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H. G. Hastings & Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia. 
Cow Peas 
We believe that cow peas have done more for the 
upbuilaing of the soils for the South than any other 
crop. Most of us know of the rich sugar cane lands 
of Louisiana. Yet, the long headed sugar planters, 
the men who own those lands plant carload after 
carload of peas on those rich lands. Why? Just to 
keep them rich and make them richer. Hundreds of 
bushels of them are planted annually for soil im- 
provement on the “Hastings’ Farm.” We never let a 
corn crop go by without sowing peas. There are 
several hundred tons of cow pea and crab grass hay 
baled up on the “Hastings’ Farms’’ now. Plant peas 
and plenty of them. Plenty of pea hay means full 
rations for your stock and soil. Plant Cow Peas. 
WRITE US FOR PRICES ON COW PEAS 
At the time this catalogue goes into the hands of the printer it is impossible to 
make closo prices on COW PEAS. Write us when ready to buy, stating variety and 
quantity wanted, and we wili make you price delivered at your station. 
Wonderful or Unknown Peas 
these two varieties, although somewhat 
alike, were kept distinct, but in recent years they 
have become so much run together that it has^ been found impossible to keep them separate. They are 
the strongest, rankest growing of any of the vine or running varieties and our illustration gives you an 
idea of their rank growth and prolifleness. Packet, 10 cents; pint, 20 cents; quart, 35 cents; postpaid. 
Peck, 75 cents. Bushel price on application, 
VU'KinnDAi'wili ^'avorite early variety growing in bush form. Brown speckled seed. Largely 
VVIIB planted for early crop. Packet, 10 cents; pint, 20 cents; quart, 35 cents; post- 
paid. Peck, about 75 cents; not prepaid. Write for bushel prices w-hen ready to buy. 
I 2Bf*crA The standard large black-eyed table pea. Good either as “snaps” or shelled, 
kal gC bjrC Packet, 10 cents; pint, 25 cents; quart, 
peck, about $1.25; bushel, about $4.25. 
Lddy PGSS small seeded, but strong growing and prolific pea for table use. Peas are creamy 
m WJuir© 3,n(l oi tii© litiBsr QUJility* 10 cts.j pint, ctiSa^ Qiisirr^ 10 
Early Black, Red Ripper, Clays, Iron and Mixed Peas 
cents; postpaid. Not prepaid, 
Soil Enriching Piant 
Wl^e and_of_the finest quality. Packet, 10 cts.;_pint, 25 cts^; jjpart, 40 cts. ; postpaid. 
So far as pos- 
sible we keep 
in stock during the spring months supplies of the above varieties. When ready to buy in bushel lots or 
over write for prices stating variety and quantity wanted. Fach — Packet, 10 cents; pint, 20 centi; quart, 
35 cents; postpaid. 
VELVET BEANS— The Lower South’s Greatest Forage and 
We_have grown the Velvet Bean personally for nearly twenty years 
and we know of no plant so valuable as the Velvet Bean of the Low- 
er South (meaning by Lower South the Southern half of States such as Georgia, Mississippi and Texas). 
Around Atlanta and in this latitude it will not mature, although if planted in May will make a solid mat 
of foliage and vine from waist to shroulder high. Generally speaking, it grows so rank that it’s impossi- 
ble to cure it for hay. The general practice in Florida is to turn stock in and let them eat it down to 
stubble. It needs a full season of growth to get its greatest value. Some growlers let it rot down dur- 
ing the winter figuring that in soil improvement a good crop of Velvet Beans turned under is equal to a 
ton of average guano or commercial fertilizer. We have never seen any crop that makes such a rank 
growth. For stock feeding it is rich in both fat and muscle forming qualities. One crop of Velvet Beans 
turned under is considered equal in value to 2 or 3 crops of Cow Peas. Illustrating its immense yield, 
the Florida Experiment Station reported one yield of 18,000 pounds (9 tons) of dried forage per acre. 
Plant in ApHl or May in rows 5 to 6 feet apart. 
dropping 1 or 2 beans every foot, about 1 peck of 
seed per acre. Pkt., 10c.; pint, 25c.; quart, 40c.; 
postpaid. Peck, not prepaid, $1.00; bushel, about 
$3.50. Write for bushel prices when ready to buy. 
With the changing conditions of agriculture in the 
South, the adoption of land building as opposed to 
the old process of “land skinning” the Velvet Bean 
is playing a most important part in the middle 
and lower South, With a full season of growth 
there is no single plant on our list that will fur- 
nish so much forage per acre, no plant that will 
improve your soil quicker. It can not, however, be 
used as a “catch crop” like cowpeas, for it needs 
the full season’s growth to give you the full benefit 
of its crop value. It is no new or untried plant for 
Florida ^ and South Georgia farmers have been 
growing thousands of acres of Velvet Beans for 
the last twenty years. If you have never planted 
Velvets be sure and- give them a trial this year if 
you live in the lower South or Gulf Coast section. 
Southern farmers and their ten- 
ants and employes spend millions 
of dollars every year for tobacco — millions that go 
to the Tobacco Trust. Why not grow the supply 
on your own farm? 
Hyco-for Smoking 
smoking purposes. Packet, 5 cents; % ounce, 15 
cents; ounce, 25 cents; ^ pound, 75 cents; pound, 
$2.50; postpaid. 
The finest variety to grow in the 
Central and Lower South for 
chewing purposes. Makes, when sun cured, the best natural chewing tobacco. 
Packet, 5 cents; Ys, ounce, 15 cents; ounce, 25 cents; Y^ pound, 75 cents; pound, $2.50. 
Tobacco 
Sweet Oronoke— for Chewing 
Sweet Oronoke Tobacco 
