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Cow, or SovitKerrv Pes^s. 



There is no surer or cheaper means of improving and increasing the product- 

 iveness of our soils than by sowing the Cow Pea. It makes an enormous 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 nitro- 

 genous 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 condition improved. From five to 

 nine tons of green fodder per acre have been produced by the Cow Peas. To grow 

 for hav they are most valuable. The bacon made from hogs fed on the dry peas 

 is much sweeter and more solid, and the fat will not run out in cooking nearly so 

 much as when fed on corn. For ensilage they are unsurpassed. When it is de- 

 sired to turn the whole crop under, as a soil improver, it is better to do so after 

 the vines are partly dead. A good picking of the dried peas can be made before 

 plowing under, if desired. 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 mature, and well adapted for late plant- 

 ing and Northern sections; it is a vigorous grower and great yielder. Peck, 50c 



BLACK EYE — A prolific vine-growing variety of merit; seed; 

 often sold for table use.. 



Market price on Cow Peas changes often. Write for price on bushel 

 or over when ready to buy. 



Ruta-Baga should be sown a month earlier than tur- 

 nips, as they requite longer to mature. 



KaJfir Corn. 



One of the best forage plants. The heads contain small white seeds, which 

 make an excellent flour. The heads are greedily eaten by horses and cattle and 

 make splendid food for poultry, fed either in the grain or ground and cooked. 

 The foliage and stalks make excellent forage. Cultivate the same as common 

 Corn, requiring four or five pounds of seed per acre. 



100 lbs., $3.00. 



Dwarf Essex R^aLpe. 



This plant is extensively grown for forage, especially for sheep, and for 

 green manure, for which purpose there is perhaps no plant better adapted 

 where a quick, rank growth is desired. Farmers who raise much stock and 

 desire to get young cattle, sheep or lambs into favorable condition can do it 

 most cheaply by growing this Rape. 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., $6.00. 



Evergreen Lawn 



GR-ASS. 



40 lbs. to the acre. 1 lb. to 250 square feet. 



IMPROVED AMERICAN PURPLE 



Very hardy and productive; flesh yellow, sweet 

 and solid; good for stock or table use. % lb., 

 10c. ; lb., 30c. 



NOTHING adds more 

 to the attractiveness 

 of a suburban home 

 than a beautiful lawn. 



The essentials for a fine 

 lawn are : 



First. A rich, well-drained 

 soil. 



Second. Ground carefully 

 worked. 



Third. A wise selection of 

 seeds. 



Fourth. Sowing at such a 

 time as to give the young 

 plants a chance to become 

 well established before be- 

 ing subjected to very dry 

 or very cold weather. 



Too much care cannot be 

 bestowed upon the selection 

 of grasses, as some varieties 

 are the most luxuriant in 

 Spring, others in Summer, 

 others, again, in the Au- 

 tumn, and a combination of 

 the proper sorts is required 

 for a perfect carpet-like lawn. 



We have given much thought and made many experiments to secure the best selection, and think our evergreen mix- 

 ture the best possible for permanent lawns. It may be planted early in the Spring or Fall. Lb., 20c; 25 lbs v $4.50. 



OUR SEEDS ARE GUARANTEED TO GROW. 



