Soudan Grass 
The JVealth of the Soudan 
The Wonder of America 
ORIGINATED IN THE Soudan of Africa this grass 
has proven its adaptability to all climates and 
soils, is apparently impervious to heat, drought, wet 
or cold; promises to revolutionize the hay crop and to 
supersede all other grasses as it is the heaviest yielder 
of fodder known. It is an annual grass, a species of 
sorghum growing from seven to nine feet high with- 
small stems and foliage, heavier than that of John- 
son grass. It is entirely distinct from Johnson grass. 
however, as it does not have the underground root 
stock that makes Johnson grass degenerate into 
weed for it requires reseeding every year, dying when the frost comes as do the other sorghums. As a hay 11 
cures readily and is relished by all stock, more than any other hay, alfalfa not excepted. It has none of the-, 
bad effects of ordinary hay, such as causing bloat in cattle or heaves in horses, and is an excellent silo grass; 
IT HAS BEEN grown Successfully in all parts of the 
country, and the yield everywhere has been 
phenomenal for hay. 
Planted in three foot rows it yields from 300 to 
1000 pounds of seed per acre and from two to five 
tons of hay, while broadcast or drilled it yields 
from 500 to 1500 pounds of seed and from four to 
ten tons of hay. 
Do you realize what this means, this year par- 
ticularly, when Europe, her own fields barren, is 
clamoring for hay to feed the enormous number of 
horses she is using constantly.^ Hay will command 
prices this year never seen before. There is only 
a limited amount of land in the United States that 
will grow alfalfa or the clovers but Soudan grass will 
yield heavily anywhere. We cannot urge the trial 
of this grass too strongly to our customers — no 
matter what or where your land, try at least a 
small quantity. It is the only absolutely sure hay 
crop for all soils and all conditions. 
As a pasturage it makes a quick and wonderful 
growth, young stools growing from three to four 
inches in twenty-four hours. 
Hnw tn Plant ^'^"'^ spring after all- 
UUW lU L Idni danger of frost is past, even 
on stubble land after a first crop has been taken 
off, in rows three feet apart, to be cultivated as is 
sorghum, or in close drills or broadcast. Crop 
until the seed becomes cheaper, though for a hay 
crop, broadcast or drill sowing is better. The 
amount is two pounds of seed per acre in three-foot 
rows, or fifteen to eighteen pounds broadcast. 
The yield is as quoted above; the time to harvest 
for a seed crop is when it is thoroughly ripe, for 
hay it may be cut any time from in the boot until 
fully headed. After the first cutting it will be 
ready to cut every thirty to forty days. 
An approximate analysis of the hay is as follows: 
Moisture, 5.81; protein, 9.13; ash, 8.15; ether ext., 
1.68; crude fiber, 26.75; nitrogen free ext., 48.48. 
Caution.— If grown for seed Soudan grass should 
not be planted near any of the varieties of sorghums 
or Johnson grass as it crosses very easily with them. 
It is essential therefore that you obtain absolutely 
pure seed; we are prepared to supply pure seed, 
absolutely free from Johnson grass. 
Prices of Soudan Grass Seed: Packet lOc, pound 35c., pound $1.00, 5 pounds $4.75. 
May's New, Everbearing Strawberries 
ALTHOUGH these came to us highly recommended we wished to try 
£\ them thoroughly before off'ering them to our customers. We have 
done this at our Mayfield Nurseries and proved them to be a revolu- 
tionizing factor in berry growing. They not only bear all summer 
long from Jime to November but are of excellent quality, much 
sweeter than the standard varieties we have been growing foryears, 
and are larger and more luscious. The plants are very hardy: 
even when left uncovered they come through the winter in good 
condition, though we do not advise taking this risk generally. 
\ If the berries are formed in the fall they will not be harmed by 
a severe freeze up but will continue to ripen. Indeed a 
crop of crimson berries has been harvested after the first 
snow fall. Think what this means to the berry planter: 
Full crops when prices soar as high as 75 cents per quart. 
It also means an earlier crop in the spring for the everbear- 
ing strawberries afford good picking a week before the first 
early varieties of the standard sorts and to the man with 
the new strawberry bed it means a full crop of berries a 
few weeks after planting. The foliage of the everbearing 
varieties scarcely showed a rusted leaf while other varieties 
-rWiiilr 
Pl 
.11 Led i.(.a; 
lubLcu, and as all 
f--. ; - •. j-^. . -*r ■ .^o.^^, c.,.^ CO Oil growers know, healthy foliage means capacity for heavy 
truitmg; m addition it is a splendid plant maker, not too much so, but a maker of what would be called ideal 
matted rows. We feel that an acre of these will mean hundreds of dollars to the planter the first season, 
1. e., the^^season of planting. Prices of Everbearing plants as follows: By mail, postpaid, dozen 75c., 
Prices for larger quantities quoted on application. 
100 for $3.00; by express, 100 for $4.25; 1,000 for $30.00. 
