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AGRICULTURAL SEEDS — Continued 
Common Alfalfa. Has a purple bloom and tends to develop a 
single deep tap root system. It is generally found to pro- 
duce more hay than the Grimm type, except when winter 
killing takes place. 
Grimm Alfalfa. Has a variegated bloom and is characterized 
by a tendency toward a multiple root system. For this rea- 
son it is understood to be hardier than the Common type. 
OATS, Swedish Type White and Fulghum. Our Oats are care- 
fully selected and well recleaned. Do not confuse them with 
ordinary feed oats. Sow 1% to 2% bus. per acre. 
OATS, Winter Turf Oats. For fall and spring sowing. 4 to 5 ft. 
high; straw is very palatable for stock. 1% to 2 bus. per acre. 
VETCH, Hairy or Sand (Vicia villosa). Winter annual, adapted 
to sandy soil and will do much to build up any soil espe- 
cially when inoculated. Withstands cold weather. Should be 
sown from late August to middle of September at rate of 15 
to 25 lbs. per acre. Can be sown with rye. 
Spring Vetch (Vicia sativa). Used with oats for producing 
spring hay. 
CANADA FIELD PEAS. Grown with oats will make a fodder 
or hay which doubles the production of milk. Should be sown 
in March or early April, 90 pounds of peas to two bushels 
of oats to the acre. The Peas should be sown first and 
plowed under about 4 inches deep; the oats then sowed and 
harrowed in. They will be ready for cutting about the end 
of June. when oats are in milk and the pods formed on Peas. 
Write for prices. 
SUNFLOWER, Mammoth Russian. The best variety for the 
farmer. Drill in seed at about 8 to 10 lbs. to acre. It is much 
relished by poultry and horses. Current prices on request. 
BROOM CORN. We carry varieties that are known to produce 
the finest quality straw, and command the highest prices. 
Sow 4 to 5 lbs. per acre in drills, rows 3 feet apart. Thin out 
the stalks to about 70 to the rod. Cultivate same as corn. 
Cut when seed is in the milk. 
MILLET, True Tennessee Cultivated German. (Round Seed). 
This Millet withstands drought better than all other va- 
rieties, It is used as a summer hay crop and particularly 
adapted to rich or bottom soils. It should be sown thickly 
and cut when the heads are in bloom, never allowing it to get 
old or seed to form as this causes a great drain on the soil 
besides materially injuring the quality of hay. Very useful 
for cleaning rich, foul lands of weeds as its quick, abundant, 
luxuriant growth smothers most weeds. Sow one bushel per 
acre in May, June, or July. Two crops can be seeded on the 
same land in one season, if desired. 
MILLET, German Home Grown. Produces a large head. A very 
desirable feature is its earliness; the foliage is also very 
heavy and the leaves broad. It produces an immense amount 
of excellent fodder which cures very readily. 
HUNGARIAN. Specially adapted to rich or alluvial soil. It 
makes a finer quality of hay than Millet on very rich soil as 
it does not grow so coarse. Cut at the right time, which is 
in bloom, and cured properly, it makes a nutritious hay; is 
especially popular with dairymen. Sow from three-fourths 
to one bushel per acre in May, June or July. : 
BUCKWHEAT, Japanese. A splendid crop for poor land. 
Largely used for bees. Sow in June, July or August at rate 
of three-fourths to one bushel per acre broadcast, covering 
with a smoothing harrow. It does not mature grain until 
the cool nights—hence, too early Sowing is not desirable. 
KAFFIR CORN. Foliage and stalks do not contain saccharine 
matter, hence are not so valuable for feeding, but the enor- 
mous yield of grain makes it very profitable. The grain is 
very largely used for poultry and stock feeding, containing 
a high percentage of starch. 
SOY BEANS are becoming more popular each year as a gen- 
eral purpose crop, being valuable not only for hay and forage, 
but also for soil improvement, following or preceding other 
crops. They are a valuable pasture crop for hogs as well as 
other stock, and can be sown by themselves for this purpose; 
or in the corn rows and the hogs turned into feed on them 
after the corn is harvested. 
The value of Soy Beans as a grain crop makes it particu- 
larly adapted to systems of rotation. Like other Legumes, 
Soy Beans are able to utilize the nitrogen of the air, adding 
it to the soil. Soy Beans should therefore be inoculated. Actual 
experiments have shown that legumes not inoculated rob the 
soil; inoculated they feed the soil. Sow 1% to 2 bushels per 
acre broadcast, in drills 45 pounds, after danger of frost is past. 
We carry the following varieties in stock. Write for full 
description and current prices. 
Best for Hay Crop: Wilson, Kingwa, Laredo, Black Ebony, 
and Virginia. 
Other Varieties: Manchu, Mandell, Hollybrook, Illini, Scioto, 
and Dunfield. 
_ COWPEAS—The Great Soil Improving Crop, Grow best on 
light or sandy soils. Have a high feeding value. Belonging to 
the bean family, they are nitrogen gathering plants and if 
inoculated will improve the productiveness of the soil. 


We carry the following varieties: New Eras, Whippoorwill, 
and Mixed Varieties. 
Sow 1% bus. per acre after danger of frost. Use Nitragin 
Inoculator. 
RYE, Northern Rosen, Home Grown. Our Rye is carefully 
selected stock, or well recleaned and tested, Do not confuse 
it with ordinary milling Rye. 
BARLEY needs a rich land and lighter than that adapted to 
wheat. It should be cut before fully ripe, if for hay, as it is 
then of better quality, and less liable to shell. Sow 1% to 2 
bushels if drilled; 2 to 21%4 bushels broadcast. (48 lbs. per bu.) 
We usually carry the following spring varieties: 
BARLEY, Oderbrucker Bearded. Yields heavily and most com- 
monly used in this section. 
BARLEY, Spartan Bearded. But has smooth barbless beards. 
BARLEY, Velvet or Barbless. A bearded variety. 
Also for fall sowing we offer. 
BARLEY, Winter or Fall Bearded. Very desirable in this area 
because of its yield and quality. 
DWARF ESSEX RAPE. Makes excellent pasture for both 
sheep and hogs, and is a fine conditioner for all livestock, 
except milk cows. Best results are obtained by planting in 
two separate fields; pasturing alternately ten days each. 
Plant any time, early spring to midsummer. Sow 3 pounds 
per acre in drills; 6 pounds broadcast. 
SUDAN GRASS. Sudan Grass produces an immense yield of 
nutritious hay. It can be cut twice in a season if planted 
early in the season but after frost danger. Grows 3 to 5 feet 
high. It is adapted to growing in all kinds of soil but pro- 
duces the largest yield in warm, temperate latitude. After 
first cutting it stools enormously and then furnishes ex- 
ceptionally fine pasture for all stock, except milk cows. It 
is killed by the first frost. Eight to twelve pounds in drills, 
21% to 3 feet apart or broadcast 20 to 30 pounds per acre. 
CANE SEED. Sorghum and fodder types. Amber and Orange 
are favorite in this section. 
ATLAS SORGO. A forage and grain crop, outstanding for its 
heavy yield. Has a juicy, sweet, leafy stalk, which grows 
7 to 10 feet and requires 120 to 130 days to mature. Usually 
sown 5 to 10 pounds to acre, 
SEED FIELD CORN 
WHITE VARIETIES 
Boone Co. and Johnson Co. White Dent. Two popular Ohio 
varieties, Large tapering ears, deep kernels slightly dented; 
medium late maturing. 
Hickory King. Yields 2 to 3 ears a stalk; large flat grains on 
small cob. Extensively used for green table corn or roasting 
ears, also for early ensilage. 
Eureka Ensilage. One of the best silage varieties, yielding 
record tonnage; late maturing. 
Red Cob Ensilage. A very popular variety; excellent for silage 
or green fodder. 
YELLOW VARIETIES 
Woodburn Yellow Dent. An early maturing favorite. Medium 
ss well-filled ears; deep grains, small cob, exceptional 
yield. 
Leaming. An ideal feeding variety. Medium late maturing, 
large tapering ears, 16 to 22 rows on red cob. 
Reid’s Yellow Dent. A very popular heavy yielder, Late ma- 
turity, long well-filled ears even under adverse conditions. 
Yellow Clarage. Medium early maturity. Produces a well-filled 
medium-sized ear. 

SEED CORN TREATMENT REDUCES DISEASE DAMAGE 
We recommend Improved Semesan Jr., a dust disinfectant 
for preventing and controlling the ear, root and stalk rots of 
field corn, See page 61. 
Our Field Corn is carefully selected, tested and graded. Ask 
for current prices, stating variety in which you are interested. 
SEED OF CORN HYBRIDS 
We are listing some of the adapted varieties for central 
states area: 






Iowa 939 Ohio W.17 U.S. 65 
Illinois 200 Ohio C.14 U.S. 52 
Indiana 614 Illinois 960 U.S. 44 
Ohio L.31 U.S. 13 Kentucky Y102 
Indiana 608 Indiana 813 White 78B 
Write for our complete 1941 descriptive ciroular. 
WHEN ORDERING, SEE PAGE 64 OF THIS CATALOG. 
