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Sorghum—Texas Seeded Ribbon Cane 
SORGHUM 
Amount of seed needed per acre depends upon the purpose 
for which this crops is grown as indicated below. 
Sow 8-10 Ibs. to 1 bushel (50 Ibs.) per acre. 
The uses of Sorghum are many; 
pasturage, silage, syrup, etc. 
It is common practice to sow Sorghum and Cowpeas 
together for hay and pasturage purposes using about 
12 bushel Sorghum and 1 bushel of Cowpeas per acre, 
sown broadcast. Planted in drills alone in 3- to 3%- 
foot rows use 1 peck or 12 to 15 lbs. per acre; where 
planted for making syrup, in 4-foot rows, use 8 to 10 
lbs. per acre, thinning plants 8 to 10 inches apart; or 
where sown broadcast for forage, use 1 bushel of seed 
per acre. For grain Sorghums apply 300 to 500 lbs. of 
a complete fertilizer mixture per acre. Plant from 
March to August. 
green feed, hay, 
TEXAS SEEDED RIBBON CANE. (For syrup, ensilage, . 
forage and green feed.) The plants grow ten to twelve 
feet tall, and the thick stalks contain an abundance of 
juice and also produce plenty of leaves for fodder. Not 
only valuable for syrup-making, but will make a large 
amount of forage and green feed for livestock. The 
tallest and heaviest producing Sorghum for both forage 
and syrup. 
1 lb. 60c; 10 lbs. $2.30; 
25 lbs. $5.25; 100 lbs. $20.00 
HEGARI (Higear). Early Dwarf Type. (For grain and 
forage.) (100 days.) This crop, which is quite similar 
to Kaffir corn, has become very popular in the south- 
east because of its quick growth and heavy yield of 
grain, sometimes running over a ton to the acre. Un- 
like Kaffir, the stalks are very sweet and juicy. Grows 
2 to 5 feet depending on type of soil, with large heads 
of white grains which do not shatter. Stands dry 
weather exceptionally well. Sow ten pounds per acre 
for grain, one bushel (50 lbs.) per acre broadcast for 
forage. 
1 lb. 40c; 10 lbs. $1.10; 25 Ibs. $2.25; 100 Ibs. $8.00 
HEGARI (Higear). Regular Type. (For forage and 
cover crop.) (115 days.) This strain is slower to seed 
but makes more forage quicker than the Early Dwarf 
Type, and also is better for cover crop. Sow 30 to 40 
lbs. per acre broadcast for forage or for a cover crop. 
On the lower east coast this strain is used extensively 
as a cover crop and a common practice is to cut the 
stand just before seed heads form; the plants will then 
sprout out and make similar height as before, thus 
giving a double cover crop to turn under. 
1 lb. 40c; 10 Ibs. $1.10; 25 lbs. $2.25; 100 lbs. $8.00 
SHALLU OR EGYPTIAN WHEAT. 
Corn’”—page 43. 
See ‘Chicken 
SESBANIA 
Sow 30 to 40 pounds per acre. 
Sesbania is a most valuable summer cover crop to grow 
on land that is more or less covered with water. Un- 
like other cover crops, Sesbania will grow in water, 
and will grow ideally well in the hot weather of mid- 
summer on low, wet land. It is used extensively as a 
summer cover crop in low, wet muck lands, as well as 
in other vegetable and commercial flower-growing 
lands. It is valuable not only as a green manure cover 
crop, but also as a means of killing out Bermuda grass, 
nut grass and other weeds, because it grows so rapidly. 
In addition, being a leguminous crop, forming nodules 
on the roots, it fixes atmospheric nitrogen in the soil 
for seed inoculant. (See page 69.) 
We recommend scarified Sesbania seed for quicker 
and higher germination. Seed is broadcast at the rate 
of thirty to forty pounds per acre, even a little heavier 
if weeds are bad. Usually in late May, June and July, 
dense, tall growth is obtained in about two months, at 
which time, just before blooming, the crop may be 
plowed under and the stalks will rot or decay rapidly. 
In some sections Sesbania is grown for pole bean sticks. 
For this purpose it should be sown 12 to 15 Ibs. 
per acre. 
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SUNFLOWER 
Sow 6 pounds per acre. 
MAMMOTH RUSSIAN. The Mammoth Russian makes 
three to four times as much seed as ordinary varieties. 
It is used extensively as a windbreak for beans. Plant 
from March to September. Plant seed in drills three 
feet apart, and hills one foot apart in the drill, thinning 
oe to one stalk in the hill when four to six inches 
igh. 
1 lb. 60c; 10 lbs. $2.80; 25 lbs. $6.50; 100 lbs. $25.00 
VELVET BEANS 
Sow 2 pecks (30 Ibs.) per acre. 
Velvet Beans are good for groves and truck lands in 
building up the humus; good pasturage for cattle and 
hogs; and fine land renovators. They are specially 
valuable because they are resistant or practically im- 
mune to nematodes causing root knot disease. Plant 
from March to August. Use Nitragin. (Page 69.) 
90-DAY. (90 to 100 days.) This variety makes a very 
luxuriant growth and an abundant amount of foilage 
for pasturage and soil improvement. It matures quicker 
than other varieties. 
Write for prices on Velvet Beans, indicating quantity desired. 
A typical field of Hegari (Higear) grown for grain 
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