104 FIELD SEEDS—(Continued) 
State Nursery and Seed Co, 
Buckwheat 
(35 to 40 lbs. to the acre) 
Buckwheat, because of its rapid growth, is used 
in many places as a weed preventive and while 
more commonly grown for milling purposes it finds 
quite a common use in the Northwest as an added 
variety to grain mixtures for poultry feeding. 
Kaffir Corn 
Kaffir Corn 
Kaffir Corn—White Seeded — An excellent fodder 
plant, yielding two crops of fodder during the 
season. It grows 4 to 5 feet high, making a 
straight upright growth. The stem or stalk 
bears enormous wide leaves. The stalks are brit¬ 
tle and juicy, not hardening like other varieties 
of Sorghum. It makes excellent fodder, either 
green or dry, which is highly relished by cattle 
and all kinds of stock. The seed crop is also 
heavy, sometimes 50 to 60 bushels to the acre. 
For grain, sow in rows 3 feet apart, 3 to 5 lbs. 
to the acre. For fodder, sow 40 to 50 lbs. either 
broadcast or in drills. 
Flax 
Bison—The most outstanding wilt and rust resist¬ 
ant Flax ever developed. Never has a new va¬ 
riety met with such instant and widespread ac¬ 
ceptance and popularity. A large kerneled vari¬ 
ety developed by Professor Bolley from a sam¬ 
ple of commercial Flax received from Ghent, 
Belgium, in 1910. This sample was planted in 
trial rows and single head selections were con¬ 
tinued until the type became thoroughly fixed. 
By process of elimination the final strain se¬ 
lected produces unusually sturdy plants with 
stiff straw and generous root system able to 
withstand adverse weather conditions as well as 
attacks of insects and disease. 
Reserve—This Flax has proven itself to be the best 
yielder of any straight variety at the Bozeman 
Experiment Station, giving an average yield over 
three years of 27.8 bushels per acre on irrigated 
land against the eight trials. Good results and 
yields are produced on irrigated land when sown 
with Spring Wheat or if sown alone on non-irri- 
gated land following Sweet Clover, or a culti¬ 
vated crop such as Corn, Beets, Potatoes. 
Rnssinn—The standard variety used in the North¬ 
west. It requires machinery to clean seed from 
any grain and this is especially true of Flax. 
Cleaning Flax so as to make it right for seed 
is a somewhat expensive operation and involves 
a very considerable waste. But write for sample, 
use the magnifying glass and compare it with 
Flax from the f»rm or elevator and judge for 
yourself if our oced is worth all it costs. Treat 
your Flax with Semesan before seeding and use 
clean, plump, healthy seed. 
Sunflower 
(10 lbs. to the acre) 
Sunflower is often used as a fodder crop but 
more particularly for silage. For those who feed 
ensilage or have silos, Sunflower is perhaps the 
most practical crop to grow where quick growth, 
early maturity, and large tonnage are factors. 
Sunflower ensilage is practically equal tc corn 
ensilage in food value, and the tonnage per acre 
is invariably much greater. Sow Sunflower seed 
at the rate of about 10 lbs. per acre, and in rows 
to permit frequent cultivation until plants are 
nearly 2 feet high. Mammoth Russian is the va¬ 
riety most in demand for feeding purposes. 
Rape 
(Sow 2 to 3 lbs. to the acre in drill; 5 lbs. broadcast) 
Use of Dwarf Essex Rape—Dwarf Essex Rape 
thrives best on a good soil, rich in vegetable mat¬ 
ter. Slough lands are excellent. This plant may 
be grown successfully in the following ways, viz.: 
1. In the early Spring to provide pasture. 2. In 
June or July, on well prepared land, to provide 
pasture. 3. Along with grain, using 2 lbs. of seed 
an acre, to provide pasture for sheep after harvest. 
4. Along with peas, oats, clover seed, to provide 
pasture and to get a catch of clover. 5. As a 
cover in the orchard for Winter protection to avoid 
root-killing. 6. In corn, sowing the seed with 
the last cultivation; the succulent feed produced 
may save the loss of cattle by cornstalk disease. 
Prevention is better than medicine in regard to 
this fatal disease. 7. Along with rye, sown in 
August, in sheep pasture. 8. On early plowed 
fields to shade the land and so that the soil will 
not bleach, wash or drift. 9. To plow under as 
a green crop, adding humus to the soil, an ele¬ 
ment needed in grain-growing sections. When 
rape is sown broadcast 5 lbs. of seed an acre will 
suffice. When sown in rows, say thirty inches 
apart and cultivated, from 2 to 3 lbs. per acre will 
be enough. 
Field Seeds Under Test in 
Our Trial Grounds 
County Agent Inspecting Our 
Fields of Grain Being Grown 
for Registered Stocks 
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