
COW PEAS. 
NOTE.—Cow peas are held in very high esteem for forage pur- 
poses, especially on sandy soils. It has been said that the cow 
pea has almost as much agricultural importance in the South as 
red clover in the North or alfalfa in the far West. Great changes 
are now in progress, however, in farming methods, and there is 
to-day a widespread disposition to plant cow peas farther north 
than formerly, on account of their quick growing habit, their 
drought resisting ability, and their great value for silage and 
soil improvement purposes. They will thrive wherever the 
conditions favor corn. The yield of green fodder per acre often 
reaches five tons, and is sometimes as muchas eight or nine 
tons. Some growers turn the mature vines under with the 
plow. Some harvest the hay and plow down the stubble. Others 
ripen and pick the seed, and then plow the vines under. Some 
cow peas are trailers, with very long vines; others assume the 
bush form. Sow seed at the rate of 1 to 144 bushels per acre. The 
cow pea is a nitrogen gatherer, and hence improves the soil. 
WARREN’S EXTRA EARLY.—This excellent trailing 
variety is now widely planted both North and South. In the 
latter section it makes two crops per season. At the North it 
may be converted into a valuable form of ensilage. Itis a very 
vigorous grower, and a prolific bearer of long pods. It ranks 
among the best of the cow peas. Prof. Massey, of North Caro- 
lina, endorses it highly. I have only a very limited amount to 
offer this year, consequently price is necessarily high. Packet, 
10 ets.; pint, 30 cts.; quart., 5C cts., by mail, postpaid. Peck, $1.50; 
bushel, $5.00, by express or freight, purchaser to pay charges. 
EXTRA EARLY BLACK EYE.—Largely grown for table 
and market purposes in the South. The quick maturing habit 
of this variety enables the gardener to obtain high prices for 
the green peas. Vines of bush form. Peas of medium size. 
Regarded as being the best flavored of any of the cow peas. 
Pkt., 10 cts.; pt., 20 cts.: qt., 35 ects., postpaid. Pk., 90e.; bu., $3.50. 
SOUTHERN WHIP-POOR-WILL. — One of the best. 
Largely grown in the North and West. An early bush variety, 
with brown speckled seeds. An old favorite, largely planted 
for forage and soil improvement. Packet, 10 cts.; pint, 20 cts.; 
quart, 35 cts., postpaid. Pk., 60 cts.; bu., $2.25; 2 bus., $4.00. 
BLACK COW PEA.—Very extensively grown in Virginia, 
but also in favor elsewhere. It is quick to mature, and is 
adapted to Northern localities and late planting. 
the best cow peas for land improvement purposes, and yields a 
very large amount of forage. It belongs to the class of trailers. 
Pkt., 10 cts.; pt.. 20 cts.; qt., 35 ets., postpaid. Pk. 60 cts.; bu., $2.25. 
WONDERFUL. — Sometimes called Unknown. A trailer 
requiring a longer season to mature than any of the above. It 
is named Wonderful for its great production of both vines and 
pods. Admirable as a hay maker, as a soil renovator, or for 
ensilage. Packet, 10 cents; pint, 20 cents; quart, 85 cents, 
postpaid. Peck, 60 cents; bushel, $2.25; 2 bushels, $4.00. 



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ANADA FIELD PEA The foliage and habit of growth quite similar to garden peas. The 
# Canada Field Pea is one of the very best soiling crops at the North, 
and is largely used for that purpose and for green manuring. It issometimes grown alone, but 
the most satisfactory dairy results come from sowing it with oats, rye or barley. It makes good 
ensilage, and is an admirable food either green or dry for cattle, being highly nutritious and rich 
in milk-producing elements. It is quite hardy and may be sown early in the spring, and will be 
ready to cutin May or June. Theseed should be sown at the rate of 1 to 144 bushels per acre. 
Packet, 10 cents; pint, 20 cents; quart, 35 cents, postpaid. Peck, 60 cents; bushel, $2.00. 
The velvet bean is a green ma- 
THE VELVET BEAN. Nature’s Great Soil Restorer, nuring and forage plant that is 
creating a great sensation at the South, where it is disputing for favor with the cow pea. It 
makes a strong growth at the North also, and is now widely recognized as a thing of high value. 
The vines grow to a length of ten to thirty feet, and form a deep mass of nutritious fodder. 
Florida Experimental Station reports 16,680 pounds of green forage per acre, and it is said to cure 
in less time than the cow pea and to make an equally valuable hay. At the South its use is for 
hay, for soiling and for improving the character of the land. At the North its place is with the 
cow pea as it will grow and flourish on poor land. It has a place in the flower garden as well as 
in the field, for it bears showy clusters of purple blossoms, and being an excellent climber quickly 
covers arbors, lattice work, poles, etc. Plant at the rate of 144 pecks to the acre, in drills five 
feet apart. Pkt., 10 cts.; pt., 20 cts.; qt., 35 cts., postpaid. By express or freight, pk., $1.00; bu., $3.50. 
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A FIELD OF VELVET BEANS. 
It is one of | 
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HAIRY OR SAND VETCH. 
This useful plant (vicia villosa) is noted for 
its extreme hardiness, and promises to be high- 
ly valuable at the North as a winter cover crop, 
to prevent leaching, as well as for forage and 
fertilizing purposes. It a 
will live over winter in 
well drained soils. It 
is an annual, but drops 
its seeds freely, and will 
come up year af- 
ter year on the 
same grouiud. If 
sown in Septem- 
ber it wiil 
make excel- 
lent forage 
the follow- 
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and inconspicu- 
ous at the start, 
but the root 
System is ex- 
tensive from 
the beginning. 
The plant is a 
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gen gatherer. 
At Philadel- 
phia, it  blos- 
soms in May, 
from au- 
tumn sown 
seed. The 
beautiful 
purple blos- 
soms and 
graceful fo- 
liage make 
the Hairy 
Wi ey tive; hb 
worthy of a 
place in the 
flower gar- 
den. Forage yield, 14% to4tons per acre. Ex- 
cellent for dairy stock and for poultry pastur- 
age. Use 144 bushels of seed per acre, or 1 
bushel of vetch and 4 bushel of rye. Packet, 
HAIRY OR SAND VETCH. 
10 cents; pound, 40 cents; 3 pounds, $1.00, post- 
paid. 
Peck, $1.50; bushel (50 Ibs.), $5.00. 

SOJA OR SOY BEAN. 
| ALSO KNOWN AS GERMAN COFFEE 
| BERRY. 
Year by year I hold this leguminous plant in 
higher agricultural value and importance. It 
|is of upright bush form, attaining a height of 
two to four feet, and of great vigor. It is more 
sturdy than the cow pea, and has even greater 
drought resisting qualities. It is very rich in 
those elements (protein, ete.) which give the 
clovers their high feeding value. It was for a 
time, and is still, sold under the name of Ger- 
man Coffee Berry, but its true sphere is that of 
the forage plant and soil enricher. It is one of 
the most promising new crops now before the 
American dairyman, and I recommend a uni- 
versal trial of it. The Soja bean is a native of 
Asia, and is largely used for human food in 
Japan. It has been in this country a number 
of years, but its superlative virtues are just be- 
ginning to be realized in our agriculture. 
There are many varieties of the Soja bean, and 
Northern planters should choose only the early 
or medium early sorts, if mature seeds are de- 
sired. The strain which I offer is one of the 
best for the North. Pkt., 10 cts., pt., 20 cts.; 
qt., 35 cts., postpaid. Pk., 75 cts.; bu., $2.0. 


