12 Sorghum Seed 
RUSSELL-HECKLE 
Sa grain Is Excellent for Silage and Grain. 
Cane for Fodder 
EARLY AMBER CANE. One of the earliest sorghums 
and furnishes a large yield of most nutritious for¬ 
age which may be fed either green or cured. If 
grown with cowpeas or soy beans the quality of the 
hay is improved and a more balanced ration may 
be had. The proportions recommended are 15 lbs. 
Early Amber Cane, y 2 bushel of soy beans and 1 
bushel cowpeas to the acre broadcast. Grows 10 to 
12 feet high. Sow broadcast 1 to 1)4 bushels to 
the acre; 8 to 10 lbs. plants an acre in 314 to 
4-foot rows. 
EAREV ORANGE CANE. About ten days later than 
Early Amber Cane, but makes a taller and more 
leafy growth. It is recommended for fodder, of 
which it yields immense crops, frequently two cut¬ 
tings a season, and stooling out thicker after cut¬ 
ting. It may be grown with soy beans and cow¬ 
peas as recommended for Early Amber Cane and 
the quantity to plant an acre is the same. 
RED TOP or SUMAC. Grown extensively in Middle 
Tennessee. Succeeds well in this section. Very 
sweet and one of the best for hay. 
Yellow Milo Maize 
A wonderfully drought-resistant, non-saccharine 
sorghum that makes a thick succulent growth of nu¬ 
tritious milk-producing forage. For fodder and ensi¬ 
lage, cut when in the dough stage; at this stage it has 
a feeding value practically equal to corn. Any good 
corn land will bring Milo Maize either for green feed, 
dry fodder or for the grain. It grows on all soils 
from sandy to heavy clay loam. Plant in 3)4-foot 
rows after the ground is thoroughly warm, and give 
it the same cultivation you would corn. Six to eight 
pounds will plant an acre. 
White Kaffir Corn 
Kaffir Corn yields heavy crops. It adapts itself to a 
wide variety of soils; a long dry spell may stop its 
growth, but it starts again with the first rain. The 
grain as well as the plant makes fine feed for stock, 
hogs, poultry and pigeons. With Cowpeas, sow broad- 
coast one peck of Kaffir Corn to a bushel of peas; 
sown alone, 3 pecks to a bushel an acre broadcast; in 
drills 6 to 8 pounds an acre in 314-foot rows. Plant 
from after the ground is thoroughly warm till earlv 
in June. 
SAGRAIN 
Memphis, Tenn. 
Grows on land you can’t plant to other crops; thrives in low 
places that usually drown out. Produces from 8 to 20 tons silage, 
or if left to ripen will produce from 50 to 75 bushels grain (about 
double corn yield), and 4 to 8 tons cured hay; has heads like Kaffir. 
Usually weighs about 7 ounces and the average ear corn weighs 
8 ounces. In feeding value has 90% value corn; can be fed to hogs, 
chickens, cattle and work stock. Plant as early in the spring as 
frost will allow. Will then be ready to harvest when the crops are 
laid by, usually along about August 1. Splendid in combination 
with Biloxi Soy Beans. 
Plant in 3%-foot rows. Cultivate a couple of times and thin out, 
leaving a stalk every 8 inches apart. Use a common sorghum or 
pea plate. We do not recommend broadcast planting. Can be best 
harvested with corn binder, shocked like oats until cured. Six to 
eight pounds wfill seed an acre, planted in 3 to 314 -foot rows. From 
each seed planted you get from 6 to 10 heads of grain as it stools 
out and should be left very thin in drill. 
303-33. An improved strain, a dwarf selection of the original 
Sagrain, with heavier head. Stalks grow stocky, dwarf and very 
uniform. You will find it a great improvement over the regular 
strain. 
CULTURE. Plant when the ground becomes thoroughly warm, 
say two weeks after corn planting, on a rich, well drained clay 
loam, in rows 3 14 to 4 feet apart, and cultivate as you would corn. 
After the flowering stage is passed, but not earlier, it may be 
pastured or cut for fodder. Sorghum may be grown with cowpeas 
and soy beans either in rows or broadcast. 
CANE SEER FOR SORGHUM 
Special Warning on Sorghum Fane 
NON-WARRANTY. Owing to the peculiar hybridization of 
syrup cane varieties, it is impossible to guarantee any of the 
varieties here listed. We have selected all the syrup cane 
varieties on our list with best possible care, but at the same 
time do not guarantee that they will come true. 
All orders for syrup cane varieties are therefore accepted 
only on these conditions. 
JAPANESE HONEY RIBBON CANE. For making syrup this va¬ 
riety has no equal. It has been yielding from one hundred to 
two hundred gallons per acre. It makes a syrup of bright amber 
color and of fine flavor. The stalks grow from 12 to 15 feet 
high, the seed are carried in a sprangling type head, are red, 
rather flat shaped and most of the hulls remain on the seed when 
threshed. With its large foliage makes one of the best varieties 
for ensilage. 
For making syrup, cut just before the heads ripen, at which 
stage the sugar content of the plant is greatest. 
Japanese Ribbon Cane matures ready for the mill in about 130 
to 140 days. We, therefore, advise planting as early in May as 
possible. One gallon of seed will drill one acre. Cultivate like 
cotton, leaving plants about 10 to 12 inches apart in the row. 
RED X CANE. . In an effort to give to our customers something of 
real value as a Syrup producer, we have purchased stocks of this 
varietv from the American Syrup & Sorghum Company, who grow 
hundreds of acres of it yearly, selling thousands of gallons of 
syrup from it. Red X is one of the best producing syrup canes 
of the type known as Sugar Drip. Grows 8 to 10 feet tall, has a 
compact head, seeds are light in color, and hulls usually come off 
when threshed. Matures in 95 to 110 days; a heavy yielder of 
syrup, making a juicy and succulent growth. Plant in 3)4 foot 
rows thinning out to stand 10 to 12 inches apart. Cultivate as 
you do corn. One gallon of seed will drill one acre. 
SUGAR DRIP. It makes a large, juicy and succulent growth. It 
will yield about 65 per cent of the weight of the cane in juice. ' 
One of the most desirable syrup varieties. 
QUANTITY PRICES ON SORGHUM AND OTHER SEEDS 
DESCRIBED ON THIS,PAGE .ARE GIVEN ON OUR GREEN INX 
LIST ECLOSED. 
Hegari 
One of the Newer Non-saccharine Sorghums that quickly became 
popular in the South. Something like Kaffir and Feterita but much 
earlier which is desirable, and a very much heavier producer of 
grain. Dwarf in growth, with large heads of white grains that 
shatter very little. Stands dry weather well. Plant 8 to 10 pounds 
per acre in drill. 
New Improved Ceresan Seed Disinfectant 
America’s premier agricultural disease treatment for Wheat, 
Oats and Barley. Use 2% Ceresan for Sorghums, Millets and Peas. 
It kills external diseases and gives you better stands, as well as 
allows earlier plantings. This is a remarkable preparation and the 
results will be an agreeable surprise. Don’t fail to use Ceresan on 
ail of your seed grains before planting. 1 lb. can, 75c; 5 lb. tin, 
$3.00. Postpaid, 1 lb., 90c; 5 lbs., $3.25. 
