Memphis, Tenn. 
RUSSELL-HECKLE 
Sorghum Seed 11 
Sag-rain Is Excellent for Silag-e and Grain. 
Cane for Fodder 
EARLY AMBER CANE. One of the earliest sorghums 
and furnishes a large yield of most nutritious for¬ 
age which may be fed either green or cured. If 
gyown with cowpeas or soy beans the quality of the 
hay is improved and a more balanced ration may 
be had. The proportions recommended are 15 lbs. 
Early Amber Cane, % bushel of soy beans and 1 
bushel cowpeas to the acre broadcast. Grows 10 to 
12 feet high. Sow broadcast 1 to 114 bushels to 
the acre; 8 to 10 lbs. plants an acre in 3V 2 to 
4-foot rows. 
EARLY ORANGE CANE. About ten days later than 
Early Amber Cane, but makes a taller and more 
leafy growth. It is recommended for fodder, of 
which it yields immense crops, frequently two cut¬ 
tings a season, and stooling out thicker after cut¬ 
ting. It may be grown with soy beans and cow¬ 
peas as recommended for Early Amber Cane and 
the quantity to plant an acre is the same. 
RED TOP or SUMAC. Grown extensively in Middle 
Tennessee. Succeeds well in this section. Very 
sweet'and one of the best for hay. 
Yellow Milo Maize 
A wonderfully drought-resistant, non-saccharine 
sorghum that makes a thick succulent growth of nu¬ 
tritious milk-producing forage. For fodder and ensi¬ 
lage, cut when in the dough stage; at this stage it has 
a feeding value practically equal to corn. Any good 
corn land will bring Milo Maize either for green feed, 
dry fodder or for the grain. It grows on all soils 
from sandy to heavy clay loam. Plant in 3%-foot 
rows after the ground is thoroughly warm, and give 
it the same cultivation you would corn. Six to eight 
pounds will plant an acre. 
While Kaffir Corn 
Kaffir Corn yields heavy crops. It adapts itself to a 
wide variety of soils; a long dry spell may stop its 
growth, but it starts again with the first rain. The 
grain as well as the plant makes fine feed for stock, 
hogs, poultry and pigeons. With Cowpeas, sow broad- 
coast one peck of Kaffir Corn to a bushel of peas; 
sown alone, 3 pecks to a bushel an acre broadcast; in 
drills G to 8 pounds an acre in 3%-foot rows. Plant 
from after the ground is thoroughly warm till early 
in June. 
SAGRAIN 
Grows on land you can’t plant to other crops; thrives in low 
places that usually drown out. Produces from 8 to 20 tons silage, 
or if left to ripen will produce from 50 to 75 bushels grain (about 
double corn yield), and 4 to 8 tons cured hay; has heads like Kaffir. 
Usually weighs about 7 ounces and the average ear corn weighs 
8 ounces. In feeding value has 90% value corn; can be fed to hogs, 
chickens, cattle and work stock. Plant as early in the spring as 
frost will allow. Will then be ready to harvest when the crops are 
laid by, usually along about August 1. Splendid in combination 
with Biloxi Soy Beans. 
Plant in 3 V 2 -foot rows. Cultivate a couple of times and thin out, 
leaving a stalk every 8 inches apart. Use a common sorghum or 
pea plate. We do not recommend broadcast planting. Can be best 
harvested with corn binder, shocked like oats until cured. Six to 
eight pounds will seed an acre, planted in 3 to 3%-foot rows. From 
each seed planted you get from 6 to 10 heads of grain as it stools 
out and should be left very thin in drill. 
303-33. An improved strain, a dwarf selection of the original 
Sagrain, with heavier head. Stalks grow stocky, dwarf and very 
uniform. You will find it a great improvement over the regular 
strain. 
SORGHUM 
CULTURE. Plant when the ground becomes thoroughly warm, 
say two weeks after corn planting, on a rich, well drained clay 
loam, in rows 3% to 4 feet apart, and cultivate as you would corn. 
After the flowering stage is passed, but not earlier, it may be 
pastured or cut for fodder. Sorghum may be grown with cowpeas 
and soy beans either in rows or broadcast. 
CANE SEED EOI* SOUGIIUM 
Special Warning on Sorghum Cane 
NON-WARRANTY. Owing to the peculiar hybridization of 
syrup cane varieties, it is impossible to guarantee any of the 
varieties here listed. We have selected all the syrup cane 
varieties on our list with best possible care, but at the same 
time do not guarantee that they will come true. 
All orders for syrup cane varieties are therefore accepted 
only on these conditions. 
Japanese Honey 
Ribbon Cane 
JAPANESE HONEY RIBBON 
CANE. For making syrup this va¬ 
riety has no equal. It has been 
yielding from one hundred to two 
hundred gallons per acre. It makes 
a syrup of bright amber color and 
of fine flavor. The stalks grow 
from 12 to 15 feet high, the seed 
are carried in a sprangling type 
head, are red, rather flat shaped 
and most of the hulls remain on 
the seed when threshed. With its 
large foliage makes one of the 
best varieties for ensilage. 
For making syrup, cut just be¬ 
fore the heads ripen, at which 
stage the sugar content of the 
plant is greatest. 
Japanese Ribbon Cane matures 
ready for the mill in about 130 
to 140 days. We, therefore, advise 
planting as early in May as possi¬ 
ble. One gallon of seed will drill 
one acre. Cultivate like cotton, 
leaving plants about 10 to 12 
inches apart in the row. 
SUGAR DRIP. It makes a large, 
juicy and succulent growth. It 
will yield about 65 per cent of the 
weight of the cane in juice. One 
of the most desirable syrup va¬ 
rieties. 
QUANTITY PRICES ON SOR¬ 
GHUM AND OTHER SEEDS DE¬ 
SCRIBED ON THIS PAGE ARE 
GIVEN ON OUR GREEN INK LIST 
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2% toresan Seed Disinfectant 
America’s premier agricultural disease treatment. Use 2% Cere- 
san for Sorghums, Millets, Milo, Kaffir and Sagrain. It kills ex¬ 
ternal diseases and gives you better stands, as well as allows 
earlier plantings. This is a remarkable preparation and the results 
will be an agreeable surprise. Don’t fail to use Oeresan on all of 
your seed grains before planting. 1 lb. can, 70c; 5 lb. tin, $3.00. 
Postpaid, 1 lb., 80c; 5 lbs., $3.20. 
