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Peas 10P FOdUéP and Green Manuring. 
“Peas could be made to bring more nitrogen to the soils of this country every year than is now purchased annually by the 
farmers at a cost of millions of dollars.’—Yearbook of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. 
For the Northern States there is no 
crop of greater value than Field Peas 
and none is more neglected, which can 
only be attributed to a lack of knowl- 
edge as to its merits. Whether for fod- 
der, in mixture with oats, sown at the 
rate of two bushels each per acre, or the 
Peas sown alone at the rate of three 
bushels per acre for plowing under, 
there is no crop that we can so strongly 
recommend for more extended culture. 
Like all leguminous crops, Peas have 
the power of extracting nitrogen from 
the air, and the soil from which a crop 
of Peas has been harvested is richer in 
nitrogen than before the Peas were 
sown upon it, and there is no kind of 
live stock on the farm to which Peas 
and Oats in mixture cannot be fed with 
positive advantage. The Canada and 
Marrowfat varieties should be sown 
early in spring, but Cow Peas are more 
tender 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 assur- 
ance of a profitable crop, either for 
harvesting or plowing under. 
CANADA FIELD PEAS, 
especially the white variety, are valu- 
able for early spring sowing ; being ex- 
ceptionally hardy, the crop is not easily 
injured by late frosts. Sown alone for fod- 
der or in combination with oats for hay, 
or as a crop to plough under for green 
manure, they are unsurpassed. Peas can 
be followed by Millet or Crimson Clover. 
CANADA WHITE PEAS FOR FODDER. 
= Miscellaneous Agricultural Seeds. 
CANADA WHITE FIELD. For 
fodder sow with oats at the rate of two 
bushels per acre; if alone, three bushels 
per acre. (See cut.) 60c. peck, $1.80 bush. 
of 60 lbs.; 10-bushel lots, $1.70 bushel. 
CANADA BLUE. 70c. peck, $2.20 
bushel of 60 Ibs.; 10-bushel lots, $2.10 
bushel. 
LARGE MARROWFAT. Of im- 
mense growth, yield heavily both 
grain and fodder, and we _ consider 
them the best of the Field Peas, whether 
for growing alone or in mixture with 
oats or barley. $2.75 bushel of 60 lbs. ; 
10-bushel lots, $2.65 bushel. 
COW PEAS. 
One of the most valuable of the legu- 
minous crops, and as a soil improver can 
be sown in the spring or summer and 
plowed under in the fall. They have no 
superior, especially for light soils. Their 
capacity for gathering nitrogen from the 
air is not surpassed by the clovers, and 
enables the farmer to dispense with 
buying that most costly ingredient for 
commercial fertilizers—nitrogen. Valu- 
able for green forage or hay crop. 
BLACK-EYED COW PEAS. An ex- 
cellent early sort and valuable as a soil 
improver and also as a forage crop, 
yielding a large amount of rich, nutri- 
tious food. $3.00 per bushel of 60 lbs. ; 
10-bushel lots, $2.90 bushel. 
NEW ERA COW PEAS. A new, extra 
early variety, earlier thanthe Black Eye, 
the quickest growing of any of the 
Cow Peas; specially adapted for late 
planting. Yields well. Bushel of 60 lbs., 
2.75; 10-bushel lots, $2.65 per bushel. 
If by mail in quantities of half pound and upward, postage must be added at the rate of 8 cents per pound. 
ARTICHOKES, JERUSALEM. Strong tubers. A _ hardy 
perennial, forming roots like a potato, making excellent feed for 
stock, especially for hogs. 25c. quart, $1.25 peck, $4.00 bushel. 
AUSTRALIAN SALT BUSH. (Atriplex semibaccatum.) <A 
valuable forage plant recently introduced and highly recom- 
mended for growing on alkali soils and in sections subject to 
protracted droughts. Experiments have proven that it will 
grow on soils where nothing else will grow. It is nutritious and 
readily eaten by all kinds of live stock. One pound of seed is 
sufficient for an acre. The best plan is to sow the seed in well- 
prepared garden soil and the seedlings, when two or three inches 
high, planted six or eight feet apart. 15c. oz., $1.50 Ib. 
VELVET BEAN. A leguminous plant which grows an enor- 
mous crop, but is very late, and is valuable only in the Southern 
States and tropical countries. Specially desirable for plowing 
under in orange groves and sugar plantations. $1.00 peck, 
$3.25 bushel. 
BURLINGAME MEDIUM BEAN. A little smaller in the 
grain than the ordinary medium beans, but is whiter and far 
hhandsomer in appearance. $1.30 peck, $4.50 bushel. 
IMPROVED RED KIDNEY BEAN. Much more prolific than 
the ordinary Red Kidney. $1.30 peck, $4.50 bushel. 
WHITE MARROW or NAVY BEAN. The variety so exten- 
sively grown for sale in the dry state. $1.30 peck, $4.50 bushel. 
BOSTON SMALL PEA BEAN. 
being early, hardy and prolific. $1.30 peck, $4.50 bushel. 
FIELD LUPINS. May be sown from April to July, and suc- 
ceed well on the poorest soil; are particularly valuable for 
plowing under on poor, sandy soils. 1c. lb., $10.00 per 100 lbs. 
SUNFLOWER, MAMMOTH RUSSIAN. Highly valued as 
an excellent and cheap food for fowl. It is the best EGG-PRO- 
DUCING FOOD known. It can be raised cheaper than corn. 
Four quarts of seed will plant oneacre. 10c.1b., $7.00 per 100 Ibs. 
FLAX SEED. Price variable. 
SAINFOIN. An excellent fodder plant, particularly for 
light, dry, sandy, gravelly, limestone or chalky soils. 12c. Ib., 
$10.00 per 100 Ibs. 
SPRING VETCHES, or TARES. (Vicia sativa.) <A species 
of the Pea, grown for stock, and often mixed with oats for 
soiling. Sown broadcast at the rate of two to three bushels per 
acre. 10c. lb., $3.25 bushel of 60 lbs. ; 10-bushel lots, $3.15 bush. 
WILD RICE. (Zizania aquatica.) 
wild fowl it cannot be equalled, and as seed is not successful we 
recommend plants, which should be set out in spring in shallow 
water having amud bottom. $1.00 per doz., $7.00 per 100. 
A desirable variety to grow, 
As an attraction for 
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