Soy Beans 



Golden Millet 



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



SOY BEANS OATS 



Extensively used for forage, silage, green manure, and in processing 



Soy-bean oil and Soy-bean meal. 



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

 forage and green manure. 



Clark, Perry, and S-100. (125 days.) Yellow varieties for process- 

 ing into oil and meal; also used for forage and green manure. 



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. 

 Black Eyed. Erect vines yielding large quantities of edible peas. 



BARLEY 



Wong Barley. Prolific. 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 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. 



WHEAT 



Thorne. Beardless tall stiff straw. Produces large heads filled with 

 plump grain. 



SORGHUM 



AH classes of livestock make use of Sorghum in some form, as 

 grain, hay, dry feed for silage or as summer pasture. The grain, 

 when fed to livestock, is about equal to the feeding value of corn. 

 Atlas Sorgo. (125 days.) 8 to 10 feet in height. A heavy forage 



yielder. 

 Martin's Combine Milo. (95 days.) Grain dries rapidly, becom- 

 ing hard and flinty, making it easy to harvest and keep. 



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, Wild White 2 



* Pounds per 1000 square feet. 



WASHINGTON, D. C. 



Pounds 



Per Bu. 



60 



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 Bu. 



56 



56 



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 30-15 



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 



32 



32 



56 



24 



29 



