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Making Sorghum Syrup From Minnesota’s 
Famous Cane. 
Relieve the Sugar Shortage! 
The Minnesota Crop Improvement Associa- 
tion urges planting of sorghum for syrup manu- 
facture to ease the shortage of sugar, and rec- 
ommends Minnesota Orange Sorghum Cane. 
The Iowa Experiment Station also recommends 
Minnesota Orange Sorghum for Northern Iowa. 
There are a number of sorghum mills in Minne- 
sota and Iowa where sorghum may be taken 
for syrup production. 
There is a severe shortage of high germinat- 
ing seed. Insist on early maturing varieties of 
good germination. Don’t plant late maturing, 
southern strains unless for fodder. 
MINNESOTA ORANGE SORGHUM 
CANE—An early strain selected from Wa- 
conia Orange, grown in Southern and South 
Central Minnesota for many years. Grows 
heavier but shorter stalks than Amber Cane 
and withstands storms and wet weather with- 
out lodging, Sow 8 to 10 lbs. per acre for 
syrup. An excellent sweet stalk gorgo, that 
produces 5 to 10 tons of quality cane per acre, 
and 25 to 40 bushels of seed per acre. Over 
200 gallons of delicious, golden yellow syrup 
from one acre! 
Minnesota Orange Cane syrup is preferred 
by consumers because it’s lighter in color than 
Amber Cane syrup. Sorghum syrups are gu- 
perior to other syrups for certain table and 
culinary uses. (Makes delicious brown bread, 
cookies, pies, baked beans.) Syrup made on 
farms is sometimes purchased by commercial 
concerns who market it, but usually farm-made 
syrup is utilized in the locality where made, 
Price: 5 lbs. $1.10, postpaid, (See Price List.) 
FODDER CANE—(Southern Grown.) <A 
profitable feed crop producing as much as 30 
to 35 tons of green feed per acre. It makes 
good hay if cut before it grows too high. It 
matures later than Early Amber Cane. Sow 50 
to 60 lbs. broadeast or 12 to 15 lbs. in drills 
per acre. Price: 5 Ibs, $1.05, postpaid. (See 
Blue Figure Price List.) 
Buckwheat 
Generally the best grain crop for poor, thin 
land. Does best in moist, cool climates. Seed 
at the rate of 3 or 4 pecks per acre, late in 
the season when all danger of frost is past. 
Matures a crop in only 10 to 12 weeks. An 
excellent catch crop when seeded after canning 
peas or winter wheat have been removed. 
Yields vary from 15 to 30 bushels per acre. 
Buckwheat is an excellent weed eradicator, as 
its quick, vigorous growth offers severe com- 
petition to weeds. 
Because the varieties Japanese and Silver 
Hull have become mixed, we offer seed merely 
as ‘‘Buckwheat.’’ In fact, many growers con- 
sider it best to mix half and half seed of Sil- 
ver Hull and Japanese varieties for sowing. 
The plants have somewhat different habits of 
growth, the Japanese generally growing taller 
and branching less than Silver Hull, Thus, 
when «grown together, the two may occupy the 
land to better advantage. These varieties often 
have crossed among themselves, resulting in 
considerable mixtures of the varieties and of 
their hybrids anyway. See Blue Figure Price 



MILLET — Te Ideal “Catch Crop” 
Although many farmers are now growing 
Millet regularly as a hay crop, it was not un- 
til the last few years that its value was fully 
appreciated as a quick-developing crop. Many 
find it of great value in case of crop failure 
of Clover and Timothy, when dry, spring 
weather cuts short the pasture and meadow 
grasses, or when there is a cold, wet spring 
and corn and other early sown crops are 
drowned out—it is then that Millet is fully 
appreciated. 
Millets may be planted up to July 1 and 
even later, and still produce a crop of hay or 
pasture. Millet hay properly handled has 
great feeding value and milk-producing quali-, 
ties. For hay it should be cut as soon as it 
blooms, before the seed forms, otherwise the 
hay is apt to be woody. In more southern 
sections Millet is sown as a catch crop after 
the grain has been harvested. It produces the 
best results in warm, rich soil. : 
Sow broadcast, using about 25 Ibs. per 
acre, covering seed three-quarters of an inch 
deep. For a seed crop, allow the Millet to 
ripen fully and harvest with a grain binder. 
JAPANESE MILLET—Billion Dollar Grass 
One of the best forage crops for feeding all kinds of livestock. High in 
milk-producing qualities, 
being rich in protein and fats. 
Combined with soy 
beans, as ensilage, it makes an ideal balanced ration (two parts of millet to 
one of soy beans). Adapted to all sections of the country; it makes more hay 
than any other millet, and requires less seed. It is the ideal catch crop, and 
may be sown from May to July. 
For hay, cut it just before it blossoms, and cure the same as clover. 
It also 
makes good pasture, but the cattle must be accustomed to it gradually. 
1—It grows 4 to 8 ft. high and produces 5 to 6 tons of hay per acre. 
2—It is drought-resistant, yet can be grown on wet or poor soil. 
38—It is cheap to sow, only 20 to 25 pounds of seed per acre being required. 
4—It is very palatable and is liked by all classes of livestock. 
FOXTAIL MILLETS 
Sow 15 to 20 pounds per acre. 
GERMAN OR GOLDEN—This is one of 
the best varieties for hay and fodder. It makes 
rapid, vigorous growth, often yielding 8 to 5 
tons of hay per acre, on good rich goil. It 
grows 4 to 5 feet high, is of rather coarse ap- 
pearance, and should be cut for hay before it 
is in full bloom. At this stage, the hay is of 
the best quality, and so tender it can be fed 
to hogs. 
SIBERIAN—We think this the best Millet 
for dry sections. It is extremely hardy, drought 
resistant, and about two weeks earlier than 
Golden Millet. It stools heavily, is very leafy, 
and yields enormous quantities of fine quality 
hay. It produces 50 to 70 bushels of seed 
per acre. 

PROSO MILLETS 
Sow 25 pounds per acre. 
RED PROSO MILLET—A very popular 
variety for producing ripe grain or seed, but 
not a hay millet. Can be seeded after early 
canning peas are harvested, and still mature a 
crop easily. Plants are short and medium-early 
in maturity. Seed hull is reddish-brown. In 
North Dakota’ Experiment Station trials, Red 
Proso was as readily consumed as yellow corn, 
by laying hens and growing turkeys. In fact, 
annual egg production per bird, was higher 
where Red Proso replaced corn. 
WHITE PROSO OR HOG MILLET— 
The seed is of high food value especially for 
poultry and hogs. It is* yellowish white in 
color. Very early and drought resistant and 
will produce excellent yields of seed. 
Price: Any variety, 5 Ibs. $1.10, postpaid. For larger quantities see Blue Figure Price List 
Canada Yellow Field 
Peas 
Field Peas are better suited to the Northwest 
than other annual legumes for building up 
wornout soils, They are usually grown with 
oats for hay, a combination equal in feeding 
value to clover hay. They contain more digest- 
ible crude protein and fat than alfalfa and corn. 
When they are grown with oats, they are 
threshed together, and easily separated with a 
fanning mill after threshing, thereby getting 
two crops from one operation. Sow 2 bushels 
of oats to 1% bushels of peas per acre. Drill 
the peas in 4 inches deep, as early as the 
ground can be worked. Then, 2 or 3 weeks 
later, sow the oats, drilling it in the other 
way. If the oats are sown with the peas, they 
grow too rapidly, and check or smother the 
growth of the peas. Price: 5 lbs, $1.10, post- 
paid. For prices on larger quantities, see Price 
ist. 

Vetch 
(Sand or Hairy) 
Vetches, either green or as hay, make excel- 
lent feed and are also used extensively aS cover 
and green manure crops, They make good hay, 
ensilage, pasture and green feed and are very 
valuable as a green fertilizer and as a cover 
crop in-orchards, preventing the washing away 
of the soil. 
Vetch may be sown in the spring at the rate 
of 60 lbs. per acre, or with a grain crop such 
as oats, wheat, rye or barley, at the rate of 30 
lbs. per acre, and using one-half of the normal 
rate of small grain. This combination makes 
excellent forage or hay and also aids in pre- 
venting the Vetch from lodging. Vetch may 
also be seeded in the fall with winter rye for 
a hay crop, about August 1 to 20, using about 
30. lbs. of Vetch and 3% bu. of rye per acre. 
Price: 5 lbs. $1.65, postpaid. See Price List. 
Sunflower (Mammoth Russian) 
for Ensilage and Fodder 
Sunflower for ensilage and fodder is now ad- 
vocated by experiment stations. Profitable where 
Seasons are too short for other forage plants, 
Rorenuaee ae 
. profitable crop for fattening hens or pro- 
ducing eggs, Flower heads measure 12 to 22 
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