FIELD SEED 
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CHICKEN CORN. (Shallu or Egyptian Wheat) 
Sow 8 to 10 pounds per acre for grain. 
Sow 25 to 30 pounds per acre for cover crop. 
This crop is being grown extensively and very successfully as a 
summer green manure or cover crop in many sections of 
Florida, especially in muck soils. It grows rapidly and makes 
an immense amount of vegetative matter to plow under in a 
relatively short time. It should be borne in mind that it is not 
a legume. If allowed to go to seed for a grain crop like other 
sorghums, it makes large, loose, bushy heads, covered thickly 
with small grains, which if left standing, shatter off, and the 
chickens gather them. If grown on a large scale for grain, 
heads can be cut in the dough stage, cured and threshed like 
other grains. The grain is of high feeding value and can be fed 
to chickens, hogs and cattle as desired. For grain sow the seed 
thinly in three to four foot rows, leaving 3 to 4 plants every 3 
feet of row. Chicken Corn, with ease of growth, resistance to 
most foliage diseases, a sure cropper and heavy yielder, will go 
a long way in solving the poultry feed problem. Plant from 
March to August. 
1 Ib. 35c; 10 Ibs. $1.70; 25 Ibs. $3.75; 100 Ibs. $14.00 
CROTALARIA 
Sow 10 to 20 pounds per acre. 
Crotalaria is particularly desirable as a cover-crop for groves, 
truck and farm-lands, and does well on all kinds of soil except 
muck. It is a legume, thus adding a large amount of nitrogen 
to the soil. It is especially valuable because it is immune to 
nematodes causing root knot disease. It makes a very profuse 
growth, furnishing an abundance of green material for humus. 
Crotalaria should be sown broadcast from March to June, 
on well-prepared land, at the rate of 10 to 20 pounds of Spec- 
tabilis seed per acre, depending on how thick the coverage is 
desired, and harrowed lightly. 
It is desirable to inoculate Crotalaria seed with Nitragin 
before planting. By so doing you will not only have the assur- 
ance of a surer stand, but a better crop, and the succeeding 
crop will have the benefit of a large amount of Nitragin stored 
in the Crotalaria roots. (See page 69.) 
Crotalaria—Early Spectabilis. This vigorous growing, long- 
leaved variety is not so fibrous as others, the growth is much 
heavier, and the stems are hollow. Asa result, it can be plowed 
under easier and it rots much quicker. The seed matures early 
and uniformly, making it a sure and heavy seeder. Spectabilis 
does well on high ground, but is best adapted to the better 
grades of sandy soils. Leaves, stems and seed of this Crota- 
laria plant, green or dry, are poisonous to poultry and livestock. 
1 Ib. 35c; 10 Ibs. $2.30; 25 Ibs. $5.25; 100 Ibs. $20.00 
Crotalaria—Early Spectabilis : 
Valuable for adding organic matter and nitrogen to the soil 
The Standard of Quality in Florida for 40 Years 
HEGARI (Higear)—See Sorghum, page 46 
EARLY HAIRY INDIGO (Indigofera Hirsuta) 
Sow three to five pounds per acre in 30 inch drills, or sow 
6 to 10 Ibs. per acre broadcast 
A three purpose legume, used as a summer cover crop, for hay 
and for grazing. Used extensively as a cover crop by citrus 
growers in South Florida, as a grazing crop or for hay by 
cattlemen and as a cover crop by general farmers. Its feeding 
value compares fairly well with alfalfa. It makes a palatable 
and nutritious hay. It will grow on and improve poor soil. 
It makes an ideal summer cover crop for citrus groves, har- 
boring no troublesome insects, and it reseeds itself year after 
year. It has a deep tap root, making it very resistant to drought. 
The plants grow four to seven feet in height, and produce an 
abundance of hay and grazing. If grazed or harvested for hay 
before the stems become woody a second or third growth may 
be expected. 
Seed may be planted not over an inch deep, from the middle 
of March to the latter part of May, but early seedings are 
preferable. Heavier seedings are desired for green manure or 
forage, lighter seeding for seed. On poor soil 300 to 500 Ibs. per 
acre before seeding of a 0-10-10 or 0-14-10 fertilizer mixture is 
desirable. On extremely acid soils apply 1000 Ibs of lime per 
acre. It will grow on a wide range of soils, but well drained 
sandy loam soils are best. It is sensitive to cold, and is killed 
by the first hard frost. It is best suited to the section of 
Florida from Gainesville south, although the early strain can 
be grown successfully in North Florida and as far north as 
Central Georgia. It is highly resistant to root knot, and in 
general it is reasonably free from disease and insect injury, 
and is resistant to pumpkin bugs. 
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LUPINES 
60 Ibs. with yellow and 90 Ibs. with blue per acre broadcast, or 
preferably in drills with a grain drill. 
Lupines are adapted to north and central Florida where they 
are rapidly growing in popularity as a winter legume cover 
crop. Lupines are not affected by cold and on account of their 
heavy yield make an ideal green manure crop. Plant from 
late September to December, preferably in late September or 
October, in well prepard soil, using between 250 and 300 lbs. 
of Superphosphate per acre. 
Bitter Blue Lupine. This variety has rapidly grown in popu- 
larity as a soil builder. Normal growth is about waist high and 
normal weight of green matter 20-30 tons per acre. It produces 
about three times as much growth as its foremost competitors 
such as Winter Peas, Hairy Vetch, etc. It protects the soil from 
erosion and restores humus and plant food removed by peanuts 
and other crops. Peanut and corn yields following Bitter Blue 
Lupine have been greatly increased. An ideal winter cover or 
green manure crop, but poisonous to livestock. 
1 Ib. 25c; 10 Ibs. $1.00; 25 Ibs. $2.00; 100 Ibs. $7.00 
Sweet Blue Lupine. This variety is the pasture and feed 
counterpart of Bitter Blue Lupine. Both the plant and leaf are 
definitely sweet to the taste and are relished by and palatable 
to all kinds of livestock. Makes about the same growth and 
tonnage as Bitter Blue Lupine. Stock can be turned in on 
Sweet Blue Lupine as soon as it is about a foot high. The 
plants have a high protein value averaging approximately 
18% of the dry matter. 
1 Ib. 35c; 10 Ibs. $1.35; 25 Ibs. $2.90; 100 Ibs. $10.50 
Sweet Yellow Lupine. The sweet yellow lupine seems to be 
more palatable and therefore is more readily grazed by cattle 
than the sweet blue strains, and will recover more rapid] 
than the blue after grazing. The total yield of the yellow 
lupine compares favorably with the sweet blue lupine. The 
sweet strains of yellow lupine tend to be more tender and 
less resistant to excessive cold than the blue, and thus the 
yellow lupine is more particularly adapted to the southern 
portion of the Lupine Belt than to the more northern areas. 
1 Ib. 35c; 10 Ibs. $2.30; 25 Ibs. $5.25; 100 lbs. $20.00 
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