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MEMDEIRSOH 9 S TESTED FARM SEEDS 



Canada Field Peas 



VALUABLE FOR FORAGE, HAY AND PASTURE 



"Peas could be made to bring more Nitrogen to the soils of this coun- 

 try 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. 



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 northern states from New England to Oregon. Peas may be grown for 

 grain, green forage, cured hay or pasture arid their feeding value, which- 

 ever way used, ranks high for all farm animals, being rich in muscle, 

 blood and bone forming constituents, therefore of special value for 

 feeding growing and working animals. Peas are also great soil im- 

 provers, 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, particularly 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, plowing 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 in as early as possible in the spring. They may then be harvested 

 in time to sow the land to Crimson Clover, Millet 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 grain. 



CANADA FIELD PEAS. These are exceptionally 

 hardy and valuable for early spring sowing; the crop is 

 not easily injured bv 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 engraving.) 



Price, $2.25 per peck; $8.00 bushel of 60 lbs.; 10- 

 bushel lots, $7.90 bushel. 



CANADA BLUE. A hardy, prolific variety of luxuriant 

 growth. Price on application. 



Cow Peas 



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IMPKOVE WOKN.OUT SOILS AND 

 MAKE GOOD LAND MORE PRODUCTIVE 



The early varieties of Cow Peas 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. 

 They are the great leguminous crop of our Southern States 

 where they serve the same important purpose in rotation 

 farming that Canada Field Peas and Clovers do in the North. 

 Cow Peas are nitrogen-gathering legumes, growing more like Beans than Peas, producing 

 enormous crops of bushy vines and yielding in warm climates a bountiful crop of edible 

 Peas. As a soil renovator and enricher, Cow Peas are very valuable. The large root 

 development ramifies over large areas, going down deeply in search of moisture and food 

 thus improving the soil's porosity and adding humus when the roots decay. A crop of 

 Cow Peas collect nitrogen from the air in large quantities and fixes it in the soil, thus 

 adding this expensive element of fertilizers to the land without cost, and leaving it richer 

 and in splendid condition for the future crop. It has been fully demonstrated at a num- 

 ber of experiment stations that a crop of Cow Peas plowed under, will add 110 lbs. of 

 nitrogen per acre to the soil, having an actual cash value of $14.00 per acre. In addition 

 to that the Cow Pea crop renders available as food for succeeding crops, 24 lbs. of phos- 

 phoric acid and a 100 lbs. of Potash per acre. All crops grown after Cow Peas do well. 

 Moreover, the plants shade the soil keeping it in best condition for rapid nitrification. 

 The shading of the soil crowds out all weeds; thus Cow Peas serve as a cleansing crop on 

 weedy land. Cow Peas grow on all soils from the stiffest clays to porous sands, barren' 

 uplands and alluvial bottoms. It stands the heat and sunshine of southern summers and 

 its rapid growth there enables two crops to be grown in the same land in one year. The 

 feeding value of Cow Peas 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 to light, the vines should decay on the sur- 

 face and then be turned under. Sow 2 bushels per acre. (See engraving.) 



BLACK-EYED COW PEAS. A popular and productive early sort. 

 Price $2.75 per peck; $10.00 per bushel of 60 lbs.; 10-bushel lots, 

 $9.90 per bushel. 



NEW ERA COW PEAS. A new, extra early variety, earlier than 



the black Eye, the quickest growing of any of the Cow Peas, maturing 

 in about 60 days, specially adapted for planting North. Yields well. 



Price, $2.50 per peck; $9.00 per bushel of 60 lbs.; 10-bushel lots, 

 $8.90 per bushel. 



