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Southern 



Coiip Peas. 



Cow Peas. 



■" There Is no surer or 

 cheaper means of Improv- 

 ing and Increasing the pro- 

 ductiveness of our soils 

 than by sowing the Cow Pea. It makes an enor- 

 mous growth, enabling the farmer to put plenty 

 of nitrogenous vegetable matter into the soil at 

 a small cost, and so very largely enables him to 

 dispense with the use of nitrogenous commercial 

 fertilizers, and has the power to extract this 

 costly nitrogen from the atmosphere and to store 

 the same In the vines and roots so that if the crop 

 is cut off, the land is still enriched and its condi- 

 tion Improved. From five to nine tons of green 

 fodder per acre have been produced by the Cow 

 Peas. To grow for hay they are most valuable. 

 For ensilage they are unsurpassed. When it is 

 desired to turn the whole crop under, as a soil im- 

 prover, it is better to do so after the vines are 

 partly dead. Cow Peas can be sown in May or 

 June, at the rate of one to one-and-a-half bushels 

 per acre. 



Black.— This variety is quick to ma- 

 ture, and well adapted for late planting in 

 Northern sections ; it is a vigorous grower 

 and great yielder. Peck, 50c.; bushel 

 $1.50. 



Black Eye.— A prolific vine-growing variety of merit, 

 seed often sold for table use. Peck, 50c.; Bush., $1.75. 



TVhippoorwill.— A favorite early bunch-growing 

 variety, has brown-speckled seed, which are rtiore easily 

 gathered than from the vine growing sorts. This variety is 

 a prime favorite in the North and West on account of its 

 early maturity and habit of growth. Bush., $1.75. Price 

 fluctuates. 



Canada J^ield Peas. 



These Field Peas are entirely different to the Cow Pea, 

 requiring to be sown early in the spring, making their crop 

 ready for cutting in May or June. They can be sown in 

 open weather during December, January, February and 

 March, and make large yields of most nutritious food, which 

 can be used either green or cured for hay. It also makes 

 a good green manuring crop to turn under, but is not equal 

 in this respect to Cow Peas. They can be sown alone at 

 the rate of one-and-a-half to two bushels to the acre, but a 

 light seeding of oats, rye or barley will increase the yield 

 and help to support the pea vines when the crop comes to 

 maturity. The crop is ready for cutting in May and June, 

 and cures easily and makes splendid hay. Price fluctuates. 

 Price, January 1st, peck, 50c.; bushel, $1.65. Special price 

 quoted on large lots. Cotton bags, holding two bushels 

 each, 15c. extra. 



J'oy or Soja ^eans. 



A Great Drought Resisting Forage Crop, Producing Immense 



Quantities of Nutritious Feed, Besides Being an 



Excellent Soil Improver. 



The Soy Bean is coming right to the front as a great 

 soil enricher, as a food for hogs and cattle, both in the green 

 and dry state. In some parts of the South it is extensively 

 grown only for feeding pigs. Agricultural Bulletins 

 throughout the Southern States praise it without stint. To 

 plow under in the green state it is certainly one of the very 

 best plants, next to Cow Peas, to sow on account of its soil 

 enriching qualities. It will draw from the air and return to 

 the earth just the nourishment needed. Peck. 40c.; bush., 

 $1.50. Subject to market fluctuations. 



Sand or is)inter Vetch. 



Sometimes called Hairy Vetch. The most valuable of 

 all vetches. It succeeds on nearly all soils and is specially 

 recommended for poor land, where it thrives and improves 

 the soil wonderfully, as it is very rich in nitrogen. It be- 

 longs to the pea family but the vines are more leafy and 

 longer. It may be sown in the spring or in the fall, pre- 

 ferably with rye. It remains green all winter and is valu- 

 able for early pasturing, as well as a fertilizer. Peck, $1.50; 

 bush., $5.50. 



Kaffir Corn. 



Kajfir Corn. 



One of the best for- 

 age plants. The heads 

 contain small white 

 seeds, which make an 

 excellent flour. The 

 heads are greedily eat- 

 en by horses and cattle 

 and make splendid food 

 for poultry, fed either 

 in the grain or ground 

 and cooked. The fol- 

 iage and stalks make 

 excellent forage. Cul- 

 tivate the same as com- 

 mon corn, requiring 

 four or five pounds of 

 seed per acre. 100 lbs., 

 $2.25. 



^\farf 

 Sssex Rape. 



This plant is exten- 

 sively grown for forage, 

 especially for sheep, 

 and for green manure, 

 for which purpose there 

 is perhaps no better plant adapted where a quick, rank 

 growth is desired. Prepare the ground as for turnips and 

 sow in June or July with a turnip drill, in rows two-and- 

 a-half feet apart at the rate of two-and-a-half pounds of seed 

 per acre. Our stock is the true Essex Dwarf, and not the 

 worthless annual. 100 lbs., $5.00. 



Sorghum, or Cane. 



Early Amber Sorghum — 



Furnishes a large yield of most 

 nutritious forage, which can be 

 fed either green or cured, and will 

 yield two or three cuttings a year, 

 stooling out thicker each time it 

 is cut. The saccharine matter is 

 of the first quality, and it also 

 produces a fine sugar or syrup. It 

 grows ten or twelve feet high. 

 Sow at fhe rate of one peck per 

 acre in drills three-and-a-half to 

 four feet apart. Pk., 40c. ; bush, 

 about $1.25. 



Early Orange Sorghum. 



— This variety is a favorite where- 

 ever used, it is similar in growth 

 to Early Amber, but under fair 

 condition produces a heavier crop. 

 It is better for the stock feeding 

 than Amber. Per bushel, $1.25. 



Sorghum, or Cane. 



buckwheat. 



Japanese. — This variety yields very largely. The 

 kernels are larger than other sorts, but owing to its branch- 

 ing qualities it need not be sown so thickly. Per peck 

 40c.; per bushel about $1.15. 



Silver Hull. — A superior variety in every way to the 

 ordinary Buckwheat, which it has almost entirely super- 

 seded. Per peck 35c.; bushel about $1.10. Current prices 

 quoted on application. 



ie)hite Spring Oats. 



Our best recleaned stock of these are Choice Northern 

 grown, all heavy oats, which have been recleaned by us. 

 Bush., 55c. 



Rust Proof Oats. 



A favorite spring variety in the South, particularly 

 where the land is rich; produces enormous yield, and ex- 

 cellent for cutting for hay. Bush., 50c. 



