It will pay youto plant SORGHUM for 

TENNESSEE GERMAN MILLET 
For the South our true Tennessee German Millet is far ahead of the Western 
and Northern Millets, not so woody and furnishes much more feed, one of the easiest 
grown summer catch crops. It is a very rapid grower, can be planted up to August, 
making a bumper nutritious hay crop in 60 days. Cut when plant is in early bloom. 
Millet hay is a fine cattle feed. Under certain conditions it is considered injurious 
to horses and mules, affecting their kidneys. This should be overcome by sowing 
25 pounds of millet with a bushel of peas per acre. This is more nutritious and 
is better for the land. Such a crop will smother weeds and leave the ground in 
fine condition for fall crops. 
- JAPANESE OR BARNYARD MILLET 
(BILLION DOLLAR GRASS) 
The Department of Agriculture says it will thrive in practically any part of 
the country. In Memphis territory it grows 4 to 6 feet high, yielding an enormous 
crop that is relished by stock, equal in quality to corn fodder. 
Hunting clubs find that it is about their best bet to attract wild ducks, affording 
an abundance of feed when sown along the edges of lakes and allowed to mature 
seed. Sow in May, June or July, 20 pounds per acre broadcast, or sow in 15-inch 
drills and cultivate until plants are 18 inches high. 
PEARL OR CATTAIL MILLET 
One of the greatest and best yielders of green forage and continues to 
ead pecans a OUER the entire peaaop er a frequently ennnen to prevent its eolae 
; r o four cuttings may be had. Sow thi i 
rate of 8 to 10 pounds per acre. Sa ie as 
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Broom Corn 
' 
: Broomcorn is a _ heat-loving 
i plant, and the best brush is 
produced where the summers 
are rather warm and where soils 
are fertile and fairly well sup- 
plied with moisture. Plant any 
time between April Ist and July 
1st depending on locality and 
weather conditions. Plant in3% 
foot rows, 8 to 10 inches apart. 
- 6 to 8 Ibs. of seed plants an 
acre. 

IMPROVED EVERGREEN—The 
most productive variety in hu- 
mid sections. Has a beautiful 
green brush and usually com- 
mands a high price. Plants 
8 to 15 feet tall. 
SCARBROUGH DWARF — The 
Jeading dwarf type. It differs 
from other varieties chiefly in 
bearing fewer seed, most of 
which are borne near the tip 
of the brush, where they are 


Leaves are broad, 
uniform and upright seed heads of white grains 
do not shatter. 
stock because the sta'ks are very sweet and juicy. 
® Drought Resistant 
® High Feeding Value 
All varieties of sorghum are 
drought resistant, and are consid- 
ered among the surest of dry-land 
crops. 
Grain sorghums are used for feed- 
ing various classes of stock, in- 
cluding horses, cattle, sheep, swine 
and poultry. . 
There is perhaps no important staple 
crop which varies so widely as sorghum. 
In Africa, the continent generally con- 
sidered its native home, there are hun- | 
dreds of distinct varieties, and in India 
and China almost as many more. After 
its introduction into the United States 
the continued cross-pollination of sor- 
ghums in the field has resulted in many 
additional varieties. 
The sorghum crop has four uses—for- 
age, grain, syrup, and industrial (such as 
the manufacture of brooms, wallboard, 
etc.) Those best suited for grain pro- 
duction are of little value for syrup and, 
notwithstanding that all syrup varieties 
and most of the grain sorghums may be 
used as forage, there are wide differences 
in the quantity as well as in the quality 
of the forage obtained. It is quite im- 
portant, therefore, to choose carefully the 
variety for planting. Confusion in the 
names of sorghum varieties is common. 
The same variety is grown and the seed 
marketed under many different names, 
and the same name is often applied to 
several varieties. 
All varieties of sorghum are drouth- 
resistant, and are considered among the 
surest of dry-land crops. This point alone 
should encourage every farmer to plant 
at least a limited acreage. Grain sor- 
ghums are used for feeding various 
classes of stock, including horses, cattle, 
sheep, swine and poultry. Plant a feed 
crop this year and include the varieties 
of grain sorghums best adapted to your 
immediate section. 
Plant when the ground becomes thor- 
oughly warm, say two weeks after corn 
planting, on a rich, well-drained clay 
loam, in rows 3% to 4 feet apart, and 
cultivate as you would corn. After the 
flowering stage is passed, but not earlier, 
it may be pastured or cut for fodder. 
Cut for making syrup just before the 
seed ripens as the plants have more 
sugar at that time. Sorghum may be 
grown with cow peas and soy beans 
either in rows or broadcast. : 
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FETERITA 
Feterita is adapted to all sections where grain 
sorghum may be grown. 
and is therefore especially well suited as a crop 
under conditions of limited moisture—being some- 
what earlier in maturity than milo maize, 
therefore elusive of drouth. It responds well under 
productions to favorable growing conditions, being 
one of the best grain sorghums for silage, perhaps, 
for use in humid regions. 
growth under humid conditions and very frequently 
sets a good crop of seeds, perhaps on account of 
its earliness. 
seed to plant an acre. 
early for planting Feterita, 
storing moisture. 
than milo and 
gives the matured crop an attractive appearance. 
It is drouth resistant 
and 
It makes a large forage 
It requires only 6 to 8 pounds of 
Soil should be prepared 
for the purpose of 
The grain is somewhat larger 
is chalk white in color, which 
HEGARI 
long and numerous. The 
The fodder is relished by all live 
easily removed in stripping. Grows 4 to 5 feet high. Matures in 85 to 110 
Many fine seed branches near days. Close spacing of 2 to 4 inches apart in 
the tip of the brush make this the row is recommended for forage. Sow 8 to 10 
variety valuable for the out- Ibs. per acre. Also sown broadcast for hay at 
Sine a. i side of brooms. Plants 4 to 6 the rate of 40 to 50 lbs. per acre. Stands dry 
N feet tall. weather well. 
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