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HENDERSON'S FARMERS MANUAL 



EARLY SOJA 



OR 

 SOY 



BEANS 



A great Soil Enricher, gathering nitrogen from the 

 air. Produces enormous crops as far North as Canada. 

 Ripening Seed as far North as Massachusetts. Espe- 

 cially Valuable (in combination with Japanese Millet 

 and Fodder Corn) for Ensilage, supplying the albumi- 

 noids or flesh-forming food. 



The American farmer can now, by the aid of the Soja or Soy Bean, and Japanese 

 Millet, grow on his own farm, at small cost, a combination which furnishes a 

 wholesome, economical and completely balanced feed for milch cows. This com- 

 bination should be composed of two parts Millet or Corn to one part Soja Beans, 

 grown separately, but mixed thoroughly at the time of cutting and filling of the 

 silo. We recommend that grain be fed occasionally as a change, but four-fifths 

 of the grain bill can be saved. Planted the latter part of May, in latitude 

 of New York, the Beans are ready for harvesting in about 100 days. Sow the 

 Beans from the middle to end of May, and the Millet from last week in June 

 till first week in July; both will then be ready for silo about the end of August. 



Planted in rows 2 Yi feet apart, 6 to 8 plants to the foot of row, requiring 50 

 pounds per acre, they yield 15 to 20 tons per acre of fodder, very rich in flesh 

 formers. For green feed, use from time of blossoming till pods are well filled; 

 for the silo, cut as soon as most of the pods are well filled, and cut into K-inch 

 to 2K-inch lengths. The Soja Bean is also valuable as a soil enricher, gathering 

 nitrogen from the air same as Clover the roots being crowded with nodules which 

 give them this power. (See engraving.) 



EARLY WILSON BLACK. This variety has proved its earliness and value 

 in the Northern States by not only producing large fodder crops, but ripening 

 the seed as far north as Massachusetts. The grain is the richest vegetable sub- 

 stance known, and when ground and fed to cattle gives a milk richer and better 

 than if fed other meal. 



Price, lb. 35c; 10 lbs. $2.00; 50 lbs. $4.00; 100 lbs. $7.50. 



MAMMOTH YELLOW. This variety was developed and has been tested in 

 the East and South with very satisfactory results. Grows well on very poor 

 soils, easily reaching a height of three feet in eight weeks after sowing, in the 

 latitude of New York. This is an excellent variety for green manuring, and will 

 also make good hay and ensilage. Under ordinary growing conditions, the beans 

 will mature well before frost sets in. Plant 50 pounds to the acre. 



Price, lb. 35c; 10 lbs. $2.00; 50 lbs. $4.00; 100 lbs. $7.50. 



EARLY WILSON BLACK SOJA BEAN 



COW PEAS (cX¥L n n a g) 



Cow Peas are the great leguminous crop of our Southern 



States, where they play the same important role in 



rotation farming that Clovers and Canada 



Peas do in the North 



Cow Peas are more tender than Canada or Field Peas and should not 

 not be sown until Corn-planting time. Cow Peas, being of very rapid 

 growth during the warm weather, can be sown as late as the middle of 

 July with reasonable assurance of a profitable crop, either for harvesting 

 or plowing under. 



The early varieties are quite extensively and successfully grown for 

 forage and soiling as far north as Massachusetts, but so far north the crop 

 may not ripen seeds. As a soil renovator and enricher Cow Peas are very 

 valuable, as they collect nitrogen from the air in large quantities and fix 

 it in the soil, thus adding this expensive element of fertilizer to the land 

 without cost, and leaving it richer and in better condition for the future 

 crop. Cow Peas grow on all soils from the stiffest clays to porous sands, 

 barren uplands and alluvial bottoms. The feeding value is high, whether 

 as green forage, cured hay or silage, being especially rich in blood, bone 

 and muscle forming material. Hogs do well pastured on Cow Peas; an 

 acre of ripening Peas will feed and fatten 15 to 20 young hogs; sheep and 

 cattle may also be fed on the green fodder cut and wilted a little, otherwise 

 they eat it so ravenously, they are liable to bloat. For green-manuring 

 clay land, the crop should be turned under green. On sandy soil, already 

 too light, the vines should decay on the surface and then be turned under. 

 Sow 100 lbs. per acre. 



BLACK EYE COW PEAS. A popular and productive early sort. 

 Very much in demand. 



Price, lb. 35c; 10 lbs. $2.00; 50 lbs. $4.75; 100 lbs. $9.00. 



NEW ERA COW PEAS. A new, extra-early variety, earlier than the 

 Black Eye, maturing in about 60 days, specially adapted for planting north. 



Price, lb. 35c; 10 lbs. $2.00; 50 lbs. $4.75; 100 lbs. $9.00. 



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