
The Frank §. Platt Companys 
Grain, Grasses and Farm Seed 
Choice Stocks Selected for High Germination and Purity Test 


Harvesting Leap’s Prolific Wheat 
Farm Seeds 
Current prices on application 
Sudan Grass. [Sweet Sudan]. This is the new Sweet Sudan, a great improvement over the com- 
mon, being more palatable and more productive. A forage crop of great value. Belongs to the sorghum 
family, is strictly an annual. 3 to 5 feet tall. Sow in drills or broadcast. 20 lbs. to the acre for 
hay or cutting green. When cut, grows again until frost. . 
Evergreen Broom Corn. Best for general cultivation; brush fine and long. 
Sorghum or Early Amber Sugar Cane. Grows 10 to 12 feet high. Matures early and best adapted 
to the northern states, for syrup making. Used also for ensilage. ; 
Kaffir Corn. Both grain and fodder are excellent, the whole stalk tender to the full maturity of seed. 
The grain is used for feeding poultry. 
Flax Seed. Whole druggists’ flax, not for seed. 
Sunflower. Mammoth Russian. Grown for their seed, also for silo, and as a cover crop. They grow 
rapidly, choke out weeds and when plowed under add a heavy tonnage of green manure. Sow 4 Ibs. per 
acre in drills 3 to 3% feet apart. Special grades for feeding Parrots, Poultry and Wild Birds. 
Vetch, Spring, or Common. (Vicia Sativa). Of the Pea family, round black seeds. Usually sown 
with oats or barley for fodder. Culture same as field peas; sow 50 to 60 pounds per acre in March or - 
April. 
Vetch, Winter or Hairy. (Vicia Villosa). Sow 30-40 lbs. per acre in early fall or spring, usually with 
1-1% bushels rye for support; grows three to four feet and is ready to cut as soon as bloom appears 
Peas, Canada Field. (See page 28). Per quart, 30c.; bushel (60 Ibs.,), $6.80. 
Soya Bean, Kingwa. Maturity 141 days. A black seeded variety found to be one of the ‘most desirable 
sorts for our northern states to use either as a forage crop, plowing in, hay or silo. Takes place of Black 
Wilson, is a few days earlier. Beans are non-shattering, vines hold their leaves. 
The pods devel f- 
ficiently if sown in May or June to add greatly to the food value. e es 
