FIELD SEEDS 
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Dry Land Seeds 
Millets 
Western Clover Seed 
The many varieties of Millets serve well for hay, forage, 
and grain crops. They afford a quick, luxuriant crop of 
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 exten¬ 
sively for emergency crops. As a smut preventive 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 ^ 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 feed¬ 
ing value than oats and is used extensively in mixed 
feeds. Of the Hog Millets, Red Turghai, Early Fortune 
and Yellow Manitoba are the best adapted varieties. 
Big German Millet has long heads crowded full with myriad 
seeds; small stems, luscious, and highly palatable, clus¬ 
tered thick with fine narrow leaves. This is a very valu¬ 
able variety for hay and forage, for general feeding, for 
milk production. 
White Wonder Millet is early and productive. Heads are 
from 8 to 18 inches long. The foliage is heavy; the 
leaves broad but the fodder cures readily. The seed 
contains a low percentage of fiber, is therefore very 
fattening and makes good feed. 
Siberian or Red Russian Millet is a very fine, early, ex¬ 
tremely hardy, drought-resistant variety. Produces big. 
Forage is quite palatable. Seed has high feeding value. 
Prices: Millets will be priced on Special Field Seed Price 
List.. 
Clovers, being leguminous crops, are soil builders, 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. 
Medium Red Clover (Trifolium pratense) is sown at rate 
of 15 pounds per acre and may be seeded any time from 
April to October. Makes good hay and pasture and is 
adapted for planting with numerous grasses when either 
hay or pasture is desired. Prices: lb., 55c; 10 lbs., $5.45. 
Mammoth Red Clover is especially valuable 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. Prices: lb., 60c; 10 lbs., $5.85. 
Alsike Clover (Trifolium bybridum) is undoubtedly the 
best high altitude clover for hay, being planted exten¬ 
sively throughout the Rocky Mountain regions at high 
altitude, where alfalfa winterkills. The stems are thin, 
bearing a thick growth of leaves. It is a valuable forage 
crop sown alone or with timothy. Price: lb., 55c; 10 
lbs., $5.45. 
White Blossom Sweet Clover (Melilotus 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 forage crop 
and hay crop and is very efficient as a soilage crop, and 
should be given consideration in crop rotations. Prices: 
lb., 20c; 10 lbs., $1.85. 
Nitragin will increase 
Clover yields. See 
page 75. 
Field of Sweet Clover 
REGISTERED SEED 
We expect to handle all varieties of field seeds that are 
registered by the Colorado State Seed Registration Service. 
Strawberry Clover is a new introduction into Colorado 
very much adapted to seepy, alkaline soils, changing 
such areas from practically worthless pasture to luxu¬ 
riant, palatable pasture for cattle or sheep. It spreads 
very rapidly by runners and also is a vigorous producer 
of seed, which aids in its rapid spread, once established 
around a seep area. $2.00 per pound, postpaid. 
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 pas¬ 
ture. Melilotus officinalis is a biennial. It should not 
be confused with annual Yellow Blossom Sweet Clover. 
Prices: lb., 20c; 10 lbs., $1.85. 
Sweet clovers, because they improve the soil, enter into 
the problem of soil conservation. They have a wide adap¬ 
tation. 
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