PU5SELL-HECKLE 
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S^SEED COMPANY 
SORGHUM 
Culture —Plant when the ground becomes thoroughly warm, say two weeks after corn 
planting, on a rich, well-drained clay loam, in rows 3V2 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-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. 
CANE SEED FOR 
SORGHUM 
Amber Cane 
Kaffir Com 
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 
cow peas, 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 3Vi-foot rows. Plant from after the 
ground is thoroughly warm till early in June. 
GROHOMA 
This new forage and grain crop, after thorough 
trials has been found very satisfactory. Stock 
of all kinds like it, in fact they eat every particle 
of the stalk, leaves and head. Plant from April 1st 
to July 1st in good soil. Make rows 4 feet apart 
drop seed 12 inches. Since it stools considerably, 
very little seed is required. Plant 4 to 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 31 / 2 -foot rows, 10 pounds to the acre. 
JAPANESE HONEY RIBBON CANE. For mak¬ 
ing syrup this variety has no equal. It has 
been yielding from one hundred to two hun¬ 
dred 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 Can matures 
ready for the mill in about 130 to 140 days. 
We, therefore, advise planting as early in 
May as possible. Eight to 10 pounds 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 varieties. 
FODDER AND 
YELLOW MILO MAIZE 
A wonderfully drought-resistant, non-sac¬ 
charine 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 
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 3V^-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. 
HEGARI 
Earlier than Kaffir Corn or Feterita, dwarf 
in growth with large heads of white grains, 
stands dry weather well. Plant 8 to 10 
pounds per acre in drills. 
FETERITA 
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. 
EGYPTIAN WHEAT OR 
SHALLU 
The heads are large and heavy. Makes 
fine stock and poultry food. Plant in drills 
3 feet apart, using 10 pounds of seed per 
acre; or broadcast, using from 2 to 4 bushels. 
CANE SEED FOR FODDER 
EARLY 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 cow 
peas or soy beans the quality of the hay 
is improved and a more balanced ration 
may be had. The proportions recom¬ 
mended are 15 pounds Early Amber Cane, 
one-half bushel of soy beans and one 
bushel cow peas to the acre broadcast. 
Grows 10 to 12 feet high. Sow broadcast 
1 to 11/2 bushels to the acre; 8 to 10 pounds 
plants an acre in 31/2 to 4-foot rows. 
EARLY ORANGE CANE. About 10 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 cuttings a season, 
and stooling out thicker after cutting. It 
is recommended for fodder, of which it 
yields immense crops, frequently two cut¬ 
tings a season, and stooling out thicker 
after cutting. 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. 
GRAIN CROPS 
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 aver¬ 
age ear corn weighs 8 ounces. In feeding 
value has 90 per cent value corn; can be 
fed to hogs, chickens, cattle and work stock. 
Plant as early in the spring as frost will al¬ 
low. Will then be ready to harvest when the 
crops are laid by, usually along about 
August 1st. Splendid in combination with 
Biloxi Soy Beans. 
Plant in 3V2-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. Eight 
to ten pounds will seed an acre, planted 
in 3 to 31 / 2 -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. 
303-37, An improved strain, a dwarf selection 
of the original Sagrain, with heavier head. 
Stalks grow stocky, dwarf and very uni¬ 
form. You will find it a great improvement 
over the regular strain. 
FREE With Orders 
1940 CALENDAR AND ALMANAC 
Useful in many ways. Gives weather 
predictions for the next 12 months, with 
other information. With first order only 
up to March 31st, we will mail you a copy 
of our 1940 Almanac Calendar. 
CLEAN ALL SORGHUM AND CANE SEED WITH A CLIPPER CLEANER. SEE PAGE 13 
FOR QUANTITY PRICES; SEE GREEN INK PRICE LIST ENCLOSED 
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