Velvet Beans Are Valuable as a Soil Builder and as a Forage Crop Throughout the South 
RICE 
Sow x /2 bushel of seed per acre 
Rice makes fine feed for both stock and poultry. Prepare the 
ground thoroughly and drill (4 bushel per acre in 2%-foot rows 
and cultivate a few times. Should be planted in March or April 
in order that it may mature at a time to miss the rice-bird sea¬ 
son. If planted in June and July it will also miss the bird season. 
Gopher. This is the most popular variety for Florida, and is 
- ■ generally known as the Highland Rice. Grains heavy, 
broad, and flat. Lb. 20c; 2 lbs. 35c, postpaid. Not prepaid, 11 lbs. 
(pk.) 85c; 44 lbs. (bu.) $2.75. 
Pearl. (WHITE). Another variety that is used extensively. 
■■■■ — ■ ■ — Long, slender grains. Lb. 20c; 2 lbs. 35c, postpaid. 
Not prepaid, 11 lbs. (pk.) 85c; 44 lbs. (bu.) $2.75. 
DWARF ESSEX RAPE 
Sow 4 pounds of seed in drills or 8 pounds broadcast 
per acre 
F.O.B. Plant City, except pound lots or less, which are prepaid. 
Rape is no good as a dry forage, but for pasture or green feed 
there is nothing better. You can have green feed from October 
until April. Rape will not stand much warm weather. It is best 
sown in drills 4 feet apart, using 4 pounds of seed per acre; 
broadcast, use 8 pounds of seed. After cutting or grazing off it 
keeps coming out again. For hogs, sheep, and cattle. Rape is a 
great fat-producer and will also increase the production of milk. 
Rape resembles the rutabaga somewhat in both stalk and leaf. 
Pkt. 10c; lb. 30c; 10 lbs. $1.50; 100 lbs. $10. 
SUNFLOWER 
Sow 6 pounds of seed per acre 
Matures quickly, is inexpensive to 
grow, and will yield an abundance of 
Mammoth Russian. 
the best growing and egg-producing foods. It is also used exten¬ 
sively in many sections as a wind-break for beans. Does fine in 
Florida and will mature a crop in five to six weeks. Plant from 
March to September. Sow 6 pounds of seed per acre in drills 3 
feet apart and hills 1 foot apart in the drill, thinning out to one 
stalk in the hill when 4 to 6 inches high. Vilb. 15c; lb. 20c; 
10 lbs. $1.50; 100 lbs. $12.00, prepaid. 
SOY BEANS 
Sow 1 peck to 1 bushel of seed per acre 
The Soy Beans are a great nitrogen-gathering agency and a 
wonderful soil improver. They do excellently planted in corn, and 
will not injure it by climbing. Plant either between corn hills or 
in middles. 
Prepare the land same as you would for cowpeas, sowing the 
seed from March 1 to July 1, a peck of seed per acre, in drills 3 
feet apart, dropping two seeds every 6 inches in the drill, or, 
broadcast, one bushel per acre. Do not plant the seed over 1 Vz 
inches deep, for if the seed is put too deep in the ground, a poor 
stand will result. 
SORGHUM 
Amount of seed needed per acre depends upon the 
purpose for which planted 
The uses of Sorghum are many, such as green feed, hay, pas¬ 
turage, silage, syrup, etc. 
It is a common practice to sow Sorghum and cowpeas together 
for hay and pasturage purposes, which is excellent for either. 
Where sown together use % bushel Sorghum and 1 bushel of 
cowpeas per acre, sown broadcast. Drill in 3-foot rows at the 
rate of 1 peck per acre; where planted for making syrup, use 
only 5 pounds of seed; or where sown broadcast use 1 bushel of 
seed per acre. Plant from March to August. 
Early Amber. (65 days.) The earliest and by far most pop- 
■ - . . — ular of all varieties, covering every purpose 
where Sorghum is used except syrup-making. Lb. 25c, postpaid. 
Not prepaid, 12 1 /, lbs. (pk.) 85c; 50 lbs. (bu.) $3.00. 
Texas Seeded Ribbon Cane. This is one of the very 
1 . - 1 ■ 1 best varieties for making 
high quality syrup. The stalks are tall and large with an abun¬ 
dance of juice. Not only valuable for syrup-making but will make 
wonderful amount of forage and green feed for all manner of live 
stock. Lb. 25c, postpaid. Not prepaid, 12V. lbs. (pk.) $1.00; 
50 lbs. (bu.) $3.50. 
Sorghum 
Mammoth Yellow, (lio days.) Large seed; strong, vig- 
■ orous grower, and heavy yielder of both 
seed and foliage. Medium early. Lb. 20c; 2 lbs. 35c, postpaid. 
Not prepaid, pk. 70c; bu. $3.25. 
VELVET BEANS 
Sow 1 to 2 pecks of seed per acre 
These are among Florida’s most valuable crops for enriching 
the land, as soil-conditioners and builders. Velvet Beans are 
valuable for new land, taking the sourness out and sweetening 
it; also good for groves; fine for truck lands in building up the 
humus; good pasturage for cattle and hogs; and fine land reno¬ 
vators. Plant from March to August. 
Bush Velvet Bean. (120 days.) On account of bush hab- 
1 it, this is a very desirable variety to 
plant in groves or orchards. Lb. 20c; 2 lbs. 35c, postpaid. 
Write for prices on larger quantities. 
Osceola. (140 days.) It is a splendid producer of both seed 
■■ and vine, and somewhat earlier than the old-fash¬ 
ioned Velvet Bean. Lb. 20c; 2 lbs. 35c, postpaid. Write for prices 
on larger quantities. 
Chinese. (120 days.) This variety will make more vines and 
■ i ■ ■ —— seed than many others of the Velvet Bean family. 
Free from stinging fuzz, like the Old Speckled Velvet, and four 
weeks earlier. Lb. 20c; 2 lbs. 35c, postpaid. Write for prices on 
larger quantities. 
90-Day. (90 to 100 days.) In character and luxuriance of 
■ . .— growth it resembles the old variety of Velvet Beans 
and makes an abundant amount of foliage for pasturage and 
soil improvement. It matures much quicker than any other 
kind. Lb. 15c; 2 lbs. 25c, postpaid. Write for prices on larger 
quantities. 
Old Florida Velvet Bean. (180 days.) This variety 
— makes a rank growth of vines 
and leaves, and will remain as a green cover crop longer than 
any other. Beans do not shell out when mature as some other 
varieties do. Lb. 20c; 2 lbs. 35c, postpaid. Write for prices on 
larger quantities. 
There is no secret or mystery about KILGORE’S 
BRED-RITE SEEDS; it is simply a matter of doing a 
thing in a way that cannot fail to bring results. The 
same principle that is used in breeding fine live stock 
applies just as fully to breeding fine seed. 
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THE KILGORE SEED CO., GENERAL OFFICES AND 
MAIL ORDER DEPT., PLANT CITY, FLORIDA 
