H W BUCKBEE. ROCKORD, ILLINOIS 



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(ow Peas. 



A Veritable Gold Mine for Pasture 

 or Soiling Purposes. 



The Cow Pea was until very recently sup- 

 posed to be suitable only to southern conditions. 

 Now it is being demonstrated that where suita- 

 ble varieties are sown the crop can be grown 

 with entire success in the north. The Cow Pea 

 has proved to be one of the greatest fertilizers 

 of the age, and we doubt not— if we make the 

 statement that it is richer in fertilizing matter, 

 more lasting, more beneficial, a greater soil im- 

 prover and a better soil enricher than the fer- 

 tilizer drawn out from the barnyard— that many 

 of our farmer friends will feel like challenging 

 this statement, but nevertheless it is a fact. It 

 will take longer to enrich a thoroughly worn-out 

 piece of land by fertilizer from the barnyard 

 than by sowing plenty of Cow Peas and plowing 

 them under. You can get two very creditable 

 crops of Cow Peas on the same piece of land in 

 one season by sowing them quite early in the 

 spring after frosts are over, broadcast, at the 

 rate of one bushel per acre, or in drills 12 inches 

 apart, and when they have attained the heighth of 30 inches plow them under and sow a second crop. It makes 

 a magnificent fodder for cattle. The ripe peas contain no less than 18H per cent, of digestible protein. The seed 

 or grain is ground and used for catile fodder; the leaves and stalks also make excellent fodder fed green. Poor 

 sandj* land may be greatly improved by plowing under a crop of Cow Peas, and thus made into a fertile loam. 

 Pjant in a thoroughly pulverized soil. If wanted to plow under for manure, sow 1 to 2 bushels per acre with a 

 grain drill in drills a foot apart. If grown for seed plant 3% feet apart and one foot in the row and cultivate 

 thoroughly, using Vi bushel of seed per acre. When pastured by swine, the crop should be allowed to get nearly 

 ripe. When plowed under as a fertilizer the plowing should be done when the plants are in full bloom. The 

 yield of peas in a dry state is from 40 to 60 bushels per acre. 



NEW ERA— Choicest northern g'own. A particularly good variety for northern sections. Price postpaid, 

 y, lb. 16c; lb. 25c. By express orfreig-ht, at buyer's expense, % bu. 60c; y bu. $1.00; l A bu. $1.80; but. $3.50. 



IMPROVED WHIPPOORWILL— Northern grown and ac- 

 climated One of the best and most popular sorts for all climates. 

 Price postpaid, V 2 lb. 12c; lb. 20c By express or freig-ht, at 

 buyer's expense, Ye bu. 40c; U bu. 76c; % bu. $1.40; 

 bu. $2.75. 



BTTCKBEE'S EXTRA EARLY PROLIFIC — Choicest 

 northern grown. Well suited to any soil. Very early and a won- 

 derful yielder. Postpaid, H lb. 15c; lb. 25c By express or 

 freight, at buyer's expense, H bu. 45c; H bu. 85c; V, bu. 

 $1.60 ; bu. $3.00. 



AUSTRALIAN SALT BUSH. 



A Forage Plant for Alkali Soils, and 

 Regions Subject to Periodic Drought. 



This is amost wonderful forage plant, as it will growfreely 

 in arid and alkali lands that will produce no other vegetation, 

 yielding a marvelously liberal foliage, which is eagerly eaten 

 by all kinds of stock. It is of creeping habit. From 20 to 30 

 tons of green fodder have been harvested from one acre. It 

 has further been proven that after three or four crops have 

 been grown on alkali land the soil is then capable of produc- 

 ing any other vegetation. In many sections of the states this 

 is in itself of priceless value. This plant has been very exten- 

 sively tried where single plants grown on the poorest alkali 

 ground have reached a diameter of 16 feet in one season. One 

 pound of seed will seed an acre. It grows readily from seed 

 and requires no cultiyation. Price postpaid, Pkt. 6c; 

 oz. 15c; M lb. 35c; lb. $1.25. 



Headquarters for Horse Cultivators, Etc. 



Here's a Sample Bargain for only $5.35. 



You can't Beat it. Five Machines in One. Shipped by Freight or Express at buyer's expense for only $5.35. 

 CpF I Complete List of all other Desirable Horse Cultivators, Plows, 

 • Potato Planters, etc.. Mailed Free upon Application. 



Buckbee's Northern Grown Seeds Have a World-Wide Reputation. 



