BILLION DOLLAR GRASS “chifochios crusgalli frumen ene 
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 
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It Is Productive 
Under average conditions of moisture and fertility of the soil. 
lion Dollar Grass is about one of the most productive of the ann 
hay grasses. Think of yields of up to 20 tons of fresh green fe 
per acre, up to 6 tons of cured hay per acre, or up, to 3,000 po 
of seed per acre! Its biggest and its greatest value, however, i 
its green fodder and in its silage. 
Feeding Green 
3illion’ Dollar Grass, when cut from day © 
day and fed green to cows, is much relished. — 
Cows invariably increase in milk when. green 
pe Dollar Grass is alternated with corn fod-— 
er, : 
Fed continuously and alone, Bil 
Dollar Grass acts as a laxative and 
diuretic, and the ideal feeding is about 
10 pounds hay per day plus about 50 
pounds green Billiorr Dollar Grass per day. 3 
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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 
eattle, 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 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 
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 RBillion 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 hai] or 
otherwise. 
Where It Grows 
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It grows best on a soil that is rather billed: en LNA, 
retentive of moisture and quite rich. It 5 ay 
luxuriates on a low, rich, moist situation Loy | ER Ss Mp) 
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 
s0 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 find 
Billion Dollar Grass of great value in case of a crop fail- 
ure of clover and timothy in a dry spring. 
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Phone your postmaster 
Allow 1 pound for packing, 
packed, 10 lbs. weigh 11 lbs., ete. 
if in doubt as to your zone. 
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during the growing season, is a rapid meat 
buying seeds from you for more than 50 years. Your Earliest Potatoes 
are very fine.—Rev. E. T. Dailey, 510 So. Simon, Ada, Ohio 


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 
-ecorn 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, 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 ee 
Echinochloa Crusgalli 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, we 
first offered it to the public and gave it oa 
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 even up to the 
end of July. 
PASTURE—AIl 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 haya 
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 Pps 
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. 
FEEDING GREEN—Begin to cut before it 
blossoms and continue until the cattle do not 
eat all of the stems. am 
FOR SEED—tTet Billion Dollar Grass get en ee 
thoroughly ripe and cut. and thresh as you would s 
Timothy. The seed is about equal to oats in — 
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_446!—Superior Brand: 2 Ibs., 57e; 5 Ibs., $1.12: 10 IDS.- 
$2.10, postpaid to the 4th zone. Not prepaid: 25 Ibs., $3.00; 
50 Ibs., $5.50; 100 Ibs., $10.00. Bags free. eee 
4462—Radium Brand: 2 tbs., 58e; 5 Ibs., $1.15; 10 Ibs., 
$2.15, postpaid to 4th zone. Not prepaid: 25 Ibs., $3.15; 50 “ 
Ibs., $5.75; 100 Ibs., $10.50. Bags free. Prices subject to ~ 
change, 
‘*‘LAUGH AND GROW FAT” 
SALZER’ S HOG PASTURE MIXTURE 
One of the most important questions with every farmer | 
producing hog —— 
pasture. “Laugh and Grow Fat Mixture’ contains in gen- 
eral among others, the following: Barley, Oats, Rye, Field 
Peas, Rape, Clover, Grasses, ete. It is quick growing and 
because of the many varieties included produces a heavy 
yield, providing forage in abundance. Greedily eaten not a 
only by hogs, but sheep, cows and horses as well. Sow = 
30 to 50 Ibs. per acre. : 
4549—Radium Brand: Lb., 32¢; 5 Ibs., 95e; 15 Ibs., $2.45, 
postpaid to 4th zone. Not prepaid: 25 Ibs., $2.10; 50 Ibs., 
$3.70; 100 Ibs., $6.85. Bags free. 
CONDITION OF SALE ON ALL SEEDS 
“ Recognizing that our customers have the opportunity of secur- 
ing analysis and germination of any and all seeds, we, the John A. 
Salzer Seed Company, g.ve no warranty, express or implied, as to 
the productiveness of any seeds, plants, and bulbs we sell and we 
will not be in any way responsible for the crop. Our liability in 
all instances is limited to the purchase price of the secd. 
| JOHN A. SALZER SEED Co 
LACROSSE. WISCONSIN 





