. Ratekin & Son's 18th annual seed catalog, 1902 : farm, field and garden seeds. Nursery stock Iowa Catalogs; Corn Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Cereal grasses Catalogs. 34 J. R. RATEKIN & SON'S ANNUAL SEED CATALOG. DwQLrf Essex R^e^pe The most popular p^ant in existence for feed and p-'stu^e. Another year has added wonderfully to the pop^jlarity of L>warf Essex Eape, and it is of comparatively recent introduction in this country, it has proven to be the most valuable forage plant in existence for many sections of the country. Jt is easily grown everywhere, can b
. Ratekin & Son's 18th annual seed catalog, 1902 : farm, field and garden seeds. Nursery stock Iowa Catalogs; Corn Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Cereal grasses Catalogs. 34 J. R. RATEKIN & SON'S ANNUAL SEED CATALOG. DwQLrf Essex R^e^pe The most popular p^ant in existence for feed and p-'stu^e. Another year has added wonderfully to the pop^jlarity of L>warf Essex Eape, and it is of comparatively recent introduction in this country, it has proven to be the most valuable forage plant in existence for many sections of the country. Jt is easily grown everywhere, can be sown early in the season to provide pasture for sheep and swine: or sow on the stubble; but it is usually sown in June, July or August with potatoes, or on well prepared land alone for summer and fall pasture. Makes a wonderfully productive pasture for . slief»p, hogs or cattle and they gain flesh so rapidly that they s on "weieh like ; While it is the ideal food for she^p, still it is of equal value for hogs and cattle as they are very fond of it and it is extremely cheap, having yielded twenty tons of fodder ver acre. The leaves somewhat resemble cab- bage when young, later on they look more like rutab'^ga, being large, smooth, notched and spreading. Under ordinary conditions the plant reaches a height of two to four feet. It grows well in any c imate and on almost any soil but prefers rich loam. In the east it is usually sown in drills, two to three pounds « per acre, and cultivated, but in ^Yestern states it is almost invariably sown broad- cast, four to five pounds per acre, and it grows so rapidly th^^t all weeds are quickly smothered. When it is sown as : a secondary or catch crop after small i grain has been harvested, it iis weill to i disc the ground thoroughly immediately before sowing May als'> be sown in corn at time of last cultivation pnd does not appear to interfere with the crop, but m->kes an unequalled fall pasture. Not only does it y
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