MISCELLANEOUS FIELD SEEDS 
J. MANNS & CO., Forrest and Hillen Sts., Baltimore, Md. 45 
SUDAN GRASS 
SUDAN GRASS 
Sudan, the greatest forage crop. should be grown on every farm, 
where either hay or pasture is desired. It is highly resistant to 
drought and stands very heavy grazing. Yields trom 2 to 10 
tons per acre, is superior to either Millet or Sorghum in feeding 
quality, and may be fed in unlimited quantities. 
Sow 10 to 20 lbs. per acre, 1 to 14% inches deep, the highest quality 
hay resulting from heavy seeding. Should be harvested just before 
the heads appear, in the same manner as other grasses. Cures 
quickly and matures as early as Mullet, the first cutting being 
ready in about 6 to 8 weeks. 
Successive cuttings may be made every 30 to 45 days until 
frost. Highly recommended by the Government as being very 
nutritious and easily digestible. Being an annual, this must 
be seeded every year and therefore never becomes a pest. $12.00 
per 100 Ibs. Subject to change. 
KAFFIR CORN 
The heads are greedily eaten by horses and cattle and make 
splendid food for poultry, fed either in the grain or ground and 
cooked, Excellent forage. Cultivate same as common corn, re- 
quiring four or five pounds per acre. 
DWARF ESSEX RAPE 
This plant is extensively grown for forage, especially for sheep, 
and for green manure. Prepare the ground as for turnips and 
sow in June or July in rows two and a half feet apart at the rate 
of two and a half pounds of seed per acre. 
SORGHUM or CANE 
EARL Y AMBER SORGHUM. Furnishes a large yield of most 
nutritious forage, which can be fed either green or cured, and will 
yield two or three cuttings a year, stooling out thicker each time 
it is cut. It grows ten or twelve feet high. Sow at the rate of 
one peck per acre in drills three and a half to four feet apart. 
EARLY ORANGE SORGHUM. This variety is similar in growth 
to Early Amber, but under fair conditions produces a heavier 
crop. It is better for stock feeding than the Amber. 
JAPANESE. This variety yields very largely. The kernels 
are larger than other sorts, but owing to its branching qualities 
it need not be sown so thickly. Peck, 60c. 
SILVER HULL. A superior variety in every way to the ordinary 
Buckwheat which it has almost ertirely superseded. 
OATS 
WHITE SPRING OATS. Our best recleaned stock of these 
are Choice Northern grown, all heavy oats, which have been re- 
cleaned by us 
RUST-PROOF OATS. A favorite spring variety in the South, 
particularly where the land is rich; produces enormous yield, and 
excellent for cutting for hay. 
CANADA FIELD PEAS 
Sown in open weather during December, January, February 
and March, making large yields ot most nutritious food, which 
can be used either green or cured for hay. It also makes a good 
green manuring crop to turn under, but not equal to Cow Peas. 
A light seeding of oats, rye or barley will increase the yield and 
help to support the vines when the crop comes to maturity. Ready 
ies cutting in May and June, cures easily and makes splendid 
ays 
COW PEAS 
There is no surer or cheaper means of improving and increasing 
the productiveness of our soils than by sowing the Cow Pea. 
It has the power to extract costly nitrogen from the atmosphere 
and to store the same in the vines and roots, so that the land is 
enriched and its condition improved. From five to nine tons of 
green fodder per acre have been produced. For ensliage they 
are unsurpassed. When it is desired to turn the whole crop under, 
as a soil improver, it is better to do so after the vines are partly 
dead. Cow Peas can be sown in May or June, at the rate of one 
and a half bushels per acre. 
BLACK. Quick to mature, adapted for late planting in Northern 
sections; vigorous grower and great yielder. 
BLACK EYE. A prolific vine-growing variety of merit, seed 
often sold for table use. 
WHIPPOORWILL. A favorite early bunch-growing variety. 
A prime favorite in the North and West on account of its early 
maturity and habit of growth. 
SOY or SOJA BEANS 
A Great Drought-Resisting Forage Crop, Producing Im- 
mense Quantities of Nutritious Food, Beside Being 
an Excellent Soil Improver. 
The Soy Bean is coming right to the front as a great soil enricher, 
as a food for hogs or cattle, both in the green and dry state. To 
plow under in the green state it.1s certainly one of the very best 
plants, next to Cow Peas. 
SAND or WINTER VETCH 
Sometimes called Hairy Vetch. The most valuable of all Vet- 
ches. It succeeds on nearly all soils and 1s especially recommended 
for poor lands, where it thrives and improve the soil wonderfully, 
as it is very rich in nitrogen. It belongs to the pea family, but the 
vines are more leafy and longer. It may be sown in the spring or 
in the fall, preferably with rye. It remains green all winter and 
is valuable for early pasturing, as well as a fertilizer. 60 pounds 
per acre, 
Mammoth Yellow Soy Beans 
