Two Good 
Crops for the South 
Peanuts 
BROOM CORN 
SCARBROUGH DWARF. This type has much leas seed 
on it, and is on the upper one-third of the brush, allowing: 
much cleaner threshing and bales weigh fully one-third 
more and make the finest smooth parlor brooms, and also 
contain enough heavier, coarse brush for house brooms. 
We suggest planting 4 to 6 seeds in a hill with hills 30 to 
36 inches apart, rows 40 inches apart. This plan allows 
better air circulation through the field and being in hills 
furnishes much better shade protection to the pulled heads 
as piled in large handfuls, heads up, on the north side of 
the standing hills. The best way to cure is to thresh same 
day as pulled and put in drying frames for a week, then 
bale carefully. Lb., 30c; 2 lbs., 55c, postpaid. Ask for 
prices on larger quantities. 
STANDARD EVERGREEN. Is very early and when prop¬ 
erly planted and cultivated has beautiful green brush and 
commands the highest price. Harvested by cutting. Lb„ 
30c; 2 lbs., 55c, postpaid. Ask for prices on larger quantities. 
BLACK SPANISH. This variety matures about 10 days 
earlier than Evergreen, and has dark brown or black chaff 
on the seeds. It is now one of the leading sorts in Oklahoma, 
rapidly replacing other varieties. It has a tendency to pro¬ 
duce a finer, straighter brush than the Evergreen variety, and 
is said to be somewhat less subject to reddening, consequently 
bringing a higher price. It is not as heavy a yielder as 
some other varieties, but account of its earliness it stands a 
better chance to escape drouth period. Lb., 30c; 2 lbs., 55c, 
postpaid. Ask for prices in larger quantities. 
PEANUTS FOR SEED 
For medium light, loamy or sandy soil. Peanuts 
are one of the most profitable crops. They yield 
very largely—yields of fifty bushels per acre being 
reported on land too poor to plant in com. In 
addition to the yield of nuts, they yield quite 
largely of nutritious forage and produce ordinarily 
about a ton of excellent forage per acre in addi¬ 
tion to the crop of nuts. 
TENNESSEE LONG RED. A fine variety, es¬ 
pecially adapted to black, waxy land, as well as 
sandy soil. The nuts contain three large kernels 
each, and are enormously productive. Lb., 3tc; 
2 lbs., 55c, postpaid. Not prepaid, lb., 20c; 20 
lbs., $2.75. Ask for prices on larger quantities. 
IMPROVED VIRGINIA JUMBO. A very profit¬ 
able sort, planted almost exclusively by the Peanut¬ 
growing section of Virginia. It is the standard 
variety for roasting. Lb., 30c; 2 lbs., 55c, post¬ 
paid. Not prepaid, lb., 20c; 20 lbs., $2.75. Ask 
for prices on larger quantities. 
SPANISH. Spanish Peanuts grow in more com¬ 
pact form than the Virginia Peanuts, making it 
possible to grow them closer, which makes the 
cultivation easier. While the nuts are smaller, 
they are much sweeter and of finer flavor than 
the larger sorts and contain a higher per cent of 
oil than do the other varieties. The best crop in 
the South for fattening hogs. Lb., 20c; 2 lbs., 
35c, postpaid. Not prepaid, lb., 10c; 20 lbs., 
$1.75. Ask for prices on larger quantities. 
PEANUTS should be grown in a definite rotation, including at least two 
soil-improvement crops, such as cowpeas, velvetbeans, soybeans, bur clover, 
crimson clover, vetch, or any crop that will add organic matter to the soil. 
Peanuts should not be planted on the same land oftener than once in three 
or four years. 
liivviii Corn 
BROOMCORN is a heat-loving plant, 
and the best brush is produced where 
the summers are rather warm and 
where soils are fertile and fairly well 
supplied with moisture. Deep alluvial 
soils usually produce brush of higher 
yield and quality than the shallower 
soils on the uplands, and much of the 
broomcorn in the past has been grown 
on rich river-bottom land. Poor soils 
and cold or extremely dry weather re¬ 
sult in inferior brush. 
SOIL PREPARATIONS AND SUGGESTIONS FOR PLANTING SMALL 
GRASS SEEDS 
Preparation 
A firm seed bed that has been prepared a couple of months in 
advance and is thoroughly compact is highly important for such 
grasses as Dallis and Carpet. A short dry spell will kill the young 
seedlings in loose ground, such as is prepared for corn and cotton. 
In the wooded sections the underbrush and most of the trees 
should be removed, leaving only some of the best trees for shade and 
timber. The stumps should also be removed as soon as possible, so 
that the pasture can be mowed to control weeds. 
Breaking the land is not necessary, except where it has become 
badly baked or where the grass sod is so dense that the seed can 
not well come in contact with the soil. In most cases, merely stir 
or scar the land with a disc harrow or scratcher, setting your machine 
for very shallow work. 
Should you intend planting the seed on soil that is not going to 
be harrowed, it will be well to have it free from weeds. 
One of the most important things to remember in soil preparation: 
If the ground be plowed, it should be done a month or two before 
sowing the seed, so that soil may become well settled. 
More failures with grasses and clovers have been due to soil prep¬ 
aration than any other one cause. Farmers often get the idea that 
they must have a good “loose” seed bed for grasses and clovers, just 
as they would for farm crops. This is not true. You must have a 
firm seed bed, or the small seedlings will die soon after sprouting. 
Lands that have have had crops on them this season are well enough 
prepared. 
Planting Suggestions 
The seeds of grasses and clovers are so extremely small as to be 
able to come up through only a thin layer of soil. The covering of 
the seeds can scarcely be too shallow. Suitable implements for cov¬ 
ering such seeds are a weeder, a brush drag, or a spike-tooth harrow 
set up for very shallow work. Under some conditions, mere rolling 
gives sufficient covering, and we know of a good many successful 
plantings where the seeds were not covered at all, when planted 
just before a rain. One successful planter has told us that he simply 
sows the seed on top of the soil and forgets them, claiming a more 
satisfactory stand when handled in this manner. 
It is also reported by a great many successful planters that mixing 
the seed with barnyard manure, and placing a small shovelful of the 
mixed manure and seed about five feet apart over the field, results 
ih a better stand than is the case where the seed is sown without 
the manure. 
Should you sow the seed and attempt to cover them, remember that 
the small seeds will not come up should they be covered too deep. 
Be sure and inoculate your clover seed before planting, unless some 
clover using the same inoculation has been grown on the same plot 
of ground the past year or two. 
ROBERT NICHOLSON SEED CO 
52 — 
DALLAS, TEXAS 
