Plant MILLET and SORGHUM for 
FOXTAIL 
MILLET 
FOX TAIL MILLET 
Fox Tail Millet was formerly called Golden. 
Big head, large yielding type. One of the 
easiest grown summer catch crops when feed 
is short. It smothers out weeds, leaving 
ground in fine condition for fall crops. It is 
a very rapid grower, can be planted up to 
August, making a bumper nutritious hay crop 
in 60 days. Cut when plant is in early bloom. 
Millet hay is a fine cattle feed. Under cer- 
tain conditions it is considered injurious to 
horses and mules, affecting their kidneys. 
This should be overcome by sowing 25 pounds 
of millet with a bushel of peas per acre. 
Postpaid, 1 Ib. 45c; 5 lbs. $1.25. 
BARNYARD MILLET 
The Department of Agriculture says it wil 
thrive in practically any part of the country. 
In Memphis territory it grows 4 to 6 feet high, 
yielding an enormous crop that is relished by 
stock, equal in quality to corn fodder. 
Hunting clubs find it is about their best 
bet to attract wild ducks, affording an abun- 
dance of feed when sown along the edges of 
lakes and allowed to mature seed. Sow in 
May, June or July, 20 pounds per acre broad- 
cast, or sow in 15-inch drills and cultivate un- 
til plants are 18 inches high. 
Postpaid, 1 lb. 45c; 5 lbs. $1.25. 
PEARL OR CAT TAIL MILLET 
This is the ideal crop for summer and early 
fall grazing to supplement permanent pastures 
which so often play out during the period. It 
is very quick growing, furnishing pasture 
thirty days after sowing. It grows so rapidly 
that it is important to put enough cows on it 
to keep it grazed down or it will get too tall 
and coarse to be relished. If growth gets 
away from you, run the mower over it at 
about four inch level. Pearl Millet in tests at 
various Mississippi Stations yielded from 
nearly double to over double the tonnage of 
Sweet Sudan in same tests. Sow from middle 
of May to middle of July, 25 pounds per acre 
broadcast on well prepared seed bed, 8 to 10 
pounds in rows. Use cultipacker to protect 
moisture. Fertilize with 600 pounds of 6-8-8 
when seeding, add nitrogen after first cutting 
if needed. Crop will produce up to frost. 
Postpaid, 1 lb. 50c; 5 Ibs. $1.50. 
STARR MILLET 
Developed from Pearl, itis even an improve- 
ment for quick growth and heavy yield. It 
does not grow as tall as Pearl and stays suc- 
culent longer. However, Starr has a tendency 
to revert to the Pearl type, and you should 
sow Certified Seed where obtainable because 
of this. 
Postpaid, 1 Ib. 60c; 5 Ibs. $2.00. 
RUSSELL-HECKLE « 
© Drought Resistant e High Feeding Value 
All varieties of sorghum are drought resistant, and are considered 
among the surest of dry-land crops. 
Grain sorghums are used for feeding various classes of stock, including 
horses, cattle, sheep, swine and poultry. 
There is perhaps no important staple crop which varies so widely as sorghum. In Africa, 
the continent generally considered its native home, there are hundreds of distinctive varieties, 
and in India and China almost as many more. After its introduction into the United States the 
continued cross-pollination of sorghums in the field has resulted in many additional varieties. 
The sorghum crop has four uses—forage, grain, syrup, and industrial (such as the manu- 
facture of brooms, wallboard, etc). Those best suited for grain production are of little value for 
syrup and, notwithstanding that all syrup varieties and most of the grain sorghums may be 
used as forage, there are wide differences in the quantity as well as in the quality of the 
forage obtained. It is quite important, therefore, to choose carefully the variety for planting. 
Confusion in the names of sorghum varieties is common. The same variety is grown and the 
seed marketed under many different names, and the same name is often applied to several 
varieties, 
All varieties of sorghum are drought-resistant, and are considered among the surest of dry- 
land crops. This point alone should encourage every farmer to plant at least a limited acreage. 
Grain sorghums are used for feeding various classes of stock, including horses, cattle, sheep, 
swine and poultry. Plant a feed crop this year and include the varieties of grain sorghums 
best adapted to your immediate section. 
MILO MAIZE 
COMBINE MILO MAIZE. In the West where 
Milo Maize has been grown for years one 
of the Experiment Stations developed a low 
growing variety that can be combined, fill- 
ing a long felt need. This grows only 2 to 
3 feet tall, very little stalk to bother with, 
is a tremendous yielder of grain, which has 
feeding value about 90% of corn, very fat- 
tening, much easier to raise than corn. Some 
of our planter friends planted several hun- 
dred acres of it in the spring of 1953 and 
they are crazy about it. Plant when ground 
is warm, 3 foot rows, 5 to 6 pounds per acre, 
cultivate like corn. Sow June 10th to 25th so 
nights will be longer than days when grain 
is maturing on stalk. Cover 1% inches, after 
plant is knee high, cultivate a few times 
and as shallow as possible. Martin and 
Plainsman are two of the most popular 
strains. 
Postpaid, 1 lb. 45e; 5 Ibs. $1.25. 
SWEET SUDAN 
Developed through several years coopera- 
tive breeding by Texas Experiment Siation 
and U. 8S. Bureau of Plant Indusiry. In all 
their tests, planted side by side, Sweet Sudan 
was eaten first by cattle, grazed ito the 
ground, while Common Sudan was second al- 
ways, and grazed only to about a foot high. 
Giows anywhere Common Sudan _ grows. 
Plant just as you would Common Sudan, more 
disease resistant than Common Sudan, Sweet 
Sudan is sweet, juicy, and more palatable to 
livestock. All Sudan is tender and juicy when 
young, but the new variety continues its 
sweetness up to the fruiting stage when 
Common is drier and less palatable — this 
Means a longer grazing period; more and 
broader, heavier and taller stalks, stools much 
heavier than Common Sudan. 
Postpaid, 1 ib. 55c; 5 Ibs. $1.50. 
DEMAND 
That your seed dealer furnish you an 
authentic germination and purity test on 
all field seeds. If he can’t do it, don’t 
buy them. 
PEARL OR CAT TAIL 
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