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THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER 648 (20) Amies list ' mm toy . . - i Many Shiploads Will Go to EuropFarmeri Adyised to Plant Wheat and Oats Stubble to Sudan Grass Farmers' Notes Taken in Payment for Seed. This is going to be such a big year in the demand for hay (owing to the. war) that it will surely pay: the farmer to raise an extra amount for forage; Two Crops From Your Land After you have taken off your small grains or other crops this month, or at any time before August 1st, put that land right back into Sudan Grass, and raise a heavy tonnage forage crop by fall. This ought to dou ble your net income on that land. Sudan Creat for Hot, Dry, Weather Through the dry weather of July and August, - when many other crops and : pastures suf fer, Sudan, the hew, wonderful drouth-resister, flourishes, yield ing plentiful, choice hay. It yields more tons to the acre than any other forage crop three to ten tons per acre. First cutting,' fifty to sixty days after planting. Additional cutting ev ery thirty to forty days till frost ; kills dead. Pay for Your Seed With Note Ifyou will plant ten acres to Sudan Grass I will supply, you with a liberal quantity of seed - and. accept your four months' note for $20.00 in settlement for the seed. - ' How to Pay for Seed With - If you Will. plant forty acres or more, I will "suppfy a liberal quantity of seed , for planting at the rate of $1.75. an acre, accepting your four 'months'- note in settlement, and will" buy sufficient of your baled Sudan hay to pay for the seed at $15.00 a ton, delivered at your nearest railroad station. The Agricultural Department has declared that Sudan grass is the best forage crop known. I am the biggest grower of Sudan Grass in Amerida, : and believe it will bring millions of dollars to the farmer. I know it is so , good that , I am making you this ex traordinary offer. I am negotiating for army hay contracts. I recently ; w r o t e a book entitled "SUDAN GRASS IT'S HISTORY, USES AND - METHODS OF CULTIVATION." It gives just the information; you should know. I will send it free if you will ask fon.it. - The seed I -will ship Is of the very, highest class, and'j a certificate of in- spection by the .State. Experiment As-, soclatiori, vouching for its" purity and freedom from -all other grasses and weeds will accompany the shipment. If you prefer to pay cash" for seed, I will allow you a dscount of 5 per cent providing payment is made, with in five days of receipt of seeds. Please write me at once, stating whether you will pay cash or give a note. If the latter, then give number of acres you will agree to plant. State whether you own-your own farm and give references. Promise to give me ' your four months' note in settlement, and I will ship seed at once, arid send note for your signature..- Act quickly. Planting time is on us, and I have only seed enough to plant 20,000 acreB. DAVID B. CLARKSON P. O. Box 578, Rob s town, Texas III " V 111 s ' S 11 Uh, z. t . .. .... r J VErga? The day you start feeding; Cotton'Seed Meal you eet more and richer milk. The milk pail tells as soon as Cotton Seed Meal gives out. The Farm Journal says : "There is no food-stuff known that will place the same amount of fat on cattle within so short a time as Cotton Seed Meal combined with cotton seed hulls,' and this fact is recognized wheresoever this food is used. When fed to dairy cows, orDytne family that Has but a single cow, its use increases the quantity of milk, improves the color, and the cream therefrom makes richer and better butter. Saves Worth of Feed "in Indiana it was found that the addition, of 1 pound "of Cotton Seed Meal to a ration of corn and clover hay, resulted in a saving of 1.37 lbs. of corn and 1.41 lbs. of clover nay. This means that average prices each ton of Cotton Seed Meal fed. the farmer saves 155.40 worth of other feed." Feed COTTON SEED MEAL to Your Cattle Hogs and Sheep Cotton Seed Meal Is the cheapen and most digestible source oi protein. Puts flesh on Iambs and increases wool on ehee. Especially valuable for tucking sowsgiving vigor to pigs before and after farrowing. Write today for . VALUABLE FREE BOOK ON FEEDING This book will show how to save money on feeds and have better balanced rations. Send for h today it's FREE! . -12 ;-J. - Pbblicity Bnreait; Inter-State - Cgtloii Seed 008 Main St, , - I If r ji jt Dallas, Texas - 1- H Here's a new voice for the thirsty rooter here's refreshment for the excited fan here's delicious-. ness f or aU-:-Coca-Cola, the beverage that athletes en r dorser-that wise business men enjoy that everyone welcomes for its simple, pure wholesomeness. d Carbonated in bottles at stands and in grand stands and at soda fountains everywhere. C Demand the genuine by full name nicknames' encourage substitution. Whenever Vv 'you see an . - W, . ll ill I It .'., y of Coca-Cola, 'jiu The Coca-Cola Company . ATLANTA. GA. ',' TV . . When Gottbrt Seea yi&ax6ives0i .. ... "ftji mm S10 a flay lor gins ana women, digger money than that for men. The RANEY torn anrplua fruit and vegetables into cash. Produces finer food than bie cannerien Works glass or tin for hom or market. INSTRUCTION BOOK FREE WITH EACH OUTFIT. Oannert 5 and up. RANEY is patented-has greater fire surface-keepi .VIJ??&&J!J&! Demonstrators. Get started In this CHATTAWOOQA ROOFING 4 FOUNDRY CO., Dept. 234, Ch.H.nog, T.nn. U you have any neighbors who do not read The Progressive Farmer send us their names and we will send them some sample copies. Then call on them and ask them to subscribe. - ' A Government Machine for Teotin& the Strength of Wood heft Studies '7 hommds of Different Pieces reachind' a conclusionr VT)M von ever know that the Govern ment, after careful laboratory tests, found Southern YelloV Pine' to have eater breaking strength than White Oak, and greater crushing strength tnan White Oak, Rock Elm, Hard Maple or Big Shellbark Hickory? That is fact, surprising though it may be. Here are the Government's figures, made by the experts of the Forest Service, in comDarine various commercial woods: - Woods Tested - ijErBslufig IJC i'oQrt Woods Tested LONGXEAF YELLOW PTHE. . . . T. . . .8,630 White Oak. 8,160 : Po8tOak...... ...... ... . 7380 - White Elm.-. ' 6 9S0 kjuvci iviapic... , J.OZU LONG LEAr Y ELLUW riiN c Shellbark Hickory. ..................... "3fy Hard Maple ....... . " 3740 Rock Elm. ;. . . 4510 And in addition to those suoerior Qualities, Southern Yellow rine lumber costs much less than any of the others. I That is a valuable tip the GQvernnierit.gives you. "-.8"?vf how you can get from' your honie dealer any quantity of clear, straight-grained, dur able, easy-working lumber stronger than Oak, for a very moderate price. lflerc no other wood so perfectly adapted to so many uses. ' ' i9:-3Tese FREiyMf: ....... - SOUTHERN PINE ASSOCIATION, 603-F Inter-State Bank Bid?.. New Orleans, La. - p, s Send ine fre your new Silo Book, Plans for Farm" Buildings, Tables of Lumber Test IW8C Nam" " : - Town...... R.F.D. R The Progressive Farmer Advertisers Are Guaranteed.
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