Firom PETEIR HEMOEIRSOM m COo, 'MK'W YOIRM 



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Peas for Fodder and Green Manuring 



'Teas 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 a million 



dollars. Year Book of the U. S. Department of Agriculture. 



EQUALLY VALUABLE FOR 

 FORAGE, HAY and PASTURE 



FIELD PEAS 



The great value of Field Peas in farm economy is not 

 sufficiently appreciated. They will flourish in districts 

 too cool and uncertain for corn, particularly in our north- 

 ern states from New England to Oregon. Peas may be 

 grown for grain, green forage, cured hay or pasture and 

 their feeding value, whichever way used, ranks high for 

 all farm animals, being rich in muscle, blood and bone 

 forming constituents, therefore of special value for feed- 

 ing growing and working animals. Peas are also great 

 soil improvers, putting the land in better mechanical 

 condition and enriching it with nitrogen — the expensive 

 element in fertilizers — which the pea crop gathers from 

 the air and fixes in the soil. For these reasons Field Peas 

 should have a place in the system of crop rotation, par- 

 ticularly on farms where stock is raised, and if the peas 

 can precede some crop that requires an abundance of 

 nitrogen, such as oats, wheat or other grain crop, the 

 most subsequent good will be realized. For soiling, plow- 

 ing under as green manure, no crop is of more importance. 

 Ground peas, mixed half and half with shorts, bran or 

 ground oats, makes an excellent ration for brood animals 

 in milk, milch cows, horses and colts. It is also excellent 

 for fattening, particularly in the early stages. For hogs, 

 sheep and poultry the peas need not be ground. 



Pea hay cut a little green and well cured approaches 

 clover in feeding value, and is more relished by horses, 

 cattle and sheep than the straw of any other of the 

 small grains. Some farmers prefer to sow Field Peas 

 with oats or barley when grown for forage, hay or 

 pasture. This combination is excellent and at its best when other grasses are liable to be failing on account of dry weather. Field 

 Peas do best on well prepared loam ; though being vigorous, hardy growers will do the best they can on light land._ In the cool northern 

 belt they may be sown at any time during spring or early summer, but in warmer climates they should be gotten m as early as possible 

 in the spring. They may then be harvested in time to sow the land to crimson clover, mi let or dwarf Essex rape. In southern states 

 (south of Virginia) sow in the winter, from December to February. They may then be followed by Cow Peas Soja Beans or other crop. 

 Quantity Per Acre : Sow if alone 3 bushels per acre ; if with oats or barley 2 bushels of Peas and 1 bushel of the other chosen gram. 



CANADA BLUE. A hardy, prolific variety of luxuriant growth. 



CANADA FIELD PEAS. These are exceptionally hardy and 

 valuable for early spring sowing; the crop is not easily injured by 

 late frosts. 



CANADA WHITE FIELD. A very prolific variety, yielding 

 on the average in Canada 30 bushels of cured peas per acre and 

 equally valuable for luxuriant growth of vine for forage, etc. {See 



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Price, $1.00 per peck.; $3.75 bushel of 60 lbs.; 10-bushel lots, 



$3.65 bushel. 



Price, on application. 



LARGE MARROWFAT. Of immense growth, yield heavily 

 both grain and fodder. We consider the Marrowfat one of the best 

 Field Peas, whether for growing alone or in mixture with oats or 

 barley. 



Price, $1.50 per peck; $5.00 per bushel of 60 lbs.; 10-bushel lots, 

 $4 90 per bushel. 



