture. It is 
adapted to all soils. Being a deep-rooted plant, it 
withstands drought on dry, sandy sections. It should 
form a part of all mixtures for permanent pastures, 
and is also valuable for alternate husbandry, when these 
crops are sown down for more than one year. 
CRIMSON CLOVER {Trifolium incarnalum). Is 
also known as Scarlet Clover and Carnation Clover. It is 
of rapid growth, and of great value where only one crop is 
desired, sown either alone or with Italian rye grass. It is 
an immense yielder, and can be fed green or made into hay. 
It may be sown in the fall for an early summer crop, or in 
the spring for cutting in July. 
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