Soy Beans 
Soy or Soja Beans 
(Glycine hispida) 
The use of Soy Beans is constantly increasing on ac- 
count of their value as a forage and feed crop as well 
as their great fertilizing properties. They can be sown 
with cowpeas to hold the pea vines off the ground which 
thus can be cut and cured to better advantage for hay. 
They can be grown generally where corn can, and do 
equally well on light and heavy soils. Where a crop of 
Soy Beans is growing it is nearly impossible for weeds 
to grow. For hay or fertilizer they should be sown from 
60 to 90 pounds to the acre. When sown for ensilage 
it is better to sow in corn at 15 to 20 pounds to the 
acre. Sow for the shelled Beans, at the rate of 60 to 
90 pounds to the acre, in drills 3 feet apart, and cul- 
tivate. 
Velvet Beans 
it in the vines and roots so that the land is 
benefited even when the crop is cut for hay. 
Sow in late May up to the middle of July, 60 
to 90 pounds to the acre. 
WHIPPOORWILL. — A favorite, early, upright 
growing variety, more largely used and sold than 
any other kind, lias brown speckled seed, which 
are easily gathered. Makes a good growth of 
vine, which can be easily cut and cured as dry 
forage. 
BRAHAM. — A new variety that is a cross be- 
tween the Iron and the Blue Whippoorwill or 
Crowder. It has the good qualities of both the 
Iron and the Whippoorwill. It is disease resistant 
and heavy yielder of both seed and hay. The 
needs arc small. One bushel will go twice as far 
as ahy of the older varieties. It is better adapted 
to lighter soils than for heavy clay soils. It is 
one of the best and most satisfactory varieties 
that can be grown. 
WONDERFUL, or UNKNOWN — A variety valu 
able on account of its immense growth of vines. 
It holds its foliage well, and for that reason is 
desirable for hay. It is late in maturing and 
needs a full season to give good results. 
NEW ERA. — This extra-early Cowpea is unques 
tionably one of the most valuable varieties in 
cultivation. It is quicker in growth than any 
other Cowpea; makes a very large growth of vine 
and a very prolific yield of Peas. It stands up- 
right. enabling the Peas to be easily gathered. 
The Peas are fully one-third smaller in size than 
those of any other Cowpea, so that it does not 
require nearly as many to seed an acre. 
BLACK. — This is the standard variety, and the most 
largely grown in this immediate section. It is very pro 
lific, early to mature, makes a fine growth, both of vines 
and leaves and a good yield of Peas. It is a splendid 
land-improver, and most valuable as a forage crop, and 
makes an enormous yield of rich, nutritious feed. 
CLAY. -Seeds medium-sized and cream or clay col- 
ored. Vines grow long and leafy. Seed matures me 
dium late. 
IRON. — This variety is noted for its disease-resistant 
qualities. It succeeds where other varieties succumb. It 
is a medium-early, prolific bearer of peas, and is valu- 
able for hay and forage. The seed is smaller than the 
average Cowpea, so that not so many are needed to sow 
an acre. 
RED RIPPER. — The Red Ripper resembles the Black 
Cowpea in growth of vine, but is ten days earlier and 
more prolific. 
(Dolichos multiflorus) 
Velvet Beans make a large growth of vines. They 
are equally as nutritious as the cowpeas, and are largely 
used, both for grazing and as a forage crop, throughout 
the South. The vines and roots are very rich in nitro- 
gen, making it a most valuable soil-improving crop. The 
vines grow so rank that it is with difficulty that they 
can be turned under in the green state, and it is much 
better, if possible to leave them above ground until 
killed by frost, then to plow under in the Winter or 
early Spring, at which time they will make a heavy 
matted coating of vegetable matter which, turned under, 
will benefit the soil almost as much as a heavy applica- 
tion of stable manure. These Beans should be planted 
in May or June, at the rate of 1 Yt pecks to the acre, 
in drills 5 feet apart. 
Cowpeas 
(Vigna Sinensis) 
Cowpeas are one of the largest-yielding and most nu- 
tritious crops known. The vines when cured are con- 
sidered superior to Timothy hay in the South. As a 
fertilizer the Cowpea has no superior, for, to a greater 
extent than any other leguminous crop, it has the power 
of extracting the nitrogen from the air and depositing 
MIXED COWPEA SEED. — The principal varieties in 
the Mixed Cowpeas we offer are the Clay, Black, Red 
Ripper, Whippoorwill and other southern varieties. A 
great many southern farmers prefer to sow Cowpeas in 
mixture, as they grow thicker, producing a better crop 
of vines and forage than sowing single varieties alone. 
Where the crop is desired for soil-improving, it is really 
an advantage to sow these mixed peas. 
Table Cowpeas 
BLACKEYE. — Vines erect, seeds medium-sized, white, 
maturing medium late. This Pea is recommended and 
grown in many sections for table use. 
GALLIVANT or LADY — This is an old 
fashioned Pea, which is very popular in 
sections where it is known. The peas are 
small in size, of very fine flavor, superior 
in table qualities to the Blackeye. It is 
very prolific, and a very desirable variety. 
It is known in some sections as “The Lady 
Pea.” 
Plant a small patch of Cow- 
peas In your garden this year for 
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