. Philips' 1899 catalogue : garden, farm and flower seeds. Nursery stock Pennsylvania Mercersburg Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Livestock Catalogs. 10 J. M. Philips' SUGAR BEETS AND , MANGEL WURZELS. Grown for Feeding Stock. The value of these for feeding stock cannot be over-estimated. The results from their use are wonderful, as is clearly shown in the improv- ed health and condition of animals, the increased yield of milk in cows, and the great saving in hay. They can be raised at a very trifling cost, and selected seed will yiel
. Philips' 1899 catalogue : garden, farm and flower seeds. Nursery stock Pennsylvania Mercersburg Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Livestock Catalogs. 10 J. M. Philips' SUGAR BEETS AND , MANGEL WURZELS. Grown for Feeding Stock. The value of these for feeding stock cannot be over-estimated. The results from their use are wonderful, as is clearly shown in the improv- ed health and condition of animals, the increased yield of milk in cows, and the great saving in hay. They can be raised at a very trifling cost, and selected seed will yield immense crops per acre. Five to six pounds of seed required per acre. Mammoth Prize Long Red. The heaviest cropping and best long Mangel. This mammoth variety grows to an immense size, single roots weighing twenty to thirty pounds each, and always of a very fine texture and good quality. It is remarkabe for the broad shoulder and mas- sive shape of the root, by which a great weight is ob- tained without coarseness. In England it has produced from sixty to seventy-five tons of roots per acre. % lb. 15c, lb. 40c, by ex- press 2 lbs. and over at 25c per lb. Golden Tankard. Tops compara- tively small, roots large; flesh yellow zoned with white. It is worthy of .growing for stock on every farm. % 3b. 15c, ft). 45c, by express 3 lbs. and over at 35c per lb. French White Sugar. This grows to a large size, part above ground; roots medium length, white, leaves green; considerably grown in this country for cattle feeding, also exten- sively cultivated for sugar manufact- urers. % lb. 15c, lb. 45c. Lane's Imperial. (Sugar Beet.) This is the most popular and best mm sugar beet for feeding cows, sheep, or swine. This beet will yield as much as most mangels, and contains eight Pkize Long Eed. per cent of sugar. Has yielded thirty to forty tons per acre, at a cost of five cents per bushel. The large amount of healthy, nutritious food which is produced at so small a cost and its great value
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