TEXAS SEEDED RIBBON CANE, OR 
SORGHUM. 
A very strong and tall-growing variety, 
noted for the immense quantities of finest 
syrup which it produces. It has yielded 
from 300 to 400 gallons of molasses per 
acre. The strong, leafy stalks also make 
excellent forage. Plant in rows 3% feet 
apart, eight to ten pounds to the acre. 
Price, 1 pound, postpaid, 25c.; by express, 
15c. per pound; 20 pounds for $2.00; 50 
pounds for $4.00; 100 pounds for $7.50. 
JAPANESE HONEY SYRUP CANE. 
This is a very early variety of our 
saccharine sorghum, the largest and 
strongest of any, yielding more syrup than 
any other cane. It really is the best to 
sow for pasture or hay for stock, as it 
contains more saccharine matter than other 
varieties of sorghum. Our growers are re- 
porting wonderful success with this cane 
for syrup purposes, as it makes a syrup 
next to our ribbon cane in quality. Price, 
15e. per pound; by mail, 9c. for postage; 
50 pounds for $4.00; 100 pounds for $7.50. 
VETIVER. 
(Andropogon Squarrosus.) 
Planted chiefly as a source of Vetiver 
Oil, an ingredient in Perfumery, as it is 
aromatic, balsamic and persistent in odor, 
suggesting sandalwood and myrrh. The 
culture of Vetiver is very simple. After 
preparing the ground by plowing, fertiliz- 
ing with a little manure, and harrowing (no 
hills or furrows being made), the plants 
are planted 3 to 4 feet each way, and are 
Simply left to grow. When the tops begin 
to dry, in November, the entire plant is 
dug out, and the roots are cut as close as 
possible to the plant, washed and dried in 
the shade. The plant or stub is now either 
divided into several pieces before replant- 
ing or is replanted whole. Planted 4 feet 
each way 1,361 plants will cover half an 
acre.: -Priee,  °2be.. per. plant; °-$2.50° “per 
dozen, divided plant. 
STECKLER SEED CO., LTD., ALMANAC AND 
PATTERSON OATS. 
The Patterson Oat dates back to a period 
shortly after the war, when a chaplain of 
the Northern Army, Rev. R. I. Patterson, 
decided to settle on a farm in Louisiana. 
When he moved down South, he brought 
some Northern oats for seed, and by con- 
tinually saving the seed that resisted dis- 
ease year after year, he perfected a seed 
that was thoroughly acclimated and re- 
sistant to rust. This Oat is now known as 
Louisiana Rust Proof Oats, and seems to 
be the only one that can be grown success- 
fully in this State. . 2 
In the preparation of the land, great care 
should be taken to have a good seed bed, 
perfectly drained. The Northern style of 
plowing into lands about 25 or 30 feet wide 
seems to give best results. October and 
November are the best months for plant- 
ing in order to insure well matured seeds 
the following May. 
The seed itself is of medium, plump, 
well filled and of a light brown color. It 
is also a bearded oat, but in the process of 
threshing, especially if the grain is thor- 
oughly dry, most of the beards are beaten 
off, so that very little shows. The grain is 
usually up to the standard weight and fre- 
quently runs as high as 38 pounds to the 
measured bushel. 
The appearance of the oatS when young 
and growing is very beautiful, the color 
being a deep green, and remaining so until 
the grain begins to ripen in May. On or- 
dinary ground, the oats grow to a height 
of about 3% to 4 feet, and when ripening 
presents a highly golden color. The straw 
is usually quite erect and stands storms 
fairly well. 
In February and March it forms a mag- 
nificent merse crop in which to plant 
Lespedeza, so that after the oats are har- 
vested in May or June, the Lespedeza 
grows and gives a second crop in the fol- 
lowing October. Price, $1.50 per bushel. 
SUDAN GRASS. 
Sudan Grass, which is one of the sor- 
ghums, is very similar in growth to 
Johnson Grass, but differs from the latter 
in that it is entirely free from the per- 
sistent underground root system which 
makes a Johnson Grass sod so difficult to 
eradicate. Sudan Grass, being an annual 
and having fiberous roots similar to wheat, 
or oats, is as easily controlled and eradi- 
cated as millet at the close of the growing 
season. 
This grass is even more thrifty in grow- 
ing than Johnson, reaching from 4 to 7 
feet in height, producing medium small 
stems and an abundance of broad linear 
leaves. The color of the plant is a shade 
paler, and is more palatable than any other 
sorghum hay. One plant produces from 
10 to 25 culms. 
While Sudan will grow in almost any 
soil or climate, it is especially adapted to 
the arid and semi-arid regions of the 
Southwest. Planting for hay should be 
done broadcast, using about 8 pounds of 
seed to the acre, or if grown for seed pur- 
poses the rate should be 3% pounds, in 
rows 3% feet apart and intertilled as cot- 
ton and corn. Planting time is usually 
during April. 
The yield of Sudan hay is from 8 to 12 
tons to the acre and the quantity of seed 
when grown for the latter purpose under 
normal conditions, is from 25 to 30 bushels. 
Price, $2.60 per pound, postpaid. 
Steckler’s, Tobacco Dust Will 
Kill all Insects on Plant Life. - 
