SELECTED FAR 31 SEEDS 
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PEAS For Fodder and Plowing Under 
"Peas could be made to briuff more Jiilr<ij;en to 
the soils of this country every year than is now pur¬ 
chased annually by the farmers at a cost of millions 
of dollars.”— V. S, Department of AsiTienlinrr- 
FIELD OF SOnTIIERN BLACK On KAM’S nOBN COW 1-EAS I.N THE 
KOETII. SOWN JCNIC ICtll, FLOWED UNDKU AUGUST iilst. 
cow PEAS (The Great Soil Improver) 
Alake Poor Land Kich, Good Land More Producllve, 
and hlurioU the sioll 
Green crops plowed under are one of the best and cheap¬ 
est ways of iinproviiiK the soil. For this pniiiose tlie cow 
pea is’ most popular, cspeeially for luedinin or liBht soil, 
riicy should be sown in May or .June, at the rate of Ij j 
busiieis to tbe acre, and piowed under as soon ns tiiey bavo 
attained tbeir fiiii growth. This crop is very largely grown 
wherever known, and with the results attained from it, the 
ivonder is that it is not grown even more c.vtensivcly. Tliere 
Is no surer or cheaper means of improving poor soil than liy 
sowing cow peas, in its capacity ns a nitrogen gatherer its 
growtli enables the farmer to disiiense with tbe use of nitro¬ 
gen or nminoniated fertilizers. Nitrogen or ammonia in 
commercial fertilizers is valued at 15 cents per pound. Tbe 
cow pea, rvitb possibly the exception of the New Velvet 
Ilean, described alongside, has tbe greatest power of extract¬ 
ing this costly nitrogen or ammonia from the atmosphere. 
COW PEAS FOR HAY 
If jilftnlecl cftrly, miy by middle of May, in ihc centrnl 
coni bell section, a crop can be out and cured for bay llie 
same as clover, tbeu the stubble in a sborl time wilt put out 
a new j;ro\vtb to be turned under in the fall as a fertilizer. 
The best varieties for all purposes are the following: 
PRICE.S variable with tbe market. pkji nusii. 
SOETIJERN BLACK EYE COW PEA .... *3.00 
EXTRA EARLY BLACK EYE COW PEA . . 
BLACK, or RAM'S HORN COW PEA .... 3.00 
WHIP-POOR-WILL and CLAY, EACH . . . . 3.00 
.MIXED COW PEAS . ^^-^50 
PRICES BY LETTER ON LARGER LOTS. 
CANADA FIELD PEAS and Oats for Fodder 
P'or Dairy Cows and Hogs, Equal to Corn, 
and Six Weeks Earlier. 
These make a fodder and hay wliicli double the pro¬ 
duction of milk. Tiie Canada Field Pen, wliich wc sell 
at SI.60 iK‘r bushel, is the r>est for tliis purpose. They 
suoiild be sown in March or early Ai)ril, two busbelM of 
peas and two bu.shelsof oats to the acre. Tlie pca-s should 
bo sown Hrst and plowed under about four inclicii <lecj); the 
oat-s then sown and liarrowed in. They will be ready for 
cutting almiii the latter end of June, when the onts arc in 
milk and the i>ods formed on the peas. Fanners who have 
neversown this crop will be surprised at its large yield. It 
is a nutritious food and relished by all kinds of stock. 
This crop also makes an excellent soil improver when turned 
under like cow peas ns de-scribed ah>oTe. Since we first calle<l 
attention to the great value of Canada Field Pens for tills 
purjx>se, some year^ ago, the demand has become so great 
that we are now having them grown by the carload in 
Canada and can alwayaquole LOW PKICESBY LETTER 
when wanted in lots of 10 bushels and upwarcLn. 
VELVET BE.AN i^The Great Nitrogen Gatherer) 
A Worthy Rival of the Cow Poa 
This new and important forage plant from India is cre¬ 
ating a great sensation throughout the Middle and Southern 
States, where it is supplanting the cow pea for cattle food 
iiml as a soil renovator. Since our introduction of it, it has 
been grown in many of the far Northern Slates with great 
suei'essand is worthy of a trial everywhere. Its nitrogen- 
gathering properties are said to surpas.s those of tlie cow 
pe.i. It is the rankest grower of any of the legumes; 
two or three seeds planted four feet apart iu vows live feet 
apart will literally cover the ground two to three feel thick 
with a mass of foliage and vines twenty to twenty-live feet 
long, no matter how poor the soil. It leaves u muleh on the 
ground that is very beneficial to the soil. 
Dr. Stubbs, Director of tbe Soulbern State Experiment 
Station, says: “ I believe that it can be cnl advantageously 
almost any lime from Juno to October, and cured in less time 
iban cow pea bay. It makes an exeelienl bay ami stock eat 
it well. A heavy nitrogen-gatherer, and tbe tubercles on its 
roots are the largest of any plant I bavo observed, oorn-liko 
clusters iiaving been collected that make a ma**s, from one 
single growth, almost as largo a.s a common hen’s egg. The 
vines of this plant are now about thirty feet in length, from 
seeds planted in May,” The cultivation is the same as for cow 
pens. Prices, pkt., lOe.; Ih., 25e,; 3 Ihs. forOOe., by mail, post¬ 
paid; by freight, qt., 20c,; pock, 7f)0.; bush, of 00 Ihs,, S2.75. 
SOJA BEAN—Late Variety 
The demand for the SOJA OR JAPANESE SOY 
BEANS has grown remarkably of late years. Their great 
value is a.s a forage crop, for fertilizing the .soil ami for 
pasturing or feeding tlie green fodder much in the same way 
as tbe cow jiea. This late variety is very valuable south of the 
Potomac and Ohio Rivers. Sow broadca.st one-balf busliel to 
the acre, or it may bo planted in drills three_ feet apart and 
one foiit between plants. Pkt., lOe.: lb., 2ru*.; 3 lbs., 00c., 
postpaid; by freiglit or exprcs.s qt., 20e.; jieek, 70o.; bush., 
S'2.50; 5 bush, ami over, S2.40 per bush. 
SOJA BEAN—New Early Variety 
The ordinary or late soja bean, deserilied above, wliile 
valuable south of the Potomac and Ohio Rivers, is loo late to 
he of value in tlie far Northern States. This variety ripens 
in all the N^irlhern States, whore it Ini.s been grown over four 
feel in height, ami yielded over ten tons per acre. It \n a 
valuable fodder either for feeding green or for the silo. 
Reing a rich nilrogonous feed, it is unHurpassed as a llesli- 
former, and, like the clovers, is a soil-improver. All who 
are Intcre.slcd in this ehiH.s of iilants sliould give our Now 
Eiirlv Soja or Sov Roan a trial. Oholcc seed grown for us in 
Michigan. Lb., 25c.; 3 Ih.s., OOo., hv mail, postage paid: by 
exprcs.s or freight, tit., 25c.; peck, 81.00; busli. of CO llis., 83.50. 
DWAUF ESSEX KAPK—EIOUT WEEKS FIIOM SOWING. 
TRUE DWARF ESSEX RAPE 
Dwarf Essex Itapc, of the True Bieniilul Varielv, 
is now largely grown in this country on account of its ninld 
growth, being ready to feed In eight bi ten weeks from sow¬ 
ing, and producing twenty-live to thirty tons of green forage 
to the acre. It grows to u height of three feet and eoverMlht 
surhice so densely as to smotlicr out all wee<ls. It can be 
sown all througli tlie season, l>clng perfectly hardy, with¬ 
stands drought, and will produce a crop In anvsoll by sow¬ 
ing broadea*<t Hi the rate of five to ten poiimfs to the aero- 
While uncqnaled as a rmsturc for sheep, as a food for all 
CJiltie, CJilvcs or pigs, it is without a rival, its fattening 
properties bung twice as great as clover, making a much 
relished anrftnost succulent foo<l from May to December. 
Lb., 25c.: 3 lbs., GOe., by mail, postpaid; by express or 
freight, lb., J5c.; 10 lbs., $1.00; 2.5 ll>s., $2.00; busb. of 60 II>h. 
for 83.75; b 0 lbs. and over at 7c, per Ib. Speeial prices by 
letter for larger lots. 
