. Moore and Simon's seed buyers guide and wholesale price list : market gardeners, florists and other large buyers. Nursery stock Pennsylvania Philadelphia Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Agricultural implements Catalogs. TRIE DWARE ESSEX RAPE VALUABLE FOR CATTLE, SHEEP AND HOGS In the United States we have millions of acres of good land that annually lie idle or run to weeds the latter part of the season, after the grain, potato and hay crops have been harvested, a large portion of which might be made to produce one of the finest ;'eeds imaginable, and in the grea
. Moore and Simon's seed buyers guide and wholesale price list : market gardeners, florists and other large buyers. Nursery stock Pennsylvania Philadelphia Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Agricultural implements Catalogs. TRIE DWARE ESSEX RAPE VALUABLE FOR CATTLE, SHEEP AND HOGS In the United States we have millions of acres of good land that annually lie idle or run to weeds the latter part of the season, after the grain, potato and hay crops have been harvested, a large portion of which might be made to produce one of the finest ;'eeds imaginable, and in the greatest abundance, at a time when cattle, sheep and hogs are roaming through the bare pastures in search of a scanty living. Under favorable conditio: s it is ready for pasturing sheep or cattle within six weeks from time of sowing, and on an average one acre will carry twelve to fifteen sheep six weeks to two months. When on the Rape they should at all times have access to salt; but water is not necessary. There are several varieties of Rape, but cire should be taken to procure the Dwarf Essex, or English, as it is sometimes called, which does not seed the same season as sown, unless in some exceptional cases, as when sown too early and the youDgplant is touched by frost. In the Northern Statf s it should be sown from April to end of August for fall pasturing, but as it thrives best in cool weather, it should not be sown in the Southern States until September or October for winter pasture. In the latitude of Philadelphia it should be sown in April, or in July or August. Its fattening properties are probably twice as good as those of Clover, and for sheep the feeding value of Rape excels all other plants we know of. At the Michigan Experiment Station, 128 lambs were pastured for eight weeks on 15 acres of Rape sown in July, and showed a gain of 2,890 lbs., or at the rate of 3 lbs. per lamb each week. Even so far south as Alabama it has proved a boon to the farmer. In a recent bull
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