Cow Peas 
: Improve the Soil — Fine Fodder— Excellent Ensilage — 
Proof Against Chinch Bugs. 
Cow Peas belong to the same family as clover and taking 
. the nitrogen from the air they have the same ability to im- 
prove the soil. The decaying roots and stems add to the soil 
and the whole vine can be plowed under for fertilizer. 
Cow Peas have many uses. They make fairly good human 
I food, they make good pasture, can be fed green, make fine hay, 
| make excellent ensilage especially when grown with corn, and 
{ improve the soil at the same time. 
Cow Peas are very easily planted and easily grown. They 
| are tender, however, and should not be planted until the 
; ground is thoroughly warm. For fertilizer, pasture, or hay 
! crop they should be planted broadcast or better still drilled m 
, with a grain drill planting about a bushel of seed to the acre, 
j If. they are being raised for seed they should be planted in 
i rows about thirty-six inches apart and cultivated two or three 
I times. 
Cow Peas will grow on almost any soil and they are valuable 
i for planting on thin land as they will make a good crop and 
also improve the soil. 
Cow Peas are generally planted either broadcast or in drills 
by themselves and can be planted on wheat land after the wheat 
is taken off. Another common practice is to plant Cow Peas 
! in between the rows of corn after the corn is laid by. It is 
rather diffcult to cut the Peas and Corn when planted in this 
manner and the Cow Peas are therefore generally pastured off 
in the fall. - - 
The very best forage or ensilage is obtained by planting corn 
and Cow Peas together in the row. This should be done at 
late corn planting time when the soil is good and warm. The 
corn should be about 12 to 14 inches apart in the row and the 
Cow Peas 4 to 6 inches. This can then be cut with a binder. 
Chinch Bugs will not eat Cow Peas. They will starve to death 
in a field of it. The Whip-poor-will and the New Era are the 
common varieties and the New Era is especially recommended 
for the Middle West. 
New Era. Lb., 10c. 
Whip-poor-will. Lb., 10c. 
The Soy Bean is a legume, and in nutritive value is equal to 
red clover. As a soil improver, it is excellent. This plant will 
grow on a wide variety of soils, but the richer the soil the larger 
the yield of forage. Prepare the soil the same as for corn. 
Drill the Soy Beans in, from three pecks to a bushel and a half 
of seed per acre, after corn planting time. The heavier seeding 
is where the crop is grown for hay or pasture. A common drill 
can be used with the oat feed opened, and enough of the holes 
stopped up to give the proper distance between rows. , 
Cultivate the Soy Beans with a weeder before they * 
come up. When the rows are wide enough apart, use 
the cultivator. When the crop is grown for seed, 
several cultivations should be given. 
Harvest Soy Beans intended for hay as soon as the 
pods begin to form; for silage, allow plants to come 
as near maturity as possible without dropping their 
leaves. Put in the silo with corn. When intended 
for seed, harvest before the beans are mature or they 
will shatter badly. 5 Handle when the dew is on. 
Use an ordinary mowing machine with a side de- 
livery attachment except where intended for silage, 
when the self-binder makes the best implement, the 
bound bundles being easy to handle. For hay, handle 
as little as possible. Leave in the swath one or two 
days, then put in small cocks until cured. For thresh- 
ing the seed, use ordinary threshing machine with 
blank concaves. 
Soy Beans, as feed, takes the place of oil or gluten 
meal. Feeding them to milch cows, fattening hogs 
or cows, they have given astonishing results. If sown 
broadcast use one-half to one bushel per acre. We 
have the early Yellow, Late Mammoth; this last 
variety, however, hardly ever matures North, but is 
all right for the Southern States. 
Early Yellow. Lb., 15c. 
Late Mammoth. Lb., 15c. 
Cow Peas. 
; For prices of Field Seeds, sec 
free any time. 
our Pink List. Mailed 
Field Beans 
White Navy. _ The standard white beans of medium 
size. Plant in 'drills so as to cultivate with a horse, 
25 to 30 pounds enough to sow an acre. Lb,, 15c. 
Get our prices on large quantities. 
Castor Beans. These will do well on any good corn 
land. They should be planted in rows so that they 
can be cultivated and planted at the rate of about 
one bushel to 15 acres. , Lb., 25c. 
_ Culture. Field Peas deserve more general cultiva- 
tion. They are equal to corn in fattening hogs and 
are ready for feed several weeks earlier. Can be 
sown advantageously with oats or will do well alone. 
As a land fertilizer they are very beneficial. For 
such the crop should be plowed under when they 
begin to bloom. They will grow on most any kind of 
land. 
White Seeded. Lb., 15c; 2 lbs., 25c. 
Green Seeded. Lb., 15c; 2 lbs., 25c. 
Inoculate all Cow Peas, Soy Beans, Field Beans, 
and Peas. (See page 115.) It pays. 
Seeds go at parcel post rates. Allow 5c per pound 
for small lots and regular parcel post charges for 
larger quantities. 
