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Soy Beans. 
NEW ERA. — This extra-early Cowpea is unquestion- 
ably one of the most valuable varieties in cultivation. It 
js quicker in growth than any other Cowpea; makes a 
very large growth of vine and a very prolific yield of 
Peas. It stands upright, 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 medium 
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. 
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 sec- 
tions as “The Lady Pea.” 
Soy or Soja Beans 
(Glycine hisplda) 
The use of Soy Beans is constantly increasing 
on account of their value as a forage and feed 
crop as well as their great fertilizing properties. 
They can be sown with cow-peas to hold the pea 
vines off the ground which thus cart 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, ^or 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 3J4 feet apart, and cultivate. 
Velvet Beans 
(Dollchos 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 nitrogen, 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 
application of stable manure. These Beans should be 
planted in May or June, at the rate of \ l / 2 pecks to 
the acre, in drills 5 feet apart. 
Cowpeas 
(Vlgna Sinensis) 
Cowpeas are one of the largest-yielding and most 
nutritious crops known. The vines when cured are 
considered 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 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. 
Has 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 between 
the Iron and the Blue Whippoorwill or Crowder. It has 
the good qualities of both the Iron and the Whippoor- 
will. It is disease resistant and heavy yielder of both 
seed and hay. The seeds are small. One bushel will go 
twice as far as any of the older varieties. It is bet- 
ter 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 valuable on 
account of its immense growth of vines. It holds its 
foliage well, and for that reason is de- 
sirable for hay. It is late in maturing 
and needs a full season to give good re- 
sults. 
Plant a small patch of Cow 
Peas in your garden this year for 
your table. 
Save the wheat! Use cornmeal. Recipes, page 60. 
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