

GROWS 
The Dryland Reose 
Wonder Grain ANYWHERE 
ENORMOUS 
YIELDS 
Drought-Proof Proso 
The Most Profitable Catch Crop. Matures in 60 Days. 
Can Be Planted Later and Will Stand More Dry Weather 
Than Any Other Grain 
This white Proso was introduced from Siberia several years ago and 
after many tests has proven to be one of the most dependable and _ profit- 
able farm crops. It will grow almost anywhere, North, South, East or 
West, in wet or dry weather, and on all kinds of soil. In 1933, when 
thousands of acres of grain were burned up by the extreme drought, this strain of Proso 
saved the day. Many farmers would have grown no winter feed at all had it not been for 
this wonderful grain. Though it does best when sown in June, it may be sown as late as 
July 15th and still mature a good crop. It produces as high as 70 bushels to the acre, of 
grain weighing 50 to 6Q pounds per bushel. 
The Ideal Feed for Poultry, Hogs, Cattle and Sheep. 
May Be Fed Without Threshing 
Proso is unlike any other 
grain because of its extreme 
drought resistance, together 
with the fact that it takes 
only 60 to 65 days to mature 
a crop of this variety, and 
needs only one good rain to 
produce a crop. It may be planted on high, dry soil that is 
not suitable for other grains, It is especially valuable as a 
summer catch crop, something that may be planted on land 
which has had an early crop removed or ground that has 
been drowned out and not in shape to work until late in 
the season. In the South it will produce two good crops in 
one year. 
Sow from 20 to 35 pounds of seed to the acre for best 


Proso makes a splendid feed when fed whole or ground, 
for all kinds of live stock and poultry. Farmers claim it 
will fatten hogs or cattle better than corn and that chickens 
lay better when fed Proso, and prefer it to other grains 
or mash. Proso makes a splendid mash when ground alone. 
When fed to poultry with corn or oats the ratio should be 
four parts Proso to one part other grain. It may be fed 
without threshing as the kernels are readily removed by 
chickens and eaten with the hay by other stock, or it may 
be fed as clean grain from the thresher. Its forage in any 
stage of growth, or as hay, is not at any time injurious to 
live stock. Proso straw, which usually remains somewhat 
green, even though the grain is ripe, makes a good hay for 
winter feeding. ' 
The seed of this Proso is round and larger than millet seed, 

growing in a sprangly head resembling oats. The inner . Tesults. 
color of the grain is pure white and should not be con- PRICES Sample packet, 10c; 14 lb., 20c; lb., 50c; 
fused with the colored Prosos or so-called hog-millets. This 2 lbs., 80c; 5° lbs., $1.50; 10° IbSaempeeeus 
A Bundle of Proso Proso has been selected for its white color, larger kernels postpaid. By-express or freight, not prepaid, 25 Ibs., 
and greater productiveness, $2.50; 50 Ibs., $4.00; 100 Ibs., $7.00. 
the great Forage Crop 

‘and SOIL BUILDER 
Plant Kudzu on your non-productive, rough, hilly 
ground and transform it into one of the most profitable 
portions of your farm, 
Kudzu is proving to be a Godsend to owners of poor 
land. It is a perennial legume, contains more protein 
than alfalfa or wheat bran, and succeeds on land too 
poor for alfalfa. It is perfectly hardy in the Northern 
States, and can be grown almost anywhere, but the 
South is where it thrives to perfection. It is adapted 
to all kinds of well-drained soils, and will succeed in 
practically any land not water-soaked and not a desert. 
It is our honest opinion that Kudzu enriches non-pro- 
ductive, barren hillsides more rapidly and more per- 
manently than they can be improved in any other way. 
As an indication of the popularity of this fast-growing 
legume for erosion control, grazing and hay production, 
farmers cooperating with the Soil Conservation Service 
in its erosion control program, have planted Kudzu on 
thousands of acres of eroded land not suitable for row- 
crop production. The manner of growth prevents the 
soil from washing, and the roots penetrate so deeply as 
to make it proof against dry weather. Kudzu rapidly 
improves the soil by drawing nitrogen from the air. 
Poor, worn-out land soon regains its fertility and be- 
comes richer every year. . 
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Kudzu makes a good permanent pasture. As a hay A 
A Field of Kudzu 
crop, one or more cuttings can be made each year in 
the North, and from two to four in the South. Instances 
are known where four cuttings of hay, averaging 214 
tons per cutting, have been made, making a total yield 
of ten tons per acre in a single season. 
Kudzu does not have to be cut at any certain time 
to save it, and may await the convenience of the farmer. 
It cures quickly, retains its bright green color, and the 
leaves do not drop off. A shower of rain does not ruin 
the hay. It can be harvested when weather conditions 
are unfavorable for other hays and will yield a fine 
quality of hay, often when continued showers and damp- 

Kudzu should be given cultivation the first season. A 
full crop of corn, a good crop of potatoes or any other 
Similar crop may be raised on the same land the first 
year, so the farmer does not lose the use of the land. 
After the first year no cultivation is needed, as the 
plants will cover the ground and take root at the joints 
after the manner of strawberries, growing so rapidly 
as to choke out weeds and other plants. In spite of 
this manner of growth, it is an easy matter to get rid 
of Kudzu if desired, for it has a peculiar habit of 
neither blooming nor bearing seed under field culture, 
and the plants will sprout only from the crowns and 
ing an acre of alfalfa; especially is this so when 
we take into consideration the fact that Kudzu does 
not have to be fertilized or limed. 
Prices of Kudzu Plants 
Our Kudzu plants are strong, self-inoculated field 
grown roots. The setting of such plants insures get- 
ting a good start without delay. 
Plants should be set out in the early spring. Send 
ness would ruin any other legume hay. 
Growers report that 
KUDZU FOR cows when fed to cows, 
Kudzu produces’ more milk than from any other one feed. 
KUDZU FOR HORSES (1.55.05 to 
horses and is perfectly safe for all stock, when fed 
either green or dry. Does not cause sickness of ani- 
mals even when overfed. 
When mois- 
KUDZU FOR POULTRY td. Kian 
hay becomes almost like fresh foliage again and makes 
an excellent green ration for poultry, rabbits, etc., in 
the winter. 
Burgess Seed & Plant Co. 
GALESBURG, MICHIGAN 

can be killed by cutting off these crowns with a disk 
plow in hot, dry weather. When the crowns of Kudzu 
roots are cut off and exposed to sunshine for half a day 
or so they are killed, and the roots decay. Another 
method of eradicating Kudzu in case one desires to put 
a field back into intertilled crops, is to plow late in 
the fall, and plant the following spring to corn, beans, 
potatoes or any other crop that can be given careful 
cultivation. While Kudzu will stand more abuse than 
almost any other plant, it is much more easily erad- 
icated than alfalfa if one wants to get rid of it. Kudzu 
absolutely cannot become a weed pest. 
Growers are now propagating it almost entirely by 
transplanting young plants from old Kudzu fields. They 
prepare the ground the same as for a crop of eorn and 
set plants 5 to 10 feet apart each way. Setting the 
plants ten feet apart calls for only about 450 plants to 
the acre. This is a job not nearly so expensive as seed- 

your order as soon as possible and we will keep the 
plants for you until planting time. 
PRICES—12 for $1.50; 25 for $2.50; 50 for $4.00; 
100 for $7.00; 250 for $15.00; 500 for $27.50; 1,000 
for $50.00. Plants delivered prepaid to any part 
of the United States at these prices, and guaranteed 
to be healthy, hardy, field-grown roots. 
NOTICE! | 
Should a Federal Sales Tax be imposed after 
_this catalog is printed it will be necessary to 
add the amount of such taxes to-all orders. — 




