12 HENDERSON’S FARMERS MANUAL 
SOY or SOJA 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. 
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Planted in rows 2% feet apart, 6 to 8 plants to the foot of row, requiring 50 
N \ pounds per acre, they yield 15 to 20 tons per acre of fodder, very rich in flesh 
odules formers. For green feed, use from time of blossoming till pods are well filled; 
CON THESE for the silo, cut as soon as most of the pods are well filled, and cut into %-inch 
to 2%-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. 40c.; 10 lbs. $2.00; 50 lbs. $5.50; 100 lbs. $10.00. 
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. 40c.; 10 Ibs. $2.00; 50 Ibs. $5.50; 100 lbs. $10.00. 
BILOXI. This variety grows tall but takes 150 days to mature. Suited for 
the South. Seed brown. 
Price, lb. 40c; 10 Ibs. $2.00; 50 Ibs. $6.50; 100 lbs. $12.00. 
MANCHU. A variety used in the West and South, medium early. seed is yel- 
low with dark eye. 
Price, lb. 40c.; 10 lbs. $2.00; 20 lbs. $6.50; 100 lbs. $12.00. 
COW PEAS (canan 
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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. Asa 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. 40c.; 10 lbs. $2.00; 50 lbs. $5.50; 100 lbs. $10.00. 
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. 40c.; 10 lbs. $2.00; 50 lbs. $5.50; 100 lbs. $10.00. 
GREEN MANURING SEED MIXTURE 
A combination of various rapid-growing legumes which will add humus 
and nitrogen to the soil. Plant early in the fall for turning under in the 
spring. Mixture may be broadcast, or sow at the rate of 1 lb. per 1,000 
square feet. 
Price, 1b. 50c.; 2 lbs. 90c.; 5 lbs. $2.00; 10 lbs. $3.75; 25 lbs. $9.00; 
50 lbs. $16.00; 100 lbs. $30.00; transportation paid. 
The Purchaser Pays Transportation Charges on Farm Seeds, Except Where Noted. 
