FIELD SEED 
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CHUFAS 
Plant 1 to 114 pecks (10 to 15 Ibs.) per acre. 
(90 days.) This is a species of ground nut, easily grown, and a 
wonderful hog fattening crop. Plant from April to August. 
Cultivation is the same as for bunch peanuts. Can be left in 
the ground until time to turn the hogs in, the hogs doing the 
harvesting. On sandy loam soil, best adapted for Chufas, plant 
either in 2-ft. rows with plants 12 inches in the row, or in 3-ft. 
rows with plants 6 inches in the row. 
1 Ib. 40c; 2 Ibs. 75c; 10 Ibs. (pk.) $2.25; 40 Ibs. (bu.) $8.00 
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 vegetable 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. ‘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. 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 per acre. 
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. As a 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 
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 pounds 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 lbs. 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 pounds with yellow and 90 pounds 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 because of their 
heavy yield make an ideal green manure crop. Plant from 
late September to December, preferably in late September or 
October, in well prepared soil, using between 250 and 300 Ibs. 
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. 
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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. 
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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 rapidly 
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. 
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