“‘Atlas Sorgo’’—Gaining in use. 
Makes strong stalks that don’t lodge 
easily. Sweet, juicy stalks combine the 
desired qualities of a sweet forage sor- 
ghum with strong stalks .. . seeds may 
be used as a grain feed. Outproduces 
grain sorghum in forage, except when 
very dry. Remarkable ability to re- 
main green but dormant through long 
drought, and then resume growing after 
rain. 
Plants are about '% inch thick and 
grow 7 to 10 feet high. Harvest when 
the seeds are in hard-dough stage with 
field ensilage cutter or corn-row binder. 
Unless dry, seed shallow. Plant with 
corn planter, using the smallest plates. 
Cultivate same as corn. 
“Grain Sorghum’’ (Non-Saccha- 
rine)— Worthy crops: Kaffir, Milo, 
Hegari and Feterita yield heavily in 
both forage and grain. Whole plants 
may be fed—green, cured or ensiled. 
Unthreshed heads fed whole or ground 
—or threshed, and grain fed. Analyses 
of grain similar to corn. Less fat. Some 
sorghums high in protein. Carbohy- 
drates practically equal. 
“Sorghum Cane’’ (Saccharine)— 
These canes carry a sugar content and 
are valuable for cattle feed as green for- 
age and as ensilage. For Amber and 
(or) Orange type, see price list. 
“Stock Beets’’ (Mangel)— Where 
there is no silo—here is a source of 
good feed. Seed soon as soil warms. 
Six to 8 pounds per acre in drills—2 to 
22 feet apart. Thin to 8 inches. Culti- 
vate shallow. Fertilize. Yield is heavy. 
Store near barn, covered with straw and 
dirt. Feed all winter. 
“Cow Peas’’—For pasture or hay, 
turning under or hogging down, on 
poor soil. Best in South. Dare not be 
planted early. Handle like soy beans. 
Inoculate. For hay or green feed, sow 
] bushel with 3 pecks golden millet per 
acre, cutting when in bloom. 
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“Since 1899” 
That year, a progressive local 
farmer—A. H. Hoffman—produced 
a select strain of winter wheat. 
His neighbors wanted some of it 
to sow. It was BETTER wheat than 
theirs... it PAID them to sow it. 
The news spread. Thus a new 
farm service began to take form. 
The search for better strains of 
other farm crop seeds was begun 
... by personal study, call, travel. 
The years have witnessed the 
wisdom of the Hoffman plan. 
Thousands of successful farm oper- 
ators through all states of the East 
and North KNOW its benefits. How 
weeds—the constant farm enemy— 
have been greatly retarded by the 
sowing of weed-free, vigorous 
seeds that proved able to combat 
them. How crop diseases have met 
their masters in certain seed strains 
that could fight them off success- 
fully. How increases in crops, 
thought impossible in 1899, are 
being gotten! Again, by the agency 
of proper seeds sown. 
The great forward strides in 
farming’s power devices, over old 
‘99 hand methods . . . have been 
matched by other men of science. 
Unsung plant breeders have 
wrought miracles in farm crop pro- 
duction. Yes, these years have 
brought much good, despite the 
horrors of two world wars. 
The Hoffman ear, opened in 
1899, has kept close watch these 
47 years. This 48th, and those to 
come, must and will keep up the 
pace. Because great new things 
are on the way to U. S. farms. The 
“greater things than these sholl 
ye do” promise is unfolding. 
Unity, loyalty, faith . . . will help 
accomplish them the sooner! Let’s 
continue working them out to- 
gether! 
