Henderson's farmers manual : 1919 . isetum Spicalum)This has been cultivated for some years in some of the SouthernStates, under the names of African Cane, Egyptian Millet, CattailMillet and Horse Millet. It grows with tropical luxuriance in strong,loamy soil, particularly if well enriched, and then attains a height offrom 7 to 9 feet, and produces an enormous quantity of green fodder, forwhich purpose it can be cut several times during the season, as it imme-diately starts a new growth after cutting, and grows with great not so hardy as the other varieties, and succeeds best in la
Henderson's farmers manual : 1919 . isetum Spicalum)This has been cultivated for some years in some of the SouthernStates, under the names of African Cane, Egyptian Millet, CattailMillet and Horse Millet. It grows with tropical luxuriance in strong,loamy soil, particularly if well enriched, and then attains a height offrom 7 to 9 feet, and produces an enormous quantity of green fodder, forwhich purpose it can be cut several times during the season, as it imme-diately starts a new growth after cutting, and grows with great not so hardy as the other varieties, and succeeds best in latitudessouth of New York. The first cutting should be made when about 3feet high; this will cause it to tiller and spread, and as the season advancesand becomes warmer, it grows with marvelous rapidity. It will prove ofexceptional value if grown in sections subject to protracted in drills, 5 to 6 lbs. per acre; if broadcast, 8 lbs. per acre. Weight,per bushel, 56 lbs. Clean seed,Price, 25c. per lb.; $ per 100 TRUE DWARF ESSEX RAPE Indispensable for Sheep and Swine Under favorable conditions it is ready for pasturing sheep or cattlewithin six weeks from time of sowing, and on an average one acre willcarry twelve to fifteen sheep six weeks to two months. When on tin-Rape they should at all times have access to salt; but water is notnecessary. There are several varieties of Rape, but care should be takento procure the Dwarf Essex, or English, as it is sometimes called whichdoes not seed the same season as sown, unless in some exceptional ias when sown too early and the young plant is touched by frost. InNorthern states it should be sown from April to end of August tor fallpasturing, but as it thrives best in cool weather, it should not be sownin the Southern states until September or October for winter the latitude of New York it should be sown in April, or in .Inly orAugust. Its fattening properties are probably twice as good as thoseof Clover,
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