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Title: Farquhar's catalogue : spring 1904
Year: 1904 (1900s)
Authors: R. & J. Farquhar Company Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nurseries (Horticulture) Massachusetts Boston Catalogs Nursery stock Massachusetts Boston Catalogs Vegetables Seeds Massachusetts Boston Catalogs Flowers Seeds Massachusetts Boston Catalogs Aquatic plants Massachusetts Boston Catalogs Trees Massachusetts Boston Catalogs
Publisher: Boston, Mass. : R. & J. Farquhar
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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^ to 4 ft.(50 lbs. per bushel.) Per bushel, $1.50. Millet, German or Golden. Panicum Germanicum. Animproved variety, growing from three to five feet high. Undersome circumstances it will yield more per acre than the above.(50 lbs. per bushel.) Per bushel, $1.75. Millet, Japanese. Panicum Crus Gali, Imported from Japanby Professor Brooks, of the Massachusetts Agricultural Col-lege. Has yielded in America about 7 tons dry straw and 90bushels of seed per acre. Height, 6 ft. Has numerous sideleaves and heads a foot in length. The fodder is relished bycattle and horses, and the ground seed makes an excellentfeed for poultry and cattle. Sow one peck per acre. Pound,10 cents; per 100 lbs., $6.00. R. & J. FARQUHAR & CO.S SEED CATALOGUE. 33
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GRASSES FOR PERMANENT PASTURES AND MEADOWS. Containing only the most suitable Grasses, the proportionate quantity of each being regulated by soil, situation,and purpose for which desired. The object to be attained is a constant, successive growth of rich pasturage fromspring till fall. It is a well-established fact that soils sown with a variety of different grasses which are adapted tothe soil, and which attain perfection at alternate months from April to September, produce very much larger andmore satisfactory crops, both for hay and pasturage, than when only one or two kinds of grasses or clovers are sown.The results given by our mixtures have been most satisfactory, and have resulted in a very large increase in our tradefor same. We unhesitatingly recommend them for use on the largest scale. Fall seeding is preferable, but springsowing will be successful if done early, when the land is cool and moist. In addition to the Grasses, we advisesowing io lbs. of Mixed Clover Seed per acr

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