FIELD SEEDS 
MILLETS 
Japanese Barnyard Millet. This millet is exceedingly palatable 
and is the best of summer green feeds for the cool coast sec¬ 
tions. Sow 20 to 30 pounds per acre. 
German or Gulden (Chactochloa italica). Will grow on any 
good land and yields heavily when irrigated. Yields from 30 
to 40 bushels of seed per acre, and is excellent food for stock 
and poultry. Also a good green fodder and hay plant. 
Hog or Proso. The seed is large. Feeding value almost equal 
to corn. The name “hog millet” is used to emphasize the use 
for which it is intended. It is a valuable feed for hogs and 
cattle as well as for birds and poultry. Both German and Hog 
millet are often used as catch crops where other crops fail in 
irrigated or humid sections. 
FIELD CORN 
Field Corn is planted in California for use as silage to a 
greater extent than for a grain crop. However, some excellent 
yields of grain are made especially among the flint varieties of 
corn. Plant 8 to 10 lbs. for grain and 12 to 15 lbs. of seed for 
silage per acre. 
King Phillip Hybiid. A 90-day, hard yellow flint corn used 
mainly as a grain crop. A good yielder and perhaps the best 
California variety. 
Minnesota 13. A yellow dent variety. Medium size stalks, ears 
9 to 11 inches long. Its early maturing habits make this the 
most popular type of field corn in sections with short summer 
seasons. 
Reid’s Yellow Dent. A large-eared 110-day corn used exten¬ 
sively for silage and seed. 
Hickory King. A productive, white dent variety maturing in 
110 days. Large grain with a very small cob. One of the best 
silage types. 
Wisconsin White Dent. A medium stalked, large-eared variety 
maturing in 110 days. Suitable for silage or seed production. 
FIELD PEAS 
Austrian Winter Peas. Here is the ideal forage legume for 
hay, ensilage or for pasture. Austrian Winter Peas under 
many conditions will outyield vetches. The vines and pods are 
almost as large and heavy as garden peas. The vines are rel¬ 
ished by all kinds of stock. Plant in the fall for best results. 
Will not winter-kill. Does well under irrigation, and in rela¬ 
tively humid sections. Very hardy. Grown extensively for seed 
and cover crop. Sow 30 to 35 pounds per acre. 
Canadian. This legume has the distinct advantage of being 
suited to late planting. Canadian Field Peas produce excellent 
forage. May be used for summer green manure crop. Requires 
considerable moisture. Sow 120 to 150 pounds per acre. 
FORAGE SORGHUMS 
Early Amber. A very nutritive forage sorghum, usually fed 
green. May be cut three or four times a season. Broadcast 30 
or 40 pounds of seed per acre. 
Honey Sorghum. Requires a longer growing season but is a 
heavier yielder than Amber. May be used as a forage crop or 
will produce up to 25 tons of silage per acre. Sow 10 to 15 
pounds of seed in drills or broadcast 40 pounds per acre. 
RAPE 
Dwarf Essex. This crop is very highly recommended for pas¬ 
turage for sheep, cattle, and hogs. It also makes splendid 
green feed for poultry. Plant 10 lbs. per acre, in early spring. 
Develops rapidly and is often ready to pasture in 6 to 8 
weeks after seeding. Requires fertile, moist soil. 
SOYBEANS 
Soybeans are annual legumes widely adapted to various soils 
and not difficult to grow on the warmer more fertile soils, are 
excellent as a summer catch crop and splendid soil builders. 
Soybeans hay is one of the best roughages and when mixed 
with corn they make splendid ensilage. When harvested for 
seed, they should not be cut until pods are fully matured and 
the beans hard. 
VETCH 
Sow 40 to 60 pounds per acre. 
Common Vetch. Resembles peas and valuable for forage and 
green manure. As a hay crop it is generally sown with oats or 
wheat to afford support for the vines. Usually sown in the 
fall. Best adapted to sections west of Cascade Mountains. 
Hairy Vetch (Vicia Villosa). Thrives on sandy soils that may 
be somewhat low in fertility, and makes a better growth dur¬ 
ing the cold season than the other varieties. Has very wide 
adaptability. 
Hungarian. Finer stemmed and leafier than most forage 
vetches. Suitable to various types of soils. Resistant to aphid 
attacks. 
Purple Vetch. Adapted to the same soil conditions as Common 
Vetch. Makes a better growth during the cold winter months. 
An excellent variety for orchard cover crops or as a hay crop 
in combination with oats. 
GRAIN SORGHUMS 
Dwarf Red Milo. This type of Milo is planted on the smaller 
acreages where hand-cutting is necessary. It grows to a 
height of 4 to 5 feet. Produces 3 to 4 thousand pounds grain 
per acre. Plant 3 to 6 pounds of seed per acre. 
Double Dwarf Red Milo. This variety was developed for large 
scale production in California. Growing to a uniform height 
of 2 to 3 feet, it can be harvested with the ordinary combined 
harvester. It is a heavy producer and under good conditions 
will yield two to three tons of grain per acre. 
Dw’arf Egyptian Corn. This white grained sorghum is a shorter 
season crop than the Red Milo. Suitable for late plantings or 
under conditions of limited moisture. This dwarf type may be 
harvested with a combined harvester. 
SUNFLOWER 
Mammoth Russian. Heavy producer of forage and seed. Of 
value for silage and seed production. Plant 10 pounds per acre. 
Use PEAT MOSS 
Soil is made up of two life-giving materials for plants, or¬ 
ganic and inorganic, or mineral. With few exceptions soils 
lack the organic or decayed vegetable matter which is called 
humus. PEAT MOSS supplies this humus. It helps to break 
up the soil so that it is loose and easily worked. It conserves 
moisture in the soil in much greater quantities. It helps bac¬ 
terial action so necessary to plant growth and it produces 
acids which help to break down and make more available the 
plant food in the soil. 
For better gardens use PEAT MOSS. 
INOCULATE ALL LEGUMES WITH NITRAGIN FOR LARGER CROPS. 
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