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1 lb., 50c; 5 lbs., $1.75. 
3 ozs. for each bushel of grain 
Wayne Oats 
Dwarf Essex Rape 
Sorghum - Sugar Cane 
EAREY AMBER. The choicest variety, producing an abundance of good 
forage. Also excellent for syrup. Three to five tons per acre may be 
expected from one cutting. Has a tendency to produce a coarse hay 
§Soy Beans 
They can be grown wherever corn can be grown; they furnish good for¬ 
age and improve the soil. They will grow on soil too acid for clover 
and fit readily into any crop rotation. They furnish an excellent qual¬ 
ity of feed, either as grain, hay or green forage. The best time for 
seeding is about corn planting time, or when the ground has become 
thoroughly warm. Soy Beans should not be sown too deeply, as poor 
stands frequently result from too deep covering. They can be planted 
with corn, or they may be planted alone either for hay or grain, fol¬ 
lowed the next year with corn and wheat. Corn and Soy Beans grown 
together can be hogged down with profit. Soy Beans are a legume, 
fine for soil improvement. They should be inoculated for best results. 
Good seed is essential to success. When grown for seed it requires 
2 y 2 pecks drilled or 5 pecks sown solid; for hay, 6 pecks per acre 
solid; or for silage, 4 to 6 lbs. per acre w*hen sown with corn; for silo, 
plant 1 bushel Soy Beans to 15 lbs. Sudan. 60 lbs. per bushel. 
MANCHU. A medium early (105 days) with erect and bushy plant, good 
for hay or pasture, or hogging off with early corn. Write for price list. 
WIIiSON. (Early Black Wilson). A medium late (120 days) variety 
which does well on the poorer types of soil. Plant tall and slender, 
tending to twine. Probably the best known all-around sort for silage 
and hay. Write for price list. 
Seed Oats 
WAYNE. A new, medium early white Oats, developed by the Ohio Ag¬ 
ricultural Experiment Station, first distributed for increase in 1930. 
This variety has led all others in yield trials at Wooster over a long 
period of years, and is now recommended especially for northern and 
northeastern Ohio. Mr. C. Thompson, of Hancock County, Ohio, pro¬ 
duced 100 bushels per acre. We grew these Oats on our own farm this 
past season and it out-yielded all other sorts. Has stiff straw. We are 
headquarters for Certified Seed. Write for price list. 
MIAMI. This Oats, originated by the Ohio Experiment Station, has made 
a remarkable record throughout the northern half of Ohio, and is 
rapidly forging ahead in that section. It is an excellent branching or 
tree sort. The grain is large, white and plump. It is a strong grower 
and a good yielder, is early and ripens evenly. Straw fairly stiff. Does 
well on medium light soil. Write for price list. 
FIEI.D PUMPKINS. (See page 27). 
Velvet Barley 
This new six-row variety produced by the Minnesota Experiment Sta¬ 
tion is a heavy yielder producing as much or more grain than other 
sorts per acre. It has a very stiff straw and is more disease-resistant 
than other varieties. The great advantage of Velvet Barley over others 
lies in the fact that it is smooth-awned having no barbs on the beards. 
Therefore much more easily handled than any other Barley. In 6-year 
average comparative tests at the Ohio Experiment Station it yielded 
40 bushels per acre. Drill 2 bushels per acre. 48 lbs. per bu. Write 
for Farm Seed price list. 
Hairy Vetch 
It is the only legume which can safely be sown as late as wheat seeding 
time and will then live over winter and make an important yield by 
May 18 to June 10. It makes good yields of green manure or hay, high 
in nitrogen or protein. It is particularly adapted to sandy soils and 
is only moderately sensitive to soil acidity. It can therefore be used 
as a green manure in rotations including potatoes better than alfalfa 
or sweet clover. Where it is desirable, as in orchards, hairy vetch may 
readily be handled to reseed itself. Long-continued experiments have 
shown that hairy vetch makes a good stand more reliably than any 
other crop when sown in corn at the last cultivation. Rye may be 
improved by adding Vetch for practically any situation where it is 
used as a cover and green manure crop. Vetch is also a valuable addi¬ 
tion to rye for pasture. It is not recommended for wet soils. Almost 
always on such soils it heaves out before spring. Otherwise it may 
be sown on most soil types. Vetch may be sown any time after July 1. 
20 to 25 pounds of Vetch to a bushel of Rye has proven very satis¬ 
factory. Inoculation increases the yield. We furnish high-grade seed 
only. 60 lbs. per bushel. Write for prices. 
THE HOLMES SEED COMPANY, CANTON, OHIO 
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