P. MANN & CO., Washington, D. C. 



207 Seventh St., N. W., 

 Opposite Centre Market 



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Soy, or Soja Beans 



Cow Peas 



Cow Peas will make a good growth under very 

 unfavorable conditions and on poor soil. However, 

 as their merit as a soil improver lies in their ability 

 to gather nitrogen, it stands to reason that the 

 greatest benefit will be derived where the soil is 

 put in good condition and fertile. Applications of 

 lime to the soil are very beneficial also. The seed 

 may be sown at any time in the spring when it has 

 become warm enough to plant corn, and from that 

 on to within about two months of frost time. It is 

 well to remember the plant develops best in warm 

 weather. Seed may be sown broadcast or with a 

 wheat drill, using one to one and one-half bushels 

 per acre. 



BEST VARIETIES TO PLANT.— Clays, Whip- 

 poorwills, New Era, Mixed, Black Cows, Black 

 Eyes, Canada Field Peas, etc. All our Cow Peas 

 are fancy, recleaned, free from hulls. Write for 

 our lowest prices. 



Hairy or Winter Vetch 



This is one of the most valuable forage crops for 

 the South, but requires to be sown in the fall for 

 best results. Can be sown any time from July to 

 October. Succeeds admirably sown at the last 

 working of corn or cotton with oats or wheat. 

 Should be sown at the rate of twenty to thirty 

 pounds to the acre with one bushel of Oats or three- 

 fourths bushel of Wheat. The Oats or Wheat help 

 to hold the Vetch off the ground, enabling it to 

 make a better growth. 



White Spring Oats 



For a spring oat for seeding in March and April, 

 the White Spring Oats are unquestionably the best 

 and surest yielding of spring oats, the advantages 

 claimed for it being that it is earlier to mature, free 

 from rust, healthy, clean and vigorous growth of 

 straw and makes a remarkable good yield of clean, 

 bright, heavy grain. On account of its earliness to 

 matures, it is one of the surest cropping varieties 

 for the South. 



Soy, or Soja Beans 



WILSON EARLY BLACK— A very prolific va- 

 riety, and one of the best where a quick, early va- 

 riety is desired. Average height on good land is 

 ;.bout three feet. 



MAMMOTH YELLOW.— The latest, yet the most 

 extensively grown for both beans and forage both 

 of which it yields in great abundance. It grows 

 more than 3 feet high, is erect in growth. 



VIRGINIA. — On account of its abundant growth 

 and large yield of beans the Virginia makes most 

 excellent hay and ensilage. As it is about 20 days 

 earlier than Mammoth Yellow, it can be grown 

 .further North and throughout the corn belt. The 

 vines make a fine growth, are filled with pods, 

 stand about 3 feet high, are easy to out and easy 

 to cure. The stems being fine and the leafage 

 profuse adapts it particularly well for hay making. 



Dwarf Essex Rape 



This crop is very highly recommended for pastur- 

 age for sheep and cattle, furnishing most rich and 

 nutritious pasturage within six to eight weeks from 

 the time of sowing. The fattening properties of 

 Rape are said to be very much better than those of 

 clover. Sow three to five pounds per acre in drills ; 

 six to eight pounds per acre broadcast. 



Buckwheat 



NEW JAPANESE.— This new sort has proven to 

 be much earlier and more productive than any other 

 variety. Grains very large and rich brown color. 

 It excels all in yield and earliness. 



Early Amber Sorghum 



Furnishes a large yield of most nutritious forage, 

 which can be fed either green or cured, and will 

 yield two or three cuttings a year, stooling out 

 thicker each time it is cut. It grows 10 to 12 feet 

 high. Sow broadcast for forage at the rate of 

 1 to 1% bushels per acre in drills 3]4 to 4 feet apart. 



Cow Peas. 



