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| Keywords: Everything for the garden (16203275688).jpg 72 <br> mi <br> THE GA3RDEM - F m S©©ds <br> Japanese Millet <br> A very distinct variety that is particularly valuable in the Northern States as a quick <br> growing forage and ensilage crop attaining a height in good soil of 6 to 8 feet and yielding <br> from 10 to 18 tons of green fodder per acre For feeding green it may be cut from day to <br> day as needed until the seed begins to ripen During this period it is much relished by <br> scock; cattle especially consume it without waste before touching green fodder Corn and <br> cows fed on it invariably increase in milk For dried fodder it should be cut in the blossom <br> stage; it is freely eaten by stock and is often preferred by horses to Timothy and Clover hay; <br> when sown early it produces a fair second cutting For ensilage two parts of the Millet <br> In combination with one part Soja Bean forage form a complete balanced ration that may <br> be fed without grain Sow from May to July 15 lbs of seed per acre if broadcasted or if <br> in drills 12 to 18 inches apart use 10 to 12 lbs per acre Price 15c lb ; 10 lbs 1 20; 100 lbs <br> S10 00 For other varieties of Millet see page 74 <br> CANADA <br> WHITE <br> FIELD <br> PEAS <br> D <br> war <br> f E <br> ssex <br> Rape <br> Under favorable conditions Rape is ready for pasturing sheep or cattle within six weeks <br> from time of sowing and on an average one acre will carry twelve to fifteen sheep six weeks to <br> two months When on the Rape they should at all times have access to salt; but water <br> Is not necessary In the Northern States it-should be sown from May to the end of August <br> for fall pasturing but as it thrives best in cool weather it should not be sown in the Southern <br> States until September or October for winter pasture In the latitude of New York July <br> or August is the best time to sow Its fattening properties are probably twice as good as <br> those of Clover and for sheep the feeding value of Rape excels all other plants we know of <br> Sow 4 lbs per acre broadcast 2 to 3 lbs per acre in drills Price 12c lb ; 5 00 bu of 50 <br> lbs ; 100 lbs 9 00 <br> Sand or Winter Vetch <br> Vicia Villosa <br> It succeeds and produces good crops on poor sandy soils though it is much more vigorous <br> on good land and grows to a height of 4 to 5 feet It is perfectly hardy remaining green <br> all winter and should be sown during August and September mixed with Rye which serves <br> as a support for the plants or in spring with Oats or Barley <br> It is the earliest crop for cutting being nearly a month earlier than Scarlet Clover and <br> a full crop can be taken off the land in time for planting spring crops Being much hardier <br> than Scarlet Clover this is the forage plant to sow in the Northern States where Scarlet <br> Clover winter-kills though it is equally valuable in the South Every dairyman and stock <br> breeder in the United States should have a field of it <br> It will also prove valuable for a haj' crop in the South and dry Western regions as it <br> may be sown in the fall and will make a luxuriant growth during the fall and spring months <br> and will yield a heavy crop which may be cut and stored before the droughts set in See <br> cut <br> Sow 1 bu per acre with Yz bu of Oats or Barley Price 18c lb ; 9 25 bu of 60 lbs ; <br> 100 lbs 15 00 <br> Canada Field Peas <br> For Fodder <br> and <br> Green-Manuring <br> Peas could be made to bring more nitrogen to the soils of this country every <br> year than is now purchased annually by the farmers at a cost of millions of dollars <br> ” Yearbook of the U S Department of Agriculture <br> For the Northern States there is no crop of greater value than Field Peas Whether <br> for fodder in mixture with Oats sown at the rate of 2 bushels of Peas and 1 <br> bushel of Oats per acre or the Peas sown alone at the rate of 3 bushels per acre <br> for plowing under there is no crop that we can so strongly recommend <br> Peas have the power of extracting nitrogen from the air the soil from which <br> a crop of Peas has been harvested is richer in nitrogen than before and there is no <br> kind of live stock on the farm to which Peas and Oats in mixture cannot be fed with <br> positive advantage The Marrowfat and Canada Field Peas especially the white <br> variety are valuable for early spring sowing; being exceptionally hardy the crop <br> is not easily injured by late frosts Sown alone for fodder or in combination with <br> Oats for hay or as a crop to plough under for green manure they are unsurpassed <br> Peas can be followed by Millet or Crimson Clover <br> Prices of Field Peas for Fodder and Green-Manuring <br> Peas Canada White 80c per pk ; 3 00 per bu of 60 lbs ; 10-bu lots 2 90 per bu <br> - See cut <br> Peas Large Marrowfat 1 50 per pk ; 5 00 per bu of 60 lbs ; 10-bu lots 4 90 <br> per bu <br> Cow Peas <br> Cow Peas are more tender than Canada or Field Peas and should not be sown <br> until Corn planting time Cow Peas being of very rapid growth during the warm <br> weather can be sown as late as the middle of July with reasonable assurance of a <br> profitable crop either for harvesting or plowing under <br> The early varieties of Cow Peas are quite extensively and successfully grown for <br> forage and soiling as far north as Massachusetts but so far north the crop may not <br> ripen seeds As a soil renovator and enricher Cow Peas are very valuable A crop <br> of Cow Peas collects nitrogen from the air in large quantities and fixes it in the soil <br> thus adding this expensive element of fertilizer to the land without cost and <br> leaving it richer and in splendid condition for the future crop All crops do well <br> after Cow Peas Cow Peas grow on all soils from the stiffest clays to porous sands <br> barren uplands and alluvial bottoms The feeding value of Cow Peas is bigh <br> whether as green forage cured hay or silage being especially rich in blood bone and <br> muscle forming material For green-manuring clay land the crop should be turned <br> under green On sandy soil already too light the vines should decay on the surface <br> and then be turned under Sow 2 bushels per acre <br> Black Eye Cow Peas A popular and productive early sort Price 4 25 per <br> bu of 60 lbs ; 10-bu lots 4 15 per bu <br> New Era Cow Peas A new extra-early variety earlier than the Black Eye the <br> quickest growing of any of the Cow Peas maturing in about 60 days specially <br> adapted for planting north Yields well Price 4 00 per bu of 60 lbs ; 10-bu <br> lots 3 90 per bu <br> We shall be pleased to make Special Prices p e b r e e to buyers of large quantities of Grain or Grass Seed Write us 43874864 149634 78295 Page 72 Text http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/43874864 c1915 10 5962/bhl title 78295 Henry G Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection ; Peter Henderson Co NameFound Villosa NameConfirmed Villosa EOLID 57639 NameBankID 2692730 Biodiversity Heritage Library Everything for the garden 1915 Garden Stories Books Bulbs Plants Catalogs Equipment and supplies Flowers Gardening Lawn mowers Seeds U S Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Library bhl page 43874864 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/43874864 bhlGardenStories BHLinbloom bulbs plants u s department of agriculture national agricultural library bhlgardenstories bhlinbloom Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2015-01-28 Check categories 2015 August 25 CC-BY-2 0 BioDivLibrary https //flickr com/photos/61021753 N02/16203275688 2015-08-25 02 54 41 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 Everything for the garden 1915 Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fæ using a script | ||||
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