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JOHNSON SEED COMPANY 



FODDER AND SOILING PLANTS 



PEAS 

 For Fodder and Plowing Under 



FIELD OF SOUTHERN BLACK OR RAM S HORN COW PEAS IN THE 

 NORTH. SOWN JUNE l6th. 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 \% 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 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 purposes 

 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,, ioc; 

 pint, 20c; qt., 35c. 



Write for prices by the bushel, as they vary 

 with the market. 



Canada Field Peas and Oats for Fodder 



These make a fodder and hay which double 

 the production of milk. The Canada Field Pea, 

 which we sell at about $2.75 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 cutting 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. 



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 in the same way 

 as the cow pea. New Early Soja will mature in 

 the far North. Mammoth Yellow Soja, late, 

 matures south of the Potomac and Ohio Rivers. 

 Each, per pkt., ioc; lb., 25c; 3 lbs., 60c, post- 

 paid; by freight or express, qt., 20c; peck, 90c. 

 Write for prices by the bushel. 



SAND OR WINTER VETCH 



For forage and fertilizing purposes; it sucoeeds 

 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 begin- 

 ning, and makes quantities of nitrogen tubercles, 

 thus giving it very valuable fertilizing properties. 

 Sow 30 to 50 pounds per acre, with }4 bushel rye, 

 oats or barley. Price, per lb., 30c; 3 lbs., 75c, 

 by mail, postpaid; by freight or express, 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 rapidly 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 egg production. By mail, postpaid, lb., 

 25c; 3 lbs., 60c; by express or freight, qt., 15c; 

 peck, 75c; bush, of 56 lbs., $2.50; 5 bush., $12.00. 



DWARF ESSEX RAPE — EIGHT WEEKS FROM SOWING. 



TRUE DWARF ESSEX RAPE 



Dwarf Essex Rape is largely grown on account 

 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 rel- 

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

 60c, postpaid; by express or freight, lb., 15c; 10 

 lbs., $140; 25 lbs., $2.25; bush, of 50 lbs., $4.00. 



