CATALOGUE OF GRASS SEEDS. 
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Barnyard Millet and Peas — Continued. 
warm weather plant s.milar to corn. It will not stand dry 
weather as well as the former, is a heavy feeder and will do 
l.est upon a warm, moist soil. It makes a very rapid growth 
when the temj)erature is high. If sown by itself, 14 quaits 
of seed are sul'licient for one acre; when combined with peas 
eight quarts of millet and one and one-half bushels of peas 
are the quantities required. The first seeding may be made 
together with peas ^fay 10 to 15. The peas should first be 
sown and harrowed in deeply and the millet covered more 
lightly with an Acme or other harrow. Cutting should begin 
even before the millet begins to head and can be continued 
for 10 or 12 days. — From Bulletin No. 7^, Mass. Agricultural 
Colley^e. 
Milletj Japanese Barnyard '{Panicum Crus Galli). 
There liave been many attempts to make cai)ital out of 
this by dealers advertising and selling under various 
names. The seed was originally introduced to this 
country from Japan by IVof. \V. P. Brooks of Amherst. 
It has ])roved through a ten years’ test to be all, and 
more, that its introducer claimed for it. As a matter of 
fact there is nothing that compares with it. Three crops 
can easily be had from one seeding in a season ; nearly 
20 tons of green fodder at three cuttings. It is not 
especially recommended for hay, as its rather rank growth 
is somewhat ditiiciilt to cure properly. Distinct from 
other varieties, enormous cropper, grows six to eight feet 
high, excellent either green or cured as hay. It prefeis 
a moderately moist soil and may be sown in an average 
season from the middle of May until the first of Julv. 
Broadcast at the rate of 25 lbs. per acre, or in drills 18 
inches apart, i 5 lbs. to the acre. I’rice per lb. 8 cts. 
— Siberian or Russian, We have made extensive inquiries 
♦regarding this variety and the general rejiorts are that 
the plant grows larger than Common Millet, with beard 
and chaff similar to Hungarian; the plant making a 
ranker growth, produces more leaves than either Common 
Millet, German Millet, or Hungarian, leaves startingclose 
to the ground and continuing nearly to top of stem ; 
leaves wide and tender, making it preferable to other millets for hay. Yield of hay reported one-third to 
one-half more per acre, besides hay softer when cured, greener in color and preferred by stock to other hay or 
millets. It matures about the .same time as Common Millet and Hungarian and earlier than German Millet; it 
is claimed that it will stand drought better than other varieties of millet. It has been a success in sections 
where .season is too short to mature a com crop. Pk. 50 cts.; bu. $1.50. 
Southern Cow Peas (Vigna Cat/ang)m 
Make Roar 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 khowm, with the results attained from it the wonder is that it is not grown ten times as much as 
at i)resent. Tliere is no surer or cheaper means of improving poor soil than by sowing Cow I’eas. In its capacity as a 
nitrogen gatherer its growth largely enables the farmer to dispense with the use of nitrogen or ammoniated fertilizeis. 
Nitrogen or ammonia in commercial fertilizers is valued at 15 cents per pound. The Cow Pea, to a greater extent than 
any other leguminous crop, with possibly the exception of the A'rto V^elvet Bean, has the power to extract nitrogen or 
ammonia from the atmosphere. 
Whippoorwill. One of the earliest. 15 cents qt.; bush., $2.50. 
Southern Yellow Eye, Early and a heavy cropper. 15 cents qt. ; bush. $2.75. 
Ckay, or Wonderful. Has matured in New England. 15 cents qt.; bush. $2.50. 
Southern Black. Immense cropper. 15 cents qt. ; bush. $2.50. 
.^^uihern Black Eye, A favorite variety. 15 cents qt.; bush. $2.75. 
Northern Field Peas. 
PeaSt 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 oats per acre or eight quarts Barnyard Millet. Pk. 50 cts.; bush. 51.75. 
— Green Canada Field. Used like the alx)ve. The dried peas are also used for boiling. Pk. 60 cts.; bush. 52.00. 
— black Eye Marrow (See page 37). 
— White Marrow (vSeepage 37). 
— Flat Forage {Lathyrus sylvestris). A valuable perennial forage plant, does well on poor, sandy soil, its deeply pene¬ 
trating 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 ct.s.; lb. .60. 
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