CHICKEN CORN (Shallu or Egyptian Wheat) 
Sow 8 to 10 pounds per acre. 
This is a sorghum with extra large, loose, bushy heads, cov- 
ered thickly with small grains. If left standing, the grains drop 
off in a scattering manner, and the chickens gather them. If 
grown on a large scale, the large, well filled heads can be cut 
at maturity and fed to the poultry as desired. It is best to sow 
the seed thinly in three to four foot rows, leaving two to three 
plants to every three feet of row. If planted in small batches 
it is best to plant near the chicken houses so chickens can feed 
on the seeds as they fall. Chicken Corn, with ease of growth, 
resistance to most foliage diseases, a sure cropper and heavy 
yielder, will go a long way towards solving the poultry feed 
problem. The cheapest and best chicken feed you can grow. 
Plant from March to August. It is used successfully in some 
sections as a green manure crop. It is not a legume. For a 
green manure crop plant 25 to 30 lbs. per acre. 
1 Ib. 25c, postpaid. 
Not prepaid, 10 lbs. $1.70; 25 Ibs. $3.75; 100 Ibs. $14.00 
CROTALARIA 
Sow 10 to 20 pounds per acre. 
Crotalaria is particularly desirable as a cover-crop for groves, 
truck and farm-lands, and does well on all kinds of soil except 
muck. It is a legume, thus adding a large amount of nitrogen 
to the soil. It is especially valuable because it is immune to 
nematodes causing root knot disease. It makes a very profuse 
growth, furnishing an abundance of green material for humus. 
It can be mowed once a year, just as it starts to bloom; this 
will keep it from becoming too coarse. If cut 10 inches above 
the surface of the ground, the plant will produce the second 
erowth and sufficient seed for reseeding the land the follow- 
ing year. 
Crotalaria should be sown broadcast from March to June, 
on well-prepared land, at the rate of 10 to 20 pounds of Spec- 
tabilis seed per acre, depending on how thick the coverage is 
desired, and harrowed lightly. 
Be sure to inoculate Crotalaria seed with Nitragin before 
planting. By so doing you will not only have the assurance 
of a surer stand, but a better crop, and the succeeding crop 
will have the benefit of a larger amount of nitrogen stored 
in the Crotalaria roots. (See page 49.) 
Crotalaria Spectabilis. This vigorous growing, long-leaved 
variety is not as fibrous as others, the growth is much heav- 
ier, and the stems are hollow. As a result, it can be plowed 
under easier and it rots much quicker. The seed matures early 
and uniformly, making it a sure and heavy seeder. Spectabilis 
does well on high ground, but is best adapted to the better 
grades of sandy soils. Leaves, stems and seed of this Crotalaria 
plant, green or dry, are poisonous to poultry and livestock. 
1 Ib. 35c, postpaid. 
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HEGARI (Hy-gear)—See Sorghum, page 44 
CATTAIL OR PEARL MILLET 
Sow 8 to 10 pounds per acre. 
This is one of the best yielders of green forage and hay, and 
continues to grow and produce through the entire season if cut 
frequently enough for hay to prevent its going to seed. A 
tropical plant making an enormous growth. Relished by all 
kinds of stock, and they eat it greedily. No plant will go fur- 
ther towards solving the forage problem in Florida. Plant in 
early spring as soon as frost danger is past in March, and can 
be planted from then on until September 1. Sow thinly in rows 
three feet apart. 
1 Ib. 25c, postpaid. 
Not prepaid, 10 Ibs. $1.80; 25 lbs. $4.00; 100 Ibs. $15.00 
GOLDEN MILLET (Formerly called German Millet) 
Sow 1 bushel (50 Ibs.) per acre. 
Golden Millet is an important hay crop, relished by horses 
and cattle. Seed thickly, not less than one bushel per acre. 
For an early hay crop plant in March and April. For 
a second crop plant in July and August. It matures in 
from six to eight weeks after seeding. Cut while in bloom, 
before the seed hardens in the head, because after that the hay 
quality decreases. For a large yielding, nutritious, quick grow- 
ing hay crop there is nothing better than Golden Millet. 
1 Ib. 25c. postpaid. 
Not prepaid, 10 Ibs. $1.70; 25 Ibs. $3.75; 100 Ibs. $14.00 
OATS 
Sow 5 pecks (40 lbs.) per acre in drills; broadcast 2 to 
21% bu. per acre. 
A bushel weighs 32 pounds. 
Plant in drills 144 feet apart and cover seed 2 to 3 inches 
deep. If the seed is broadcast, use tooth harrow. The best 
time to plant oats in Florida is October and November, but 
can be planted to January. Land should receive 200 to 300 lbs. 
per acre of complete fertilizer, such as 3-8-5 at planting. 
Florida 167 (mew). (115 days.) Originated and developed 
by the Florida Agricultural Experiment Station from a cross 
of Fulghum with Bond, which was introduced from Australia 
by the U. S. D. A. in 1929, for early maturity and rust resist- 
ance. The grains are plump, heavy and of high feeding value. 
Makes stiff, storm resistant straw. An outstandingly profitable, 
high yielding, early grain oat for the light sandy soils of cen- 
tral and south Florida, where spring droughts are common. It 
matures before spring droughts become too severe on such 
lands. In the Gainesville, Fla., section this oat has done ex- 
ceptionally well in producing a high yield, when other varieties 
in adjoining plots have failed. As a result of years of breeding 
and selection this oat is remarkably uniform in type. 
1 Ib. 25c; 2 Ibs. 45c; postpaid. 
Not prepaid, 8 lbs. (pk.) 85c; 32 Ibs. (bu.) $3.00 
Florilee. (130 days.) This variety, developed at the North 
Florida Experiment Station, is a red oat, highly resistant to 
rust and immune to smut, and has very full, plump, heavy 
kernels. It is rather late in maturity, which is a serious dis- 
advantage as a grain crop on sandy land, due to spring drought 
cutting the grain yield in central and south Florida, where, 
because of its leafy early growth it is principally used as a 
winter grazing oat. 
1 Ib. 20c; 2 Ibs. 35c; postpaid. 
Not prepaid, 8 lbs. (pk.) 55c; 32 Ibs. (bu.) $1.85 
Quincy No. 1 (130 days.) Sold out. No seed available un- 
til fall 1946. 
PEANUTS 
Plant 1 bushel per acre. 
A bushel weighs 25 lIbs., except Valencia 22 lbs. per bu. 
In addition to the crop of nuts for hogs, peanuts yield a large 
quantity of nutritious dry forage. Florida Runner Peanuts 
are by far the best when grown to fatten hogs, as they can be 
left in the ground until eaten, but not so with the Valencia 
or Spanish Peanuts, because they must be harvested as soon 
as matured, or they will sprout during the first wet spell. 
It is better to shell the seed that is to be planted. If planted 
in corn, a bushel will plant 4 acres, but where planted solid 
it requires a bushel of seed per acre, in 3-foot rows, dropping 
seeds in hills a foot apart. Plant from March to July. For 
best results inoculate peanuts with Nitragin. (See page 49.) 
Valencia. (100 days.) This variety is adapted for growing 
in light sandy soils. It fills the demand for a peanut that is 
large and contains more nuts than the common varieties. Pods 
are large, well-filled, usually containing 3 or 4 nuts. 
1 Ib. 40c, postpaid. 
Not prepaid, 5% lbs. (pk.) $1.65; 22 Ibs. (bu.) $6.00 
Small Spanish. (90 days.) This is the little white Spanish 
Peanut, very productive and one of the surest croppers. The 
nuts stick to the vine in harvesting and both tops and nuts are 
fed to cows, horses, and hogs as a whole-grain ration. 
1 Ib. 30c, postpaid. 
Write for prices on larger quantities. 
Improved Spanish. (95 days.) This variety can be planted 
closer than others, is more easily cultivated and gathered be- 
cause the nuts cling firmly to the roots. Not as large as some 
other kinds, but the nuts entirely fill the pod and are very sweet 
and delicious in flavor. Very easily cured. 
1 Ib. 35c, postpaid. 
Not prepaid, 61% Ibs. (pk.) $1.50; 25 lbs. (bu.) $5.50 
Dixie Runner (new). (120 days.) A new variety devel- 
oped from a cross between Florida Small White Spanish and 
Dixie Giant, by the Florida Agricultural Experiment Station 
after eleven years of work, yielding much better and of higher 
quality than commonly grown Florida Runner. This new va- 
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