FIELD SEEDS 
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Dry Land Seeds 
All Field Seeds will be priced on Special Field Seed Price List. 
Sudan Grass is a non-saccharine grain sorghum. It is an 
annual, yet it can be pastured to good advantage and under 
favorable conditions two cuttings of hay may be obtained. 
The straw is very palatable. It has been grown successfully 
on every kind of soil and may be sown as soon as ground is 
warm and at any time during the summer so long as 70 to 
80 days intervene before the date of first expected frost. 
Seeded in rows 36 to 42 inches apart, 2 to 3 pounds of good 
seed per acre are sufficient; in rows 18 to 24 inches apart 
4 to 6 pounds; when drilled or broadcast 16 to 24 pounds 
are required. Cut for hay as soon as fully headed with 
mower, binder or corn binder. 
Sunflowers are a good silage crop for dry land. They may 
be sown earlier than corn as light frosts do not injure. 
They may also be sown late as they grow rapidly. The silage 
is very palatable and has high feeding value. Plant close in 
drills, 4 to 5 inches apart and rows 30 to 42 inches apart. 
Cultivate and handle similar to corn. Five to six pounds per 
acre is the usual amount sown. Prices NOT prepaid: 5 lbs., 
75c; 10 lbs., gl.25. 
Feterita is an early, non-saccharine, 
grain sorghum, ripening in 80 to 95 
days. Withstands heat and drought. 
Seeds are bluish white, slightly flat' 
tened. The stems are slender, slightly 
dry and rather sweet. Plant 4 to 6 
pounds per acre in rows and 50 pounds 
drilled or broadcast. Seed will rot if 
ground is not warm enough to cause 
germination. Prices NOT prepaid: 5 
lbs., 40c; 10 lbs., 60c. 
Broom Corn. The heads of Broom 
Corn or the brush are the important 
part of the crop. The stalks are dry 
and pithy. Plant about June 1st in 
rows 3J/2 feet apart, using 8 pounds 
of seed per acre. Scarbrough Dwarf is 
a well recognized variety. Price NOT 
prepaid: 5 lbs., 45c; 10 lbs., 75c. 
Grain Sorghums 
Grain sorghums are non-saccharine. They range 
in height from 3 tq 6 feet and are more drought 
resistant than sweet sorghums. Stalks are dry 
and pithy and have Sow feeding value. 4 to 6 
pounds are sown on dry land and 8 pounds on 
irrigated in rows. 50 to 60 pounds broadcast or 
drilled. 
Hegari. 120 days, 4 to 5 feet tall, is a grain 
sorghum resembling kafir and atlas sorgo. Un¬ 
der favorable conditions Hegari makes an ex¬ 
cellent grain crop and forage that is relished 
by live stock. Leaves are broad, long, and 
numerous. The stalks fairly sweet and reason¬ 
ably juicy, containing a much higher saccharine 
content than milo and kafir. Seeds are chalky 
white with a brown or reddish-pink under¬ 
coat. 
Milo stalks are stout, pithy, scantily supplied 
with leaves. Makes poor silage. Grain has high 
feeding value. Dwarf yellow milo is the best 
variety. 
Blackhull White Kafir. 115-140 days, 5 to 
6 feet tall in dry land areas. 12 to 16 leaves, 2 
to 3 feet long and 3 to 5 inches wide. Stalks 
are dry, pithy, and slightly acid. Grain is white 
and makes good poultry food. 
Bed Kafir. Seeds are red and make good poultry food. Very similar in 
habits and requirements to the white variety. Leaves are narrower and 
heads longer and more slender. 
Johnson Grass, also known as Aleppo Grass, Racehorse Grass, False 
Guinea Grass, and Evergreen Millet, thrives in the south but will winter- 
kill in the north. In many sections is considered as a pernicious weed. 
Prices NOT prepaid, 5 lbs., $1.00; 10 lbs., $1.50. 
Seed Treatment for Sorghum Kernel Smut. One pint Formal¬ 
dehyde to 20 gallons of water. Soak seed one hour and drv, or dust 
with 50%, Coppercarbonate, two to four ounces to the bushel. 
Sweet Sorghums 
The Sweet Sorghums or cane are generally grown for 
making hay or forage. The stalks contain sweet juices and are 
very leafy. Sorghum forage has high feeding value. 
The most successful practice for the production of 
sorghums (both sweet and grain) on dry land is fall listing 
followed by light harrowing in the spring, to control weed* 
before the planting date. The planting should be made in the 
old lister furrows. This method permits the planting of seed in 
a warm, moist seed-bed and is conducive to a quick start and 
rapid growth so essential to high yields. The crop is usually 
mowed when the plants are just coming into head. 
Sorghum seeds are particularly susceptible to destruction 
by soil organisms known as fungi. An excellent insurance 
against poor stands from this cause is to treat the seed with 
a mercury dust compound, which will also control smut. For 
information see page 71. 
Plant 4 to 6 lbs. of seed per acre on dry land and 8 pounds 
on irrigated land; when drilled or broadcast 50 to 60 pounds 
are required. 
In Northern and Northeastern Colo¬ 
rado, including Weld, Adams, Arapahoe, 
Washington, Yuma, and Sedgwick coun¬ 
ties, Black Amber, Red Amber, Coes, 
Orange, and Sumac are recommended 
varieties and May 20th to 30th as the 
earliest seeding dates. In Southern Colo¬ 
rado, south of the Divide, Kiowa, Chey¬ 
enne, Prowers, Baca, Lincoln, Otero, 
Bent, etc. Counties, Orange and Sumac 
varieties are recommended. The grain 
sorghums such as Kafirs, Milo, and Feter- 
itas are also recommended. May 10th is 
the earliest seeding date. Sorghums are 
particularly adapted to warm sandy soils. 
If planted on heavy soils the planting 
date should be somewhat later. Sorghum 
seed rots easily in cold soils. Heavy soils 
are slow about warming up. 
Black Amber Cane, 80 to 100 days, is the 
best known Sorgo and in many sections is the 
favorite because it is the earliest. 
Red Amber Cane matures later than Black 
Amber. It is more leafy, taller, and sweeter 
and has red hulls instead of black. 
Orange Cane, 100 to 110 days, produces more 
fodder than black or red and has higher sugar 
content. There are two varieties in common use 
—Red Orange and Sourless Orange. 
Bed Top or Sumac Cane, 115 to 12 5 
days, also called Redhead, is very popular in 
the south and southwest, very leafy, sweet, and 
has high feeding value. Seeds shell off clean 
like grain sorghums. 
Atlas Sorgo is a large, long-season forage sor¬ 
ghum developed at the Flays, Kansas Experi¬ 
ment Station. It is drought resistant. Pro¬ 
duces big yields under favorable conditions and 
is similar to Kansas Orange in growth habit. 
In Colorado it matures only in our Southeastern 
section, including Cheyenne, Kiowa, and other 
counties in that vicinity. It may produce a 
good tonnage of immature feed further north. 
It is a sweet sorghum, very leafy, and is used 
to considerable extent in Kansas for the pro¬ 
duction of silage. 
Texas Ribbon Cane, Gooseneck, Honey Drip, and Sugar Drip 
are large, leafy, sweet varieties, adapted to the production of syrup and 
forage. Because of their site they produce heavy yields of forage when the 
season is long enough for them to mature. 
Coes Sorgo, 90 days, is a kafir headed sorgo with a long compact head 
and fine sweet stem containing high sugar content. Tends to sucker pro¬ 
fusely making large quantities of fine leafy feed. (Adapted only for plant¬ 
ing in northern and northeastern Colorado in the territory designated 
above). Grain is pure white and threshes free of the hull. Suitable for 
forage or grain. 
Sorghum seeds priced on Special Field Seed Price List. 
Prices on all forage crops are lower this season. 
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