OUR SEEDS ARE GROWN AND SELECTED BY SPECIALISTS 
SORGHUM 
Plant from March to August. 
Sow 1 peck in drills; broadcast 1 bushel per acre. 
EARLY AMBER. (65 days). You can easily reduce 
your feed bill by planting a large patch of Early 
Amber sorghum, as it is very rich in food value, 
quick to mature and two to three cuttings can be 
made from one planting. Several plantings should 
be made two weeks apart. The seed is very fine 
for poultry feed. 
1 lb. 10c; Pk. 75c; Bu. $2.50. 
TEXAS SEEDED RIBBON CANE. This is the best va¬ 
riety grown for making high quality syrup. Stalks 
are large, tall, and juicy. A much shorter crop 
and easier to grow than sugar-cane. It is also 
wonderful for forage feed for stock, cattle and 
poultry. 
1 lb. 10c; Pk. 85c; Bu. $3.00. 
SUNFLOWER SEED 
MAMMOTH RUSSIAN. Grows quickly, is inexpensive 
to grow, and is one of the best of growing and egg 
producing foods. Our stock of Mammoth Russian 
Sunflower Seed is the highest quality that can be 
obtained. 
1 lb. 20c; 5 lbs. 80c; 10 lbs. $1.50. 
SOY BEANS 
Sow one peck in drills; broadcast one bushel per 
acre. 
MAMMOTH YELLOW. (110 days). When used prin¬ 
cipally for seed production, this variety is by far 
the best as the seed is much larger and oilier than 
that of other varieties. Very strong and a vigor¬ 
ous grower of both seed and foliage. 
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LAWN 
A well-made, well-kept lawn is a priceless posses¬ 
sion. Nothing is more universally admired and 
sought after by people of good taste and discrim¬ 
ination. 
In starting a lawn much trouble can be avoided 
later by thorough preparation at the start. If a 
watering apparatus is to be installed this should be 
taken care of first of all and the yard carefully 
graded to insure good drainage. 
The seed bed should then be put in excellent con¬ 
dition by being spaded, plowed, or hoed and then 
harrowed or raked until the surface is smooth and 
pulverized thoroughly. All clods should be broken 
and all sticks, roots and stones removed. The sur¬ 
face should then be watered well in order for the 
soil to settle and become firm for seeding or setting 
out the grass. 
If the soil is extremely poor or sandy, it is advis¬ 
able to enrich it by hauling in rich soil or manure. 
Your lawn will need less care and be much more 
beautiful if as much organic matter in the form of 
pulverized sheep manure, Vigoro, bone meal, mulch 
or woods mold is incorporated in the soil as possible. 
A good plan in the preparation of the soil is to broad¬ 
cast pulverized sheep manure or Vigoro at the rate 
of 2 Y 2 to 5 lbs. per 100 square feet or 1,000 pounds 
to a ton per acre. Another excellent plan in ferti¬ 
lizing is to broadcast 10 to 12 pounds of superphos¬ 
phate, 2 or 3 pounds of muriate or sulphate of potash 
and about 2 pounds of cottonseed meal or other 
organic nitrogen per 1,000 square feet of lawn before 
seeding. 
VELVET BEANS 
Plant from March to August. 
Plant one to two pecks of seed per acre. 
BUSH VELVET BEANS (120 days). Very desirable for 
orchards and groves as it doej; not climb and has a 
very bushy growth. Produces a large amount of 
beans that are good for hog and cattle feed. 
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CHINESE (120 days). Chinese velvet beans are four 
to five weeks earlier than the old speckled type and 
free from stinging fuzz. A wonderful soil builder. 
Grows a very heavy crop of vines and beans. 
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90-DAY. (90 to 100 days). This is one of the best 
varieties for cover crop and pasture. A very hardy 
grower on the poorest of soils. A very profitable 
crop for fattening hogs and cattle. Reduce your 
fertilizer bill by planting more velvet beans on 
your land. 
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DWARF ESSEX RAPE 
Plant from October to November. 
Sow 4 pounds in drills; broadcast 8 pounds per acre. 
Rape can be grown easily and profitably as it is one 
of the finest plants for pasture or green feed. Sev¬ 
eral plantings of Rape should be made to give green 
feed from October until April. After cutting or 
grazing off it will stool out very rapidly. Rape is a 
great fat-producer. 
Pkt. 10c; 1 lb. 20c; 10 lbs. $1.25. 
CULTURE 
An ideal arrangement is to have a rather imper¬ 
vious layer of clay a foot or two below the surface 
to help retain moisture and a good rich soil for the 
top six inches of surface. Any fertilizer used should 
be worked thoroughly into the soil in advance of 
seeding or setting out the grass. If the proper soil 
preparation is made the lawn will usually remain in 
perfect condition with regular mowing and only 
slight additions of fertilizer during the year. 
In sowing seed be sure that you get good seed, 
seed that has been tested and thoroughly cleaned 
of weeds. Howard’s Grass Seeds will insure a good 
lawn because they have been tested for purity and 
germination. Grass seed can be sown with a broad¬ 
cast seeder or by hand. Choose a quiet day and 
cover the entire lawn with one-half the total amount 
of seed to be used, then go over it again with the 
remaining seed, scattering at right angles to the first 
seeding. The lawn should then be well raked to cover 
the seed and kept well watered and moist until the 
seed is up. 
In setting out runners instead of seed, prepare 
the seed bed in the same way, described for seeding. 
Establishing a lawn vegetatively insures a much 
quicker start. Open small trenches about ten or 
twelve inches apart and place the plants or runners 
six inches apart in the rows, covering them immedi¬ 
ately with soil to prevent drying out. Place the 
plants well into the soil, leaving only an inch or two 
of stem tips protruding. The lawn should then be 
kept well watered until the plants are firmly rooted 
and established. 
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