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PEAS FOR FODDER. 



"Peas could be made to bring more nitrogen to the soils of 

 this country every year than is now purchased annually by the 

 farmers at a cost of millions of dollars. As a food for fattening 

 cattle and dairy cows, peas are probably unexcelled. Much of the 

 success which Canadian feeders have achieved in preparing cattle 

 for the block has arisen from the free use of Peas in the diet." 



— Year-book of the U. S. Department of Agriculture. 



For the Northern States there is no ci-op of greater value than 

 Field Peas, and is more neglected, which can only be attributed to 

 a lack of knowledge as to its merits. Whether for fodder in mix- 

 ture with oats, sown at the rate of two bushels each per acre, or 

 the Peas sown alone at the rate of three bushels per acre for plow- 

 ing under, there is no crop that we can so strongly recommend for 



CANADA WHITE PEAS. 60c. peck, 

 $2.00 bushel; 10-bushel lots, SI .80 

 bushel. 



CANADA BLUE. 60c. peck, $2.25 

 bushel; 10-bushel lots, $2.00 bushel. 



LARGE MARROWFAT. Of immense 

 growth, yields heavily both grain and 

 fodder, and we consider it the best of 

 the Field Peas, whether for growing 

 alone or in mixture with oats or barley. 

 $2.60 bushel; 10-bushel lots, $2.50 

 bushel. 



THE MUMMY. We have much pleas- 

 ure in recommending this Pea for soil- 

 ing or fodder, either in mixture with 

 oats or grown by itself. 60c. peck, 

 $2.25 bushel; 10-bushel lots, $2.10 

 bushel. 



COW PEAS. One of the most valuable 

 of the leguminous crops, and is a soil 

 improver which can be sown in the 

 spring or summer and plowed under in 

 the fall. It has no superior, especially 

 for light soils. Its capacity for gather- 

 ing nitrogen from the air is not sur- 

 passed by the clovers, and enables the 

 farmer to dispense with buying that 

 most costly ingredient for commercial 

 fertilizers — nitrogen. $2.75 bushel ; 

 10-bushel lots, $2.60 bushel. 



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more extended culture in all latitudes north of Washington. South 

 of that we recommend the Cow Peas, as they thrive better and are 

 more certain croppers in warmer States than the other varieties. 

 Like all leguminous crops, Peas have the power of extracting 

 nitrogen from the air, and the soil from which a crop of Peas has 

 been harvested is richer in nitrogen than before the Peas were 

 sown upon it, and there is no kind of live stock on the farm to 

 which Peas and Oats in mixture cannot be fed with positive ad- 

 vantage. The Canada varieties, the Mummy and Marrowfat, 

 should be sown early in spring, but Cow Peas are more tender and 

 should not be sown until corn-planting time. Cow Peas, being 

 of very rapid growth during 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. (See cut.) 



BEANS. 



VELVET. A leguminous plant which 

 grows an enormous crop, but is very 

 late, and is valuable only in the South- 

 ern States and tropical countries. 

 Specially desirable for plowing under 

 in orange groves and sugar plantations. 

 75c. peck, $2.50 bushel. 



BURLINGAME MEDIUM. A little 

 smaller in the grain than the ordinary 

 medium beans, but is whiter and far 

 handsomer in appearance. $1.25 peck, 

 $4.00 bushel. 



IMPROVED RED KIDNEY. Much 

 more prolific than the ordinary Red 

 Kidney. $1.25 peck, $4.00 bushel. 



BOSTON SMALL PEA BEAN. A 

 desirable variety to grow, being early, 

 hardy and prolific. SI. 25 peck, $4.00 

 bushel. 



SOJA, or SOY. (Seepage'23.) 



WHITE MARROWFAT, or NAVY. 



The variety so extensively grown for 

 sale in the dry state. $1.25 peck, S4.00 

 bushel. 



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MENDERSOX S FIELD PEAS FOR FODDER. 



MISCELLANEOUS AGRICULTURAL SEEDS. 



// by mail in quantities of half pound and upward, postage must be added at the rate of 8 cents per pound. 



SPRING VETCHE3, or TARES. (Vhia sativa.) A species of 

 the Pea, grown for stock, and sometimes mixed with oats for 

 soiling. Sown broadcast at the rate of 2 to 3 bushels per acre. 

 10c. lb., $2.75 bushel of 60 lbs.. 10-bushel lots, S2.65. 



AUSTRALIAN SALT BCTSH. (Atriplex semibaccatum.) A val- 

 uable forage plant recently introduced and highly recommended 

 for growing on alkali soils and in sections subject to protracted 

 droughts. Experiments have proven that it will grow on soils 

 where nothing else will grow. It is nutritious and readily eaten 

 by all kinds of live stock. One pound of seed is sufficient for an 

 acre. The best plan is to sow the seed in well-prepared garden 

 soil and the seedlings, when 2 or 3 inches high, planted 6 or 8 

 feet apart. 20c. oz., SI. 50 lb. 



WILD RICE. (Zizania aquatica.) It succeeds best when sown 

 in the fall broadcast, from a boat, in 2 to 3 feet of water having 

 a mud bottom, but it can be sown in the spring. As an attrac- 

 tion for wild fowl it cannot be equalled. 25c. lb., $18 per 100 lbs. 



ARTICHOKES, JERUSALEM. A hardy perennial, forming 

 roots like a potato, making excellent feed for stock, especially 

 for hogs. 25c. quart, $1.25 peck, $4.00 bushel. 



FIELD LUPINS. May be sown from April to July, and succeed 

 well on the poorest soil ; are particularly valuable for plowing 

 under on poor, sandy soils. 15c. lb., $12.00 per 100 lbs. 



SUNFLOWER, MAMMOTH RUSSIAN. Highly valued as an 

 excellent and cheap food for fowls. It is the best egg-pbodtjc- 

 zsg food known. It can be raised cheaper than corn. Four 

 quarts of seed will plant one acre. 10c. lb., SI. 50 bush., $6.00 

 per 100 lbs. 



COTTON, UPLAND. 12c. lb., $8.00 per 100 lbs. 



COTTON. Choice named varieties. Descriptive price list mailed 



free on application. 



COTTON, SEA ISLAND. 12c. lb., $8.00 per 100 lbs. 



FLAX SEED. 25c. quart, by mail, 40c. ; S4.00 bushel. 



SAINFOIN. An excellent fodder plant, particularly for light, 

 dry, sandy, gravelly, limestone or chalky soils. 12c. lb., $2.25 

 bushel of 20 lbs., $10.00 per 100 lbs. 



