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DUTHIE SEED CO. 
Dry Land Forage Crop 
All Field Seeds will be priced on Special Field Seed Price List. 
SUDAN GRASS is a non-saccharine grain sor¬ 
ghum. It is an annual, yet it can be pastured to 
good advantage and under favorable conditions 
two cuttings of hay may be obtained. The straw 
is very palatable. It has been grown successfully 
on every kind of soil and may be sown as soon 
as ground is warm and at any time during the 
summer so long as 70 to 80 days intervene be¬ 
fore the date of first expected frost. Seeded in 
rows 36 to 42 inches, apart, 2 to 3 pounds of 
good seed per acre are sufficient; in rows 18 to 
24 inches apart 4 to 6 pounds; when drilled or 
broadcast 16 to 24 pounds are required. Cut for 
hay as soon as fully headed with mower, binder 
or corn binder. 
SUNFLOWERS are a good silage crop for dry 
land. They may be sown earlier than corn as 
light frosts do not injure. They may also be 
sown late as they grow rapidly. The silage is 
very palatable and has high feeding value. Plant 
close in drills, 4 to 5 inches apart and rows 30 
to 42 inches apart. Cultivate and handle similar 
to corn. Five to six pounds per acre is the usual 
amount sown. 
DWARF ESSEX RAPE is a forage plant of 
highest value. It can be sown in April for early 
crop, and for fall crop in July. It is used as 
summer pasture for hogs, sheep and cattle. 
Northern Grown Clover Seeds 
Clovers, being leguminous crops, ,are soil build¬ 
ers, and are very useful for the farm or ranch. 
They are used for mixtures of hay and pasture, 
as well as sown alone. Clover seeds in 100-pound 
quantities or over will be priced on Special Field 
Seed Price List. 
WHITE BLOSSOM SWEET CLOVER (Meli- 
lotus alba), also known as Bokhara Clover. It 
is a hardy biennial plant that will grow in all 
climates and with little regard to the character 
of the soil. Withstands extreme heat and cold, 
is quite drought-resistant, and will tolerate alkali. 
White Blossom Sweet Clover has value as a for¬ 
age crop and hay crop and is very efficient as a 
silage crop, and should be given consideration 
in crop rotations. 
YELLOW BLOSSOM SWEET CLOVER 
(Melilotus officinalis). Like White Blossom 
Sweet Clover this will grow on almost any kind 
of soil. It is semi-dwarf in habit, very drought- 
resistant, and is very desirable for forage, hay, 
and pasture. Melilotus officinalis is a biennial. 
It should not be confused with annual Yellow 
Blossom Sweet Clover. 
MEDIUM RED CLOVER (Trifolium pratense) 
is sown at rate of 15 pounds per acre may be 
seeded any time from April to October. Makes 
good hay and pasture and is adapted for plant¬ 
ing with numerous grasses when either hay or 
pasture is desired. 
MAMMOTH RED CLOVER is especially val¬ 
uable for light sandy soil for fertilizing purposes. 
It grows more luxuriously than Medium Red 
in the same length of time but only affords one 
cutting. It does make excellent grazing and 
good hay if cut when young, but if left too long 
it then becomes thick and woody. Sow 8 to 10 
pounds of seed to the acre. 
ALSIKE CLOVER (Trifolium hybridum) is 
undoubtedly the best high altitude clover for 
hay, being planted extensively throughout the 
Rocky Mountain regions at high altitude, where 
alfalfa winter-kills. The stems are thin, bearing 
a thick growth of leaves. It is a valuable forage 
crop sown alone or with timothy. 
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With the new reduced Nitragin prices it is 
now possible to inoculate all legumes with dated, 
high-count Nitragin at a very low cost. Seed 
inoculation is a protection and as an aid to 
growth. See Page 32 for prices on Nitragin as 
well as for information pertaining to it. 
Millets 
The many varieties of Millets serve well for 
hay, forage, and grain crops. They afford a 
quick, luxuriant crop for hay of good feeding 
value without cultivation. On account of their 
quick luxuriant growth, they aid in checking 
weeds and are of value for this purpose on 
irrigated lands. As millets can be planted late 
in July, they are used extensively for emergency 
crops. As a smut preventative soak millet seed 
in formaldehyde solution for two hours, using 
one pint of formaldehyde to 45 gallons of water. 
Copper Carbonate is also effective. Sow about 
34 inch deep and in rows 12 to 16 inches apart. 
HOG MILLET is the Proso or Common Millet 
of the old world. It is also known as Broom 
Corn Millet, Manitoba, and Dakota Millet. 
When forage or hay is desired the crop should 
be cut early. The seed has a slightly higher 
feeding value than oats and is used extensively 
in, mixed feeds. Of the Hog Millets, Early For¬ 
tune, and Yellow Manitoba are the best adapted 
varieties. 
BIG GERMAN MILLET has long heads crowd¬ 
ed full with myriad seeds; small stems, luscious, 
and highly palatable, clustered thick with fine 
narrow leaves. This is a very valuable variety 
for hay and forage, for general feeding, for milk 
production. 
SIBERIAN OR RED RUSSIAN MILLET is a 
very fine, early, extremely hardy, drought-resist¬ 
ant variety. Produces big. Forage is quite palat¬ 
able. Seed has high feeding value. 
Prices: Millets will be priced on Special Field 
Seed Price List. 
