SALZER’S BILLION DOLLAR GRASS (Panicum Crusgalii) ^ 
Especially Valuable for Silo and for Feeding 
Green—A Substitute For Corn Fodder 
Green Feed on August 1st 
Salzer’s Billion Dollar Grass furnishes a heavy amount 
of desirable green feed during August! Sown about the 
end of May, the fodder will be ready to cut 
about August 1st or a little earlier! Begin 
to cut it before it blossoms and continue to 
cut for about 12 days or until the stems 
toughen. By making a second seeding about 
June 10 and a third about June 25, abundant 
green feed may be had during all 
of August and with later seedings, 
into September! 
Salzer’s Billion Dollar Grass g-ives a 
heavy yield of green fodder, from 12 to 
18 tons per acre on naturally moisture- 
retentive land in good condition, but 
heavier yields of up to .'1.5 tons per acre 
have been reported. Yields anywhere up 
to 60 bushel of seed per acre (35 lbs. 
per bu.), although 00 bushel of seed per 
acre have been reported, and it yields 
from 3 to 6 tons of hay per acre. 
A Quick Producer 
' Salzer’s Billion Dollar Grass produces 
green feed, and plenty of it, in about 
nine or ten weeks and attains the height 
of fo'ur to seven feet according to the 
richness of the soil. It is the one grass 
to sow if you want plenty of green feed 
during August and September for your 
cattle, horses, sheep, hogs and poultry. 
Up to 90 bushel (.3,1.50 lbs.) of seed 
per acre! Hogs, poultry, geese and tur¬ 
keys relish the green feed and thrive and 
fatten if fed the seed during the fall and 
winter months. 
By cutting as soon as the plants come 
into bloom, a second crop may often be 
had and the yield of forage materially 
increased. When grown for seed, it gives 
only the one crop and sometimes some 
pasture thereafter. 
Salzer’s Billion Dollar Grass gives 3 to 
6 tons hay per acre but as it is rather 
coarse and succitlent it is difficult to cure 
for hay and we do not recommend it for 
that purpose. Since it is difficult to dry, 
the hay may become musty and so one 
cannot depend upon a large amount of 
dry hay. However, if the weather allows 
several extra hay days to follow one an¬ 
other, it is successfully cured in small 
cocks as clover is often cured. 
Use Salzer’s Billion Dollar Grass as 
silage in place of corn wherever it is not 
possible or convenient to grow corn. It 
is a wonderful “catch crop’’ whenever 
the corn has been destroyed by hail or 
otherwise. 
Where It Grows 
It grows best on a soil that is rather 
retentive of moisture and quite rich. It 
luxuriates on a low. rich, moist situation 
but it also does well on higher ground. 
When it is sown on retentive soil, it en¬ 
dures drought fairly well. On the rich 
soils of the West and Northwest where 
there is sufficient moisture, or where 
there is irrigation, it yields heavily and 
it has given good yields on the alkali soil 
so common in parts of the West. In the Mississippi Valley, it 
yields abundantly. 
It Is Productive 
Under average conditions of moisture and fertility of the soil, ■ 
Salzer’s Billion Dollar Grass is one of the most ■, 
productive of the annual hay grasses. Think of 
yields of 'up to 20 tons of fresh green feed per acre, 
up to 6 tons of cured hay per acre, or up to 3,000 
pounds of seed per acre! Its biggest and its great¬ 
est value, however, is in its green fodder and in 
its silage. j 
Feeding Green : 
Salzer’s Billion Dollar Grass cut from ■ 
day to day and fed green to cows, is ' 
much relished and its superiority to well- ’ 
eared flint corn fodder is very apparent! 
Cows with both before them, always take 
Billion Dollar Grass first, consuming it 
without waste, while they are apt to 
leave part of the corn as it approaches 
maturity. Cows invariably increase in 
milk when green Billion Dollar Grass is 
alternated with corn fodder. However, 
after twelve days or so, the cattle leave 
some of the stems, and for this reason, 
several seedings of Billion Dollar Grass 
are desirable in order to produce a con¬ 
stant supply of tender green feed. There j 
is no labor involved in growing it—sim- j 
ply sow it and cut it when it is ready. 1 
Fed continuously and alone. Billion 
Dollar Grass acts as a laxative and a 
diuretic, and the ideal feeding is about 
10 pounds hay per day plus about 60 
pounds green Billion Dt)llar Grass per day. 
When animals run in the pasture, a sup¬ 
plementary feeding of green Billion Dol¬ 
lar Grass is beneficial. 
We have found it advantageous to sow -j 
Peas with Salzer’s Billion Dollar Grass, j 
at the rate of 1% bu. Yellow Canada 1 
Peas with about 10 lbs. Billion Dollar 
Grass, first deeply harrowing in the Peas , 
and then covering the Billion Dollar Grass 
with a tooth harrow. 
For Silage 
Over 18 tons ensilage per acre! Bil¬ 
lion Dollar Grass is not as niitritive as 
corn silage, yet it makes a very fine si- . 
lage and makes a fine substitute if the 1 
corn crop fails or if corn cannot be ] 
grown. For ensilage, cut in late bloom J 
or when the seed is beginning to form. | 
If cut after it has ripened its seed, it j 
will then be too dry and tough. Filling ’ 
the silo with two parts by weight of 1 
Salzer’s Billion Dollar Gras.s and one part 
of S'oy Beans makes a very s'uperior si- 
What It Is : 
Panicum Crusgalii is a Japanese Millet ’ 
and was given the name Barnyard Millet ■ 
in 1896 by Prof. W. P. Brooks of the 
Hatch (Mass.) Station. In 1901, we 
first offered it to the public and gave it 
the name Billion Dollar Grass because of 
its tremendo'us yield of fodder and seed, 
and it is probably more widely known to¬ 
day under this name than any other. It 
is not poisonous at any stage of growth 
and is distinct from Sudan Grass. 
Culture 
BILIION DDILAR GRASS 
Cutting Salzer’s Billion Dollar Grass 
Salzer’s Billion Dollar Grass is a tender annual and should 
not be sown before eorn planting time as it does not stand 
frost. Sow aljout 20 pounds per acre broaden,st, covering 
aixmt % inch deep. May be sown up to July 1 and even up 
to the end of July. 
PASTURE — .411 rich, luxuriant grasses should be pas¬ 
tured moderately at first. Therefore, you should turn in 
your liog.s, cal tie, sheep, and horses tlie first few times only 
after tlicy have had a good feed elsewhere and thus accus¬ 
tom them to it. It is on the same plan as hungry stock 
turned the first time Into a field of rich clover—they might 
find harm. Turn them into Billion Dollar Grass moderately 
at first and you can soon permanently. 
FOR HAY —Cut when the plant is in early bloom. 
Cut with a mower and allow it to cure In the swath 
for a day; then rake into windrows and when suffi¬ 
ciently cured, put it into cocks for about a week. 
FEEDING GREEN —Begin to cut before it blossoms 
and continue until the cattle do not cat aU of the 
stGnis 
FOR SEED —Let Salzer’s Billion Dollar Grass 
get thoroughly ripe and cut and thresh as you 
would Timothy. The seed is about equal to oats 
in composition, that is in protein and fat. 
It Is Ideal 
as an annual pasture, as a catch crop, as a sub¬ 
stitute for corn, for smothering out weeds, and as 
a supplement to the permanent pastures and 
meadows and as a readily available crop for use 
in short rotations. 
PRICE 
4461— Superior Brand: Lb., 28c: 5 lbs., 83c, 
postpaid to 4th Zone. Not prepaid: 5 lbs., 50e; 
15 Ibs^., $1.50: 25 lbs., $1.85; 50 lbs., $3.45; 100 
lbs., $6.65. 
4462— Radium Brand: Lb., SOc; 5 lbs., 88c, 
postpaid to 4th Zone. Not prepaid: 5 lbs., 60c;, 
15 lbs., $1.65; 25 lbs., $2.10; 50 lbs., $3.65; 100 
lbs., $6.95. Bags free. 
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I planted your Billion Dollar Grass on August 15th last year and got hay 4 
feet high.—Mr, Louis Buehlman, Millville, Minn. 
John A.Salzer Seed Co 
LACROSSE, WISCONSIN 
