CATALOGUE OF FORAGE SEEDS. 
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MISCELLANEOUS SEEDS. 
FOR FORAGE CROPS, PLOWING UNDER, ETC. 
Special Offer No. 3 only applies to seeds under this heading. 
BEANS, Breck’s Soya. The most suitable variety for cultivation in 
New England, valuable either as a fodder crop or for the silo. The 
dry beans when ground make an excellent meal for feeding to milch 
cows. \\ hen roasted and ground they form an excellent substitute 
for coffee. Quart, 2octs.; peck, $1.00'; bushel, $3.50. 
Medium (ireen Soya. Especially suitable for New England. Quart, 
25 cts.; peck 1.25; bushel, $4.00 
BEGGAR WEED ( Desmodium Molle ). Recommended as a forage plant for 
thin, sandy lands. Sow about first of June in drills three feet apart, 
about five pounds per acre. Per lb., 40 cts.; 5 lbs., $1.75. 
CORN, Broom. This does best in a good, deep, moderately moist soil. 
20 cts. lb., $15.00 per 100 lbs. 
Prehistoric. A variety with a remarkable history. Of rapid 
growth, stout stalk, thickly set with leaves, three to five feet in 
length, four to seven inches wide. Said to produce four good ears to 
the stalk. Being a novelty, we recommend our customers to try it in 
a small way, and if it does just half of what is claimed for it, it will 
be more than satisfactory to the average planter. 
Per quart, 15 cts. ; peck, 80 cts. ; bush., $2.00. 
— Jerusalem. See Sorghum. 
— Kaffir. See Sorghum. 
DUO UR A. See Sorghum. 
MILLET, Pearl ( Penicillaria S pi cat a). A valuable and very productive 
fodder plant; should not be sown until danger from frost is over. 
Drill, 18 inches apart, 10 pounds to acre. Lb., 15 cts., $12 per 100 lbs. 
Japanese Barnyard Grass ( Parti - 
Beggar Weed. 
MILLET, 
cum Crus Galli ). Distinct from other 
varieties, enormous cropper, grows six to 
eight feet high, excellent either green or 
cured as hay. It prefers a moderately 
moist soil and may be sown in an aver¬ 
age season from the middle of May until 
the first of July. Broadcast, at the rate 
of 25 lbs. per acre, or in drills eighteen 
inches apart, 15 lbs. to the acre. Price 
per lb., 12 cts.; 25 lbs. for $2.50. 
—Brack’s Japanese (Panicum Miliaceum 
var. Japoyiica). In growth and appear¬ 
ance somewhat like the best Southern 
grown Golden Millet, but of superior 
quality and immensely more productive. 
Everything considered, we believe it is 
the best Millet yet introduced. Peck, 
50 cts.; bushel, $1.50. 
CLOVER, Crimson, German, or Scarlet. 
Recommended as a valuable green manure 
crop and for an April green-food crop for 
cattle. Sow broadcast during July or 
August, 20 lbs. per acre. Per lb., 12 cts.; 
$10.00 per 100 lbs. 
OATS, Gray Winter or Turf. As hardy as 
winter wheat, and should be sown in 
August or September at the rate of one- 
and-a-lialf to two bushels per acre. They 
can be grazed late in the Fall or early 
Spring, without injury to the grain crop. 
The yield of grain on good soil is fre¬ 
quently from fifty to seventy bushels per 
acre. These oats are also valuable for 
Spring seeding. Per peck, 50cts.; bushel, 
$1.50. 
PEAS, Southern Cow. Valuable both for 
fodder and as a green crop to plow under. 
Sow broadcast at the rate of one and a 
half to two bushels per acre. 
—Whippoorwill. One of the earliest. Per 
quart, 20 cts.; per bushel, $3.00. 
—Southern Yellow Eye. Of rapid growdh and a heavy cropper. 
See Special Offers on third page 
Millet. Panicum Crus Galli 
Per quart, 20 cts. 
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