FIELD SEED 
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All prices quoted are f.o.b. Plant City except 1 lb. 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 Ibs. 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 314 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 Ibs. per acre. For grain Sorghums 
apply 300 to 500 Ibs. of a complete fertilizer mixture per acre. 
Plant from March to August. 
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 mak- 
ing, 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. $1.80; 25 Ibs. $4.00; 100 Ibs. $15.00 
Hegari (Higear). Early Dwarf Type. (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 enormous yield of grain, sometimes running over 
a ton to the acre. In addition, it makes better forage and silage 
than Kaffir. Unlike 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 ex- 
ceptionally well. Sow ten pounds per acre for grain, one 
bushel (50 Ibs.) per acre broadcast for forage. 
1 Ib. 35c; 10 bs. $1.40; 25 Ibs. $3.00; 100 Ibs. $11.00 
Shallu or Egyptian Wheat. See “Chicken Corn’—page 43. 
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. Sesbania 
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 73.) 
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. 
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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 ex- 
tensively 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. 40c; 10 Ibs. $2.80; 25 Ibs. $6.50; 100 Ibs. $25.00 
VELVET BEANS 
Sow 2 pecks (30 Ibs.) 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. 
90-Day. (90 to 100 days.) This variety makes a very luxuriant 
growth and an abundant amount of foliage for pasturage and 
soil improvement. It matures quicker than other varieties. 
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quantity desired. 

A typical field of Hegari (Hygear) grown for grain 


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