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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. How- 

 ever, 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 work- 

 ing 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 remarkably good yield of clean, 

 bright, heavy grain. On account of its earliness to 

 mature, it is one of the surest cropping varieties 

 for the South. 



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^/2 to 4 feet apart. 



SOY, or SOJA BEANS 



WILSON EARLY 

 BLACK.— A very prolific 

 variety, and one of the 

 best where a quick, early 

 variety is desired. Aver- 

 age height on good land 

 is about three feet. 



MAMMOTH YEL- 

 LOW.— The latest, yet the 

 most extensively grown 

 for both beans and for- 

 age, both of which it 

 yields in great abund- 

 ance. It grows more than 

 3 feet high ; is erect in 

 growth. 



VIRGINIA. — On ac- 

 count 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 cut 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. 



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