JOSKIMI BRECK & SONS 
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Dwarf Essex Ra/tem 
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Farmers of the United States are just begining to find out what England has known for many years, that the 
Fodtler Rape is the most valuable green feeding pjant known, especially for sheep. Dwaif E.ssex Rape is easily grown 
and perfectly hardy, and ])ossesses remarkable fattening properties. One acre will pasture 36 head two months, and 
lambs will make a gain of eight to 12 pounds a month. Pigs and cattle are also very fond of it. The plant is a 
rank grow’er and should have heavy manuring as well as high cultivation. Any corn soil will grow Rape. Sow the seed 
by the end of June, and the crop can be ready to feed at a season when it is most needed. By sowing different 
pieces several w'eeks apart a continuous supply of good feed can be had. When sown in June the Rape will have to be 
fed during August, though if the first crop were cut about four inches from the ground, there would be a second growth 
that would be useful after that- time. P'or the breeding flock a jfiece should be sown about the first week in July, with 
some even later, and the chances taken on its withstanding the tlrought. It does well sown with oats. After the oats 
are cut the Rape grows rapidly. . From half an acre there was cut nine and three-quarters tons of green Rape, 
or it yielded at the rate of 19 tons per acre. 
If the soil is rich and clean sow broadcast; if not so clean, .sow in drills and cultivate as for corn. Rape is espe¬ 
cially adapted for a catch crop, succeeding w’ell when for any cause other crops have failed ; as it, like turnip, makes 
its growth late in the sea.son, can be sown on stubble, and will furnish excellent pasturage w’hen much needed in the 
fall. In drills sow to lbs. per acre ; broadcast 15 lbs. per acre. Lb. 10 cts.; 100 lbs. 56.50. 
Spurrey (Speri^ula arvensis). Annual. This plant will grow on land that is too dry and too thin to support clover, 
and so rapidly that three sowings may be made in one season. The crop may be fed both green and as hay. It is 
in condition to pasture sheep or cattle on in about six weeks after sowing, and sowings may be made every month 
from April to August. Sow broadcast 20 pounds per acre. Rer lb. 15 cts.; per 100 lbs. 5 io.oo. 
Sunflower, Large Russian. The seeds are a valuable poultry feed, and in a rich loam from 30 to 50 bushels per 
acre are ])roduced. The leaves, it is claimed, make excellent fodder for cattle. The whole ])lant, seed heads in¬ 
cluded, is sometimes cut up and mixed with the corn in the silo. Drill at the rate of 10 lbs. per acre. Lb. 8 cts.; 
100 lbs. 56 . 00 . 
Teosinte (Rcana htxurians). A valuable fodder plant, that in growth resembles Indian corn. It seems to do well 
in New England, and if cut early when tender is much relished by cattle and will give two or three crops in a 
sea.son. Oz. 15 cts.; lb. 75 cts. 
Vetches, Spring Tares (Vida sativa). Sown broadcast at rate of one to one and a half bushels to the acre, like 
wheat or barley, and sometimes mixed with oats for soiling. Used in France and Canada as a substitute for pea.s. 
Also ground uj) into flour, after which it is mixed with wheat flour for making bread. A valuable plant. l*er qt. 
20 cts.; per bush. 53*25. 
Sand or Winter Vetch {Vida Viiiosa), 
Vida villosa succeeds and produces good crops on poor, sandy soils as well as 
on good land; grows to a height of four to five feet. It is perfectly hardy through¬ 
out the United States, remaining green all winter, and should be sown in the spring, 
mixed with oats, spring rye or barley; or during August and September, with winter 
rye, which .serves as a support for the plants. It is the earliest crop for cutting, being 
hardier and nearly a month earlier than Scarlet Clover, attd a full crop can be taken 
off the land in time for planting spring crops. Every dairyman and stock-breeder in 
the United States should have a field of it, and if you try it once you will never be a 
season without it. It is exceedingly nutritious, eaten with relish, and ntay be fed 
with safety to all kinds of stock. Per lb. 16 cts., per 100 lbs. $14.00. 
Wheat and Winter {Sand} Vetch. This mixture of a non-legume and a legume 
promises to be a very desirable spring green fodder. It has been planted for 
two years, and a third planting looked e.xceedingly well last autumn. The first 
planting — made in the late summer of 1898 — winter killed, owing in all prob¬ 
ability to the fact that the seed was sown too early (August i). The second year, 
1899, the seeding took place August 25, and an excelletit yield was secured the fol¬ 
lowing spring. One and one-half bushels of wheat and one bushel of vetch were 
sown to the acre at one sowing, and covered with a wheel harrow. Cutting was 
begun May 31 just before the wheat began to head. The vetch began to blos¬ 
som June 5. The yield was at the rate of 10 tons of green fodder to the acre, and 
cutting was continued for 12 days. The spring of 1900 was fully 10 days back¬ 
ward, and the rainfall quite deficient. Had the weather been as warm as usual 
and the precipitation normal, cutting would have begun earlier. If more of the 
fodder mixture has been produced than can be fed green the balance may be 
made into hay. The cost of the vetch seed is very high this season ($5.50 to 
$7.00 a bushel), due to the fact that in those sections where the seed is grown 
the drought was severe last year, and the crop was largely fed green. The usual 
price is one-third less. The vetch develops an abundance of root nodules, and 
must fix large quantities of atmospheric nitrogen. It has been found to be very 
digestible, and animals eat it freely. 
IViicat itself w’hen sown in early September at the rate of two bushels to the acre also makes a satisfactory s])rin<^ 
green feed and is considered preferable to rye. If, however, it can be grown together with a leguminous crop, the 
nutritive value of the fodder mixture i.s decidedly enhanced. Land from which wheat or wheat and vetch have been 
removed can be immediately sown to corn, corn and beans or Hungarian grass. 
/ 7vish to express my appreciation to your firm for the very satisfactory results obtained with 
seeds furnished by you. At your advice I sowed oats, herds grass and clover this spring on some 
netv made meadow, expecting merely to get a small result._ I got eleven ions first and second crop. 
Yours truly, \V. B. ARNOLD, North Abington, Afass. 
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