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Title: 1901 Johnson & Stokes garden and farm manual
Identifier: CAT31294891 (find matches)
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Johnson & Stokes; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nurseries (Horticulture), Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Catalogs; Nursery stock, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Catalogs; Vegetables, Seeds, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Catalogs; Flowers, Seeds, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Catalogs; Fruit, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Catalogs; Nuts, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Catalogs; Gardening, Equipment and supplies, Catalogs; Seed industry and trade, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Catalogs
Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa. : Johnson & Stokes : Press of Edward Stern & Co. , Inc.
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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(Reana L.uxurians) This gigantic Gram- mea will furnish a con- tinuous daily supply of most nutritious green food for horses and all kinds of cattle al 1 through the summer. It also makes splendid dry fodder, yielding enor- mously, and being more nutritious and better rel- ished by all stock than corn fodder. In appear- ance it somewhat re- sembles Indian corn, but the leaves are much lar- ger and broader, and the stalks contain sweeter sap. It stools out enor- mously after being cut. Sow in May or June, at the rate of three pounds per acre, in drills four feet apart. Pkt., 10c: oz., 15c; 34 lb., 35c; lb., SI.10, postpaid; by express or freight, lb., $1.00; 10 lbs. teosinte grown at FLORACBOFT. and over at 90c. per lb. CRIMSON CLOVER. SAND VETCH. Grown at Floracroft Trial Grounds. Seed of both planted the same day. Note the contrast, also tubercles on roots of .Sand Vetch. SAND, or WINTER VETCH (Vicia Villosa) Vicia Villosa succeeds and produces good crops on poor sandy soils as well as on good land; grows to a height of four to five feet. It is perfectly hardy throughout the United States, remaining green all winter, and should be sown in thespring, mixed with oats, spring rye or barley ; or during A ugust and September, with winter rye, which serves asa support for the plants. It is the earliest crop for cutting, being hardier and nearly a month earlier than Scarlet Clover, and a full crop can be taken off the land in time for planting spring crops. Every dairyman and stock-breeder in the United States should have a field of it, and if you try it once you will never bea season without it. It is exceedingly nutritious, eaten with relish, and may be fed with safety to all kinds of stock. Sow 50 to 60 lbs. per acre with one-half bushel of rve, oats or barley. Lb ,35c; 3 lbs., $1.00, postpaid; lb., 25c ; 10 lbs.,$2.00; 50 lbs., $7.00; 100 lbs. and over, 12c. per II)., by freight or express. SPRING VETCHES, or TARES A species of very small pea, grown extensively in Eng- land and Canada for stock feeding. The seed is also largely used for pigeon feed. Culture same as for field peas. Lb., 25c, postpaid ; qt., 20c; peck, 90c; bush., $3.00, by freight. JERUSALEH CORN and MILLO HAIZE These are popular varieties of sorghum, valuable for both forage and grain. Four pounds will plant an acre. Cultiva- tion is same as for Kaffir Corn. Pkt., 10c; lb., 25c; 3 lbs., 60c, postpaid; qt., 15c; peck 80c; bush., $2.75, by freight.

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