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SWEET SUDAN GRASS 
SWEET SUDAN is a greatly improved Su- 
dan Grass from a hybridization of Leota Red 
Sorghum or common sudan. It has great pal- 
atability, livestock eating it to the ground be- 
fore touching common sudan or other forage 
sorghums. SWEET SUDAN has _ broader 
leaves, larger stems and makes taller growth, 
stooling heavier than commen sudan. It is a 
truly great improvement over common sudan, 
and in our opinion will completely replace corm- 
mon sudan in a few years. Because of its 
sweetness, which livestock relish, they eat it 
faster and consume more of it in a given period 
of time than they do common sudan. This in- 
creases both milk and meat production. Sweet 
Sudan matures later, which makes the pastur- 
ing last longer than common. Do not pasture 
until at least 24 inches high, as the sugar 
does not start setting below that height. 
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WHAT A FEW DAIRYMEN SAY: 
“Cattle and sheep both prefer Sweet Sudan in preference to 
common. You just can’t keep them away from it where an op- 
tion is given them.” 
“My dairy cattle have invariably eaten Sweet Sudan into the 
dirt before touching alfalfa or any other grasses and clovers in 
the permanent pasture, There is an immediate increase in milk 
flow when cows are moved from alfalfa to Sweet Sudan. It re- 
covers very quickly from pasturing.” 
“From my past two years’ experience with Sweet Sudan in 
comparison to common, I would pay you 15c. per lb. for Sweet 
Sudan sced rather than haye common sudan as a gift.’ 
No. 23 SUDAN GRASS 
A Decided Improvement Over Ordinary Sudan 
Produces about 25% greater growth than regular sudan, 
finer quality hay. Excellent for grass silage. Developed by 
selecting a large number of superior plants from ordinary 
sudan grass. These were tested many years under extreme 
conditions of heat and drought on different types of soil. 
Strain No. 23 proved superior to all others and produced one- 
fourth more hay or pasture than regular sudan. It has a 
stronger, more vigorous growth. It is an annual and cannot 
become a pest. Sow 20 lbs. broadcast or 8 Ibs. in cultivated 
rows. Our supply was grown from certified seed; strictly 
fancy quality and free from Johnson Grass. 
For Grazing it is equal to blue grass as a milk producer. 
At one experiment station one acre per cow furnished abund- 
ant pasture for 125 days. The cows made a daily average 
of 3.8 lbs. more milk than they ever did on native grass. At 
the Middle Tennessee Experiment Station in a very dry sum- 
mer, when permanent pastures were parched, two yearling 
steers gained 114 lbs. per day on sudan, a total of 287 lbs. 
in 92 days. They pronounced it the best of all dry weather 
grasses for the South. 
SUDAN GRASS—Sudan Grass is primarily a hay grass, its 
slender leafy stems making it easy to handle with ordinary 
haying machinery. It makes its greatest growth and pro- 
duces the most feed during July, August and September, 
when native grasses are less productive. It can be grown 
successfully on almost every class of soil from a heavy clay 
to a light sand, besides being particularly drought and heat 
resistant. Primarily an excellent hay crop, sudan is gaining 
in popularity as a summer pasture. Ready to cut in 45 days. 
Sow after the ground becomes thoroughly warm, prefera- 
bly broadcast at the rate of 20 to 25 pounds per acre. A 
grain drill may be used, set to sow two pecks of wheat. Cut 
when in bloom, for at that stage the feeding value is highest. 
SUGAR DRIP SORGHUM 
Since we introduced this variety many years ago there 
has been no new sorghum that has been brought out that 
can compare with it in yield of syrups. It makes a large 
juicy, succulent growth. It will yield about 65% of the weight 
of the cane in juice when extracted by a good farm mill, and 
stronger mills should extract as much as 75% to 80%. 
One reason for the great popularity of Sugar Drip Sorg- 
hum is due to its tremendous yield of seed, which is equal 
to corn per acre, and in addition to its enormous syri 
yield the seed of this genuine strain can always ke sold ‘at 
very attractive price well above the value of corn. Sugar 
Drip Sorghum also has less tendency to granulate and sugar 
than any other variety, which is a most imoortant factor 
when you offer syrup for sale. 
We also have available this season Texas Seeded Ribbon 
Cane, which is also a fine syrup cane, and makes an ex- 
cellent forage crop greatly relished by cattle. 


Sweet Sudan gives longer pasturage and greater feed value than ordinary sudan ( 
CERTIFIED MARTIN’S COMBINE MILO 
This Certified Strain of the Sorghum Family Has Shown 
Special Merit for Grain Production in the Southern and 
Southeastern States ; 
Has proven exceptionally well adapted for harvesting with : 
Grows to an average height of 31 
inches, but has a range of from 24 to .9 inches, depending 
a combine harvester. 
upon seasonal conditions. The stalks are short and sturdy, 
giving it strength to resist lodging to a greater degree 
than any other known variety of commercial importance. 
Heads vary in length from 6 to 9 inches, acp<nding upon the 
season, and heads are of uniform height. The kernels re- 
semble yellow Milo in size and color, threshes readily. 
In a normal season will mature in about 100 days, but if 
moisture and warm weather prevail during late fall} it will 
continue growing, requiring up to 125 days to mature. It is 
essentially a grain producer, ranging in yield from 25 to 
sometimes 40 bushels per acre. 
Plant in rows 36 to 42 inches, using from 5 to 8 lbs. per 
acre. If planted in drill rows 18 to 20 inches apart, use 15 
to 20 lbs. an acre. Do not plant closer than 18 inches by 
any method for grain production. Planting in rows and 
cultivated will give maximum yields. 
One of our customers states: “It is an excellent feed for 
birds and can be easily combined. The seed will stay in 
the head all winter and furnishes fine bird feed, particularly 
Well adapted to light or poor — 
when heavy snows prevail. 
soil. On thin land will double or triple the yield of corn 
ia will yield a heavy crop of grain. 
In the Southwestern states Martin’s Combine Milo has in- 
creased enormously in popularity, owing to its heavy yields 
per acre and a crop that is so much easier handled than 
corn and other crops. Our customers throughout Virginia 
and the Carolinas are high in their praise of Martin’s Com- 
bine Milo, claiming in many cases that it will outyield corn 
with far less labor to cultivate and harvest the crop. Yields 
of 45 to 60 bushels per acre are very common throughout 
these sections and we believe that it is destined to he one 
of the leading grain crops. We first introduced this Milo 
to our trade five years ago, and the seed we are offering 
this season is the same strain of exceptional quality, testing 
practically 100% pure and over 90% germination. 
CERTIFIED HEGARI 
Hegari is one of the most valuable of all grain sorghums, 
and very similar in growth and appearance of grain to 
Kaffir Corn, but makes a larger, leafier growth, stools better, 
makes more heads per acre, and coonsequently heavier yields | 
of grain are obtained. It is a semi-sweet stalk (about 11% 
sugar), whereas Kaffir is a dry stalk, and it will make more 
bundled feed and grain combined than any other sorghum. 
The fact that the stalk is readily eaten by animals either in 
the process of pasturing off in the fields following removal 
of heads or in the form of harvested forage, makes it a 
favorite with farmers and livestock men. 
of Hegari may be expected to yield, under ordinary growing 
conditions, 12 tons of silage or 1,800 pounds of threshed grain 
per acre. Some yields have run as high as 4,000 pounds on 
irrigated land, and of course a larger growth of silage. It 
is generally considered that Hegari silage is about 15% more 
valuable than corn silage. For combine grain crop use 
Certified Early Hegari. 
Drill 5 pounds per acre in rows about 12 inches apart, and 
cultivate. Matures in 110 to 120 days, and should be planted 
the same as corn. 
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