The Frank §. Platt Companys 
Grains, Grasses. and Farm Seed 
Choice Stocks Selected for High Germination and Purity Test 
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Harvesting Leap’s Prolific Wheat 
Farm Seeds 
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Sudan Grass. [Sweet Sudan]. The new Sweet Sudan is more palatable to livestock and more pro- 
ductive. A forage crop of great value. Belongs to the sorghum family, is strictly an annual. Grows five feet 
or more tall. Sow May to July in drills or broadcast, 20 lbs. to the acre for hay or pasture. When cut, grows 
again until frost. 
Evergreen Broom Corn. Best for general cultivation; brush fine and long. Sow 5 pounds per acre. 
Sorghum or Early Amber Sugar Cane. Grows 10 to 12 feet high. Matures early and best adapted 
to the northern states, for syrup making. Used also for ensilage. 
Kaffir Corn. Both grain and fodder are excellent, the whole stalk tender to the full maturity of seed. 
The grain is used for feeding poultry. « 
Flax Seed. Whole druggists’ flax, not for seed. 
Sunflower. Mammoth Russian. Grown for their seed, also for silo, and as a cover crop. They grow 
rapidly, choke out weeds and when plowed under add a heavy tonnage of green manure. Sow 4 Ibs. per acre 
in drills 3 to 3% feet apart. Special grades for feeding Parrots, Poultry and Wild Birds. 
Vetch, Spring, or Common. (Vicia Sativa). Of the Pea family, round black seeds. Usually sown 
with oats or barley for fodder. Culture same as field peas; sow 50 to 60 pounds per acre in March or April. 
Vetch, Winter or Hairy. (Vicia Villosa). Sow 30-40 lbs. per acre in early fall or spring, usually with 
1-14 bushels rye for support; grows three to four feet and is ready to cut as soon as bloom appears. 
Peas, Canada Field. (See page 28). Usually sown with Oats; they make excellent early fodder or hay. 
Sow in March or April; 1% bu. Peas and 2 bu. Oats. Cut when Oats are in milk stage. 
Soya Bean, Kingwa. Maturity 141 days. An early black seeded variety found to be one of the most 
desirable sorts for our northern states to use either as a forage crop, plowing in, hay or silo. Takes place of 
Black Wilson, is a few days earlier. Beans are non-shattering, vines hold their leaves. 
i : . The pods develop 
sufficiently if sown in May or June to add greatly to the food value. Sown broadcast 1% 
-2 bu. per acre. 
