,tqkes ' Standard Seeds^ /^ Qarden and Farm 



FARM SEEDS 



COWPEAS 



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

 using legumes, and Cowpeas are of the best in this class of plants, 

 especially 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 expensive, 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. 



Varieties: New Era, Ram's Horn and Whippoorwill. Write 

 for prices. 



SOJA or SOY BEAMS 



This legume is used in many sections as a soil-improver, mak- 

 ing an excellent growth to be turned under to supply humus for 

 rundown soils. It is also used quite extensively as a hay crop 

 and, when properly cured, makes a very palatable feed. Soy 

 Beans do better in the northern half of the country, while the 

 cowpea thrives better in the South. As a forage crop, Soja 

 Beans hold a prominent place and should be used much more 

 extensively than they are at the present time. Write for prices, 

 stating quantity desired. 



TEOSINTE 



Looks like corn, but the leaves are broader and longer and the 

 stalks are slimmer. After it is cut it stools and will furnish a 

 supply of green feed all summer. Sow in May or June, three 

 pounds of seed to an acre, in rows 4 feet apart. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 

 10 cts., Vilb. 30 cts.; lb. $1, postpaid; by freight or express, lb. 

 90 cts., 5 lbs. and over, 80 cts. per lb. 



SPRING RYE 



Distinct from the winter Rye, grain of finer quality and more 

 productive; can be successfully grown in any latitude, and is 

 now being largely grown in the middle states in place of oats, 

 being a much more profitable crop on account of the production 

 of nearly four times the straw, and also as a "catch" crop where 

 winter grain has failed. The straw is equally as valuable as that 

 of the fall or winter Rye, standing stiff, 7 to 8 feet high. Produces 

 30 to 40 bushels of grain per acre. As it does not stool like winter 

 Rye, not less than two bushels to the acre should be sown. 

 Write for prices. 



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 densely 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. Write for prices. 



NEW JAPANESE BUCKWHEAT 



The kernels are nearly twice the size of any other, of a rich, 

 dark brown color, and manufacture a superior flour. It has 

 rapidly displaced all others, and is now more largely planted 

 than any other, being about two weeks earlier. Write for prices. 



SWEDISH SELECT AMERICAN- 

 GROWN SEED OATS 



This beautiful Oat, which is now well-acclimatized, weighs from 

 36 to 40 pounds per measured bushel. The straw is coarse, noted 

 for its stiffness and power to withstand lodging. The grains are 

 pure white in color, large, thick and plump, making a very 

 handsome appearance. The heads are large, upright and bushy; 

 they are also nearly all meat; the hull being exceedingly thin 

 making them especially valuable as a feeding Oat. They are 

 quite early and are less liable to smut and rust than almost any 

 other sort. Write for prices. 



SAND or HAIRY VETCH 



Vicia villosa; Winter Vetch 



We 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 as well on poor 

 and sandy soils as on 

 rich and loamy ones. 

 It is a great nitrogen- 

 gatherer, fully equal to 

 peas and clover. Sow 

 between July and No- 

 vember, broadcast, 

 twenty to thirty 

 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. 

 It should be cut just 

 after the oats or rye 

 heads form. For late 

 fall and early spring 

 pasture Sand or 

 Hairy Vetch ranks 

 second to none, and 

 cattle like it immensely. 

 We also recommend it 

 highly as an excellent 

 cover-crop over win- 

 ter. Write for prices. 



Crimson Clover and Winter Vetch 

 Both sown and dug at the same time. Note the 

 much heavier growth of Vetch on the right 



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