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OUR SEEDS 
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SORGHUMS 
OUR SEEDS 
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RECLEANED 
All Field Seeds Will Be Priced on Special Field Seed Price List. 
MISCELLANEOUS 
SUDAN GRASS is a non-saccharine grain 
sorghum. It is an annual, yet it can be 
pastured to good advantage and under 
favorable conditions two cuttings of hay 
may be obtained. The straw is very 
palatable. It has been grown success- 
fully on every kind of soil and may be 
sown as soon as ground is warm and 
at any time during the summer so long 
as 70 to 80 days intervene before the 
date of first expected frost. Seeded in 
rows 36 to 42 inches apart, 2 to 3 pounds 
of good seed per acre are sufficient; in 
rows 18 to 24 inches apart 4 to 6 pounds; 
when drilled or broadcast 16 to 24 pounds 
are required. Cut for hay as soon as 
fully headed with mower, binder or corn 
binder. For the prevention of soil blow- 
ing during the fall, winter and spring 
months on the plains of eastern Colorado, 
Sudan Grass stands out as a cover crop. 
SUNFLOWERS are a good silage crop for 
dry land. They may be sown earlier than 
corn as light frosts do not injure. They 
may also be sown late as they grow 
rapidly. The silage is very palatable 
and has high feeding value. Plant close 
in drills 4 to 5 inches apart, and rows 
30 to 42 inches apart. Cultivate and 
handle similar to corn. Five to six pounds 
per acre is the usual amount sown. 
Prices NOT Prepaid: (5 lbs. 75c) (10 Ibs. 
$1.40). 
BROOM CORN. Heads of Broom Corn or 
the brush are the important part of crop. 
Stalks are dry and pithy. Plant about 
June lst in rows 3¥2 feet apart, using 8 
pounds of seed per acre. Scarbrough 
Dwarf is a well recognized variety. 
Prices NOT prepaid: (5 lbs. 45c) (10 lbs. 
75c). 
JOHNSON GRASS, also known as Aleppo 
Grass, Racehorse Grass, False Guinea 
Grass, and Evergreen Millet, thrives in 
the south but will winterkill in the north. 
In many sections is considered as a per- 
nicious weed. It is recognized as a good 
soil binder. Not offered for sale in states 
whose seed laws define it as a noxious 
weed. 

SWEET SORGHUMS 
The Sweet Sorghums or cane are gener- 
ally grown for making hay or forage. The 
stalks contain sweet juices and are very 
leafy. Sorghum forage has high feeding 
value. The most successful practice for the 
production of sorghums (both sweet and 
grain) on dry land is fall listing followed 
by light harrowing in the spring, to control 
weeds before the planting date. The plant- 
ing should be made in the old lister fur- 
tows. This method permits the planting of 
seed in a warm, moist seedbed and is con- 
ducive to a quick start and rapid growth 
so essential to high yields. The crop is usu- 
ally mowed when the plants are just com- 
ing into head. Sorghum seeds are particu- 
larly susceptible to destruction by soil or- 
ganisms known as fungi. An excellent in- 
surance against poor stands from this cause 
is to treat the seed with a mercury dust 
compound, which will also control smut. 
For information see page 71. 
Plant 4 to 6 pounds of seed per acre on 
dry land and 8 pounds on irrigated land; 
when drilled or broadcast 50 to 60 pounds 
are required. 
ATLAS SORGO is a large, long-season for- 
age sorghum developed at the Hays, 
Kansas, Experiment Station. It is drought- 
resistant. Produces big yields under fav- 
orable conditions and is similar to Kan- 
sas Orange in growth habit. In Colorado 
it matures only in our southeastern sec- 
tion, including Cheyenne, Kiowa and 
other counties in that vicinity. It may 
produce a good tonnage of immature feed 
further north. It is a sweet sorghum, very 
leafy, and is used to considerable extent 
in Kansas and eastern Colorado for the 
production of silage. 
BLACK AMBER CANE, 80 to 100 days, is 
the best known Sorgo and in many sec- 
tions is the favorite because it is the 
earliest. 
IMPROVED COES SORGO is a white seed- 
ed dual-purpose crop recommended by 
the Akron Experiment Station. It pro- 
duces a juicy, slightly sweet, leafy, very 
fine-stemmed stalk. 
LEOTI RED produces a semi-compact red- 
dish head which drops slightly at the tip 
when ripe, and produces a juicy, sweet 
leafy stalk. Matures at about the aver- 
age fall frost date when planted June 
lst to June 6th. 
Type Heads Sorghum Varieties 
Buy with Confidence—Plant with Confidence—GOLD SEAL SEEDS 
ORANGE CANE. 100 to 110 days, produces 
more fodder than black or red and has 
higher sugar content. There are two 
varieties in common use—Red Orange 
and Sourless Orange or African Millet. 
RED TOP or SUMAC CANE. 115 to 125 
days; also called Redhead, is very pop- 
ular in the south and southwest, very 
leafy, sweet, and has high feeding value. 
Seeds shell off clean like grain sorghums. 
TEXAS RIBBON CANE, GOOSENECK, 
HONEY DRIP and SUGAR DRIP are 
large, leafy, sweet varieties, adapted to 
the production of syrup and forage. Be- 
cause of their size they produce heavy 
yields of forage when the season is long 
enough for them to mature. 
GRAIN SORGHUMS 
Grain sorghums are non-saccharine. They 
range in height from 3 to 6 feet and are 
more drought resistant than sweet sor- 
ghums. Stalks are dry and pithy and have 
low feeding value. 4 to 6 pounds are sown 
on dry land and 8 pounds on irrigated in 
rows. 50 to 60 pounds broadcast or drilled. 
BLACKHULL WHITE KAFIR. 115-140 days, 
5 to 6 feet tall in dry land areas. 12 to 
16 leaves, 2 to 3 feet long and 3 to 5 
inches wide. Stalks are dry, pithy, and 
slightly acid. Grain is white and makes 
good poultry food. 
CHEYENNE or SWEET STALK KAFIR is an- 
other dual-purpose crop for the south half 
of eastern Colorado. 
HEGARI. 120 days, 4 to 5 feet tall, is a 
grain sorghum resembling kafir and At- 
las sorgo. Under favorable conditions 
Hegari makes an excellent grain crop 
and forage that is relished by live stock. 
Leaves are broad, long and numerous. 
The stalks fairly sweet and reasonably 
juicy, containing a much higher saccha- 
rine content than milo and kafir. Seeds 
are chalky white with a brown or red- 
dish-pink undercoat. 
HIGHLAND KAFIR is a white seeded dual- 
purpose crop, producing grain of good 
feeding value and juicy, leafy, fine- 
stemmed stalk with narrow leaves. 
MILO stalks are stout, pithy, scantily sup- 
plied with leaves. Makes poor silage. 
Grain has high feeding value. 
Dwarf Yellow Milo, Beaver, Kalo and 
Wheatland are the most generally used 
types. 

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