FIELD SEED 
All prices quoted are subject to change without notice and 
are f.o.b. Plant City except 2 Ib. lots or less which are postpaid. 
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For information on “When to Plant Field Seed in Florida” see page 5. 
CHUFAS 
Plant 1 to 12 pecks (10 to 15 Ibs.) per acre. 
(90 days.) This is a species of ground nut, easily grown, 
a useful hog fattening crop. Plant from April to August. 
Cultivation same as for bunch peanuts. Can be left in 
the ground until time to turn in hogs who do harvesting. 
On sandy loam soil best adapted for Chufas, plant in 
2-ft. rows with plants 12 inches in the row, or in 3-ft. 
rows with plants 6 inches in the row. 
1 lb. 50c; 2 1bs. 90c; 10 Ibs. (pk) $2.25 
40 lbs. (bu.) $8.00 
CHICKEN CORN. (Shallu or Egyptian Wheat) 
Sow 8 to 10 pounds per acre for grain. 
25 to 30 pounds for cover crop. 
This crop is being grown extensively and very success- 
fully as a summer green manure or cover crop in many 
sections of Florida, especially in muck soils. Grows 
rapidly and makes a great amount of vegetable matter 
to plow under in a relatively short time. Not a legume. 
If allowed to go to seed for a grain crop like other 
sorghums, makes large, loose, bushy heads covered 
thickly with small grains, which if left standing, 
shatter, and chickens gather them. Grain is of high feed- 
ing value and can be fed to chickens, hogs and cattle 
as desired. For grain sow seed thinly in 3 to 4 foot rows, 
leaving 3 to 4 plants every 3 feet of row. Plant from 
March to August. 
1 lb. 50c; 10 Ibs. $1.55; 25 lbs. $3.40; 100 Ibs. $12.50 
CROTALARIA 
Sow 10 to 20 pounds of seed per acre. 
Crotalaria is particularly desirable as a cover crop for 
groves, truck and farm lands, does well on all soils ex- 
cept muck. Is a legume, thus adding a large amount 
of nitrogen to soil. Is especially valuable because it is 
immune to nematodes causing root knot disease. Makes 
profuse growth, furnishing abundance of green ma- 
terial for humus. 
Sow broadcast March to June, on well prepared land. 
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 rots much quicker when plowed under. 
Spectabilis does well on high ground, but is best 
adapted to the better grades of sandy soils. Leaves, 
stems and seed of this Crotalaria plant, green or dry, 
are poisonous to poultry and livestock. 
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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, 
6 to 10 pounds 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, making a palatable and nutritious 
hay. It makes an ideal summer cover crop for citrus 
groves, harboring no troublesome insects, and reseeds 
itself year after year. It has a deep tap root, making 
it very resistant to drouth. 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 seed- 
ing of a 0-10-10 or 0-14-10 fertilizer mixture is desira- 
ble. On extremely acid soils apply 1000 lbs. 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, is killed by the first hard frost and 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. 
Highly resistant to root knot, but in general it is 
reasonably free from disease and insect injury, and is 
resistant to pumpkin bugs. 
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BLANKET INDIGO 
Sow 3 to 5 pounds of seed per acre. 
This is a summer annual legume, different from Hairy 
Indigo in growth—ordinarily 18 to 24 inches. Ex- 
cellent for sowing with other permanent pasture 
grasses. Also recommended for sowing in groves. 
Plant from early spring to the end of June. Offers 
great possibilities as a pasture or hay crop in Florida— 
especially for hay in late summer—September or early 
October. Prefers soils of low fertility, especially low 
in nitrogen. A good soil builder. Will not stand ex- 
cessive moisture. It is highly palatable and will stand 
close grazing. 
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LUPINES 
50 to 60 pounds with yellow and 50 to 90 pounds with blue 
per acre broadcast, or preferably in drills with a grain drill. 
Lupines are adapted to north and central Florida as a 
winter legume cover crop. They 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 lbs. of 
Superphosphate per acre. 
Bitter Blue Lupine. This variety has rapidly grown in 
popularity 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 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. A good winter cover or green manure 
crop, but poisonous to livestock. 
1 lb. 40c; 10 lbs. 95c; 25 lbs. $1.85; 100 Ibs. $6.50 
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