PURE SUDAN GRASS FROM GURNEY’S 
Don't Take Chances On Another Dry Year 
PLANT SUDAN GRASS 
Another dry year has just passed, and 
again we have seen the great value of 
Sudan Grass. While driving through the 
country last fall, a field of green Sudan 
among the dry, dead fields of corn and 
SUDAN 
Sudan Grass is unquestionably the 
best forage crop that can be raised in the 
North. It should be cut when about 
3 feet high. Handled this way you will 
always get two cuttings a year and 
generally three, yielding from 4 to 6 tons 
of dry hay per acre. Even if left to grow 
8 or 9 feet high the stalks will seldom be 
any thicker than a lead pencil. The 
greatest value of Sudan is in green pas- 
the burned up pastures was a sight that 
should make every stock raiser resolve 
to plant Sudan Grass every year as a 
safeguard against a feed shortage caused 
by hot, dry weather. 
GRASS 
ture for the cows in the summer when 
pastures are poor and the milk flow is 
low. 
Sudan Grass should not be planted 
until the ground has warmed up thor¬ 
oughly after corn planting season. Plant 
25 pounds per acre. 
1 lb., 20c; 5 lbs., 60c; 10 lbs., 85c; 
25 lbs., $1.65; 50 lbs., $2.85; 100 lbs., 
$5.20; 500 lbs., $25.00. 
Sudan Grass will stand the drought 
SOY BEANS 
Soy Bean oil has come to the front in the past 
few years as a valuable oil in the manufacture of 
paints. However, soy beans have a number of 
other important uses. It makes an excellent hay 
and is wonderful for silage when grown with 
corn. Soy beans are more resistant to frost than 
corn and they also stand hot weather. They are 
adapted to nearly all soils and do especially well 
in sandy soils. They are the only legume crop 
that will take root in acid soils and build up the 
land. Furthermore, they make a wonderful 
emergency crop, for when clover fields or any 
other crops are washed out or are devastated, 
soy beans can be put in late. 
Soy beans should be planted at corn planting 
time or even later—as late as the 20th of June 
and give an excellent soy bean crop. They do 
best with shallow covering; and be sure to in¬ 
oculate the seed with Nitragin before planting. 
• ILLINi SOY BEANS 
This new variety was developed at the Illinois 
Experiment Station. It seems to grow a little 
taller than Manchu, giving a heavier yield and 
is nearly as early. Almost as desirable as Manchu 
in every way and probably better for hay pur¬ 
poses. Manchu or Illini are equally good for fod¬ 
der. For silage, plant the beans with corn using 
an equal number of pounds of beans and corn. 
When planting alone with a drill or seeder, use 
80 lbs. per acre. When drilled in with a corn 
planter, use 40 lbs. 
Soy beans as a hay crop are higher in protein 
content than alfalfa hay or field peas. An ex¬ 
cellent hay for dairy cattle. 
1 lb., 20c; 10 lbs., 80c; 25 lbs., $1.45; 50 lbs., 
$2.20; 100 lbs., $3.75; 500 lbs., $17.75. 
• MANCHU SOY BEANS 
Manchu is the best known and most popular 
variety of soy beans in the Northwest. It is 
medium early in season, early enough to fully 
mature dry beans under ordinary conditions and 
large enough to be of real value. The dry beans 
mature in about 100 days. Iowa farmers report as 
high as 38 bu. per acre yield. They can be cut 
with a grain binder and threshed with an 
ordinary threshing machine by reducing the 
speed of the cylinder to one-half and taking out 
part of the concave. Broadcast 80 to 90 pounds 
to the acre and drill 40 pounds. 1 lb., 20c; 10 
lbs., 80c; 25 lbs., $1.45; 50 lbs., $2.20; 100 lbs., 
$3.75; 500 lbs., $17.75. 
Manchu and Illini Soy Beans in our trial 
Grounds at Yankton 
DWARF ESSEX RAPE 
I want to impress it on you, that the Dwarf 
Essex Rape will grow and thrive, and be profit¬ 
able in many places on your farm. In the spring 
when you are sowing small grains, sow it at the 
rate of 4 pounds per acre with your grain. This 
will furnish valuable pasture after harvest. 
Plant it with fall rye at the rate of about three 
pounds to the acre in the months of April or 
May, and it will make you a good pasture with 
the rye in summer. Plant it by itself at the 
rate of 5 lbs. per acre and see the immense yield 
of forage it will produce. Sow it at the rate of 
3 lbs. per acre with your cultivation of corn. 
This is the most profitable place to sow rape 
seed. If you are hogging the corn down, the hogs 
will clean the rape as well as the corn. Dwarf 
Essex Rape is the only variety that is valuable. 
1 lb., 20c; 5 lbs., 70c; 10 lbs.,$1.15; 25 lbs.,$2.30; 
50 lbs., $3.90; 100 lbs., $7.25; 500 lbs., $34.50. 
SAND OR WINTER VETCH 
Sometimes called Hairy Vetch. Thrives sur¬ 
prisingly on poor, light land, and withstands 
extremes of drought, heat and cold. It may be 
sown either in the spring or fall, usually with 
Rye. In the North, it remains all winter under 
the snow and is invaluable for early pasturing-of 
soiling. It is valuable as a fertilizer, being a nitro¬ 
gen gatherer. For hay, cut when commencing to 
pod. 50 lbs. seed per acre. 1 lb., 25c; 10 lbs., $1.60; 
25 lbs., $3.55; 50 lbs., $6.60; 100 lbs., $12.75. 
HEMP 
Hemp has been advertised as an exterminator 
of Creeping Jenny. We do not know that it has 
any value for this purpose but are offering the 
seed at a fair price. Hemp grows from 7 to 10 
feet tall and it takes 30 pounds to plant an acre. 
10 lbs., $1.00; 25 lbs., $1.85; 50 lbs., $3.25; 
100 lbs., $6.00; 500 lbs., $29.50. 
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Sudan and Soy Beans will stand the drought 
