A plant of manifold uses. The plants are invaluable as a green manure, also for forage and pasture, silage, etc. The 

 beans are used in many ways, both for human and stock consumption. The oil derived from the beans has hundreds of 

 industrial uses. It is, therefore, little wonder that the cultivation of Soy Beans is growing by leaps and bounds throughout 

 the United States. 



Soy Beans grow successfully in practically all soils, and succeed well in all locations where corn thrives well. The 

 varieties offered below are among the most popular in cultivation. 



A great Soil Enricher, gathering nitrogen from the air. 

 Produces enormous crops as far North as Canada. Ripen- 

 ing Seed as far North as Massachusetts. Especially Valuable 

 (in combination with Japanese Millet and Fodder Corn) 

 for Ensilage, supplying the albuminoids or flesh-forming 

 food. 



Planted in rows 2}4 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 fod- 

 dei, very rich in flesh formers. For green feed, use from time of blossom- 

 ing till pods are well filled; for the silo, cut as soon as most of the pods 

 are well filled, and cut into J/£-inch to 2}^-inch lengths. 



EARLY WILSON BLACK. This variety has proved its earliness 

 and value in the Northern States by not only producing large fodder 

 crops, but ripenin'g the seed as far north as Massachusetts. The grain 

 is the richest vegetable substance known, and when ground and fed to 

 cattle gives a milk richer and better than if fed other meal. 

 ' Price, lb., 40c; 10 lbs., $3.00; 50 lbs., $6.00; 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 lbs., $3.00; 50 lbs., $6.00; 100 lbs., $10.00. 



MIXED SOY BEANS. In mixture Soy Beans are considered to be 

 one of the most valuable of all cover crops. It tends to distribute the 

 air gathered nitrogen over a wider range of depths in the soil and pro- 

 vides a great mass of organic material for plowing under. It grows 

 quickly and is effective in keeping down weeds in unused soil. Plant 

 at the rate of 2 pounds per 1,000 square feet or 50 pounds to the acre. 



Price, lb., 40c; 10 lbs., $3.00; 50 lbs., $6.00; 100 lbs., $10.00. 

 EDIBLE SOY BEANS see page 11. 



COW PEAS (cSESo) 



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 be sown 

 until Corn-planting time. Cow Peas, being of very rapid growth during tlie 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 thestitfest 

 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. 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 . 



MIXED COW PEAS. Extra-early maturing in about 60 days, specially 

 adapted for planting in the North for Green Manure. 



Price, lb., 40c; 10 lbs., $3.00; 50 lbs., $7.50; 100 lbs.. $14.00. 



CANADA FIELD PEAS 



There is no crop of greater value than Field Peas. Whether for fodder, in mix- 

 ture with Oats, sown at the rate of 100 lbs. of Peas and 1 bushel of Oats per acre, 

 or the Peas sown alone at the rate of 150 lbs. per acre for plowing under. Peas 

 have the power of extracting nitrogen from the air and fixing it in the soil. Sown 

 alone for fodder or in combination with Oats for hay, or as a crop to plow under 

 for green manure, they are unsurpassed. 



Price, lb.. 40c; 10 lbs., $3.00; 50 lbs., $8.00; 100 lbs., $15.00. 



BUCKWHEAT 



Yields Double Very Early, Makes the Finest Flour 



The seed we offer is grown from the largest type- The kernels are at least twice 

 the size of any other variety and of a shape peculiar and distinct from all others. 

 The color is also most distinct, being of a rich dark- shade of brown. There 

 is always a good market for the grain as it is in demand for all purposes. For 

 bees it is of the greatest value and for this purpose has displaced all other varieties. 



An excellent plan is to sow Crimson Clover along with Buckwheat, especially 

 when put in late from middle of July to first of August. They come up together, 

 but the Buckwheat is the stronger grower and- the Crimson Clover makes but 

 little showing until the Buckwheat is removed. If frost should kill the Buck- 

 wheat before ripe, it may be left as a protection, the dead Buckwheat being just 

 the sort of mulching and protection needed by the Clover. 



Price, lb., 40c; 10 lbs., $3.00; 50 lbs., $6.00; 100 lbs.. $11.00. 



Purchaser pays Transportation Charges. Prices subject to change without notice. 



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