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H. G. Hastings Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia. 
Pearl or Cattail Millet 
Best known and most valuable of all 
green forage plants In the South. For 
/II A ftfQ^ years sensational seedsmen have sold this 
^nili as a new plant under the name of “Pencillaria” and “Hand’s 
Wonder Forage Plant.” Pencillaria or Cattail Millet needs no introduction 
to any of the older residents of the South. Its great value is well known. 
Greatest and best yielder of green forage and continues to grow and produce 
through the entire season if cut frequently enough to prevent its going to 
seed. Our illustration on this page shows the heavy growth of Pearl Millet. 
In actual field tests made some years ago on heavily manured ground it made 
green forage at the rate of 95 tons per acre in 135 days. No other forage 
plant has ever come up to that record. A tropical plant making an enormous 
growth all through our long Southern summer. Relished by all kinds of 
stock and they eat it greedily. No plant will go further toward solving the 
forage problem in the South than Pearl Millet. It ought to be grown on your 
farm. Sow thinly in rows 3 feet apart at the rate of 8 to 10 pounds per acre. 
Pound, 30 cents; postpaid. In 10-pound lots, not prepaid, about 15 cents per 
pound. Write for larger quantity prices when ready to buy. 
Our Tennessee Grown German Millet (No. 618) 
We have said considerable in the past about the importance of Southern 
grown seed being necessary for a successful crop of German Millet in the 
South. We give below a reproduction from a photograph of a crop from our 
Tennessee seed. Is it not worth 25c or so more per bushel to sow seed that 
will make a crop like this? German Millet is an important and nutritious 
hay crop, largely grown throughout the South, relished by horses and cattle. 
Seed thickly, not less than one bushel per acre, any time from the middle of 
May through July, but not too early, because it does not grow off nicely until 
the soil and weather get warm. It matures in from six to eight weeks after 
seeding. Cut while in bloom, before the seed hardens in the head, as after- 
wards the hay quality decreases. There are two necessities for a successful 
crop of German Millet — first, rich or highly manured ground ; second. South- 
ern grown seed, that from Tennessee being the best. Pound, postpaid, 20 
cents. Peck (12% pounds), not prepaid, 75 cents. Subject to market change. 
Write for prices when ready to buy. 
RAcrcyaKiAfAorl /II a *5 I standard plant for hay crop in Florida, 
wtSggcirwCCU ^llWi vlV } and when grown thickly makes fine qual- 
ity of nutritious hay. A natural plant, coming from seed each year. For hay, 
cut when it comes into bloom, following which a second growth springs up 
which produces seed, thus seeding the ground for the next year. Best sown 
at the beginning of the summer rainy season. Clean seed, hull removed. 
Packet, 10 cents; pound, 60 cents; postpaid. By express or freight, not pre- 
paid, 10 pounds or more, 40 cents a pound. 
IlnlanrI /II a grow rice on upland as well as on 
^mii OO&y the flooded lowlands, any ground having a 
reasonable amount of moisture making fair crops. If you haven’t tried rice 
before, do so this year and see for yourself that it will make 20 to 40 bushels 
per acre. Pound, postpaid, 25 cents. Peck (11 pounds), not prepaid, 75 cents; 
bushel (44 pounds), $2.75. 
Mammoth Russian Sunflower sunfl^rels 
/II A 159 I ^ for the seed. No farm where poultry is raised can afford to be 
^nUillAl^ without them. The yield on fairly good land - 
is immense, 125 bushels per acre being nothing unusual, and PLANT PLENTY OF IVIONEY SAVING CROPS 
as a poultry feed to give rapid growth and the fine glossy 
plumage, there is nothing that equals it. As an egg-produc- 
ing food, nothing can be better. When we say that a sun- 
flower crop is profitable, we mean the Mammoth Russian, 
which produces three to four times as much seed as the com- 
mon varieties. Packet, 10 cents ; pound, 30 cents ; postpaid. 
Ten pounds or over, not prepaid, 12 cents per pound. 
Genuine Pearl or Cattail Millet (Pencillaria) 
Raha /II a 1599 \ annual herb, about 3 feet high, 
DdIC ^nUi llQCf producing flowers followed by seed 
pods which shatter the oily seeds in great profusion. These 
seeds are relished by poultry but its greatest use at present 
is a crop to attract and feed wild birds, especially quail and 
partridges. The oil from the seed is sweet and like olive oil, 
is used on salads and for other culinary purposes. The 
parched seeds are used in confectionery. Drill seed in rows 
3 feet apart, as soon as frost danger is past, at rate of 5 
pounds per acre. Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 10 cents; % pound, 
25 cents; pound, 75 cents; postpaid. 
TAAOin^A /IIa 1599 ^ Mammoth forage plant, un- 
I eodinie ^nui QCC) doubtedly one of the most val- 
uable for the South to be used in a green state. The yield is 
simply enormous and can be cut all through- the summer and 
until frost. We were assured by the late C. A. Bacon, of Or- 
mond, Florida, several years ago, that this remarkable plant 
grew at the rate of 5 inches per day on his place. Ounce, 10 
cents; % pound, 30 cents; pound, $1.00; postpaid. 
DON’T BE A FARM “SLACKER” 
Pood will win this world war. It you don’t raise on 
your own acres food, grain and forage sufficient for your 
family and live stock, thus releasing the food and grain 
you have been buying from the Nortn and West for army 
use you are just as much a “slacker” as the young man 
who tries to evade military service for unworthy reasons. 
WRITE FOR DELIVERED PRICES 
Sorghum, millet, etc., seed prices change often. We want 
you to write us for delivered prices when ready to buy in 
quantity. We can often save you money. Use the quo- 
totion sheet in the back of this catalogue. We are always 
glad to show you the cost delivered at your station. 
