| BUCKWHEAT 
Yield is good, even on thin soils. Does well on fallow 
land. Can be seeded all of June and first half of 
July. A quick, sure emergency crop in fields where 
a bad spring ruins other earlier seedings. Some folks 
use buckwheat to choke out weeds. To tame wild 
land—idle ground—sow buckwheat. 200 Ibs. super- 
phosphate may up yield by 5 to 8 bu. 
Buckwheat often helps solve feed shortages. Makes 
good flour. The middlings have good protein content. 
“JAP” MILLET—for Quick Hay 
Most popular millet in Northern-Central areas. Has 
made tremendous yields—up to 20 tons per acre. 
Tall variety. Thrives on poor soil. Valuable emer- 
gency hay. For green feeding, cut just before seed 
heads appear. Sow % bushel per acre. 
“GOLDEN” MILLET 
Makes satisfactory leafy hay; in Pennsylvania, yields 
good crops in from 7 to 9 weeks. Sow 8 pecks per 
acre (48 lbs. per bushel). “HUNGARIAN” Millet 
is used by folks in more Northern areas. 
SORGHUM 
Valuable for cattle feed as green forage or ensilage. 
Sometimes used along with soybeans to make fine 
silage. Unthreshed heads fed whole or ground—or 
threshed, and grain fed. Analysis of grain similar 
to corn. See Price List. 
“ATLAS” SORGO 
Combines the desired qualities of a sweet forage 
sorghum with strong stalks . . . seeds may be used 
as a grain feed. Out-produces grain sorghum in 
forage, except when very dry. 
Plants are about % inch thick. Grow 7 to 10 feet 
high. Harvest when the seeds are in the hard-dough 
stage with field ensilage cutter or corn-row binder. 
Unless dry, seed shallow. Plant with corn planter, 
using the smallest plates. 
ONLY HALF INSURED? WISE THINKING 
Don't be guilty—be safe! “Many fields are seeded as 
Today’s replacement costs few as 6 to 8 times during 
are terrific. Carry ENOUGH _ the life of one farm operator. 
insurance; on buildings and The choice of an adapted 
contents. Pay a reliable esti- seeding mixture with ade- 
mator to let you KNOW re-- quate lime and fertilizer for 
placementcosts. They’Ilshock each rotation is vital to the 
you. But learn them before a__lifetime success of the farm 
fire! And get covered today! operator.’ (Cornell.) 
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