
SALZER’ S BILLION DOLLAR GRASS (Panicum Crusgalli) | 
Especially Valuable for Be ane ae Fens a3 gomion is pane See eee wie Valley, it 
Green—A Substitute For Corn Fodder WHE 
Green Feed on August Ist It Is Productive 
Salzer’s Billion Dollar Grass furnishes a heavy amount Under average conditions of moisture and fertility of the soil, 
; 5; : sae Sie Salzer’s Billion Dollar Grass is one of the most 
ea ganon ePes ene ae oe about the productive of the annual hay grasses. Think of 
about August ist or a little earlier! Begin yields OE OD tO oO oe eee econ 


to cut it before it blossoms and continue to 
eut for about 12 days or until the stems 
toughen. By making a second seeding about 
A sed abundant 
June 10 and a third about June 25, 
green feed may be had during all 
of August and with later seedings, 
into September! ee 
Salzer’s Billion Dollar Grass gives 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 35 tons per acre 
have been reported. Yields anywhere up 
to 60 bushel of seed per acre (35 _ Ibs. 
per bu.), although 90 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 four 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 (3,150 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. : 5 
Salzer’s Billion Dollar Grass gives 3 to 
6 tons hay per acre but as it is rather 
coarse and succulent 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 

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up to 6 tons of cured hay per acre, or up to 3,0 
seed per acre! Its biggest and its great- 
however, is in its green fodder and “in 
its silage. 
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 
is no labor involved in growing it—sim- 
ply sow it and cut it when it is ready. 
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 50 
pounds green Billion Dollar 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 
Peas with Salzer’s Billion Dollar Grass,. 
at the rate of 1% bu. Yellow Canada 
Peas with about 10 Ibs. 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 nutritive as 
corn silage, yet it makes a very fine si- 
lage and makes a fine substitute if the 
cannot depend upon a large amount of corn crop fails or if corn eannot be~ 
dry hay. However, if the weather allows grown. For ensilage, cut in late bloom, 
several extra hay days to follow one an- or when the seed is beginning to form. _ 
other, it is successfully cured in small If cut after it has ripened its seed, it 
cocks as clover is often cured. will then be too’dry and tough, Filling 
Use Salzer’s Billion DoHar Grass as the silo’ with two parts by weight of 
silage in place of corn wherever it is not 
possible or convenient to grow corn. It 
is a wonderful ‘eateh 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 soul 













Cutting Salzer’s Billion Dollar Grass 

64 I was very much pleased with the Phalaris or Reed’s Canary Grass I ordered 
from you.—Mr. John W. Baker, R. D. 9, Box 374, Dayton, Ohio, 
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about %4 inch deep. 
to the end of July. 
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moderately at first. 
your hogs, cattle, sheep, and horses the first few times only 
after they have had a good feed elsewhere and thus accus- 
tom them to it. 
‘:meadows and as a readil 
in short rotations, 
postpaid to 4th Zone. 
_ [5 ths., $1.65; 25 Ibs., $2.15; 50 Ibs., $4.00; 106 
eed, to 4th Zone. 
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: JOHN A.SALZER SEED Co:) 
LACROSSE. WISCCNSIN E 
Salzer’s Billion Dollar Grass and one part 
of Soy Beans makes a very superior si- 
lage. 
What It Is 
Panicum Crusgalli 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 tremendous 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 
Salzer’s Billion Dollar Grass is a tender annual and should 
not be sown before corn planting time as it does not stan 
about 20 pounds per acre broadcast, covering 
May be sown up to July 1 and even up 
rich, luxuriant grasses should be pas- 
Therefore, you should turn in 
It is on the same plan as hungry stock. 
turned the first time into a field of rich clover—they might 
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 
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 bléssoms 
and ponniue until the cattle do not eat all-of the 
: stems, ; fees 
FOR SEED—tTet Salzer’s Billion Dollar Grass 
get thoroughly ripe and cut and thresh. aSyou 
would Timothy. 
in composition, that is in protein and fat; 
The seed is about equal to oats 
t Is Ideal 
as an annual pasture, as a catch crop, as a_sub- 
stitute for corn, for smothering out weeds, and as 
supplement to the permanent pastures and 
PRICE 
4461—Superior Brand: Lb., 
Not prepaid: 5 Ibs., 65c; 
$7.65. Bags free. ; 
4462—Radium Brand: Lb., 30c¢; 5 Ibs., 980, 
Not prepaid: 5 ths.,* 70c 
Bags free. 
= 
28e; 5 Ihs., 93¢, 

4 
y available crop for us@- 
Ss.» $1.75; 25 Ibs., $2.30; 5 $4.255° . 
is! a $l S., $2.30; 50 Ibs., He 100 


