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EARLY GREEN SOJA BEAN. 



This variety produces enormous crops as far north as Canada, and will ripen 

 its seeds even in Massachusetts. It grows about 4 ft. high and yields ten to 

 twenty tons of green fodder per acre, or 20 to 40 bushels of Beans. 



It is a valuable leguminous plant for the farmer and dairyman for either 

 green or cured fodder or grain. It is especially valuable for ensilage in combi- 

 nation with fodder corn or Japanese Millet (two parts of Millet to one part of 

 Soja Beans), thus furnishing a complete balanced ration. It increases the milk 

 and butter and fattens the stock. The grain is also exceedingly nutritious, 

 ranking, when ground, even higher than cotton seed or linseed meal for feeding 

 cattle, hogs and other stock. Three pounds of Soja Bean meal added to the 

 grain ration of milch cows produces a rich milk. 



Soja Beans are great soil enrichers, adding humus and extracting nitrogen from 

 the air. Sow 3 pecks per acre. (See cut.) 



Price, peck, S1.75; bushel (60 lbs.) S5.00; 10 bushels @ $4.85. 



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 Agriculture.) 



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 two bushels each 

 per acre, or the Peas sown alone at the rate of three 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, and 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 wmch Peas and Oats in mix- 

 ture 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 plough 

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

 or Crimson Clover. Cow Peas are more tender and should not be sown until 

 cornplanting 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 profitable crop, either for harvesting or plowing under. 



Prices for Fodder and Green-Manuring. 



Peck. 



Bush, of 



60 lbs. 



10 bush, 

 lots, at 



Peas, Canada White . . . 



70c. 

 $1.00 



1.25 



1 .15 



$2 . 50 

 3.00 



4.50 

 4.00 



S2 40 



" Canada Blue 



2 90 



" Large Marrowfat. Of immense growth, the 

 best of Field Peas for fodder ... 



4 40 



COW PEAS. Black-eyed. Of great value in the 

 Southern States and also in the Northern States 

 (sown after May 1st) as a green summer feed 

 for sheep, and as a green crop for plowing 

 under. (Sow 2 bush, per acre.). . . . 



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JAPANESE MILLET. 



A very distinct variety that is particularly valuable in the Northern 

 States as a quick growing forage and ensilage crop, attaining a height 

 in good soil of 6 to 8 feet and yielding from 10 to 18 tons of green 

 fodder per acre. For feeding green, it may be cut from day to day as 

 needed until the seed begins to ripen. During this period it is much 

 relished by stock; cattle especially consume it without waste before 

 touching green fodder corn, and cows fed on it invariably increase in 

 milk. For dried fodder, it should be cut in the blossom stage; it is 

 freely eaten by stock and is often preferred by horses to Timothy and 

 Clover hay; when sown early, it produces a fair second cutting. For en- 

 silage, two parts of the Millet in combination with one part Soja Beans 

 forage, form a complete balanced ration that may be fed without grain. 

 Sow from May to July, 15 lbs. of seed per acre if broadcasted, or if in drills 

 12 to 18 inches apart, use 10 to 12 lbs. per acre. (See cut.) Price. 10c. lb.; 10 

 lbs., 90c; 100 lbs., $7.50. (For other varieties of Millet see page 69.) 



DWAKF ESSEX RAPE. 



Under favorable conditions Rape is ready for pasturing sheep or cattle with- 

 in six weeks from time of sowing, and on an average one acre will carry twelve 

 to fifteen sheep six weeks to two months. When on the Rape they should at 

 all times have access to salt; but water is not necessary. In the Northern States 

 it should be sown from May to the end of August for fall pasturing, but as 

 it thrives best in cool weather, it should not be sown in the Southern States 

 until September or October for winter pasture. In the latitude of New York, 

 July or August is the best time to sow. Its fattening properties are probably 

 twice as good as those of Clover, and for sheep the feeding value of Rape excels 

 all other plants we know of. At the Michigan Experiment Station, 128 lambs 

 were pastured for 8 weeks on 15 acres of Rape sown in July, and showed a gain 

 of 2.890 lbs., or at the rate of 3 lbs. per lamb each week Sow 4 lbs. per acre 

 broadcast, 2 to 3 lbs. per acre in drills. Price 10c. lb., $3.50 bush., of 50 lbs. 

 100 lbs. $6.50. If by mail, add 8c. lb. 



SAND or WINTEK VETCH. 



(Vicia Villosa.) 



It succeeds and produces good crops on poor, sandy soils, though it is much 

 more vigorous on good land and grows to a height of 4 to 5 feet. It is perfect- 

 ly hardy, remaining green all winter, and should be sown during August and 

 September, mixed with Rye, which serves as a support for the plants, or in 

 spring with Oats or Barley. 



It is the earliest crop for cutting, being nearly a month earlier than Scarlet 

 Clover, and a full crop can be taken off the land in time for planting spring 

 crops. Being much hardier than Scarlet Clover, this is the forage plant to sow 

 in the Northern States, where Scarlet Clover winterkills, though it is equally 

 valuable in the South. Every dairyman and stockbreeder in the United States 

 should have a field of it. 



It is exceedingly nutritious, much more so than Clover, is eaten with a relish 

 and may be fed with safety to all kinds of stock. 



It will also prove valuable for a Hay crop in the South and dry Western 

 regions, as it may be sown in the fall and will make a luxuriant growth during 

 the fall and spring months, and will yield a heavy crop, which may be cut and 

 stored before the droughts set in. 



Sow 1 bu. per acre, with Vi bu. of Rve or Wheat. Price, 12c. lb., $5.75 bushel 

 of601bs.; 100 lbs., $9.00. If by mail add 8c. per lb. 



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