James Vick’s Sons, Seedsmen, Rochester, N. Y. 
Farm Seeds 41 
FIELD OF AMERICAN BANNER OAT. (See page 42) 
VICK QUALITY FARM SEEDS 
At Pound or Quart, we Prepay*Postage. Pecks or Bushels by Express or Freight at Expense of Purchaser 
Special Prices on Large Quantities 
ARTICHOKE 
Helianthus tuberosus ( Jerusalem Artichoke ). Artichokes are planted 
same as potatoes. Four bushels will produce 1200 bushels of roots. It is 
very hardy, and will stand freezing and thawing, and hogs will grow faster and 
become more healthy on this than on any other feed. Quart, 35 cents ; 
peck, 75 cents; bushel, $2.50. 
BEANS 
Soja Bean ( Glycine hispida , or Soja hispida). Valuable as a forage crop and 
tor fertilizing the soil. 'Thrives well in hot and dry weather, bow broad¬ 
cast one-half bushel to the acre, or plant in drills three feet apart and one 
foot between plants. Pound, 25 cents ; bushel, $3.50. 
Velvet Bean ( Mucuna utilis). Used by farmers in the Southern 
States as a forage plant, and also as a fertilizing plant for turning under. 
Its nitrogen-gathering properties are said to surpass those of the Cow Pea. 
Stock readily eat the vines and leaves, and the beans when ground, with 
or without the pod, are used in place of oats or corn, and sometimes mixed 
with them. Two or three seeds planted four feet apart in rows five feel 
apart will literally cover the ground two or three feet thick with a mass of 
foliage and vines, no matter how poor the soil. Pound, 25 cents ; peck, 
$1.50; bushel, $5.00. 
BROOM CORN 
Improved Evergreen. 'This variety is now grown more extensively than 
any other, on account of its straight, long, light green brush. It is very 
productive. Sow six pounds to an acre. Pound, 25 cents ; 100 lbs., $8.00. 
COW PEAS 
This pea has always been valuable for improvement of the soil. It is con¬ 
sidered superior to clover for plowing under as a preparation for wheat, as it 
matures the first year from seeding. Plant seed in a thoroughly pulverized 
warm soil. If wanted to plow under for manure, sow in drills one foot apart. If 
grown for fodder, or for the seed, plant three feet apart and cultivate thoroughly. 
Black Eye, Clay, Wonderful, Whippoorwill, Mixed. 
All varieties at the Market Price. Write for prices. 
WILD RICE 
Zizania aquatica. Valuable as a forage plant for swamps and wet land. 
Stock are fond of it when green and also when cured for fodder. It is also 
much sought after by water fowl. Pound, 35 cents ; 100 lbs., $20.00. 
RAPE, Dwarf Essex, English 
Especially- grown for feeding sheep, but cattle, pigs, and milch cows do very' 
well upon it. Sheep should have access to a grass pasture, on which they 
will feed alternately with the Rape, thus keeping them in the best condition. 
A constant supply of salt in the Rape field is quite beneficial. For sheep 
pasture, sow in May, and it will be ready for pasturing in July and August. 
Or sown in June, or even up to the latter part of July, it will furnish a large 
amount of pasture or fodder. In drills, sow five pounds to the acre; broad¬ 
cast, ten pounds to the acre. Pound, 25 cents ; 100 lbs., $10.00. 
SORGHUM 
When wanted in larger quantities than quoted , ask /or special prices. 
F^rlv A mKrr This variel y is coming into general 
•*-* < * A • use for summer fodder for cattle in 
place of sowed corn, yielding two crops in a season. It is claimed to 
keep up the flow of milk, and cows like it better than any other feed. 
It is also easily cured, and makes excellent dry fodder. Three to four 
pounds are sufficient for an acre, in drills thirty inches apart, sowing 
the seed thick and shallow in the row. Pound, 25 cts.; 100 pounds, $6.00. 
Kaffir Corn. This will do well wherever Amber Cane will grow It is 
used as a green fodder. Pound, 25 cents; 100 lbs., $6.00. 
Millo Maize, when cut for feeding it starts again from the remaining stumps 
with renewed strength and vigor; thrives in the hottest and driest localities. 
It is relished by cattle, hogs, etc., etc. Pound, 25 cents ; 100 lbs., $7.00* 
Jerusalem Corn. Belongs to non-saccharine Sorghums. It is considered a 
good sure grain for dry' sections and seasons. It produces several small 
heads on side shoots, often as many as eight heads on a stalk. 'Three 
pounds will plant an acre. Pound, 25 cents; 100 lbs., $8.00. 
Johnson Grass (Sorghum Halapense). Popular in the Southern States, where 
it is considered one of the most valuable forage plants. One bushel per acre. 
Bushel, 25 pounds. Pound, 25 cents; 100 lbs., $9.00. 
SPURRY 
Spergula arvensis. Annual. Grows well on poor, dry, sandy soils. It is in 
best condition for pasture in four to six weeks after sowing, and may be sown 
every month from March to August. Sow fifteen pounds to the acre. 
Pound, 25 cents ; 100 lbs., $7.00. 
