. Catalogue of vegetable and flower seeds : free to all. Gardening United States Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds United States Catalogs; Flowers Seeds United States Catalogs; Gardening Implements Catalogs. JAMES J. H. GREGORY & SON'S RETAIL CATALOGUE. 37 PLANTS FOR FODDER, ETC.—Continued. JAPANESE MILLET.—CRUS GALLI. This new millet has become so pop- ular as a forage plant that we have had some difficulty in procuring seed Insufficient for the $J\*|enormous demand ip'for it. The Crus Galli straw chopped, crushed, moistened, and sprinkled with meal is readily eaten by cat
. Catalogue of vegetable and flower seeds : free to all. Gardening United States Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds United States Catalogs; Flowers Seeds United States Catalogs; Gardening Implements Catalogs. JAMES J. H. GREGORY & SON'S RETAIL CATALOGUE. 37 PLANTS FOR FODDER, ETC.—Continued. JAPANESE MILLET.—CRUS GALLI. This new millet has become so pop- ular as a forage plant that we have had some difficulty in procuring seed Insufficient for the $J\*|enormous demand ip'for it. The Crus Galli straw chopped, crushed, moistened, and sprinkled with meal is readily eaten by cattle and horses. The seed itself ap- pears to equal in value corn meal for milk production and is excellent for poul- try. For green fod- der, sow it at the rate of 12 to 15 quarts per acre. We have raised it on our farm for both seed and fodder purposes with very satisfac- tory results. The leaves are larger than those of either "Hungarian" o r "German" and the crop very much heavier. Either as a grain producer or as a source for abun- dant green fodder, this millet is a great acquisition to the agriculture of the country. When thin- ly seeded in drills grows from six to seven feet in height. F. R. Woodward, of Hill, N. H., tells us that his cows left sweet fodder corn, Pearl Millet, and common grass, and took Crus Galli in preference. He supposes it was because the stalks are so much sweeter. They increased their milk when fed on it. Mr. Wm. C. Dunham, of Ridgeland Farm writes: "My yield of Crus Galli was at the rate of 21 3-4 tons per acre. Sown at the same time as German Millet it gives a val- uable succession of green ; J. H. Davis, Pittsfield, Me., writes: " That Japan Millet, Crus Galli, is a great thing for green fodder for ; Per bushel, of 35 pounds, per express, $; per peck, of 8 3-4 pounds, 60 cents; 3 pounds, postpaid, 60 cents; 1 pound, 25 cents; per package, 10 SOJA OR SOYA BEANS. We have grown ma
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