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FODDER and SOILING PLANTS 



SAND OR WINTER VETCH (Vida vUlosa) 



I preach winter vetch whenever I get a chance, because I beheve it to be the most valuable 

 plant for forage and fertilizing purposes that we have. It succeeds and produces good crops 

 on poor, sandy soils as well as on good land; it is perfectly hardy throughout the United 

 States, remaining green all winter. The root-growth is ver\- extensive, as will be seen from the 

 accompanying photograph, and makes quantities of nitrogen tubercles, thus giving it very ■ 

 valuable fertilizing properties, and improving the condition and productiveness of land for 

 crops to follow. 



I strongly recommend to my customers to sow vetches liberally, and to those who have not 

 done so, to sow at least a small patch, to decide for themselves as to the great value of this 

 crop. On some soils vetches seem to require soil inoculation, to give the best results, but on 

 the great majority of our soils they will yield splendid crops without any inoculation whatever. 

 Where vetches do not do so well the first year, it is advisable to reseed them upon the same 

 land, when the resulting crop will be a great surprise in its yield and growth. 



Vetches can be sown from Jul)- to November, and should be sown broadcast, at the rate of 

 20 to 30 lbs. per acre with one bushel of oats or rj e. The oats or rye help to hold the vetches 

 off the ground, enabling them to make a better growth, and making it more easy to harvest 

 and cure properly. For a hay crop, vetches should be cut just after the oats or rye with which 

 it mav be sown has headed out. before the grain matures. 



Present price of Hairy Vetch, per lb. 15 cts.; in 10.1b. lots, 12 cts. per lb.; bus. (60 lbs.), $6; 

 in 100-lb. lots and over, 9 cts. per lb. Price fluctuates. Will quote price at any time upon re- 

 quest. Special price on large lots. 



WINTER VETCH MAKES FIVE TIMES THE GROWTH OF CRIMSON CLOVER 



Mr; F. A. DuBois, Linfield, Pa., writes April 17, 19C9: " Winter Vetch you sold me last lall beals any- 

 thing in that line I ever saw, more ihan 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. E.\pect to turn it under next week." 



Crimson Clover and Winter Vetch 



Both sown and dug at the same time. Note the 

 much heavier growth of Vetch on the right 



COW -PEAS 



The Great Soil Improver 



Green crops plowed un- 

 der are one of the best 

 and cheapest ways of im- 

 proving the soil. For this 

 purpose the Cow-pea is 

 most popular, especially 

 for medium or light soil. 

 Seed should be sown in 



M ly or June, at the rate of i]4 bushels to the acre, and plowed under 

 as soon as plants have attained their full growth. There is no surer 

 or cheaper means of improving poor soil than by sowing the Cow-pea. 

 In its capacity as a nitrogen-gatherer, its growth enables the farmer 

 to dispense with the use of nitrogen or amtnoniated fertilizers. If 

 planted early, say the tniddle of May, 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. 



New Era. Very early small Pea. 



Black, or Rani's Horn. Heavy yielder. 



Whippoorwill. Speckled seed. Early. 



Black Eye. White seed with black eye. 



Clay. A brown seed. Late. 



Price variable abou. $2.50 per bushel. Write for pi'ces in quantity 



Cow-Peas 



VELVET BEANS 



A great nitrogen gatherer, largely used in the South. Makes heavy 

 growth of vine. Price variable, about $3 50 per bus. 



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Dwarf Esses Rape sown with spring grain tor fall pasture 



TRUE DWARF ESSEX RAPE 



Dwarf Essex Rape is now largely grown in this country on account 

 of its rapid growth, being ready to feed in eight to ten weeks from 

 sowing, and producing 25 to 30 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. It can be sown all through the season, being 

 perfectly hard)-, withstands drought, and will produce a crop in any 

 soil by sowing broadcast at the rate of five to ten pounds to the acre. 

 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 and most succulent food from 

 May to December. Lb. 25 cts., 3 lbs 60 cts., by mail, postpaid; by 

 freight or express, lb. 15 cts., 10 lbs. $1.25, 25 lbs. $2.50, bus. of 50 lbs. 

 S4, 100 lbs. and over at 8 cts. per lb. Special prices by letter for 

 larger lots. 



SOJA BEANS 



As a forage and feed crop, Soja Beans are proving very desirable. 

 They furnish rich feed and are, in fact, a balanced ration in one crop. 

 They do equally well on light or heavy soil, and are a most desirable 

 land improver. I have never known a crop that cleans land like Soja 

 Beans, as it is impossible for any weeds to grow where a crop of Sojas 

 are. They also resist drought and hot weather to a remarkable ex- 

 tent. Sow at the rate of one to one and one-half bushels per acre. 

 Price about the same as cow-peas. 



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