IjggpgKE^V^ g>EEDl^l] FAR^ and GRASS ^^DS 



Legumes, or Soil-Fertility Plants, and Fodder Plants 



The one best friend of all American farmers is the legume best adapted to his soil and conditions. Every good crop of vetch, clover 

 or peas that is turned under will put at^ least $20 worth of nitrogen into the soil of each acre, at current market prices for an equal 

 quantity of nitrogen. 



VETCH 



SAND or HAIRY VETCH {Vicia villosa; Winter Vetch). I believe 

 this to be the most valuable of all soil-fertility and winter-forage 

 plants for north of Virginia. It is perfectly hardy anywhere in 

 the United States, and stays green all winter. The root-growth is 



immense, and it does 

 well on poor and 



Crimson Clover and Winter Vetch 



Both sown and dug at the same time. Note the 

 much heavier growth of Vetch on the light 



as well on poor 

 sandy soils as on rich 

 and loamy ones. It is 

 a great nitrogen gath- 

 erer, fully equal to peas 

 and clover. Sow be- 

 tween July and No- 

 vember, broadcast, 20 

 to 30 pounds to the 

 acre. Better sow with 

 it a bushel of rye or 

 oats to the acre, to hold 

 it up, if you want hay, 

 when it should be 

 out just after the oats 

 or rye heads form. 

 Present prices as fol- 

 lows, but prices fluctu- 

 ate, and you would 

 better write for prices 

 on the quantity you 

 want when you buy. 

 15 cts. per lb., S7.50 

 per bushel ; in hundred- 

 pound lots or more, 

 12 cts. per lb. 



The Winter Vetch you 

 sold me last fall beats any- 

 thing I ever saw. More 

 than five times as much 

 growth on the upper side 

 of my garden where I sowed 

 Vetch as there is on the 

 other side with crimson 

 clover. — F. A. DuBois, 

 Linfield, Pa. 



ENGLISH or 

 SPRING VETCH. 



Not so hardy as 

 Hairy Vetch, but 

 makes a large yield 

 of excellent hay 

 when sowed in 

 spring, and is as 

 good as any legume 

 for improving soil. 

 Seed is very large. 

 Sow 30 to 40 pounds 



to the acre. Lb. 20 cts., 10 lbs. or over 8 cts. per lb., bushel (60 

 lbs.) $3.25, 100 lbs. $5. Special prices on large lots. 



LONG WHITE COWHORN TURNIP 



They grow nearly half out of the ground, keep well and are nu- 

 tritious for stock. The yield runs as high as 1,500 bushels an acre, and 

 they will add more humus to the soil than can be got by any other 

 means for twice the expense. Very valuable in preparing stiff, hard 

 soil for the succeeding crop. You can remove and sell half the crop, 

 and the balance will equal a heavy coat of manure. Oz. 10 cts., 

 Mlb. 20 cts., lb. 65 cts., postpaid; by express, lb. 50 cts., 5 lbs. and 

 over, 45 cts. per lb.; 25 lbs. and over, 40 cts. per lb. 



VELVET BEANS 



Another nitrogen gatherer. "Where land can be given up to a soil- 

 improving crop for from four to five months during the summer, no 

 other crop will produce such satisfactory results as Velvet Beans in 

 the way of securing nitrogen, smothering foul weeds, and adding 

 humus to the soil," writes F. S. Earle in his authoritative hand- 

 book, "Southern Agriculture." Prof. Earle especially commends 

 Velvet Beans to the use of winter truck-growers in Florida. Makes 

 a heavy growth of vine in the South. They will be about $3.50 

 per bushel. Write for special quotations. 



Cowpeas 



COWPEAS 



There is no surer and cheaper way of improving soil than by using 

 legumes, and Cowpeas are of the best of this class of plants, espec- 

 ially for the southern half of the country, in medium and light 

 soils. If you grow Cowpeas or vetch, you need not use any of the ex- 

 pensive complete, nitrated or ammoniated, commercial fertilizers. 

 When planted the first to the middle of May a crop of hay can be 

 cut the same as clover, and a second growth will come up for turning 

 under. Or you may turn under the first growth any time. Sow a 

 bushel and a half to the acre. 

 New Era. Very early; small pea. 

 Black, or Ram's Horn. Heavy yielder of seed. 

 Whippoorwill. Speckled seed; early. 

 Black Eye. White seed with black eye. 

 Clay. Brown seed; late. 



Prices vary, but are about $3 per bus. Write, stating quantity wanted. 



TRUE DWARF ESSEX RAPE 



It is ready to feed in eight or ten weeks from sowing, and produces 

 twenty-five to thirty tons of green feed to the acre. Grows 3 feet 

 high and covers the ground so dense as to smother all other plants. 

 Unequaled for sheep-pasture, and has twice the fattening power of 

 clover for hogs and cattle. They like it, too. Can be sown all through 

 the season; perfectly hardy and thrives anywhere. Sow five to ten 

 pounds to the acre. Lb. 25 cts., 3 lbs. 60 cts., postpaid; by express 

 or freight, lb. 15 cts., 10 lbs. $1.25, 25 lbs. $2.75, bus. of 50 lbs. ^5, 

 over this, 9 cts. per lb. 



Write for prices on large lots. 



/ have yet to have a single failure in any one of your Standard Seeds. — Mrs. 

 Harry H. Haynes, Port Chester, N. Y. 



Dwarf Essex Rase sown witb spring grain for fall pasture 



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