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>/£ 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- 
der, 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 2J^-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 ripening 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., $2.00; 50 lbs., $5.00; 100 lbs., $8.50. 
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., $2.00; 50 lbs., $5.00; 100 lbs.. $8.50. 
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., $1.75; 50 lbs., $4.25; 100 lbs.. $8.00. 
EDIBLE SOY BEANS see page 10. 
COW PEAS (J!£Sa) 
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 Nor-th 
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 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. 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 
v 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 thestiffest 
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 
r 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., 35c; 10 lbs.. $2.50; 50 lbs^ $6.00; 100 lbs., $10.00. 
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 ISO 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.. 35c; 10 lbs., $2.50; 50 lbs., $6.00; 100 lbs., $10.00. 
BUCKWHEAT 
Yields Double Very Early, Makes the Finest Flour 
The seed we offer is grown from the largest typ>e. 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., 30c; 10 lbs., $2.50; 50 lbs., $3.75; 100 lbs.. $7.00. 
Purchaser pays Transportation Charges. Prices subject to change without notice. 
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