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RELIABLE FARM SEEDS FOR 1939-40 Darlington Alabama
R. E. LAMBERT, Jr. J. E. LAMBERT
R. E. LAMBERT, Sr.
Founder s The Members of Our Giam W SAY &
R. E. LAMBERT, Sr. began this registered Hereford cattle, farming and LtGw, seed enterprise in 1900. He has been a pioneer and leader in the fa WAS South for improved pastures and livestock. Admitted two sons to part- res VN aN nership in 1924. Selected as one of Alabama's first 10 Master Farmers. S KS SS NS Trustee of Farm Foundation. SSS
R. E. LAMBERT, Jr. grew up with the business. Grad- uate in Agriculture of Alabama Polytechnic Insti- tute. Now in charge of Seed Department, and has
an intimate knowledge of Farm Seed adapted to the South.
J. E. LAMBERT also grew up with the business, and is Graduate in Agriculture of Alabama Polytechnic Institute. Now manages our farming operations, in- oun seed and hay production, on our 2,300-acre arm.
Visitors Always Welcome
You are invited to visit us any week day that suits your convenience, and to bring your friends along. We can give you information better and quicker in this way than in any
other. How to Reach Us
Darlington is only a post office, and is located on our 2,300-acre farm which lies be- tween and near the intersection of Highways No. 10 and No. 11. No. 11 passes through the edge of the plantation. Darlington is 10 miles east of Camden, 37 miles west of Green- ville, and 38 south of Selma. Visitors not acquainted in this section should inquire for “Lambert’s Farm.” Signs are on all nearby roads.
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@ Here a well-trained staff handles your inquiries and orders. Two seed warehouses are in the rs) rear, and one of them houses the cleaning and scarifying machinery.
Young registered Polled Hereford bulls on a pasture in which Dallis Grass and White Dutch e@ Clover predominate. This permanent pasture regularly carries two cattle per acre nine months e of the year, and more in the main seasons. Such pastures are rare, but a little money, effort, and time can make them common over the South.
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N sending you our 1939-1940 Farm Seed Catalog, we do so with the sincere hope that it will give a worthwhile “Message On Pastures and Cover Crops.” The information presented is backed by many years of actual experience in seed growing, livestock
breeding, and general farming on our 2,300-acre plantation. Since we operate directly from our farm and keep in intimate contact with the plants and crops of which we sell seed, we have had the opportunity to learn much through actual experience and obser- vation. Therefore, we feel that we can speak with a degree of reliability, and in the “language of farmers.” Thus, we have provided information in this catalog which, we believe, is not easily obtainable elsewhere.
Each year finds customers in increasing numbers all over the South and in other states turning to us for Field Seeds. Apparently, they appreciate our carrying large, complete stocks of “Reliable Seed,” as well as the service we render. We have modern cleaning and scarifying equipment. Nothing leaves our warehouses uncleaned, not even cowpeas. All seed are properly tested and tagged. We use attractive bags, and take time to sew them well. Our steadily growing business bespeaks our customers’ approval of these things.
Two factors are very important in every business transaction—Quality and Price. We do not profess to be the cheapest source, but we do endeavor to Sell quality seed at rea- sonable prices. When our price is higher, we are confident that a comparison of the quality will justify what we ask. The highest quality and the lowest price do not go hand-in- hand. Therefore, BUY THE BEST, because what is spent for seed is a minor part of the cost of a crop, yet the quality of the seed may mean profit or loss from the crop.
Not only do we advocate the best seed, but we recommend that our customers terrace their lands, make a liberal use of soil building crops, become more livestock-minded, phosphate and lime their pastures and hay lands, and carry out other approved practices in order that our Southland may rightly become the greatest agricultural region on earth.
Yours for service, R. E. LAMBERT & SONS
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BERMUDA GRASS
This is a hardy perennial grass which grows from frost to frost and is dormant in winter. It succeeds on nearly all soils ex- cept constantly wet ones of the South, even if poor and sandy. Its chief use is for pas- tures, but Bermuda is also an excellent grass for summer lawns and golf courses.
It grows well in combination with Dallis and other pasture plants. It is recommended as the foundation grass for upland sandy soils, but in such cases Lespedeza and one of the Bur clovers, White Dutch or Hop clov- ers, Should be sown with it. The clover will give grazing, but, equally important, it will build up the land, and a greater growth of Bermuda will be had. Every 2-4 years it is advisable to apply “‘Lonfosco”’ colloidal phosphate, basic slag or phosphate to the clovers. This plan deserves serious consid- eration, and a trial.
Bermuda’s strong root system helps pre- vent washing. Bermuda is usually sown in the spring, and plenty of moisture helps much in securing stands. For pastures, broadcast 8-12 pounds of good unhulled seed per acre. On lawns sow about 1 pound per 250 square feet, and cover very lightly. At least a third less seed can be used if they are hulled. Moreover, hulled seed usually ger- minate in 10 days, while the unhulled ordi- narily require about 20. Where the merits are known, many now want hulled Bermuda.
They need a
CARPET GRASS
One of the most popular pasture grasses in the lower South and Carolinas. It is not a good hay plant. Itis permanent, and gives grazing about nine months of the year. Car- pet withstands close grazing, and does not tramp out easily. It spreads rapidly. When well sodded, it crowds out weeds, but also some worthwhile plants.
Carpet grass does not fatten stock as well as Dallis and a few others, but it deserves an important place because it thrives on some types of land where other grasses do poorly. Most soils will grow carpet, though low, moist and cold sandy types suit it best. Seed are sown mainly in early spring, but may be sown successfully any month except in mid-summer.
Carpet is not hard to start, but first qual- ity seed should be used. A lot of carpet seed are low grade. Our seeds are usually as good as are grown, and are tested and tagged. Purchasers will do well to require the same of others or else refuse the seed.
Because this grass forms such a “carpet,” it is being used on many aviation fields, lawns, and golf courses. Sow 10-14 pounds per acre on pastures, and 1 pound per 225 square feet on lawns, etc.
Establish a pasture—do not just fence a piece of land! This catalog is intended to tell you how.
2 R. E. LAMBERT & SONS, DARLINGTON, ALABAMA
DALLIS GRASS
(Paspalum dilatatum)
This plant may be rightfully acclaimed “the king of Southern pasture grasses,” be- cause it oomes nearer growing the year around than any other grass whether in mild winter or dry summer, stock prefer it, it fat- tens better, it stops washed places more quickly, and when well sodded it will give more high class grazing than any other grass we know. Unlike its close relative, carpet grass, Dallis allows its great compan- ions—Black Medic, Bur, Hop, Persian, and White Dutch clovers, Lespedeza and Ber- muda—to grow freely with it, and when well sodded and closely grazed, it largely chokes out objectionable weeds. Close grazing is really recommended—even the first year, notwithstanding that only limited pasturage may be afforded the first 6 to 12 months.
Dallis is a permanent grass, and when once started, the job of planting is over. Its roots give succeeding crops whether seed are allowed to mature or not. It is not a pest. Cultivation readily kills it. After getting well established, Dallis is a rapid grower except in cold weather. With a few mild days in winter, its roots immediately send up new blades. This grass makes its fastest growth on moist soils, but gives satisfactory results on dry hillland also. Heavy soils are much better for it than the lighter types, but it grows on all and is being established over practically the whole South. Besides being a superior pasture grass, Dallis is a fairly good hay plant.
We are the pioneer growers of these seed in the South, but we also import some seed. The growth of the two is identical, but the imported seed are harvested under more ideal weather conditions which often im- proves the quality. Imported Dallis seed cost more than the domestic, but usually fewer pounds may be used. Our experience is that seed from Australia are superior to those from Africa and elsewhere. Even then, some Australian seed are no better than the seed we grow, and yet they cost more. We sell only the best Australian Dal-
lis. The home-grown seed we put out are satisfactory, and are widely used. There is an art to harvesting, curing and cleaning Dallis seed which over 30 years’ experience has taught us. Customers are urged to be careful about the source of their seed.
Plantings are made the year-around, but principally in late summer and early fall, and in the spring commencing in January. Dallis comes up when moisture and temper- ature conditions are favorable. The seed sometimes germinate slowly, and it may be months before much grazing can be had, but the plant is none the less most desirable. Use 10-15 pounds per acre.
ITALIAN RYE GRASS.
Italian Rye Grass is the ideal grass for winter and spring lawns, and is also very practical and popular for pastures. Dairy- men and farmers are making considerable use of it to provide winter and early spring grazing. Those who have not begun using it are passing up a very desirable plant. Splendid grazing is given from mid-winter to June. Many are turning to this grass to help solve the winter pasture problem.
Rye Grass must be sown each fall on lawns, but it reseeds on pastures if not grazed too closely at seed maturity time in the late spring. However, the seed are in- expensive, and one can well afford to plant annually. No plowing and covering is essen- tial as with oats and the like. The seed ger- minate readily with ample moisture.
Italian rye grass withstands winters al- most perfectly, is deep green colored, and gives highly satisfactory results on lawns.
Broadcast the seed on unprepared land, and lightly harrow in if convenient. On lawns, the preparation of the ground is the same whether there is a good Bermuda stand (which is the most popular hot weather lawn grass) on it or bare places be- neath heavy shade. On mellow soils no prep- aration is needed—simply sow the seed and rake in. On compact soils it is best to loosen the ground with a rake or harrow, then sow the seed broadcast, and cover, or let the rain
e A typical Dallis Grass threshing scene on the 2,300-acre Lambert Farms on which this splendid %
grass was started over 30 years ago.
We are the pioneer producers of these seed in the South.
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Italian Rye Grass on a well known dairy farm in Montgomery County, Alabama.
a aration given. this 10-acre pasture 4 hours daily for 52 cows.
Cost per acre approximately $2.50.
No soil prep- Grazing available beginning January 15 on a Thirty-two calves ran on pasture remainder of
day. Many dairymen and beef producers should use this winter grass liberally.
do it. A light covering of rich soil or fine lot manure will pay. Keeping the ground sprinkled insures quicker germination. Italian rye grass must be kept mowed on lawns in the spring to avoid shading the Ber- muda too much. Late fall and early winter are the best times to plant. Sow 30 pounds per acre when planted alone on pastures, and 1 pound to 200 square feet on lawns.
KENTUCKY BLUE GRASS
Kentucky Blue Grass is used on pastures and lawns. It will grow on a variety of soils, but fertile heavy soils which contain lime and phosphate, or which can be fertilized, satisfy it best. This famous grass has its widest use in the upper South and regions further north. However, it is grown some in the lower South, and the use is increasing.
Notwithstanding that Blue grass remains almost dormant in summer, it is our best grass for shady lawns. Bermuda is prefer- able in the summer where direct sun hits. While Blue grass likes shade, pasture exper- iments in central Alabama have demon- strated that the aid of it this far down is not essential to success provided phosphate is applied. Customers are urged to get some Blue grass started. There are at least three grades of these seed regularly on the mar- ket, but we sell the best. Sow in the fall or early spring at the rate of 1 pound per 200 square feet on lawns, and 10-14 pounds per acre on pastures.
ORCHARD GRASS
Orchard grass is principally grown in the higher altitudes of the South, but not neces- sarily so. We have seen it do well in the lower South. It is splendid for grazing and fair for hay. Fall and spring sowings are made, but fall ones allow a longer grazing period. Orchard grass is well adapted for winter growth. It deserves wider use in programs for winter and early spring graz- ing. It thrives in the shade. Most soils suit this grass, and its heavy sod helps prevent
washing. Unfortunately wild onion is a pest commonly found in Orchard grass, and a dairy pasture with onion in it is ruined. We specialize in onion-free seed. They cost more, but are worth it. Sow 10-15 pounds.
RED TOP GRASS (Herds Grass)
In some sections this is the leading grass, and like Dallis grass, it allows other worth- while plants to grow well with it. Red top is especially adapted to marshy places and wet soils having an impervious subsoil. It makes a good growth on dry lands also. This grass has a place in many permanent pastures, as it comes early and continues its sturdy growth until late fall. Like the above grasses, Red top stands close cropping, and tramping does not injure it. If used for hay it should be cut when it blooms. Sow 8-12 pounds per acre.
WOLF TAIL GRASS
As far as we know, we are the only source of this “evergreen” grass. Wolf Tail pos- sesses some rather unusual characteris- tics in that it remains green and growing the year-around, will thrive in the sun and shade, and succeeds on both heavy and light soils. Strange to say, stock are not so fond of this grass when other green pasturage is abundant, but eat it readily through the win- ter and early spring. We have known of cattle being wintered on it alone at the rate of two acres for each animal.
The stand never gets so thick as to drive other desirable plants out. However, our experience to date prompts us to recom- mend that the principal plantings be where there is considerable shade, such as in scat- tering timber and on cut-over lands. Being a perennial deep-rooted sod or bunch grass, similar in this respect to Dallis, it is valu- able in preventing soil erosion and catching up washes which have already started. Surely this plant is worth a trial. Plant 10- 15 pounds per acre in the fall or spring.
4 R. E. LAMBERT & SONS, DARLINGTON, ALABAMA
e While mainly used for hay, Sudan is a splendid temporary grazing plant, and comes in especially * well during drouths or whenever permanent pastures are ‘‘short.”’
SUDAN GRASS
In general, Sudan is a cross between John- son grass and sorghum, with many of the good characteristics of both and few of the objectionable ones. Sudan grass is used mainly as a hay crop, but is also grazed and used for silage. A field of this grass is very valuable to furnish temporary grazing dur- ing the summer, when the pastures run short. Under normal conditions, the growth is rapid. It is an annual, and is not a pest. Two to three heavy cuttings of hay are got- ten a season, the feeding value of which is high, being equal to Timothy. Sudan grass is not exacting as to land, but well drained rich loams satisfy it best. It makes more
and finer hay when sown broadcast, and har-'
rowed in, but may be sown in rows. Sow in rows, if wanted for silage. Plant from April
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Baling hay on the Lambert Farms. @ most farms could have an abudance of it.
available plants.
to August. Sow 20-25 pounds broadcast, or 8-10 in rows.
JOHNSON GRASS
This is primarily a hay plant, and as such is a splendid one. On fertile land, it usually gives a heavy tonnage of three cuttings of good quality hay, and should be cut when the heads appear. It is a perennial and does best on the heavier soils of the South. Plenty of moisture stimulates growth, but very wet soils are unsuited. Johnson grass is a pest on cultivated lands, but putting the lands in pasture largely eradicates it. It will not en- dure constant grazing longer than about 2 years. Turning and exposing Johnson grass to freezing wheather kills it, also. Sow 20- 25 pounds in the spring or summer, and har- row in. Plenty of seed pay.
Farm animals often suffer for lack of good hay, and yet Johnson and Sudan are only two of a number of @ See page 30 for other suggestions.
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@ Harvesting Alfalfa hay. Note the heavy yield. There is no hay that is superior to Alfalfa. & The South should produce much more of it for hay and temporary grazing.
ALFALFA
Alfalfa is an aristocrat among plants for it must have a fertile, well drained soil with some lime, phosphate and good inoculation. Soils best suited to its requirements are the friable ones of the lime belt, and the fertile clay loams of other sections. When the above conditions are met, alfalfa is undoubt- edly the best legume we have for permanent meadows.
Five years is an average period of life for a stand of alfalfa from one seeding. It will produce as high as 3-6 tons per acre of the best hay known in three to five cuttings. Alfalfa makes a very succulent and _ nutri- tious grazing plant for hogs, and one acre will carry 1,000 pounds. It remains green the entire year, but is dormant in winter. When soils and conditions permit, every farm should have a field of alfalfa for the splendid grazing it provides, and for the highly nitro- genous hay it yields.
Two of the very best vareties for the upper two-thirds of the South are Kansas and Oklahoma, while Hairy Peruvian is fine for
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Texas, Louisiana, and the southern parts of other Gulf states. It is popular in short rota- tions. Kansas alfalfa has consistently pro- duced a heavy tonnage and given long life. Oklahoma runs it a close second.
Sow 15-20 pounds per acre broadcast or in drills in September and October, or March and April, on a prepared seed-bed after it has settled well. Then cover not exceeding one-half inch. Inoculate with Nitragin “A.”
ALSIKE CLOVER
A splendid reseeding clover that is not so particular about lime as some clovers are. It is especially adapted to moist or wet soils. Alsike is also good for shady places. It is valuable for pasture or hay, and is com- monly sown in combination with Red Top and other plants. When so used, it greatly increases the yield. This clover is very re- sistant to cold weather, and is mainly grown in the upper South and the North. In the lower South, plant its excellent relative— Persian Clover. As with all clovers, better results are obtained by sowing after the first season in September, though plantings up to March are possible. If sown alone, sow 3-6 pounds. Inoculate with Nitragin “B.”
6 R. E. LAMBERT & SONS, DARLINGTON, ALABAMA
BLACK MEDIC
A wonderful clover that is hardy enough to be grown at least as far north as the Ohio River and northern Oklahoma. It spreads very rapidly, and the only soils it will not thrive on, provided they are sweet, are the loose sandy and water-soaked types. Black Medic is especially adapted to the prairie or Black Belt lands of the South.
Some stable manure is a great aid to get- ting it started. Phosphate applied in winter will cause it to at least double its growth and tnus pay well, and by making the clover bet- ter, fertility is added to the soil to increase the growth of the grasses. Liberal mineral applications as above referred to do not have to be repeated each year.
Black Medic may be sown from early Sep- tember to March, the earlier the better. It yields an excellent quality of hay, and it has no superior for permanent pastures for late winter and spring grazing, dying down by July, and reseeding with the closest grazing. It can also be used to good advantage for cover crop purposes on cultivated lands, or- cnards, and meadows, maturing seed in May.
This clover is now in much favor for lawns due to its spreading habit, growth in cold
weather, and its deep green color. Sow 10-15 pounds on pastures. We usually of- fer both unhulled and hulled seed. The
hulled cost more per pound, but there are MOLE Ole tb erm in’ a pound. Also, they can be cleaned better and they come up quicker. Inoculate with Nitra- gin SoA.
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BUR CLOVER
We have three kinds—the old-fashioned Southern (spotted-leaf), Early Giant South- ern and California, and each has its advan- tages. All usually make vigorous growths and are used for pasture and cover crop pur- poses. The Early Giant is being used exten- sively in some sections as a winter cover crop because of its large growth and earli- ness for turning under in the spring.
While the seed cost runs some higher the first time than on some other legumes, one good seed crop will furnish seed for stands for 3 to 5 years with the land continuing in cultivation. Only those seed will come up which are worked to the surface. Another plan is to allow a few seed to ripen each spring before turning. Early Giant Southern is also fine on pastures, but Southern and California are favorites. Both kinds of the Southern are very winter-hardy, and the seed are regularly sold in the bur. We spe- cialize in extra well cleaned seed weighing about 10 pounds per measured bushel. Many seed weigh 12-15 pounds because of the pres- ence of dirt and rocks. Some say this dirt is needed for inoculation, which is not a fact. There are always enough soil particles in the burs to inoculate.
California seed are usually always hulled. It costs less per acre to sow the California, stands the first year are easier to get, it grows off faster, withstands dry weather better, and stock prefer this kind.
The Bur clovers are adapted to nearly all soils of the South—clays and loams in par- ticular. They work exceedingly well in com- bination with Bermuda grass. These clovers reseed well late in May, even with close grazing. Fall plantings allow time for more growth, and this is highly important for cover crop use, but many seed are sown in early spring, also. Use 30-50 pounds of seed per acre of the Southern varieties, and 12-15 pounds of California. Inoculate hulled seed with Nitragin “A,” but no inoculation is needed for our seed in the bur.
CRIMSON CLOVER
Crimson is a clover especially adapted to cultivated lands, and is quite popular, even though it usually must be sown annually. Seed are planted from early to late fall, and are harrowed in lightly when there is a sea- son in the ground. Crimson makes a heavy tonnage and if cut for hay, should be cut while in bloom. However, it is more often pastured some in winter and turned under in spring.
Clay, loamy and sandy soils suit Crimson best. Its greatest popularity is in Tennes- see, northern Alabama and Georgia, the Carolinas and adjacent territory. There is some art in succeeding with Crimson, and inexperienced growers often come out better with unhulled seed. Sow 20-30 pounds of them or 15-20 pounds of hulled seed. Inocu- late with Nitragin “B.”’ Inoculation is high- ly important, and it will even pay to use double the recommended amount where the land has never grown it before.
Effect of “NITRAGIN” on Crimson Clover Inoculated Not Inoculated
“GIVE ME THE GOOD WILL OF MY CUS-
TOMERS and you can have my store. I could build a new one in a few months, but it would take the rest of my life to rebuild the good will which I have worked so hard to establish.’’— John Wanamaker.
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HOP CLOVER (Yellow Hop)
This permanent pasture clover is a volun- teer over a large part of the Cotton Belt. Hop seems to do equally well on Coastal Plain and Piedmont soils. The seed are diffi- cult to harvest, and therefore expensive. However, a few will go a long way because they are very small. This clover spreads very rapidly.
Hop is quite a valuable pasture clover for late winter and spring. It is one of the very earliest to give grazing, and is splendid in combination with Dal- lis, Bermuda, Lespe- deza, et cetera. It is capable of producing first class hay, and it stands* up better than many clovers. Hop responds well in in- creased growth to an application of 200-400 pounds of phosphate per acre, as do all win- ter legumes.
Be sure to try this splendid clover. It succeeds as far north as the Ohio River, Missouri, and northern Oklahoma. Clays and loams that are not constantly wet sat- isfy it best. Wherever “broom sedge” grows, Hop is almost sure to thrive. Sow seed as early as convenient between early Septem- ber and March. Use 3-6 pounds per acre. Inoculate with Nitragin “B.”
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ANNUAL YELLOW MELILOTUS (Melilotus Indica)
Is one of the best winter cover crops for cultivated lands of the lower South. It is upright, and grows 1% to 4 feet tall, and wit produce 5 to 10 tons of green matter by early May which may be easily turned un- der. Yellow melilotus produces fine quality
hay and, if cut when seed start maturing, the land will be reseeded. It is a good tem- porary grazing plant that stock are foolish about when a taste is cultivated. This plant grows wherever fall sown oats withstand cold successfully, and it is often sown and cut with oats.
It thrives best on soils with some lime, and will do well on acid soils if they are limed, which is inexpensive. It does fine on rather wet bottoms, but succeeds on uplands, also. Where lands are fresh and fertile, or have stable manure applied to aid inoculation in doing its work, results are practically as- sured. Phosphate is a great aid to this clover, and to all others.
If a good yellow meliletus seed crop is turned under, the land may be reseeded three or four years from these seed. Only those come up which are worked near the surface in cultivation. This is a popular cover crop for orchards and groves. Dis- ease does not affect it. Stands are easy to obtain on unprepared land. Sow 12-18 pounds, preferably in the fall, though early spring sowings are made. Inoculate with Nitragin “A.”
PERSIAN CLOVER
Persian clover is a relatively new plant that has won a place as one of our very best winter and spring clovers. It is well adapted for pasture and hay purposes in the lower South, especially where the land is wet and heavy. The growth of Persian is not re- stricted to such lands, though. It has a deep enough root system to provide sufficient mois- ture when moisture is not aboundant. On good soils, the growth is usually exceedingly
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Persian Clover is rapidly winning favor for winter and spring pas- tures. It also has considerable merit for hay and cover crop purposes.
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heavy, and splendid hay can be cut. It often grows 2 feet tall on meadows, or taller. It is a fine cover crop.
Persian works well in combination with other clovers and grasses on pastures. Much work with it has been conducted over Louisi- ana by the Experiment Station,and the re- sults are highly pleasing. Plantings should be made in the fall to allow time for the most growth, but many sow in early spring. The seed are a little larger than such clovers as Hop and White Dutch, of which it is a relative. Sow 6-8 pounds, and inoculate with Nitragin “‘B.”’
RED CLOVER
Is a clover which deserves wider use. It is better known in the upper South than in the lower, but we have demonstrated on our south central Alabama farm that it will thrive in the lower regions. We recommend Red clover chiefly as a winter and spring pasture clover and soil improver on mead- ows. Some use it for hay. If used for hay, Red clover yields one to two cuttings. If fall sown, it makes a large growth, and makes it early. We have known of Red clover getting large enough to furnish fall grazing which is unusual for winter and spring clovers. It is a biennial. Most soils, except strongly acid types, suit Red clover. Sow 10-14 pounds in the fall or early spring. Inoculate with Nitragin “B.”’
WHITE SWEET CLOVER (Biennial Melilotus)
Is one of the best forage plants for lime or limed lands. It requires little drainage or preparation of the land, and is a splendid forerunner for alfalfa which it resembles in looks when small, and gives hay practically as good the first year. It is a biennial which comes from the seed one year and from a deep root system the next. It will reseed if allowed to. It may be planted on pastures or in small grain in the very early spring without preparation of the land. Here in the South two cuttings of hay are had the first year, and one cutting and a seed crop, the second, or grazing entirely, if preferable. Of course, it may be grazed both years and, if so, will furnish an enormous amount of non-bloat feed relished by all livestock, and the second year the roots put out early.
As a pasturage plant, white melilotus is not permanent because stock do not let it reseed, but it may be sown every two years and used most successfully along with other plants. No better bee plant is known than white melilotus, and hence may have arisen its common name, “sweet clover.” This legume is sown in the fall and spring. Un- hulled seed are best for fall sowings, and hulled or scarified seed are best for spring plantings. Sow 14-18 pounds of the former, and 12-15 of the hulled seed. Inoculate with Nitragin ‘‘A.”
Scenes like this of White Dutch can @ be duplicated all over the South—and @ wouldn’t the cows like it?
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WHITE DUTCH CLOVER
White Dutch clover is perhaps our one best and most practical winter and spring clover for permanent pastures and lawns— considering its adaptability to a wide range of soils under varying conditions. It accom- modates itself to nearly all soils of this coun- try, from the Gulf regions northward, and is very hardy. It deserves more prominence and wider use here in the South.
White Dutch is especially useful on sandy and other acid soils, and in this respect holds an advantage over Black Medic to which it is similar. It prefers lime lands, however, but isn’t dependent on them. Sow in the fall or spring, the earlier the better. Under fa- vorable conditions this clover does not die down in early summer, but remains green until fall, and is ready for an early start.
One of the splendid characteristics of White Dutch is that it will do well in the shade. This is especially desirable at times. Its companions for shady places are Ken- tucky Blue, Italian Rye and Wolf Tail Grasses.
While it thrives in the bottoms and on the uplands, White Dutch is partial to moist lowlands. When the land is good, and mois- ture adequate, the growth is usually rapid and abundant. We have been able to carry three or more cattle per acre in the spring on a bottom pasture in which White Dutch and Dallis Grass predominated. White Dutch is not easy to tramp out, and at the same time, it restricts soil washing and adds fertility.
It is a splendid bee plant. Some of this excellent pasture and lawn clover should be grown on every farm in the South. The seed are hard to gather, but are so small that few are required per acre. Sow 3-6 pounds. Inoculate with Nitragin “B.”
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Besides furnishing wonderful pasturage @ and hay, Lespedeza is an excellent soil- e builder. Note the nodule development on the roots in this picture.
LESPEDEZA
(Japan Clover)
Under ‘“‘Lespedeza”’ we discuss the well known annual varieties, which are Common, Kobe, Korean, and Tenn. 76. Tenn %6 is im- proved Common Lespedeza, but grows tall- er, making it a better hay variety. Because the plant is quite persevering, Common or Native Lespedeza is yet likely the most widely grown variety. However, Kobe and Korean make considerably more grazing and hay.
Korean matures fully 30 days earlier than the others, and it is while Lespedeza is ma- turing seed that it fattens best. Therefore, Korean provides some high quality grazing that would otherwise be missed, and some should be used on all pastures along with
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one or two other varieties. It is especially popular in the northern two-thirds of the South, and in the Corn Belt.
Kobe makes the greatest growth of the four varieties, and thrives over the entire South. It and Tenn. 76 are very popular for hay. In an adjoining county, farmers and stockmen are often able to get one cutting of Kobe hay off of pastures where cattle are grazing and 2 per year off of meadows, though most sections get only one.
A combination of 2 or 3 of these 4 varie- ties is ordinarily better than a single variety, and is strongly recommended to provide summer and fall grazing. When the amount of lime in the land increases, the size of the Lespedeza decreases. Since acid lands are so common, it is very fortunate that here is a splendid legume which really prefers them. Incidentally, Korean is affected less by lime than the other varieties.
Lespedeza — including all varieties — is grown more extensively than any other Southern legume. This is because it always reseeds, scatters well of its own accord on pastures and uncultivated lands, grows on most soils—including poor acid types, and requires no lime or preparation of the land.
The value of Lespedeza as a hay plant is increasingly appreciated, and it is often sown among small grains to good advan- tage. It will yield a cutting of choice hay in the fall, if on moist*land. Phosphate, “‘Lon- fosco” colloidal phosphate, or basic slag will greatly increase the growth. January through March is the usual planting season. On pastures sow 12-16 pounds of seed per acre, and 20-25 pounds for hay. Inoculate with Nitragin “L.”
* Many sections now rely upon Sericea as their chief hay crop. It also furnishes temporary graz- > ing, and will grow on and improve poor soils.
10 R. E. LAMBERT & SONS, DARLINGTON, ALABAMA
LESPEDEZA SERICEA
Lespedeza Sericea is a perennial (comes from the roots more than two years). This rather new legume is remarkable for its suc- cess on poor and acid soils. Some have called it “poor land alfalfa.” It is a tall up- right grower. The ability of this plant to improve soils where other crops might fail, and to produce heavy yields of hay, has been established. Unquestionably these are the chief uses of Sericea. However, seed pro- duction and temporary grazing are further uses. After establishing it, some have turned Sericea into permanent pasture, though it is not a common practice.
Because the first season is devoted mainly to developing a deep root system, it may or may not be possible to get hay or grazing until the second year. Stems come from a “crown” or root. After the first year, many more stems come out, giving additional hay and seed. Two-year-old stands, or older, give one cutting of hay and a Seed crop, or three cuttings of hay, usually. Since Sericea doesn’t reach its best for a season or two,
care should be taken to not start it on fields where it will be disturbed too soon. It with- stands drouths unusually well. Hulled and scarified seed give best results.
Plant about corn planting time, and later, on a prepared and pul- verized seed-bed. If seed are what you want, plant 2 pounds of scarified seed per acre. Have rows 3 feet wide, and hills one foot apart, ‘using 15 to 20 seed to the hill. For hay purposes, 12 to 16 pounds of scarified seed should be broadcast. Cover lightly. Keep down weeds the first year. Harvest seed in late October or early November when fully 75 per cent are brown. Cut the stalks with a knife or mower. Use a flail for small lots, and a thresher for large quantities.
We strongly advise scarified seed, and to further assure success, we urge inoculating them with Nitragin “LL” inoculation. We have it.
INOCULATE ALL LEGUMES WITH
The Original Legume Inoculator
Austrian Winter Peas and Hairy Vetch for Soil Improvement
Alabama and Mississippi farmers are in the lead in using winter cover crops—par- ticularly Austrian Peas and Hairy Vetch— but farmers all over the South are fast awakening to the great value of growing them, and the Government Soil Conservation program is a wonderful stimulus to the in- creased use. Because millions of pounds of these seed are sown in the South each fall great importance should be attached to a proper understanding of just what these legumes will do for a farmer, and to what he should do to be surest of success.
To this end we are going to give some valuable space in this catalog to reprint the “SUMMARY?” from Circular 74, issued Au- gust, 1936, by the Alabama Experiment Sta- tion, Auburn, in order that our customers may have the benefit of some of the best experimental tests available. We quote, with permission, as follows:
“The results of field tests to determine the value of vetch or Austrian winter peas for increasing cotton and corn yields and suggestions for success with these crops are given and discussed. These results may be briefly summarized as follows:
1. Where cotton and corn were grown on respective areas each year, vetch or Aus- trian winter peas (turned under) increased the yield of seed cotton by 628 pounds and of corn by 15.6 bushels per acre.
2. The increase in cotton yield due to the vetch or Austrian winter peas was worth $3.78 per acre more than the increase from 225 pounds of nitrate of soda or its equiva- lent after considering the cost of the legume seed and the cost of the soda.
3. Where corn was grown without rota- tion and was preceded by vetch or Austrian winter peas, the cost of the increased yield was 16 cents per bushel.
4. Vetch or Austrian winter peas grown in a two-year rotation (cotton-winter le- gume-corn) increased the corn yield 18 bushels per acre at a cost of 14 cents per bushel. In addition to the influence of the legumes on the corn crop, the residue the second year from these legumes increased the cotton yield by 213 pounds of seed cotton per acre.
5. Vetch or Austrian winter peas, when not fertilized with a sufficient amount of phosphate, usually failed to make enough growth to economically increase cotton and corn yields; whereas, with a sufficient appli- cation of phosphate they made enough growth to greatly increase the yields of sub- sequent crops.
6. In order to furnish sufficient Nitrogen for the succeeding crop, it is necessary to turn under the tops of vetch or Austrian winter peas since approximately 90 per cent
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of the total nitrogen in the legume plant is in the tops at the proper time for turning.
7. The essentials for success with vetch and Austrian winter peas for soil improve- ment are:
(a) Early planting—September or first
half of October.
(b) Planting as close as practical to the old cotton or corn stalks.
(c) Inoculation—if planting ‘on a given area for the first time.
(d) Use 300 to 400 pounds of superphos- phate or 600 pounds of basic slag per acre unless the land has been well fer- tilized with phosphate for several years.
(e) Turning under in the spring when the green tops harvested from 100 square feet weigh 15 to 20 pounds.
(f) Waiting at least two weeks before planting the succeeding crops.”
It strikes us forcibly that if farmers are really farming for profit that those not al- ready planting winter cover crops certainly will not put off another year planting them after studying conclusions 1 through 4 given above. Besides the more profitable yields following winter cover crops, crops grow off faster and save on cultivation expenses. Why invest in nitrate of soda when winter legumes will gather nitrogen from the air at less cost? Moreover, the winter cover crops perform very important jobs commercial ni- trates cannot do. They prevent most of the erosion from winter rains. They add much needed humus to the soil. Crops withstand drouths or wet spells much better when there is plenty of organic matter in the ground. Austrian peas and vetch will give some winter and spring grazing, if it is
wanted. Grow your expensive nitrates, and buy only phosphate, potash, and lime!
AUSTRIAN WINTER PEAS
Austrian winter peas is a leading and per- haps the most popular, winter cover crop soil builder of today, but is closely rivaled by “reliable’”’ hairy vetch. The Austrian pea is a kindred plant to English peas, but of much sturdier growth, and is very cold-re- sistant. It grows on most soils, including acid types, makes a vigorous growth, ma- tures two weeks earlier than vetch, and makes a good temporary pasture in late win- ter. Austrian peas should not be grazed un- til they have made a good root growth.
Broadly speaking, the lighter soils are best for peas, and the heavier ones for vetch. How- ever, both legumes thrive on nearly all soils. Austrian Peas are usually ready to turn by late March. Small grains are fine to plant with them for grazing or hay purposes. Due to large size, 30-35 pounds of peas should be sown alone per acre, or 20-25 pounds with half the regular seedings of oats, rye, etc. Inoculate with Nitragin “C.”
Effect of “NITRAGIN” on | Aust. W. Peas
Note amazing contrast...
NITRAGIN inoculation produces profitable crops and enriches the soil
NOT fNOCULATED - INOCUS
Turning under a splendid crop of Austrian Winter Peas.
However, it is not necessary to let 6 the crop grow to the size shown in the picture to obtain paying results.
12 R. E. LAMBERT & SONS, DARLINGTON, ALABAMA
e The cotton crop which followed this Hairy Vetch averaged considerably over a bale to the acre. e Low yields were being gotten before Vetch was used.
CULTURE
Cultural methods for Austrian peas and all vetches are the same. Uncultivated lands need preparation, but cultivated lands do not. In either case, cover 1 to 2 inches with sowings from early fall to winter. In time of drouth, many plant 3 or 4 inches deep to protect the seed and inoculation un- tila good rain comes. This plan often helps get peas and vetch up earlier than waiting for moisture before planting. Early plant- ings give earlier and greater growth. Late sowings call for more seed than early ones. Increasing the seedings of peas and vetch 5 pounds over our suggested quantities will usually make it possible to turn one week earlier in the spring. Ten pounds extra seed often makes the desired growth to save two weeks.
A popular method of planting is to broad- cast the seed with Cahoon or Cyclone hand seed sowers, and cover with a middle-burster run shallow, a cultivator with small scoot- ers, or a “Gee-Whiz”’ one-row harrow. The middle-burster is especially good on moist or wet lands. Doubtless the surest method of planting peas is with a drill, putting two rows of seed to each crop middle. Seed are
easily planted where crops are unharvested, especially when cultivation is clean.
It is absolutely necessary to inoculate seed when planted for the first time where peas or vetch have never grown success- fully. No other farm crops inoculate for them. We inoculate our legume seed every year, whether grown on the land before or not. We recommend the same to you. Le- gumes not inoculated may make no nodules on the roots and thus become “soil robbers” instead of “soil builders.’ Inoculation is too cheap to not use it every year.
The farmer who uses phosphate fertilizers on his cover crops will be well repaid by in- creased crop benefits. We vigorously ui ge that this advice be heeded. The fertilizer manufacturers now make “non-acid form- ing’ phosphate which will not injure inocu- lation, and basic slag and “Lonfosco”’ colloi- dal phosphate will not. Acid phosphate will kill inoculation if exposed directly to it, so if it is used, it should be applied either below or above the seed.
Further details about inoculation and fer- tilizers are under “Information.” Also, be sure to read the six ‘“‘essentials for success’’ put out by the Alabama Experiment Station under Item 7 above.
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HAIRY VETCH
Hairy Vetch is an outstanding and most reliable soil builder. It frequently costs a little more to use it, but it is so very de- pendable and easy to grow that many prefer to pay the difference and plant it. Hairy Vetch is gaining rapidly in popularity. Poor soils can soon be made rich with it, and practically all soil types grow this variety. It is a favorite on the heavier lands.
Hairy Vetch is extremely cold resistant, and is decidedly better than Austrian peas for unfenced lands, where stock have access to the fields when the plants are young. This is attributed largely to the habit of vetch being late making heavy growth. It may be eaten to the ground in win- ter, and come out all right by spring. On damp lands, it should be used in preference to Aus- trian. Peas.
Vetch is usually turned under in early April, when not left for hay along with small grains, and a good crop is equivalent to 250 pounds, or more, of nitrate of soda. Besides the nitrogen returned, valuable humus is put into the soil. Plant according to directions for Austrian peas given above.
Effect of “NITRAGIN’ on Hairy Vetch Inoculated Not Inoculated
While September and October plantings are recommeded, sowings of vetch as late as December can be made. Vetch seed are smaller than Austrian peas, and for this rea- son fewer pounds and less inoculation are needed per acre. Sow 20-25 pounds alone, or 15 pounds with small grains. Inoculate with Nitragin “‘C.”
OTHER VETCHES
In Louisiana and some other sections, Common Vetch is popular. It isn’t as win- ter-hardy as some kinds, but except for this it usually is quite satisfactory. In the lower South, winter-killing is rare, but if planted about half-and-half with Hairy Vetch, satis- factory results are almost always assured.
Along with Common and Hairy, one of the best known vetches is Hungarian. This va- riety is recommended for the alluvial and richer lands such as are in the “Delta” of Mississippi and the Red River Valley of Louisiana, and not for the poorer soils. Hungarian has done especially well in tests conducted at the Federal supported Delta Experiment Station, Stoneville, Mississippi, but has done satisfactorily at some others, also.
Willamette Vetch was sold by us for the first time in 1938, and we expect to offer it again in the fall of 1939 if the seed are avail- able. This is a strain of vetch especially selected for winter hardiness and formerly identified as Vicia Sativa,- U.S.D.A. No. 34947. Our stocks last fall were grown from seed released by the Government. The ex- pected advantages of Willamette are that it has hardiness and other qualifications sim- ilar to Hairy Vetch, and the seed do not shatter badly, making the crop surer for the Oregon grower and seed cheaper for the Southern farmer than is true with Hairy.
Mixed Vetches are growing in favor. We sold these seed in 1937 and 1938, and our customers seem to have had good results and saved some money. These mixtures are odd lots which have been blended, or the seed grew as mixtures and are difficult to separate. This often permits their sale at attractive prices. This situation also carries with it the fact that there are many mix- tures —-some worth more than others. Every seedsman will usually have a differ- ent quality. Buyers, therefore, must com- pare analyses first, and then prices. Lots containing mainly Hungarian and Common Vetches or Austrian peas should be much cheaper than mixtures running heavy in Hairy Vetch. It is usualy advisable to plant about 30 pounds per acre of all of the above.
Augusta Vetch has been grown in the lower South for years. It is used consider- ably in orchards and groves and on pastures. It is perhaps our only vetch which will re- seed satisfactorily and come up the next year without some attention. Augusta has volunteered on our pastures many years. We do not put our main dependence in it, but it helps out quite a bit. It also yields good, fine-stemmed hay. The seed are small. Sow 10-15 pounds per acre on pas- tures or 20-25 pounds in orchards and for Inoculate all vetches with Nitragin Sh QRS?
LAMBERT’S SEED are grewn, selected, cleaned, tested and sold to give “SATIS- FACTION.”
GOOD WILL
The U. S. Supreme Court once defined Good Will as “The disposition of the pleased customer to return to the place where he has been well treated.” We believe that our success is measured by our ability to please you, and we feel that to do so our service must give lasting satisfaction.
COMPLETE STOCKS ... RECLEANED, TESTED and TAGGED... REASONABLE PRICES ... PROMPT SHIPMENTS.
On this basis we solicit your Seed Busi- ness.
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Seed Com
Hand Selected, Butted, Tipped and Machine Recleaned
We observe special care in the selection of our seed corn. We believe we have it that is just as pure and good as the market affords. We secure it from sources that produce corn especially adapted to the territory which we serve and which will give our customers maxi- mum yields. A little extra money spent in obtaining purer and better seed corn than that ordinarily found upon the market will usually pay many times over in increased yields. Out of the varieties we list, we believe every corn need in the South can be satisfactorily
met. We have a variety for every purpose.
However, where customers happen to want
varieties which our price lists do not quote, they are invited to ask for quotations.
White Varieties
WHATLEY’S PROLIFIC—Probably more of this variety is grown in the Southeast than any other. It would have to be good to be this popular. It stands very high in experiment station tests. It produces white grains on a small red cob. Ordinarily 2 or more medium to large sized ears are pro- duced. Whatley’s makes a stalk about 10 feet tall which has a deep, strong root sys- tem.
HASTINGS’ PROLIFIC—This is also a very popular white corn, and shows up well in tests. The ears are small, but 2 to 6 come to the stalk. It also grows a stalk about 10 feet high on good land. The stalks are large and heavy, and Hastings’ answers fine for an ensilage corn. This variety does best on heavy soils with abundant moisture.
DOUTHIT’S PROLIFIC—Originated in South Carolina, but becoming popular else- where. In experiment station tests con- ducted throughout Alabama, Douthits shows the highest average yield of any standard or open-pollinated variety. It deserves wide use. The grain is white and the cob red.
MOSBY’S PROLIFIC — Another very splendid white corn. It also has a white cob. It stands high in Alabama Experiment Station tests, especially in north Alabama. Mosby’s is a standby with many farmers.
HICKORY KING—Is some earlier ma- turing than most corns, and consequently is often used for roasting ears. This variety is especially liked in Tennessee and North Carolina. It is recommended for its ability to succeed on poor land and under other adverse conditions.
WHITE DENT—The “Dents” are popular where early corn is wanted, and White Dent is fine for early roasting ears. The ears are large. Wood’s White Dent has a record for very high yields in Virginia. This variety is adapted to a wide range of soils and cli- mates.
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Yellow Varieties
INDIAN CHIEF—Is likely grown more widely in Alabama than any other yellow corn, and rightly so for it stands at or near the top among all yellow varieties in Ala- bama and other southern experiment sta- tion tests—the hybrids excepted. Indian Chief is one of the very earliest prolific corns. It is hard enough to offer consider- able resistance to weevils. Yellow corns bring more on the market than whites. If you want a corn for the market or for live- stock, Indian Chief should receive favorable consideration.
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SEED CORN
White Varieties
TENN. RED COB—Is quite popular in some parts of the South. It usually bears two 9-inch ears to the stalk. The grain is white. This variety is reasonably early and is used some for roasting ears.
TRUCKER’S FAVORITE—The most ex- tensively used early garden corn grown in the South. It makes a pretty ear about 10 inches long. The grains are white, tender and sweet and many prefer this to sugar corn. Trucker’s Favorite is hardier than sugar corn and can be planted much earlier. Roasting ears are ready in about 70 days. Due to the popularity of this corn, there are many imitations put out under the name, and often at low prices. If you want the genuine, order from us. We Sell Wood’s, and Wood is the originator of Trucker’s Favorite.
MEXICAN JUNE—Widely used for late plantings due to its ability to thrive in the hottest part of the summer and withstand drouths and stormy weather. Usually ma- tures in 120 days and gives roasting ears in 85. Mixed white and blue grains. The Ala- bama Experiment Station says ‘Wood’s Mexican June cannot be recommended too highly for early roasting ears and late plant- ing in any section of Alabama.”
“And he gave it for his opinion, that who- ever could make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass, to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more es- sential service to his country, than the whole race of politicians put together.”— JONATHAN SWIFT.
The pillars which support successful farm- ing are “Phosphate, Lime, Legumes and Livestock.” Use them liberally!
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Yellow Varieties
WOOD’S GOLDEN PROLIFIC—This is also an early maturing prolific. It usually has two ears to the stalk. Wood’s Golden Prolific is adapted to a variety of soil types, and gives a good account of itself even under adverse conditions. Its record for high yields is one of the best.
JARVIS GOLDEN PROLIFIC—This va- riety is one of the earliest prolifics, and this characteristic contributes largely to its popularity. One to two fairly large ears per stalk are borne. The cob is white. Jar- vis is adapted to nearly all the South, but especially the Piedmont and adjacent terri- tory.
WOOD’S YELLOW MAMMOTH ENSIL- AGE—The largest and heaviest yielding en- silage corn for the South. Yielded from 35 per cent to 50 per cent more than 24 other leading silage corns in one experiment sta- tion test. Grows tall, has lots of long leaves, has large ears, stands up well, and ordinar- ily requires less acreage to fill a silo than other varieties. It is quite satisfactory to allow Mammoth Ensilage to mature, should the entire crop not be needed for the silo.
YELLOW DENT—AI1 yellow corns have higher feeding value than white ones, and are being more extensively grown than ever before. The Yellow is even earlier than the white. For best results, plant on medium to heavy soils.
Treat Your Seed Corn with SEMESAN JR.
This treatment reduces seed rotting, im- proves stands and increases yields. Numer-
ous Experiment Stations all over the country
have proven its great value. The cost is neg- ligible—the average being only 1 1/5c per acre. Ask for complete literature. See back of our price list for quotations on different sized containers.
IT ISN’T SO STRANGE
that the customer held by the slender thread of low price is here today and gone tomor- row, whereas the customer held by the ties of quality and service becomes a permanent asset.
We are proud of the fact that many of our customers have been with us for more than 20 years. We believe that quality and serv- ice is the answer.
What is spent for seed is a minor part of the cost of a crop, yet the quality of them may mean success or failure for the year’s work.
R. E. LAMBERT & SONS, DARLINGTON, ALABAMA
Woods Aybrid Corn
Hybrid Seed Corn May Revolutionize Southern Agriculture As Did Eli Whitney's Cotton Gin
We offer Hybrid Corn produced by T. W. Wood & Sons, the South’s leading seed corn growers and one of the principal corn breed- ers in the country. The four varieties which we are selling are named and briefly de- scribed below. Hybrid Corn is produced by crossing selected, pure, inbred lines. This crossing greatly increases yields for the same reason a mule has more strength and endurance than its parents. Progressive farmers everywhere are turning to Hybrid in place of all old varieties in the same way that automobiles have replaced the horse and buggy. It is estimated that half the corn to be planted this year in the leading corn states will be Hybrid, and authorities predict that within a few years practically all corn that is grown will be Hybrid.
The advantages of Hybrid Corn over the ordinary open-pollinated varieties are high yields, deeper roots, more storm resistance, greater drouth resistance, more vigor, and less disease. It requires two years time and the skill of experts to produce Hybrid Corn.
WOOD'S HYBRID WHITE DENT
Highest Yielding White Corn for the Middle Atlantic States
It is fine for early corn through- out the Southeast, and especially recommended for the upper cotton belt and higher up. It produces very sound ears about a foot long. The grains are deep and there is good shuck protection.
“Wood's Hybrid White Dent yielded 60 bushels per acre compared to 10 to 12 other leading corn varieties. It had long shucks and was the most weevil resistant. Wind blew down the others but not the hybrid.’’—G. A. Muths, Mobile County, Alabama.
QUALITY is remembered long after PRICE is forgotten.
Therefore, it costs more than ordinary va- rieties. Nevertheless, Hybrid Corn costs only 50c per acre more to plant and only a small part of the increased yield will pay for the seed. The additional yield is clear profit.
The old corn breeding method of selecting good seed ears increases yields very little, for it does not control the pollen parent which fertilized the ears. It is like mating superior female livestock to grade sires.
The Hybrid Corn we offer was bred espe- cially for the section for which we recom- mend it, and this is highly important. Hy- brid Corn intended for Iowa will usually not be successful in Alabama. Hybrids should be planted one-fourth closer in the row than ordinary kinds. They will increase yields on poor lands, but make a still better re- sponse than standaré varieties to fertilizer, good soils, and careful cultivation. Ask for our special folder for more information. Our Hybrid Corn is treated free with Seme- san Jr.
Note greater yield of grain and fodder, larger ears and stronger stalks of our hybrid corn compared to a good commercial variety.
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Ears of Hybrid Corn
WOOD'S HYBRID YELLOW DENT
Highest Yielding Yellow Corn for the Middle Atlantic States
This corn normally matures in 115 days and gives roasting ears in about 85. The ears are about 11 inches long. The stalks are short and stocky. Be sure to plant 4 closer in the row. This Hybrid is especially adapted to the upper South, but is the heav- iest yielding early corn farther South.
““Sixty acres of Wood’s Hybrid Yellow Dent and Wood’s Hybrid Golden Prolific yielded 50 to 65 bushels per acre—the best corn crop I ever grew on my farm. Farmers and County Agents came from a distance to see it. I will plant it again next year.’’—M. J. Cliett, Talla- dega County, Alabama.
“Make a Paying Crop—tLeave the Land Better.”
Notwithstanding that considerable prog- ress has and is being made in the South with livestock production, dairying, poultry, and crops other than cotton as important sources of revenue, the fact remains that cotton is our chief money crop. Therefore, it is highly important that we endeavor to increase our profits from it, and nothing is more impor- tant in connection with producing cotton than to use pure, tested, high germinating seed of an improved, adapted variety! We offer varieties that are the South’s leaders— one for wilt and the other for non-wilt lands. It is highly important for farmers to secure fresh, pure seed every year or two represent- ing varieties which will give a staple of 1” to 11/16”. There is an over-supply of %” and shorter cotton, but a scarcity of 1” and better, and it is what the mills want. It will pay you to grow it. The better staple will usually pay for the new seed the first year
WOOD'S HYBRID GOLDEN | PROLIFIC
Highest Yielding and Most Prolific Yellow Corn for the South
Only yellow corn to outyield all white va- rieties in Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina and Coastal Plain, Virginia tests. It holds the record for yellow corns in all South Carolina experiments. In Tennessee it out- yielded the best yellow variety 15 per cent. It carries a good shuck.
“T planted in 1938, 120 acres in Wood’s Hybrid Golden Prolific corn. From this land I gath- ered 6,000 bushels of corn. Off of some acres, we harvested 75 to 100 bushels per acre. I have never seen such corn in all my farming career. It was a show to all my friends and neighbors who visited the farm.’’—Dr. T. M. Martin, Dallas County, Alabama.
WOOD'S HYBRID WHITE PROLIFIC
Heaviest Yielding White Corn for the South
This corn has averaged 20 per cent higher than the best local varieties in various Southern Experiment Station tests. It has consistently outyielded Whatley’s, Hastings’ and other popular varieties at seven Ala- bama experiment stations. Wood’s Hybrid White Prolific makes the largest ear of any prolific corn. It has deep, sound grains, and the ears have a good shuck protection.
“T planted Wood’s Hybrid Corn next to Whatley’s and am well pleased with the result. It will make more corn per acre than any I ever planted and with less moisture.’’—A. L. Traylor, Richmond County, Georgia.
and leave a nice clear profit besides. The well-posted progressive farmer wouldn't any more grow his crop with Half-and-Half or some other short staple cotton than would
Experiment Station results prove that @ 2 percent Ceresan treatments pay $6.30 to $13.08 net profit per acre.
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the modern business man select the buggy as a means of transportation. Another step in getting greater profit out of cotton is to treat the seed with 2 per cent Ceresan. Ask for the folder giving the full facts about this disinfectant. Our D. & P. L. 11-A seed are already treated with it. The cottons we offer have been thoroughly tried and proven by their reputable breeders, experiment sta- tions, and thousands of farmers, and they are, with some facts about them, as follows:
COKER'S CLEVEWILT NO. 7
Highly wilt-resistant ... Productive and early maturing ... Thin foliage... Storm- resistant . . .Lint turn-out, 36 to 38 per cent (1,350 pounds seed cotton usually gives a 000-pound bale) ... 1” to 1 1/16” tough staple that commands a nice premium... A very desirable, popular and dependable variety. If your land wilts badly, this is the cotton we recommend. It will pay you to grow this improved variety from Coker. Our strain No. 7 is newer and more im- proved than strains No. 4, 5 and 6 that have been used for some years. The breeder is constantly improving Clevewilt. All seed shipped from Darlington are recleaned. Most cotton seed on the market are not re- cleaned.
D. & P. L. (DELTAPINE) 11-A
We are sole Distributors for Alabama and Florida for Foundation seed produced by the originators and breeders, the Delta & Pine Land Company, Scott, Mississippi. All of their seed are produced on their own prop- erties and ginned and handled throughout with their own equipment to insure maxi- mum purity and results. The Company has been one of the world’s largest cotton pro- ducers for many years and maintains an ex- tensive Experimental Department under the management of E. C. Ewing, an outstanding
plant breeder. Naturally, the best variety the Experimental Department can develop is the one the Company grows on its exten- sive plantations. At present this is D. & P. L. 11-A, the variety which leads at more Experiment Stations, and is used in more one-variety communities and on more farms than any other cotton.
D. & P. L. 11-A is very productive and regularly yields an average of 40-43 per cent lint. It usually pulls 1 to 1 3/32 inch staple which customarily demands a good pre- mium. This variety is early maturing. The foliage is reasonably scant, which is very desirable under weevil conditions and where the crop is on rich or bottom land. It offers good storm resistance, yet it picks easily. While not recommended for lands which wilt badly, D. & P. L. 11-A possesses considerable resistance to wilt. It is grown in all the cot- ton states. For further details, ask for the special D. & P. L. Booklet.
Because of bad weather in the fall of 1937, which caused low germination, the breeders did not offer any seed for planting in 1938. Therefore, it has been two years since Foun- dation seed were available—and everybody should buy fresh seed for 1939! The de- mand may exceed the supply, though, so we urge that customers order without delay. New seed will surely pay, and pay well! D. & P. L. 11-A seed are Delinted to give quicker germination and better results. This also means that a bag will plant more land than seed not delinted. The seed are already treated with 2 per cent Ceresan, and all Ex- periment Stations recommend it to improve stands and increase yields. The Company seals the bags with metal seals to insure that their genuine seed reach the farmer. The bags themselves carry the name of the breeders and their trade-mark—a conven- tional pine tree. Look for the “pine tree’!
D. & P. L. 11-A seed have been bred to make the most money per acre for the origi- nators, and they will make it for you!
D. & P. L. (Deltapine) 11-A cotton on the extensive cotton plantations of the Delta & Pine
@ Land Company, Scott, Miss.
This picture was made in August, 1938, which bespeaks the @
earliness of this famous variety.
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Crotalaria
Crotalaria was first introduced into Flor- ida and is now regarded as the South’s most valuable summer land builder because it succeeds on almost all soils, including poor sandy types, and because it makes from 15 to 25 tons of green material per acre in nor- mal years on poor to average grades of land, which is equivalent to 500-1,000 pounds of nitrate of soda, and because it will usually reseed itself if permitted to do so. It re- stores fertility easily, quickly, and economi- cally, and is adapted for use by general farmers, tobacco growers, truckers and or- chardists on their good and waste land. One crop puts 3 to 4 times as much nitrogen into the soil as velvet beans do, not to mention the humus which is added if the crop is turned under. The way to build land fastest with Crotalaria is to turn under when bloom- ing starts instead of after maturity. The extra humus gotten this way is worth far more than seed for the next crop would cost.
TABLE SHOWING VALUE OF THE
DIFFERENT COVER CROPS
(Prepared by the Florida Agricultural
Experiment Station)
Dry Wt. Lbs. of Equiv. in
Yields in tons Nitrogen Nit. Soda
Crop. (3-yr. Av.) per Acre per Acre @rotalariay 21-1). 2.89 141.378 885 lbs. Cowpeas: : 2.2. 1.10 44.330 277 lbs. Velvet Beans... 85 37.536 132 lbs. Beggarweed .... .62 17.890 112 lbs.
The possibilities of this crop are almost unbelievable. To give only one illustration: if used on all corn lands it would in one year make the South a seller of corn rather than a buyer! A chemical analysis on green Cro- talaria above ground, based on only 23,391 pounds per acre, contained nitrogen, phos- phoric acid, and potash valued at $21.91. Not only is Crotalaria a God-send to the
South, but its benefits are spreading to states beyond. There are many varieties, but the most important ones are Late Spectabilis, Early Spectabilis and Intermedia.
Germination is slow due to the very hard coat on the seed, and many will not germi- nate the first year. In fact, this allows the seed from a crop that is matured to furnish a volunteer crop for several years following. When planting for the first time though, be sure to use scarified seed. Scarifying scratches or rubs this hard coat and allows moisture to enter the seed so as to get a uniform and quick germination the first year. Some scarifiers do their work entirely too vigorously, and often actually impair the germination. We have a large and expen- sive scarifier which we consider ideal for Crotalaria. We do not know of another ma- chine like it in the South. Buy only scari- fied and recleaned seed from a reliable source. Every truck-load of our Crotalaria is laboratory tested to make sure the quality is satisfactory.
Planting. There are several methods that are successful: (1) Drill in 3 foot rows, and cultivate once or twice. A one or two row planter with sorghum plate is the best way to drill. (2) Plant broadcast on well settled, plowed land, and harrow or roll in the seed with a packer. (3) Plant in growing corn on the row, following first hoeing, or broad- cast in the middles ahead of the last cultiva- tion, or you may also plant in alternate rows with corn. An application of 100-400 pounds of ‘“Lonfosco” colloidal phosphate, basic slag or superphosphate will give splendid results, especially if the land is poor. Early plant- ings pay best, and should be made after frosts are over, or about cotton planting time. However, plantings can be made from
A field of Late Crotalaria Spectabilis on September 18. © is over 6 feet.
The crop is in full bloom. The height s
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@ A dense growth of Crotalaria Spectabilis being turned under with power equipment. legume crop will put an enormous amount of humus into the soil.
then until the last of July. Cover the seed 1 to 2 inches. Good moisture helps give quick stands. This can be aided if conven- ient to roll or pack the soil after planting.
Growth. This plant makes slow growth for the first four to six weeks. Therefore, if planted in corn it will not curtail the yields. During July and August rapid growth usually starts. Broadcast plantings have been found to be very effective in combatting Nut grass, and the U. S. D. A. recommends it for this purpose. It makes such a dense shade that many noxious grasses and weeds are smothered. Seed are produced during October and early November.
Inoculation. Soils on which Cowpeas, Pea- nuts, and Velvet Beans have been grown inocu- late for Crotalaria. However, commercial inoculation is inexpensive, and we recom- mend it. Frequently a legume will make a big plant, but produce few or no nodules on the roots. Inoculation remedies such a con- pie Treat Crotalaria seed with NITRA-
Late Crotalaria Spectabilis is by great odds the most widely grown kind since it grows 5 to 8 feet tall and produces the maxi- mum tonnage of organic matter to be turned under. The stalks are pithy and brittle, and are easily plowed under. They decay rap- idly. If not turned green, Crotalaria should be turned under in December or January. Spectabilis has no value as a forage crop. Stock usually will not eat it. In fact, it is considered by some to be poisonous, but we have had cattle and sheep to eat it with no ill effects. The seed are black and kidney- shaped. Plant 7-10 pounds in rows, or 16-20 pounds broadcast.
Early Crotalaria Spectabilis is very simi- lar to the Late variety described above, but the growth is usually less. It is recom- mended for the upper South, and for late plantings in the lower South. A common use is to plant in corn ahead of the last cul- tivation. The Early matures seed 20 to 30 days earlier than the Late and usually re-
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The Original Legume Inoculator
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seeds ahead of frost. The stalks grow from 3 to 51% feet tall, yet this is sufficient to fur- nish a bountiful supply of nitrogen and green matter which is evidenced by the fol- lowing table: Average yield 1933-1934
Tennessee Sand Valley Mountain Corn after Crotalaria 40 Bus. 44 Bus. Corn after no legume 12 Bus. 6 Bus.
These two sub-stations are located in ex- treme north Alabama, and these results are certainly significant. Another example of the outstanding value of Early Spectabilis is also had from the Sand Mountain sub-sta- tion, Crossville, where Early Spectibilis was planted and 400 pounds of phosphate applied in 1932. This was done on land producing only 5 to 8 bushels of corn per acre. Since then no seed have been sown or phosphate added. Each Crotalaria crop has reseeded.
The average corn yield for the period is about 40 bushels. Could a simpler or cheaper land-building program be wanted? Another application of phosphate now would proba- bly pay. The planting and seeding methods are the same as given under Late Specta- bilis above. The seed are identical in looks, so be sure to buy from a reliable source in order to know that you are getting the va- riety that you want.
Crotalaria Intermedia is the only variety which is relished by livestock, and so is a dual-purpose variety. It makes more nodules than any other Crotalaria. The height aver- ages 5 to 7 feet, and if turned under green, the weight runs from 10 to 12 tons. The leaves are long and narrow, the stalk finer than the other kinds, and these features con- tribute to the value of Intermedia as a hay and silage crop. For hay, it may be cut when two feet high in July, leaving a Ssix- inch stubble. It will resprout and usually give two more cuttings before frost. The seed coat is harder than on Spectabilis, so we scarify twice to insure quick, uniform Stands. The seed are golden colored and half the size of Spectabilis; therefore, only half as many are required. For suggestions about planting, inoculation, fertilization, etc., see the information given above.
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Soybeans
WONDERFUL SOIL BUILDING HAY AND FEED CROP
Soybeans are now one of the most widely grown legumes in the South and nation, and rightly so, for all the many varieties are fine for soil improvement to plant alone or with corn and other crops, while some kinds are especially adapted to the production of fine hay, whereas others are excellent to produce beans for fattening hogs and other stock and for crushing purposes. The production of soybeans for the mills is a growing indus- try, and many sections wanting another cash crop to help take the place of cotton would do well to consider them.
FEED AND FERTILITY
For many years, here on our own farm, we have used soybeans to fatten fall hogs for market. They produce hard pork, though we recommend the feeding of some corn with the beans. The corn can be harvested by the hogs along with the beans. This plan saves labor and prevents “rooting.” Root- ing is an objectionable feature with peanuts. We usually have an early variety, such as the Mammoth Yellow, for the hogs to start on. When they clean up this field, we turn into a late one of Biloxis to finish them on.
This plan merits wide use. The beans and corn can be grown together in any propor- tion to suit the farmer. This will give feed and fertility in abundance. Doves are fool- ish about soybeans, and flock to fields to get the beans that the hogs fail to eat.
HAY
Soybeans cannot hardly be over-rated as a hay crop. The best time to cut is when they are in full bloom. They will often suc- ceed where Alfalfa and other well known hay plants will not. Moreover, Henry and Morrison’s “Feeds and Feeding” actually values the hay thus:
Protein Carbo. Fat Total Soybeanshay es Pipe Ws By pair Bes ee Ps = Alfalfa 7.25. . «see AO-62) 30.0 2 eens White Sweet Clover...10.9 38.2 0.7 50.7
PLANTING AND CULTIVATION
In the lower South, plantings are mainly made from March 15 to July 1, whereas in the upper South the period is shorter— April 15 to June 1. Shallow plantings are best if moisture is available; otherwise, try to get the seed to moisture even if they must
& This is real farming!
A field of excellent soybeans to give feed and fertility, flanked by wav- “ ing fields of tall corn.
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go down three inches. Heavy seedings give the largest yields.
Large seeded varieties such as Avoyelles, Brown and White Biloxis, Mammoth Yel- lows, Mamloxis and Tokios should be sown at the rate of 3 pecks per acre when planted in 3-foot rows or at the rate of 4-6
pecks if sown broadcast for hay. Laredos,
Otootans and Red Tanners are small seeded varieties, and 1-1% pecks will plant 1 acre in 3-foot rows, or it will take 3-5 pecks per acre for broadcast seed- ings, depending on the fertility. oe The land should be at least rea- sonably fertile for all broadcast seedings. For best results fertilize with 300-600 pounds ‘‘Lonfosco” colloidal phosphate or _basic slag or 200-400 pounds superphos- phate. Shallow cultivation of soybeans is highly recommended for they make many small roots within one and two inches of the surface and some distance from the plants which deep plowing would injure. Experiments have definitely proven that greater yields of beans and hay can be pro- duced if the seed are inoculated. Also with- out inoculation the plants may appear thrifty, but produce no nodules. Nitragin “S” is cheap and the kind to use.
AVOYELLES
Originated in Louisiana as a sport of the Otootan. The beans are black and about twice the size of Otootans. Avoyelles usu- ally yield twice as many beans per acre as Otootans. They both mature in about 170 days. The plant is coarser than the Otootan, but is well liked in certain sections.
BROWN BILOXI
One of the oldest and most popular varie- ties. It is late maturing and shatters less than any kind. The Brown Biloxi is very productive and popular to plant with corn for hogging down. It is erect and tall grow- ing. The hay is coarse, but livestock relish it and will eat stems and all.
WHITE BILOXI
This variety is very similar to the Brown Biloxi except that it is a much heavier grain and hay producer. The bean is large and whitish-yellow with a dark brown eye. It shatters less than any yellow bean yet grown in the South. Tall and late maturing. Quite drouth-resistant. It is perhaps the
making the plant a}
wonderful soil build- er and forage crop. L
best producer of all on poor lands. Since so many farms are poor, this feature alone should recommend this variety.
MAMMOTH YELLOW
An old standard variety. Used extensively to give the earliest forage and beans for hogs and other stock. The beans shatter rather freely, but this bothers very little with hogs. Maturity is in about 145 days, but hogs can go on them earlier. Hogs will often start on the leaves and then go to the pods. The growth is erect.
OTOOTAN
Recognized as the best hay variety of all. Although very extensively grown already, the use continues to increase. The hay is of fine texture and greatly relished by all stock. The Otootan needs a fairly long growing season since about 170 days are required for maturity. This variety is a shy bearer of seed, but few are required to plant an acre, for they are small. They are round and
black. Planting suggestions are given above. RED TANNER Originated in north Alabama. The bean
is similar in size and shape to the Laredo, but of reddish color. The Red Tanner will produce as much fine quality hay and more seed than the Laredo or Otootan, and is sure to enjoy wide use. The beans do not crack or split as is often true with Laredos and, to some extent, with Otootans. Maturity is in about 130 days. Try some.
LAREDO (Southern)
A hay grazing and soil building variety. The stems are fine and the hay splendid. The seed are small and black and shatter easily. Maturity is medium early. The seed are resistant to bad weather and can be planted earlier than most kinds. An old and widely used variety, but customers should insist on the genuine southern-grown large type which we sell, and avoid Indiana Lare- dos, Noredos and others not adapted to southern conditions.
MAMLOX!I
Is a cross between the Mammoth Yellow and Biloxi. It matures later than the former, but earlier than the latter. The bean is large and yellow with a light brown eye. The Mamloxi shatters mighty little and is very prolific, making it fine for stock and crushing purposes. Sow liberally to prevent
coarse hay. TOKIO
Very popular in North Carolina and some other parts of the South. A fine dual-pur- pose variety in that it is a heavy bearer and a large hay producer. The Tokio lends itself well to combining. Maturity is in about 145 days. The beans are one of the largest, and are greenish-yellow in color.
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Seshania
Sesbania Macrocarpa has been a volunteer summer and fall legume in many waste places of the South for years. Now, besides being fine on many ‘“‘thrown-out” lands, it is a wonderful and popular summer soil builder for farmers and growers of cantaloupes, let- tuce, Irish potatoes, citrus fruits, etc., from southern California to South Carolina. AlI- though a warm weather plant, good results have been had as far north as Oklahoma and Kentucky, and points higher up. Being a very rapid and quick grower broadens the field of use.
The heavier bottom soils suit Sesbania best, but it will succeed on other types, even though they be quite dry or wet. Some cul- tivation and fertilization helps on the lighter, upland soils. Most plantings are made broadcast with no other crop being on the land at the time, but another good practice is to sow the seed just ahead of the last plowing of corn, etc. The earlier the “lay- ing by,” the better. Naturally, greater ben- efits in nitrogen and humus are obtained by turning the crop green, and on good land, this is possible in 8 to 10 weeks after plant- ing when the stalks are usually 6 to 10 feet tall. The stalks decay rapidly. Sesbania is the greatest nitrogen gatherer of which we know. When grown for soil improvement, the nodule development will be surer and greater by inoculating the seed with Nitra-
A splendid growth of Sesbania in the @ fall after most of the leaves have fallen off. An ideal summer cover crop for
@ certain purposes. Also, a producer of * perhaps the finest quail feed known. @ Patches of Sesbania here and there
also make splendid cover for birds.
gin “Sesbania’”’ inocula- tion. It is now offered at the same prices as cul- ture for cowpeas and soybeans, which are low. It is possible to have a fine plant growth and there be few or no nodules formed on the roots. Inoculation prevents this. The cost of inoculating is small, and the benefits usually large.
INOCULATE ALL LEGUMES WITH
The Original Legume Inoculator
Plantings run from April to mid-July. A fair stand can be had from broadcasting 15- 20 pounds per acre, but truckers who want thick stands should sow 30-40 pounds. Cover about one inch, when convenient to cover. Care should be observed, though, to plant scarified seed ONLY. The Sesbania seed coat is very hard, and only 10 per cent of unscarified seed may germinate the first year. We recommend and sell scarified seed. This plant is not a pest. Cultivation readily kills it.
As a quail feed Sesbania is unexcelled. Where quail are scarce, sportsmen would do well to follow the successful plan of the fa- mous 12,000-acre Maytag Preserve, ‘“Sedge- fields,’ Union Springs, Alabama. Let Mr. Geo. L. Harden, Jr., Manager of this pre- serve, briefly tell the story, thus: “Through observations made on the Maytag Preserve the most important factor to be considered in making quail abundant is a plentiful sup- ply of feed, not too far removed from suffi- cient cover. By the process of opening the craw of all birds killed and by experimenting with the planting of different seed it was possible to determine the kind of feed quail like best. After careful consideration over a number of years the conclusion was reached that Sesbania is the most suitable seed to plant. It grows well on most any type soil, produces large quantities of seed and quail will eat it in preference to any other feed. This has been satisfactorily proven.”
Just enough seed fall from the pods to give feed continuously from late fall to spring. Sow about 25 pounds per acre from April through June, preferably early in the upper South and preferably in long strips 30 feet wide, but also in patches, along edges of fields and ditch banks, and almost any waste places. It is desirable to lightly disc or harrow the seed in, but often no covering or other attention at all is given. Sesbania is easy to grow. It thrives best on moist, heavy lands. Another use of Sesbania is for duck feed. It succeeds in marshy places, and will actually grow in shallow water around ponds and lakes. Sow the seed around the edges when the water is low. When it rises, it will not bother. Ducks also eat the bark off of the stalks.
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Cowpea
This summer legume is popular, practical and economical for soil improvement pur- poses, and to produce excellent feed and hay. Cowpeas will grow on nearly all soils, ex- cept very wet ones, and can be planted over a long period—from April to August. They are frequently inter-planted with corn to improve the land and provide feed in the field for hogs and other stock. They are ex- ceedingly popular to follow oats and other spring crops.
When grown alone, Cow Peas are usually planted at the rate of 4 to 6 pecks per acre broadcast, or 2 to 3 pecks in 2% to 3-foot rows. Row plantings should be cultivated two or three times. For hay, broadcast seed- ings are decidedly preferable. Quite often, Cattail and Tennessee German Millet, Am- ber Cane, Sudan Grass and other similar crops are planted with peas for hay. They help support the peas and increase the yields. To get larger yields and put more nitrogen into the soil, we recommend in- oculating the peas with Nitragin ‘‘E.”
BRABHAM
This is perhaps our best stock pea since it is a heavy producer of grain, and with- stands bad weather at maturity unusually well. It is early, upright and fine for hay. The Brabham is noted for its resistance to wilt and disease. It will succeed where other varieties may fail.
CLAY or UNKNOWN
One of the best varieties for hay. Another use is for green manuring or soil improve- ment. The Clay does considerable running and is vigorous. It is fairly late. Normally, a good crop of peas is produced.
IRON
A vigorous grower and half-bushy. Me- dium early and prolific. Excellent for hay.
The Iron is especially recommended for sec- tions which are troubled with wilt and root- knot due to its strong resistance to them. The seed are small and light buff.
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NEW ERA
A heavy producer of peas and one of the earliest and best varieties for hay. Matur- ity is in about 80 days. This pea is of rather erect growth. The seed are among the small- est, which means that some less will plant an acre. They are bluish colored on a buff background.
WHIPPOORWILL
The most widely grown pea for general purposes. It is popular for grain and hay, and usually produces peas in abundance. The growth is bushy. The height varies con- siderably with the fertility of the land. Good lands ordinarily yield much more hay and fewer peas than poor ones. “Speckled Peas’”’ is another name for Whippoorwills.
MIXED PEAS
Sometimes one variety predominates and sometimes another. Usually the mixtures consist of several leading varieties and are well worth their cost. They are regularly sold cheaper than pure kinds. Many people plant mixed peas for general purposes.
RECLEANED COWPEAS
All the peas we ship from Darlington are thoroughly machine-cleaned before shipping. This operation removes cracked peas, hulls and other worthless mate- rials, and usually makes the peas 10-25c per bushel more valuable than uncleaned ones. Most of the peas sold are not re- cleaned. An important reason for this is that so few shippers and dealers have cleaners. We urge our customers to buy recleaned cowpeas, and also insist that all other seed be well recleaned. This
will save them money by insuring better and purer seed and better and larger crops.
Quality pays!
TABLE PEAS
Brown Sugar Crowder. One of the most popular varieties, and this is due to its ex- cellent flavor, being very prolific and its ear- liness. The Brown Sugar Crowder normally makes green peas in 85 to 90 days, or dry ones in 100 to 110. These peas command the highest prices on the city markets. After the peas are picked, the vines can be turned under to improve the land.
Cream or White Crowder. This pea is not as well known as the Brown Sugar, but is fully as good and is growing fast in popu- larity. Some prefer it due to its light cream or white color. It is early, an abundant pro- ducer, and delicious. The word ‘Crowder’ is suggested by the fact that the peas “crowd” themselves in the hull.
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BEGGARWEED
Beggarweed is sometimes called “Florida Clover.” This legume will grow on thin sandy lands, but, of course, will make a still better growth under more favorable condi- tions. Its principal use is as a cover crop for orchards, but it is also used as a grazing crop, to produce hay, and the seed as a feed crop for birds. The latter use of Beggar- weed is growing, and sportsmen in practi- cally all states of the South are sowing it. Plantings are made principally in April, May and June.
The seed are very scarce this season. Sow 6-8 pounds per acre in 3-foot drills and cul- tivate about twice, or sow 14-18 pounds broadcast. Inoculate with Nitragin “E.”
Benne is used extensively on game pre- serves. Quail are very fond of it, and it is probably the very best feed that can be planted in the Southeastern states for doves. It is ideal for this purpose. The seed are formed in a pod, similar to a small pod of okra, and they drop to the ground the entire dove season, with just enough dropping to keep the birds coming. The seed are rich and oily. Other uses of them are for poultry, for cooking, in the manufacture of oil, and by bakeries and confectioneries. Sow in late spring and early summer at the rate of 6-8 pounds in rows or 15-18 pounds broadcast, and cover lightly.
CANE or SORGHUM
Should be planted on fertile soils for best results. Texas Seeded Ribbon Cane is the leading member of this family. It grows 10 to 12 feet tall, and makes a good yield of syrup or an abundance of ensilage. This variety is a favorite with dairymen. There is much confusion as to what is Genuine Texas Seeded, and farmers frequently do not get what they expect. We try to be very
A typical field of Texas Seeded Ribbon
@ Cane—the most popular variety for @ ensilage purposes.
careful to secure the real article, and our seed are grown from experiment station stocks.
The earliest sorghum is Early Amber. It is primarily a forage crop, and comes in early. The stalk is not large. It has helped many a man lay-by a crop when his corn was low. Early Orange is a little later than Early Amber, and produces a larger stalk. Red Top makes a medium sized stalk, a lot of seed, and is fairly early maturing. Cane plantings are made in 3-31 foot rows at the rate of 8-10 pounds per acre.
CHUFAS
Chufas are grown mainly in the lower South, and are considered one of the finest feed crops for fattening hogs. The meat is harder than that produced from peanuts. Chufas are also about the quickest crop to get ready for hogs, which can mean a lot in finishing them on time and in avoiding buying expensive feed. Hogs can often go on them in 90 days after planting, and by planting fields at different times, it is easy to have feed over a long period. It is a good idea to “‘ring”’ the noses of 8 or 9 out of every 10 hogs. These will fatten faster than the few that are doing the work of “rooting”’ for the bunch.
Chufas prefer fertile sandy and loamy soils. Plantings are made from April through July in 2% to 3-foot rows, with the hills 4 inches apart, and the seed being covered about 2 inches. Fertilization should be about the same as for cotton, using 200- 400 pounds of 6-8-4 for maximum yields.
Where the land is good, 500 pounds or more per acre of ‘‘Lonfosco” colloidal phos- phate will usually give excellent results without the 6-8-4. Cultivation is similar to peanuts. Our Chufas are especially selected for high purity and germination. Plant i bushel per acre.
EGYPTIAN WHEAT or SHALLU (Also known as Chicken Corn)
A member of the sorghum family, the grain or seed of which is widely used as a feed crop for poultry and game birds. It is an abundant producer of white seed. Also, the seed and stalks are fed to cattle, horses, hogs, etc. The stalk is rather vigorous and tall. It stools out, and 3 or more stalks fre- quently come from one root. By cutting in the dough-stage, a second and perhaps a third crop can be produced under favorable conditions. Egyptian Wheat will withstand considerable dry weather. Plant 8-10 pounds to the acre in 214-3-foot rows from April to July.
BE QUALITY MINDED Buy By Test—Not By Guess. It Pays.
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CATTAIL MILLET
The best known variety of millet in the lower South is Cattail or Pearl. This millet is very valuable to furnish green forage. It will produce through the entire season, giv- ing about four cuttings, if not allowed to go to seed. It comes in fine for dairy cows and other stock. The usual plan is to cut some of it daily, as required. Almost every farm needs a patch growing on good land near the lot or wherever stock are fed. Sow 8-10 pounds per acre in 3-foot rows.
TENN. CULTIVATED or GERMAN GOLDEN MILLET
This millet makes an abundance of hay in 6 to 8 weeks. Cut for hay when the heads begin to show. Sow broadcast on rich land at the rate of 50 pounds of seed per acre. Our seed are Tennessee grown, and they are considered quite superior to those grown in the West and elsewhere.
BROWN TOP MILLET
Recognized as one of the very best feed crops for game birds. It will draw doves for many miles. Brown Top Millet is also excel- lent to furnish summer grazing for poultry and all livestock. The Georgia Experiment Station has used this millet for poultry for three years and recommends it highly. It is ready to graze when 3 or 4 inches tall. When grazed closely, it stools heavily. One plant may have 25 to 30 stems. When allowed to grow up, heavy yields of fine hay similar to Sudan Grass can be had.
When planted early, 2 to 3 cuttings can usually be gotten, totaling 5 to 6 tons per acre. The height averages 2 to 3 feet. Plenty of moisture is helpful. Poor lands should be fertilized with nitrogen fertilizer. Broadcast about 20 pounds of seed per acre for hay. Row plantings 18 to 20 inches apart require 6 to 8 pounds per acre. Cover lightly. When possible one or two cultiva- tions will pay. Plant from April to July.
MUNG BEANS
Mung beans are mainly interplanted with corn for soil improvement. They are a good producer of nitrogen. They are also grown for hay. The beans make good chicken feed. Plantings are made from April to July. Be- cause the seed of these beans are small only about 8 pounds in 3-feot rows are needed to plant an acre. Broadcast plantings are preferable for hay, and 20-25 pounds per acre ore be sown. Inoculate with Nitra- gin “ce ae
We specialize in Recleaned, Tested and Tagged Seed of FIRST QUALITY—sacked in strong, uniform bags, many of them new.
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What is prettier than a field of golden grain? Most farms need to grow more eS oats and other grains with which to ry feed horses and mules, fatten cattle and the like. The first essential to paying yields is good seed.
OATS, RYE, BARLEY AND WHEAT
These are all fine to sow alone for grain, or with winter legumes to increase grazing and make more and better hay.
OATS
Oats are also popular to sow alone for hay, and as grain they have a very impor- tant place on most farms for feed or as a cash crop. They can be produced cheaper than corn in many areas, and offer the live- stock producer the best solution of his grain problem.
The most popular variety from Texas to Alabama is undoubtedly the Texas Red Rust Proof, which Alabama Seed Laws prefer to call Red Rust Resistant. This variety is particularly a favorite in the Black Belt. It is very rust-resistant, vigorous, and produc- tive. We try to grow most of the oats we sell. We believe them to be as pure, clean, sound and heavy as any grown anywhere and sold at any price. There are some cus- tomers, though, who want Texas grown oats, so we try to carry some in stock, and we usually purchase from such well known Texas shippers as Ruhmann and McGregor. All oats are in new branded bags. The usual seeding is 2 bushels per acre.
The Fulgrain is a new and very promising variety of oats developed by the famous Coker farms in South Carolina, and the name correctly suggests a heavy yielder of heavy grain. Fulgrain is extra early (5 days ahead of Fulghum and Coker’s 33-50 and 14 ahead of Appler), is highly smut-re- sistant, is quite cold-resistant, shows 13 per cent higher feeding value than the average southern oat, stools well, and has good stiff
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straw to give it storm resistance. This is the variety to plant if you have been growing Fulghums, etc. We grow Fulgrains in ad- dition to the Texas Rust Resistants, and rec- ommend the same to our customers. To have an early and a late kind fe Spreads the harvesting in fe4 the spring and has other
4 advantages. Sow 1 to 2 bushels of Fulgrains per acre. We recommend treating seed oats with Ceresan.
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Of the small grains, rye ranks next to oats in importance for the South, and Abruzzi is by great odds the most widely grown kind. It is unquestionably a satis- factory variety. Due to its popularity, though, considerable Rye is sold which is not Genuine Abruzzi. We try to be very careful about our sources and, of course, our seed are recleaned, whereas many shippers do not have the good machines for this that we do. Balboa is a fairly new kind with much promise. The general report of the Experiment Stations which have tested it is that it is fully equal to Abruzzi in winter hardiness and grazing ability and superior to it in yields. Rye will grow on poor lands.
BARLEY
Barley is quick growing, and a good feed crop. Sow it only on fertile land.
WHEAT
Blue Stem Wheat is a favorite in this part of the country for grazing or for grain. Wheat can stand more cold than any of the small grains. Sowings average 4 pecks of rye or wheat and 5 pecks of barley. See above about oats. Use a little over half these amounts with legumes. Applications of phosphate at planting time and nitrate of soda about March 1 usually greatly increase yields of all small grains.
PEANUTS
A legume which is a cash crop from the sale of the peanuts, a hay crop, and a land builder. However, if care is not exercised peanuts will impoverish instead of enrich the land due to the temptation to market the crop and put nothing back inits place. Prac- tically all soils, even the prairie types, will produce good peanuts, but the light; sandy types are preferable when growing for the market. Peanuts do best when following well fertilized crops. When not following them or when grown on poor soils, they should be fertilized at or before planting with 500 pounds of “Lonfosco”’ colloidal phosphate or basic slag.
Runners are the favorite for hogs, and many hogs are fattened on peanuts. The Small White Spanish is considered by many as the favorite kind to grow to sell to the mills, with Runners be- ing second choice and Improved Spanish the third. Frequently the Improved Spanish con- tain many “pops.” This can largely be over- come, however, by inoculating the seed with Nitragin “E.” The quality and yield of all peanuts will be improved by inoculation as has been demonstrated by tests. The cost is too small to omit it, and we strongly recom- mend it for greater profits.
Thick spacing is essential for high yields. Plantings are usually made in 2-214-foot rows at the rate of 50 to 100 pounds of un- shelled peanuts per acre. We do not stock shelled peanuts because they go bad fairly soon after being shelled. However, we can easily secure them for those wanting the shelled.
INOCULATE ALL LEGUMES WITH
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DWARF ESSEX RAPE
Resembles Rutabaga turnips in leaf and stalk, but is more thrifty and rank. A crop is ready for grazing in 8 to 10 weeks, and is relished as green feed by all stock, but espe- cially hogs and poultry. Rape is popular for “greens” on the table. It is sown from Au- gust to May. Fertile soils ‘are required, and seed are sown in drills or broadcast like tur- nips. Sow 5-10 pounds.
UPLAND RICE
Upland Rice is used for general feeding purposes on the farm. Also, it attracts doves and other birds, but doves especially like it. Flooded lowlands are not necessary for growing this kind. Any fairly fertile land having a reasonable amount of moisture is suitable, and should produce 20 to 40 bush- els of 44 pounds each. Plant from late spring to early summer at the rate of 3 pecks per acre in 214-foot rows, or 1144 bush- els if broadcast, and cover 1 or 2 inches. Fertilize the same as for corn.
SAGRAIN
Sagrain is a wonderful forage and grain crop which resembles sorghum in looks, but is a rival of corn in the production of grain and for ensilage purposes. It will produce twice as much grain as corn under identical conditions, and considerably more forage. Sagrain will grow on lands unsuited for other grain. It will thrive with excess rains or drouth when corn will not. It will do much to solve our feed problems, and is relished by all livestock and poultry.
The grain has 90 per cent of the feeding value of corn, pound for pound. When the
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heads mature, they may be cut with knives and fed to live stock and poultry with or without being threshed. The stalks are rel- ished by stock. They are cut easily with a hoe or “poor man’s harvester,” and should be stored in a shed in an upright position. Plantings are made from April to August. Nearly all soils suit Sagrain.
Grohoma, Hegari and Kaffir Corn are kin- dred and similar crops. Practically all said about Sagrain is true of them. Hegari is the earliest of all, but the seed or grain has less weevil-resistance. Hegari and Kaffir seed are white, while Sagrain and Grohoma are brown or golden, and therefore, have higher feeding value. Drill 4 to 5 seed 9-10 inches apart in rows 3-314 feet wide. Stands should be thinned about 2 stalks per hill for the most grain. Sow 8-10 pounds seed per acre.
VELVET BEANS
Early Speckled or 90-Day is a running bean, and the most widely used variety. However, Bunch Velvet Beans are gaining in popularity, especially for use on rich lands where the running kind makes an excessive
vine growth which wraps up the corn badly. Being vineless, this variety can be used ad- vantageously with other crops besides corn, as well as in orchards. It can be utilized for hay and green forage. Some can be cut daily with a hoe. Bunch Velvets will make when planted as late as May and early June, but for best results, plant both varieties earlier.
We want to caution our customers that we exercise extreme care in the selection of our Bunch Velvets, but that regardless of who grows or sells them, there is always some danger of them reverting to the running kind, especially when planted on rows with corn where it is easy for them to run up on the corn. We, therefore, will not guarantee Bunch Velvets not to run. To avoid any risk, plant soy beans instead. They never run. Velvet Beans are extensively interplanted with corn. They are wonderful soil builders, and valuable producers of fall and winter feed. The seed of the two varieties are identical in appearance so it is especially important to purchase Bunch Beans from reliable sources only since they usually sell for over twice what the running kind does.
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Wild Winter Peas
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This unusual legume appeared in one of our hay meadows about 9 years ago. For several years we did not realize its possibili- ties, but during the last few, our observa- tions have caused us to rank it very high as a winter grazing and very early spring hay plant. At present we have about 400 acres in Wild Winter Peas. We graze stock on them until March 15 or April 1, then take the stock off and get a cutting of high qual- ity legume hay about the middle of May. Following cutting the hay, the peas grow out sufficiently to produce enough seed to shatter and reseed the land for the fall crop. Their reseeding ability is outstanding. To- day they are still growing where we first noticed them 9 years ago.
We can recommend these peas for every acre of stiff soil in the South. The plants are Similar in appearance to Austrian Peas, but the Wild Winter Pea seed are smaller and rough. Neither legume competes very much with the other. Austrian Peas are pri- marily intended as a cover crop on culti- vated lands, whereas the Wild Winter Peas are especially adapted to pastures and meadows, and are capable of taking care of themselves much better and reseeding.
Our experience has not included the
lighter, sandy types, though we believe this pea will succeed on them. We do know that it does well on both wet bottom and uplands. The soil building value is splendid. Cuttings of hay following a good crop of these peas are usually luxuriant. A good stand of the peas on good land will afford abundant graz- ing from December until March or April, and stock seem to relish it in preference to that from many other plants. Applications of “Lonfosco” colloidal phosphate, super- phosphate or slag will pay.
A visit to our farm from December to May will convince you of the possibilities of this plant. Every live stock and hay grower can cut down his feed costs and step up his pro- duction with a liberal use of these Wild Winter Peas. Plantings should be made from September through December, the ear- lier the better. Broadcast 15 to 25 pounds per acre. The seed usually run high in hard seed, especially until late fall. It is not necessary to prepare the land, but we recom- mend harrowing or lightly discing the seed in, if convenient. In- oculate with Nitragin “C” for best results.
INOCULATE ALL LEGUMES WITH
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What to Plant
For Winter Cover Crops—tThe leading ones are Austrian Winter Peas and Hairy, Hungarian, Common, Willamette, Augusta and Mixed Vetches, Crimson Clover, Early Giant Southern Bur Clover, Persian Clover, Wild Winter Peas, Annual Yellow Melilotus, rye, oats, barley, and wheat. Others are Rape, Southern and California Bur, Black Medic, White Dutch, Hop, and Alsike Clo- vers.
For Summer Soil Improvement Purposes — Crotalaria, Sesbania, soybeans, velvet beans, cowpeas, peanuts, Lespedeza (all kinds), Kudzu, Beggarweed and Mung beans.
For Permanent Pastures—The most wide- ly used ones in the South are Dallis, Ber- muda and Carpet Grasses; Common, Kobe, Korean and Tenn. 76 Lespedezas; White Dutch, Black Medic, Persian and Hop Clo- vers. Other important ones include Wolf Tail, Red Top, Orchard and Kentucky Blue Grasses, and California Bur, Southern Bur and Alsike Clovers. Italian Rye and Rescue Grasses belong in this group, if not grazed too closely at seed maturing time, so as to permit reseeding.
For Temporary Pastures—The principal ones are small grains, Italian Rye Grass, Wild Winter Peas, Sweet Clover (White Mel- ilotus), Yellow Melilotus, Hubam Clover, Al- falfa, Lespedeza Sericea, Crimson Clover, Red Clover, soybeans, Sudan Grass and Kudzu. Other worthwhile ones are vetch, Austrian Peas, Johnson Grass, Rescue Grass, Crotalaria Intermedia, Brown Top Millet, Beggarweed and Rape.
For Hay—tThe chief plants include Lespe- deza Sericea, Kobe and Tenn. 76 Lespedeza,
Otootan and other varieties of soybeans, Wild Winter Peas, Johnson Grass, Alfalfa, Yellow Melilotus, Sweet Clover, Hubam Clover, Red Clover, peanuts and cowpeas. Other important ones include Korean and Common Lespedeza, Crimson Clover, Crota- laria Intermedia, Black Medic, Persian Clo- ver, Beggarweed, Mung Beans, and Red Top, Dallis, Orchard, and Rescue Grasses. Ten- nessee (or German), Cattail and Brown Top Millets are used considerably for hay in some sections, especially in with cowpeas. Fine hay is gotten from a combination of Austrian Peas, Vetch, or Yellow Melilotus with oats, rye, barley, or wheat. Add plenty of grain to the mixture.
For Grain, Feed and Forage—Corn, oats, rye, barley, wheat, soybeans, Chufas, Early Speckled and Bunch Velvet Beans, cowpeas, peanuts, Egyptian Wheat or Shallu, Sagrain, Grohoma, Hegari, all millets, all canes or sorghums, Mung Beans and Upland Rice.
For Lawns—Buy Italian Rye Grass (the best winter and spring grass), Bermuda Grass (the best summer grass), Kentucky Blue Grass (for shady places), Canadian Blue Grass, Black Medic, White Dutch Clo- ver, Hop Clover, and for certain purposes (golf courses, aviation fields, etc.), Carpet, Dallis and Orchard Grasses.
For Feed for Birds—tIn their possible or- der of rank we recommend Sesbania, Benne, Brown Top Millet, Beggarweed, Egyptian Wheat or Shallu, Upland Rice, cowpeas, soy- beans, peanuts, Chufas, Lespedeza, Cattail Millet, Sagrain and other grain sorghums and canes. The peas usually furnish feed in the early fall before other crops have ripened.
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PLANTING INSTRUCTIONS
Planting instructions are not considered necessary for small grains, sorghums, millets, corn, cotton, cowpeas, soybeans, velvet beans, etc. However, we have given planting suggestions and instructions in the foregoing descriptions where we feel they are especially needed.
In the case of many of the grasses and clovers we sell—which are principally pas- ture plants—no preparation of the land is essential. However, this does not mean that a drag harrow run over the surface once or
twice, preferably after sowing the seed broadcast, will not pay. It should be done whenever convenient, and it is especially de- sirable where a sod is on the land, which might prevent the seed from making good contact with the soil, or the surface is slop- ing, and drifting of seed by rains might occur.
We have sown pastures and fields many times without doing anything besides scat- tering the seed by hand or with a Cyclone or Cahoon seeder. It is cheaper, and usually better, NOT to plow for pastures, but if it is deemed advisable to level the ground so a
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mowing machine can be operated later, or for some other good reasons, then the soil should be allowed to settle before the seed are sown—since a firm seedbed is essential to success. One or two good rains will do the settling. Be sure not to get small grass and clover seed covered over one-half inch at any time. If it is desirable to plant Yel- low Melilotus, Lespedeza or some other clover, with small grain, sow the grain in the usual way, and scatter the small seed over the surface.
Pasture seed are usually sown broadcast, but planting in shallow drills (without cov- ering) and putting out in small piles are good methods, also. The latter plan can hardly ever fail if fine barnyard manure is mixed with the seed, and seed requiring in- oculation are well inoculated. Seed sown in drills and piles are longer giving maximum grazing than if broadcast, however. Those who sow only one grass or clover, and ex- pect a satisfactory pasture, will usually be disappointed. A combination of at least two grasses and two clovers should be used, even if all are not sown at one time, or in one year. It usually takes 25-35 pounds of seed per acre to give a good start and provide a variety of grazing.
Do some experimenting every year. In- creased plant growth due to liberal seedings will pay many times over whether enriching land or feeding stock. Do not be sparing with seed. Furthermore, it is the exception and not the rule, when a good permanent pasture can be had within six months. It usually takes longer, but plenty of seed are essential. Pastures should get better each succeeding year if properly seeded, fertil- ized and managed.
NITRAGIN INOCULATION
Inoculation isn’t merely advisable, but is necessary for most legumes unless being planted on land where kindred crops have been recently grown successfully. Even then, money spent on inoculation is good in- surance, and we recommend it. Poor inocu- lation, or no inoculation, is responsible for more legume failures than any other cause. Often farmers do not realize the importance of inoculation, and omit it, to their regret and loss. They should always use it to get the most from their seed, soil and labor. Legumes can “rob” the soil. If not properly inoculated they ‘“‘steal”’ fertility from the soil. If inoculated with Ni- tragin, they draw fer- tility from the air... grow faster, heavier
. . make more and richer feed... . return more nitrogen and organic matter to the soil ... protect and build up the soil. The cheap- est legume crop insurance money can buy is NITRAGIN! It pays well in producing larger crops.
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Soybean yields are often increased 25 to 100 per cent by inoculating the seed. Inocu- lating is an easy operation, and the cost averages only 15-20c per acre. Some double the required amount of inoculation to be on the safe side. Both Southern Bur Clovers carry their inoculation in the burs, but no other clovers do. Vetch, Austrian Peas, Crotalaria, Sesbania, Wild Winter Peas, Mung Beans, Beggarweed, Black Medic and all other legumes require inoculation, unless the soil contains the proper bacteria. Soy- beans, peanuts and cowpeas should be inocu- lated. No grasses, small grains, Rape, cane, millet, corn, cotton, Chufas, Upland Rice, Benne, Sagrain and other grain sorghums, and Egyptian Wheat need inoculation.
We sell NITRAGIN INOCULATION, “The Original and Dated Inoculator” put up in handy tins. The culture groups or “fami- lies” are given, along with quotations, on the backs of all of our price lists. When or- dering, be sure to specify kind of seed to be inoculated. The various kinds of NITRA- GIN are put up in different sized cans, as our price lists will show. Seed may be inoculated with soil, and the usual rate is 1 pound for 5 pounds of seed. Soil on which a legume has recently grown sucessfully will inoculate for all legumes in that group. Soil inoculation is not greatly used now because the commercial is cheap, easier to use, and much surer of success. Moreover, there is danger of parasites and other contamination from the soil, and we do not now recom- mend it.
How to Inoculate—Each can of inocula- tion has these simple directions on it. ‘Place seed on floor, on canvas, or in tub. Mix con- tents of this can thoroughly with water. Large seeds (soybeans, etc.) require about 1 pint of water per bushel of seed. Small seeds (Alfalfa, etc.) require about 1 quart of water per bushel of seed. Pour NITRAGIN mixture gradually on seed. Mix well until all seeds are thoroughly coated with the black substance. Seed will dry in a few min- utes. PLANT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.” If soil is used, it should be dry and pulver- ized, and be stirred into dampened seed (not wet). If the soil is sandy, some syrup or glue in the water will cause some soil to stick to every seed, which is the desired objective.
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Du Bay Disinfectants are offered for the treatment of corn, wheat, oats, rye, barley, cotton, potatoes, vegetable, flower, and other seed to control disease organisms carried on the seed; to prevent seed from rotting under unfavorable soil conditions; and to inhibit early damping-off of seedlings. Seed treat- ment with Du Bay Disinfectants usually re- sults in increased stands and yields. This is often quite outstanding with cotton. Litera- ture telling the functions of and how to use the proper disinfectant for the kind or kinds of seed in which you are interested will be cheerfully furnished upon request.
The cost of using Du Bay Disinfectants is practically nothing compared to the benefits. For example, 2 cents a bushel pays for Cere- san for oats, 10 to 15 cents a bushel pays for 2 per cent Ceresan for cotton, and for corn the cost runs about 1 1/5 cents per acre.
Almost every Experiment Station in the country has proven the great value of treat- ing seed with these well known disinfectants. In 1937, the North Carolina Experiment Sta- tion made 9 tests with cotton seed treated with 2 per cent Ceresan (mercury dust) as compared to untreated seed. The treated seed averaged 267 pounds more cotton per acre. You cannot afford NOT to treat your seed.
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Prices on the different kinds and sized cans of Du Bay Disinfectants are given on the backs of all of our price lists. We are one of the few jobbers which the. manufac- turer has appointed in the South, and we carry a large stock at all times from which to serve our customers. The practice of treating seed is growing by leaps and bounds. You lose if you fail to treat!
FERTILIZATION
Fertilization has a tremendous effect on legumes. Results are impressive from ap- plications on cover crops and pasture clo- vers. Better clovers mean richer lands; richer lands spell better grasses. First in importance is phosphate (which is available in several forms), second, lime, and third, stable manure. All soils need at least 200-
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It is best to apply “Lonfosco” colloidal phosphate or basic slag on lands deficient in lime, and phosphate on the soils containing lime. Colloidal phosphate and slag have some lime in them, and may be put out with and when the seed are, but plants should be up when phosphate is applied, unless contact with inoculated seed can be avoided, or un- less “Non-acid Forming Phosphate” is used. Straight acid or superphosphate will injure inoculation.
Lime loving legumes can nearly always be grown on acid soils by a plan that is simple and inexpensive, though many do not know that this is possible. The procedure is to treat the seed with double the recommended amount of inoculation and then to apply 500 to 1,000 pounds per acre or more of “Lon- fosco” colloidal phosphate or basic slag.
PRICES, TERMS, TRANSPOR- TATION, ETC.
Prices—Are subject to change without notice and stocks being unsold. Our latest price list is sent with this catalog, and we issue new ones monthly during main sea- sons.
We are glad to furnish current quotations at any time, but do not attempt to send them voluntarily to our entire mailing list every month. It is far too large a list for us to do it so often. Being farmer-seedsmen, with
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many overhead expenses eliminated, we can and do sell below the market usually. How- ever, it is not on the basis of price alone that we solicit your business, but on Quality and Service.
All prices are f. o. b. our shipping points, Estelle and Camden, on the L. & N. R. R., or point of no higher rate, unless otherwise stated.
Quantity Prices—We try to give reason- able price concessions on large lots, and in- vite inquiries. Ask for delivered quotations, also.
Terms—wWe can give better prices and service by requesting cash with order. Re- mittances should be made by money order, check, draft or money by registered letter. Stamps wrapped in wax paper are accept- able for small amounts. Shipments may be made C. O. D. or B/L attached, but we urge customers to send money in advance to save collection charges. Agricultural colleges and others operating under similar systems are accorded the buying privileges with us, to which they are accustomed.
Non-Warranty—We give no warranty, express or implied, as to description, quality, productiveness, or any other matter of seeds or plants we send out, and will not be re- sponsible for the crop. When given, purity and germination figures are for information only and without guarantee. No responsible seedsman gives any warranty because most of the failures are due to unfavorable weather or soil conditions, too deep or too shallow planting, unsatisfactory inoculation, etc., all of which are beyond his control.
How to Wire Us—oOur phone number is 1011. Camden, Ala., is our telephone ex- change and Western Union office. Selma, Ala., is our Postal Telegraph office. There are no extra charges for phoning wires to us from either place. Customers are respect- fully requested not to wire us collect, par- ticularly when asking for quotations. Our prices do not allow for this expense.
References—City National Bank of Selma, Ala.; Camden National Bank, Camden, Ala.; Merchants National Bank, Mobile, Ala.; Dun & Bradstreet, Inc.; and many agricultural leaders throughout the South.
Transportation to Use, and Rates—Parcel post is cheaper than express for small quan- tities, and larger amounts often go econom- ically by it. Seventy pounds may go in one package—150 miles for 84 cents, 300 miles for $1.47, and 600 miles for $2.52. Seed are insured when money is sent for it.
Seed take the 2nd class rate by express, and for this reason many customers use this quick service for medium and large sized orders. Many express agents do not handle seed often, and do not know that the 2nd class rate applies. Customers are urged to ask their agents about the express rate charged. There are now express rates on seed between many points as low as 8rd class
freight. Your agent can tell you whether your town is one of these points.
If you are not rushed for seed, freight is the cheapest transportation on 100 pounds or more, and sometimes on less. Most seed take 3rd class freight rates. Some seed which are entitled to 4th class (lower) rates include Sudan Grass, Johnson Grass, Sag- rain, sorghums, and peanuts. Austrian Peas and cotton seed take 6th class. Soybeans, velvet beans, Mung beans, and cowpeas take the 8th on interstate shipments, but within the state the 10th class, which is lower, ap- plies. Corn, oats, rye, barley, and wheat take the 10th class (the lowest), plus 5c cwt. All 6th, 8th, and 10th class items take the 4th class rate if shipments cross the Missis- sippi River.
We will gladly furnish any freight, ex- press, and parcel post rates. Delivered prices will be cheerfully furnished at any time. Do not forget to tell us how and where to ship.
NOTICE—If seed are to be sent prepaid, or by parcel post, be sure to allow money for the purpose unless you do not mind the C. O. D. fees, as we cannot charge these small amounts. Consult your agent or postmaster for rates, or let us give them.
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From Darlington, Ala. Pound Add First Zone within 50 miles $0.08 $0.01 Second Zone within 50 to 150 miles -08 -O1 Third Zone within 150 to 300 miles -09 .02 Fourth Zone within 300 to 600 miles -10 03% Fifth Zone within 600 to 1000 miles sal 0514
What You Want in seed may not be listed, but we will do our best to quote you if same is available. Your inquiries are solicited.
If our literature has interested you, we be- lieve it will interest your friends. PLEASE SEND US THE NAMES OF SOME GOOD FARMERS. We will gladly mail this cata- log to them, and your name will not be used if you prefer.
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‘“‘We would like to express to you our appre- ciation for your splendid service in handling our orders and working with us in every way that one could ask. We recommend your seed to be of the highest quality. They are all that you claim for them.’’—Conecuh County Ex- change, Inc., A. G. Bolton, Mgr.
““All the seed that we have ever handled of yours have always come up to expectations. Our customers have obtained excellent results from the planting of them. Your seed have turned out better than those purchased from other companies. As to service, it has been all that we could ask.’’—C. Burkart & Com- pany, Cullman County.
“I think I have the best pastures in Bibb County. The Dallis Grass seed I sowed two years ago did not do much until this year, but believe me, it is here now.’’—M. W. Fancher, Shelby County.
‘We have always found you to handle seed of very high quality. Your service is excellent, and you are courteous and cooperative at all times. We expect to continue to give you a large portion of our business.’’—Coosa Farmers Exchange, Ralph W. Rayfield, Mer.
“It is a pleasure to us to recommend your firm to any dealing in seed. Our experience with you has proven very satisfactory as to quality of seed and service.’’—Roberts, Luther & Company, Marshall County.
“It has always been a pleasure in every way to do business with your good firm, and par- ticularly do we appreciate your policy of ad- hering to the sale of strictly quality merchan- dise.’’-—Autry Greer & Sons, by E. S. Greer, Mobile County.
In Arkansas...
“I find your seed to do well in Arkansas, since they are grown and handled by a firm that is familiar with the needs of the South.”— Bruce Kendall, Arkansas County.
“T have done some experimenting yearly with clover and grass varieties realizing our pasture crops are really the most valuable and the most important crops grown. Lambert’s plump, clean seed were sown liberally, and the good stands of sturdy plants received was a pleas- ure. Lambert & Sons’ valuable booklet reflects their outstanding knowledge of pasture plants.’’—C. W. Martin, Jackson County.
In Georgia...
“During 1938, I purchased most of my seed requirements from you and found them most satisfactory, and have been very successful with your grass seed, particularly the various classes of Lespedeza which I sowed on more than 100 acres of land.’’—Hughes Spalding, Fulton County.
“We are glad to tell you that your seed are the best and your service is prompt and good.” —S. C. Hudson & Son, Elbert County.
In North Carolina...
““‘We are happy to renew our many years of dealing with your firm again. It has always been a pleasure to transact business with a firm whose integrity we have always held to be so high, and whose stocks we have always found to be of a uniformly high quality and depend- ability.”,—Job P. Wyatt & Sons Company, by W. Greyson Quarles, Mgr., Wake County.
Statements from Our Banks
Camden, Alabama January 12, 1937
“To Whom It May Concern:
‘‘We have known and patronized R. E. Lambert & Sons, farmers and seedsmen, for a number of years and have known the members of the firm intimately. Their products have always proved to be of high grade, and our relations very satisfactory.” _
CAMDEN NATIONAL BANK, E. W. Berry, President.
Selma, Alabama January 11, 1937
“To Whom It May Concern:
“The firm of R. E. Lambert & Sons, Darlington, Alabama, in our opinion, has been of great benefit to the farmers and stock raisers of the South. Their repu- tation for fair dealings and thoroughness in business cannot be questioned.
“We believe that any transactions you might have with them will prove entirely satisfactory. We appreciate them as cus- tomers, as well as citizens of this com- munity.”’
THE CITY NATIONAL BANK OF SELMA, By H. Glenn Boyd, Pres.
Mobile, Alabama February 28, 1939
“To Whom It May Concern:
“For a number of years the name of R. E. Lambert & Sons of Darlington, Ala- bama, has been well and favorably known to us.
“Their record of service to the agri- culture and animal husbandry of the South is an enviable one. Their reputa- tion for fair dealings and business-like methods is unquestioned.
‘“‘We have confidence in their integrity and responsibility, and our relationship with them is most satisfactory and pleas- ant.”
THE MERCHANTS NATIONAL BANK OF MOBILE, By E. W. Faulk, Vice Pres.
34 R. E. LAMBERT & SONS, DARLINGTON, ALABAMA
i Secd and Sewice. . . .
In Florida...
“It is indeed a pleasure to deal with your firm, and we hope that the coming year will provide the opportunity for us to increase sub- stantially our orders for seed.’’—Island Land- scape Company, Palm Beach County.
“We beg to state that we have found your seed as good as the best, and we have found your service always satisfactory. It has been a pleasure to do business with your company. We expect to continue to buy a good portion of our seed requirements that develop fron time to time from you.’’—Rex Lumber Com- pany Farms, by W. D. McRae, Mgr., Jackson County.
“The germination of all seeds that I have bought from you in the past eight years has been very satisfactory, and your prompt, effi- cient service and cooperation has been 100 per cent.’’—Grover S. Bell, Palm Beach County.
“IT have sown seeds from you for a number of years, and have always found them satisfac- tory.’’—Winchester Dairy, by E. L. Winches- ter, Palm Beach County.
In Kentucky...
“As a regular customer of yours from one year to another, I find your seed just as adver- tised and your service very prompt.”’—J. S. Reynolds, M.D., Bell County.
“It has been a real pleasure to do business with a firm that I can have full confidence in. I know that the seed I buy from you will be as good or better than represented to be, and I do not hesitate to recommend your seed to any of my farmer friends.—U. S. Nofsinger, Muhlenberg County.
In Louisiana...
“T have purchased large amounts of seed from you. Our dealings have been pleasant. It is a satisfaction to get what you want when you want it.’’—C. R. Minor, Caddo Parish.
“We have bought seeds from you for several years. Recently we purchased from you a carload of Florida Phosphate; also a young Hereford bull for our farm near Eufaula, Ala- bama, and it gives us pleasure to say we are well satisfied with everything you have sent us. We like to do business with people like yourselves, and appreciate the promptness and care our orders always receive.’’—R. L. Hill Lumber Company, Inc., by R. S. Hill, Orleans Parish.
In Mississippi .. .
“We have purchased field seed from you for a number of years, and we are glad to say that we have become more and more apprecia- tive of the quality goods you handle.’’—Noxu- bee County Co-Operative, A.A.L., by Robert C. Jackson, Mgr.
“T have been buying seeds from you people
for years. I find you to be absolutely reliable in all transactions, honest shippers, and a pleasure to do business with.’’—T. C. Barge,
Lincoln County.
“T wish to take this means of thanking you for the service and quality of the seeds you have furnished me in the past. They seem to be adapted to this climate 100 per cent.’’—Jas. Rutledge, Claiborne County.
“We have used your seed for years, and think they are great. None better!’’—Prentiss County Cooperative, A.A.L.
“T have bought seed of you for several years for use in Mississippi, and have always found them very satisfactory. Your guarantee as to germination, etc., has always been fulfilled, and the plants have grown in satisfactory man-
ner.’’—W. C. Longmire, Siskiyou County, Cali- fornia.
In Oklahoma...
“It has been a real pleasure to do business with a firm that we can have full confidenee in, and we know that the seed we buy from you will be as good or better than represented to be.’’—Roach Seed Company, Okmulgee County.
“T have bought nearly all kinds of seed from you for the past six or seven years, and have found them of the highest type that could be grown. I think you are the best seed house in the South. Your business is built on honor and principle is why you cover such a wonder- ful territory.’—Henry R. Latimer, McCurtain County.
In South Carolina...
‘‘For more than ten years I have bought seed from you. The seed have been true to name and of good germination. Your service has been prompt and courteous.’’—Dr. Wade Stack- house, Dillon County.
“T have been doing business with you for the past two years and have found your seed and service very satisfactory.’’—B. D. Dargan, Darlington County.
In Texas...
“T will say that the Dallis seed obtained from you are the only ones I have ever had to come up. The last planting was timed, and was showing nicely in three weeks.’’—J. W. Cox, M.D., Limestone County.
‘Tt is always a pleasure to deal with your good firm, and I hope that we can have friendly dealings to our mutual advantage for a long time in the future.’’—The Bennett Ranch, Jack- son County.
‘‘We have found that your seeds are clean and uniform in every way, and that they give complete satisfaction. We have known of your house for a long time, and know it to be an absolutely reliable source of supply for all kinds of good seed. We enjoy doing business with you.’’—Black Bros., Red River County.
RELIABLE SEEDS FOR THE SOUTH—Since 1900 35
2 A group of future herd sires. various parts of the South.
OTHER PRODUCTS FOR SALE
Registered Polled Hereford Cattle—We have the largest polled herd in the South- eastern States, averaging 250 head, and well known blood lines are represented. Many cattlemen look upon Polled Herefords as “the preferred beef breed” of today. For over 20 years we have bought our herd bulls out of leading herds in the North and West at a cost of $500 each or more. The herd is Government accredited. Breeding stock is for sale at all times. We have many sat- isfied mail order customers in seven states. Correspondence solicited. Visitors are wel- come at all times.
‘As I told you when at your place the other day, I have been to all the largest ranches in the South, and you have the finest herd of cattle I have ever seen. They are so well-boned and uniform in size and color. Watching them is a sight I will long remember.’’—E. T. Rosen- grant, Secretary, Greater Mobile-Gulf Coast Fair Association, Mobile, Ala.
Pure Honey, extracted, and made bright and delicious principally from white sweet clover is for sale as long as it lasts. Deliv- ered prices subject to market changes are: 5 lb. pail, 85c; 10 lb. pail, $1.50; and 20 lbs., $2.90.
Bee Supplies—Manufactured by G. B. Lewis Co., Watertown, Wisconsin, and Da- dant’s Foundation, are carried in stock. This is a leading line of beeware, and is used by the Alabama Polytechnic Institute. Write us for the Lewis catalog.
CYCLONE SEER SOONER
Cyclone — Fine for sowing all large and small seed which are C,0 Di myo. oy broadcast. Sim- ply constructed, easily operated, and very popu- lar. Has adjust- able feed gate. Oscillating feed plate won’t clog. Capacity % bu. Shipping wt., 4 lbs.
Prices: $2.25 f.o.b. here; $2.50 postpaid.
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We supply breeding stock from our herd to many cattlemen in © Inquiries on cattle are solicited.
INDEX WHAT TO: PANT. ..222). [4 2 eis) eee 30 GENERAL INFORMATION (Planting, etc.) -...... 30-33 GRASS SEED Bermuda, Grass, bu--40 lbs... eee 2 Carpet Grass bu..24 lbs = = eee 2 Dallis Grass) ibu..20:1)s._ 2 eee 3 italian Rye Grass, bu. SOLlbs 2 ee 3 Jgohnson’Grass, bu. 25 lbs: ee 5 Kentucky Blue Grass, bu. 12 lbs.____.__._.__... MENS aM 4 Orchard’ Grass) bu. 14.)bs 4 Red Top, or Herds Grass, bu. 40 lbs.____........_...... 4 Sudan: Grass, bu. 40)lbs 5 Wolf Tail Grass, hulled, bu. 56 Ibs..................._..--. 4 CLOVER SEED
Alfalfa, bu..-60 UbS.=.20 2-8 5 ee eee 6 Alsike: Clover,“bu. 60. lbsi22222)- 22 See 6 Black Medic, hulled, bwu.. 60 Ibsi.2...- 22 <A Bur Clover, California, hulled, bu. 60 lbs._...._.___.. 7 Bur Clover, Sou. and Early Sou., bu. 10 lbs.__..__.... 7 Crimson Clover, hulled, bu. 60 Ibs..__..........-..-----.._.. T Hop Clover, bu, 60-lbs = eee ey Common, Kobe and Tenn. 76, bu. 25
Sos eee SR cose Se, BP a 10 Lespedeza, Korean, bu. 45 lbs.............--.-..-------------- 10 Lespedeza Sericea, hulled, bu. 60 Ibs..-.................-- iat Melilotus, Annual Yellow, scarified, bu. 60 lbs.._.. 8 Persian, Clover, bu. GOvlpso 6 ees 8 Red Clover, bu;'60. lbs.22.2 eee 9 Sweet Clover, White, scarified. bu. 60 lbs......._... 9 White Dutch Clover, bu. 60 lbs. eee 9
MISCELLANEOUS SEED Austrian Winter Peas, bu. 60 Ibs.___..__......-.......... 11-18 Barley, ‘bu... 48° 1bsi-..-2 5 ee eee 28 Beggrarweed; bu.i60 ibs: ee eee 26 Benne;..bu).50)JDs.2 26. ee, ee eee 26 Cane or Sorghum, bw.50) lbs... =] 26 Chufas,;. bu,;40, lbs... -.i..2. acs eee 26 Corn, Standard, bu. 56 Tbs. 0 ee 15-16 Corn, Hybrid, bu..56.1bs....:, ieee 17-18 Cotton, Clevewilt and D. & P. L., bu. 32 lbs.._.._. 18-19 Crotalaria; “bu: 60: Ibs.) 5 See eee 20-21 Egyptian Wheat or Shallu, bu. 50 lbs..............-...... 26 Millet «Seed, bu. 50. lbsie2 5 ae eee 27 Mung..Beans, bu..60 bs): =... 2-3 ee 27 Oats; bu..32 lbs... be oe See eee 27 Peanuts, -bu- 22 lbov-t22.- 2 esto ee oe eee 28 Peas; Cow, ‘bu. 60. 1Ds.. 2) 22 ee ee 25 Peas; ‘Table: bu..60° lbsi..2 2 2 See eee 25 Rape, Dwart Essex, buy 6GQibsi see ee 28 Rice; Upland; bu. 44: lbs)... 33-3 ee 28 Rye, bus 66 -1b8.ci 25a eC 28 Sagrain, Grohoma and Hegari, bu. 50 Ilbs....-...... 28-29 Sesbania, bu. 70° IDs.2:. 2.0 3. ee 24 Soybeatis, bu: 60 lbsic.-5 oc se ee 22-23 Velvet Beans, bu.-60) bs...) ee eee 29 Vetch, Hairy) bu. 60 lbs. 22) 3 ee eee 14 Vetch, Other Varieties, bu. 60 lbs........................... 14 Wheat. br.'60. [psi 5.22 eee 28 Wild: Winter Peas, bu. 60) 1bsi2232 eee 29 OTHER PRODUCTS
Beeware and Honey..:::.... 00.2). eee 36 Cattle, Polled Hereford. :.2.-).2 2 ee eee 36 Du Bay Seed. Disinfectants.-.....:: 22 GeRieee eres 32 Tnoculation, Nitragin) <<. .2o-ceseees.ieeeeeeceeee 31 Seed Sowers 2.4.2..2-A 22822 Sa ee eee 33-36
Wallace-Homestead Company, Horticultural Printers, Des Moines, Iowa
"A Farmer is no richer than his soil—for Land's sake use LONFOSCO"
We USE, RECOMMEND and are DISTRIBUTORS for
““LONFOSCO” COLLOIDAL PHOSPHATE
A Soil Builder and Conditioner
Here is a copy of an analysis published by the Bureau of Chemistry and Soils, Washington, D. C., on the chemical composition of Florida Colloidal Phosphate.
PHOSPHORUS
Is an essential ele- ment to plant and animal life.
Silica (SiOz)—Total Alumina (A12QOs3) Ferric Oxide (Fe203)—Total Iron CALCIUM OXIDE (LIME) (CaO) Magnesium Oxide (MgO)
© PHOSPHORIC ACID (P:20s) Sodium Oxide (Na20)
Phosphorus im-
Potassium Oxide (K20) proves the quality of
Carbon Dioxide (COz2z)
legumes and pas- Titanium Oxide (TiOz). tures. Chlorine (Cl) e Fluorine (F) Cee GeO (MnO) . . Chromium r203 ee Fe Vanadium (V20s3) not leach out. GUARANTEED
By the manufacturer to contain a MINI- MUM of 18% total Phosporic Acid, but the average composition tests 20% to 23%. The Lime content runs around 25%.
NEEDED BY LEGUMES It is highly important to feed phosphorus to Austrian Peas, Vetch, Crotalaria, pasture clovers and all other legumes. With its high grade colloidal phosphate, LONFOSCO not only sup- plies this essential food but also reduces soil acidity, a vital matter on many soils.
RETAINS MOISTURE LONFOSCO really holds moisture. Because of this property, your crops will STAND UP AND THRIVE BETTER DURING DRY SPELLS.
HELPS PREVENT NITROGEN LOSSES LONFOSCO helps prevent the evaporation and leaching of nitrogen, whether in the form of commercial fertilizer, manure or cover crop.
COLLOIDAL
LONFOSco
PHOSPHATE THE SO/L BUILDER
CALCIUM
is necessary for plant growth. It also sweetens the _ soil and corrects that overacid condition.
PER CENT
Vee ee eRe ltt nie ; Sulphur Dioxide (SOz)—Total Sulphur... . e 01
IRON
Makes for that vig- orous, healthy deep green foliage.
EASY TO HANDLE Because it is marketed in pellet form, LON- FOSCO is easier and cleaner to distribute than phosphates which are prepared in powdered form.
GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS Approved by U.S.D.A., Washington, D. C. LONFOSCO qualifies for payments of $6.00 per ton when applied according to Govern- ment regulations under cov- er crops, on pastures, etc. The usual application is 500 pounds per acre.
SHIPMENTS LONFOSCO is shipped in 30, 40 and 50 ton cars. It is packed in 100 pound pa- per bags, 200 pound new jutes or in bulk. (Bags of extra good quality—printed 2 colors.)
PRICE APPEAL The price will appeal to you. Write or wire us at once for delivered quotations and fur- ther information. LONFOSCO has uses the year-around.
CROTALARIA
“The King of Summer
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R. E. LAMBERT & SONS
Growers, Merchants and Importers
RELIABLE FARM SEEDS FOR 1839-40 Darlington Alabama