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F. LAGOMARSINO & SONS, SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA 
MISCELLANEOUS FARM SEED 
Prices quoted are postpaid to fourth zone. Prices on Field Seeds fluctuate. Write for prices on quantities. 
BEANS, BELL WINDSOR (small seeded Horse 
Beans)—While the seed of this variety is much 
smaller than the regular Broad Windsor, or Fava 
Beans their growth is ranker and they have a more 
stooling habit. For cover crop purposes they rank 
among the best as they give a very heavy tonnage 
of coarse green material which is desirable, especi¬ 
ally in heavy or very light soils. Sow preferably 
in the fall, either drilled or broadcast. Forty pounds 
per acre drilled. Lb. 20c; 10 lbs. $1.50. 
BEANS, BROAD WINDSOR OR FAVA—See 
page 8. 
BEANS, SOY OR SOJA —Valuable as a summer 
forage or green manure crop. Lb. 20c; 10 lbs. $1.50. 
BUCKWHEAT, COMMON— Is earlier than the 
silver-hulled. Excellent for bee-pasture and valu¬ 
able for a catch crop. Sow (after danger of frost) 
thirty-six pounds per acre in drills. Lb. 20c. 
COWPEAS, BRABHAM —Very similar to Whip¬ 
poorwills but resistant to nemitode. Lb. 25c. 
COWPEAS, BLACK EYE— This is known as 
the black-eye bean in California and is grown ex¬ 
tensively in the Sacramento and San Joaquin valleys. 
Lb. 15c; 10 lbs. $1.25. 
COWPEAS, WHIPPOORWILL — These are 
planted in the South for summer cover crops. Plant 
after danger of frost is over, preferably when the 
soil is thoroughly warmed. Lb. 25c. 
CORN, BROOM (Improved Dwarf Evergreen)— 
Extensively used for making brooms on account of 
its color and quality of brush. Grows eight to ten 
feet high. Sow ten pounds per acre. Lb. 20c. 
CORN, EGYPTIAN —This also is one of the 
drought resisting non-saccharine crops. The grain 
is produced in large compact heads and the seed 
is flat and pure white. Used extensively as chicken 
feed. Culture same as Milo Maize. Lb. 20c. 
CORN, KAFFIR (White) —Unsurpassed for dry 
alkali land, on which no better fodder and grain 
crop grows. Has more foliage and smaller stalks 
than the other varieties, and is easily harvested. 
Cattle relish the stalks and the grain is valuable 
food for poultry. Plant three pounds to the acre. 
Lb. 20c. 
EMMER, OR SPELT— This grain grows tall, 
matures as early as barley and yields from forty 
to eighty bushels to the acre, and from four to six 
tons of straw hay. Tough and hardy, it stands the 
drought better than any other grain, making it a 
sure crop. Prepare your land as you would for 
wheat or oats, and sow at the rate of seventy-five 
to one hundred pounds per acre. Sow in fall or 
very early in the spring. Should not be allowed to 
get too ripe before cutting. Lb. 20c. 
ESPARCETTE, OR SAINFOIN (onabrychis sa- 
tiva) —An excellent legume for growing on poor 
land and barren hills. When once established will 
last for years. Similar feeding value as alfalfa. 
Lb. 50c; 10 lbs. $4.00. 
FETERITA —Birds do not eat this grain to the 
same extent that they do others, which is an ad¬ 
vantage in some localities. Should be planted after 
soil is thoroughly warm. Yields heavily and grain 
has same value as Egyptian Corn. Lb. 20c. 
HEMP —We offer oriental grown hemp, which 
is the variety used commercially for bird seed mix¬ 
tures. Lb. 20c. 
KALE, JERSEY OR COW — This is generally 
grown for chicken feed and also for other stock. 
(See page 28 for description.) 
MILLET, GERMAN (panicum germanicum) — 
Will grow on any good land and yields heavily 
when irrigated. Yields from forty to sixty bushels 
of seed per acre, and is excellent food for stock 
and poultry. Also a good green fodder plant. Lb. 
20c. 
MILLET, HOG OR BROOMCORN— The seed 
is large for a millet and is a rich food. The name 
“hog millet” is used to emphasize the use for which 
it is intended. It is a valuable feed for hogs as well 
as for birds and poultry. Is better adapted for the 
production of grain than for pasture. Lb. 20c. 
MILO MAIZE, DOUBLE DWARF— This variety 
of red milo grows two to two and one-half feet 
high and has been developed especially for con¬ 
venience and economy in harvesting. It can be cut 
and harvested by machinery in the same manner as 
heading grain. Lb. 20c. 
MILO MAIZE, DWARF —Grows four to five 
feet tall and is grown principally for the grain.* 
Yields as high as two tons of grain per acre when 
conditions are favorable. Plant in rows three feet 
apart and six to twelve inches apart in the row. 
Lb. 20c. 
PEAS, CANADIAN FIELD —Excellent for cover 
crop or for forage for cattle. They make a good 
growth when planted as late as January. Lb. 20c. 
PEAS, AUSTRIAN WINTER— Introduced by us 
in 1929, and destined to become one of our valuable 
forage and Cover Crop Peas. Rank grower and 
hardy. A high producer of nitrogen when planted as 
a cover crop. Write for prices. 
RAPE, DWARF ESSEX— One of the best for¬ 
ages. Has yielded ten tons of green forage per 
acre, with a food value double that of green clover. 
Excellent pasture for all stock, especially for hogs 
and sheep, and a fine green feed for chickens. 
Thrives on all soils and is ready for use in six to 
eight weeks after sowing. Sow eight to ten pounds 
per acre broadcast. Lb. 20c; 10 lbs. $1.75. 
SHALLU, OR EGYPTIAN WHEAT —A tall 
growing sorghum which has many stalks from one 
root. The heads are large, loose and bushy, cov¬ 
ered thickly with small grains. Sow seed thinly in 
rows three to four feet apart, leaving two or three 
plants to every three feet of row. A sure and 
heavy yielder. Handled the same as sorghum or 
Kaffir Corn. Lb. 20c. 
SORGHUM, EARLY AMBER — Furnishes a 
large quantity of most nutritive forage, which can 
be fed either green or cured, and will yield two or 
three cuttings a year, stooling out thicker each time 
it is cut. Grows ten to twelve feet high. Sow 
broadcast at rate of sixty pounds per acre, or in 
drills at rate of ten pounds per acre in rows three 
and one-half to four inches apart. Matures early 
and can be planted later than others. Syrup can be 
made from this variety. Lb. 20c. 
VETCH, HAIRY, SAND OR WINTER (vicia 
villosa) —Thrives on poor, arid, sandy soils, and 
makes a better growth during the cold season than 
the others. Lb. 25c; 10 lbs. $2.00. 
VETCH, PURPLE (vicia atropurpurea) — Pre¬ 
ferred by many for cover crop purposes as it makes 
a rapid growth. Not affected by aphis as easily 
as others. Lb. 20c; 10 lbs. $1.50. 
VETCH, SPRING OR TARES (vicia sativa)— 
Also known as Common Vetch, and Oregon Vetch. 
A vine resembling peas and valuable for forage 
