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BROOM CORN AND PEANUTS ... ARE CASH CROPS 
PEANUTS—IMPROVED VIRGINIA JUMBO 
Broom Corn 
PEANUTS 
INOCULATE PEANUTS WITH NITRAGIN “E” 
For medium light, loamy or sandy soil. Peanuts are one of the most 
profitable crops. They yield very largely—yields of fifty bushels per 
acre being reported on land too poor to plant in corn. In addition to the 
yield of nuts, they yield quite largely of nutritious forage and produce 
ordinarily about a ton of excellent forage per acre in addition to the 
crop of nuts. 
TENNESSEE LONG RED. A fine variety, especially adapted to black, 
waxy land, as well as sandy soil. The nuts contain three large kernels 
each, and are economically productive. Lb., 50c; 2 lbs., 90c, postpaid. 
Ask for prices in larger quantities. 
IMPROVED VIRGINIA JUMBO. A very proiitable sort, planted almost 
exclusively by the Peanut-growing section of Virginia. It is the standard 
variety for roasting. Lb., 55c; 2 lbs., $1.00, postpaid. Ask for prices in 
larger quantities. 
RECLEANED SPANISH. Spanish peanuts grow in more compact form 
than the Virginia Peanuts, making it possible to grow them closer, 
which makes the cultivation easier. While the nuts are smaller, they are 
much sweeter and of finer flavor than the larger sorts and contain a 
higher per cent of oil than do the other varieties. The best crop in the 
Sou'h for fattening hogs. Lb., 40c; 2 lbs., 70c, postpaid. Ask for prices in 
larger quantities. 
Place your order 
early; greater 
access to more 
complete stocks. 
We anticipate a heavy planting of Broom 
Corn in 1951 due to exceptionally high price of 
broom straw last year. 
SCARBROUGH DWARF No. 7 (Improved). This 
type has much less seed on it, and is on the 
upper one-third of the brush, allowing much 
cleaner threshing and bales weigh fully one- 
third more, and make the finest smooth parlor 
brooms, and also contain enough heavier, 
coarse brush for house brooms. We suggest 
planting four to six seeds in a hill with hills 30 
to 36 inches apart, rows 40 inches apart. This 
plan allows better air circulation through the 
field and being in hills furnishes much shade 
protection to the pulled heads as piled in large 
handfuls, heads up, on the north side of the 
standing hill. The best way to cure is to thresh 
same day as pulled and put in drying frames 
for a week, then bale carefully. Lb., 55c¢; 2 lbs., 
$1.00, postpaid. Ask for prices in larger quan- 
tities. 
STANDARD EVERGREEN. It is very early and 
when properly planted and cultivated has 
beautiful green brush and commands the high- 
est price. Harvested by cutting. Lb., 55e; 2 lbs., 
$1.00, postpaid. Ask for prices in larger quanti- 
ties. 
BLACK SPANISH. This variety matures about 
10 days earlier than Evergreen, and has dark 
brown or black chaff on the seeds. It has a 
tendency te produce a finer, straighter brush 
than the Evergreen variety, and is said to be 
somewhat less subject to reddening, conse- 
quently bringing a higher price. It is not as 
heavy a yielder as some other varieties, but 
account of its earliness it stands a better 
chance to escape drouth period. Lb., 55c; 2 lbs., 
$1.00, postpaid. Ask for prices in larger quanti- 
ties. 
BROOM CORN 
PLANT SMALL GRASS SEEDS WITH CARE 
Soil Preparation 
Breaking the land is not necessary, except where it has become 
badly baked or where the grass sod is so dense that the seed can ~ 
not well come in contact with the soil. In most cases, merely stir 
or scar the land with a disc harrow or scratcher, setting your 
machine for very shallow work. 
A firm seed bed that has been prepared a couple of months in 
advance and is thcroughly compact is highly important for such 
grasses as Dallis and Carpet. A short dry spell will kill the young 
seedlings in loose ground, such as is prepared for corn and cotton. 
In the wooded sections the underbrush and most of the trees 
should be removed, leaving only scme of the best trees for shade 
and timber. The stumps should also be removed as soon as possible, 
so that the pasture can be mowed to control weeds. 
Should you intend planting the seed on soil that is not going to 
be harrowed, it will be well to have it free from weeds. 
One of the most important things to remember in soil prepara- 
tion: If the ground be plowed, it should be done several months 
before sowing the seed, so that the soil may become well settled, 
as a firm seed bed is absolutely necessary. 
More failures with grasses and clovers have been due to soil 
preparation than any other one cause. Farmers often get the idea 
that they must have a good “loose” seed bed for grasses and 
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clovers, just as they would for farm crops. This is not true You 
must have a firm seed bed, or the small seedlings will die soon 
after sprouting. Lands that have had crops on them this season are 
well enough prepared. 
Planting Suggestions 
The seeds of grasses and clovers are so extremely small as to 
be able to come up through only a thin layer of soil. The covering 
of the seeds can scarcely be too shallow. Suitable implements for 
covering such seeds are a weeder, a brush drag, or a spike-tooth 
harrow set up for very shallow work. Under some conditions, mere 
rolling gives sufficient covering, and we may know of a good many 
successful plantings where the seecls were not covered at all, when 
planted just before a rain. One successful planter has told us that 
he simply sows the seed on top ot the soil and forgets them, claim- 
ing a more satisfactory stand when handled in this manner. 
It is also reported by a great many successful planters that mix- 
ing the seed with barnyard manure, and placing a small shovelful 
of the mixed manure and seed about five feet apart over the field 
results in a better stand than is the case where the seed is sown 
without the manure. 
Should you sow the seed and attempt to cover them, remember 
that the small seeds will not come up should they be covered too 
deep. 
DALLAS, TEXAS 
