. Spring 1902 annual catalogue improved northern grown farm and garden seeds, hardy shrubs, roses, and small fruit plants / Farmer Seed Nursery stock Minnesota Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs. Farmer Seed Company, Faribault, Minnesota, 17 GIANT SPUBBiY-^Purry ds of great value for llgtit or thin ground and several years' experi- menting at the MicWgan Agricultural College has proven that it is the only plant which can be grown on poor, sandy, dry soil that will surely return a pa
. Spring 1902 annual catalogue improved northern grown farm and garden seeds, hardy shrubs, roses, and small fruit plants / Farmer Seed Nursery stock Minnesota Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs. Farmer Seed Company, Faribault, Minnesota, 17 GIANT SPUBBiY-^Purry ds of great value for llgtit or thin ground and several years' experi- menting at the MicWgan Agricultural College has proven that it is the only plant which can be grown on poor, sandy, dry soil that will surely return a paying yield. Dr. Manley Stiles, of Lansing, Mich., calls it the clover of sandv soils, \ield'lng 7,700 pounds per acre; and in another report to the Michigan Agricultural Station, he says: "Tlia Spurry has shown wonderful productiveness. Its value as a manu- lal plant on light sands is pronounced. It seems to enrich the soil more rapidly than other plants. It IS readily enten by cows, sheep and ; OlFlJTXi'REi—It is of verv rapid growth, and is sown the latter Oialf of March and in April or May at the rale of 10 lbs. per acre, if wanted for hay. The seed sown broadcast on pretty well prepared ground, and covered lightly by harrowing. It germinates auickly, and in from 6 to 8 weeks is ready to cu't. It Is usually cut for "hay the first time, and pastured afterwards for the rest of the summer. If wanted as a fertilizer, 20 lbs. are sown per acre, and when 15 to 20 inches high, plowed under. Two crops can be plowed under In one year, on account of its quick growth. It lis not a perennial. Price, prepaid bv mail: Oz., Sc.; lb., 22c.; 4 lbs., 75c. By express or freight: Lb., 13c.; 10 lbs. (for 1 acre), $; 50 lbs., ; lOO lbs., $ COMMON" or SMALL SPURRY—Does not grow so high as the Giant Spurry, otherwise is the same. Price, by express or freisbt: I>b., 12c.; lO lbs., $; CO lbs., .'^ AUSTRALIAN SALT BUSH—For alkali lands th
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