SELECT E I) F A K M S E E I) S 



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FODDER AND SOILING PLANTS 



PEAS for Fodder and Plowing Under 



FIELD OK SOUTHERN BLACK OR RAM's HORN row PEAS IN THE 

 NORTH. SOWN JUNE 16lh, PLOWED UNDER AUGUST 31 St . 



COW PEAS (The Great Soil Improver) 



Make Poor Laud Rich, Good Laud More Productive, 

 aud Kurich the Soil 



Green crops plowed under are one of the best and cheap- 

 est ways of improving the soil. For this purpose the cow 

 pen is most popular, especially for medium or Unlit soil. 

 They should be sown in May or June, at the rate of V/i 

 bushels to the acre, and plowed under as soon as they have 

 attained their full growth. There is no surer or cheaper 

 means of improving poor soil than by sowing cow peas. 



COW PEAS FOR HAY 



If planted early, say by middle of May, in the central 

 corn belt section, a crop can be cut and cured for bay the 

 same as clover, then the stubble in a short time will put out 

 a new growth to be turned under in the fall as a fertilizer. 



The best varieties for all purposes are the following : 

 PRICES variable with the market. 



SOUTHERN BLACK EYE COW PEA 



EXTRA EARLY ItLACK EYE COW PEA . . 

 BLACK, or RAMS HORN COW PEA .... 

 WHIP-POOR-WILL and CLAY, EACH .... 

 MIXEO COW PEAS 



PRICES BY LETTER 



CANADA FIELD PEAS and Oats for Fodder 



These make a fodder and hay which double the pro- 

 duction of milk. The Canada Field Pea, which we sell 

 at 81.75 per bushel, is the best for this purpose. They 

 should be sown in March or early April, two bushels of 

 pens and two bushels of oats to the acre. The peas should 

 be sown first and plowed under about four inches deep; tbe 

 oats then sown and harrowed in. They will be ready for 

 cutting about the latter end of June, when the oats are in 

 milk and the pods formed on the peas. Farmers who have 

 never sown this crop will be surprised at its large yield. It 

 is a nutritious food and relished by all kinds of stock 

 This crop also makes ail excellent soil improver when turned 

 under like cow peas as described above. Write Jot price* on 



large quantities. 



VELVET BEAN (The Great Nitrogen Gatherer) 



A Worthy Rival of the Cow Pen 



This is supplanting the cow pea for cattle food and as a 



soil renovator; it has been grown in many of the far Northern 



Slabs with great success and is wort by of a trial every VI here, 

 Its nitrogen-gathering properties are said to surpass those ol 



the cow pea. It is the rankest grower of any of tbe legumes; 

 two or three seeds planted four feet apart in rows Ave leel 



apart will literally cover tbe Round two to three feet thick 

 with a mass of foliage and vines twenty to twenty live feel 

 long, no matter how poor the soil. It leaves a mulch on the 



ground that is very benefldal to the soil, 



It makes an excellent bay and slock oat it well. The cul- 

 tivation Is the same as for cow pea-. Price, per pkl . HV 



lb., SBo.; 8 lbs., 60c, by mail, postpaid. On larger quantities 



write for quotations. 



SOJA BEAN— Late Variety 

 The demand for the SOJA OR JAPANESE S(H 



BEANS bas grown remarkably of late years. Their I 

 value is as a forage crop, for fertilizing the soil and foi 

 pasturing or feeding the green fodder much In the same way 

 as the cow pea. This late variety is very valuable south of 

 the Potomac and Ohio Rivers. Pkt., 10c; lb., 26c; 3 lbs, 

 60c, postpaid; by freight or express, qt., 20c.; perk, 

 bush., 83.00; 5 bush, and over, $2.90 per bush. 



SOJA BEAN— New Early Variety 



The ordinary or late soja bean, while valuable south ol 

 the Potomac and Ohio Rivers, is too late to be of value in 

 the far Northern States. This variety ripens in all the 

 Northern States, where it has been grown over four feel In 

 height, and yielded over ten tons per acre. It is a valuable 

 fodder either for feeding green or for the silo. Being a rich 

 nitrogenous feed, it is unsurpassed as a flesh-former, and 

 like die clovers, is a soil improver. Lb., 25c.; 3 lbs., 60c, by 

 mail, postage paid; by express or freight, qt., 25c; peck, 

 JI.00; bush, of 60 lbs., 83.50. 



EARLY AMBER SUGAR CANE 



The high value of Northern grown sugar cane for fodder 

 and ensilage is becoming rapidly known. It may be made 

 to furnish the principal food for cattle, horses and mule- 

 from August until the following spring. When fed down 

 young as a pasture it grows rapidly again. It also with 

 stands severe drought, and as fodder and for winter feed it 

 is one of the most economical. The seed is valuable as food 

 for horses and cattle, and is greedily eaten by poultry, in- 

 creasing the egg-production. By mail, postpaid, lb., _ 

 3 lbs., 60c. ; bv express or freight, qt., I'm'. ; peck, 60c. ; bush. 

 of 56 lbs., 82.00; 5 bush, or over, 81.75 per bush. 



inVAKK ESSEX RAPE — KIOIIT WEEKS PROM BOWTHG, 



TRUE DWARF ESSEX RAPE 



Dwarf Essex Rape is largely grown in this country 

 on account of its rapid growth, being ready to feed In eight 



to ten weeks from sowing, aud producing twenty-tiv,' to 

 thirty tons of green forage to the acre. It grows to a height 

 of three feel and covers the surface so densely as to smother 



out all weeds, While unequaled as ■ pasture for sheep, as ■ 



food for all cattle, calves or pig-, it is without a rival, Ms 



fattening properties being twice as great as clover, making 

 a much relished and most succulent food from May to De 

 comber. Lb., 26c; 8 lbs., 60c. by mall, postpaid; by expre — 

 or freight, lb., IV.; 10 lbs.. 11.00; IT-, p, , s.'.oo; bush, of 50 H>s. 

 for $8.25; 100 lbs, and over at 6c per lb. Special prices 

 letter for larger Iota, 



Fruit Tree Seeds 



Peaoh Pits. Pure Tennessee, natural, lb., 20c. |s^t 

 paid; bush., $3.00. Apple s,.«.<i. p, i,v. Apricot Pits, 



OS., 10c . lb . sic. Pear Seeds. I',,-,,, I,, o , -IV ; lb., I 

 Osage Orange. For hedges. Lb . I v . bush . 18 " 



PRICES 



on all seeds for fodder and 



Boiling fluctuate with the 



We can frequently supply lower 



Write for quotations. 



market 



than catalogue rates 



