SWEET SORGHUMS FOR SYRUP AND ENSILAGE 

Cane—Red Top 
CANE SEED FOR FORAGE 
The following varieties are the best 
to use for forage. Sow 5 to 10 pounds 
per acre in drills or 100 to 150 pounds 
broadcast for hay. 
EARLY AMBER. Largely used to sow for 
forage. Furnishes a large yield of most nu- 
tritious forage which can be fed either green 
or cured, and will yield two or three cuttings 
a year, stooling out thicker each time it is 
cut. Requires 94 days to mature. Lb., 25c; 2 
Ibs., 45c, postpaid. Not prepaid, 20 lbs., $1.00. 
Ask for prices on larger quantities. 
ORANGE. A later variety than the Amber 
and is used for forage. It is excellent for en- 
silage. Requires 97 days to mature. Lb., 25c; 2 
Ibs., 45c, postpaid. Not prepaid, 20 Ibs., $1.00. 
Ask for prices on larger quantities. 
RED TOP SUMAC. Makes very fine fodder 
and is very extensively planted in Texas. Re- 
quires 107 days to mature. Lb., 20c; 2 Ibs., 
35c, postpaid. Not prepaid, 20 lbs., $1.00. Ask 
for prices on larger quantities. 
NICHOLSON’S PURITY BRAND FANCY 
RED TOP SUMAC. This is our finest quality 
of Red Top Sumac Cane. Requires 107 days 
at mature. Lb., 25c; 2 Ibs., 45c, postpaid. Not 
prepaid, 20 Ibs., $1.15. Ask for prices in 
larger quantities. 
SACCHARINE SORGHUMS 
CANE SEED FOR SYRUP 
These varieties are largely used for 
making syrup; they are also used to 
grow Cane for feed and ensilage. Sow 
in drills, using 5 to 10 pounds per acre. 
GOLDEN ROD. Extra large in size and in 
height and gives from 65 to 80 per cent of its 
weight in juize. For syrup it should be planted 
in drills, using from 5 to 8 pounds of seed 
per acre. Planted in drills for silage use from 
8 to 12 pounds per acre. It may be sown 
broadeast for hay using from 60 to 80 pounds 
per acre. Lb., 25c; 2 lbs., 45c, postpaid. Not 
prepaid, 20 lbs., $1.75. Ask for prices in larger 
quantities. 
CROOKNECK RIBBON. Planted principally 
to make syrup, yielding from three to four 
hundred gallons of the best syrup per acre. 
It is usually planted in rows 344 feet apart, 
using from 5 to 10 pounds of seed per acre. 
Grows from 10 to 15 feet high. Texas Crook- 
neck Ribbon Cane is one of the crops that 
can be grown to use as ensilage on account 
of the enormous yield. Lb., 25c; 2 Ibs., 45c, 
postpaid. Not prepaid, 20 Ibs., $2.00. Ask for 
prices on larger quantities. 
JAPANESE OR HONEYDRIP. Matures in 
125 to 158 days. The growth is very tall with 
many joints to the stalk, and necessarily a 
more vigorous reot system, the tonnage produc- 
tion is greater than that of any other variety. 
This is a favorite Cane where sorghum produc- 
tion and ensilage tonnage is desired, and when 
the growing season is sufficiently long to ma- 
ture it. Lb., 25c; 2 Ibs., 45c, postpaid. Not pre- 
paid, 20 Ibs., $1.75. Ask for prices on larger 
quantities. 
CROTALARIA SPECTABILIS—The Wonder Soil Builder 
INOCULATE SEED WITH NITRAGIN ‘“E” 
Crotalaria spectabilis is a great summer legume, adding nitrogen to the sc‘l at the rate of about 800 pounds of nitrate of soda per acre. 
A yield of 40,000 pounds of green material per acre is not uncommon with crotalaria. The organic materials produced by the decomposition of 
crotalaria spectabilis are able to attack unavailable plant food materials, and make them useful to the crop. Crotalaria spectabilis produces more 
humus and more nitrogen per acre than any other crop. This makes it the cheapest cover crop to grow. It has succeeded in the Southern States 
and as far north as Vincennes, Indiana. It is not a host to injurious insects and diseases. It will reseed each year and is not a pest. 
Crotalaria spectabilis is used as a summer cover and soil builder in 
crops at the last cultivation and makes a tremendous growth the same fe 
season. It will build up the worn out land so common on every farm. 
It has been known to double crop yields following it. As shown by 
actual test Crotalaria is about four times as good for soil building as 
velvet beans. 
Crotalaria spectabilis can be planted as soon as frost danger is 
past. It should be planted in well prepared soil and can be planted 
broadcast or in drills. Ten pounds of seed are required per acre for 
broadcast planting and about half that much when drilled. 
CAUTION: Do not allow chickens to peck up seed after being planted, 
as the seed will sour in their craw and will cause death at times. Lhb., 
35c; 2 Ibs., 65c; 5 Ibs., $1.40, postpaid. Ask for prices in larger quan- 
tities. 

IT'S A TRICK 
There’s a trick in controlling weeds in pastures by mowing. 
The trick, according to R. R. Lancaster, pasture specialist of 

groves, orchards, vineyards, ete. It is planted in corn and other farm 
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the Texas A. & M. Extension Service, is to mow the weeds when 
they reach their maximum growth at about the time flowers form. 
Mowing earlier than that does not weaken the weeds to any 
great extent, and later mowing allows seeds to ripen. If the mow- 
ing happens to fall in a dry period of the year, so much the better. 
Mowing of pastures to control weeds and to keep grasses in a 
growing, vegetative state is proving the easiest and most profitable 
form of pasture improvement. 
Reports from county agricultural in East Texas, the 
agents 
Gulf Coast, and the central part of the state indicate that regular 
mowing often doubles the carrying capacity of pastures. Results 
from tests at the Angleton substation of the Texas Agricultural 
Experiment Station were even more profitable-—From Acco Press, 
July, 1940, issue. 

Crotalaria Spectabilis 

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