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FARM SEEDS — Continued 
See Inside front cover. 
COW PEAS 
Weight 60 lbs., per bushel. 
Invaluable for plowing under for green manure. They can be 
cut green for feeding or cured like clover and fed through the winter. 
Sow 1)4 to 2 bushels per acre broadcast about May 1st. 
Gray Crowder, or Improved Whippoorwill. —Very early in 
maturity. The vines are not runners, but grow erect in bunches. 
The seed is brown speckled. 
Lb., 15c.; 10 lbs., 90c.; 100 lbs., $6.00; bu. (60 lbs.), $3.60. 
Large Blackeye. —This variety is more prolific, better flavored 
and brings a higher price than the ordinary Blackeye, and farmers 
will find it more profitable to plant; they make a more profitable 
crop to grow for picking the dry peas for sale in our markets during 
the winter. 
Lb., 20c.; 10 lbs., $1.15; 100 lbs., $8.00; bu. (60 lbs.), $4.80. 
New Era. —Upright in growth, quicker to mature than Whippoor¬ 
will, prolific in peas. The vines make a large growth, cure easily 
and make fine, dry forage. The seeds are of a dull red color, and, 
being smaller than ordinary Cow Peas, less seed is required to sow 
an acre, 1 to 1)4 bushels being ample. 
Lb., 15c.; 10 lbs., 90c.; 100 lbs., $6.00; bu. (60 lbs.), $3.60. 
Whippoorwill. —Very valuable, upright growing variety of 
medium height, producing large quantities of well-filled pods, which 
are very long. The plant makes excellent forage for cattle and hogs. 
Lb., 15c.; 10 lbs., 90c.; 100 lbs., $6.50; bu. (60 lbs.), $3.90. 
Ground should be prepared same as for Turnips. Sow in June or 
July in rows two and one-half feet apart, at the rate of two and one- 
half pounds of seed per acre. It may be sown broadcast, either 
with other fall forage crops or by itself, using from one to five pounds 
of seed per acre. 
Lb., 20c.; 10 lbs., $1.30; 100 lbs., $10.00. 
Dwarf Essex Rape . 
Mixed Varieties. —This comprises a combination of varieties that 
will give excellent satisfaction, either for hay or plowing under. 
Lb., 15c.; 10 lbs., 80c.; 100 lbs., $5.50; bu. (60 lbs.), $3.30. 
SOY OR SOJA 
BEANS 
Weight, 60 lbs. per bushel. 
Culture. —Sow about May 1st according to instructions given 
below. 
The use of Soy Beans is constantly increasing on account of their 
value as a forage and feed crop as well as their great fertilizing prop¬ 
erties. They can be sown with cow-peas to hold the pea vines off 
the ground, which thus can be cut and cured to better advantage 
for hay. They can be grown generally where corn can, and do 
equally well on light and heavy soils. Where a crop of Soy Beans 
is growing it is nearly impossible for weeds to grow. For hay or 
fertilizer they should be sown from 60 to 90 pounds to the acre. 
When sown for ensilage it is better to sow in corn at 16 to 20 pounds 
to the acre. Sow for the shelled Beans at the rate of 60 to 90 pounds 
to the acre, in drills 3)4 feet apart, and cultivate. 
VETCH 
Hairy, or Sand Vetch (Vlcla Vlllosa). —An excellent plant for 
a winter cover crop to prevent leaching; also for forage and fer¬ 
tilizing. If sown in August or September it will make a good crop 
of forage the following spring. It is quite hardy and very seldom 
winter kills in the vicinity of Philadelphia, unless planted on wet, 
heavy soil. It is being used extensively in this vicinity for plowing 
under; also for dairy stock and poultry pasture. Sow 1 to 1)4 
bushels per acre. If sown with rye, use % to 1 bushel of Vetch 
with )4 bushel of rye. 
Lb., 25c.; 10 lbs., $2.00; 100 lbs., $16.50; bu. (60 lbs.), $9.90. 
Spring (Vlcla Satlva). —A perennial pea-like plant grown as an 
annual in the North. Desirable as a forage plant, and valuable as 
a cover-crop for orchards. Culture same as for field peas. Sow 90 
to 120 pounds per acre. 
Lb., 18c.; 10 lbs., $1.30; 100 lbs., $10.00; bu. (60 lbs.), $6.00. 
Hollybrook Early. —The earliest yellow seeded variety. Makes 
a quicker growth and matures its crop 2 or 3 weeks earlier than 
Mammoth Yellow, and makes a large yield both of forage and pods. 
It has special value where an early crop of Hay or Beans is required. 
Lb., 12c.; 10 lbs., 70c.; 100 lbs., $4.00; bu. (60 lbs.), $2.40. 
Mammoth Yellow. —This variety will not mature seed in the 
North, but makes a large growth or forage and is used for hay and 
to plow under to improve the soil. 
Lb., 12c.; 10 lbs., 70c.; 100 lbs., $4.00; bu. (60 lbs.), $2.40. 
CANADA FIELD PEAS 
Entirely different from Cow Peas, requiring to be sown early in 
the spring, and maturing a crop ready for cutting in May or June. 
Makes a most satisfactory and large yielding early forage crop. When 
sown alone, use 1)4 to 2 bushels per acre, but a seeding of Oats 
along with them will increase the yield and help support the pea 
vine. 
Lb., 15c.; 10 lbs., 90c.; bu. (60 lbs.), $3.60; 100 lbs., $6.00. 
Wilson’s Early Black .—One of the best in our opinion for the 
Northern States, where a quick-growing variety is desired. Average 
height on good land is about three feet, requires from 100 to 116 
days to mature. Its fine stem enables it to cure quickly, which is a 
point in its favor. 
Lb., 15c.; 10 lbs., 75c.; 100 lbs., $4.50; bu. (60 lbs.), $2.70. 
GENUINE DWARF ESSEX 
RAPE 
There is no plant that will give so heavy a yield of forage at such 
a small cost as this, and its general cultivation would add largely to 
the profits of American farms. Especially valuable for green manur¬ 
ing and pasture. It will probably do more to restore and make 
profitable exhausted soils than any other plant. 
BROOM CORN 
One bushel weighs 46 pounds. 
Culture. —Sow in drills 3 feet apart at the rate of 8 to 10 pounds 
per acre, thinning out stalks about 70 to the rod. Cultivate as for 
corn. Rich land requires thicker seeding and more stalks than 
medium or poor soil. Cut when seed is in the milky state. 
Evergreen. —Where the location is suitable for growing Broom 
Corn, farmers find it a paying crop, as the demand for the brush 
exceeds the supply. This Evergreen variety grows from 8 to 10 
feet high, stands up well and is free from crooked brush. The fibre 
is long and fine and does not turn red. It is strictly a green variety. 
Sow 8 to 10 pounds per acre, in drills 3 feet apart, thin out to 3 inches 
in the rows. 
Lb., 20c.; 10 lbs., $1.50; per bu. (46 lbs.), $5.52; 100 lbs., $12.00. 
All Prices on Farm Seeds are Subject to change without notice. 
