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SAND or WINTER VETCH 8& 



Succeeds on Soils of the Lowest Fertility 

 THE BEST LEGUME FOR SANDY SOILS 



Remains Green All Winter, 

 Furnishing Abundant Pasturage 



Although Sand Vetch succeeds, and even produces good crops on poor sandy 

 soils, it is, naturally, more vigorous on better land. Under such conditions the 

 plant produces numerous branches 3 to 6 feet long. Both leaves and branches 

 are covered with fine hairs, hence it is sometimes called "Hairy Vetch." The 

 seeds are black, small in size, and when the crop is not pastured too closely, the 

 ripened pods burst open and re-seed the field. Sand Vetch is hardy all over the 

 United States, and in most places remains green all winter. The crop may be 

 seeded, either from the middle of August to the middle of September, or in the 

 spring from the middle of April to the middle of May. 



Sown in the fall it should be mixed with Mammoth Red Clover or Rye to serve 

 as a support for the vines, thus keeping the forage off the ground. 



If sown in the spring it may be mixed with Oats or Barley. Fall sown crops 

 furnish some forage before winter comes, and as growth starts very early in the 

 spring it can be pastured, cut for hay, or turned under to renovate the soil. 

 Sow one bushel per acre, with one-half bushel of Rye or Wheat. 

 Price, 40c. per lb.; $21.75 per bushel of 60 lbs.; 190 lbs., $35.00. 



FOR PASTURE. Sand Vetch is also of great value for the pasture it furnishes, 

 as well as for hay. It is as rich and nutritious a fodder as Alfalfa, Clover or Cow 

 Peas, forms an excellent food for growing animals, and encourages milk production. 

 All stock relish it, whether fed as green forage or cured hay, and it may be fed to them 

 with perfect safety. Sand Vetch is decidedly the best forage crop to grow in the North- 

 ern states, instead of Scarlet Clover, which winter kills in those latitudes. 

 Every dairyman and stockbreeder in the United States should grow this 

 valuable crop, for there is no doubt that once they try it, they will never 

 be another season without it. 



AS A HAY CROP. Sand Vetch is an early crop for cutting, so that it is 

 possible to harvest a full crop of Vetches, and yet have the land ready in 

 time for early summer crops. It is especially valuable in the South and 

 in dry western regions, as it may be sown in the fall, making a luxuriant 

 growth during the fall and spring months, yielding a heavy crop, which 

 can be cut and stored before drought sets in. Sand Vetch sown at the 

 Colorado Experiment Station, June 10th in rows 40 inches apart, using 



30 pounds of seed per acre yielded 3 Ml tons of cured hay per acre. The 

 field was afterwards turned into pasture, which was greatly relished 

 by both horses and cattle. 



AS A SOIL ENRICHER. As its name would imply, there is no plant 

 that succeeds better on poor, sandy, or other soils low in fertility, and 

 "it is undoubtedly the best legume for enriching such lands, having the 

 power of accumulating large quantities of nitrogen in the soil. Although 

 succeeding on such soils without fertilizer, the Alabama Experiment 

 Station found it profitable to add 240 pounds of acid phosphate and 

 40 pounds of muriate of potash per acre when grown on such lands. 



AS A COVER CROP. The foremost orchardists highly recommend 

 Sand Vetch as a cover crop. Soluble plant food in porous soils leaches 

 away in considerable amounts during the late fall and early spring, when 

 the roots of trees are not actively foraging for it. Especially is this 

 the case on loose sloping lands which often suffer severely from erosion. 

 Fertilizing elements which would otherwise be wasted are caught by the 

 cover crop, and when it is plowed under and rotted become available 

 food for the trees in the spring. 



Owing to the fact that it grows late in the fall, and to its ability to 

 live over winter, Sand Vetch is certainly the best cover crop for orchards. 

 (See engraving.) 



True Dwarf Essex Rape 



Indispensable for Sheep and Hogs 



Sow in the North from April to end of Aug., in the South During Sept. and Oct 



Provides Perfect Pasture and is Greatly Relished by All Stock 



Under favorable conditions it is ready for pasturing sheep or cattle with- 

 in six weeks from time of sowing, and on an average one acre will carry 

 twelve to fifteenjsheep six weeks to two months. When on the Rape they 

 should at all times have access to salt; but water is not necessary. There 

 are several varieties of Rape, but care should be taken to procure the 

 DWARF ESSEX, or English, as it is sometimes called, which does not seed 

 the same season as sown, unless in some exceptional cases, as when sown too 

 early and the young plant is touched by frost. In Northern states it 

 should be sown from April to [end of August for fall pasturing, but as it 

 thrives best in cool weather, it should not be sown in the Southern states 

 until September or October for winter pasture. In the latitude of New 

 York it should be sown in April, or in. July or August. Its fattening pro- 

 perties are probably twice as good as those of Clover, and for sheep the feed- 

 ing value of Rape excels all other plants we know of. At the Michigan 

 Experiment Station 128 lambs were pastured for eight weeks on 15 acres of 

 Rape sown in July, and showed a gain of 2,890 lbs. , or at the rate of 3 1 bs. per 

 lamb each week. Even so far south as Alabama it has proved a boon to the 

 farmer. In a recent bulletin published by the Alabama Experiment Station 

 they state: "Quality of product good for both hogs and cattle. The growth 

 was enormous. By repeated sowings it will and did carry more hogs through 

 our dry, hot summers than four times the amount of land planted in any 

 thing else ever grown here. I would recommend it to all southern farm- 

 ers." To secure the best results, the Rape should be sown in drills. Sow 4 

 lbs. per acre broadcast, 2 to 3 lbs. per acre in drills. (See engraving.) 



Price, 30c. per lb.; $13.00 per bushel of 50 lbs.; 100 lbs., $25.00. 



For SPRING VETCHES or TARES (Vicia sativa), see page 32 



