ENORMOUS 
YIELDS 


GROWS 
The Dryland REMORT 
Drought-Proof Proso MASS ANY WHERE 
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 60 pounds per bushel. 
The Ideal Feed for Poultry, Hogs, Cattle and Sheep. 
May Be Fed Without Threshing 
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 
color of the grain is pure white and should not be con- 
fused with the colored Prosos or-so-called hog-millets. This 
Proso has been selected for its white color, larger kernels 
and greater productiveness, 




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 2 
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 
results. : 
PRICES Sample packet, !0ce; 14 Ib., 20c¢; Ib., -50c; 
2 Ibs., 80c; 5 lbs., $1.50; 10 Ibs., $2.40, 
postpaid. By express or freight, not prepaid, 25 Ibs., 
$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 
Jand. It is a perennial legume, contains more protein 
than. alfalfa or wheat bran, and succeeds on land too 
poor for alfalfa. It is yerfectly 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- 
manéntly 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- 
erop 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. 

Seley 
Kudzu makes-a good permanent pasture. As a hay : 
A Field of Kudzu 
erop, 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 2", Kudzu should be given cultivation the first season. A ing an acre of alfalfa; especially is this so when 
tons per cutting, have been made, making a total yield full crop of corn, a good crop of potatoes or any other we take into consideration the fact that Kudzu does 
of ten tons per acre in a single season. sinilar. crop may be raised on the same land the first not have to be fertilized or limed. 
x j 4 year, so the farmer does not lose the use o le le 
Kudzu does not have to be cut at any certain time ; n f the land. 
: éf : After the first year no cultivation is de ‘as 
to save it, and may await the convenience of the farmer. : see u 3 PS eeed Bane 
x Lt 
: RE RL ney ee ae ne 2 - _ plants, will cover the ground and take root at the joints Pp £ K ad P| t 
It cures quickly, retains its bright green color, and the after the manner of strawberries, growing go rapidly rices Co UaZzu an § 
yes ot drop off. A shower of rain does not.ruin ‘ 
leaves do not drop off. 4 er of rain does not.ruir as to choke out weeds and other plants. In spite of 
the hay. It can be harvested when weather conditions this manner of growth, it is an easy matter to get rid Our Kudzu plants are strong, self-inoculated field 
are unfavorable for other hays and will yield a fine of Kudzu if desired, for it has a peculiar habit of grown roots. The setting of such plants insures get- 
ee eeoniinued showers and damp- neither blooming nor bearing seed under field culture, ting a good start without delay. 
‘ any 5 ay. and the plants will sprout only from the crowns and Plants should be set out in the early spring. Send 
: ae: ; : can be killed by cutting off these crowns with a disk your order as soon as possible and we will keep the 
WwW Growers report that Hae A ‘ 5 i eiantee 3 : i 
when fed to cows plow in hot, ‘dry weather. When the crowns of Kudzu plants for you until planting time. E 
3 é : Paes roots are ¢ ig sxpose sunshine for hé i 5 
Kudzu produces more milk than from any other one feed. S are cut off and exposed to sunshine for half a day PRICES—12 for $1.50: 25 for $2.50; 50 for $4.00; 
or So they are Killed, and the roots decay. Another — 190 for $7:00; 250 for $15.00; 500 for $27.50; 1,000 
KUDZU FOR HORSES It. iso<not fe method of eradicating Kudzu in case one desires to put for $50.00. Plants delivered prepaid to any part 
jurious a field back into intertilled crops, is to plow late in of the United States at these prices, and guaranteed 
horses and is perfectly safe for all stock, when fed the fall, and plant the following spring to’ corn, beans, to be healthy, hardy, field-grown roots. 
either green or dry. Does not cause sickness of ani- potatoes or any other crop that can be given eareful : 
. mals even when overfed. cultivation. While Kudzu will stand more abuse than 

almost any other plant, it is much more easily erad- 
KUDZU FOR POULTRY ae ae icated than alfalfa if one wants to get rid of it. Kudzu 
5 ‘ absolutely cannot become a wee 1S 
hay becomes almost like fresh foliage again and makes ‘ ome a weed pest. 
an excellent green ration for poultry, rabbits, ete., in 
NOTICE! 
the winter. Growers. are now propagating it almost entirely by 
Pe ee oe from old Kudzu fields. They Should a Federal Sales Tax be imposed after 
Burgess Seed & Plant Co. set plants 5 to -10 foot apart Glee rene es this catalog is printed it will be necessary to 
GALESBURG, MICHIGAN “plants ten feet apart calls for only about 450 plants to addsthe amount of such a 


the acre. This is a job not nearly so expensive as seed- 

