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H. G. Hastings Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia. 
WHITE SEEDED CHICKEN CORN OR SHALLU (No. 630) 
Raise Poultry on the Farm 
Absolutely every single farm in this country ought 
to have a yard fuil of poultry: Chickens, ducks, 
turkeys, guineas or geese, or all of them. Do you 
have fried chicken and fresh eggs regularly? 
Head of Japanese Buckwheat 
In our tests and investigations of the various differ¬ 
ent plants of grain and forage crops that might prove 
of value in the South, we discovered what is really a 
“White Seeded” Chicken Corn. It is more valuable 
than the old Red Seeded and at the same time it is a 
much surer cropper. 
Chicken Corn, Shallu or Egyptian Wheat, is a vari¬ 
ety of the sorghum family with extra large loose, 
bushy heads, covered thickly with small grains. If 
left standing, the grains drop off in a scattering man¬ 
ner and the chickens gather it. If grown on a larger 
scale the large, well-fllled heads can be cut at ma¬ 
turity and fed to the poultry as desired. 
It is best to sow the seed rather thinly in rows 
three to four feet apart, leaving two or three plants to 
every three feet of row. If planted in small patches 
only, it is best to plant near enough to the chicken 
houses so that they can range, feeding on the seeds as 
they fall in the patch. 
One of our Cuban friends has recently called our 
attention to another value this splendid plant has. In 
these days of high-priced wheat flour and the neces¬ 
sity of making it go as far as possible through mix¬ 
ing it, desirable adulterants are at a premium. This 
Cuban experiment showed that finely ground Chicken 
Corn or Shallu mixed with .wheat flour in proportions 
of three parts of flour to one of chicken corn was far 
more satisfactory than other ingredients. 
Referring again to its value as poultry feed there 
are large sections of the Cotton Belt and Gulf Coast 
sections that are buyers instead of growers and sell¬ 
ers of poultry. This is due to both a lack of home¬ 
grown feed and the necessarily high cost of bought 
poultry feed. 
This White Seeded Chicken Corn with its ease of 
growth, sureness of crop, and heavy yields will go a 
long way towards solving the poultry feed problem 
on any Southern farm. 
Where large quantities are grown heads should be 
cut and stored like Sorghum or Kaffir Corn for winter 
feed. The large leafy stalks can also be cut, as they 
make excellent feed. Growing Chicken Corn will cut 
your feed bills away down. It’s the cheapest and best 
feed you can get. Plant 8 pounds per acre in rows 
3% to 4 feet .apart. Packet, 10 cents; pound, 30 cents; 
4 pounds, $1.00; postpaid. 
Two Average Heads of Chicken Corn Grown in Georgia 
Japanese Buckwheat (No. 615) gf”tt'^sout“?rr foXyVrTt 
is well adapted and may be sown in very early spring or late summer, maturing m 
about two months. It is easily grown, desirable, and profitable for large gram 
yields, flower food for bees, and turned under it is a good soil improver. Where 
weeds are thick, buckwheat will smother them and put the soil in good condition for 
the crops that follow. Buckwheat makes a flue quality of flour, the kind that goes 
into the famous “Buckwheat Cakes.” It’s great for the poultry. Pound, postpaid, 
25 cents. Not preijaid, 10-pound lots or over, about 10 cents per pound. Write for 
quantity prices. 
FOOD FOR MAN AND BEAST 
Growing food and feed will make the South rich. Since the South started 
raising food and feed after Mr. Boll Weevil paid us his respects, she has been 
rapidly becoming immensely rich. There is no mystery about it at all. 
Roods and feeds can be raised at one-fifth to one-third the market price and 
farmers don't have to worry at)out money to buy them or to pay exorbitant in¬ 
terest on borrowed money or credit to get them. When the cash crop is sold the 
money doesn’t have to be spent to pay debts and interest. It’s clear cash and 
owmed by the farmers who make it. The South is awake to her many great op¬ 
portunities and is becoming the richest section of the country. Outside of cof¬ 
fee, salt, tea, some spices and possibly sugar there is no reason why a Southern 
farmer cannot live at home and board at the same phace. Why not even get your 
rightful share of the millions of dollars pouring into the South for food? The 
demand is much greater than the supply and at top notch prices. These high 
prices will remain high for a long time to come and there is no reason why you 
shouldn’t get your share of these dollars being spent all over the world for food. 
You have everything with which to produce foods and feeds. The opportunity 
is yours! 
