Sudan Grass. 
OLDS’ SUDAN GRASS 
© Sudan Grass is proving a mighty valuable crop for Wisconsin. Last year 
many fields were planted with Sudan Grass as an emergency hay crop and it 
proved very satisfactory. No crop quite equals Sudan Grass for a late pasture 
and hay crop. Our sales of Sudan Grass have been steadily increasing each year. 
Here are five reasons why Sudan Grass is of such great value: 
First—-Yield. It makes a heavy yield of hay, outranking all the millets in yield per 
acre. Yields of 2 to 4 tons of cured hay per acre from one cutting are common in 
W isconsin. Two cuttings a season can often be made. 
Second Quality. It makes a better quality hay than millet. It makes wonderful 
hay grown with Soy Beans and helps to cure them. 
Third Late Sowing. It can be sown late, after you are through with your corn, 
or when corn fails. Sow any time from May 20th to June 20th, or even a little later! 
Do not sow too early. It is strictly a warm weather crop and if put in too early 
the seed will rot. Sow not less than 35 pounds of seed per acre and a drill is better 
than a seeder for putting it in. 
•Fourth Drouth Resistant. It withstands long periods of drouth continuing to grow 
when most everything else is dried up. 
Fifth -Quack Killer. It is valuable as a smother crop, especially for quack and 
Canada thistle. n 
In addition to all the above five good qualities and most important of all Sudan 
Grass can be pastured. After the hay crop is taken off it makes a fine late pasture 
as it grows up again quickly. Or, it can be pastured all the season instead of being 
cut for hay. It is also great for late pasture. Sown the last of May or first of 
June it is ready the middle of July when the blue grass pasture is dried up. 
We recommend Sudan Grass most highly. It grows quickly, produces enormously and 
is an easy crop to handle. It is strictly an annual, dying at the end of the season. 
Prices, by freight: 5 lbs., 85c; 10 lbs., $1.60; 100 lbs., $12.50; 500 lbs. or over at 
$12.25 per 100 lbs. Sacks included. 
(Ask for Wisconsin Bulletin No. 359, “Emergency Hays and Pastures.’’) 
Note: —Remember prices are subject to change after Feb. 15th. Present prices are 
somewhat higher than last year as the crop was smaller, but they may be still higher. 
WACONIA ORANGE CANE. (SORGHUM). 
The Sorghum Cane Seed we offer this year is Northern grown, the Waconia strain, 
the same that we have handled in the past but it is Orange cane instead of Amber cane. 
Waconia Orange Cane has been recently developed by selected breeding over a period 
of 4 or 5 years and it is a great improvement over the old strain of Amber cane. It 
has a stronger germinating seed, better withstanding unfavorable growing conditions, 
grows a much heavier but shorter stalk, withstands storms and wet weather without 
lodging and most important of all in running tests produces a better quality of syrup 
and more of it per acre. Sow 4 to 8 lbs. of seed to the acre for sorghum and 15 to 
25 lbs. for fodder. 
Prices, by mail: Lb., 30c. By freight: Lb., 20c; 5 lbs., 65c; 10 lbs., $1.20; 100 
lbs., $7.00; 500 lbs. at $6.85 per 100 lbs. Sacks included. 
EARLY AMBER CANE. 
Does well in the North and makes a wonderful fodder crop, rich in sugar. 
Prices, by freight: 5 lbs., 55c; 10 lbs., $1.00; 100 lbs., $5.50; 500 lbs. at $5.35. 
WHITE KAFFIR CORN. 
Makes the best kind of fodder for cattle or horses. Seed splendid for poultry. 
Fifteen pounds will seed an acre in rows, 50 pounds sown broadcast. 
Prices, by mail: Lb., 25c. By freight: Lb., 15c; 5 lbs., 50c; 10 lbs., 95c; 100 lbs., 
$5.40; 500 lbs. at $5.25. Sacks free. 
MILO MAIZE. 
A variety of sorghum. Grows very large x 8 to 10 feet high, with seed heads of great 
size, often weighing % of a pound each. Plant same as Kaffir. 
Prices: 100 lbs., $5.50; '500 lbs. at $5.35. Small lots, same as Kaffir. 
FETERITA. 
Similar to Kaffir but earlier. Outyields it and 
little affected by drouth. 
Prices, by mail: Lb., 30c. By freight: Lb., 20c; 
5 lbs., 60c; 10 lbs., $1.05; 100 lbs., $5.65; 500 
lbs. at $5.50. Sacks free. 
Field of Improved Waconia Cane Grown in the North. 
White Kaffir Corn. 
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