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SPRINGFIELD SEED COMPANY, SPRINGFIELD, MO, 
FARM and FIELD SEEDS—(Cont'd) 
DOMESTIC RYE GRASS. 24 pounds a bushel, sow 40 to 60 
pounds per acre. A perennial, fine leaved grass, valuable as a 
green forage plant on land not easily cultivated. 
BROME GRASS or BROMUS INERMIS. 14 pounds a bushel, 
sow 20 pounds per acre. Noted for its drouth resisting qualities 
and is adapted to many soils. Big producer, makes good pasture. 
BUCKWHEAT. 52 pounds a bushel, sow 25 pounds per acre. 
There are two distinct varieties, Japanese and Siiverhull. The 
Japanese variety is regarded earlier. They can be sown as 
second crop following Barley, Rye, Wheat and Oats. Good 
for bees. 
WINTER BARLEY. Mo. Early Beardless. 48 pounds a bushel, 
sow 95 to 100 pounds per acre. It makes a quick growing crop 
of most excellent and nutritious feed either to use grreen or 
cure for hay. About ten days earlier than other Winter Barley. 
WINTER BARLEY. Beardless, 48 pounds a bushel, sow 95 to 
100 pounds per acre. A good grain and pasture plant but not 
as good producer as the bearded variety. 
WINTER BEARDED BARLEY. 48 pounds a bushel, sow 95 to 
100 pounds per acre. A very hardy variety and is used for 
heavy pasturing during the winter months, from which large 
}deld of grain may be harvested. The best winter pasture 
variety. 
BROOM. CORN. 48 pounds a bushel, plant 6 to 8 pounds per 
acre. We handle the four standard varieties. Improved Ever¬ 
green, Dwarf Evergreen, Black Spanish and White Italian. 
RAPE. Dwarf Essex. 66 pounds a bushel, sow 8 pounds per 
acre. Provides pasture for all kinds of stock. Makes a large 
yield of grreen forage per acre and is very fattening. A good 
grreen manure crop. 
SUNFLOWER. Mammoth Russian, sow 7 pounds per acre. 
Produces heads of an immense size, 15 to 20 inches in diameter, 
fine for poultry. 
RYE. Winter and Spring, 66 pounds a bushel, sow 1 to 1% 
bushels per acre. Has long been recognized as one of our best 
grains for winter pasture. 
VETCH. Sand or Hairy and Spring, 60 pounds a bushel, sow 
60 pounds per acre. Splendid variety of forage plant, hardy, 
valuable winter cover crop. Land builder. 
flax for SOWING. 66 pounds a bushel, sow 35 pounds per 
acre. Grown in several states for the seed. 
FETERITA. 60 pounds a bushel, sow 25 pounds per acre. The 
grain is white, large and softer than Kaffir. Matures early. 
TEOSINTE. 2 to 3 pounds plants an acre. Can be cut several 
times during the season yielding enormously in warm climates. 
MUNG BEANS. 8 pounds of seed plant an acre. Seeds are 
small, matures about 16 days earlier than Soy Beans or Cow 
Peas and produce larger cuttings of hay. 
EGYPTIAN WHEAT or SHALLU. 10 lbs. of seed to the acre 
in drills. Makes large heads and famous for hen feed. 
OATS. 32 pounds a bushel, sow 1 to 2% bushels per acre. Lead¬ 
ing varieties for the Ozarks: Texas Red Rustproof, Lincoln 
White, Kanota, Winter Turf, Columbia, Fulghum. 
WHEAT. 60 pounds a bushel, sow 90 pounds per acre. Ful- 
caster, recleaned winter soft. Fulohio, recleaned winter soft. 
HEGARI. 60 pounds a bushel, drill 8 to 12 pounds per acre. 
Resembles White Kaffir but the heads are larger, stalks con¬ 
tain more sugar. 
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FODDER CANE SEED. 50 pounds a bushel, sow 75 to 100 
pounds per acre. For fodder. Leading varieties used: Early 
Orange, Standard Orange, Early Black Amber, Grohoma, Red 
Top, Texas Seeded Ribbon, Japanese Honey Drip, Darso. 
MILLET. 60 pounds a bushel, sow 25 pounds per acre. The 
German type is mo.'^t widely grown. WHITE WONDER is also 
very popular, produces even larger heads than the German 
type. HOG MILLET or Manitoba not so much for hay but 
yields enormous quantities of seed. JAP MILLET or Billion 
Dollar Grass, a wonderful hay producer, adapted to all sections 
and especially fine for low ground. 
MILO MAIZE. 60 pounds a bushel, sow 40 pounds to the acre. 
A bigger grower, noted for its drouth resisting qualities. 
WHITE KAFFIR CORN. 50 pounds a bushel, sow 25 pounds 
per acre. Standard of all kaffirs. 
SUDAN GRASS. 40 pounds a bushel, sow 25 pounds per acre. 
A tall, leafy, annual grass of the sorghum family. Wonderful 
hay and pasture crop. 
COW PEAS. 60 pounds a bushel, plant broadcast 60 pounds to 
an acre. Drilled ^4 bushel per acre. There is no cheaper way 
to improve poor land than by growing Cow Peas. They add 
nitrogen and improve the mechanical condition of the soil. 
Leading varieties are: Whippoorwill, Black Eye, Mixed, New 
Era, The Clay, Canada Field, Red Ripper, Su^r Pea, Blue 
Goose, Brown Eyed, Lady Pea. 
VELVET BEANS. % bushel to the acre. 
JOHNSON GRASS. 25 pounds a bushel. Sow 20 pounds to the 
acre. (Prohibited in some states.) 
SOY BEANS. 60 pounds a bushel, plant 1 bushel per acre. 
They make poor land good, they make good land better. Soy 
Bean hay contains a high per cent of protein, is superior to 
Cow Peas in feeding value and as a milk and butter producer 
is equal to Alfalfa and superior to Cotton Seed meal. The beans 
and bean meal contain about 35% of digestible protein and 
stock eat them with relish and thrive on them. Virginia, Early 
Yellow, Wilson (Early Black), Illini, Laredo, Manchu. 
Sn'a''£Sr"ise?‘'t’he IS-- TREAT BEFORE PLANTING WiTH 
centage of germination 
in seeds: produces 
stronger and more vig- 
produce better crops; For Disease Protection 
arrests or destroys most 
of the fungus and bacterial diseases carried on the surface of 
seeds, and black rot, blights, anthracnose and blackleg in many 
garden vegetables. 1 ounce treats 15 pounds of tobacco and 
vegetable seeds, '/s-oz. pkt., 10c; 2-oz. can, 35c; 1-lb. can, $2.25; 
5-lb. can, $10.00, not postpaid. 
For Corn—Helps protect seed 
corn from rotting, allows earlier 
planting, hastens and increases 
germination and produces stur¬ 
dier plants: usually controls 
seedling blight, reduces root and 
stalk rots, makes the stalk 
stand up better, improves the 
ear and increases the yield. 
1% ounces treat a bushel of shelled com. I'/a-oz. pkt., 15c; 4-oz. 
can, 30c; 1-lb. can, 75c; 5-lb. can, $3.00, not postpaid. 
For Potatoes—Protects potatoes 
against both seed-borne and soil- 
borne diseases; produces a bet¬ 
ter stand of healthier plants; in¬ 
creases the yield of potatoes 
that mature earlier, are of bet¬ 
ter quality and cleaner potatoes 
that will keep longer. Use it for 
both sweet and white or Irish 
potatoes. One pound makes 7% gallons of dip that is effective 
to the last drop, and will treat 60 to 80 bushels. 4-oz. pkg,, 50c; 
1-lb., $1.50; 5-lb. pkg., $6.50, not postpaid. 
For Oats, Barley, Sorghums, 
Wheat—Effective in controlling 
covered smut and stripe of bar¬ 
ley, oat smuts, and bunt or 
stinking smut of wheat, kernel 
smuts of sorghums. It improves 
the stand and yield of grains 
1 to 5 bushels to the acre. A 
pound treats 32 bushels at a 
cost of 1% to 214 cents a bushel. 
Lb.,75c; 5-lb. pkg,, $3.25, not postpaid. 
TREAT ALL CEREAL SEED WITH 
CERESAN 
FOR GREATER YIELDS 
TREAT WITH QUICK, EASY 
SEMESAN BEL 
DIP FOR LARGER POTATO CROPS 
1V5 CENTS AN ACRE FOR 
SEMESAN JR. 
110 u s rA.1 or< 
RETURNS J TO H BUS MORE 
I- or ootton 
- X r e a 1 e a 
seeds produce better stands of 
vigorous plants and usually In¬ 
creases the yield; allows earlier 
planting: reduces dsunplng off; 
prevents seed from rotting in 
cold, wet soil, and controls many 
cotton diseases. Three ounces 
treats a bushel of seed. 
Lb., 70c; 5-lb. pkg., $3.00, not postpaid 
TREAT COTTON SEED WITH 
Z% CERESAN 
FOR BETTER STANDS AND YIELDS 
