Crotalaria Has Proved to Be One of the Best Soil Builders for Florida and the South 
FIELD SEED 
We are not bound for any definite time by the prices quoted in this Catalog. 
All prices are subject to change without notice. We recommend that you order early. 
BEGGARWEED (Florida Clover) 
Sow 10 pounds per acre. 
F.O.B. Plant City, except lb. lots, which are prepaid. 
Perfectly adapted to Florida sandy soil, and makes one of the 
finest pastures, also a splendid quality of most nutritious hay. 
Where the land is once well seeded with Beggarweed, you do 
not have to plant it any more, as it will come up year after 
year. If cut for hay at the time the first flowers appear, the 
roots will send up a second crop which may be saved for seed 
and from which enough seed will scatter to insure a crop for 
next season. 
The seed may also be scattered in the corn rows at the time 
of the last cultivation. For the best quality of hay, the crop 
should be cut when 3 to 4 feet high, or at the beginning of the 
blooming period. Plant the seed from April to August, at the 
rate of 10 pounds per acre. Cover seed shallow, as it is small, 
and if put in the ground too deep it cannot germinate. 
1 lb. 30c; 10 lbs. $2.40; 25 lbs. $5.50; 100 lbs. $21.00. 
BENNE 
Sow 4 to 5 pounds per acre. 
Prepaid. 
A tall growing annual herb, about three feet high, producing 
flowers followed by seed pods, which shatter the oily seeds in 
great profusion. These seeds are relished by poultry and a 
great use at present is a crop to attract and feed wild birds, 
especially quail and partridges. This is one of the finest plants 
than can be grown for poultry feed. Plant from March to July, 
drilling seed thinly in rows three to four feet apart. Can be 
planted until July. Cultivate the same as corn. Benne matures 
in about four weeks and seeds will continue to develop for about 
three months after it begins to ripen. Benne will do well on 
any soil suitable for corn. 
Pkt. 10c; MIb. 20c; lb. 55c. 
CHUFAS 
Sow 1 to IV 2 pecks per acre. 
(90 days.) This is a species of ground nut, easily grown, and 
a wonderful hog fattening crop. Plant from April to August. 
Cultivation is the same as for bunch peanuts. Can be left in 
the ground until time to turn the hogs in, the hogs doing the 
harvesting. Make rows three feet apart, dropping seeds six to 
eight inches apart in the row, and covering about two inches. 
Especially suitable for sandy and loamy soils. Highly recom¬ 
mended for Florida and the Lower South. 
1 lb. 25c; 2 lbs. 45c; postpaid. 
Not prepaid, 11 lbs. (pk.) $1.00; 44 lbs. (bu.) $3.50. 
CROTALARIA 
Sow 5 to 20 pounds per acre. 
F.O.B. Plant City, except lb. lots, which are prepaid. 
It is particularly desirable as a cover-crop for groves, truck 
and farm-lands, and does well on all kinds of soil except muck. 
It is a legume, thus adding a large amount of nitrogen to the 
soil, which in experiment station tests has been found to range 
from 83 to 207 pounds per acre. It makes a very profuse growth, 
furnishing an abundance of green material for humus. It can 
be mowed once a year, just as it starts to bloom; this will keep 
it from becoming too coarse. If cut 10 inches above the surface 
of the ground, the plant will produce the second growth and 
sufficient seed for reseeding the land the following year. 
Crotalaria should be sown broadcast from March to June, on 
well-prepared land usually at the rate of 10 to 12 pounds of 
Striata and Spectabilis seed per acre, and 3 to 5 pounds Inter¬ 
media, depending on how thick the coverage is desired, and har¬ 
rowed lightly. 
CROTALARIA (Continued) 
Intermedia. This is the newest strain of Crotalaria introduced 
fiom Africa a few years ago, and has been thoroughly tested at 
the Florida Experiment Station for several years, where it ha* 
shown to have much promise for Florida. It grows much the 
same as the other two Crotalarias commonly grown in Florida, 
the plants however have smaller leaves and are somewhat less 
vigorous in growth than the other two. It is hollow stemmed 
like Spectabilis and can be easily worked into the soil. It does 
well on high ground but seems best adapted to the better sandy 
soils. The Florida Experiment Station has had good success 
planting the seed at the rate of three pounds per acre in rows 
three and one-half feet apart. It can then be cultivated much 
the same as corn. Seed of this strain is smaller than seed of 
the other two, and should be planted about an inch and one- 
half to two inches deep as soon as the danger of frost is past. 
Intermedia makes a good cover crop to plow under and cattle 
eat it more readily than they do the other two species. We have 
a very pure strain of seed of this new Crotalaria, it having been 
grown in well isolated locations, away from all other Crotalarias. 
1 lb. 30c; 10 lbs. $2.20; 25 lbs. $5.25; 100 lbs. $20.00. 
Striata. This is the original strain of Crotalaria, originated and 
developed in Puerto Rico, and first introduced to Florida grow¬ 
ers by the Florida Agricultural Experiment Station several years 
ago. It is best adapted to dry, sandy soils such as are found in 
the citrus grove lands of central Florida, and it is used very 
extensively to improve sandy citrus soils by adding organic 
matter and nitrogen, two things most needed by this type of soil 
for economical and successful production of citrus fruits. 
1 lb. 25c; 10 lbs. $1.55; 25 lbs. $3.40; 100 lbs. $12.50. 
Spectabilis. This variety is not as fibrous as Striata, the 
growth is much heavier, and the stems are hollow. As a result, 
it can be plowed under easier and it rots much quicker. The 
seed, which is much larger than Striata, matures a little earlier 
and more uniformly, making it a surer and heavier seeder. 
Spectabilis is best adapted to low moist soils, but also does 
well on sandy soils with plenty of moisture. 
1 lb. 25c; 10 lbs. $1.55; 25 lbs. $3.40; 100 lbs. $12.50. 
Crotalaria Spectabilis 
Valuable for Adding Organic Matter and Nitrogen to the Soil 
Kilgore Agencies in The West Indies: Havana, Cuba; Nassau, Bahamas; 
Nueva Gerona, Isle of Pines; San Juan, Puerto Rico; Kingston, Jamaica 
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