. Spring 1897. Nursery stock Wisconsin Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Cereal grasses Seeds Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs. OUR HEART YEARNS Por some power to induce you, Mr. Parmer, 4to try Teosinte this year. What can we say that will induce you to do so? It's a winner «f you do I Nothing in the wide, wide world will give you more profit and pleasure than Hcres of Teosinte I Now, sir, it will pay you 6ig—not small pay but big pay, if you would measure off TWENTY ACRE5 of YOUR POOREST LAND and plant it to Teosinte, ^acaline. Giant Spurry, Lathyru
. Spring 1897. Nursery stock Wisconsin Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Cereal grasses Seeds Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs. OUR HEART YEARNS Por some power to induce you, Mr. Parmer, 4to try Teosinte this year. What can we say that will induce you to do so? It's a winner «f you do I Nothing in the wide, wide world will give you more profit and pleasure than Hcres of Teosinte I Now, sir, it will pay you 6ig—not small pay but big pay, if you would measure off TWENTY ACRE5 of YOUR POOREST LAND and plant it to Teosinte, ^acaline. Giant Spurry, Lathyrus Sylves- tris, Salzer's Magnificent Sand Vetch, the ^reat Seradella, our Bromus Inermi^t our wonderful Victoria Rape and our splendid liant Incarnat Clover I These articles would 4urely bring you lots and lots of money I Ijist see Mr. Happy Parmer in the adjoining field of TEOSIN TE. You can have just such « photograph taken next fall if you will plant Teosinte—Teosinte gives Photograph of our Teosinte field August 1st, 100 days after planting; measured 11 feet tall. Now, this gives you a slight idea of what this annual fodder plant will do for you. In the first place, it will grow quickly, and will produce more fodder than any ither fodder plant known. It can be cut when 2 or 3 feet tall and used as fodder or hay, and is eagerly eaten by cattle. It will sprout quickly an^ you can turn your cattle on as pasturage, or if you will let it grow it "can be cut again in a couple of weeks.' We predict for it a great future as a fodder plant. • The reason Teosinte has not done well in America is that the seed has always been purchased in Egypt, but our -seed is all American grown, thoroughly acclimated, and is going to do wonders. We hope that every former will give it a trial. It can be obtained as a premium, and in this way iU will cost you nothing. Now, we know that you cannot go amiss by planting liberally and heavily of this great annual fodder plant. It is
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