SOY BEANS 
VIRGINIAS—Grows 50 inches high; of 
climbing habit in growth. Matures in 125 
days. Has brown seeds. A great hay sort. 
BLACK WILSON—Grows 3 to 4 feet 
high. Valuable for hay and a heavy seed 
producer. Seeds black. Makes hay in 90 
days. Matures seed in 115 days. 
MANCHU—An early variety that is the 
leading sort. Grows 21% to 3 feet tall, pro- 
ducing 20 to 30 bushels of beans per acre. 
The robust vines stand up well and are 
easily cut with mower or binder. Matures 
in about 100 days. 
ILLINI—A very popular sort which 
grows larger than Manchu and is nearly as 
early. It was developed at the Illinois Ex- 
periment Station with the aim of increas- 
ing the yield both of hay and grain. Grows 
about 6 inches taller than Manchu and the 
pods are borne higher up on the stems. 
Yields up to 40 bushels of beans per acre. 
MILLET 
Valuable Grasses for Late Planting. 
For Emergency Hay Crops. 
GERMAN or GOLDEN MILLET—This 
grows very rank and is one of the best va- 
rieties. On good, rich soil it will make a 
growth of 4 to 5 feet high, and although 
the hay may seem coarse, yet it is so ten- 
der that if cut at the right stage, which is 
when in full bloom, even hogs will eat the 
cured hay quite greedily. A yield of five 
tons of hay per acre is nothing unusual. 
Sow three pecks per acre. 
SEED CORN 
It has been proven beyond question that 
farmers obtain better results from Seed 
Corn grown in their section of the country 
rather than corn imported from other 
states, and for that reason we earnestly 
advise using home-grown Seed Corn where 
available. 
REID’S YELLOW DENT—110-115 DAYS 
—The most popular yellow corn through- 
out the corn belt. It is perhaps more wide- 
ly grown than any other variety. Produces 
good yields with ears being of uniform 
shape, and adapted to most soils. 
GOLDEN BEAUTY—110-120 DAYS—Of 
rich, brownish yellow color, and deep ker- 
nels, excellent yielder for heavy soil. Ears 
average 10 inches long and weigh % to 1 
pound each. 
IOWA SILVER MINE—Rather early va- 
riety, matures in 100-115 days, depending 
on strain and weather conditions. Ears 9 
to 9% inches long, 7 inches in circumfer- 
ence. 
BOONE COUNTY WHITE—120-125 DAYS 
—Ears 9% to 10% inches long, cylindrical 
in shape, kernel rather wide and thick. 
Well adapted to more fertile soils. 
HOG MILLET or PROSO—A _ coarse 
growing variety of great stooling and 
branching habit which is an enormous seed 
producer. Grows about 3% feet tall and 
makes rather coarse hay, but the seed is 
valuable poultry feed. Sow 15 pounds per 
acre broadcast. 
SWEET SORGHUMS and 
FORAGE SEEDS 
The sorghums are recognized by reason 
of their sweet sap or juice from which 
syrup is sometimes made and which makes 
tasty, succulent forage for stock. 
EARLY AMBER—Is earliest variety and 
succeeds from Minnesota to Texas. Seeds 
are reddish yellow, nearly enclosed by 
shiny black hulls. Good for early hay when 
broadcast. 
KANSAS ORANGE — Usually matures 
two weeks later than Amber and a week 
earlier than Sumac. Has compact heads 
5 to 8 inches long. Seeds are reddish yel- 
low, becoming paler when ripe, with red- 
dish to black hulls. For silage or fodder. 
SUMAC or RED TOP—Have erect dense 
heads 6 to 9 inches long. Seeds are small 
brownish red with dark red or black hulls. 
Greatly esteemed in the Southwest for fod- 
der purposes. 
JAPANESE HONEY—Have tall, juicy, 
very sweet stems. Hulls reddish with dark 
red brown grains. Popular for both syrup 
and forage. Matures late. 
KAFFIR CORN—Of the Kaffir varieties, 
Dwarf Blackhull is most desirable for both 
grain and forage. Heads are 10 to 14 inches 
long with white grain and black hulls. 
Stalks grow erect, 6 to 10 feet high. On 
good land, Kaffir produces 30 to 50 bushels 
per acre. Requires 110 to 135 days to ma- 
ture seed. 
HEGARI—A sweet stalk variety, drought 
resisting, heads 10-14 inches long, white 
grain, stalk 6 to 10 feet in height. Requires 
about 110 days to mature seed. 
ATLAS SORGO—Produces very heavy 
crop, well adapted for silage or fodder; 
produces 15 to 20 tons per acre, normal 
season; seeds white. Matures in about 110- 
115 days. Slightly sweet stalk. 
SUDAN GRASS 
A Wonderful Quick Growing 
Summer Hay Grass 
Sudan Grass is a big yielder. Sudan 
Grass can never become a pest, for Sudan 
Grass is an annual with short fibrous roots 
that are killed by frost. Its greatest value 
is for hay, which is palatable and well 
liked by stock—the entire plant, leaves, 
stems and heads, is eaten. It should large- 
ly supplant millet, which yields only a sin- 
gle cutting, whereas Sudan Grass will give 
at least two, and where the growing sea- 
son is long, four cuttings a season have 
been had. 
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