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Broom Corn 
MISCELLANEOUS FARM SEEDS 
All Prices on This Page Post Paid. Prices Not Prepaid—See Yellow List Enclosed. 
B. F. AVERY & SONS CO, MEMPHIS, TENN. 
NEW AVERY SHAWNEE PLANTER 
It is very necessary that all kinds of winter legumes be 
planted properly, in order to be protected from cold and 
damp weather. Therefore, we recommend the 
use of the New Avery Shawnee Jr. Legume 
Planter. 
With its new Duplex Hopper and a wide 
variety of plates you can plant practically every 
seed from peanuts in the shell to crimson clover, 
Austrian peas, vetch and other legumes, and, if 
desired, you can plant two different kinds of 
seeds at one time. At a nominal cost this planter 
may be converted into a cotton and corn planter. 
For information regarding this new planter, see your nearest Avery dealer. A sample 
of the planter is also displayed at our store for your convenience. If you do not have 
an Avery dealer near you, write to B. F. Avery & Sons Co., or us, at Memphis, Tenn. 
Buchanan’s Austrian Winter Peas 
1250—AUSTRIAN WINTER PEAS—Introduced into the U. S. A. about ten years ago from 
Central Europe where the dairy farmers plant them very extensively to be used as green 
forage during the winter and spring. 
This winter Pea has endured temperatures of 10° below zero in Oregon with only a light 
snow covering and 3° below in Washington, D. C. In Georgia it has survived without injury 
when Oats and all Vetches except Hairy Vetch were killed. 
The Delta Experiment Station at Stoneville, Miss., recommends Austrian Peas and 
Vetch the safest legume crops to use and advises Delta planters to plant 15 to 20 pounds 
to acre in cotton middles after the first picking of cotton. 
These Peas should be planted after the first good season after September 10th, and then 
on for six weeks according to your latitude. At the South Mississippi Experiment Sta¬ 
tion, Poplarville, Miss., these peas were planted October 27th, came up promptly and 
grew luxuriantly until March 10th. 
A good plan for planting is to disk about 25 to 30 pounds per acre about 2 inches 
deep in cotton middles for green manure. If sown for hay it is best to mix 25 pounds 
of Peas with 1 bushel Oats—Oats hold the Peas up to be cut. 
Austrian Peas when used for soil improvement should be turned under the first 
half of March. When used for hay they are ready about the same time as Oats 
planted the same time. 
Price—1 lb., 30c; 5 lbs., 85c; 10 lbs., $1.40; 15 lbs., $1.95; 25 lbs., $3.00 
Dwarf Essex Rape 
A Quick and Cheaply Grown Pasturage for Sheep, Hogs, Cattle and Poultry 
Ready in 6 to 8 Weeks from Sowing 
CULTURE—Sow either broadcast or in drills 18 inches to 2 feet apart; when grown in drills 
and cultivated occasionally, the leaves will cover the intervening space; this method is a fine 
weed killer. Allow 8 to 10 weeks for it to attain its maximum growth. Sow it as early as 
possible—February, March or early April; 3 to 4 pounds plant an acre in drills; to 8 pounds 
broadcast. Sow again next fall for grazing during the fall, winter and spring. 
Formerly Rape was grown especially for sheep and lambs, but in recent years it has 
been found equally good for providing pasture for all kinds of stock. It has been 
estimated to yield more than 10 tons of green forage per acre that, for fattening, is 
claimed to be worth, pound for pound, double the value of clover. One of the State 
experiment stations reports that the lowest average gain on lambs fed on Rape alone 
was 7 to 8 pounds per month. Another experiment station recommends the sowing 
of 5 to 6 pounds Rape to the acre in corn at the last working, and stating that this 
has proved a particularly profitable practice, as an enormous crop can be grown at a 
cost of about 50 to 60 cents per acre. An acre of rape will easily pasture twenty hogs 
for two months. 
Do not turn stock into a Rape pasture when they are hungry, nor when the Rape 
is wet, as it may induce bloating; allow them to remain a short while the first day, 
and increase the time each succeeding day. Give stock access to salt while feeding 
on Rape; they should also have hay or straw convenient in case of bloat. 
Price—1 lb., 30c; 5 lbs., 80c; 10 lbs., $1.25; 15 lbs., $1.80; 25 lbs., $2.90 
Broom Corn 
When ground is thoroughly warm plant in rows 3% feet apart. When up, thin to 
one plant about every six inches. Cultivate as you would corn, cut when the seed 
are in the dough stage, thrash the same day and put in drying frames for a week 
and then bale carefully. Six to eight pounds of seed will plant one acre. There are 
about 30,000 seed in one pound. 
1270— EVERGREEN (Tall or Standard Type)—Grows 7 to 15 feet high, bears a 
brush 16 to 24 inches in length, used in making all types of brooms. 
1271— OKLAHOMA (Dwarf Type)—Grows 4 to 7 feet tall, matures in about the same 
time as Standard Evergreen or slightly earlier. 
1272— SCARBOROUGH (Dwarf Type)—It is later, slightly taller and has somewhat 
longer brush and less reddened chaff on the seeds than Evergreen Dwarf. Bears fewer 
seeds and easier thrashed than many varieties. 
1273— BLACK SPANISH (Black Jap, Tall Type)—Is shorter and earlier than Ever¬ 
green (Tall) and has dark brown or black chaff on the seeds. It usually grows to 
a height of 6 to 11 feet and is ready for harvesting 10 days earlier than the Ever¬ 
green variety. 
Price, either variety—1 lb., 30c; 5 lbs., 85c; 10 lbs., $1.25; 25 lbs., $2.95 
Austrian Winter Peas 
Dwarf Essex Rape 
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