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Crotalaria Yields up to 40,000 Pounds Green Material Per Acre. 

CROTALARIA Spectabilis 
This is truly a marvelous summer cover crop, a yield of 40,000 pounds of 
green material per acre is not uncommon. The humus produced by such a 
yield is of tremendous value. More important still, Crotalaria is a legume 
adding, when turned under, the equivalent of 800 pounds of Nitrate of Soda 
per acre (3-year test Florida experiment Station showed 885 pounds average.) 
Crotalaria has succeeded all over the South, and as far north as Indiana. It is 
not a host to injurious insects and diseases. It will reseed itself under favorable 
conditions, but is not a pest and can easily be eradicated. Splendid soil builder in 
orchards, etc. Fine with corn planted in same rows when corn is planted, or in corn 
and other farm crops at last cultivation. It will greatly increase crop yields following 
it. It is not offered as a feed crop, or hay crop, though a nearby farmer tells us 
his mules ate it readily. But it is really too valuable as a fertilizer to feed. 
Thoroughly plow, disc and harrow the soil. Sow after danger of frost is past, 
when moisture is present, 10 to 15 pounds per acre broadcast or five pounds drilled 
in three-foot rows, using scarified seed only as with Sericea. Firm the soil immedi- 
ately after planting to conserve the moisture, cultivate once or twice when planted in 
rows. 
Louisiana (Baton Rouge) Experiment Station for 1929 to 1933 reports five-year 
average yield of 22 tons green manure per acre and 169 pounds nitrogen, equivalent 
to 1.000 pounds of 16 per cent Nitrate of Soda. 

MAMMOTH RUSSIAN 
SUNFLOWER 
The Large Headed, Large Seed Variety. 
A good grain crop for poultry or green 
feed for hogs. 
Makes more ensilage than corn. A 
profitable cash crop as it yields 1,000 to 
1,500 pounds per acre of seed rich in oil 
and protein. Plant and cultivate like corn 
in 2%-foot rows. For feed or silage, 
plant 15 to 20 pounds per acre; for seed 
production 6 to 8 pounds, planting a foot 
apart in the row. When ripe, cut off 
the heads. Pile loosely under cover. 


BUCKWHEAT 
Splendid soil improver, good summer 
cover-crop for orchards, and an excellent 
late summer catch-crop. A great poultry 
feed, and bees fed on buckwheat blooms 
produce more honey. Buckwheat flour 
makes the most delicious cakes. Sow 40 
to 50 lbs. to acre, either broadcast or 
in drills. 
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CROTALARIA (Spectabilis) 
Fine With Corn 
rs Planted in same rows when corn 
is planted, or in corn and other 
farm crops at last cultivation it_ 
will greatly increase crop yields 
following it. 
® Efficient | 
in Controlling 
Winter Erosion 
If Crotalaria is to be followed by a 
winter crop such as oats, it should be 
turned sometime in September in order 
to get a seedbed ready for oat planting 
about the first half of October. If no 
crop is to follow until spring, the Cro- 
talaria plants may be allowed to stand 
until they become brittle, after which 
they may be cut with a stalk cutter. 
Cover of this kind is fairly efficient in 
controlling winter’ erosion. Postponing 
turning under until spring likewise re-- 
duces losses from nitrification and sub- 
sequent leaching. 
JERUSALEM ARTICHOKE 
Every hog-raiser should grow Arti- 
chokes, for they come year after year 
and hogs thrive on them. In the fall 
when they have matured, turn the hogs 
into the field, and they will feed on 
them all winter except when the ground 
is wet or frozen. You grow them just 
as you would potatoes: Cut them two 
eyes to the piece and plant 2 inches 
deep, 15 to 18 inches apart in 3 to 3%4- 
foot rows. Requires 3 to 5 bushels to 
plant an acre. Plant during March or 
April, the earlier the better; they stand 
considerable drought and extreme cold 
weather. 
TOP NOTCH CHUFAS 
The Chufa is a species of ground nut, 
most easily grown. <Any land suitable 
for corn, cotton or peanuts should make 
a good crop of Chufas. Inexpensive to 
harvest as the hogs do the work. In the 
fall pull up a few plants for your stock 
to taste, and they will then go over 
the entire field and will attend to the 
harvesting. Plant from April until the 
end of May, in 2% to 3-foot rows, drop- 
ping 3 to 5 Chufas. together, 16 to 18 
inches apart in the row, and cover 2 
inches deep. Requires 1 to 1% pecks to 
plant an acre. 3 
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CHUFUS, or EARTH ALMOND 
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