





GRAIN SORGHUMS ARE BECOMING INCREASINGLY POPULAR EACH YEAR BY REASON OF 
CONSISTENT HEAVY FORAGE AND RELIABLE GRAIN PRODUCTION UNDER ANY AND ALL WE 
CONDITIONS. THEY HAVE BEEN ONE OF OUR SPECIALTIES FOR MANY YEARS AND WE EXE 
GREAT CAUTION IN SELECTING ONLY THE PUREST STOCKS. NOTE OTHER GRAIN SOR 
LISTED ON PRICE LIST, WE’LL BE PLEASED TO RECOMMEND WHICH IS BEST FOR YOUR 






GRAIN 
SORGHUMS 


Bowman 
HYBRID SEED CORN 
STATE CERTIFIED 
We make you no fantastic nor miraculous claims, 
but we do say if you need or want a really good 
Hybrid Corn, we have it for you. If you have never 
planted Hybrid before we suggest you try it by all 
means. It will -outyield other corns, will stand up 
under the most adverse conditions so it can be 
easily husked, and make you money. Our Hybrids 
are known for their consistent high yielding abil- 
ity, Our friends who have planted our Hybrids 
have come back to us every year for more. They 
are carefully selected and graded in one of the 
most modern plants in the middle west. We guar- 
antee you a good stand. The price is right. Please 
see the varietics and prices on opposite page. 
You'll be highly pleased with our State Certified 
Hybrid Corn. : 


KANSAS ORANGE CANE 
Our seed stock is exceptionally nice quality of 
high germination. This cane has a very sweet 
stalk, used sometimes for sorghum. Grows 8 to 
10 feet high and matures in about 120 days. 
Makes unusually good fodder and ensilage, and 
is the best of all canes. Fodder stays sweet all 
winter. An enormous yielder and fine drought 
resister. Your livestock will relish it and fatten 
on it. For the best cane order from Bowman’s. © 
Drill in close rows 75 to 100 lbs. per acre. 

SOWED BOWMAN’S SEEDS SINCE 1917! 
Bowman Seed Co. lliff, Colorado. 
Concordia, Kansas. 
Dear Sirs: 
I have sowed your Alfalfa seed on my ranch near 
Tliff, Colorado, since 1917 and have found that I 
get a good stand sowing 10 pounds per acre. 
It does not winter kill and the Alfalfa is small 
stem and more leafy than other seed that I have 
sowed. : 
’ So, please ship this order of Alfalfa seed to G. H. 
Britton, my tenant. Very respectfully, 
ANDREW CLARK, 
Lowland, Colo. 

The Bowman Seed Co., 
Concordia, Kansas. 
Dear Sir: 
Enclosed you will find my order and check for as 
If YOU NEED FODDER, FORAGE OR SILAGE A 





“STOOD SIX WEEKS OF ICE SHEET’ 
Orange Cane and 
This is a sweet stalk, white seeded 
grain sorghum, with heavy foliage. Is 
a heavy yielder of both grain and for- 
age and makes fine ensilage. Grain is 
relished by both poultry and livestock. 
Grows about 5 feet high, and matures 
in 110 to 120 days. Our stock is fine 
quality, Kansas grown seed. For grain 
Plant 4 to 5 lbs. per acre. For hay drill 
in close rows at 75 to 100 lbs. per acre. 
BLACK HULL WHITE KAFIR 
This is one of the finest grains for 
poultry and livestock. Grain is sweet 
and stalks medium sweet, growing 5 to 
7 feet. Matures in 110 days. A very 
heavy grain yielder under any and all 
weather conditions. Our seed is a bred 
up type for earliness and uniformity. 
Plant in rows 4 to 5 lbs. per acre. 
SUDAN 
Grows 4 to 7 feet high and yields 4 to 
10 tons of cured hay per acre. Live- 
stock relish it and has good feeding 
value. Is a profitable, quick-growing 
crop, making fine summer pasture dur- 
ing hot months. Is a sure crop and 
easy to grow. Everyone should have 
Sudan. Sow 20 to 25 lbs. per acre. Our 
stock is excellent quality, free of John- 
son grass. 
; ND A SURE GRAIN CROP, ONE OF THES 
‘SORGHUMS WILL SERVE YOUR NEEDS WELL. ~ a, pice ee ate 
The Drouth Resistant am 
Wender Crop | 
ATLAS SORGO has been our specialty ever 
since it was originated in this district. It is a 
cross between Sourless 
Blackhull White Kafir. Like most hybrids it 
“combines in one variety not only the characteristics of the two parents, but 
develops other improved traits. This outstanding trait is tremendous yield 
both in forage tonnage and grain. It grows 7 to 10 feet, and requires 
about 120 days to mature. It is sturdy, has a leafy stalk, abundantly juicy 
and sweet. Heads are compact and cylindrical in shape. Atlas is superior 
to Kansas Orange Cane in resistance to lodging and in having a white, very 
palatable grain, and the forage is fully as good or better than Kansas 
Orange or Sumac Cane. Makes excellent silage. For grain and forage plant 
4 to 5 lbs. per acre. For forage only, drill 75 lbs. per acre. 
We have both Kansas State Certified and Atlas inspected in the field by 
our own men. Our quality is above average as we exercise more caution 
than most in selecting our stocks. Heavy Feeding this year and farm 
labor shortage has resulted in short stocks of the best seed again this 
year, so order early from Bowmans and get the best. 
WHEATLAND MILO 
A cross between Milo and Kafir. Strictly 
a heavy grain producer. Grain is sweet 
and excellent for poultry and livestock 
feed. Stands up under the most adverse 
conditions. Grows 24 to 36 inches high, 
and matures in 110 days. Because of its 
short growth can be combined as is 
wheat. Plant 4 to 5 lbs. per acre. 
(WESTLAND MILO—very similar to 
Wheatland except 5 to 10 days earlier, 
disease resistant and tillers very little.) 
SIBERIAN MILLET 
Two to three weeks earlier and more 
drought-resisting than German Millet. 
Not as large growing with very leafy 
and excellent hay. Can be. planted 
earlier in spring as it will start in 
colder weather. Grows 2 to 4 feet high. 
Seeds reddish in color. One of the 
quickest hay crops. Sow 25 to 30 Ibs. 
per acre. 
GERMAN MILLET 
Yields more and is better quality than 
common millet. Grows 5 feet high, with 
heads 4 to 10 inches long. The most 
popular millet with fine feeding value. . 
Is fine-stemmed and leafy. One of the 
heaviest producers. Our seed is extra 
pure, Kansas grown, large type. Sow 
25 to 30 Ibs. per acre. 

ALFALFA CAME UP THICK! BROME WONDERFUL CROP! 
The Bowman Seed Co., 
Concordia, Kansas. 
Gentlemen: 
I am well pleased with Bowman's Seeds. 
years. 
Onaga, Kansas. 
Have bought my seeds from you for 16 
I had very good success with the ‘“VIM” alfalfa seed I bought from you last spring. 
I planted 18 lbs. to the acre and it looked so thick when it came up, but better too 
thick than too thin. I got two good crops of hay from it last year. I bought some 
Brome Grass seed from you, too, and it makes a good seed crop and real pasture. 
Also good winter pasture for hogs and is always green. 
Dexter, Michigan. 
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hipment of Alsike Clover seed. 
: You will probably recall that you shipped me 2 orders of your VIM Alfalfa Seed in the last 
three years. Am well satisfied with results obtained from these plantings, the first being planted | 
in the very dry year of 1934. This particular seeding survived and for the last two years has 
produced a very good crop, two cuttings each year. This last year, a very wet season, the hay 
was of very good quality, fine and leafy, whereas the other fields of Grimm Alfalfa we have were 
quite coarse, and had a much lower feeding value on this account. As far as I can see the VIM , 
stands our winters very well, sometimes below zero temperatures 
about 6 weeks of ice sheet, but I notice the plants are alive yet. 
When I want to plant some more alfalfa this summer or fa 
two-thirds VIM in all my seedings. In this manner I get a much nicer grade of hay. ‘ 
Thanking you for prompt shipment on the Alsike, Iam, 
THE BOWMAN SEED CO. “x 
Very truly yours, — 
F. BE, HINCHEY. — 
SINCE 

_ Concordia, Kansas. — 
for Dear Sirst<0° 09) 
have been buying your 
_ alfalfa seed for several year. 
_ get more acres per bushel t 
plump seed and my alfalf: 
without covering, this winter | 
; better through the winter 

11 I will certainly plant at least. 

_ Grimm and other high pri 
Yours truly, 
Otto Berges. 





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Yours truly, 
S.P.8 
CONCORDIA, KANSAS 

