FIELD SEED PLANTING INFORMATION 
Nicholson’s Field Seed of Quality 
Thoroughly Cleaned and Tested for Purity 
and Germination 
The quality of ‘"NICHOLSON'S Tested Pasture and Field Seeds” 
has been known for more than a half-century and by the faith of 
our many thousands of good customers in our high quality Field 
Seeds, we have been able to maintain the largest and most com- 
plete stocks in the Southwest. 
You do not want to gamble with seeds of inferior quality and 
from an unknown source. In order to produce the highest yields 
you must plant good seed. Buying from a reliable source is your 
best assurance of getting good seed. 
Our Field Seeds are doubly cleaned and properly tested by one 
with years of experience and our tests are also verified by an offi- 
cial laboraiory, in our sincere effort to furnish only the best and 
most dependable in Field and Pasture Seeds. 
NICHOLSON'S Tested Field Seeds are dependable, allowing you 
to plant your crops with confidence, usually being justified as a 
result with good crops. 
For the above reasons, we do and have for many years, enjoyed 
an enviable reputation for handling only high quality seeds. 
At the time we go to press with this catalogue and during the 
past few years, we have found it difficult to secure certain items 
of Field Seeds, especially so on certain Grasses and Clovers, but 
during these years we have succeeded in maintaining quality that 
justified the name NICHOLSON. 










Lbs. Amounts Lbs. Amounts ‘ 
Name per per Time of Planting Name per per Time of Planting 
Bushel Acre Bushel Acre 
Alfalfa Seed. 60 20-25 lbs. | Sept.-Nov., Feb.-Apr. || Grass, Rhodes, in drills —_. 5-8 lbs. March-April 
Barevee | 4g 2-3 bus. Sept.-Oct., Feb. Grass, Rhodes, broadcast. 10-15 lbs. | March-April 
Beans, Mung, in drills___ 60 5 lbs. April-June Grass, Rescue__________| 14 15-25 lbs. | Sept.-Oct. 
Beans, Soy, Field, in drills..| 60 25 Ibs. April-July Grass, Bermuda (ic7 lawn 
Beans, Soy, Field, br’dcast_| 60 75-90 lbs. | April-July pie per spoce 20320) Cini on reese a 
Beans, Velvet, in drills, 3 Besar 12 OMe el aa ete “allie Poche s 
tOloit eee ee A 60 20-25 lbs. March-June Kafir Corn, in drills____| 50 8-10 Ibs. March-June 
Beet, Mangel-Wurzel_____ 6 lbs. 15th Mar. to 15th June || Kafir, Schrock or Sagrain__} 50 8-10 lbs. March-June 
Broom:Corns = = | 4G 10-20 lbs. Feb.-June Millet, broadcast______| 50 20-25 Ibs. April-June 
(CYT Ee es 56 8-10 lbs. Feb.-June Milo Maize, in drills =) Bt 8-10 Ibs. Match-June 
Corn; Popes. 28 4-5 lbs. Feb.-May Oats, broadcast_______-..| 32 242-3 bus. | Sept.-Oct., Feb. 
Cottoneumee =  -99 Y-1 bus. Feb.-June Peanuts, Virginia (Jumbo).| 22 1-1¥%2 bus. | March-June 
Clover, Bur, Hulled__.__| 60 15-20 lbs. 15 Aug.-Oct. Peanuts, Spanish ___-___ 30 30-40 lbs. | March-June 
Clover, Bur, seed in bur____ 18 20-30 lbs. 15 Aug.-Oct. Peanuts, Tennessee____ 22 1-14% bus. | March-June 
Clover, Crimson_______.| 60 15-20 Ibs. Sept.-Oct. Peas, Canadian Field_____| 60 35-75 lbs. | Sept.-Nov. 
Clover, Common Peas, Field or Stock, 
Lespedeza________ 20-25 lbs. Mar.-Apr., Sept.-Nov. broadcast________—-| 60 1-14 bus. March-Aug. 
Clover, Yellow (Sour) or Peas, Field or Stock, in 
(Melilotus Indica)._ 60 15-20 lbs. Sept.-Feb. drills__ ees es |! (J) 8-12 lbs. March-Aug. 
Clover, Subterranean___ 20-25 lbs. Sept.-Oct. Peas, Nicholson’s Austrian 
Clover, Sweet (White Winter, broadcast.____.| 60 60-65 lbs. Sept.-Dec. 
PLOW) semen eee SC = |e 6G 15-20 lbs. Sept.-Oct., Feb.-Apr. Rape, Dwarf Essex, in 
Clover, White Dutch} 50 10-15 Ibs. | Sept.-Oct., Feb.-Apr. re a ET Br Dee mereccenteb CARE 
Feterita, in drills 8-10 lbs. | March-June BY aE ee ee ne ees 
Grass, Carpet... 10-15 lbs. Sept.-Oct., Feb.-Apr. aie ben Mason | 50 8-10 lbs. March-June 
Grass, Dallis_________| 25 10-15 lbs. | Sept.-Nov., Feb.-Apr. || sorghum or Cane, in drills_| 50 5-10 lbs, | Feb.-July 
Grass, Johnson._______ 30 lbs. March-May Sorghum or Cane, br’cast..|_ 50 100-150 lbs. | Feb.-July 
Grass, Mesquite or Velvet__ 50 20-25 lbs. Sept.-Oct., Feb.-Apr. Sorghum or Cane, for 
Grass, Sudan, indrills___| 50 5-10 Ibs. March-June syrup] 50 5-10 Ibs. Feb.-June 
Grass, Sudan, broadcast __ 30-40 lbs. | March-June Sunflower) 22 5-10 Ibs. | March-May 
Grass, Red Top or Herds__ bOTE Toews eet Oc rebates ee ee g0-30 Ibs + |. Aug.Nor. 
Grass; Hyo:2 By 20-30 Ibs. Sept.-Oct. Wheat_—_______________-|_:60 75-90 Ibs. | Sept.-Nov. 
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The information and estimates here are approximate figures only. They may vary in different sections and States just as soil and climate 
vary. Often one farmer, to insure a full stand, will sow his seed more generously than his neighbor. 
ROBERT NICHOLSON SEED CO. — 39 — DALLAS, TEXAS 
