. Annual seed catalogue : 1900. Nursery stock Nebraska Omaha Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs. TESTED GRASS SEEDS. 31 MILLET Japanese Millet â We have seen same raised in this vicinity for both seed and fodder purposes with very satisfactory results. The leaves are larger than those of either "Hungarian" or "German" and the crop very much heavier. Lb. 5c; pk. 30c; bu. $ Manitoba or Hog MilletâThis has come to be one of the most valuabl crops that the farmer can raise, the seed
. Annual seed catalogue : 1900. Nursery stock Nebraska Omaha Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs. TESTED GRASS SEEDS. 31 MILLET Japanese Millet â We have seen same raised in this vicinity for both seed and fodder purposes with very satisfactory results. The leaves are larger than those of either "Hungarian" or "German" and the crop very much heavier. Lb. 5c; pk. 30c; bu. $ Manitoba or Hog MilletâThis has come to be one of the most valuabl crops that the farmer can raise, the seed being the ricnest and most val- uable hog food that can be produced, while the hay is very valuable for stock. A very much prized peculiarity of the New Manitoba is* that the seed ripens while the hay is yet green, when if cut promptly can be threshed for seed, while the hay makes excellent fodder after being threshed. Lb. 5c; pk. 40c; bu. $ \ German or Golden MilletâGrows three to five feet high, heads closely condensed, spikes very numerous, seeds round, golden yellow, in rough sheaths. Sow thirty to fifty pounds per acre. Weight, 50 lbs. per bushel. Lb. 5c; pk. 20c; bu. 75c. Common Millet (Panicum Milliaceum)âVery early. Grows two to three feet high, foliage broad. Sow in drills or broadcast from May 1st to June 20th, if for seed, or until the last of July for hay. For grain sow in drills, use thirty to fifty pounds per acre. If for hay, sow broadcast thirty pounds. Weight, 50 lbs. per bushel. Lb. 5c; pk. 20c; bu. 70c. Hungarian Grass (Panicum Germanicum) â A valuable forage plant, withstands drouth, and yields well on light soil. Sow broadcast at the rate of thirty-four to forty-eight pounds to the acre, and cultivate the same as Millet. Weight, 48 lbs. per bushel. Lb. 5c; pk. 20c; bu. 75c. Thd New SiberianâThe most wonderfully productive and satisfactory forage plant, possessing in a superior degree, all the essential merits of any of the older sortsâexceeding
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