THE C.S. BRENT SEED CO 
Soy or Soja Beans 
(Glycine hlspida) 
The use of Soy Beans is constantly in- 
creasing on account of their value as a for- 
age 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 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 
GO 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 GO to 90 pounds 
to the acre, in drills 3% feet apart, and 
cultivate 
Velvet Beans 
(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 nitrogen, making it a most valuable 
soil-improving crop. The vines grow so 
rank that it is with difficulty that they car 
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 1 y 2 pecks to the 
acre, in drills 5 feet apart. 
Cowpeas 
(Vigma 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. 
BEAHAM. — 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 
the Whippoorwill. 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 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 val- 
uable on account of its immense growth of vines 
It holds its foliage well, and for that 
i reason is desirable for hay. It is late 
in maturing and needs a full season 
to give good results. 
TAYLOR or CROWDER. — This is a 
large speckled pea, making a large 
growth of vine, a long large pod 
and a large yield of shelled peas. It 
is early to mature, upright in growth 
and a most valuable variety. One of , 
the best hay peas grown. 
Hoy Buauu. 
NEW ERA. — This extra-early Cowpea is un- 
questionably 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 prolific, early to mature, makes a fine 
growth, both of vines and leaves and a good yield 
of Pe & s * It is a splendid land-improver, and most 
valuable as a forage crop, and makes an enor- 
mous yield of rich, nutritious feed. 
CLAY. — Seeds medium-sized and cream- or 
clay-colored. Vines grow long and leafy. Seed 
matures medium late. 
IRON. — This variety is noted for its disease- 
resistant qualities. It succeeds where other va- 
rieties succumb. It is a medium-earlv, prolific 
bearer of peas, and is valuable for hav and for- 
age. The seed is smaller than the average Cow- 
pea, so that not so many are needed to sow 
an acre. 
■ri?^' D o RIPPE ®' — T he Red p iPPer resembles the 
Black Cowpea in growth of vine, but is ten days 
earlier and more prolific. 
SEED - — The principal varie- 
t»\ gs Mixed Cowpeas we offer are the Clay, 
Black, Red Ripper, Whippoorwill and other south- 
vai * ietles - great many southern farmers 
preter to sow Cowpeas in mixture, as they grow 
^ k ® r Vv. produci . ng a better crop of vines and 
lorage 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 
— Vines erect, seeds medium-sized, 
men£^ in!r medlum ‘ate. This Pea is recom- 
mended and grown in many sections for table use. 
GALLIVANT, or LADY This is an old-fash- 
where ^' hich is _ very popular in sections 
‘ ‘r™ The peas are small in size, 
the BHck?ve y? r ; superior b? table qualities to 
A? lacke y e ; It is very prolific, and a very de- 
• The b Lady Pea." iS kn0wn in some secU °ns as 
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