. Seed and plant catalogue 1900. Nursery stock Kansas Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Agricultural implements Catalogs. BUCKWHEAT. Buckwheat should be sown about the middle 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 threshed as soon as dry. If allowed to stand in mass it quickly gathers moisture, therefore due attention should be given to handling it promptly. Japanese—Peck 40^;; bu. Silver Hull-Peek 4(i^; bu. $1
. Seed and plant catalogue 1900. Nursery stock Kansas Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Agricultural implements Catalogs. BUCKWHEAT. Buckwheat should be sown about the middle 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 threshed as soon as dry. If allowed to stand in mass it quickly gathers moisture, therefore due attention should be given to handling it promptly. Japanese—Peck 40^;; bu. Silver Hull-Peek 4(i^; bu. $ Common—Peck 35<^'; bu. $ BROOM CORN SEED. Missouri Evergreen—A favorite in Kansas, Ne" braska, and Missouri. Grows to be a good length, and if cut at the proper time has good color. PeckSSi/;; bu. (46 lbs.) $ California Golden-An excellent standard variety; grows a very fine bush of good length, and is free from the large center stem. Feck 35(/;; bu, $, Dwarf Broom Corn—Grows from three to four feet high, with straight, smooth tops; principally used for whisks and brushes. bu. 50i^; bu. $1,50. CASTOR BEANS. This crop is raised almost entirely, in this country, in Southwestern Missouri and Kansas, Pays well at fair prices. Is a good fertilizer, and is a good crop to follow flax. Peck 65^; bu. (46 lbs.) $ FIELD BEANS. Plant after danger from frost is past, in dry, light soil. Best crops are grown in rich soil, but beans do well in ordinary soil, and should be grown in many sections to a greater extent than they now are. They are a most val- uable food crop. Hoe frequently when the plants are dry, never when wet. Medium White—Hand picked. Peck 75^; bu. (60 lbs.) $ White Navy—Hand picked. Peck 75(?; bu. $ FIELD PEAS. Field peas are sold for marketing dry, for split peas or fodder for stock. Sow one and one-half to two busheJs to the acre. White Canada Field-Peck 65^5; bu. (60lbs.) $ COW OR SOUTHERN PEAS. Sow from one and o
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