BILLION DOLLAR GRASS (Panicum Crusgalli) 
Especially Valuable for Silo and for Feeding 
Green—A Substitute For Corn Fodder 
Green Feed on August Ist 
Billion Dollar Grass furnishes a very_heavy amount 
of desirable green feed during August! Sown about the 
end of May, the fodder will be ready to cut : 
about August ist or a little earlier! Begin 
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 
June 10 and a third about June 25, abundant 
green feed may be had during all 
of August and with later seedings, 
into September! 
Billion Dollar Grass Gives an unusually 
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 


Billion Dollar Grass of great value in case of a crop fail- 
ure of clover and timothy in a dry spring. 
: It Is Productive 
Under average conditions of moisture and fertility of the soil, 
Billion Dollar Grass 
productive of the annual hay grasses. 
os 
up to 6 tons of eured 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. ie 
Feeding Green 
Billion Dollar Grass, when cut from day to 
day and fed green to cows, is much relished. 



Cows invariably increase in milk when green 
Eien Dollar Grass is alternated with corn fod- 
er, 
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 










to 60 bushel of seed per acre (32 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 
Billion Dollar Grass produces nutritious 
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 Ibs.) 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. 
Billion Dollar Grass gives about 3 to 
6 toéns 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 
eannot 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 famous 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 ue oa soil 
so common in parts of the est. In the Mississippi i 
yields abundantly. sippi Valley, it 
When a Cold Wet Spring 
floods out your corn or when it damages other crops 
Billion Dollar Grass is an ideal catch crop. We have had 
customers plant it as late as the middle of August, as a 
catch crop, but to get best results, we recommend plant- 
ing it up to July 1 or possibly July 15. You will find 
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Billion Dollar Grass 

106 Have been 
ILLION DOLLAR GRASS 

buying seeds from you for more than 50 years. Your Earliest Potatoes 
are very fine.—Rev. E. T. Dailey, 510 So. Simon, Ada, 
1-1% tons hay per acre and is very hardy! 
pounds green Billion Dollar Grass per day. 
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 
corn crop fails or if corn cannot be 
grown. For ensilage, cut in late bloony 
or when the seed is beginning to- form. 
Tf cut after it has ripened its seed, it 
will then be too dry and tough. Filling 
the silo with two parts by weight of 
Billion Dollar Grass and one part of Soy 
Beans makes a very superior silage. 
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 
Hateh (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 
Billion Dollar Grass is a ‘tender annual and 
should not be sown before corn planting time 
as it does not stand frost. Sow about 20 pounds 
per acre broadcast, covering about %4 inch deep. 
May be sown up to July 1 and eyen up to the 
end of July. 
PASTURE—AII rich, luxuriant grasses should 
be pastured moderately at first. Therefore, you 
should turn in your hogs, cattle, sheep, and 
horses the first few times only after they have 
had a good feed elsewhere and thus accustom 
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 sufficiently cured, put it into cocks 
for about a week. i 
FEEDING GREEN—Begin to cut before it 
blossoms and continue until the cattle do not 
eat all of the stems. 
FOR SEED—tLet 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. 
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PRICE. 
4461—Superior Brand: 2 Ibs., 53c; 5 Ibs., $1.08; 10 Ibs., $2.00, postpaid to the 
4th zone. Not prepaid: 5 Ibs., 79c; 10 Ibs., $1.35; 25 Ibs., $3.15; 50 Ibs., $5.75; 
100 Ibs., $10.50. Bags free. - 
4462—Radium Brand: 2 Ibs., 54c; 5 Ibs., $1.10; 10 Ibs., $2.10, postpaid to 
4th zone. Not prepaid: 5 Ibs., 8ic; 10 Ibs., $1.45; 25 Ibs., $3.35; 50 Ibs., $6.15; 
100 Ibs., $11.25. Bags free. Prices subject to change. 
CRESTED WHEAT GRASS 
Is reclaiming millions of acres of arid land on our north- 
ern great plains. It yields more forage than native grass 
in extremely dry years, produces twice as much_ beef, 
chokes weed growth and stands heavy grazing. Yields 
Drill in 10 lbs. 
per acre. 4314—Radium Brand: Lb., 53c; 2 Ibs., 90c; 5 Ibs., 
$1.98, postpaid to 4th zone. Not prepaid: 10 Ibs., $3.15; 
25 Ibs., $7.35; 50 Ibs., $13.95; 100 Ibs., $26.95. 
SALZER’S “LAUGH AND GROW FAT” 
HOG PASTURE MIXTURE 
_ One of the most vexing questions with every farmer dur- 
ing summer is a rapid meat producing hog pasture. 
“Laugh and Grow Fat Mixture” contains generally among 
others the following: Billion Dollar Grass, Turnips, Am- 
ber Cane, Soy Beans, Speltz, Field Peas, Rape, Vetches, 
Oats, Rye, Millet, Timothy, Clover, Rye Grass, ete. It is 
well in ordering this Mixture to tell us whether you want 
it for early or late planting and the condition of your soil. 
Sow 30 to 50 Ibs. per acre.’ Greedily eaten by hogs and all 
other livestock. 4549—Radium Brand: Lb.., 32c; 5_Ibs., 
98ce, postpaid to 4th zone. Not prepaid: 15 Ibs., $1.80; 2 
Ibs., $2.35; 50 Ibs., $4.25; 100 Ibs., $7.95. Bags free. 
JOHN A.SALZER SEED CO: 
LACROSSE. WISCONSIN __: 


Ohio 
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