MAMMOTH 
RUSSIAN SUNFLOWER 
Single heads measure 15 to 20 inches in diameter and 
contain an immense amount of seed. The best egg-pro- 
ducing food known for poultry, and can be raised cheaper 
than corn. Three pounds of seed will plant an acre. 
SAND VETCH 
(Vicia Villosa) 
Sometimes called Hairy Vetch or Winter Vetch. Valu- 
able for forage and fertilizing purposes. Makes good hay, 
ensilage and pasture, and the yield of green fodder is 
immense. 
SPRING VETCHES or TARES. Similar in growth to 
Sand Vetch, but for spring planting only. 
FLAX SEED 
Largely grown in Kansas for seed. Sow one-half to three- 
quarters bushel to the acre. Can furnish choice, re- 
cleaned seed any time at market price. 
BARLEY 
TREBI BARLEY. Colorado’s heaviest yielding barley. 
Kernels large, awns are long, but break off easily in 
threshing and makes excellent feed. 
CLUB MARIOT BARLEY. Very heavy yielder, especially 
on dry land. 
COLSESS BARLEY. Beardless, non-shattering, ripens 
early, yields over 70 bushels per acre and has stiff 
straw. 
WHITE HULLESS BARLEY. Has no beards or hulls. 
Does remarkably well on dry land and in high altitudes. 
Very early. 
BEECHER BARLEY. A semi-smooth awned barley that 
is especially suited for dry land. 
WINTER BARLEY. Grown like winter wheat. Becoming 
more popular each year in Colorado. 
LICO BARLEY. Six rowed, smooth awned, early barley 
with stiff straw and a good yielder on irrigated ground. 
VELVON BARLEY. A heavy yielding six row barley. 
Stiff straw semi-smooth awn. For irrigated areas. 
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DWARF ESSEX RAPE 
Excellent pasture for cattle, sheep, hogs and chickens. 
Endures cold weather and lasts after ordinary pasture is 
gone. Sow on wheat stubble for fall pasture, either broad- 
cast or in rows. In drills it takes three to five pounds 
and broadcast five to ten pounds per acre. 
FIELD PEAS 
San Luis Valley or Colorado Stock; Do Well as High as 
9,000 Feet. 
Field peas grow on most any kind of soil but do best 
on clayey loams. It makes exceptionally good feed for 
lambs and hogs and the straw is relished by stock. A 
soil builder. Sow 40 to 50 pounds by drill or 80 to 90 
pounds broadcast. 
BALBO RYE 
An improved fall or winter rye. Produces grain and pas- 
turage in abundance. When milk cows are pastured on 
Balboa Rye their milk is not affected as far as taste is 
- SPRING RYE 
A quick growing crop which does well on poor worn out 
soil under dry conditions. Excellent crop for ridding 
ground of wild oats and other bad weeds. Makes good 
early pasture and can be used for hay. 
COLORADO No. 37 OATS 
Because of its stiff straw, it is the best Oat for irrigated 
sections. A white mid-season Oat that yields a heavy crop. 
BRUNKER OATS 
Developed by the Colorado Agricultural College at their 
Akron station. A red Oat which matures early and is 
drought resistant. A very good dry land Oat. 
FALL RYE 
Can be grown for a grain crop or planted in spring for 
summer and winter pasture—maturing grain the follow- 
~~ SIDE OATS 
Produces an abundance of oat hay as well as grain. 
Does well in mountain areas. 
BANNOCK OATS 
Is a plump, smut-resistant, white, midseason variety that 
has produced higher yields than other irrigated varieties 
in Colorado. It is a little earlier than Colorado 37 and 
straw is finer but stiff. 
