MISCELLANEOUS AGRICULTURAL SEEDS. 
% 1b. and upward, postage must be added at the rate of 8c. per lb. 
Tf by mail in quantities of 
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. Asa food for fattening 
®/- cattle and dairy cows, peas are 
al }. probably unexcelled. Much of 
Ad the success which Canadian 
feeders have achieved in prepar- 
ing cattle for the block has 
arisen from the free use of Peas 
in the diet.’’—( Year-book of the 
U. S. Department of Agricul- 
ture.) 
For the Northern States there 
is no crop of greater value than 
Field Peas and is more neg- 
lected, which can only be at- 
tributed to a lack of knowledge 
as to its merits. Whether for fodder, in mixture 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 ‘plowing under, there is no 
crop that we can so strongly recommend for more extended cul- 
ture in all latitudes North of Washington. South of that we 
recommend the Cow Peas, as they thrive better and are more 
certain croppers in the 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 
middle of July with reasonable assurance of a profitable crop, either 
for harvesting or plowing under. (See Cut.) 
Canada White. 50c. pk ; $1.40 bush ; 10-bush, lots, $1.30 bush. 
Canada Blue. 
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. 
$1.60 bushel ; 10-bushel lots, $1.50 bushel. 
The Mummy. We have much pleasure in recommending 
this Pea for soiling or fodder, either in mixture with oats or grown 
by itself. 60c. peck ; $2.00 bushel ; 10-bushel lots, $1.85 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, especi- 
ally for light soils. Its capacity for gathering nitrogen from the 
air is not surpassed by the clovers, and enables the farmer to dis- 
pense with buying that most costly ingredient for commercial 
fertilizers—nitrogen. $2.00 bushel; I0- bushel lots, $1.90 bushel. 
BEANS. 
Velvet. A leguminous plant which grows an enormous crop, 
but is very late and is valuable only in the Southern States and 
tropical countries. Specially desirable for plowing under in 
orange groves and sugar plantations. 75 cts. peck ; $2.50 bushel. 
Burlingame Medium. A little smallerin the grain than the 
ordinary medium beans, but is whiter and far handsomer in ap- 
pearance. $1.00 peck ; $3. oo bushel. 
Improved Red Reidniey. Much more prolific than the ordi- 
nary Red Kidney. $1.00 peck ; $3.25 bushel. 
Boston Small Pea Bean. 
early, hardy and prolific. 
SvxjrorS vy. See page 24. 
White Marrowfat or Navy. 
grown for sale in the dry state. 
CANADA FIELD PEAS. 
50c. pk ; $1.50 bush ; r0-bush. lots, $1.40 bush. 
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A desirable variety to grow, being 
$1.00 peck ; $3.09 bushel, 
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The variety so extensively 
$1.00 peck ; $3.50 bushel, 
Spring Vetches or Tares. (Vicia sativa.) A species of 
the pea, grown for stock, and sometimes inixed with oats for soil- 
ing. Sown broadcast at the rate of 2 to 3 3 bushels per acre. Ioc. 
per lb.; $2.75 per bushel of 60 lbs.; 10-bushiel lots, $2.65. 
Australian Salt Bush. ( Aur iplex Senet. ) A valu- 
able 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. The plants are procuinbent and spread- 
ing, one plant, from one root stock, frequently covering an area 20 
feet across, so that but few plants are required, and one pound of 
seed is sufficient fcr 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. 25 cts. oz. ; $2. oo 1b, 
Wild Rice. (Zizania aquatica.) An annual which sows it- 
self in the fall, about middle of September, lies dormant all winter, 
in spring commences to sprout as soon as the water gets warm, 
reaching the surface during the first half of June. It grows very 
rapidly, in one to eight feet of water, ripens late in August or 
early in September. It succeeds best when sown in the fall broad- 
cast, from a boat, in two to three feet of water having a mud 
bottom, but it can be sown in the spring. As an attraction for 
wild fowl it cannot be equalled. 20c. 1b., $16.00 per 100 Ibs. 
Parsnip, Long Smooth. Eeecilent for dairy cows, ee 
ing Set properties of the highest quality. toc. per oz.; 20¢. 
per 4 lb.; 5o0c. per Ib. 
Arriohokes; Jerusalem. A hardy perennial, forming roots 
like a potato, making excellent feed for stock, especiaily for hogs. 
25c. per quart ; $1.25 peck ; $4.00 per bushel ; 3 lbs. by mail, 75c. 
Field Lupins. May be sown from April to July, and succeed 
well on the poorest soil; and many poor lands haye had their 
value greatly enhanced by plowing in Lupins. Are particularly 
valuable on poor sandy soils. 15c. per lb. ; $12.00 per 100 lbs. 
Suuflower, Mammoth Russian. Highly valued as an 
excellent and cheap food for fowls. Itis the best EGG-PRODUCING 
FOOD known. It can be raised cheaper than corn. Four quarts 
of seed will plant one acre. 10 c. lb. ; $2.00 bushel ; $7.50 per Ioo lbs. 
Cotton, Upland. 5c. per lb. ; $10.00 per 100 lbs. 
Cotton. Choice named varieties. Descriptive price list mailed 
free on application. 
Cotton, Sea Island, 
Flax Seed. 
15c. per lb. ; $10,00 per roo lbs, 
25c. quart, by mail 4o cts.; $4.00 bushel. 
SAINFOIN. 
(Onobrychis sativa. Esparsette.) 
Time of Flowering, June and 
Height 2to 3 feet. 
Root perennial. 
July. 
An excellent fodder plant, particularly 
for light, dry, sandy, gravelly, limestone 
or chalky soils. It flourishes during long 
droughts, owing to its long descending 
tap roots, which have been found 16 feet 
long. It succeeds where many other 
grasses will not, and is without doubt a 
most important forage plant for limestone 
soils, Itis very nutritious, and when fed 
to milch cows, it improves the quality of 
the milk. The seeds are more nutritious 
than oats, and are eagerly eaten by fowls, 
causing them to lay. It may be sown 
either broadcast or drilled. The seeds 
are large, and require to be covered deeper 
than those of clover or almost any other 
agricultural seed. If sown broadcast, it 
will require five or six bushels per acre; 
if drilled, four to five bushels. In dry 
sections, it should be sown with half crop 
of barley or other grain to shade it from 
the hot sun for the first summer. It will 
crop from seven to ten years, according 
to the nature of the soil, (See Cut.) toc. 
rsparseTre. Ib.; $1.75 bu. of 20 Ibs. ; $10 per too Ibs. 
SAINFOIN OR 
