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Canada Field Peas 



For Fodder and 

 Green-Manuring 



"Peas could be made to bring more nitrogen to the soils of this country every year than is now purchased 

 annually by the farmers at a cost of millions of dollars." — ( Yearbook' of the U. S. Department of 

 Agricullnre.) 



For the Northern States there is no crop of greater value than Field Peas. Whether for fodder, 



in mixture with Oats, sown at the rate of 2 bushels of Peas and 1 bushel of Oats per acre, or the 



Peas sown alone at the rate of 3 bushels per acre for plowing under, there is no crop that we can so 



strongly recommend. Peas have the power of extracting nitrogen from the air, the soil from 



which a crop of Peas has been harvested is richer in nitrogen than before, and there is no kind 



of live stock on the farm to which Peas and Oats in mixture cannot be fed with positive advantage. 



The Marrowfat and Canada Field Peas, especially the white variety, are valuable for 



early spring sowing; being exceptionally hardy, the crop is not easily injured by late 



frosts. Sown alone for fodder or in combination with Oats for hay, or as a crop to plow 



under for green manure, they are unsurpassed. Peas can be followed by Millet or 



Crimson Clover. {See engraving.) 



Prices of Field Peas for todder and Green-Manuring 

 Peas, Canada White, $1.50 per peck; $5.50 per bushel of 60 

 lbs.; 10-bushel lots, $5.40 per bushel. 



Cow Peas 



Canada 

 White 

 Field 

 Peas 



Cow Peas. are more tender than Canada or Field Peas and 

 should not be sown until Corn-planting time. Cow Peas, being 

 of very rapid growth during the warm weather, can be sown as 

 late as the middle of July with reasonable assurance of a profit- 

 able crop, either for harvesting or plowing under. 



The early varieties of Cow Peas are quite extensively and 

 successfully grown for forage and soiling as far north as Massa- 

 chusetts, but so far north the crop may not ripen seeds. As a 

 soil renovator and enricher Cow Peas are very valuable. A crop 

 of Cow Peas collects nitrogen from the air in large quantities and 

 fixes It m the soil, thus adding this expensive element of fertilizer 

 to the land without cost, and leaving it richer and in splendid 

 condition for the future crop. AH crops do well after Cow Peas. 

 Cow Peas grow on all soils from the stiff est clays to porous sands 

 barren uplands and alluvial bottoms. The feeding value of Cow 

 Peas is high, whether as green forage, cured hay or silage, being 

 especially rich in blood, bone and muscle-forming material. For 

 green-manuring clay land, the crop should be turned under green. 

 On sandy soil, already too light, the vines should decay on the 

 surface and then be turned under. Sow 2 bushels per acre. 

 :tilack tye Cow Peas. A popular and productive early sort. 



Price, $6.50 per bu. of 60 lbs.; 10-bush. lots. $6.4o per bu. 

 New Era Cow Peas. A new, extra-early variety, earlier than the 

 Black _ Eye, the quickest growing of any of the Cow Peas, 

 maturing in about GO days, specially adaotcd for planting 

 ?2 . • , Y'elds weU. Price, o5.50 per bushel of GO lbs., 

 10-DUshel lots, 55.40 oer bushel. 



Hendersons Japanese Buckwheat 



wh^aJ rliSl^ Tvf tV^^J;'" T'^"'"\'^. ^'^ f several years ago, has proven a bonanza to Buck- 

 duces from tw"t"f",^^t- " "^ °""' '^'•^"'='^'"5 g™wth, stands up well and pro- 



It fsalsoTuUra welkear^en ^' """'^ ^'^'" ^' ^^^ °'^'' ^^"^'^ """^^ ^^"^^ conditiSns. 

 bv^ffof4°h"cV I»i!f ""!? Buckwheat seed is grown from the largest Japanese type imported 

 Bons wherebv it hi H . " .^^^^f ^ ""-^ immensely superior to that grown here for several sea- 



Dwarf Essex Rape 



from°fi^r^/nr/rfi'/L''°"'!,'*'°"' ^^^^ '' '"^'"^^ ^°'" P^?}^"'^S sheep or cattle within six weeks 

 to t^n ^n^tvf= w^u '^ on an average one acre will carry twelve to fifteen sheep six weeks 

 L n^AT" ^T^^.v °n the Rape they should at all times have access to salt: but water 



fnr ?Jlf f ^•^- t^^^ Northern States it should be sown from May to the end of August 

 1?^^^ ' Pff*""^8A'^'V^ ^Vt thrives best m cool weather, it should not be sown in the South- 

 Tn?v or An""i- i= tr T^"*"^ October for winter pasture. In the Irititude of New York, 

 t^f\Je:;i^l '^b^f |'r:oVV.°sheI ^FIoM,^!; l^^i^^^oo''- ^° ' ''''■ ^^^ ^"^ 



Sand or Winter Vetch (vidavuiosa) 



r.J^^^^r^^^'^^ ^"? produces good crops on poor, sandy soils, though it is much more vigorous 

 w^r.? inS .h^J'^lf r' *° ^ 5"^'?^* °/ ^ *° ^ H*V I' '^ perfectly hardy, remaining grlen all 

 winter,. and should be sown during August and September, mixed with Rye, which serves 

 as a support for the plants, or m spring with Oats or Barley 



nlintIL .^.f.'',^^'^^* "°?> ^■°'' '^"tting and a full crop can be taken off the land in time for 

 to .nw f. ?hi^v .^^- ^11"? much hardier than Scarlet Clover, this is the forage plant 

 tah,°,^lf i^ tl \ l\^^%^^''-^''%- ■'^^^'"'^ ^"^I^^^ C'"^^"^ winter-kills, though it is equally 

 have a field of iV dairyman and stock breeder in the United States should 



(See engraving.) Sow 1 bushel per acre, with 

 'o-; $11.50 ^ushel of 60 lbs.; 100 lbs. $18.00 



14 bushel of Oats or Barley, Price, 22c, 



Japanese Millet 



and Clover h«v Pn blossom stage, and is preferred by horses and cattle to Timothv 

 sSyaBeIn forage f^?m . f ^^^! !^u P"*=,°* '^^ ^""^* ''^ combination with one prfrt 

 from May to Juf; T^i 1h« "T""^" -^^^''^^'^''cl ration that may be fed without grain. Sow 



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we sHaU be pleased to make Special Prices, ^\^Llf^^{' large quantities of Grain or Grass Seed. ^"'« 



