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SORGHUM and SUGAR CANE 
hen. the ground becomes thoroughly warm, generally two weeks after corn planting time. Sorghum 
fee Goes dees Oi aye plant in rows 3% to 4 feet apart and 4 to 6 inches apart in the drill, using 8 to 10 pe 
per acre. Cultivate as you would corn. When growing sorghum for syrup, thin out to stand 10 to 12 ine oe 
apart, and cut just before the heads ripen. For hay, drill or broadcast 75 to 100 lbs. per acre. Sorghum pee 
in close drills makes somewhat higher yields of air dry forage than when grown in cultivated rows, and t : 
quality of the hay is superior. Cut sorghum for hay when it is in the soft-dough stage. Use 200 to 400 lbs. 0 
4-12-4 Fertilizer per acre. Sorghum will make a satisfactory crop on any well-drained soil that will produce 
a good crop of corn or wheat. 
SORGHUMS FOR SYRUP 
Sugar Drip Sorghum 
Since we introduced this variety many years ago 
no new sorghum has been brought out that can com- 
pare with it in yield of syrup. It makes a large, 
juicy and succulent growth. It will yield about 65 
per cent of the weight of the cane in juice when ex 
tracted by a good farm mill; a stronger mill should 
extract as much as 75 to 80 per cent. Particularly 
well adapted for Virginia, the Piedmont and moun- 
tain sections of the Carolinas and states North 
and West. : 
T. W. Wood é 
Texas Seeded Ribbon Cane 
The tallest and heaviest producing Syrup Sorg- 
hum, frequently yielding 175 to 200 gallons of syrup 
per acre, with a bright amber color and delicious 
flavor. Grows 12 feet tall with abundance of leafy 
fodder. and one of the best sorghums for silage. 
Later maturing than the Sugar Drip and recom- 
mended only for the Piedmont and Coastal sections 
of Virginia, the Carolinas, and all other Southern 
states. Supplies exceptionally short. Suggest giv- 
ing us priority of substituting Sugar Drip in event 















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SOGHUMS FOR FORAGE 
Early Orange Cane 
Makes a taller and more leafy growth than other 
forage sorghums. It is recommended for fodder, of 
which it yields immense crops, frequently two cut- 
tings a season, and stooling out thicker after cut- 
ting Orange Cane is particularly recommended for 
early plantings in Virginia and general plantings in 
the Southern States. Will make a larger growth 
‘and more saccharine content than Amber Cane. It 
may be grown with soybeans and cowpeas as recom- 
plant an acre is the same. 
Milo Maize 
A wonderfully drought-resistant, non-saccharine 
sorghum that makes a thick succulent growth of nu- 
tritious milk-producing forage. It stools from the 
ground and shoots from the joints. The plant makes 
fine feed and ensilage, especially when mixed with 
soybeans or cowpeas, and the grain is fattening for 
cattle and poultry. For fodder and ensilage cut 
when in the dough state; at this stage it has a feed- 
ing value practically equal to corn. Any good corn 
land will bring milo maize either for green feed, dry 
fodder or for the grain. It grows on all soils from 
sandy to heavy clay loam, 
BROOM CORN 
Easily grown on any corn land. Plant 
6 lbs. per acre on a fine seed bed, 1 inch 
deep, in 3% foot rows, when ground is 
warm. Thin out to 4 inches; cultivate 
regularly; harvest before seeds fill out; 
_thresh immediately, place on racks in 
a shed to cure, which requires 20 days. 
EARLY JAPANESE—Best for the North. 
Ready. to cut 10 to 15 days earlier and 
- makes a finer and heavier brush. Grows 
6% to 7 feet tall. Produces a green col- 
ored brush if cut early. Suitable for par- 
lor brooms, and generally sells for more 
than other varieties. 
STANDARD EVERGREEN—Grows 8 to 
10 feet tall. Yields a long, heavy brush. 
free from heavy center stems and crooked 
brush. Ready to cut in 99 to 100 days 
Best for the South. 
Mammoth Russian Sunflower 
The Large Headed, Large Seed Variety. 
A good grain crop for poultry or green 
feed for hogs. Makes more ensilage than 4h 
corn. A profitable cash crop as it yields os os = 
1,000 to 1,500 pounds per acre of seed rich i 
in oil and protein. Plant and cultivate Right—Evergreen 
like corn in 2%-foot rows. For feed or Left—Japanese 
silage, plant 15 to 20 pounds per acre; 
for seed production 8 pounds, planting a foot apart in the row. 
When ripe, cut off the heads, Pile loosely under cover. 
TEOSINTE 
Fast growing and heavy yielding forage plant. Nutritious 
green feed, containing 10% sugar, greedily eaten by all livestock. 
One seed grows 30 or more stalks, 10 to 12 feet tall. Cut when 
4 or 5 feet high. It immediately starts growing and is ready 
to cut again in a few weeks. It can be cut 5 times a season. 
By planting several rows and cutting part each day a continu- 
ous supply of nutritious feed can be had right up to frost. 
Adapted to any soil, but does best on rich ground well manured. 
Resembles corn, but leaves are longer, broader, closer together 
and grows taller and more rapidly. Makes splendid silage. 
Plant 2 to 3 pounds per acre in May or June in 33 foot rows. 
’ Postpaid, oz. 10c.; 4 Ib. 20c. 
Early Amber Cane 
One of the earliest sorghums and furnishes a large 
yield of most nutritious forage which may be fed 
either green or cured. If planted early, it will yield 
eg aap eee a season, stooling out thicker each time 
quality of th 
balanced rati 
mended are 15 pounds 
: if 
mended for Harly Amber Cane, and the quantity to eh pelea oot ase cowpeas to the acre broad- 
on may be had. The proportions recom- 
Kaffir corn yields heavy cro 
ir ; ps of the very bes 
eeinnes avy een See Cate a wide variety oflabie: 
ng, 6 may stop it i 
again, with the frst ee p its growth, but it starts 
es it to stan rought and i 
ie cay also te AAAS to withstand windstorms. 
sowing lis. Kaffir i i 
Boy pennant bene ote with a bushel of either 
grain as well as the plant 
hogs, poultry and pigeons. 
ground, dry or with water or skimmed milk. 


































grown with cowpeas or soybeans, the 
e hay is improved and a more nearly 
Early Amber Cane, 4 bushel 
feet high 
Kaffir Corn 
; its deep root growth ena- 
with soybeans or cowpeas, 
the acre broadcast. The 
makes fine feed for stock, 
Feed it either whole or 

























SUDAN GRASS it 
Sudan Grass is primarily a hay grass, its slender leaf e 
‘ ; s, 'y ste 
Bioiing, iC easy to handle with ordinary haying machinery. — 
mal oes greatest. growth and produces the most feed during 
ve y. Usust and September, when native grasses are less pro-— 
aC he It can be grown successfully or almost every class of 
ao roe a heavy clay to a light sand, besides being particularly — 
nous t and heat resistant. Primarily an excellent hay crop, 
sudan is gaining in popularity as a summer pasture. 3 e i 
_ The feeding value of sudan grass hay is equal to that of mille 
gener hy and other non-legume roughage. dudan will give ee 
ss to three cuttings; stools out wonderfully after the first cut 
ing; it is not uncommon to find a hundred stems growing from 
a Single root. It is an excellent iring 
days before the first cutting. catch teh. aa ae ss 
Sow after the ground becomes thoroughly warm rereraun 
broadcast at the rate of 20 to 25 pounds pepe ke A ae Grill 
may be used, set to sow two pecks of wheat, C T i m, 
for at that stage the feeding value is highest. baie 
GERMAN MILLET 
Big head, large yielding type. Makes a bumper crop of easily 
cured hay in 60 days. One of the easiest grown summer catch — 
crops when feed is short. It smothers out weeds, leaving ground 
in fine condition for fall crops. Drill 50 lbs. per acre on har- 
rowed wheat or oat land from May through July. Apply 300 Ibs 
per acre of WOOD’S STANDARD 4-12-4 FERTILIZER. Thi 
seeding makes coarse stems and poor quality hay. Broadcastin: 
25 lbs. with a bushel of cow peas produces a higher yield of mor 
nutritious hay and is better for the land. Cut when the mille 
blooms. After that woody fibre forms, making the hay coars 
and unpalatable. EN 
BROWN TOP MILLET 
Seed relished by quail and turkeys. Excellent bi "n oe 
draw doves for many miles. Similar to Gertion water ae Sage 
taller, has larger heads, and produces more seed, hay and graz-_ 
ing. Can be grazed constantly in dry summers, starting when | 
or 4 inches tall, one plant stooling out about 30 stems and is — 
relished by poultry and all livestock. Furnishes more hay than 
nittinees acl ve POY in feeding value, allows several 
; ons, per acre. : ie 
acre from April to July. | oe eee Brogicagies” ne eB 
