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CAOTALARIA (Spectabilis) 
> Fine With Corn 

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 resee 
d 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 redlly 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 immediately 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 214-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 sum- 
mer 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 broad- 
cast or in drills. 
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@ 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 some- 
time 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 Crotalaria 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 reduces losses from nitrification and 
subsequent leaching. 
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JERUSALEM ARTICHOKE 
Every hog-raiser should grow Artichokes, 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'¥2-foot rows. Requires 3 to 5 
bushels to plant an acre. Plant during March 
or April, the earlier the better; they stand con- 
siderable drought and extreme cold weather. 
TOP NOTCH CHUFAS 
The Chufa is a species of ground nut, most 
easily grown. Any land suitable for corn, cot- 
ton 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 2l2 to 3-foot rows, dropping 3 to 9 
Chufas together, 16 to 18 inches apart in the 
row, and cover 2 inches deep. Requires 1 to 
1% pecks to plant an acre. 

CHUFAS, or EARTH ALMOND 
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