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Southern Cow Peas. 
There is no surer or cheaper means of improving and 
increasing the productiveness 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 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 
condition 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 unsur- 
passed. When it is desired to turn the whole crop under, 
as a soil improver, it is better todo so after the vines are 
partly dead. Cow Peas can be sown in May or June, at the 
tate of one to one-and-a-half bushels per acre. 
Black.—tThis variety is quick to mature, and well 
adapted for late planting and Northern sections; it is a 
vigorous grower and great yielder. Peck, 50c.; bush., $1.25. 
Black Eye.—A prolific vine-growing variety of merit, 
seed often sold for table use. Peck, 50c.; Bush., $1.75. 
Whippoorwiil.—A favorite early bunch growing 
variety, has brown-speckled seed, which are more 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 field 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 are increasing in 
popularity every year, making a most satisfactory and large- 
yielding early forage crop. 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 the 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. We strongly 
recommend this crop for supplying a large yield of most 
nutritious early feed. Price fluctuates. Price, January 1st, 
pk. 50c.; bushel $1.65. Special price quoted on large lots. 
Cotton bags holding two bushels each, 15c. extra. 
Joy or Soja Beans. 
A Great Drought Resisting Forage Crop, Producing Immense 
Quantities of Nutritious Feed, Besides Being an 
Excellent Soil Improver. 
Soy Beans are fast becoming one of the standard crops 
in this latitude, withstanding as they do the hot dry weather, 
and producing even under adverse circumstances enormous 
crops of the finest forage as well as large yields of nutri- 
tious grain. They have been cultivated extensively in 
nearly all latitudes and splendid results are reported from 
all sections of the country, farmers everywhere speaking 
in highest praises of their high feeding value. Reports 
from numerous large stock raisers throughout the South 
endorse them in highest terms, and in a great many cases 
they are prefered to Cow Peas. The yield of Soy Beans 
under favorable conditions is as much as 12 to 13 tons of 
fresh fodder per acre, which is equal to 2% to 8 tons of 
well cured hay. 25 to 40 bushels will be an average yield 
of beans and if the conditions are very favorable the yield 
may reach 60 bushels. At the North Carolina Experimental 
Station in which the Soy Bean and the Cow Pea were grown 
under similar circumstances the yield of hay from the Soja 
Bean was more than twice as much as that from Cow Peas. 
As they are of upright growth they can be easily cut and 
there is not as much trouble in saving and curing, and the 
quality of hay is equal or superior to that of Cow Pea hay. 
If for hay or soiling, the crop should be cut when the plants 
are in full bloom or the pods beginning to form. 
For seed purposes do not allow them to become too 
ripe as the pods burst open and many beans lost. 
For forage or for soil improving they should be sown 
at the rate of One bushel to the acre broadcast or in a grain 
drill. Thick seeding will prevent the stalk from growing 
too coarse and they can be more easily cut. If a crop of 
seed is desired it is better to sow in drills 24 to 36 inches 
apart at the rate of one-fourth to one-half bushel per acre. 
Cultivate about the same as corn but they do not require as 
much working. Soy Beans can be sown in between the 
rows of corn after the last working, and produce fine forage 
and excellent crops of beans if planted early. Price med- 
ium variety, $1.25 per bush., subject to fluctuation. 
Kaffir 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 inthe grain or ground and cook- 
ed. The foliage and stalks make excellent forage. Culti- 
vate the same as common corn, requiring four or five 
pounds of seed per acre. 100 lbs., $3.00. 
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 the rate of one 
peck per acre in drills three-and-a-half to four feet apart. 
Pk. 40c.; bush. about $1.25. 
Garly Orange Sorghum. 
Early Orange Sorghum.-—This variety is a favor- 
ite where ever used it issimilar 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. 
Dwarf Essex Rape. 
This plant is extensively grown for forage, especially 
for sheep, and for green manure, for which purpose there is 
perhaps no plant better adapted wherea 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. 
Buckwheat. 
For a late summer crop Buckwheat is very desirable 
and profitable, especially in the mountainous sections where 
Cow Peas do not succeed so well. It is easily grown, makes 
splendid flower food for bees and a large yield of grain, and 
is also valuable for turning under as an improver of the soil. 
As a smothering crop where the land is full of objection- 
able weeds, it is very desirable. Sow from one-half to three- 
fourths of a bushel per acre. 
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. 
@Dhite 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 Oais. 
A fovorite spring variety in the South, particularly 
where the land is rich; produces enormous yield, and ex- 
cellent for cutting for hay. Bush., 50c. 
