. Annual illustrated catalogue of seeds. Nurseries (Horticulture), Minnesota, Catalogs; Vegetables, Seeds, Catalogs; Flowers, Catalogs. 48 A. Tilton's Descriptive Seed Catalogue. GRASS SEEDS.—Continued. Common Millet.—(Fifty pounds per bushel.) Requires a dry, light, rich soil, and grows two and a half to four feet high, with a fine bulk of stalks and leaves, and is- excellent for forage. For hay, sow broadcast, one-half bushel per acre, from May ist to August 1st. For grain, sow in drills, one peck to the acre, and not later than June 2oth. [Market price.] Hungarian Grass.—(Forty-eight pounds
. Annual illustrated catalogue of seeds. Nurseries (Horticulture), Minnesota, Catalogs; Vegetables, Seeds, Catalogs; Flowers, Catalogs. 48 A. Tilton's Descriptive Seed Catalogue. GRASS SEEDS.—Continued. Common Millet.—(Fifty pounds per bushel.) Requires a dry, light, rich soil, and grows two and a half to four feet high, with a fine bulk of stalks and leaves, and is- excellent for forage. For hay, sow broadcast, one-half bushel per acre, from May ist to August 1st. For grain, sow in drills, one peck to the acre, and not later than June 2oth. [Market price.] Hungarian Grass.—(Forty-eight pounds per bushel.) This is a species of millet, growing less rank, with smaller stalks, often 3delding two or three tons of hay per acre. It is very popular and valuable with those who are clearing timber lands. Like the Millet, it is an annual, and requires to be sown every season, but will pro- duce a larger return than almost any other crop. Sow and cultivate like millet. [Market price.] MISCELLANEOUS FARM SEEDS. {Prices subject to market fluctuations.) Barley, Common.—Barley succeeds best on lands more sandy and lighter than those adapted to wheat. It is sown in spring and can be grown farther north than any other grain. Sow from two to two and one-half bushels per acre. Per bu. $ Buckwheat, Common.—Buckwheat should be sown about the 20th of June, broadcast,, at the rate of from one to three pecks per acre. The average yield is from twenty- five to thirty bushels per acre. It should be thrashed as soon as dry, on the ground or barn floor. If allowed to stand in mass, it quickly gathers moisture. Per bu.$ Buckwheat, Silver Hull.—This improved variety is much better than the old sort. It is in bloom longer, matures sooner, and yields double the quantity per acre. The husk is thinner, the corners less prominent, and the grain of a beautiful light gray color. The flour is said to be better and more nutritious. Per bu. $ Buckwheat, Japanese.—It is rare th
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