GHUMS F 
DON’T GAMBLE ON GRASSHOPPERS AND WEATHER 
FARMERS AND STOCK RAISERS: 
I am writing this to the farmers in the dry areas where the corn crop 
in 1938 was a total failure or very poor. When the hot, dry weather of 
July and August came, and your corn burned and made no ears, weren’t 
there fields of Cane and Grain Sorghums that stayed green and made a 
good crop? Didn’t you wish you had planted more of this grain yourself? 
This is a new year, we do not know what the weather will be—the 
mistakes of last y6ar cannot be remedied, but we do not need to make 
the same ones again. Play Safe — Plant at least half your corn acreage 
to Grain Sorghums. The stalks make good fodder, and the grain is near¬ 
ly equal to corn in feeding value. 
★ EARLY KALO 
Wouldn't it be good busi¬ 
ness to plant a good part of 
your land to a grain you are 
reasonably sure will make a 
crop even if we have grass¬ 
hoppers and drouth. 
Try Early Kalo, it has out- 
yielded all other grain sor¬ 
ghums as well as corn at the 
North Platte Experimental- 
Station, over a period of sev¬ 
eral years. It grows about 3 '/ 2 
feet tall. The slender, leafy 
stalks support medium sized, 
very solid heads. The grain is nearly equal to corn in 
feeding value. I consider Early Kalo the best grain sor¬ 
ghum for the North. Matures a seed crop in about 95 
days. 
1 lb., 15c; 5 lbs., 40c; 10 lbs., 60c; 25 lbs., $1.10; 
50 lbs., $1.85; 100 lbs., $3.15. 
★ SOONER MILO 
This extra early Milo grows 
from 3 to 4 feet high, and ma¬ 
tures in about 85 days. The 
heads are medium sized and 
very solid. It is a fair yielder 
of grain and fodder. The grain 
is nearly equal to corn in feed¬ 
ing value. 
Plant at least 40 acres of 
this extra early grain sorghum. 
1 lb., 15c; 5 lbs., 35c; 10 
lbs., 55c; 25 lbs., $1.00; 50 
lbs., $1.50; 100 lbs., $2.55. 
★ GROHOMA 
Matures In about 105 
days; 
This new dry-weather for¬ 
age plant of the Kaffir family 
has made a good crop of fodder 
and seed when corn was a total 
failure. 
Grows from 6 to 8 feet high 
with leaves clear to the bottom 
of the stalks. The heavy heads 
are nearly a foot long and some¬ 
times weigh 1 pound each. 
Grohoma will outyield any other 
grain sorghum. There are rec¬ 
ord yields of over 100 bushels 
per acre. 
1 lb., 15c; 5 lbs., 35c; 10 lbs., 55c; 25 lbs., $1.05; 
50 lbs., $1.70; 100 lbs., $2.85. 
I- 
THE HOUSE OF GURNEY 
Gentlemen: 
We ordered seeds from you last year for 
the first time, and the first time in twenty- 
six years we raised a garden. We are sending 
another order. Please send this order as 
quick as possible. 
Yours truly. 
Mrs. George Brucker, 
Amherst, Nebraska. 
Atlas Sorgo and Feterita Raised at Yankton in 1938 
★ ATLAS SORGO 
(State Certified) 
Combines the sweet stalk 
and high fodder yield of the 
Cane and the high grain yield 
of the Kaffir. Grows from 7 to 
10 feet tall. Produces the most 
and best fodder of any of the 
sorghums. Seed has been very 
scarce and many other inferior 
sorghums have been substi¬ 
tuted for it. For this reason, 
we are offering only State Cer¬ 
tified seed. In this way, you 
may be sure of receiving genu¬ 
ine Atlas Sorgo and not some 
cheaper inferior substitute. 
Atlas Sorgo matures in about 120 days. 
1 lb., 15c; 5 lbs., 40c; 10 lbs., 65c; 25 lbs., $1.25; 
50 lbs., $2.15; 100 lbs., $3.80. 
Atlas Sorfto, Not State Certified: 50 lbs., $1.70; 
100 lbs., $2.85. 
★ ★ ★ 
Plant Sorghum for grain in rows at the rate of 3 to 
5 pounds per acre. For fodder, use 10 pounds per acre 
in rows, and from 50 to 75 pounds broadcast. Plant 1 
to 1 V 2 inches deep after the ground is warm. 
★ ★ ★ 
A few farmers and stock raisers in central and western 
South Dakota and Nebraska, have quit raising corn be¬ 
cause of drouth and grasshoppers. They raise sorghums 
for grain and hay, feed large herds of cattle, and are 
invariably the most prosperous farmers in the com¬ 
munity. 
★ EARLY BLACK AMBER CANE 
The earliest and best fodder Cane for the North. 
Grows from 5 to 7 feet tall and matures in 90 days. 
The stalks are very leafy, slender and easily cured. They 
are so sweet that all livestock relishes cane more than 
most other rough feed, and will clean it up down to the 
last stem. Besides the fodder you will get a good grain 
crop, which can be ground and fed to any kind of live¬ 
stock. 
1 lb., 15c; 5 lbs., 35c; 10 lbs., 50c; 25 lbs., 95c; 
50 lbs., $1.50; 100 lbs., $2.45. 
★ EARLY ORANGE CANE 
This sweet stalked cane is about two weeks later 
than Black Amber. Grows about 8 feet tall. The stalks 
are medium large and very leafy. Will produce more silage 
or fodder per acre than any crop except Atlas Sorgo, 
and is early enough to mature a seed crop except in the 
extreme North. Matures in about 100 days. 
1 lb., 15c; 5 lbs., 35c; 10 lbs., 50c; 25 lbs., 95c; 
50 lbs., $1.50; 100 lbs., $2.45. 
★ FETERITA 
Matures in about 90 days. 
This is one of the earliest of the grain sorghums 
and one of the best for the North. It grows about 6 
feet tall. The stems are slender and very leafy, making 
it one of the best for fodder. The large heads are always 
well filled. The seed is white and somewhat larger and 
softer than other sorghums. Feterita has nearly the 
same feeding value as corn, and in a dry year will out¬ 
yield corn both in grain and fodder. 
1 lb., 15c; 5 lbs., 35c; 10 lbs., 55c; 25 lbs., $1.00; 
50 lbs., $1.65; 100 lbs., $2.75. 
★ WHEATLAND MILO 
It grows about 3 feet tall and can be harvested either 
with a binder, header, or combine. ‘ Medium early, it 
has made yields of nearly 100 bushels per acre; even in. 
dry weather the yield is satisfactory. 
Plant 5 pounds per acre in rows using a cane plate, 
and cultivate. Matures in about 105 days. 
1 lb., 15c; 5 lbs., 35c; 10 lbs., 55c; 25 lbs., $1.00; 
50 lbs., $1.65; 100 lbs., $2.75. 
★ DWARF HEGARI 
The heads are shorter and more compact than 
Kaffir, suckers heavily, and makes high yields of both 
grain and forage. Grows 4 to 5 feet tall. Matures in 
about 110 days. 
1 lb., 15c; 5 lbs., 35c; 10 lbs., 50c; 25 lbs., 95c; 
50 lbs., $1.50; 100 lbs., $2.45. 
★ KAFFIR CORN 
More Kaffir Corn is grown in the South than any 
other grain sorghum, because of its immense yields of 
grain. Grows from 6 to 8 feet high, making a straight 
upright growth with enormous, wide leaves. Matures 
in about 115 days. 
1 lb., 15c; 5 lbs., 35c; 10 lbs., 50c; 25 lbs., 95c; 50 
lbs., $1.50; 100 lbs., $2.45. 
THE HOUSE OF GURNEY 
Dear Sir: 
The Corn I got from you two years ago 
surely did fine. My wife always plants gar¬ 
den seed from your place, and has had some 
swell gardens, so she is enclosing a small 
garden seed order. 
Yours truly, 
John L. Gorham, 
Clearwater, Minn. 
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DON’T BE CAUGHT AGAIN WITHOUT A GOOD ACREAGE OF DROUTH AND GRASSHOPPER RESISTANT CROPS 
