^JIol{man's 
★49 “I have bought seed from a 
number of seed houses, but 
have had best results from Hoffman’s 
seeds. You can rely on what they tell 
you, too. I feel I owe this letter to you 
for the treatment you have given me 
in the past.” 
E. W. Pennebaker, 
Lewistown, Pa., 
★ 50 “ The oats I got from you last 
spring I have just harvested 
for hay and they are fine. Made the 
largest growth of any in this section. 
Have just sowed the Sudan Grass and 
it is just coming up.” 
Hugh C. Filer, 
East Hampton, N. Y. 
★ 51 “My first year at farming. I 
have read about the impor¬ 
tance of good seed. Surely am glad I 
bought all my seed from you. It is 
worth a lot to a beginner to know 
he can write out his seed order with 
full assurance everything will be first 
grade. Inclosed find a picture of 
Penna. 44. Pretty good for a begin¬ 
ner. As long as I farm you will have 
an enthusiastic customer.” 
Chas. H. Baxter, 
Farmington, Pa. 
a 
Canada Peas 
Will Gather More Nitrogen 
if Treated with 
“Hoffman’s Inoculant” 
For Early Green Feed— 
CANADA PEAS 
—Sown With Oats 
Just as soon as the frost is out of the ground, you can plant Canada 
Peas. They grow quickly. Popular way is to plant Canada Peas 
with an early oats—plant both just as early as possible— iy 4 bushels 
of Canada Peas with the same quantity of oats per acre. Both may 
be mixed and sowed together. Most folks sow each separately. 
The Peas should be drilled first 3 to 3^2 inches deep. Then the 
oats iy 2 to 2 inches deep. Deeper planting protects the Peas if 
very dry Spring weather is met with. If Peas are planted alone 2 y 2 
bushels are required. 
The growth of Peas planted alone is upright for a time, after 
which it falls and completes its growth in a prostrate position. 
Planting with oats supports the vines, makes the crop more palata¬ 
ble, more accessible. 
Canada Peas make an abundant pasture for hogs, sheep and cat¬ 
tle. Yet trampling of stock destroys much of the crop. Some 
folks let the growth become tall, then mow and feed it green or 
make into hay. Cutting should take place when oats is compara¬ 
tively green and the peas have begun to form pods. After this 
cutting a new growth will appear. 
Canada Peas are used for hog pastures. A bushel of Peas, a 
bushel of Oats, 3 or 4 pounds of Rape Seed, and 7 to 10 pounds 
of Sweet Clover will provide an acre. Sow early in the Spring, and 
the pigs can start on it when a growth of about nine or ten inches 
has appeared. 
The Canada Pea part of the hay is rich in protein. There is no 
other method of producing so quickly a growth of such valuable 
feed in the fore part of the Summer as Canada Peas and Oats. 
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