Wight Nursery & Orchard Co 
CROTALARIA SPECTABILIS 
Present prices of farm products do not permit buying large quantities of commercial fertil¬ 
izers as Southern farmers have been accustomed to do for many years. Crotalaria, a wonderful new 
nitrogen-gathering plant, makes commercial fertilizers practically unnecessary. Many growers who 
have experimented with it, have almost or quite doubled their yield of corn and cotton the year 
following its growth. It may be planted in the drills at the time most annual crops are laid by, 
and will make a good growth to be turned under before frost kills it. Many orchardists are sow¬ 
ing Crotalaria as a summer cover crop in their orchards to good advantage. It may be sown either 
in drills or broadcast. The most important requirement in planting is for the ground to have plenty 
of moisture in it. Note the remarkable ability of Crotalaria to gather nitrogen as shown in the fol¬ 
lowing table: 
TABLE SHOWING VALUE OF THE DIFFERENT COVER CROPS 
(Prepared by the Florida Agricultural Experiment Station) 
Crop 
Dry Wt. Yield in 
tons. (3-yr. Av.) 
Percent of 
Nitrogen 
Lbs. of Nitro¬ 
gen per Acre 
Equiv. in Nitrate 
of Soda per Acre 
Crotalaria . 
. 2.89 
2.446 
141.378 
885 lbs. 
Cow Peas . 
. 1.10 
2.015 
44.330 
277 lbs. 
Velvet Beans . 
. .85 
2.208 
37.536 
232 lbs. 
Beggarweed . 
. .62 
1.443 
17.890 
112 lbs. 
Prices of scarified seed are as follows; 
1 to 10 lbs., 25c per lb., postpaid 
10 to 50 lbs., 15c per lb., f. o. b. here 
50 to 100 lbs., 12)4c per lb., f. o. b. here 
Terms—Cash when shipped, or C. O. D. 
Three to four pounds of seed when drilled are 
sufficient to plant an acre. In the past the de¬ 
mand for seed has been greater than the supply. 
Crotalaria is sure to play a very important part 
in future agricultural development. Plant from 
April to June. 
Every farmer should have at least a small plant¬ 
ing of this promising legume. It will do much to 
make him independent of the fertilizer trusts. 
We will help you plan your fruit trees 
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