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JOHNSON SEED COMPANY 



FODDER AND SOILING PLANTS 



PEAS 

 For Fodder and Plow ing Under 



FIELD OF SOUTHERN BLACK OR RAM's HORN COW PEAS IN THE 

 NORTH. SOWN JUNE 16th, PLOWED UNDER AUGUST 31st. 



COW PEAS (The Great Soil Improver) 

 Make Poor Land Rich, Good Land More Pro- 

 ductive, and Enrich the Soil 



Green crops plowed under are one of the 

 best and cheapest ways of improving the soil. 

 For this purpose the cow pea is most popular, 

 especially for medium or light soil. They 

 should be sown in May or June, at the rate of 

 IV2 bushels to the acre, and plowed under as 

 soon as they have attained their full growth. 

 There is no surer or cheaper means of improv- 

 ing 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 hay 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 of Cow Peas for all pur- 

 poses are the following: 

 SOUTHERN BLACK EYE COW PEA. 

 SOUTHERN BLACK or RAM'S HORN. 

 WHIP-POOR-WILL, CLAY and NEW ERA. 



Small quantities by mail, postpaid. Pkt., 

 10c; pint, 20c; qt., 35c. About $3.50 per bush. 



Write for prices by the bushel, as they vary 

 with the market. 



Canadian Field Peas and Oats 

 for Fodder 



These make a fodder and hay which double 

 the production of milk. The Canadian Field 

 Pea, which we sell at about $2.25 per bushel, 

 is the best for this purpose. They should be 

 sown in March or early April, two bushels of 

 peas and two bushels of oats to the acre. The 

 peas should be sown first and plowed under 

 about four inches deep; the oats then sown 

 and harrowed in. They will be ready for cut- 

 ting about the latter end of June, when the 

 oats are in milk and the pods formed on the 

 peas. It is a nutritious food and relished by 

 all stock. About $3.25 per bxishel. 



SOJA OR JAPANESE SOY BEAN 



The demand for the Soja Beans has grown 

 remarkably of late years. Their great value 

 is as a forage crop, for fertilizing the soil and 

 for pasturing or feeding the green fodder much 

 m the same way as the cow pea. New Early 

 Soja will mature in the far North. Mammoth 

 Yellow Soja, late, matures south of Potomac 

 and Ohio Rivers. Each, per pkt., 10c; lb., 25c; 

 3 lbs., 60c, postpaid; by freight or express, qt., 

 20c; peck, 90c. Write for prices by the bushel. 



SAND OR WINTER VETCH 



For forage and fertilizing purposes; it suc- 

 ceeds and produces good crops on poor, sandy 

 soils as well as on good lands, growing to a 

 height of 4 to 5 feet. It is perfectly hardy 

 throughout the United States, remaining green 

 all winter. If sown in the Spring, it can be 

 sown alone or mixed with oats, Spring rye or 

 barley. If sown during August or September, 

 Winter rye serves as a good support. The root 

 growth IS very extensive from the beginning, 

 and makes quantities of nitrogen tubercles, 

 thus giving it very valuable fertilizing proper- 

 ties. Sow 30 to 50 pounds per acre, with V2 

 bushel rye, oats or barley. Price, per lb., 30c; 

 6 lbs., 75c, by mail, postpaid; by freight or ex- 

 Pjess, lb., 20c; 10 lbs., $1.50; bush, of 60 lbs., 

 $8.00. 



EARLY AMBER SUGAR CANE 



The high value of Northern grown sugar 

 cane for fodder and ensilage is becoming rapid- 

 ly known. When fed down young as a pasture 

 It grows rapidly again. The seed and fodder 

 IS valuable as food for horses and cattle, seed 

 IS greedily eaten by poultry, increasing eo-Q; 

 production. By mail, postpaid, lb., 25c; 3 lbs., 

 60c; by express or freight, qt., 15c; peck, 75c; 

 bush, of 56 lbs., $2.75. 



DWARF ESSEX RAPE EIGHT WEEKS FROM SOWING 



TRUE DWARF ESSEX RAPE 



Dwarf Essex Rape is largely grown on ac- 

 count of its rapid growth, producing twenty- 

 five to thirty tons of green forage to the acre 

 It grows to a height of 3 feet and covers the 

 surface so densely as to smother out all weeds. 

 While unequaled as a pasture for sheep, as a 

 food for all cattle, calves or pigs it is without 

 a rival, its fattening properties being twice as 

 great as clover, making a much relished food 

 from May to December. Lb., 25c; 3 lbs., 60c, 

 postpaid; by express or freight, lb., 15c; 10 

 lbs., $1.50; 25 lbs., $2.60; bush, of 50 lbs. $5.00. 



