Broom Com and Peanuts Are Staple Crops 
Virrinia Jumbo 
PEANUTS 
For medium light, loamy or sandy soil. Peanuts are 
one of the most profitable crops. They yield very largely 
—yields of fifty bushels per acre being reported on land 
too poor to plant in corn. In addition to the yield of 
nuts, they yield quite largely of nutritious forage and 
produce ordinarily about a ton of excellent forage per 
acre in addition to the crop of nuts. 
TENNESSEE LONG RED. A fine variety, especially 
adapted to black, waxy land, as well as sandy soil. The 
nuts contain three large kernels each, and are enormously 
productive. Lb., 25c; 2 lbs., 45c, postpaid. Not prepaid, 
20 lbs., $2.25, Ask for prices on larger quantities. 
IMPROVED VIRGINIA JUMBO. A very profitable 
sort, planted almost exclusively by the Peanut-growing 
section of Virginia. It is the standard variety for roast¬ 
ing. Lb., 30c; 2 lbs., 55c, postpaid. Not prepaid, 20 
lbs., $2.75. Ask for prices on larger quantities. 
SPANISH. Spanish peanuts grow in more compact 
form than the Virginia Peanuts, making it possible to 
grow them closer, which makes the cultivation easier. 
While the nuts are smaller, they are much sweeter and 
of finer flavor than the larger sorts and contain a 
higher per cent of oil than do the other varieties. The 
best crop in the South for fattening hogs. Lb., 20c; 
2 lbs., 35c, postpaid. Not prepaid, 20 lbs., $1.50. Aski 
for prices on larger quantities. 
BROOM CORN 
SCARBROUGH DWARF. This type has much 
less seed on it, and is on the upper one-third of 
the brush, allowing much cleaner threshing and 
bales weigh fully one-third more and make the 
finest smooth parlor brooms, and also contain 
enough heavier, coarse brush for house brooms. 
We suggest planting 4 to 6 seeds in a hill with 
hills 80 to 86 inches apart, rows 40 inches apart. 
This plan allows better air circulation through 
the field and being in hills furnishes much 
shade protection to the pulled heads as piled in 
large handfuls, heads up, on the north side of the 
standing hill. The best way to cure is to thresh 
same day as pulled and put in drying frames for 
a week, then bale carefully. Lb., 20c: 2 lbs., 35c, 
postpaid. Ask for prices on larger quantities. 
STANDARD EVERGREEN. It is very early 
and when properly planted and cultivated has 
beautiful green brush and commands the highest 
price. Harvested by cutting. Lb.. 20c; 2 lbs., 
35c, postpaid. Ask for prices on larger quantities. 
BLACK SPANISH. This variety matures about 
10 days earlier than Evergreen, and has dark 
brown or black chaff on the seeds. It is now one 
of the leading sorts in Oklahoma, rapidly replac¬ 
ing other varieties. It has a tendency to produce 
a finer, straighter brush than the Evergreen 
variety, and is said to be somewhat less subject 
to reddening, consequently bringing a higher 
price. It is not as heavy a yielder as some other 
varieties, but account of its earliness it stands 
a better chance to escape drouth period. Lb., 
20c; 2 lbs., 35c, postpaid. Ask for prices in larger 
quantities. 
Broom Corn 
Suggestions for Planting Small Grass Seeds 
SOIL PREPARATION 
Breaking the land is not necessary, except where it 
has become badly baked or where the grass sod is sq 
dense that the seed can not well come in contact with 
the soil. In most cases, merely stir or scar the land 
with a disc harrow or scratcher, setting your machine 
for very shallow work. 
A firm seed bed that has been prepared a couple of 
months in advance and is thoroughly compact is highly 
important for such grasses as Dallis and Carpet. A short 
dry spell will kill the young seedlings in loose ground, 
such as is prepared for corn and cotton. 
In the wooded sections the underbrush and most of the 
trees should be removed, leaving only some of the best 
trees for shade and timber. The stumps should also be 
removed as soon as possible, so that the pasture can be 
mowed to control weeds. 
Should you intend planting the seed on soil that is not 
going to be harrowed, it will be well to have it free from 
weeds. 
One of the most important things to remember in soil 
preparation: If the ground be plowed, it should be done 
several months before sowing the seed, so that the soil 
may become well settled, as a firm seed bed is absolutely 
necessary. 
More failures with grasses and clovers have been due 
to soil preparation than any other one cause. Farmers 
often get the idea that they must have a good “loose” 
seed bed for grasses and clovers, just as they would for 
farm crops. This is not true. You must have a firm seed 
bed, or the small seedlings will die soon after sprouting. 
Lands that have had crops on them this season are well 
enough prepared. 
PLANTING SUGGESTIONS 
The seeds of grasses and clovers are so extremely 
small as to be able to come up through only a thin layer 
of soil. The covering of the seeds can scarcely be too 
shallow. Suitable implements for covering such seeds 
are a weeder, a brush drag, or a spike-tooth harrow set 
up for very shallow work. Under some conditions, mere 
rolling gives sufficient covering, and we know of a good 
many successful plantings where the seeds were not 
covered at all, when planted just before a rain. One suc¬ 
cessful planter has told us that he simply sows the seed 
on top of the soil and forgets them, claiming a more 
satisfactory stand when handled in this manner. 
It is also reported by a great many successful planters 
that mixing the seed with barnyard manure, and placing 
a small shovelful of the mixed manure and seed about 
five feet apart over the field, results in a better stand 
than is the case where the seed is sown without the 
manure. 
Should you sow the seed and attempt to cover them, 
remember that the small seeds will not come up should 
they be covered too deep. 
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ROBERT NICHOLSON SEED CC. —53— DALLAS, TEXAS 
