. George Tait and Sons' price list and descriptive catalogue of field and garden seeds. Nursery stock Virginia Norfolk Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs. THOROUGHBRED GRJtSS SEEDS. after sowing. It grows, like Orchard Grass, in tufts, and is therefore undesirable where a turf is wanted. For permanent pasture or for hay it is one of the best grasses, being avail- able very early in the spring and starting a new growth quickly after cutting. It cures easily and is relished by stock both in that state and when green. The best crops are obtained fr
. George Tait and Sons' price list and descriptive catalogue of field and garden seeds. Nursery stock Virginia Norfolk Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs. THOROUGHBRED GRJtSS SEEDS. after sowing. It grows, like Orchard Grass, in tufts, and is therefore undesirable where a turf is wanted. For permanent pasture or for hay it is one of the best grasses, being avail- able very early in the spring and starting a new growth quickly after cutting. It cures easily and is relished by stock both in that state and when green. The best crops are obtained from sowings made in September or October, and well-drained land should be selected. For an acre, forty pounds. JOHNSON GRASS. (Sorghum Halapense.)—(See Sorghums). Of the other varieties of grasses not here catalogued few will be found of practical value on Southern farms. Inquiries with regard to any of them, however, will be cheerfully answered, and orders for them filled at short notice. MI LLETS, GERMAN MILLET. (Setaria Italica var.)—The two greatest claims made for German Millet are its earliness and its enor- mous yield of hay. Only sixty or sixty-five days are required to mature the plant, and it is usually in the best condition for cutting within fifty days from the time of planting. Cutting should be done as soon as it blossoms, while the juices are abundant and before the numerous small bristles of the flowers become firm, as these, when ripe and hard, are injuri- ous to horses, and it is at the time they are maturing -that .the plant draws most heavily upon the soil. Most farmers who speak dis- paragingly of millet do so upon the ground that it is exceedingly injurious to all soils, and that the product is almost worthless. If such persons would sow the seed as thickly as is necessary to make the stem and foliage fine, and would cut it at the proper time, they would find reasons for modifying their opinions. Being very tender, the seed should never be sown until th
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