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Making Crop 
Here is another excellent crop to use on land 
thrown out of corn production. Can be used as 
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a fertilizing crop of great value. 
It is truly amazing how soy beans have swept the country. 
Comparatively a few years ago they were an experiment. 
Now you see them everywhere. The farmer who loses out 
on a crop of clover no longer does without hay. He plants 
Soy Beans and harvests a heavy crop of fine hay in the fall. 
If small grain doesn’t pay him he plants soy beans for a seed 
crop and harvests 20 to 30 bushels of beans per acre. In 
our part of Iowa farmers plant soy beans after the small 
grain is off and take another hay crop or plow under the 
stand for soil building. It’s no wonder the crop is popular. 
Our Prices Low 
COWPEAS 
This is a money making legume. A soil building and 
hog crop that is widely used. 
Quick maturing crop. Requires more warmth than 
Soy Beans. Grow on poor soils. Very good for sandy 
or light loam. Makes rich feed. Also good soil builders. 
All our seed stock is fine. See quotations page 33. 
Write for prices on large amounts. State quantity 
See our price list for money saving quotations on quality 
seed. Mills are taking lots of beans and we may see a 
situation like we had last year. The country was simply 
cleaned up on Soy Beans by spring. Prices advanced. 
Finally, one could not get them at any price and we had to 
refund money on late orders. 
Our advice to you is buy early. Our seed is all thoroughly 
cleaned and bright high germinating seed. Such superior 
seed goes farther and is the cheapest in the end. Satisfaction 
is guaranteed. 
We can ship from central producing points. Ask for spe¬ 
cial delivered prices on large amounts. 
desired. Can ship southern orders from St. Louis. 
Varieties 
Whippoorwill. Medium early in maturity, about 80 
days. This is the most popular of all cowpea varieties 
and we have a big demand for them. They grow quite 
erect, which is a desirable characteristic and, no doubt, 
one of the reasons for its popularity. They are heavy 
producers and make a profitable kind to use. Seed is 
speckled brown in color. We recommend it highly. 
How to Handle Soy Beans 
New Era. If you wish the earliest of all varieties 
select this one. Good for northern states or where late 
Plant when weather and soil is warm, corn planting time 
or later. Prepare a fine clean seed bed. For hay broadcast 
or drill in close rows V/ 2 to 2 bushels per acre. For seed 
in 18 to 20 inches apart 30 to 40 lbs. per acre. Cultivate with 
a harrow while beans are small and dry. Cut for hay when 
planting is necessary. May be planted after small grain 
for plowing under. Good soil builder. Smaller seeded 
than Whippoorwill. Use V/ 2 bu. per acre for broadcast 
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Mixed Cowpeas. Somewhat cheaper than unmixed yet 
many prefer a mixture. Fine for pasture, hay or soil 
building. Very desirable unless pure seed crop is de¬ 
sired. All good recleaned stock. We have a big call 
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Varieties 
beans are fairly well formed, but before leaves fall. Harvest 
for seed when beans are practically ripe. 
Dunfield. Pure yellow. Heavy seed producer and an 
excellent hay type. Stands up well. Does not shatter easily. 
Matures in about 105 days. Medium sized leaves and 
stems. An extra good all purpose variety. 
Manchu. An old standby. Widely grown both for hay 
and seed crop. Color light yellow with dark seed scar. 
Stands up well. Adapted to a wide range of conditions. 
Fine for hogging down. 105 days. 
Illini. Very popular. Grown for hay north of Central 
Iowa and for hay and seed south. Medium in stems, 
leaves and maturity. Grows erect. Color yellow. One 
of the most profitable varieties. 
Wilson Black. A hay bean. Medium late. Small black 
seeded. Fine stemmed. Very nutritious. Very much in 
demand as a hay bean. 120 days. 
Black Ebony. Grows erect and bushy. Fine stems, 
holds leaves well. Matures seed 120 days. Very popular. 
Virginia Hay bean. Makes large growth with enor¬ 
mous yields of hay. One of the best beans for poor land. 
Seed brownish and smaller than the average. 
Requires less seed per acre. 
Prices on Pages 32-33 
Edwardsville, Ill. 
Dear Sirs: I have bought seed from you for 
Several years. I find them to be O. K.. in every 
way. The quality and the germination is very 
satisfactory. Your seeds produce results. Also 
your prices are real money-saving quotations. 
I am well pleased. Yours truly, 
H. C. STRASEN. 
