18 SPRINGFIELD SEED COMPANY, SPRINGFIELD, MO. 



Alfalfa 
SERICEA PERENNIAL LESPEDEZA. Often called ‘‘The Poor 
Land Alfalfa.’’ It comes each year from the crowns like Al- 
falfa, has an enormous root system and is a good soil builder 
when seeds are inoculated at planting time. Sow only scarified 
seeds at rate of 20 pounds per acre during April and May, pre- 
paring the seed bed as for Alfalfa and covering lightly. 
DOMESTIC RYE GRASS. 24 pounds a bushel, sow 25 to 35 
pounds per acre. A perennial, fine leaved grass, valuable as a 
green forage plant on land not easily cultivated. 
PERENNIAL RYE GRASS. Used in permanent pasture mix- 
tures. Best seeded in the fall and offers early grazing when 
other grasses are becoming established. Sow 20 to 25 pounds 
per acre alone. 
BROME GRASS or BROMUS INERMIS. 14 pounds a bushel, 
sow 20 pounds per acre. Noted for its drouth resisting qualities 
and is adapted to many soils. Big producer, makes good pas- 
ture. 
BUCKWHEAT. 52 pounds a bushel, sow 50 pounds per acre. 
There are two distinct varieties, Japanese and Silverhull. The 
Japanese variety is regarded earlier. They can be sown as 
pocene crop following Barley, Rye, Wheat and Oats. Good 
or bees. 
WINTER BARLEY. Mo. Early Beardless. 48 pounds a bushel, 
sow 95 to 100 pounds per acre. It makes a quick growing crop 
of most excellent and nutritious feed either to use green or 
cure for hay. About ten days earlier than other Winter Barley. 
WINTER BEARDED BARLEY. 48 pounds a bushel, sow 95 to 
100 pounds per acre. A very hardy variety and is used for 
heavy pasturing during the winter months, from which large 
yield of grain may be harvested. The best winter pasture 
variety. 
RENO BARLEY. A bearded barley equal or superior to other 
varieties in ability to withstand winter killing. Has a medium 
stiff straw and stands for the combine without excessive shat- 
tering. 
RAPE. Dwarf Essex, 56 pounds a bushel, sow 8 pounds per 
acre. Provides pasture for all kinds of stock. Makes a large 
yield of green forage per acre and is very fattening. A good 
green manure crop. 
SUNFLOWER. Mammoth Russian, sow 6 pounds per acre. 
Produces heads of an immense size, 15 to 20 inches in diameter, 
fine for poultry. 

FARM and FIELD SEEDS—(Cont'd) 
RYE. Winter and Spring, 56 pounds a bushel, sow 1 to 1% 
bushels per acre. Has long been recognized as one of our best 
grains for winter pasture. 
BALBOA RYE. Introduced in the last few years, grows much 
faster than any other rye. Stools much heavier, which means 
doubling the amount of grazing per acre. Also a much heavier 
grain producer, starts earlier and keeps green longer. Sow 1 to 
1% bushels per acre. 
VETCH. Sand or Hairy and Spring. 
50 pounds per acre. 
valuable winter cover crop. 
60 pounds a bushel, sow 
Splendid variety of forage plant, hardy, 
Land builder. 
FETERITA. 50 pounds a bushel, sow 50 pounds per acre. The 
grain. is white, large and softer than Kaffir. Matures early. 
MUNG BEANS. 8 pounds of seed plant an acre. Seeds are 
small, mature about 15 days earlier than Soy Beans or Cow 
Peas and produce larger cuttings of hay. 
OATS. 32 pounds a bushel, sow 1 to 2% bushels per acre. 
Leading varieties for the Ozarks: Texas Red Rustproof, Lincoln 
White, Kanota, Winter Turf, Columbia, Fulghum. 
OATS, WINTER TURF. When sown early will furnish winter 
grazing crop as well as a good crop of grain in the spring. 
WHEAT. 60 pounds a bushel, sow &0 pounds per acre. 
recleaned winter soft. Dunbar recleaned winter soft. 
Clarkan 
FODDER CANE SEED. 50 pounds a bushel, sow 75 to 100 
pounds per acre. For fodder. Leading varieties used: Early 
Orange, Standard Orange, Harly Black Amber, Grohoma, Red 
Top, Texas Seeded Ribbon, Japanese Honey Drip, Darso. 
MILLET. 50 pounds a bushel, sow 25 pounds per acre. The 
German type is most widely grown. WHITE WONDER is also 
very popular, produces even larger heads than the German 
type. HOG MILLET or Monitoba not so much for hay but 
yields enormous quantities of seed. JAP MILLET or Billion 
Dollar Grass, a wonderful hay producer, adapted to all sections 
and especially fine for low ground. 
MILO MAIZE. 50 pounds a bushel, sow 40 pounds to the acre. 
A bigger grower, noted for its drouth resisting qualities. 
WHITE KAFFIR CORN. 50 pounds a bushel, sow 45 pounds 
per acre. Standard of all kaffirs. 
HEGARI. 50 pounds a bushel, drill 50 pounds per acre. Re- 
sembles White Kaffir but the heads are larger, stalks contain 
more sugar. 
COW PEAS. 60 pounds a bushel, plant broadcast 60 pounds to 
an acre. Drilled 50 pounds per acre. There is no cheaper way 
to improve poor land than by growing Cow Peas. They add 
nitrogen and improve the mechanical condition of the soil. 
Leading varieties are: Whippoorwill, Black Eye, Mixed, New 
Era, The Clay, Canada Field, Red Ripper, Sugar Pea, Blue 
Goose, Brown Eyed, Lady Pea. 
JOHNSON GRASS. 25 pounds a bushel. 
aR . Sow 25 pounds to the 
acre. (Prohibited in some states.) 
SOY BEANS. 60 pounds a bushel, plant one bushel per acre. 
They make poor land good, they make good land better. Soy 
Bean hay contains a high per cent of protein, is superior to 
Cow Peas in feeding value and as a milk and butter producer 
is equal to Alfalfa and superior to Cotton Seed meal. The 
beans and bean meal contain about 35% of digestible protein 
and stock eat them with relish and thrive on them. Virginia, 
Early Yellow, Wilson (Harly Black), Illini, Laredo, Manchu. 
BIRDSFOOT TREEFOIL. A deep-rooted, long-lived perennial 
legume with erect growing type plants which attain a height 
of 12 to 30 inches. Adapted to most soils, it will often grow 
in soils too acid for most other legumes. Alone seed 4 to 5 
pounds per acre or 1 to 3 pounds in mixtures. 
FESCUE, ALTA. A tufted, deep-rooted long-living perennial 
grass. It produces many leaves which are shiny, dark green 
and broader, coarser leaves than Meadow Fescue and is grazed 
freely. For best results use with legumes such as Alfalfa, 
White Dutch Clover, Ladino or Alsike Clover or Birdsfoot Tre- 
foil. Sow 14 to 18 pounds per acre. 
REED CANARY GRASS. A coarse, perennial, bunching grass, 
growing 2 to 3 feet in diameter and 2 to 6 feet tall. It succeeds 
best on moist or wet land although it is little affected by 
drought or cold. Very palatable as a hay as well as pasture. 
Growth starts early in the spring. If sown alone seed 8 to 10 
pounds per acre or 2 to 4 pounds in a mixture. 
