Great Soil Improvers— ConcVd 
Sola Bean 
From a Photograph 
SO JA BEAN 
-OR- 
COFFEE BERRY 
(MINNESOTA GROWN) 
Has many of the characteristics of Cow 
Peas. It will produce 20 to 30 bushels per 
acre and is as easily grown as other beans. 
For pasturing or green fodder it is very val- 
uable, and nearly equal to clover as a fertil- 
izer. It is a fact that when roasted and 
coarsely ground; it tastes so nearly like Bra- 
zilian coffee the difference is scarcely percep- 
tible. It is certainly the best substitute for 
coffee yet found. Pkt. 5c, 1-4 lb. 15c, lb. 30c, 
postpaid; by express or freight, pk. $1.00, 
bu. $3.50. 
GIANT SPURRY 
It flourishes on sandy worn out soils where 
no other plant flourishes, and returns big 
yields every time. It comes next to clover as a fertilizer. Take the poor- 
est land or the worst land that you can imagine and sow 20 pounds of 
Giant Spurry per acre. Do this two years and you will have a soil for 
wheat, oats and potatoes. It is of very rapid growth and is sown the lat- 
ter part of March, April or May, at the rate of 10 pounds per acre if want- 
ed for hay. The seed is sown broadcast on well prepared soil, and covered 
lightly by harrowing. It germinates quickly and in from 6 to 8 weeks is 
ready to cut. It is usually cut for hay the first time and pastured after- 
ward for the rest of the summer. If wanted as a fertilizer 20 pounds per 
acre are sown, and when from 15 to 20 inches high, plowed under. Two 
crops can be plowed under in one year on account of its quick growdu 
Its value as a fertilizer on light soil is pronounced. It seems to 
enrich the soil more rapidly than other plants. It is readily eaten by cows, 
sheep and cattle. 1 0 lbs. (enough for one acre) 95c; 50 lbs. $4 00 
AUSTRALIAN SALT BUSH 
A forage plant for all alkali soils and for regions subject to periodic drought. 
See Illustration of a single plant 6 months from planting, grown on dry land without 'rrl- 
gation and no rainfall after plants were one inch high. 
This is a most wonderful forage plant, as it will grow freely in arid and alkali 
ands that will produce no other vegetation. It is of creeping habit, from 20 to 30 tons o- 
green fodder have been harvested from one acre. It has further been proven that after three or 
four crops have been grown 
on alkali land, that the soil is 
then capable of producing 
any other vegetation. This 
plant has been extensively 
tried at the California Exper- 
imental Station, where single 
plants, grown in the poorest 
alkali ground, have reached 
a diameter of 16 feet in one 
season. Seeds should be 
sown early. Pkt. 5c, oz. 
15c, 1-4 lb. 40c, lb. $1.20 
Australian Salt Bush 
