H. G. Hastings Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia. 
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PLANT PLENTY OF COWPEAS 
It’s the very best advice we can give to every farmer in the South, and in say- 
ing this we don’t detract in the least from all we say on the preceding page about 
Velvet Beans, especially the early varieties. Both have their rightful place on 
every farm in the South where the land is farmed instead of being “skinned.” 
Cowpeas are especially valuable as a “catch crop” and there are millions- upon 
millions of acres of land in the South that could be and should be planted in cow- 
peas every summer that lie idle or only work “half time” if we may so term it. 
None who read this will dispute the very self-evident fact that a crop of cow- 
peas grown on land make succeeding crops better, even if the cowpeas are cut 
for hay and practically all the crop removed. 
Cowpeas can be planted almost any time from last frost up to August 1st. 
They make a fine crop to follow oats, wheat or rye, either as a single crop or 
mixed with sorghum for hay. 
In the corn fields at “laying by” time there is nothing better than cowpeas be- 
tween the rows. They take nothing from the corn, and yet they add the most 
expensive fertilizing element, nitrogen, to the soil for succeeding crops. 
The cowpea has been aptly termed the “clover of the South,” and nowhere in 
this wide world do good farmers attempt to build up and improve land without 
clover or some similar legume crop. 
FOR YOUR LAND'S SAKE 
Clay Peas (No. 345) 
A farmer’s acres and their fertility and crop producing power is just as much the farmer’s capital as 
is the machinery and buildings of the manufacturer; as is the stock of goods on the merchant’s shelves. 
You can no more afford to let the fertility of your acres run down than the manufacturer can afford to 
let his machinery wear out or run down, or the merchant get out of staple goods. To succeed they must 
keep up to par or increase. 
In no section of the world that we know has there been such a steady system of “land-skinning” as 
here in the South during the last 50 years. Our system of renting out land to irresponsible tenants and 
our “one crop” system has encouraged it to the fullest extent. 
It’s time for a great right-about-face movement in this respect. We must build land up instead of 
“skinning” it to the limit and then try to force a normal production with excessive amounts of “guano.” 
No matter whether your neighbor builds up his land or not, yoii can build yours and increase your 
capital year by year. 
For your land’s sake plant plenty of cowpeas in 1918. They will help the land and furnish plenty of 
roughage and grain for cattle and hogs. Growing cowpeas and Velvet Beans is almost like putting 
money to your credit in the bank. 
The Clay has long been a standard cowpea in the South. Medium late 
variety of running habit and vigorous growth of vine, giving a good 
forage crop. The leaves do not shed as many varieties in curing and the pods ripen very uniformly. 
For forage, peas, and a soil builder, you will be pleased with Clay. Packet, 10 cents; pint, 30 cents; 
quart, 35 cents; postpaid. 
/Ma of the best and most productive in growth and yield of shelled peas. 
Draonom ^RUiwwD^ upright in growth and retains foliage exceptionally well in curing. 
Resists disease and is very vigorous and productive. Does best on light soils. Packet, 10 cents; pint, 
30 cents; quart, 35 cents, postpaid. 
^Ma QA^\The standard early bush or bunch variety for early crop, for planting broadcast after oats or other 
Will ^IIUi QtQ ) grain crops or in the rows between the corn. This variety can be grown further north than other 
sorts and is being largely planted for soil improvement as far north as Indiana, Illinois and Ohio. Seeds, brown speckled and rather 
small. Packet, 10 cents; pint, 30 cents; quart, 35 cents, postpaid. 
I skWtrtk /Na The standard large black-eyed table pea, 
OloCIl ^RUi w4Uy Good either as “snaps” or shelled. Packet, 
10 cents; pint, 30 cents; quart, 60 cents; postpaid. 
I aril/ D asc /Ma \ Very small seeded but strong growing and prolific 
^nUi w*# I ) pea for table use. Peas are creamy white and of the 
finest quality. Packet, 10 cents ; pint, 30 cents ; quart, 60 cents ; postpaid. 
Early Black (No. 339) , Red Ripper (No. 344) Me'wVkeep'm 
Unknown or Wonderful (No. 342) months supi^ies of the above 
Iron (No. 346) , and Mixed Peas (No. 338) ready to buy in 
bushel lots or over write for prices, stating variety and quantity wanted. Each; 
Packet, 10 cents ; pint, 30 cents ; quart, 35 cents ; postpaid. 
At the time this catalogue goes 
to the printer it is impossible 
to make close prices on cowpeas in quantity for sale in spring and early summer. 
When about ready to buy peas write for close market prices, stating quantity and 
varieties needed. Cowpeas change prices frequently. 
Southern farmers, their tenants and employees consume 
every year several million dollars for smoking and 
chewing tobacco. You may or may not have a grudge 
against the Tobacco Trust, but what is the use of spending these millions of dollars 
or your share of them for a product easily grown on your own acres anywhere in 
the South and be sure of having a good supply of pure unadulterated natural leaf 
for either smoking or chewing that has not been “doped” or “doctored” up by the 
manufacturer. Most of the tobacco used is grown in the South. Why not grow 
yours? A packet of seed will supply almost anyone. 
Hester (No. 435) --for Smoking color, ripens early, most ’adapta- 
ble. Packet, 6c; % ounce, 16c; ounce, 26c; % pound, 760; pound, $3.60; postpaid. 
WRITE FOR PRICES ON PEAS 
TOBACCO 
Yellow Pryor (No. 436) -for Chewing rte^Sbu^^^or^ che'^ng 
purposes. Makes, when sun cured, the best natural chewing tobacco. Packet, 6 
cents; Va ounce, 15 cents; ounce, 25 cents; % pound, 75 cents; pound, $2.60, 
Type of Yellow Pryor Tobacco for Chewing 
