ASHEVILLE SEED CO., ASHEVILLE, N. C. 
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MISCELLANEOUS AND FORAGE CROPS 
Mammoth Yellow Soy or Soja Beans 
Cow Peas 
Cow-Peas make one of the largest yielding and 
most nutritious forage crops known. There is 
also no surer or cheaper means of improving and 
increasing the productiveness of the soil. 
Cow Peas can be grown on any soil that is not 
too wet and do not require expensive fertilizer 
and improve the conditions of the soil by adding 
nitrogen to it, but a top dressing of 16% Acid 
will increase the yield and improve soil conditions 
still further. Inoculating seed with Stimugerm 
will further increase the nitrogen gathering qual¬ 
ities of the peas and insure a still more abundant 
yield. Plant about 2 inches deep. 
Alone sow 1% bu. to the acre in May, June 
and July. To enable the vines to be cut and 
harvested to better advantage, one bushel of peas 
should be sown with % bushel of Soy Beans 
or with one peck of cane. For a hay crop, one 
bushel can be sown with three pecks of millet 
to the acre. 
NO. 435. CLAY — One of the medium late 
varieties. Vigorous growth of vine and running 
habit. A good variety for soil-improving and 
very popular in all the Southern states. Ask 
for prices the last of April. 
NO. 436. WHIPPOORWILL—Is more largely 
grown than any other named variety, probably 
because of its long vine, usually six feet long, 
and because of its large yield of both hay and 
peas. It matures early, makes an upright grow¬ 
th, making it easy to cut. Has brown speckled 
seeds that are easily threshed. Ask for prices 
the last of April. 
NO. 437. EXTRA EARLY BLACK EYE—This 
is the earliest variety of Black Eye peas and 
should be planted by the market gardener to get 
the high price paid for the first black eye peas 
on the market. A prolific bearer of well filled' 
pods. Ask for prices the last of April. 
NO. 438. MIXED COW PEAS—Preferred by 
many farmers where the crop is intended for soil 
improving; they will grow thicker than separate 
varieties, producing better crop of vines and for¬ 
age. Ask for prices the last of April. 
Soy or Soja Beans 
Soy Beans have a higher feeding value than 
Cow Peas and stock seem to like the hay bet¬ 
ter. As a milk and butter producer, Soy Beans 
are equal to alfalfa and are considered superior 
to cotton seed meal and corn ; makes an excellent 
winter feed for young cattle, sheep and horses 
when fed with roughage. Can be sown either 
broadcast at the rate of 1 to 1 % bushels to the 
^ C1 A/r° r in drills about a peck to the acre. Plant 
m May or June, not over 2 inches deep. 
. Beans can be grown with other crops, 
yielding a larger crop of forage, % bushel soy 
beans to one bushel of cow peas to the acre, or 
one bushel of soy beans with a peck of cane, 
make a good combination. 10 lbs. of Sudan 
Grass with 50 lbs. soy beans will give a better 
balanced feed as the Sudan Grass is low in pro¬ 
tein, while that of soy beans is high. If the seed 
is inoculated with Stimugerm a better stand 
will be assured, growth will be promoted and soil 
conditions improved enormously. 
NO. 440. MAMMOTH YELLOW — The latest 
yet the most extensively grown for both beans 
and forage, both of which it yields in great abun¬ 
dance. It grows more than three feet high, is 
erect in growth and can be cut with a mower. 
Write for Prices. 
NO. 441. VIRGINIA BROWN—On account of 
its large yield of beans, the Virginia makes most 
excellent hay and ensilage. As it is about 
twenty days earlier than Mammoth Yellow. 
Write for Prices. 
NO. 442. LAREDO — A bean of outstanding 
worth, particularly for making hay. It has many 
slender branches and the plants are leafy, both 
of which go to make an ideal hay. 
Write for Prices. 
No. 443. Vetch—Hairy or Winter 
Vetch is rapidly coming into favor as a winter 
cover crop, also desirable to plow under for 
green manure, or can be pastured or cut for hay. 
All kinds of stock relish it and thrive on it. It 
is claimed that a ton of Vetch Hay contains 50 
lbs. of nitrogen and the roots and stubble 12% 
lbs. more. Yields several tons of hay to the 
acre on good land. If sown in the spring, it will 
produce a crop which can be cut for hay in mid¬ 
summer and second growth pastured afterwards. 
Alone sow 50 to 60 lbs. to the acre. Can be 
used with Oats, sowing 25 to 30 lbs. of Vetch 
with 1 bu. Oats. 
In the fall when most generally sown, it is 
best to use 25 to 30 lbs. of Vetch with 1 bu. Rye. 
Cover seed 1 to 1% inches deep. September and 
October are the best months but ordinarily Nov¬ 
ember is not too late. Vetch does well on any 
well-drained land, is never known to winter kill, 
and is wonderfully drought resisting. We cannot 
too strongly recommend Vetch, especially for fall 
sowing. It not only protects the land from win¬ 
ter leaching, but furnishes a fine pasture in the 
early spring and if not grazed too closely can 
be cut for hay, and when turned under it im¬ 
proves the land immensely. When Vetch is sown 
in a field for the first time the seed should be 
innoculated. This can be done by using Stimu¬ 
germ. Ask for px-ices. 
No. 445. Pop Corn 
A profitable crop especially for boys and girls 
to raise as it can be sold to grocers and popcorn 
venders. It is also one of the best ci*ops for 
forage and early feed as it produces an abundant 
crop of the highest feeding value. For fodder 
plant % bu. to the acre in 3 to 4 foot rows. By 
July it is full grown and has an abundance of 
ears in the milk. This corn can be cut and fed 
to stock. It can also be planted up to July 4th. 
When planted for corn it should be planted much 
thinner, one stalk to the hill, every three or four 
inches in the row. Pop Corn and Cow Peas 
mixed make an ideal combination and the cheap¬ 
est of hay. Use one-fourth bushel of Pop Corn, 
three-foui*th bushels of Cow Peas per acre. It 
cures easily and makes a balanced ration. 
NO. 445. WHITE RICE—Best and most popu¬ 
lar variety for popping. Pops pure white and the 
quality is the highest. Very prolific, producing 
1 to 6 ears to the stalk. Postpaid pkt. 10c; 
% lb. 15c: lb. 25c; 2 lbs. 45c; 5 lbs. 90c; 
10 lbs. $1.50 
