FIELD 
SEED 
All prices quoted are subject to change without notice. 
All prices quoted are f.o.b. Plant City except 1 Ib. lots which are postpaid. 
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Sorghum—Texas Seeded Ribbon Cane 
SORGHUM 
Amount of seed needed per acre depends upon the 
purpose for which planted as indicated below. 
Sow 8-10 lbs. to 1 bushel (50 Ibs.) per acre. 
The uses of Sorghum are many, such as grain, green feed, hay, 
pasturage, silage, syrup. etc. 
It is a common practice to sow Sorghum and cowpeas to- 
gether for hay and pasturage purposes using about 14 bushel 
Sorghum and 1 bushel of cowpeas per acre, sown broadcast. 
Planted in drills alone in 3 to 3% foot rows use 1 peck or 12 to 
15 lbs. per acre; where planted for making syrup in 4 foot rows, 
use 8 to 10 lbs. per acre, thinning plants 8 to 10 inches apart; 
or where sown broadcast for forage, use 1 bushel of seed per 
acre, Hegari for grain 10 lbs. per acre. Plant from March to 
August. 
Early Amber. (For forage) (65 days.) This is the earliest 
and by far the most popular of all varieties for forage. Grown 
almost exclusively for a forage crop, either alone or broadcast 
with peas using 15 to 25 lbs. per acre and 1 bushel cowpeas 
per acre broadcast. 
1 Ib. 35c; 10 Ibs. $1.65; 25 Ibs. $3.60; 100 Ibs. $13.50 
Texas Seeded Ribbon Cane. (For syrup.) This is the 
standard cane for syrup making in Florida. The stalks are 
ten to twelve feet tall, and contain an abundance of juice and 
also produce plenty of leaves for fodder. Not only valuable for 
syrup making, but will make a large amount of forage and 
green feed for livestock. Cut for making syrup just before the 
seeds ripen as the plants have more sugar at that time. Makes 
syrup of bright amber color with a delicious flavor, yielding as 
high as 150 to 175 gallons of syrup per acre. 
1 Ib. 35c; 10 Ibs. $1.95; 25 Ibs. $4.40; 100 lbs. $16.50 
Hegari (Higear). (For grain and forage.) (100 days.) This 
crop, which is quite similar to Kaffir corn, has become very 
popular in the southeast because of its quick growth and enor- 
mous yield of grain, sometimes running over a ton to the acre. 
In addition, it makes better forage and silage than Kaffir. Un- 
like Kaffir, the stalks are very sweet and juicy. Grows 2 to 5 
feet depending on type of soil, with large heads of white grains 
which do not shatter. Stands dry weather exceptionally well. 
Sow ten pounds per acre for grain, one bushel (50 lbs.) per acre 
broadcast for forage. 
1 Ib. 35c; 10 Ibs. $1.40 25 Ibs. $3.00; 100 Ibs. $11.00 
Shallu or Egyptian Wheat. See “Chicken Corn”—page 43. 
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SESBANIA 
Sow 30 to 40 pounds per acre. 
Sesbania is a most valuable summer cover crop to grow on 
land that is more or less covered with water. Unlike other 
cover crops, Sesbania will grow in water, and will grow ideally 
well in the hot weather of midsummer on low, wet land. Ses- 
bania is valuable not only as a green manure cover crop, but also 
as a means of killing out Bermuda Grass, nut grass and other 
weeds. Because of the fact that Sesbania grows so rapidly, and 
makes such a heavy dense growth quickly, it smothers out all 
weed growth. In addition to all this, it being a leguminous crop, 
forming nodules on the roots, it fixes atmospheric nitrogen. 
For best results use Nitragin. (See page 77.) 
We recommend scarified Sesbania seed for quicker and 
higher germination. It is generally recommended to plant 
seed broadcast at the rate of thirty to forty pounds per acre, 
even a little heavier if weeds are bad. It is usually planted in 
late May, June and July, and a dense tall growth is obtained 
in about two months, at which time, just before blooming, the 
crop may be plowed under with a disk plow, and the stalks 
will rot or decay rapidly. 
1 Ib. 35c; 10 Ibs. $2.15; 25 Ibs. $4.85; 100 lbs. $18.50 
SUNFLOWER 
Sow 6 pounds per acre. 
Mammoth Russian. The Mammoth Russian makes three to 
four times as much seed as ordinary varieties. It is used 
extensively as a windbreak for beans. Plant from March to 
September. Plant seed in drills three feet apart, and hills one 
foot apart in the drill, thinning out to one stalk in the hill when 
four to six inches high. 
1 Ib. 45c; 10 Ibs. $3.30; 25 Ibs. $7.75; 100 Ibs. $30.00 
VELVET BEANS 
Sow 2 pecks (30 lbs.) per acre. 
Velvet Beans are good for groves and truck lands in building 
up the humus; good pasturage for cattle and hogs; and fine 
land renovators. They are specially valuable because they are 
resistant or practically immune to nematodes causing root knot 
disease. Plant from March to August. Use Nitragin. Page 77. 
Osceola. (140 days.) A splendid producer of both seed and 
vine. This is one of the most popular varieties for Florida. 
90-Day. (90 to 100 days.) This variety makes a very lux- 
uriant growth and an abundant amount of foliage for pasturage 
and soil improvement. It matures quicker than other varieties. 
Write for prices on Velvet Beans, indicating variety and 
quantity desired. 


Velvet Beans 
A good soil improving crop and also good for forage. 
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