Title: Spring 1897
Identifier: CAT31282709 (find matches)
Year: 1897 (1890s)
Authors: John A. Salzer Seed Co.
Subjects: Nursery stock Wisconsin Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Cereal grasses Seeds Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs
Publisher: La Crosse, Wis. : John A. Salzer Seed Co.

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JOHN A. SALZER SEED CO.'S CATALOGUE OF PLANTS AND SEEDS, LA CROSSE, WIS. RAPE—DWARF VICTORIA, Our trip through a large farming district of England was a revelation, and Dwarf Victoria Rape the greatest revelation of all 1 We had been selling Dwarf Essex Rape for some years, but when we saw a large acreage of this, and the results obtained by feeding cattle and sheep therewith, our surprise knew no bounds, and we at once bought largely; and to give it a wide introduction we are not only offering it for sale, but are giving it as a premium We wish we had room to print the hundrcdR of earnest, hearty letters our customers send us relating their wonderful success with Rape, Why, it makes our hearts glad to see of what great help we have beent* farmers. Some write that Rape made them more food and more money than any other one thing on the farm. No more poor mutton! Rape will make the poorest sheeo fat and fine for market What Does Rape Do in America? Prof. Shaw, of Minnesota Agricultural College, reports on Rape: "On 54 acres Rape, after Winter Rye had been removed, 537 sheep tr==: and Iambs were fat- tened thereon, 18 steers fed theretJn for 59 days, and several acres were uneaten when winter set in. * • * Further, 1 acre of Rape will pasture 10 to 16 Iambs 2 to 2^4 months when Rye has preceded it. When sown alone, it will pasture 36 head for two months, * * * That the lowest ' average gain on lambs, when fed on Rape alone, is 7 to 8 lbs. per month!" There is a great need oi Rape, especially in the fall of the year when the corn has been harvest- ed, and just before the setting in of winter. Farmers are obliged to depend solely on their pas- tures to feed their stock. Now, after the pastures give out they must begin feeding their hay. Dwarf Victoria Rape does away with all this and gives a luxuriant pasture and a tremendous yield during the months when same is so greatly need- ed. If sown in May it grows rapidly, ahd can be cut or pastured the latter part of July. If sown the first half ofJuly .it will come into fine play as a fodder in September, Octo- ber, up to November. ' CULTURE OF RAPE. It can be sown in drills far enough apart to cul- tivate, or broadcast. It sown in drills, but 7 lbs. per acre is nec<e«* sary. The best way is to sow it broadcast on very clean soil, or to sow it with your spring grain at the rate of 15 lbs. per acre*- After the grain is removed it wilj grow rapidly and form excellent pasturage. If sown without cover of grain, it matures more quickly and furnishes pasture sooner. In sowing cover it but one inch deep. It is a great soil enricher, and as it is cheap it would not be amiss to sow it in all fields where you intend to plow under in the fall, as Rape plowed under enrichens the soil quickly, ' 7 lbs., 91.00; 15 lbs., S3.00; 35 lbs., 83.00; 50 Ibf.,
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RAPE AS A PASTURE. * Rape is unequaled as a pasture for sheep in the autumn; as a fattening food in the field it is without a rival in point of cheapness or effectiveness. The sheep that pasture upon it do the harvesting in the most efiective manner and with but little cost to the owner. When Rape is estab- lished as a pasture, the necessity for sending sheep and lambs to market in a lean condition will be removed. Cattle may also be pastured upon Rape, but through treading they destroy and waste it in a considerable degree. Because of this it is better to remove them to an adjoining pasture when they have satisfied their wants The results are usually very satisfactory when they are pastured upon it in the day only and fed in the stable or shed in the morning before going to the Rape pasture. This is an excellent way of making Christmas beef. Rape will keep a long time in early winter in heaps like shocks of hay. When thus put up at the approach of winter, it may be drawn and fed as desired. RAPE AS A CATCH CROP. Rape is particularly adapted for being grown as a catch crop, as. like the turnip, it grows better late rather than earlier in the season. When a grain crop, therefore, has failed from any cause whatso- ever, there is ample time to plow the land and to sow Rape upon it. OF SUPERLATIVE VALUE. On our farms we sow Victoria Rape into last cultivation of Corn or on Oat and Wheat stubble, at the rate of 3 lbs. per acre. This gives a tremendous lot of good green fodder by fall, remaining until snow flies! It is immense! It is the biggest yielder imaginable ! PRICE OP DWARF VICTORIA RAPE; Pkg., 10c.;lb.,15c.; by mail, 30c.; by freight, •4.00; 100 lbs., «7.60. * ' ^ Dwarf Essex Rape. This is the only variety of Rape sold by seedsmen in this country, and is highly recommended by agriculturists both in Europe and America, but it is far behind In yield, in bushy leafy quality and in vigor of growth and hardiness to our splendid, yes, wonderful, dwarf Victoria Rape. The Dwarf Essex we furnish at the followinj; prices: Large pkg., lOc; lb., 30c., postpaid; by freight or express, lb.. 15c.; 10 lbs., S1.25; 25 lbs., 8215; 100 lbs., $6.00. For HOGS: .... — White Hundredfold Pea* This Pea, above all others, should be planted by the farmer and stock grower. It is tremendously prolific, and is, indeed, a magnificent sort, a very hardy and vigorous grower, doing well in almost all climes, yield- ing all the way from 18 to 40 bu. of fine Peas per acre. It does excep- tionally well througho?it America, and will return a paying crop to the grower every time. We earnestly urge all farmer customers to give White Hundredfold or Qreen Scotchman (the one is a white pea, the other a green pea) a thorough trial. Hogs can be turned into the field as desired, just as they are ripening, and they will consume not only the peasbut also most of the vines; or they can be turned into the field when ripe. They are ^reat fatteners. \ The beauty about White Hundredfold Peas is that if you do not wish them for hog fattening you can readily sell same in market for eating purposes at fancy prices, either in the green state or dry. Pkg., 5c.; pk., 50c.; bu., $1.40; 2% bu., $3.00; 10 bu., »11.50. Qreen Scotchman. This remarkable green Field Pea is the result of careful selection, and .is probably the heaviest yielding green Field Pea known in the world to-day. It will yield all the way from 20 to 40 bu. per acre. Price, includ- ing sacks, pk.. 50c.; bu., $1.45; 2)^ bu., S3.00;'10 bu., $11.60. Canada Field Pea. Well known. Price: Bu.: 81.25; 2% bu., including sack, 82.90; 10 bu., S10.50. We will furnish at this low price as long as stock lasts. When stock is exhausted we fill at La Crosse market price. Cow or Southern Pea. The Cow-pe«, so extensively cultivated in man> parts of the South, deserves the attention of MS^Say, Marrowfat Peas (on page 83) are money makers, either green or dried. Northern ^rmers. The Cow-pea is a rank, luxuriant producer, even on poor or exhausted soils. As it grows two crops at the South, there seems no aoubt that one crop will reach maturity in northern latitudes. The Cow-pea ranks high among the oest fertilizers, gatherfng immense quanti- ties of nitrogen from the atmosphere. The Peas are a profitable crop. They contain no less than 18% per cent digestible protein. The vines, prop- ^ 7 ^ valuable fodder for cattle and sheep, bfeing richer in protein and fat than the best Clover hay. Sow when warm at tni ooixi J^-Wr.1^ , 5-^1 Colored—Large seed of a blue clay color. Pkg., 10c.; 15 lbs., 75c.; 50 lbs., «3.50; 100 lbs., $4.00. PROLIFIC COW-PEA.—A splendid variety, very prolific. Pkg., lOc; 15 lbs., 80c.; 50 lbs., «3.60; 100 lbs., $4.!35.

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