Golden Millet 



"Capitol drand" SOY BEANS, COWPEAS, and SMALL GRAINS 



SOY BEANS 



A valuable Bean which can be grown for the Beans or used for 

 hay, silage or green manure. Sow from May to July. 

 Mammoth Yellow. (145 days.) The largest-growing variety for 



forage purposes. 

 Wilson Early Black. (120 days.) A small-seeded variety popular 



in the mountains and the North. 



BLACK-EYED PEAS 



Erect vines yielding large quantities of edible Peas. 



CANADA FIELD PEAS 



Second only to clover in their soil-enriching properties and can 

 be grown almost anywhere. The vines make nutritious hay and the 

 ground Peas are valuable stock-feed. 



COWPEAS 



An inexpensive soil-improver yielding heavy crops of nutritious 

 stock-feed. 

 Mixed Cowpeas. The upright growers hold up the vining types 



giving more satisfactory results. 



Wong Barley. Prolific. 



BARLEY 



More rust resistant than some varieties. 



BUCKWHEAT 



Makes a fine quality of flour. Also used for poultry feed. It resists 

 drought and blight very well. 



WHITE KAFFIR CORN 



A nutritious food for stock and poultry. Generally sown with 

 cowpeas broadcast at the rate of 1 peck of Kaffir Corn to a bushel 

 of Cowpeas per acre. 



OATS 



White Spring. Produces a bumper crop of hay or grain. 

 Winter or Turf. Sown in September or October it is excellent for 

 winter grazing. Produces a large crop of heavy grain. 



RYE 



Abruzzi. Ready for grazing ten days earlier than other varieties, 



also produces more grain and straw. 

 Rosen. A Russian Rye used largely for turning under. 



SORGHUM 



Sorghum furnishes a large yield of most nutritious forage, which 

 can be fed either green or cured, and will yield 2 or 3 cuttings a 

 year, stooling out thicker each time it is cut. It grows 10 to 12 feet 

 high. Sow broadcast for forage. 



Thorne. BeardI 

 plump grain. 



WHEAT 



stiff straw. Prodt 



large heads filled with 



BROOM CORN 



Improved Evergreen. A tall variety yielding a long, heavy brush. 

 Appearing green when ripe it commands highest market price. 

 Sow 5 pounds per acre in drills 3 feet apart and thin out to 3 inches. 



QUANTITIES OF SEEDS REQUIRED PER ACRE 



The figures given in the first column are those recommended for use in this section. 



Pounds 

 Per Acre 



Alfalfa— drilled 15-25 



Alfalfa— broadcast 20-30 



Alsike — alone 6-10 



Alsike — on small grain 2-4 



Barley 72-96 



Bent Grass — lawns * 3 



Bermuda Grass — lawns * 4- 5 



Bermuda Grass — pastures 5-10 



Blue Grass, Canada 15-25 



Blue Grass, Kentucky 15-25 



Blue Grass, Kentucky — lawns . . * 5 



Brome Grass 15-20 



Buckwheat 36-60 



Clover, Crimson or Scarlet .... 12-18 



Clover, Ladino 1-3 



Clover, Red (Medium) — alone. 12-15 

 Clover, Red (Medium) — 



on small grain 8-10 



Clover, Sapling or Mammoth... 12-15 



Clover, Sweet— hulled 15-25 



Clover, Sweet — unhulled 25-50 



Clover, White (Dutch)— lawns . * 2- 4 



Clover, Wad White 2 



* Pounds per 1000 square feet. 



WASHINGTON, D. C. 



Pounds 

 Per Acre 



Corn 7-10 



Corn — for silage 20-30 



Cow Peas — drilled 45-60 



Cowpeas — broadcast 60-90 



Fescue, Alta or Ky. 31 20-30 



Fescue, Chewing's — lawns * 5 



Fescue, Meadow 20-30 



Fescue, Red — lawns * 5 



Grass, Bent — lawns * 3 



Grass, Orchard 21-28 



Grass, Rough Stalk Meadow. . . * 5 



Grass, Sudan 25-35 



Lawn Mixtures * 5- 7 



Lespedeza, Korean 25-30 



Lespedeza, Sericea (hulled)... . 12-15 

 Lespedeza, Sericea (unhulled).. 25-30 



Millet, German or Golden 25-35 



Millet, Japanese 15-25 



Millet, Tenn. Cultivated 25-50 



Oats 64-96 



Orchard Grass 21-28 



Pasture Mixtures 25-40 



Peas, Austrian Winter 40-60 



Peas, Canada Field— broadcast 90-150 



Peas, Canada Field— with Oats 60-90 



* Pounds per 1000 square feet. 



Pounds 

 Per Acre 



Potatoes, Irish or White 540-960 



Rape— drilled 3-5 



Rape — broadcast 5-8 



Red Top — pastures 8-10 



Red Top — lawns * 3 



Rye, Winter 56-84 



Rye Grass, Domestic Italian. . . . 25-30 

 Rye Grass, Domestic Italian — 



lawns * 15 



Rye Grass, Perennial or English 25-30 



Sorghum, Forage — broadcast.. . 60-75 



Sorghum, Forage — drilled 8-10 



Soy Beans — drilled 30-45 



Soy Beans — broadcast 60-90 



Sudan Grass 25-35 



Timothy— alone 10-15 



Timothy and Clover Mixed — 



Timothy 6-8 



Clover 4-6 



Trefoil, Birdsfoot 3-5 



Vetch, Hairy (Winter or Sand) 



with 1 Bu. small grain 20 



Vetch, Spring or Common 



with 1 Bu . small grain 50-70 



Wheat 75-120 



* Pounds per 1000 square feet. 



Pounds 

 Per Bu. 



60 



50 



50 



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