SORGHUM 
Culture —Plant when the ground becomes thoroughly warm, say two weeks after corn plant¬ 
ing, 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 cow peas and soy beans either in rows or broadcast. 
Special Warning on Sorghum Cane 
NON-WARBAITTY. Owingf to the peculiar hybridization of syrup cane varieties, 
it is impossible to gruarantee 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 g'uarantee that they will come true. 
All orders for syrup cane varieties are therefore accepted only on these coditions. 
Cane Seed for Sorghum 
JAFAITISSI! HONEY RIBBON CANB. For making syrup this variety 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 before 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 possible. One gallon of seed will drill one acre. Cultivate 
like cotton, leaving plants about 10 to 12 inches apart in the row. 
STJO-AB DRIP. It makes a large, juicy and succulent growth. It will yield about 66 per cent 
of the weight of the cane in juice. One of the most desirable syrup varieties. 
Cane for Fodder 
BARIiY AMBER CANE. One of the earliest sorghums and furnishes a large yield of most 
nutritious forage which may be fed either green or cured. If grown 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 1 % biishels to the acre; 8 to 
10 lbs. plants an acre in 3^ to 4-ft. rows. 
EAREY ORANGE CANE. About 10 da,ys later than Early Amber Cane, but makes a taller 
and more leafy growth. It is recommended for fodder, of which it yields immense crops, fre¬ 
quently two cuttings a season, and stooling out thicker after cutting. It may be grown with 
soy beans and cowpeas as recommended for Early Amber Cane and the quantity to plant an 
acre is the same. 
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RED TOP or SUMAC. Grown extensively in Middle Tennessee. 
Very sweet and one of the best for hay. 
Succeeds well in this section. 
Japanese Honey Ribbon 
FODDER and GRAIN CROPS 
Yellow Milo Maize 
A wonderfully drought-resistant, non-saccharine sorghum that 
makes a thick succulent growth of nutritious milk-producing forage. 
For fodder and ensilage, cut when in the dough stage; at this stage 
it has a feeding value practically equal to corn. Any good com 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%-ft. rows after the ground is thoroughly warm, and give it the 
same cultivation you would corn. Six to eight pounds will plant 
an acre. 
White 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 broadcast 
one peck of Kaffir Corn to a bushel of peas; sown alone, 3 pecks 
to a bushel an acre broadcast; in drills 6 to 8 pounds an acre in 3%- 
ft. rows. Plant from after the ground is thoroughly warm till early 
in June. 
Egyptian Wheat or Shallu 
The heads are large and heavy. It makes hens lay better than 
any poultry food. Plant in drills 3 feet apart, using 10 pounds of 
seed per acre; or broadcast, using from 2 to 4 bushels. 
Grohoma 
This new forage and grain crop, after thorough trials the past 
season, was found very satisfactory. Stock of all kinds like it, in 
fact they eat every particle of the stalk, leaves and head. Plant from 
April Ist to July 1st in good soil. Make rows 4 feet apart drop seed 
12 inches. Since it stools considerably, very little seed is required. 
Sow 2 pounds to the acre. 
Feterifa 
Three or four weeks earlier than Kaffir Corn. It is the most 
drought-resisting of any of the sorghum family. Sow in April or 
May, in drills, 5 pounds to the acre. 
Darso 
Low growing, heavy foliaged, with a large stalk, usually tinged 
red. On account of its drought-resisting qualities it has become a 
safe feed crop. Makes excellent silage, grain, and forage. Sow in 
3%-ft. rows, 10 lbs. to the acre. 
Hegari 
Earlier than Kaffir corn or Feterita, dwarf in growth with large 
heads of white grains, stands dry weather well. Plant 8 to 10 ix>unds 
per acre in drills. 
QUANTITY PRICES ON SORGHUM AND OTHER SEEDS 
DESCRIBED ON THIS PAGE ARE GIVEN ON OUR 
GREEN INK BIST ENCEOSED. 
New Improyed 
Ceresan 
Be sure to use it on your oats, 
barley, sorghum, kaflSr com, sa- 
grain, etc. It will give better ger¬ 
mination and prevent smut in oats, 
sorghum and all grains. 
It requires only 1 i)ound to treat 
32 bushels of oats. The results are 
really marvelous. Apply as a dust 
before planting. Ask for circulars. 
1 Ib., 70c; 5 lbs., $3.00. Postpaid. 
1 lb., 80c; 5 lbs., $3.20. 
Dayco Homogeneous Fertilizers 
Are a great improvement over the old form, being in 
granular form, each piece containing all the elements the 
crop needs during its growing period; does not cake, flows 
evenly, therefore, there is no waste with DAVCO. 
Circulars all about this .new fertilizer on request. Prices on 
DAVCO FERTILIZER are given on our Green. Ink Eist. 
RUSSELL-HECKLE 
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