‘ BILLION DOLLAR GRASS (Echinochloa crusgalhi rrumentacea) F 
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 
cut for about 12 days or until the stems 
toughen. By making a second seeding about 
June 10 anda 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 









Billion Dollar Grass of great value in case of a crop fail- 
ure of clover and timothy in a dry spring. Pi 
It Is Productive 
Under average conditions of moisture and fertility of the soil, 
Billion Dollar Grass is about one of the m 
productive of the annual hay grasses. Think | 
yields of ‘up to 20 tons of fresh green feed per acr 
up to 6 tons of cured hay per acre, or up to 3,00 
pounds of seed per.acre! Its biggest and its grea 
est value, however, is in its green fodder and in 
its silage. Fi . 
neta Feeding Green 
Billion Dollar Grass, when cut from day 
day and fed green to cows, is much relishe 
Cows invariably increase in milk when gre 



have been reported. Yields anywhere up 




Billion Dollar Grass is alternated with corn foc 
der, ooo 


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 
ee ) 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 beeome 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 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 on the alkali soil 

so common in parts of the West. In the Mississippi Valley, it 
yields abundantly. 
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 fina 

: * Billion Dollar Grass 
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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 bloom 
or when the seed is beginning to form. 
If cut after it has ripened its seed, 
will then be too dry and tough, Filli 
the silo with two parts by weight o 
Billion Dollar Grass and one part of Soy 
Beans makes a very. superior silage. s 
What It Is 
Hehinochloa Grusgalli is a Japanese Mil- 
let and was given the name Barnyard Mil- — 
let in 1896 by Prof. W. P. Brooks of the 
Hatch (Mass.) Station. In 1901, wi 
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. er aie 
Culture Bi 
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 34 inch deep, 
May be sown up to July 1 and even up to the 
end of July. - ; ae 
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 
G4), stock turned the first time into a field of rich 
AS 7 ite clover—they might find harm. Turn them into 
ye By Hy f Billion Dollar Grass moderately at first and 
Wea Wp) MAT you can soon permanently. 
Nee vt /; FOR HAY—Cut when the 
isl, Wij" bloom, Cut with a mower an 
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FOR SEED—Tet . Billion Dollar Grass ge 
thoroughly ripe and cut and thresh as you woul 
Timothy. The seed is about equal to oats in — 
composition, that is in protein and fat, . 
4461—Superior Brand: 2 Ibs., 58 Pace §t 15 a 
—Superior Brand: S., 58¢; S-, $1.15; 10 Ibs., $2.15, postpaid to the 
4th zone. Not prepaid: 5 Ibs., 79c; 10 Ibs., $1.35; 25 Ibs., $3.15: —_ 
eer tt. ot: oe fre $ mene cn: ibe beget 
—Radium Brand: 2 Ibs., 59c; 5 Ibs., $1.17; 10 Ibs., $2.25, id to 
4th zone. Not prepaid: 5 Ibs., 8ic; 10 Ibs., $1.45; 25 Ibs., $3.80: 50 biter ed 
100 Ibs., $11.25. Bags free. Prices subject to change, > za, 4 
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 
1-1% tons hay per acre and is very hardy! Drill in 10 Ibs. 
per acre. 4314—Radium Brand: Lb., 90ce; 2 Ibs., $1.50; 
5 lbs., $3.85, postpaid to 4th zone. Not prepaid: 10 Ibs. 
$6.75; 25 Ibs., $16.35; 50 Ibs., $31.95; 100 Ibs., $63.00. Bee 
HOG PASTURE MIXTUR 
One of the most important questions with every far 
during the growing season, is‘a rapid meat producing 
pasture. “Laugh and Grow Fat Mixture” contains in 
eral among others, the following: Barley, Oats, Rye, 
Peas, Rape, Clover, Grasses, etc. It is quick growing 
because of the many varieties included produces a hes 
yield, providing forage in abundance. Greedily eater 
only by hogs, but sheep, cows and horses as well. 
30 to 50 lbs. per acre. 4549—Radium Brand: Lb 
5 Ibs., 98e, postpaid to 4th zone. Not prepaid: 15 Ibs., yf 
25 Ibs., $2.20; 50 Ibs., $3.95; 100 Ibs., $7.35. Bags free. | 
ry 
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=JOHN A.SALZER SEED Co. 
- LACROSSE, WISCONSIN 

TGs peany 
Have been buying seeds from you for more than 50 years. Your Earli te 
98 ( are very fine.—Rev. E. T. Dailey, 510 So. Simon, Ada, Ohio ates 
