BOISE, IDAHO 
HUMUS IN THE SOIL PREVENTS BAKING 31 
FORAGE AND NON-SACCHARINE PLANTS 
Quantity price on application. Postage extra. 
Golden Millet. No other grass or forage has been able to pro¬ 
duce the enormous yield of this plant. It has produced 4 to 5 
tons of hay to the acre, and from 70 to 80 bushels of seed. If 
sown in the spring on newly broken prairie, it leaves the 
ground in the finest condition for wheat, after harvesting it. 
Sow 25 to 40 lbs. to the acre. Price, lb. 10c; 12 lbs. for $1.00. 
Early Fortune or Broom Com Millet. So called on account of 
the head being a panicle, as in broom corn. Seed red and 
slightly larger than common millet, producing more seed and 
rather less foliage than Foxtail millet. Will produce seed in 
dry, hot seasons. Said not to have the diuretic effect of Fox¬ 
tail millet. Price, lb. 10c; 12 lbs. $1.00. 
Japanese Millet or “Million Dollar Grass”. Being superior to 
good corn fodder in feeding for milk, and in combination with 
the Soja bean makes a very superior ensilage, it is recom¬ 
mended highly for feeding dairy cattle, young stock and 
sheep, being very rich in nutritious elements. If sown latter 
part of April will be ready to cut for hay by middle of July. 
Attains a height of from 7 to 7% feet, according to the season. 
We cannot recommend it in the far north. Price, lb. 15c; 
10 lbs. $1.00. 
New Siberian or Russian Millet. Earlier and heavier cropper 
than Golden millet. Hay is much finer, stalks more elastic 
and growing much taller, that it is rust-proof. Chinch bugs 
do not relish it, and being of stooling habit requires much less 
seed per acre. You should try it. Price per lb. 12c; 10 lbs. $1. 
Hog Millet. Most common of the millets for seed production. 
The grain is fine feed for hogs, cattle and poultry, as it is 
rich in food value. A drouth resistant. Color light yellow. 
Price, lb. 10c; 14 lbs. for $1.00. 
Dwarf Essex Rape (Brassica Napius). Does well with oats. If 
the soil is rich and clean, sow brbadcast; otherwise in drills 
to cultivate same as corn. Poultrymen will do well to sow a 
small patch to feed green to growing chicks. Can be sown on 
wheat stubble, furnishing excellent pasture late in the fall. 
Does well on alkali ground. Broadcast it takes 8 to 10 lbs. to 
the acre; in drills 4 to 5 lbs. to the acre. Per lb. 15c; 25 lbs. 
for $3.00. Write for quantity price. 
Sugar Cane or Sorghum. Early Amber, a valuable crop to 
grow for fodder or ensilage, as it furnishes an immense ton¬ 
nage to the acre. When fed while young it makes a rapid 
second growth. 15c per lb. Write for quantity prices. 
Silver Hull Buckwheat. An improved sort. It blooms longer, 
matures sooner, and yields double the amount per acre. Husk 
thinner, corners less prominent, and seeds of a beautiful light 
gray color. Flour made from this variety is pronounced better 
and more nutritious than others. Sow 30 to 50 lbs. to an acre. 
Price, lb. 15c; 8 lbs. $1.00. 
Sunflower, Mammoth Russian. The largest and most produc¬ 
tive variety. It makes one of the very best of foods for poul¬ 
try, a great egg producer. ^4 lb. 10c; 20c per lb.; 10 lbs. $1.50. 
Flax Seed. Can be grown in any wheat district. Thirty to 40 
pounds will sow an acre. We have choice northern grown 
seed. Lb. 20c; 3 lbs. for 50c. Write for quantity price. 
Jerusalem Corn. One of the best drought resistants, especially 
adapted to dry countries and dry seasons. It grows about 3 ft. 
high. Makes one large head on main stalk and several smaller 
heads on side shoots. Often as many as eight heads on one 
stalk. The grains are pure white and nearly flat. Four pounds 
plants an acre. Per lb. 10c. Write for quantity prices. 
Red Kaffir Corn. Taller than the white, the stalks are more 
slender and juicy and very leafy. The heads are long, slender, 
compact and grow erect; they measure from 1 to 2 feet. The 
seed is red, smaller than that of the white, and rather hard and 
brittle. It does well on poor land and yields earlier than the 
white variety, from 100 to 120 days, and yields much heavier. 
Per lb. 10c. Write for quantity prices. 
Feterita. It is an early maturing, drouth-resisting sorghum of 
considerable value both for fodder and grain. It has produced 
a crop where Jerusalem and Kaffir corn has failed. It should 
be planted in hills or drills, where the ground becomes warm, 
as it rots easily in cold ground. Price, lb. 15c. Write for quan¬ 
tity price. 
Broom Corn. Requires soil similar to corn, same cultivation, 
but should be planted some later in the season. Put ground in 
prime condition. We think that more of western farmers 
should grow broom corn for market. It is profitable. Fre¬ 
quently planted in drills 3% feet apart, leaving plants 6 inches 
apart; 10 to 20 lbs. to the acre. 
The Oklahoma Broom Com. Originated in Oklahoma. Most 
valuable grown there and in the Southwest. Quite distinct 
from all others in earliness; robust habit and extreme pro¬ 
ductiveness; brush long and well fibered and is a drouth re¬ 
sister. Averages 5 feet in height. Stalks make excellent fod¬ 
der if cut at once after brush is pulled. 10 lbs. $1.25. 
Milo Maize. This is one of the sorghums similar to Kaffir 
corn. Grows erect, with thick, close-jointed stalk. Height 4 to 
9 feet. Heads are very large, giving a heavy grain yield; is 
drouth resistant and succeeds on alkali soil. Plant late, when 
ground is warm, 3 to 6 lbs. per acre. Per lb. 10c. 
VETCHES OR TARES 
Vicia Saliva (Common or Spring, Greatest Forage Plant). One 
of the best forage plants that can be grown on the Pacific 
Coast. This is a species of the pea, grown extensively in 
western Oregon and Washington, especially in the Willamette 
valley and on the Oregon coast. It furnishes an abundance 
of excellent feed, either green or cut and cured for hay. The 
seed should be mixed with an equal weight of some variety 
of wheat, oats or rye having a stiff straw, and the mixture 
sown at the rate of 2 bushels per acre. Vetch weighs 70 
pounds per bushel. Sow in the early spring. Per lb. 15c; 
10 lbs. for $1.00. Write for quantity prices. 
Vicia Villosa (Sand or Winter). This variety thrives in poor, 
arid, sandy soils. It is sown either in the fall or early spring, 
and is generally mixed with rye which serves to support the 
plants. It grows to a height of 3 or 4 feet and can be cut 
twice; first as soon as the bloom appears, and afterward for 
seed. The plant is perfectly hardy and makes a nutritious 
food. Per lb. 15c; 25 lbs. for $3.50. Write for quantity price. 
PEANUTS 
The peanut grows in this locality and does well if properly 
taken care of. Should be planted about April 15th and may be 
in hills about 3 feet apart each way. Seed may be hulled or 
in pod. Per lb. 30c; 2 lbs. 50c. 
FIELD BEANS 
White Navy. The standard white bean, of medium size. Plant 
in drills, so as to cultivate with a horse; 25 or 30 pounds is 
enough for an acre. Per lb. 15c. Write for quantity price. 
Montana White, Great Northern or Medium White Bean. A 
bean successfully and extensively grown in this section for a 
commercial dry bean. Price, lb. 10c; 12 lbs. for $1.00. Write 
for quantity price. 
Red Mexican. A very good dwarf bean. Heavy yielder ana 
fair seller. Per lb. 15c; 10 lbs. for $1.00. 
Early Soja Beans, Coffee Berry, also called Soy Bean. Soja 
Beans are drouth resistant, much more so than cow peas, but 
will not do so well as them on poor ground. The berries ripen 
in about 3 or 4 months from the time of planting and produce 
a crop of 20 to 40 bushels per acre, and are as easily grown 
as other beans. One bushel of Soja beans is at least twice as 
valuable as corn for feeding purposes. Sow in drills 2 or 3 
feet apart and 1 foot between plants; 15 to 50 pounds, accord¬ 
ing to conditions, will sow one acre. Do not cover more than 
1 to iy 2 inches deep. Price, lb. 15c; 2 lbs. 25c; 10 lbs. $1.00. 
Write for quantity price. 
CANADIAN FIELD PEAS 
They should be sown or drilled as soon as the ground can 
be worked in the spring. They may be sown with a nurse 
crop, about 60 lbs. of each, or if sown separately, 100 to 120 
lbs. to the acre. In addition to enriching the ground, they are 
splendid stock feed and may be harvested by machinery, or 
hogged off to good advantage. 
If wanted for hay, they should be cut while the supply of 
nutriment in milk is in the vine, forming the pod, cut and 
cured like hay. This makes the finest of hay for dairy stock. 
Be sure to plant early. Try some of these the coming season. 
Price, single pound, 10c per lb.; 12 lbs. $1.00. Get our prices 
in quantity. 
SUDAN GRASS 
This grass will mature in from 70 to 80 days, but should 
have longer time to get the best results as to tonnage. It is 
best grown in rows as near together as can be cultivated con¬ 
veniently, in which case 2 or 3 pounds to the acre of good 
seed is sufficient. If sown broadcast, 15 to 25 pounds are 
required. 
The plants stool wonderfully, and produce, under favorable 
conditions, as many as 100 stalks from a single roots. The 
grass yields a good crop of first class hay; all stock relish 
and thrive on it. Price, lb. 10c. Write us for prices on Sudan 
grass in large quantities. 
Vigoro 
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